Why You Need To Learn How To Use LINE WEIGHTS

This video is all about Line Weights. Often over looked, and thought of as an inking technique, they can bring so much to your figures and overall picture making. Proper use of line weights can really make the difference between beginner work, and professional level drawing.
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[@gabudaichamuda2545]

FINALLY, a clear explanation of line weight. I've had people tell me for years that I need to learn to "vary my line weight", and I never understood what it meant until now.

[@alanomarperezalvarez292]

Same, this is a life saver

[@orebb2204]

Honestly the best on KZbin, I even tried proko and still didn't get it up until now

[@ShakDrawzOfficial]

Agreed. My biggest pet peeve is when people say “you need to practice” without actually explaining what needs to be practiced.

[@ScottMcMaster-er4xj]

We can think of it as micro-shading before any real shading. That's how I am going to approach it.

[@nopenopenopepikachu5206]

This comment is a perfect culmination in all of our feelings

[@KillerTacos54]

Dave straight up made a commission-quality illustration just for this tutorial. If that doesn’t show how legendary he is, idk what will. Thanks so much for this video!!

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thanks KillerTackos!

[@relindimoxxelheximilli1793]

Thank you Dave again for great video. Because of you this world will have great new generation of artists. Thank you for your teaching us. You are source of knowledge even for poor people who cant spent money for course and school to follow their art dream. But you are making our dreams real ... now its just on us to work hard to gain what we want. Thank you Dave you are amazing. God bless you.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thanks so much! Its humbling to think that I could be helping along some upcoming great artists in this business. I was fortunate enough to work in a studio where I learned all this stuff, so it's important to me to be able to pass that on.

[@rockon8174]

@@DavidFinchartist doing awesome work, sir! Thank you for sharing!

[@Fm83473]

Agreed

[@austin7280]

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[@chuckgibson3973]

Memories... I'm thinking about that old studio in Mira Mesa and how Marc (Silvestri) and Scott (Williams) used to sit next to each other in that office. It was great for me, because I'd go to get advice from Scott and wind up getting a lesson from Marc too about half the time. They both got together for a few minutes one afternoon and explained this to me. Great stuff. I've already sent a couple people who regularly ask me questions a link to this video. You're giving away GOLD over here, David! Thanks for what you do.

[@khrystianadams8165]

He crossed the line this time. Edit: Thank you, never had 123 likes

[@thepurpleman119]

Yeah, but he has a point

[@halidramzan2803]

Ha! 🙌🤣

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@@canvasninja its a pun

[@AA-kt3qm]

2 minutes in and youve given me better information on line-weight than ive been able to find on any more popular channel on youtube! Awesome stuff! Thank you!

[@1MightyR]

This is the perfect example of using line weights!! 🔥💯

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thanks Mighty!

[@titanusprimezillaeditz]

THE legendary intro of david finch.🔥🔥🔥LOVE IT

[@fallenphoenixfilms]

I'd been wondering about line weights for a long time. Appreciate that you've covered them here.

[@greg_static_art]

Can’t thank you enough Dave. Taking your time to pass on such immensely helpful knowledge is wildly appreciated

[@tomicart5854]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Can’t wait to watch this when I get home from school. 🔥🔥🔥

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Get this guy 1 million subscribers 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@wallrider73]

This is gold! To get all this amazing content from such a great artist is a real privilege. Thank you, Dave!

[@jeromelansang2168]

I have brought your course when it came out about 10yrs ago and this was the concept which made my drawing a lot better as I always wondered why my drawing looked flat even tho it has shadowing in it. Thanks again. P.S: you also showed this to me personally when you were in the Calgary expo and I was waiting for my V for vendetta commission from you. Thanks again for being such an awesome guy and great artist

[@datatreader7886]

My linework has been incredibly challenging, so thank you for explaining why this is absolutely vital for good drawings, and how it's basically the same as simple shading. I didn't even realize it, but I was accidentally following this technique when I was much younger and tracing comics.

[@nickellfrancis8522]

David finch your art is incredible thank you ✨✨✨

[@authorrayrogers]

This video is a game-changer for me. Thanks, David!

[@Mono-fr5fk]

One of the best comic artisits and educators you can find on the whole yt.

[@roadrunneruntd]

I've been struggling so much with line weight. This demystified aspects that I struggled with. Thank you so much !

[@KDSBestGameDev]

Thank you so mich. This short video teached me alot. Line weight is something I neglected alot

[@Habu12]

As a classically trained draftsman, I love the use of the lead holder! My first paying drafting job was all board drafting, and I used a combination of lead holders and Koh-I-Noor mechanical pencils of various line weights. For very similar reasons. But instead of light, it was dimension. Object lines were thicker to denote the edge of a surface, whereas hatch lines were thinner to denote the material was cut, and you were seeing the inside of it. Centerlines and dimension lines were among the thinnest to denote that they were imaginary lines no present on the material, used for dimensioning only. Etc etc.. Great stuff!

[@dwintster]

Thanks David I always learn something new from your videos, goes to show that no matter how long you have been at it there is always more to learn. 37yrs and still learning, this is what I love about art and design.

[@alisondorantes-garcia5751]

Oh my God this broke down a concept that I've struggled with for over a decade. Thank you for the simple explanation and examples!

[@Cass99k]

Thank you David! This is truly such a useful even necessary concept to learn, blessings for you and your family

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thank you, and God Bless!

[@JDSCT]

Another great video with great information. Hope you are well Dave

[@LumebentoLLC]

I appreciate this explanation because when people were trying to explain this before they really did not do anything this simple and easy to understand.

[@lylewyant3356]

This video is right on time. Was about to start looking for line weight tutorials.

[@screamfingers]

This is honestly gold, and CRUCIAL knowledge. I haven't found this info anywhere so thank you so much for your contributions to the locus of knowledge that's out there. And for FREE at that.

[@speedbagboxer7451]

Once again thanks for making these videos Dave. I’ve learned so much from watching ur videos and I can’t thank u enough.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Very welcome!

[@rockon8174]

One of the best art instruction videos on KZbin!!!!

[@chimpsfall75]

ABSOLUTELY helpful!!! Thank you very much, Mr. Finch!

[@DavidFinchartist]

Welcome!

[@jasonpaulperkinsart]

Needed this. Have been trying to get better at my inking and this was a great lesson. Posting videos of my learning!

[@DamageXcaling]

This was pure gold, i think now i understand shadows amd volume a lot more 🙏🙏

[@Poisonedblade]

That simple shape tutorial explained it all... then watching it in practice was really enlightening.

[@black_hole_art]

Coloring ur works has changed my coloring skills thanks for the amazing lines I'll keep making ur cool work even cool thank u dave fin

[@James-ke4gq]

Thanks for another video dave As an art teacher that dreams of being able to draw comics all day one day, these things give me hope to keep learning and going

[@Tha_Pencil]

Amazing video, you're one of the GOATS Mr finch fr

[@keithws2779]

That's such an awesome drawing, feels so solid.

[@kmolina5841]

Yes, lightweights I’ve been struggling so much wit this thank you Dave !!! 😊😊

[@alphinart]

Yes! Another great tutorial! Hope you’re feeling better Dave!

[@DavidFinchartist]

I am, thanks Alpin!

[@alphinart]

@@DavidFinchartist good to hear! And great line weight tutorial!

[@PizzicatoUK]

This is one of the most useful drawing videos I've seen (and I've watched a LOT!). Thanks so much for this, David.

[@MCUPW]

Another great video! Thanks.

[@bnstnnn83]

This video was just what i need, i love you

[@zubingala5082]

One of the best in the bizz.. for alot of reasons. Thank u sir david!!!

[@sixmoremarko4872]

good to see you on here Dave. Glorious content.

[@USERRINZLER]

Dave, these video's are very helpful! Thank you

[@Tee_J_Arts]

Thank you mr finch for being my inspiration 🙏🏿

[@Johnboy6346]

Dave gives more of an art education in these videos that any of my art teachers ever did at school

[@c.williamrussette2148]

This was extremely helpful. Thanks, sir!

[@andymartinez3622]

Thank you so much for this video. Im a learning artist that has never made a lot of progress because I dont like being taught by other people as i feel like they dont explain it right and i dont understand. This video was so perfect and simple I understood perfectly and I feel like. my art is going to improve a lot more because of this, thank you so much!!

[@EloanneCqra01]

I remember seeing tutorials on lineart that usually talk about using line weight to show the difference in volume/emphasis between the parts that compose the figure/object/etc. It's a very useful understanding, but I often got myself lost in the middle of the process, trying to guess if I should - or not - make the line thicker at some point, and it always felt some sort of logic was missing. Well, it was indeed: the line weight being guided by the light source. I'm going to watch it again and take notes, this is going to be a new lineart exercise for sure! Thank you, David :] Oh, and I always loved to get a comic with your art! But I don't remember seeing this channel before. Now I have a lot to watch around here hahaha

[@spiritretro3571]

absolutely love this vid dave!! would seriously love more like this

[@donkster]

Glad I found this vid. Been struggling a little with my shadowing. Awesome tutorial and thanks for the video.

[@asimian8500]

Great video. Everyone benefits. It's amazing how much form that something as simple as line weight gives. One way to create greater dimension with line weight is to use the concept of ambient occlusion. When objects are close to one another, light gets trapped and the light dims.

[@vdostarr]

learning how to ink & this video helps immensely!!! Thank you

[@vapsman88]

Great video, Dave. Very simply explained and easy to implement. Thanks for sharing.

[@DMAN99]

I really appreciate the simple explanation, sometimes when you try and research this type of stuff it’s too easy to get bogged down in the big details.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thanks! I definitely find that, yeah... It's so easy to overthink some of these things until you're completely turned around.

[@DMAN99]

@@DavidFinchartist In regards to this video, I like how you pointed out how you were still following the same idea throughout the piece even with some of the finer details like around the rib area or some of the thigh muscle on the left leg, usually those details are where I get confused in other tutorials.

[@mh1art870]

Thanks Dave! You the man

[@ragemonkey1173]

David, thanks.😊

[@kanden27]

This helped clear A LOT of things up!

[@markaguzmanartist630]

Fantastic Dave love this

[@KatzNoirNation]

This was extremely helpful, thank you so much for this breakdown.

[@breadpirateoverhere]

This was so great and helpful David thank you again for another incredible guide.

[@brycetheoddball]

Best Art Teacher of All Time.

[@lamborghinimiura7625]

Thank you very much for this. It was very helpful.

[@artbytrublue288]

Thank you for this tutorial this is so helpful 😊

[@gat-susama7409]

Beautifully explained

[@darioscomicschool1111]

Thank you so much!

[@hoodieinfestation]

Nice breakdown! Thanks for sharing this.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stridin]

Thanks for the video. This is truly the best video on the topic of line weights for line works in general.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@devilmah]

This was very helpful! thank you

[@allanthornton7754]

Thanks for the informative video. You are truly a great ambassador for the industry.

[@artalgo5172]

A thousand thank yous, sensei 🙏🙏🙏

[@Lockheadz]

this legend is such a great teacher

[@user-yn1ql1vs2i]

Thank you so much Sir Marcel

[@darioscomicschool1111]

Thank you again!

[@n8n565]

This is amazing!

[@XAKHAN_ArtB.Y.R.O.N.I.C.]

Excellent. Thank you. 👌🏿💎

[@mac_art_01]

Thanks to your videos bro.. 👍 i learn many techniques in your draw..

[@cmdrhatchy9611]

Very timely, thanks! I've been practicing line weight with ink and breaking the line up closest to the light was a something I shall try right now.

[@DavidFinchartist]

I hope you like the effect! I do find that it's more effective in black and white art, but it still works fine with color.

[@doncocor]

this was great thanks.

[@devinwalters8769]

i actually already do this by nature when drawing. But this is still great advice. Nice work as always, mr. Finch. 😊👍

[@jodymiller4986]

Thanks Dave! Super helpful, great job man.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Very welcome!

[@SanAndreas204]

Thank you so much for this. Hope you feel better.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Welcome! I'm definitely feeling better today, and I think I'll be totally good by tomorrow.

[@SanAndreas204]

@@DavidFinchartist happy to hear that. Hope you are 100% tomorrow.

[@fulmetalraven1]

Great vid!!! Thanks

[@insaindrawings333]

Awesome stuff! This was very helpful and gave me ideas on how to approach it in clip studio

[@oswaldosabo]

Thanx! Helps a lot!

[@DavidFinchartist]

You're welcome!

[@HimanArtists]

Great art work

[@cory99998]

loving all of the tutorials you've released this year, keep up the good work. Could you do a video on shape design?

[@davebertaud]

great tutorial thanks!

[@aneebartist7207]

Thank you master.

[@scottmcmaster4927]

This just came intuitively to me when I began to draw.

[@_casg]

Thanks you You doing gods work

[@Balder-gb4eq]

Good video enjoyed and learnt something new

[@ruzia28]

Thank you so much

[@Ren_Brands]

Really useful Information for a beginner.

[@JJJade2468]

Dang!!!!! This seems so simple but i never took enough time to really do this and he's right, my sketches looked so FLAT.

[@artwhat..]

Hero F.. great life lesson, thanks for your time, see you Monday.. bye'eeee..

[@DavidFinchartist]

See you then!

[@DancemovementSpace]

Thank you 👍

[@aglcomics]

Excellent tutorial, David. AGL