Drawing Like a Professional: Shape Design and Facial Features

Art students often have a hard time making their final sketches look clean and professional. Regardless of whether you’re doing caricature or a traditional portrait, it takes a lot of work to bring a drawing or painting up to a professional level of finish. In this lesson, you’ll learn about applying a good and strong visual design to all of the caricature lessons and other lessons you’ve watched on Proko. If you’re interested in learning more about shape design there’s more examples in the premium caricature course: proko.com/caric....
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Artist | Instructor | Court Jones (www.courtjones....)
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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.
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[@shioniot8543]

I bet skinny jeans part was Stan's idea

[@CourtJones]

Actually, it was all me. I feel very strongly about the subject. :)

[@shioniot8543]

Oh, this is getting awkward, isn't it?..

[@johnhunter743]

@@CourtJones You are fooling yourself, clothes that fit, like those jeans that you used in the video, always look good. Any bigger than that, does simply not fit, and therefore, does not look good.

[@CourtJones]

@@johnhunter743 women are the only variety of human who can pull off the skinny jean look. :D

[@incognito9812]

@@CourtJones lol I’m using skinny jeans..... : (

[@RobertF-]

Really interesting video. Two things I noticed about "texture". One, texture seems to really amount to a pattern of small detailed shapes. And also, what was shown as a bad or messy style was actually because of the texture of the drawing. I think texture is a huge part of what makes the look or style of a picture.

[@misspayntbrush3301]

no. the drawing classed as messy was pure chaos in every way. the strokes were everywhere, the shapes were wobbly, the values were spotty

[@RobertF-]

Miss Payntbrush, yes the strokes being everywhere, the shapes being wobbly, and the values being spotty makes little messy spots and lines everywhere with no pattern or order, in other words really bad "texture". Isn't it? I've just started thinking about this after watching this video and seeing the examples of texture they showed. Look at 1:08. See how those examples of texture are really organized and have a lot of pattern and order? Now, look at the bad design shown at 2:20. See how the texture of all the lines is really random with no pattern or order? Yes, I believe this topic of "Texture" is much more important than we realize.

[@pardismack]

Texture is what you see when you are very close to the subject. that's why it's not on top of the hierarchy. A messy shape/line is not texture, but a messy shape/line. I think that a good design should look good from far away, that's why how it's presented is the most important element (composition). Then we identify the contour (shapes and lines defining them), after that you get forms with values, then colors, then texture. you can disregard or even mess up colors and texture and end up with a great piece of art if the other elements are great.

[@antonioblanco3086]

Amazing content! I'll miss you Court! and thanks a lot for teaching us

[@gonefishing5214]

You my friend earned an immediate subscription for your reference to skinny jeans !

[@tharchandran3709]

Hi Mr. Jones! I really loved how you did the abstract shapes for the values on the face! Very Leyendecker-esque! I also particularly enjoyed the study you did using his art style a few videos back. Would you be doing more studies of his works in the future? He's currently my favourite artist (and many out there, i'm sure!) and I'd love to learn more about the way he paints, particularly the way he comes up with concepts and his use of colour in shadow. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[@mr.smitherine1913]

You look good in those pants

[@paintur68]

He looks better in regular pants. Leave the legging for women.

[@mr.smitherine1913]

paintur68 I get the sense that people who dislike skinny jeans don't know much about clothing as a whole because of comments like these. Leggings grip the skin, are generally black, and have plastic based fabric. He was wearing denim, it did not grip his skin (they actually fit him quite well and by many standards would be considered more of a slim, not skinny fit) and he looked good in them! The pants are fine my dude

[@azalea1404]

Disagree! I think the instructor looked awesome in skinny jeans.

[@klompi]

3:40 that smile lol

[@Portix]

super mangaka can you please subscribe to my channel? I make art videos!

[@klompi]

did it

[@Portix]

super mangaka thanks a lot!!!

[@morrrtality3562]

that damn smile. lmaooo

[@carlosroo5460]

Stan, I watch your interview in Art Side of Life and you said that you'll be doing a Drawing Fundamentals course, will Court help you with that?

[@ProkoTV]

+Carlos Roo - Nope that’s my own course

[@carlosroo5460]

Well I hope we see more of Court in the Future, even if is not in plans for now.

[@jimmysahe6559]

Thank you!

[@helloWorld34798]

can I ask, What brushes in Photoshop do you use to achieve those traditional like pencils

[@arieltsaint1105]

When I crossed my eyes they were very clear in detail when blured

[@gabriart87]

Hi Court!! Which is the brushe that are u using to shade?? is it similar to a charcoal stick?? thx for the course!!!

[@thenamesmango7235]

Where is Stan, WHAT HAPPENED TO STAN

[@iboyaimakhongbantabam6184]

Great!

[@iboyaimakhongbantabam6184]

Hj

[@theartwill4156]

Yeah, where is Stan proko penko?

[@kenonerboy]

5:17 I have no idea what he means by "shapes that are pleasing to look at".

[@hairold5680]

good point

[@EnzoDraws]

4:16 Heh, you just did a Reilly abstraction...

[@davirosa]

RONALDO! Brilha muito no corinthians!

[@RealLucasVieira]

Í alá

[@Artamazee]

where is proko .

[@andrejjjj2008]

Why i can't rid of a thought that this one eye is better caricature then the whole painting...

[@punkandrockgirf]

Those jeans fit well though😂😂

[@hpraarts]

Great

[@tessaharmse1308]

Hi! I was wondering if you could tell me what hardware you use for digital art?

[@marcossoriano8154]

Does anybody know, what brushes is he using?

[@victorsampaio449]

Pena que não temos brasileiros capazes e competentes o suficiente para fazer algo à altura. Pena.

[@daigans]

i m sorry, i m french and for me, shapes and forms mean the same things … am i wrong ?

[@chlopaczekhula3524]

Shape is 2 dimensional while form is 3 dimensional at least that what I think it means

[@alexandruvoicu3732]

How pictures? Adobe Photoshop?

[@purplegoat2500]

Does anyone know what program he's using when he did the more detailed eye?

[@CourtJones]

It was either Photoshop or Corel Painter. I go back and forth a lot with those.

[@EmberHarrington]

I can hear the logic and message of what you are saying but that hasnt meant I can then get it on paper that way.

[@hydragosh]

May I know where I can download the pencial brush and eraser u use? Thank you.

[@CourtJones]

I mostly use Kyle Webster brushes, which now come bundled with Photoshop. One or two of the shading brushes was downloaded from the amazing digital artist Peleng/Sergey Kolesov.

[@jaymarkacedo8547]

Good evening...please suggest a beautiful app in drawing like yours sir..I find also hard in drawing in digital like this because I dont have a stylus..I barely used my fingers only which is tiresome to do. Please help me what to do. Thank you!

[@johnhunter743]

Every iPad with Apple Pencil is fantastic!

[@jaymarkacedo8547]

@@johnhunter743 thank you sir

[@jaymarkacedo8547]

Did u use tablet for sketch??

[@carolinathevampireprincess]

WAIT THIS ISNT PROKO WAT WHO R U PPL! 😂

[@eduardoburgosacosta243]

AlluraCellario wheres proko 😑

[@rikabernar]

Кто-нибудь помогите -- что значит "values" в данном контексте?

[@CourtJones]

"Values" refer to the lights and darks.

[@angelreynoso80]

Charackature

[@prepixel4655]

Proko's aged

[@bookle5829]

I'm glad someone agrees that skinny jeans is a mistake.

[@timowthie]

Edit: skinny jeans arent a good choice for men, but they are for court.

[@blyatman635]

Like for the skinny jeans.

[@grvonny]

Hard work? nah! It's "fun" work...

[@sketchyplanet5109]

WHERES THAT FUNNY MAN ? 😆

[@kihyunion721]

Skinny jeans on men are hot. Just young thin tall fit men with good muscle tone. For all other men it doesn't matter what jeans you wear, no one is looking at you anyway lol

[@qaiser648]

ki hyunion girls are hot in skinny jeans unless they’re old, short, or fat

[@dankrez346]

Some memes for the boomers in here

[@williamh123456789]

Lol. Men really shouldn't wear skinny jeans

[@yptat2]

Skinny jeans thing??? Just open your mind dude, I almost unsubcribed, but I didn't because of Proko

[@toozstyle1868]

skinny jean hahahha

[@cel3142]

13th comment

[@umairarshad2740]

first🔥

[@halfabee]

Obtain the notification as I registered with Proko. Find another person doing the tutorial. Going to unsubscribe from Proko.

[@thepochade5992]

Lol I thought you looked just fine in skinny jeans 👍

[@-Foxer-]

Those weren’t even skinny jeans! 😆 Looks good. What, men shouldn’t show any leg anatomy at all? I guess the European and Asian standards are different. 🙂

[@tiffanymolina1285]

Sorry man, you're rocking those jeans

[@faroukgo4988]

Proko, 10/10 informational ressource. Kind of unlucky for non English speakers who want to become better at art . But I'm sure a lot of other languages have good teachers too

[@pardismack]

Great content as always. feels more interesting because you're exploring more abstract ideas.

[@secretosnameos9631]

What? You looked good in those pants, man. Much better than those baggy mom jeans that seems to be so common with americans.

[@yptat2]

Most Americans Are Fat

[@GamingOS]

@@yptat2 Most Americans are not fat. We just have a super high obesity rate. But not everyone who is obese is "fat".

[@grimreaper9350]

@@GamingOS Yes, that's literally what obese means, it's just medical terminology for having a fat percentage higher than 25% for men and higher than 35% for women. The tiny amount of bodybuilders who have a higher BMI because of their muscle mass but low body fat percentage are not part of the obesity epidemic. Most people in america are overweight and obese, they have too much fat. Stop trying to sugar-coat it, it's the reason you got fat in the first place.

[@GamingOS]

I have a BMI of 19.2, im not fat. Just because I type like an SJW doesn't mean I look like one.

[@johnhunter743]

@@GamingOS Mr Smith is right, EVERYBODY who is obese, is also fat. You are Obese when you are above 25% body fat (though I am not sure if that is the exact number), the BMI does not matter for that definition

[@willt.9654]

The jeans look fine; it's the square toe shoes that are the problem.

[@lightningonlycommentsonce5824]

Proko *really* let himself go.

[@dadimunteanu]

The “no lines” caricature of JC Reilly was way better.

[@ericapfelbaum4201]

Proko, you look so different!!

[@space8862]

What’s he talking about, he looks good in the jeans

[@cupohappiness1416]

Those jeans looked pretty good. I don't know.

[@anasali8865]

Wonderful video!!!!

[@MrJeanBombers]

Don't wear this, it will overheat your balls and make you sterile, no jokes.

[@jaredhkm3248]

Nombre en español y habla en inglés!!! (◣_◢)

[@LudwigRomero]

I thought I was the only one that squinted when looking for shadows and lights.

[@deanchen507]

7:33 is that Andy from Conan show ?

[@prestonowens4594]

Hello, does anyone know the name of the artist he mentions around 2:30? I’ve been trying to find these images on google so I can follow this artist, but I don’t know how to spell the name.

[@tonyc3848]

Jan Op De Beek Took me a minute to find it. Very prolific. Love the style!

[@prestonowens4594]

Tony C Thanks for taking the time to help me out.

[@endrasukmana8862]

can i ask for somthing, i need help with my digital coloring , cz i dont know why, my colored drawing always look blury, maybe cz the brushes i use ? but its look blury, aaah god pls help

[@seanramsey]

You may need to use a larger canvas. What's your canvas resolution? Usually we use around 3000 - 40000 pixel canvas width.

[@yichen1273]

i dont know those skinny jeans looks pretty good to me

[@JeffLafferty]

Great vid

[@OfficialWEIRD]

Who is this guy?

[@paul329869]

Where can I find Jan Aptopic?

[@CourtJones]

It's Jan Opdebeeck. kzbin.info or instagram.com/janopdebeeck/?hl=en

[@LeafVeiledBoy]

? whats wrong with him and skinny jeans ?

[@dnielgln]

7:46 how did you even rotate that brush? thanks

[@iampinball3669]

Skinny jeans on men ☺️☺️😩😩😩😩😩🥰🥰

[@hugo311name9]

Ian Altobic who? Is this how I spell his name?

[@nguyenmitsuhashi511]

Wait a minute, who are you ? :)

[@seannecherie9535]

Lmao I love this video

[@AmelNaeb]

Who are you.. your not Proko.lol

[@2000jjcjfl26]

Lol....ohhhh yeahhh.

[@paul-scanlan]

Goodbye. :’)

[@TheBasqueWasp]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing

[@wordragon]

Cartoony is not the style shown. That style of rendering is called cel shaded and derives from the cels that animation used. Cartoony is the exaggeration of forms and doesn’t define a rendering style.

[@CourtJones]

We all have our own lingo for art concepts based on our experiences and background. "Cartoony" definitely can have many interpretations and depends on the context, such as "cartoony color" - as in: colored as if it were an animated cartoon. But when you talk about the exaggeration of forms, the most apt word to describe that practice is "caricature." I'm a caricaturist, not a cartoonist. If a person approached me and asked me to do a "cartoon drawing" I would tell them they have the wrong guy. I don't work in animation or regularly draw cartoon characters, or render in a simplistic cel shaded style.

[@wordragon]

Court Jones -I disagree. Cartoony is the style of exaggeration we see in all of these pieces where caricature is the format. Cel shading is the rendering technique used in the 3rd caricature. At art and animation studios, there are very well understood definitions for all of these techniques or processes.

[@CourtJones]

​@@wordragon I think this is a great opportunity to clear up some misconceptions about caricature that I encounter in my work. Historically speaking, "cartoon" simply meant a line drawing or sketch done as a preparatory stage in a work of art. Today, cartoons are either line art, flat color or a simple coloring/shading style (ala watercolor perhaps) and usually refer to invented characters that appear in printed comics or animated shows. Cartoon characters can run the spectrum from realistically proportioned humans to simplistic scribbles. But the determining factor making something a "cartoon" is if it is a simplistic or minimalist rendering. Whereas "caricature" is the term that refers to the act of exaggeration to achieve a humorous likeness of a real subject. Caricatures can be rendered in a cartoony/cel shaded manner, flat colors, line art, realistic or photo-realistic shading and coloring. In caricature, the style of rendering has no bearing on if it is considered a caricature. Or to put it more simply: Cartoons = invented characters drawn and rendered in a simple style. Caricature = exaggerated likeness of a real person, regardless of style. A cartoonist can certainly draw caricatures of real people for their political cartoons and likewise a caricaturist can render their drawings in a cartoony simplistic style. But the term "cartoon" is not interchangeable with "caricature" - at least not to the professionals who work in either of those fields. I can be kind of wordy sometimes. If that seems unclear or if you have any more questions, please let me know.

[@MFDOOOOM]

Great clarification ​@@CourtJones

[@AnhjunLozfen]

i'm actually fit, wore skinny jeans for a short while and hated them! You make good instructional videos as well. What is your name?!

[@CourtJones]

Thanks, Anhjun! I'm Court Jones.

[@sarthakshinde8690]

Who is this guy?

[@mizo2452]

Speaker of the white house

[@hungryarchie8136]

Such a good digital brush, is there any brushes like that in photoshop?

[@CourtJones]

Yes, those are mostly all brushes that come with the newest version of Photoshop. I believe I used a couple Kyle Webster brushes. I used Kyle's Shady Graphite and Perfect Pencil and one was a custom brush from Peleng. One of his many with the title "Sampled Brush". I re-saved and renamed it so I'm not sure which.

[@kuasocto3528]

1:43 stop, you're bad at memes, don't go into that territory, you'll only regret it later when you look back

[@Ugitron217]

guys just having fun, calling it cringey or whatever just feels meanspirited at this point

[@geezgus]

man, he shouldn't stop doing what he wants, ya know? He must do what he finds funny and doesn't hurt anyone. He's in his rights just like you and me (I hope).

[@neidererickpabonbueno8637]

Why the tittle in Spanish?