How to Draw Any Character, No Experience Needed, Just Imagination (No Speed up or Skips!) 

This is so refreshing after all the other RU-vidrs that start with pencil scribbles and measurements and tell you to draw ‘as light as possible because you’re going to make mistakes’. Then you added the horns!!! LMAO 🤣 Peter reminds us what art is about and how to live it daily. Thank you good sir for doing what you do.

This is why I love art. No template is needed, just imagination.

Hi Peter, just wanted to say that whenever i don’t know what to watch, when everything on RU-vid feels too commercial or too superficial, I always find relief and value in your videos. Even the most relaxed or silliest ones. Thank you for uploading!

I love these videos where you don't speed anything up. I love hearing your thought process and seeing you make decisions. It's very inspiring, especially when the end result looks so cool!

This video brings me immense joy. I’ve always seen art is complete freedom of expression. Hear you say “maybe you’ll figure it out, or maybe you’ll never figure it out” is all i’ve needed to hear for a very long time

Living through your drawing process, out-loud talking to a computer screen. Love your expression! Would get your pen if I used inks, but right now I am so happy using pencils on a textured paper * satisfying *. Maybe some day. Just to say: your videos make me happy!

You just gave me a boost of confidence. I'm not used to drawing, and I want to give a character of mine a face, but I was afraid of not getting it perfect like i imagine. This is really helpful, thanks : )

"just believe in yourself, just draw the picture" that's exactly what i needed to hear rn, thank you

Thank you Peter. I have no experience and before this video, I had no idea how to draw a character and now I can draw any character.

I wish I could really convey how much of an impact your drawing tutorials have had on me and my art. You freed me from the constraints of all the pointless rules I had been adhering to, freed my lines to go wherever they please. It's changed my life for the better and I'm grateful 🙏. Side note: IMO, the next Peter Pen should be a bright color to contrast the mellow ones so far. Like an orangey-red or something. (I hope there are more!) Thanks, Peter!

Now this is a useful tutorial! Thank you Peter! Seriously tho; RU-vid keeps throwing these art tutorials at me saying things like: You are doing this wrong! Or: Don't do this, do that! And it kind of pisses me off a little bit. It's art. Nobody is doing anything wrong as far as I'm concerned. And sometimes I like their 'bad' example better than the 'good' one. xD

Personally, I feel the constant need for even my sketches to be perfect. I can doodle but even my doodles have to satisfy that my need of being a perfect scribble. I think in this day and age the internet is so ingrained in our life, it has slowly effected my imagination. Where I am constantly in comparison of people who inspire me and complete strangers I feel I need to superior towards. It's insufferable at times where even the blank page becomes intimidating for reasons of insecurities and fear of it not being presentable for social media. Even if said random scribble or sketch is even going to be posted. Seeing this video makes my brain hurts, but it made me realize how much I'm so influenced by other people's opinions and acceptance. When I can't handle my own criticism nor accept my art for it's imperfections. I clicked on this video at the right time in my young adult life, and I am grateful

For what it's worth, this random guy from Denmark loves your art/style, Peter 👍😊

What is so interesting about your drawing is that you are not just trying to represent something like a camera, but you tell a story in the process, sell a pen, and give drawing hints. ✒️✒️✒️

Peter :) I’m so happy I found your channel again, it’s so soothing and inspiring at the same time

Wow, I was just reading about cubism because I figured that was the only way I was going to draw portraits/ppl, and here you are with instructions I can understand. Thank you so much. 😘

I feel like this is both very helpful and very unhelpful at the same time.

This video was great and came out at a perfect time for me. I’ve been watching your channel for a couple years mainly because I like the art style and I find the videos relaxing but earlier this week I decided that I wanted to start drawing more frequently. I started off with figure/ life drawing and that’s fun and all but I still had trouble with the creativity aspect of drawing plus at least for me after repeatedly drawing different poses for a while I got a bit bored/ unmotivated to continue. I think this was a push in the right direction

"I don't know if they have toast in future." One of my fave quotes.

you’re truly my favorite artist , much love

Bro i dont draw at all but if i had a art teacher like you I may have actually given art a fair chance when i was younger, all my art teachers were so forcefull of things being a certain exact way

5.8 gallon big gulp...I would DEFINITELY not mess with this man.

I like this real time video. To be honest I've been catching myself out 'rushing' my artwork because I watch so many things that are sped up. It seems normal to go fast, but it doesn't help me to remember to breathe.

Why do I really want this as a tattoo?? It looks so good, I love your process, just go with the flow.

he looks like he’d be named Smedvularb the Encompassing. or Paul!

Always enjoy your real-time drawings the most! Loved the sound effects 😎

When I was drinking coffee on the patio this a.m., they were chuck-full of faces . . . none of which had been created by the art rules.😁

i absolutely love the way you teach art

Cool man

love it

Peter you are one of my inspirations and bloody awsome thankyou always

That's fun! 😇

I really like this format of video because it's a lot of fun to draw along with you! Reminds me a little of the content free podcast which I also loved a lot.

Droping a like even before the video starts, as always :)

This drawing is one of my favorites on here. I am intrigued to see how it would be if you took your time like you said, but either way glad ur happy with it, cuzz I know we are 😂🤓👍🔥🔥🔥

slugman finger hands. I like it. I think I'll incorporate it into my own art. thanks :^)

I love the sound effects while you're drawing

great video Peter, thank you:-)

loved the no speed up! followed along with you and drew my own creature, thanks :)

such a good video

One wing...you really had me going for a moment, then it became all-too-clear that you simultaneously rendered the other seven wings, by a clever change in interdimensional pen pressure (probably only possible with the Peter pen), so as to be perfectly behind the one that we can readily perceive.

From artist to artist,Bro really jumps to another Realm with his Art but I mess with his Style tough.

Monster faces video vibes! Love it :)

Thanks for teaching me what stage left means

ive been watching your videos since middle school now, and next month im going to finally be going to college! thank you for being there all the way! ^u^ im thinking about buying a peter pen of my own with a notebook too - i have a very bad memory, so i might as well start a diary right? and your pen is so so cool!

That peter draws narwhal pen looks fantastic

When you drew the arm like tentacle thing and then proceeded to positively affirm "yeah, yeah" I had strong flashbacks of Strongbad drawing Trogdor and adding "one of them beefy arms on for good measure"

Op brother🔥

It's good to look at your art and think, "Oh well, it is what it is"

love u peter

A fan from Malaysia.. woohoo..

Those tutorials are the essentials, especially if you're going into the different industries that are looking for artists like game design, concept art, etc. I used to avoid these, and reject the idea of learning the fundamentals all the while struggling to get the proportions, and angles when drawing something in two-point perspective, yet I couldn't figure out why it was a struggle to do so. I couldn't even draw someone sitting down without making it look like they have stubby stumps for legs. I do agree with some of the points you've made. Like those art tutorials with DO an DON'T slapped on the title. Sure, if you're focusing on realism, but not everyone's into that. I had that kind of mindset where everything needs to be perfect, and have backtracked so many times without making any progress. One step forward, and twenty times back. Now I do a more stylized approach. Something more whimsical, at times dark and gritty, but aren't bound by reality. . . In short, learn the rules to break them.

I was doing something like this last night, where I just drew in marker. A few minutes in, I was in the flow, enjoying the process. The drawing turned out okay, not the best. But that state I was in was what made it enjoyable.

Yeh I agree. The thing that turns me off about art is when people say you have to do it a certain way

Testing new calligraphy nibs by drawing along with you. Had fun. I think they'll letter well.

I laughed so hard when you kept drawing camera lenses on the phone saying there might be more in the future 😂😂😂 Thank you for giving me a reason to laugh Peter!

Even though he doesn't like starting with a sketch, which is basically used to form out basic proportions, you can see he is still using basic facial proportions, ie the corners of the mouth typically end underneath the pupil, the top and bottom of ears coincide with the top of the eye and below the nose, so while he doesn't like those parameters he uses them still. So if you don't know basic human proportions then by all means use a sketch to outline those proportions then from there you make the drawing unique to the portrait your are creating, no two faces are the same but some basic rules apply, then from there, you can stretch those rules. I think his main point of view is to encourage creativity, while rules, for at least Peter, can feel hindering and hold back freedom. I tend to disagree but I can see his point of view. I call this type of drawing "automatic" drawing. Where its free flow, this can be great and definitely has place in the bucket of creative approaches. I am from the school of, learn to draw from life realistically then break those rules completely.

"Anything you do that you didn't mean to do can just turn into something that was so cool , you couldn't have planned it on purpose" Gotta remember that one.

Love the consumerism driven natural selection hypothesis

This is great, like some sort of bizzare bob ross vibe. Also getting major Caves of Qud vibes from his character

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ahhhh, sweet ambrosia salad. 👑

excellent tutorial thank you i used it to draw sasuke from naruto.

Good

Hullo Peter, I was completely transported to the world of "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. I feel you captured the "VIBE" of this universe with this drawing! I am not sure if this resonates with you or your audience at large, but it was written in 1961 and I discovered it in 1970! I truly believe it is a classic story and if you have not heard of it, you should give it a read you will NOT be disappointed! I believe I should say this drawing is simply wonderful, just in case you did not get that from the beginning of this comment!

I would love to see how you would utilize oil pastels as a medium!

Approximately at 4 minutes this character just looks like some kind of "Brock"

I love drawing while watching these. Do you plan on doing any more Peter Reads videos?

ur so cool

After I watch these sometimes I have line-art ptsd. When I draw a lot same thing happens. Line art images pop into my noggin when I'm doing other things. Sorta like when you stare at something too long and you still see it when you look away.

PD.. great lesson thanks.. opps,I already said that..ha..

Finally now I can draw my fan fix character NARGoku

Yay

7:36 this made my…life. x_)

*Peter is so right about construction lines destroying creativity and you end up with the same face everywhere* You know the artists I'm talking about. These construction methods were meant as a learning tool--not as a sole method for drawing faces. Learn the construction methods. Start drawing real faces. Throw the construction methods away. Now, from imagination, draw faces and make variations of the features (smaller eyes, larger eyes, nose shapes, eye tilt, head shape, etc). You can draw a beautiful face with different feature sets and there are so many possibilities. Use the Loomis technique and all of your faces look the same. Like they were created in the same android plant but with different hair styles, eye color, and skin color.

I LOVE my Peter Pen! Now I have a fountain pen addiction though, so.... thanks, Peter.

I'd love to see a video of small little character you'd draw on stickers like on your video drawing your feelings

Art critics: PHENOMENAL Pyschologist :We might need to uplevel our sessions to three times a week .

That’s a wonderful pen you have there sir! What number did you keep?

What if you have to redraw the character in different positions, lighting etc is it possible to use this free method for comic books?

So, I realize this is a bit of Baader Meinhof frequency bias type thing, but I just posted a video this week about how I turned a selfie into a troll portrait!! Strange coincidence. My character is definitely not as unique as yours, but it was still fun to make. Have a good weekend!!

(No Speed up or Skips!)

hey! may i ask what kind of pen are you using and what brand??? love your style and your thinking process!! keep up the good work

7:48

I want to see this character in his own comic

Hello Peter! :)

That ear! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

Do wing doctors study ornithropedics?

Start with a side of the head including the ear, then draw the jaw line, the hair shape and the neck, all the rest comes along by itself.

Looks like he’s got a mic near his mouth. Is he an entertainer or does he work in a call center?

Do you have any videos on drawing fire

You know, when you mentioned Timothy Chalamet, I looked closely and realized, hey, it really does look like lil’ Tim. Huh.

i reckon this guy is texting tech support after his body malfunctioned

Peter makes water taste delicious. That is all.

"Wing doctors"

Mom, can we get a Leto Attreides? Mom: We have one at home Leto Attreides at home:

To avoid same face issues, using references like the photograph gallery of Earthsworld can help.

A big #gulp.. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

:)

Kronenburg dystopian future mutant.