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Same, this is a huge thing I struggle with. This is why I prefer drawing (or writing) - I absolutely can't wrap my mind around making 3-D objects, and sewing/making clothing is considered a "3D" item in my brain so I still don't understand it. :(
Thank god you said literally anything else besides just the coil method. Literally every time I try to figure out how to do foreshortening, it's just "use the coil method, it's great! Just draw some circles!" And it's like that doesn't tell me how long between parts of the limb or even how long the limb should be in the end. That doesn't tell me how much bigger I should make the next coil in comparison to the previous. That does not tell me which parts of the normal anatomy falls where. It does not tell me what the new proportions I'm working with are in the foreshortened version. In my opinion it doesn't even help with the perspective, all it's doing is making sure you're working in A cylinder, even if it's not a cylinder at the right angle, the right length, or any other very important features to make it the RIGHT cylinder. And even then, you could just... draw a cylinder instead of all the work of making the stupid coils and achieve literally the exact same thing. It does absolutely nothing for me, and the only merit I EVER have found in it is in noting the curve of the limb for when I add clothes and wrinkles to them. In short, the geometry method is definitely more my style
I had the exact same thoughts as you previously, and I must say: DO NOT USE THE GEOMETRY METHOD TO FORESHORTEN, it will hold you back A LOT. Practice gesture drawing, especially exaggerated poses. The more you try to make your drawings proportionally accurate, the more gesture they will lose. Use the geometry method only if you know how to apply it to gesture. Remember, GESTURE COMES FIRST. It's way easier to add proportions to gesture than to add gesture to proportionate geometry. I mean look at the example pose drawn using the geometry method. It's accurate, yes, but it's very boring, stiff and therefore unnatural.
I've recently found your channel and it is easily the BEST art guide I've seen so far!! You explain things perfectly and your art is beautiful. Now,, if I may ask, can you please make a video on backgrounds?? They're my biggest nemesis and the only thing keeping me from opening my commissions :(((
For me,personally,a mix of the geometry method and the ring method has been the most effective thus far. For the general shape and drawing itself I use building blocks and I construct more lively movements with springs to add more of a flow to them.
I have a pretty good grasp on perspective and anatomy, but I still wanted to watch this video to see if I will learn something new. You're an excellent teacher, so I appreciate what you do
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Thank for this tutorial 💕 I'm really struggling in this some sort of pose Thank you 💕
this is the most helpful art guide i’ve ever watched, foreshortening is something i’ve always tried hard to get better at, and i think with the tips and guidance in this video i might just keep improving! :)
my art teacher showed one of your videos in class a few days ago, so it was incredibly surprising to find another in my recommended! and what do you know, one on the exact topic I was struggling with in the first place.
I remember in drawing class we had a model (fully clothed) pose lying down for a foreshortening lesson and we were positioned in a circle around him. Where I was sitting, was the weirdest position ever, I literally got... the back of the head. Just a big head of curly dark hair. I could maybe see a thin little rectangle of shorts and two itty bitty legs sticking out of the head like antenna. No arms or hands since they were hidden behind the head. It didn't even look human. But, I was so used to just drawing what I could see, and ignoring what I couldn't see, that I just drew it as it was. A big head with leg antenna, it looked hilarious! I was pretty sure I was gonna fail... As the teacher was going around telling everyone else to shorten the limbs and trying to explain how the perspective was different, he comes around to me, his jaw drops, and he stopped the class and called everyone over to look. "This is how you do foreshortening!" Everyone looked at my weird drawing of a head with leg antenna and was incredibly confused. "But that doesn't look right at all!" To which the teacher exclaimed "It doesn't have to! Stop fixing it and let it look weird!" I think that was the best art lesson I ever got, learning to 'let it look weird.' 😊
Yeh…um, so I’m taking an art class rn and we literally just talked out it in passing today. Then this popped up in my recommended (keep in mind that I haven’t looked up art related things on this account) I have the chills. But this was amazing! You explained it really well while making sense and sounding pleasant. Thank u for making this video, I think I’m here to stay and explore lol
Yeah, the cellphone microphone being open all the time and listening in on your conversation to know what you are talking about today is truly creepy stuff....
I've always had a thing for drawing but sadly I've never really been able to get into it properly, more of a music person myself anyway but I do really really wish to be able to commit myself to learning someday, huge respect for all of you out there who are working passionately
Don't worry! Take small steps, my first digit art piece was literally a few colours and now I'm learning how to draw characters. It takes time but you will see improvement!!
Thank you so much!! I really want to practice more of the art fundamentals this summer, and I was really curious about foreshortening, and you explained it in a very good way that’s easy to understand. Again, thank you for making this!
*clicks tthinking its foreshadowing for writing * *gets this * I NEED THIS MORE OML #### FORESHADOWING I just found you today and i already feel like your gonna help me alot in my art career. tysm!!!!
i tend to use the geometry method but theyre less blocky, usually i have more curves cause blocks and corners are too bulky the curviness and more rough shapes help out with looking a little less stiff so for example i could draw the shoulders and first half of the torso as a trapezium with more curved edges edit: the ring method also helps out with joints in the elbows and wrists etc
I don't usually leave comments, but I just want to thank you for making this video. For years I've been using the coiling technique and it's never worked for me. I had no idea about the geometric technique until I watched this video. It's super helpful and suddenly my poses look amazing lol. Many thanks from a tired action comic artist!
I love this so much! I have always struggled with foreshortening, and still do to this day. When I was younger, I got the advice of using references as much as I can when it comes to foreshortening. My brain keeps going, I know what is there (forearm, wrist, etc.) but draw what you SEE and you will start to understand how some pieces of the body works. The coils were and still are my best of friend~!
U explain things so simply for even people who dont know anything in the catargory,and even others who do know somethings can still go along! But my biggest impression from u is that u draw with a mouse,very talented i love ur art!
This is so helpful. Thank you so much for these videos they have actually helped me a lot with art because I've been doubting my art very much because I don't know how to do for sure Andy and I normally What the whole body to show with every limb showing so yeah thank you so much
I remember when I was younger, I tried to practice foreshortening, before even learning anatomy. I was a weird kid. Perspective shifts intrigued me. Still does.
These tutorials are really, REALLY amazing -- Very few art guides I've followed on RU-vid have helped make art 'click' as much as your videos have. The way you go through each concept with both examples and tips on steadily improving help me immensely and make me feel like I'm starting to actually understand what I'm doing when I'm drawing. These art tutorials feel as if I'm attending an actual art class and receiving genuine advice, and I cannot thank you enough for the free resources you've shared with the community. I hope in the future I am able to financially support the work Winged Canvas is giving to artists, it truly means a lot!!
I've been drawing my whole life and I have original characters and stories that I I'm trying to bring to life in graphic novel format. But once I started to actually work on the panels, I realized that there was something off about my art. In particular, I was struggling with foreshortening and perspective but I could not figure it out which is super discouraging. This video just changed that for me. Thank you SO much...
Went into this somehow thinking it's an alternate form of foreshadowing, came out of it with inspiration to finally try drawing again (it's been way too long)
When i started drawing this is the first thing i tried, never thought it would be so dificult, nowadays its one of things i like the most, the perspective rreally helps sell out something
OHMYGOSHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN PERSPECTIVE FOR A WHILE AND IVE BEEN STRUGGLING SO MUCH, IM PRETTY GOOD AT ANATOMY SO THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT TUTORIAL FOR ME AHHHHH ❤
this video was really helpful for me :) im currently a 12 year old, who is kinda just starting ig. (began drawing in 2020) and i think these tips and techniques helped me in terms of foreshortening :D so yea, keep up the good work alr?
thank you so much for this video! recently i've been experimenting with foreshortening and i just cant seem to do it right, but thanks to this video the angles dont look as cursed as they look before :-)
Ive tried the Geometry method many times, trying to draw things in an angled box to get the perspective right, and it just doesn't work well for me most of the time. the coil method i've never heard of surprisingly, but it looks like it would be far more helpful for someone with dyslexia, especially with drawing limbs, so thank you!