How to Draw Anything without Reference - Art Challenge

[@thelads4057]

I love how you are commentating your thoughts to show that it isn’t only about copying but also careful observation/ understanding/ pattern regognition.

[@ForrestImel]

For sure! I want to try and show people that this is very doable no matter what level you are and it's a good process for improving your skills :)

[@TripleQuestionMark_]

I love this type of content! Back in October, I found your video on How to Study, and I feel like I've improved more in the past 10 months than I have in the past 4 years! Keep up the great work

[@ForrestImel]

@@TripleQuestionMark_ that’s awesome! I’m glad that you’ve found these videos helpful!

[@drawingcomics]

Your advice is is actionable, Forrest. Thank you for helping us improve with this video.

[@gustav0santos]

Your playmats are beautiful! Good luck with your kickstarter. And amazing video. This one, along with the previous one, are excellent for those who are just starting out.

[@ForrestImel]

Thank you!

[@DigitalinDaniel]

The one hump camels are Dromedary which are more Middle Eastern, the two hump camels are Bactrian which are more Mongolian. Llama, Alpaca, Vicunas and Guanaco are also members of Camelidae. I always make the joke that a game isn't good unless it has camels in it, in addition to it requiring a fishing minigame.

[@throughthewatcherseyes3482]

I used this and I actually saw improvement, now I need to figure out how to use for projects

[@ForrestImel]

That's great! For larger projects/images I used to write out a list of everything in the image that I should study; Materials, specific poses, lighting, etc. Then would do a session like this for each of those things, but instead of ending on drawing from imagination I'd move back to the illustration and apply what I learned.

[@Impulserenity]

This video was awesome! I really appreciated you walking through the process and i thought the concept was very entertaining! Great vid as always

[@danielcalencar]

This is such an amazing content. I really learned some tips about how to study there... seeing you reflecting on this is enlightening

[@sethlynchart]

Amazing video, a new favorite of mine for sure!

[@vipergamer7349]

Well best video

[@TemesgenAsefa-w4m]

Thank you for this video

[@jesusmother4311]

Thank you for your videos and great advices! ❤

[@thelads4057]

A question: do you think it’s better to get new references after you’re done with a session to sorta refresh your eyes to make new observations?

[@ForrestImel]

I'm sure it couldn't hurt, I usually get new reference when I feel like there is something I'm not quite understanding or seeing with the reference I've gathered. So maybe if like the head isn't seen at a certain angle or something.

[@Placid_Cat]

equine = horse, bovine = cow. 3:00 make the neck thin and chop off the hind end and you have a flamingo silhouette.

[@ForrestImel]

Well clearly camels must be Equi-vine, it's the only logical conclusion

[@prateekojha1657]

Very nice video!

[@mrpeanut188]

Somehow I've never considered listening to Close to The Heavens outside the game-- it's definitely going on a piano playlist.

[@NorsePunk]

Joe Camel and Chester Cheetah are basically the same character

[@RukileinchenChan]

Someone is missing his Chaos I guess :,D Are you lannign on doing similar videos more in terms of style studies? I hate the way I paint and started to try learning form other artists how they paint but it is hard for me to reproduce their brushstrokes, way of thinking etc.

[@ForrestImel]

haha, I'm glad someone knows the music! And yeah I will probably take some time to make more videos focused around rendering since that's something I feel pretty confident in if that's what you mean!

[@randelbecha4454]

hi how do you draw back ground so well? the perspective and the mixture to it with the character blend so well, did you study real life study?

[@namba3886]

I will buy the absolute fuck outta these desk mats

[@cdarklock]

I did this last week! I decided to draw horses just like, out of nowhere, for no good reason. I have never drawn a horse in my life. It was an interesting exercise.

[@ForrestImel]

It's pretty wild seeing how much I didn't know about what I was drawing, it's definitely a fun exercise!

[@cdarklock]

@@ForrestImel I realised when I started trying to paint trees a year or two ago that... I don't know what trees look like. Not really. I have spent my life surrounded by trees and I have never really looked at them, let alone thought about what they look like and why they look like that.

[@clark509]

The snoot drooped

[@bigfin20]

forrest becoming a youtuber? do you have more free time now or what prompted the change?

[@ForrestImel]

@@bigfin20 haha, I’m just playing around a little bit, trying to spend a little more time on KZbin and twitch and see what I like and want to keep. I definitely do not have a lot of free time, I’m just trying to figure out what I want to spend some of my free time doing.

[@idkdude7662]

Can u make video about time management?

[@ChrisPam-cf4go]

How do I study figure drawing from my imagination ? Are memory and imagination the same?

[@ForrestImel]

I think there is a difference between memorizing something and being able to recreate it from your imagination. The reason I wanted to try and draw these camels in the video from multiple angles and recreate them in different angles is because I want to try and be able to recreate the actual 3-dimensional structures of the head and anatomy and not just recreate a specific pose from a reference image. I think the best way of doing this is being able to simplify complex forms into basic shapes like boxes and cylinders.

[@ChrisPam-cf4go]

Yes true developing spacial awareness of the object in mind

[@TomBigosinskiArt]

Love you, bye! Remember to eat well

[@ForrestImel]

I just ate a bowl of jasmine rice covered in Campbell's cream of mushroom soup, does that count?

[@daiz-animation-y7s]

is it challange for you ? bro im beter than that and i wanted more but you cant give me more

[@majasafaric3813]

Great video, I've been really struggling trying to figure out how and what to study and your videos are really helping me figure it out 🤍