Uploads more often is better, however it’s too unreasonable to ask for it due to the amount of work and effort that goes into these videos and their top level quality.
I love how you always say that it's necessary to not bite off more than you can chew and work on basics if you're struggling. A lot of art tutorials don't say it. and I think a lot of people need that reminder (including me).
I love drawing and story writing so much because my imagination is INCREDIBLY WIDE... But sometimes my expectations are just so high that I felt anxious if I saw the result of what I've drawn.. It is not the same of what I saw from my mind... So thank you for this, Sir Marcel... (I'm weak at anatomy poses...)
Thank you so much!! I always struggle to draw from imagination and end up using references and always feel bad about it. This really helped me thank you 😄
Wow man. I've been struggling with motivation to pick up a pencil again, although I've found myself watching your videos and they've been inspiring me a ton! One of my main issues and probably what led me to putting down my pencil, was me struggling with original ideas and drawing from imagination. I've only found you today but I'm already grateful for the time and effort you put into these videos. It's truly incredible and inspiring, thank you so much ❤
7:45 this sequence breaks me!! I always had a lot of resistance to using references, for fool's pride (?) or something like that. Your videos and tips helped me a lot to get through this. Thanks!!
Bro u've explained other videos well but this one's the best. As in you've helped me understand drawing from memory and imagination and some people confused the two, me too.
Man if i am about to praise your hardwork then i will be out of words. I used to follow another channel which used to put a lot of effort in his videos ("draw it too") sadly he stopped uploading now. I hope you don't stop...your hardwork is worth more subscribers and support.
8:14 FINALLY SOMEONE TO HELP ME ANSWER A QUESTION IVE BEEN SERCHING FOR SINCE I STARTED DRAWING ... I suffered with that ... Atleast until I started practicing again Im still a person who works with memory but thanks to you marshal I can brouden my horizon
I have imagined a lot of amazing fantasy or sci-fi stuff while lying on my bed, during a meeting or driving but when I wanted transfer that idea into paper...I just couldn't. I couldn't even draw the basic shape properly. So, I usually tend to draw random stuff out the blue or something interesting that I just saw. I also noticed that I can copy things better than create something new ones. I recently have been copying some video tutorial on how to draw the human body poses. The figures that I copied from the video looked far better than the ones that I created on my own. I really like drawing from memory, though. There are many scenes in life that I wanted to put into paper. Most of them are very quick scenes by the roadside while I'm driving so I don't have the luxury of stopping quickly to take a photograph. Also people will get uncomfortable when we raised our phone camera at them.
I think the problem here is what i have trouble with too. You may have a great idea, but don't have a clear picture in your head of what it should look like. That's where the references and memory come into play. The more you use references, and draw specific things, the more your mind gets used to drawing it, and the more accurate your mind's "visual library" becomes. But you do need that practice and those references. Describe something to the best artist, which he has never seen, or any idea of, and ask them to draw it, and you'll likely get something which isn't really good. Ask someone to draw a brushed metal pipe, who has never seen that, and it just won't work. Ask a metalworker who sees the stuff daily, and while not as refined, he'll have a clear image in his head of what it's like and with some practice will be able to get it down on paper a lot faster than someone who's imagining what it looks like. And as Draw Like a Sir says: don't run before you can walk. Well, it can be fun to try, and you can learn a lot from it too, but the basics will give you better progression. Even memory can be trained by that, since you can more easily remember a pose, if you have the right proportions and perspective in mind, and "just" need to fill in what you remember with things you know how to draw (be it a body, building, car, anything). In the end, everyone's copying real life (even if drawing completely random flesh monsters). If they don't, it just won't look right.
as someone with Aphantasia the thumbnail sketches is absolutely crucial to do anything. Simply because I can't even see the creative ideas I have and even still it's so incredibly frustrating when I can't even access my "visual library" No matter how many years of learning I have under my belt. Definitely makes me feel that I am terrible artist as a result! ;-; Great video though! Even if I have to figure something out differently than everyone else!
Thank you for emphasizing that reference isn't bad. The imagination is the setting and poses, the concept as it were, but anything else is from the memories you have, influences you have and references you have. You can't really draw an engine which looks like it'd work, without first having very basic knowledge of what an engine would look like. Even just drawing a brushed metal tube, won't look good if you've never seen a brushed metal tube before, and just try to imagine what it looks like and drawing that. (something i learned very recently :D) I think everyone who claims to purely draw from imagination, is ignoring the years of observations they've done and references they've seen, learning how to draw. Sure, some are better at it than others, and they may not realize it. But most of the finishing work, as you say, is from references and memory, building a visual library in your head to know what works and what doesn't. Else things just seem "off".
Thank you I've improved with my line work and such been drawing for four months and I've wondered if drawing with reference wasn't valid but thanks now I know I need to learn more about anatomy before picking up the pen then thinking I suck when I don't put something as good as my peers out
can we take a moment to just aprecciate that he works, does videos, draw for marks and all of that just every f*cking moment of his life? he is incredible
Wow ich bin richtig begeistert :D würde am liebsten unter jedes Video schreiben, wie verdammt verstanden ich mich fühle und wie hilfreich das alles ist! Dazu noch mit gutem Humor und super authentisch. Ganz ehrlich, wenn danach meine Skills trotz Übung und den Tipps hier nicht besser werden, liegts einfach an mir haha
Wait... the Emblem of Dragon Destroyer is actually a *SWORD HILT* ??? Besides that mind-blowing fact, thank you so much for this video!! I do alot of free drawing, but neglecting learning to draw from memory and imagination. I think I'm going to work on all 3 points now instead of just letting my pencil go freestyle.
I feel like when you watch his videos and then go to draw it's like BOOM ART SKILLS HAVE IMPROVED! just by watching a small but very well done tutorial. Good job with all the hard work you put in your videos ^-^
i didnt know you cursed that really suprised me but i dont care just keep feeedink me knowledge and i'll like all your vids AND reccomend them to friends.
I have been facing a problem like , I make pretty decent fanart (still improving 😅) but only in those pose which are already available. But when I want to make the same charecter in different pose I am not able to. I make a good anatomy of that pose however when it comes make details like hair,cloth etc I get stuck
1:58 D O I H C (I HAVE no idea of how to speak German) my sister is learning German andd.. umm she hate her teacher, but i love your videos keep up the amazingly good work
