Do You Really Need to Learn Anatomy? 

The day I realized how complicated simple-looking drawings actually are is the day my head exploded

Exactly. Anatomy is a base, and it’s important to know it it looks like at first sight, to make it make sense but you don’t need to be a master at it.

I just draw a lot by only using irl references or other artists art as references and I'm learning anatomy eventually just from observation and drawing different poses. In time you'll just absorb that knowlegde as long as you keep drawing.

"that was not timed out.?" omg I'm dying- Also, agree 100%. Thanks for pointing out the whole "drawing simple is comlicated" thing. Drawing. Takes. Time. And. Thought.

Please please please release this drawing as a full video 😭 One of your best pieces by far, I just love how dynamic it is 😍

One tip that helped me out... if you look at your reference as a LANDSCAPE instead of a BODY. Notice what's in your foreground and what's in your background.

Girl where u at? I miss ur videos I hope u r well & plz make more vids 💜💜

That’s funny, I was looking for an anatomy book to practice with yesterday, and I was also wondering have u ever drawn starfire and this pops up 😂

Love your videos + Art!!💕

This video reminded me of a quote. I can’t remember who the artist was who said this, but he said, “It has to LOOK right. It doesn’t have to BE right.” I’m going to take that and run with it. Lol

"I do the thinking...... I think. " should be a t-shirt 😂

very nice video i think artists can learn by looking at others works too so this is very helpful and it lets others know not to be so stressed out about anatomy as well

i mean it’s easier and more fun to draw when you’ve mastered anatomy.

“They do something for me” me too girl me too

Inseparable !

Months ago? Oh come back to us! You’re art and insight are lovely 🎉

Strange that most of the comments are from 10 months ago; I would have expected more people wondering what happened to you. Good luck with whatever your doing now, hope all is well ~ been hearing Europe might be crazy right now. 💚

Thank you ❤️

I learned alot from your videos and other artists and so far my art has been improving I just find it difficult drawing poses and hands and animals can you do one base on body poses and hands for semirealistic styel i love your art style so beautiful

Doesn’t matter how you say it, unless if people are just picky about saying either or neither. I just looked it up but is the first one you mentioned. Love ❤️ Starfire

Could you please make a video about how to paint shadows over a surface with patterns? (Tiger stripes, plaid, etc)

I always thought about this all the time when i want to draw! I think about the tinyest value changes throughout the body and the clouthes and how imasafly it can change the whole atmosphere of the drawing.... I personaly never use a reference photo bc I want to understand it from my mind, so what i mean by that is: that I always have a drawing idea in mind and the colors plus the pose...and I try to replecate it on to paper. This is my way of forcing me to draw the body right bc you can imagen a body in a certain pose, right? well i do that always and yeah....i Hope you understood my right....im not so good at explaining my thoughts about how i start a drawing and all the things i see in my mind that are right, but you said it right and i really understand what you mean...still for me using a reference photo is a very good way of learning anatomy but you also can imagen a body pose from your mind and that is what i do to draw a potrait for example etc. I hope you understand me right and can maybe agree on what i just said, bc it is also a way to aprouch it....wow that was a long comment sorry🤭💖💗💓

i think you kinda do it depends how much accuracy level you have...im good at drawing and making sure the eyes kind of match but i didnt really do a lot of anatomy but its good

Keep making these videos.

Where can you get these brushes?

I'm at that point where I learn as I go XD

This is why I always get disillusioned. It looks so simple and I can’t draw it like that so I think I’m terrible.

Come back to us

First! Love you alicja!

alicja, can u help me???? what screen size do u use on procreate?

I agree but, anatomy is the most thing I'm grateful to myself to learn, but, sure there is ref 👍

@AlicjaNai i had drawn a snowleaperd face for my cousin soundcloud profile picture my cousin loved it so much it looked real and loved that it is drawn on paper instead of digitally because it more old fashioned he asked me how i did it i told him i don't know i was high and FD up on some good medical buds i don't remember how i did it i don't think i could ever done it sober it looked like a circle and a line throw it

Mam pytanko, jakiego screen protektora używasz? Kupiłam niedawno paperlike, ale taki na magnesy bardzo szorstki, okropnie mi ściera pena, praktycznie po miesiącu już dosyć widać to w środku i nie działa pod niektórymi kątami 🥺 A widziałam ze chyba masz też paperlike, czy polecasz może jakiś fajnej jakości i czy też masz taki problem?

Dope video! Just my two cents, if you want to be one of the best you need anatomy. If you’re okay with being just “good enough” for a particular purpose, you may not need it as much but you will miss out on your potential. It’s not really a matter of needing reference or not, it’s about understanding your reference at a deeper level so that you can make or break rules with a certain level of authority that makes it work well. Plus, the better you get the quicker you become, which means the more time you can spend on being creative with a piece before getting burnt out.

Just found you! Amazing works. What tablet are you using? I like that there is no excess outer frame around it.

Hi Ali ): I have a question's the brushes change when I use procreate pocket in my phone they don't work the same, why? ): It's cuz don't have ipad? Or apple pencil? OR THE SAMEEEE help (ಥ﹏ಥ)

i wish ur procreate brushes where in photoshop

I learned anatomy just to draw a zombie and now that's my general style lol😅

Please where are you!? I miss your videos and all the content you put out! Please let us know what you're up to for the people who care!💙

Nice drawing tho❤

Me who doesn't draw poses at all just portraits: 🗿🗿

its so hard to concentrate on how you doing your drawing on the right, when you talking so brilliantly and looking so pretty on the left. Really, you are so unique, a mathematical genius who can draw, makes me wonder if u not Leonardo da Vinci's greatest granddaughter or something..btw, i dont know about "unseparable" but inseparable is a word. thanks alot. I like how your videos provides a framework for thinking about how to draw, alot of this stuff people probably never talk about. Guess they need to be a genius to, not just a regular artist.

Bruh, same... I used to look at something and be like BET! I GOT THIS! ... I didn't 🤣 Especially with hands, awful. Also, you didn't mention it, but making peace with the fact that it doesn't matter how good you are, your art is not gonna look exactly like your favorite artist's piece, period. Why? Because you're two particular individuals and that's okay!

noice

You're a sweet smarty girl,...thank you for your insights😘🌹

Dam wait till ergojosh sees this lol

im so excited for shitty tik tok art tip accounts to misinterpret this on purpose. Wonderful video, and I wish I had heard this a few months ago. I'd have been a lot less hard on myself.

You’re so wrong on the renaissance ‘copying’ thing hahaha.. The copies were made to make a painting about certain religious stories but if you justlook at van Eyk for example.. Or Giotto. They painted new paintings? What about portraits? I can go on and on… And it is crucial to learn anatomy if you want to draw of paint people from life. Which they also did in the early renaissance..

Anatomy but you only paint the face

are you an INTP?