How to Train like Kim Jung Gi 

I think with more good art, the world will be able to imagine a more beautiful future

Rest In Peace Kim Jung Gi, cant believe we lost such a great artist and person so suddenly…

Can't believe he's gone... he was always up there as one of the greats for me and surely to a lot of people. Often using him as an example of a pro. Crazy with perspective, drawing from memory etc. Damn. 47 is still way too young. RIP legend..

I think Gi also had the advantage of a photographic memory. A friend of mine introduced me to him at Angouleme festival, and commented that Gi recognized him every time they met, though they never traded more than a friendly greeting. Then two years later, I was passing Gi's table in at ECCC Seattle, and he pointed at me in recognition, and smiled in greeting. He had remembered me from two years before, on the other side of the world, from nothing more than a friendly exchange of greetings, the sort he must exchange a hundred times a day at probably dozens of festivals per year. So when I see him accurately reproduce the complexities of motorcycles and scooters, or perfectly capture natural wrinkles in cloth, animal anatomy, specific types of architecture, etc, all from memory, I simple marvel at his gift of perfect recall. He was a true one-of-a-kind master, who clearly supplemented his natural gift with incredible discipline. We'll never see anyone like him again in our lifetimes. In addition, he was warm, friendly, and real. RIP

Coming back to this right now after news of Kim Jung Gi’s passing. My heart is so heavy. He was and continues to be one of my greatest art inspirations. Rest In Peace, legend

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what your passion is. Because the world needs more people with passion." I think that quote just changed my life. I only just started to pursue what I've always wanted to do (animation) after years of getting side tracked into other areas where I think I could make people happy while ignoring how I really felt about it. This video just popped up at the right time for me. Thanks for making this dude

When you quoted "Don't focus on what the world needs, focus on what's your passion. Because the world needs people with passion". I almost started crying.

As of today, he himself, the legend has died... A man loved by the art community.. You know, he inspired me to draw using ink, before that, I was stuck on drawing weird anime proportions until I saw one of Proko's videos featuring him. I started drawing and used a sketchbook this time and I got better. This man was why I drew, now he's dead but still lives in our hearts and within the art community. Rest in Peace, Kim Jung Gi.

He is one of the best illustrators of our time. Rest in peace Master 💔

RIP Gi, to this master who sadly passed away... Thanks for this video ! Very informative. I am practicing incremental learning-approach since a vew weeks now, and the progress is really motivating.

This video came in the right moment for me.. i have months struggling with understanding perspective and wishing i could draw it like the masters. I was starting to get frustrasted even to the point of not wanting to draw. SO this really made me realize i was pushing myself too much. I really needed some guidance so, thank You so much. I Will try to focus in a better way now

I've spent many wasted years if not decades sketching aimlessly with little to no focus or, like you said, trying to learn everything at once. This video made a ton of sense to me and can be applied to anything you're trying learn.

Master Kim would be very happy if he sees this video. You seem to capture his drawing principle very well. He always emphasize the importance of genuine interest, deep observation and understanding the object. Understand the structure, functionality, material, texture, or even smell of it. Observe from all different angles until you can draw from any angles. That’s how he studied perspective. His memory is his life long practice of continuous observation. Most importantly, he simply enjoys drawing. Not as a profession but as his hobby. That’s his secret of not having an art block. Be simple minded and light hearted. Just love drawing and keep on drawing. Btw, you pronunciation of his Korean name is bang on! 👏🏻👏🏻

I'm saddened by Mr. Kim Jung Gi's recent passing. Forever a legend

This is a great lesson. As a lifelong pianist, and beginner artist, your video reminded me of the great jazz pianist Bill Evans. Bill explained learning a part of the whole process until that particular part was internalized and unconscious, then move to the next part and repeat that until it becomes unconscious. I hadn’t really thought of this process applying to drawing as well. It makes perfect sense. Bill Evans on learning jazz “The whole process of learning the facility of being able to play jazz is to take these problems from the outer level in, one by one, and to stay with it at a very intense, conscious-concentration level until that process becomes secondary and subconscious. Now, when that becomes subconscious, then you can begin concentrating on that next problem, which will allow you to do a little bit more. I don’t consider myself as talented as many people but in some ways that was an advantage because I didn’t have a great facility immediately so I had to be more analytical and in a way - that forced me to build something. Most people just don’t realize the immensity of the problem and, either because they can’t conquer it immediately, think that they haven’t got the ability, or they’re so impatient to conquer it that they never do see it through. If you do understand the problem then you can enjoy your whole trip through. People tend to approximate the product rather than attacking it in a realistic, true way at any elementary level - regardless of how elementary - but it must be entirely true and entirely real and entirely accurate. They would rather approximate the entire problem than to take a small part of it and be real and true about it. To approximate the whole thing in a vague way gives you a feeling that you’ve more or less touched the thing, but in this way you just lead yourself toward confusion and ultimately you’re going to get so confused that you’ll never find your way out. It is true of any subject that the person that succeeds in anything has the realistic viewpoint at the beginning and [knows] that the problem is large and that he has to take it a step at a time and that he has to enjoy the step-by-step learning procedure. They’re trying to do a thing in a way that is so general [that] they can’t possibly build on that. If they build on that, they’re building on top of confusion and vagueness and they can’t possibly progress. If you try to approximate something that is very advanced and don’t know what you’re doing, you can’t advance.”

I have been trying to master everything but recently I starting being more selective, specific and patient with my studies, and lo and behold massive improvement. A brilliant explanation and eye-opening concepts, Thanks you for the video. I hope it reaches many people.

Fully agreed. I started to make notes a few weeks ago and now I feel more confident when it comes to anatomy sculpting. The process of education is hard, but it's the way more effective than just sculpting or drawing using references. The point is that when you write something down, you activate multiple areas of your cortex at the same time: visual, motor and associative cortex. That all improves and accelerates the education process. It's always better to write than to type. Thank you for this video.

This video made me realize a thing in my art journey: FOCUS. I need to know what I want and need to learn so that I can focus on creating the art I want. I love films and the emotion being evoke through it, especially these very dark and moody scenes. That's the art I want to produce. I also do enjoy sketching people since I want to put people into my scenes. Thank you Dr. Draw. You made realize that I don't have to be a master of every single fundamental, I just need to focus on something.

wow, I have been so frustrated all of my life about why I can't seem to improve, but I have always tried to tackle so much at once. This may be a game changer for me. Thank you!

Rest in peace Kim jong gi 💔🙏 An art legend

This video was uploaded a week before Kim Jung Gi past away at 47. I've met master Jung Gi several times in person, he was the most incredible artist I've ever sean or met and he was also a really kind and humble person, just an incredible human being, his craft will forever be remember and we will forever lean from him. Rest In peace great Master ✍️🇰🇷🙏

I agree with the notes. Making notes is extremely useful not only because it helps you remember the process, but also because it makes it easier to understand for YOU. When you're in a class and listen to your teacher, you're trying to memorize the words your teacher is saying. When making notes of those words, you're "translating them to your own language", so your brain will process that information way easier.

bro its amazing when your so bad at something and you see someone fluidly doing it with ease

Oh I love that " you can merge any background any talent with any form of expression". That's a light bulb moment for me! Thank you for your insights. Fascinating!

I Can definitely relate to the delayed learning thing. As a musician, I would practice and practice and practice, and feel like I wasn’t going anywhere. I would tend to get burnt out which would make me take a break a break for a week. But then when I came back, I was always amazed how I almost jumped up to another level. Seems like delayed gratification is gear we need to shift into as we age. Thanks man and keep it up!

I think there are so many great points to this. From an educational standpoint there are several awesome conversation starters, such as the "Active learning" concept, as well as subjects of "Creative block" and the "Unfair advantage" every person has based on their own background. This is an amazing source of knowledge I'll be coming back to, for sure. Thank you very much for this.

ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS I EVER KNOWN

What a sweet breakdown and a great way to look at it - especially the bit about having a decent basis on all fundamentals but then maxing out on a few skills. Don't need to be an expert on all fundamentals, and the ones you choose to hone will provide a basis for a personal style! Amazing work, thank you for the inspiration!

Man this just came at the right team! These type of lessons and only for free?! Wow you’re absolutely amazing, you make me wanna learn more about drawing and improving too! You’re one of my inspirations! Rest in Peace Kim Jung Gi, I can’t believe he would leave so suddenly…but he’ll forever be one of the legendary artists we will never forget about!

I appreciate the way you explained and addressed this. I’m a martial arts instructor and feel like I do a pretty good job getting this across to my students but struggle to apply it myself at times. Thank you ❤

This is one of the most important vids you've ever made, even tho your whole channel is the cream of the crop when it comes to free learning. Thanks a bunch man, can't thank you enough!

Thank you for this lesson. I admit I’m hip deep stuck in art stuckness. This is a very encouraging approach and I am already seeing results. Narrowing my focus is helping me find the bits that are my own style and I’ve been searching for that… well I don’t know if that search every ends because my art will change as I mature. I like your approach of training versus copying. Thank you for being generous with your wisdom.

i've just heard the news Master Kim Jung Gi dies in a heart attack, I can't believe it. Life is so short, and I make up my mind. I will draw everyday to remember all the things he has done for the art. RIP my Master.

This is one of the most helpful videos ive ever seen on this subject. Thank you!

Oh. My. Gosh. The RAM analogy is sooooo good -- - I've been busting my ass for 15 years bouncing around between things daily frustrated nothing is working (but then like 2 weeks ago started a structured, 65 lesson dimensional drawing class and within a week of drawing boxes I felt like I broke a 15 year old exhausting, draining, demoralizing art block. And you've just put some more juice back in. (I wanna find this Tom guy you talked about too, that looks amazing.) Subscribed. Thanks.

I felt very fortunate to meet him twice in Korea And was able to upload the footage of his amazing exhibit in South Korea when I lived there 😊

Dang. I watched this video when you released it, and today it hits a little bit harder…such a wonderful talent.

I saved this to watch later few days ago and when I come back to it now it hit me really hard :,(

Thanks for making this video and introducing lots of people to this master just before he passed. Now we can all remember him here

Wow!! This video was literally SO helpful and SO comforting. When you said you had a background in psychology, I instantly understood why you're so good at explaining all this stuff--- It feels rly good knowing theres someone like you out there who actually knows what hes talking about in comparison to a lot of amateurs, esp on youtube, who claim to have figured out how to cure art block or why youre a slow learner etc etc when they're rly just scratching the surface lol. Golden knowledge right here!! Thank you so much for the video and for future videos, and RIP Master Gi 🙏❤️

I saw this video yesterday. It was the first video of yours that I had seen. This morning I learned that Kim Jung Gi had died. 😞

I really found your video helpful. I was trying to develop too many skills, and you've helped me to realize I need to throttle back. Thank you for your time and understanding!

I love videos like this that understand the frustrations of the art journey and also have solutions to them. Thx for this

This was an incredible video. I just came out of a huge art block after doing commissions for months. I really couldn't figure out why but I think you told it to me perfectly. Commissions push me to do my best. Character design, perspective, anatomy, proportion, form, clothing, expression, lightning... All of that at once. No wonder I'd become exhausted after doing it non stop for months. It's too much. I'm giving myself a break for October so I can finally focus and take things one at a time for Inktober. Thanks a lot. I really hope this will aid me in the long term. Brilliant talk

Practice for a decade!? I’m 53! 😂😭

RIP Kim Jung Gi, may your work inspire countless generations to come, as it inspires us. Great video!

LOVE this channel! love how seriously everything is discussed but also with such humor and clarity. appreciate the video, thank you!

Even though I am not a fan of Kim, I do admire his techniques... There is much to learn from. This breakdown of learning/training on becoming a better artist is really helpful. I hope to find my own "sweet spot" to expand on. My biggest weakness is consistence and narrowing down what i need to work on. Thank you!

He was a true genius. It's hard to fathom how any artist could draw like that straight from memory with a brush pen. Even if you've got some skill and a lot of experience, it's light years away from what most of us would be capable of. RIP Kim Jung Gi

holy shit, this video has honestly opened my eyes and made me more aware of how i should be approaching my art studies. i’ve always wanted to draw like kim jung gi, but didn’t know how to get there. im an intermediate artist, i know a lot of the basics but i haven’t mastered them yet, it doesn’t help that i was in an art block until i landed on this video. sometimes i add a few notes when i draw, but i never truly broke down my observations. you’re doing an amazing service.

I tried this approach of focusing on one thing at a time with music production, but it didn't work. I'd spend a lot of time learning music theory, then practicing writing simple music, then learning about synthesis and sound design, then practice making beats and so on. When I'd eventually try to bring it all together and make a track from start to finish, I'd forgotten a lot of what I'd learned, because I didn't keep practicing things I'd spent time learning earlier on in my journey. Sure, I'd spent months learning music theory, but then I stopped to focus on something else. I was also spending so much time learning and practicing fundamentals to avoid the frustration and disappointment that would entail from being unable to reach my expectations when I tried to make a full track. My practice habits were an avoidance mechanism to a large extent. It was also discouraging to invest so much time practicing something with little creative output; not much to show for it, since I'd been doing exercises and study for a long period. I think if I had just tinkered about and picked up some know-how along the way through trial and error I'd have actually gotten somewhere. I think this is one factor that gives youngsters a creative edge. At a younger age you tend to be less critical, more curious and less likely to get in your own way. Even if you mostly focus on one thing at a time, I think you do need to keep regularly practicing what you've already learned and applying it to actual creative work. You can't just drop practicing one fundamental as you start practicing another, and you need to regularly put what you've learned to work and create something.

I hope this video will help me train to learn fundamentals like Kim Jung Gi did

I really liked this perspective on teaching yourself art. I realize that patience is a huge part of learning and now I know that I should try to focus on one topic instead of trying to get good at everything. It's just so hard to choose what to focus on when you like everything

This is such a great video! So informative and so well edited, I’ve learnt a lot. Thank you!

Best Art advice I’ve ever received! Thanks!

RIP..

rip and my honest respect

Thanks a lot for the video, your videos always come out with a lot of information. Really appreciated!

I swear this has been the most useful video i've seen. I've been struggling so much with perfecctionisim and also with never really knowing where to start, so thank you so much for offering this psychological angle to the discussion. ♥Grettings from Argentina and happy 2024 :)

Bro just said Indian as a language 😭

What is Indian?😂😂

I love this perspective, it sounds a lot like when you learn music, is from the basic and more simpler stuff that you start. And the daily practice on that single part. Then, it becomes automatic, exactly. This has blown my mind!

This video just popped in my stream and I'm so glad it did. I needed to hear it today!

Learning Indian? Indian isn't a laguange bro 😂 India has more than 700 languages

You have a talent for being a master, it is full of videos on youtube where they explain how to draw like kim jung gi, but only you can simplify something so complex and keep the level high, congratulations

One of the best videos on art study!!, thank you so much!.. it was extremely helpful for me. RIP KimJungGi

Thank you for sharing your insight. My medium is music. I have a degree in Psychology as well, and found your short lector super confirming, encouraging and helpful. Please consider posting more in areas that cross pollenate in various crafts. THANKS YOU!

This is the best art advice video I ever seen on the whole internet.

Kim Jung Gi (1975-2022) , the Greatest and Madness Artist in the World That's Why he was the Superman for the ARTS

This is a video I was looking for without knowing. Thanks you so much! ❤

The BEST. Thank you! I have heard this before---focus on one thing--but you explained how beneficial it is. Yay!

Thank you for breaking it down when it comes to learning a new aspect in drawing! I tend to try and learn about a topic that is more than a handful, and it CAN become overwhelming.

I literally love you so much. I have had that idea in my head that I don’t need to master everything and that thinking like that gets in the way it actually making stuff and utilizing creativity, thank you for writing that permission slip to let that perception die, I feel like life and growing up is just a series of realizing you don’t know need to wait, ask for permission, have a certain quantity or number of hours, or any of those things to start moving in the direction you want and doing the things you want to do.

I'm glad your videos got its way on my RU-vid rabbit hole cause I really needed to hear that. We do focus on so much at the same time and end up overwhelmed, I'm there on the overwhelmed side, but now I'll approach my studies with another perspective. Thank you thank you!

Excellent tutorial. I hope this video blows up 🤯

Thank you for this video! I really like the way you organise your thoughts, and frame the way you make art based on your past Psychology degree etc. - the combination is powerful indeed! I found this video while searching after Kim Jung Gi's tragic passing, but I am glad that I was able to discover much more about art due to him, and your interpretation of his skills, too.

Best suggestion I have received with this video today.... You made my day... My family critised me of painting tonnes of trees again and again... This resonates with my thoughts.

Wow, excellent guidance, description of the process just awesome. Thanks so much for elaborating on artist Block! Just what I needed! Happy New Year! I wish you all the best and more for 2024.

thank you so much man.. you are the best. I wish you all the happiness in the world, this helped me tremendously.

This video is get recommended to me for years and somehow just now i clicked it and gosh i wish i litsen to this sooner, the timing also couldn't be more perfect because i got overwhelmed by my work as an artist and feel pretty slow progress on my study and this help me a lot to gather my own thoughts Thank you!

Thanks for the encouragement. I've started making comments in my preparation but now I'll study past works and others' works I like.

I love all the technical information. Is way more important than even practice

I have been stuck for monts on a painting and this video has helped me to do a lot in a short time and I am so grateful with it

🎉the title of this video Art is a sport made me watch this awesome video and the loads of information you shared got me subscribing. You are generous and kind thank you for sharing 🙏

please continue with this series on kim jung gi. we will all miss him ❤

i've been looking around for some direction, and this video helped me a lot. i know what i need to focus! appreciate u

this is really helpful. i recently started focusing on anatomy and shapes and have been shocked on how much it's helped within just a week or two. it's nice to know that breaking it down and really focusing on one or two related things within art is the way to do it in order to improve.

You don't know how important this video is!!! Thanks man ,lot of us want to be Kim Jung gi , lot of us have too many stuff to worry about while sitting down to draw , like what to draw , does this matter , our Age , making money ,but all these can be tackled if we just hold our brain carefully and take to a place where it can exercise what it can do best , that one thing is just to DRAW

Wow, this is the definition of a well-made and clear video !

Incredibly helpful video. I know about "Jack of all trades, master of none" but I only ever applied it to the amount of hobbies I decide to spend time with. I never thought to apply it to specific avenue of art. And RIP Kim 🙏

I feel like this is totally life changing perspective on learning in general

Thanks for this video! The things that sticked with me the most are: 1) Focusing on one thing at a time (Simplify) to better keep it in long term memory. 2) Active learning! Taking notes!

Great tips. I attended Kim jung gi workshop, he doesn’t respond to comments until I misspelled his name. He corrected me by saying writing his name.😊

Wow, it blows my mind. I knew about it before but not visually knowing it. This is so powerful. Thanks a lot.

One of the best videos Ive ever seen 👌🏻

This is great. Don't forget quantity. Kim Jung Gi also is that good and is also able to reference his vast visual library because he spends more time than most observing and taking in his surroundings and also sheer volume. He draws ALL THE TIME. You have that one compilation. He has released at least 7 of them. All min 500 pages of drawings. It's easier for him to recall all of that visual knowledge because he's done it so much. Like the motorcycles. He's drawn people on them off them etc a million times. I hope that by then you'd get better at it.

Thank you. This helped me fill my dedication bucket.

Masyallah your video breaks my confusion of learn drawing. Thank you for sharing your experience!

This is honestly a really great, straight to the point video, I appreciate it ❤ I think I'll start to do these master studies...

Your insightful video was a gift from the gods that kicked off my morning. Now I can stop chasing my tail! I wish there was a more powerful way to say THANK YOUUU! This advice was priceless for me! I just found your channel and have subscribed. You are a treasure, dear one. ❤