Foreshortening Arms

A guide to drawing convincing foreshortened arms.
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Great job Mr. Finch! Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge on this subject. Looking forward to the next one. 😎🙌

[@DavidFinchartist]

Hey, Robert! Thanks!

[@HSRMF]

thank you both :)

[@pedrocoll966]

This is so helpful. I really like the way you explain things... so natural. I cant wait for you to do other tutorials about other body parts, torso, legs, back. Thank you for spending your time with us!!!!

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[@DavidFinchartist]

Wow, thanks!

[@cf2099]

Foreshortening...with shadow...with explanations... 👍👍👍 thanks a lot, lot!!!

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My pleasure 😊

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I learned so much in just the span of 10 mins. My God Dave your a beast!

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this was a super helpful video! the thing that most atracts me about your shadowing is the realistic/organic look.

[@DavidFinchartist]

I'm so glad!

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Any time!

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Clear and straight forward, love it.

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[@wilfredodiaz8743]

You make it look so simple... I have tried in the past to draw in such angle but I'm terrible at it. Thanks for your tips I'll try again using your helpful tips

[@ceren-pr5ls]

This is the most helpful tutorial so far on foreshortening and you also get to learn how to render properly!! Thank you for also suggesting that learning the names of the muscles is not necessary! :D It should save me some time

[@Jericko427]

I love your anatomy and foreshortening tutorials! Thanks for the lessons, Master Finch!

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Thank you for this. Really great.

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What an inspiring teacher , amazing !

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Love this and can't wait for the pencil drawing sunday!

[@william2193]

Great video, very well shown! That will help a lot!

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Great stuff. Love to lean more about laying out the basic structure and the shapes you use and turn in space.

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[@1MightyR]

Thanx for going in-Depth with this Awesome Tutorial! I use Foreshortening! Makes my characters look Dynamic!😊🔥

[@whome6764]

Totally makes sense 👍

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Very helpful. I’m glad your back🥶

[@adamkinny4269]

Thank you very much!!! This really helpful and approachable. Plus breaking up the parts will make it simpler to prices and digest

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This is some seriously good quality tutorial!

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These are so incredibly helpful - thank you so much for diving into these! I really look forward to these and the Sunday vids!

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You inspire us to draw no matter what thanks

[@kirtburdick]

Another great demo! Thanks a ton! This definitely helped me with foreshortening.

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Thank you so much for teaching. I find your videos so informative.

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Glad you like them!

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You’re the best, thanks for the tutorial, now I know why my anatomy was off, I didn’t do it correctly

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Thank you Master.

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Following along with the same Staedtler Mars Technico I bought ten years ago when I wanted to be just like David Finch

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David, can you do a tutorial on cloth and clothing?

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That would be great

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Would love to see this as well.

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Coming up next week.

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[@IntricateDolphin]

Really interested in the tutorials you're talking about posting. This one is nice. I have been working really hard to draw figures well with foreshortening, good anatomy, and from all kinds of angles and I often end up feeling like I still have no real grasp of anything despite years of practice and study. It can be very discouraging.

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Very good tutorial! Thx :)

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Glad it helped!

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Can’t get enough of thise

[@kennywang171]

Really awesome tutorial Dave!!! Thanks so much ❤

[@crunchycrispychip3266]

New to foreshortening and this helped a lot

[@kingslavd661]

This is actually very helpful and detailed.

[@jaytamayo4694]

Thanks for this. Well taught. I had the idea of making stones to be sample. That arm looks like Bruce Lee's arm.

[@discochoir]

Absolutely awesome. Thanks much appreciated I know anatomy fairly well but mainly for other reasons. On the other hand I just learned what foreshortening means. I heard of it before but never really looked into it or clued in on the meaning. I'm embarrassed how obvious it was. Anyways great video it's the fundamentals that I need to work on the most and these videos are a huge help. Thanks again. :)

[@DavidFinchartist]

I'm glad, thanks! Anatomy definitely comes first, then things like foreshortening.

[@discochoir]

@@DavidFinchartist Thanks for the reply. Curious what do you think is the best order to learn the fundamentals if that is even a valid way to think about it. Thanks. :)

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Thank you David, awesome tutorials!

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thank you very very much sir. more marvelous/ dc power to you!!!

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I love your art. Wish I could draw this good

[@mubearts236]

Great!!!! Thank you Dave!!! ❤❤❤ love to practice rendering and this is a very good challenge!! Grettings!!

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Thanks for the tips David 👍

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[@AMO17]

Thanks so much for this video. Will definitely be trying to apply it

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this is amazing i have a optimism while watch this when i trying i still have lack of skill lol

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Thank you! 🔥🔥🔥

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I am a simple man I see your tutorial I press like

[@DavidFinchartist]

Haha thanks

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Keep the vids coming, some videos on figure drawing would be great

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You help a lot, theanks for posting!

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Amazing, well explained!

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This is what I needed!! Thank you!

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Great stuff David, Hope to get to meet you at a con one of these days, I've found your work to be one of the most aspiring in my art career. So much so i stopped taking commissions to relearn my skills, so i cant wait to keep watching so i can become a better artist =) Thank you for doing this !

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thanks! You can keep growing while still working though! Just set aside time for it every day, and make sure that you let it inform your commission work. Don't just revert to what you're comfortable with. Nice work, by the way!

[@SketchingTheBeast]

@@DavidFinchartist Thats good advice, My hopes are to take a step back from having deadlines for a bit and sell the stuff i want to create before really delving in. Thank you SO MUCH. That means alot coming from you 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@bjelland_2000]

This is awesome! Thanks!

[@derekhammeke2531]

Thanks for the explanation on the rendering line direction and to stay consistent on the direction throughout. I’ve always wondering how to keep that organized as mine always looks a mess.

[@DavidFinchartist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Deathmoths]

Thanks David

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Awesome video!! Very helpful info

[@DavidFinchartist]

Glad it was helpful!

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very nice explained...

[@KillerTacos54]

God damn that's a beautiful arm

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Thank you 👍👍👍👍

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Thank you! That was awesome!

[@DavidFinchartist]

Glad you liked it!

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these videos are great.

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Thank you sir. ❤

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Very useful, thank you!

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Hi David! Congratulations on the channel's videos and your excellent work. I'm your fan and I love your design and method of creation. David! Could you show your process of drawing the human figure in perspective?

[@DavidFinchartist]

Thanks! I'll have to add that one to the list. It's pretty fundamental, and its the kind of thing that most people don't ask for.

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You are amazing!

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Thank you!

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Thank you.

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Thx so much really helpful

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like

[@justincarvalho7712]

Hi David....will you be able to do a tutorial on the anatomy of hands and legs in the future?

[@Leprutz]

my advice for any ongoing artist: copy copy copy. Just copy. What does does copying consist of? Observe and recreate. More often you do it, the easyier you will learn the anatomy.

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keep it up, im eating all this up!!!!!

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Loving this content. Finch is a modern master. Anyone else feel like his work is often colored wrong? Like too shiny?

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This was helpful.

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Plss your the best artist i knoe can you do how to draw torso and other anatomy lesson plssss

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Thanks

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Awesome.