How to Draw a Pose Using Guidelines [HTD Video #90]

[@awesomebawss918]

I'm 16 and I've been drawing for years and I only recently started using guidelines and my work has come out a lot better. I just discovered your youtube channel and I gotta say: WOW. You're really good at this. :P I hope to be as good as you one day, m8.

[@xce1erate294]

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[@pepedafrog1539]

Ur profile is *Art*

[@superjack_gaming8672]

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[@matale66]

I loved guide lines! I use them every day right before i go surfing! I dont know if im your only fan in Colombia but maybe i am! Love Brody's Ghost, Love your channel, Thanks for everything :)

[@markcrilley]

***** Thanks!

[@djs3343]

markcrilley yes please do more guide lines for us beginners.thank you

[@lindamurray5503]

I know this is an old video, but I'm a 70 year old girl learning how to draw females. I've drawn cartoons growing up, but I love the way you teach. I like the stick figure type of drawing. I used to oil paint years ago, but never really knew how to draw, so I'm going back in time. Thanks Mark, I'm watching every video of yours. I just made my first manga female

[@tsukiblu]

I absolutely loved the guidelines, I finally found a video of yours that goes through that excruciating detail that I was looking for. I can understand how people might be annoyed by this but it helped me a lot!!! Would love to see more.

[@ponykazy3725]

when you want to draw, but it don't look good. who ya gonna watch? Mark Crilly! ^-^

[@markcrilley]

+Pony Kazy I love it!

[@jdawgtor]

awesome

[@masterjacob7155]

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[@FirstStrike1]

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[@cxxnxxnyx3351]

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[@mspaaamelaaa]

OMG, Mark, you are the only one that makes me be able to do original poses. Ugh, the way you make it so easy, and then make me copy you, and I'm like. OMG it looks great. I just drew that? wow. I did it!!!

[@latrellfrasier]

Dude, guidelines are awesome Crilley. I use them everyday, right before I go surfin'. So keep on rockin' man. Keep on rockin' in the free world.

[@shakedrosenblat1925]

Crilley please make more videos like this one using poses, I've found this video very helpful. Thanks!

[@bdt48223]

I've never really cared for stick figure guide lines. They tend to distract me, personally. But after watching you use them I'm motivated to give it another shot. It is a great tool to use if you want your final product to be a little more "exact". Thanks again, Mark. Like I always say, when my graphic novels begin hitting shelves, you will receive credit from me for your guidance.

[@talemcknight5300]

I learned more than I expected from this haha. You're definitely a good teacher :), and I have been drawing since I was first able to even hold a crayon. Still I use guidelines they help so much when drawing the hard parts like hands. And thanks to you I've started ysing a lot of your examples haha thank you so much

[@markcrilley]

Daemen Parks You're very welcome!

[@Socrates...]

I think you should always use the guidelines in a sketch, with a basic framework of the background in simple lines. The framework helps you get the pose down correctly and the use of outer lines obscures the exact pose. Later one can use curved contour lines to depict the gesture. Its like story boarding your idea meticulously beforehand and then fleshing out the idea in the proper drawing.

[@jarrodthekidder1]

Because you asked in this video, I LOVE the stick figure guidelines. They really help me do proportions and placements. Thank you for this and please, please, please make more videos with guidelines and/or stick figures. Thanks Mark

[@lynxanimation4199]

Mark saying sexy made my life complete.

[@jasiahmarks9311]

LynxAnimation lol

[@StarFire001]

This was super helpful. I firmly believe guideline are super useful. Thanks so much for this. would love to see some more of this.

[@ashleyhall6009]

Dude, I think that guidelines are extremely helpful, whether your a beginner or not. It just helps sketch out what exactly you want to draw, rather that just going straight into the drawing and getting it all wrong...I have done that plenty of times in my drawings so this video really helped. Thx!!

[@blkcrstl]

I am so glad I found your channel! You have helped me so much to improve my art and you make the tutorials so clear and helpful! :D you just earned yourself a subscriber! :)

[@markcrilley]

Dej Sammie Thank you Dej!

[@AdvyDeven]

Took the words right off of my screen. From the future nonetheless. I'm an aspiring graphic novelist myself with no work to show for it whatsoever because I don't feel comfortable enough to present my artwork. However, with Marks videos, I feel I'll be a much greater artist in no time. He really is a great help, with a cooky sense of humor. :P Thanks again Mark. I'll be looking forward to Fridays from now on.

[@serenitysadventure6508]

I love your video's very much. I never have in to comment on a video till now! I love that you interact with your fans and how I don't have to feel like I'm the only crazy weirdo!

[@markcrilley]

+Osacora Thank you ^_^

[@fluttershyme8293]

+markcrilley I love your videos, crilley

[@singmeunder]

I use guidelines. Although I can draw just as easily without them, it's become a habit, a good one at that. It's helpful in terms proportion and the like. Also, I love your videos. They're like fun to listen to while drawing.

[@ajshim]

Mr. Crilley let me say that this THE MOST HELPFUL video I found for drawing poses. I always had trouble and this helped me greatly. I often used circles to the joints, but now I think I don't need to do that anymore. Thank you for sharing and I hope to see more of your work in the future. Also will Brody's Ghost be continuing past how many books there are now?

[@wingeddance]

I love the Elvis impression… and especially your guidelines. They help a lot, and I use them all the time!

[@uhoh7408]

I have been drawing for many years and I still find the stick figures very helpful, I also feel like it saves time

[@kyuyoukun]

Actually, a good idea for a video would be drawing kids, I have a few characters that are kids ranging from 4 to 12 years in age. I have difficulty finding anything for a reference to little ones and was wondering if you would be able to do a video on how draw them, from hands to body structure seeing as they don't have the curves or broadness of adolescents.

[@biankapal1431]

+Kyuubi Namikaze great idea.

[@pedrojuan1505]

KyuYouKun try drawing chibis, theyre....almost...the same

[@ceaseandresist]

After watching your videos, my drawing skills have greatly improved! I love these! I love your quirky comments and narrations during the videos. The guidelines help a bunch, and it would be awesome for more videos with them.

[@sarasabrawi9480]

Elvis the Pelvis. I don't remember ever laughing as hard as I did now XD

[@markcrilley]

^_^

[@akitaneru8562]

Guidelines are a HUMUNGOUS help for me, please continue doing videos like this!

[@R1V-3RS]

Thanks mark, now I'm one step closer to drawing those Jojo's Bizarre Adventure poses.

[@leovaldez2323]

This really helped me thxs also i love to read your manga

[@kookiefly]

Your sense of humour makes your videos more ....... aaaaa....... likeable.... is that the right word ?

[@matthewchang4621]

Mark, what've you done...? You forgot the blushies!!

[@Creeperboy099]

Matthew Chang is it necessary for a ghost to be able to blush? They’re pale and translucent

[@emrecanbas860]

guide lines are awesome :)

[@DanteRoyall]

I've started to incorporate guidelines into my work, and let me just say....they greatly improve how I proportion my characters . So hell yeah make more of these videos!!

[@TheHiddenSNOW]

GUIDELINES ARE AWESOME. I USE THEN EVERYDAY BEFORE I GO SURFING. (What?..)

[@kuel321]

Keep on rockin' man. Keep on rockin' in the free world.

[@deven8902]

KEEP ON ROCKIN ON IN THE FREE WORLD

[@achene5350]

Guidelines are and will always be of utmost importance be you a beginner or advanced drawer. I find it awesome as you are mark.

[@carolynbarton3478]

OK...ok ....OK....hmmmmmmmm I am having so much trouble with feet ...hands......and drawing people from the side please help

[@ChaoticImpactStudios]

I have trouble with those too. It helps to look at many drawings of a character from side view, and the hands and feet, you can look at them in many drawings and try to copy what that artist did. This is just what helps me a little.

[@carolynbarton3478]

ChaoticImpactStudios thanks heh

[@konev13thebeast]

Ya, i have some issue with the feet and hands also... not to mention the eyes... and mouth... and hair... and general face... and the rest of the body

[@nicolebeeks6876]

hands and feet give a lot of artists trouble, beginners or pro.

[@ellerioarts9850]

Who watched this on December 2015?

[@MJ.MX01]

me

[@holdenturner8190]

+Mj Moya MEH

[@calebfinley383]

+Elaine zheng i did

[@KingDomo]

+Elaine zheng whoop whoop

[@holdenturner8190]

lolz im at shcoool

[@ilamemtal95]

I think this is the most helpful body drawing/ poses video i have seen! I need more, it helps a lot! Most people use technical terms and things and i like more simplicity to help me learn. I have no problem actually drawing from reference and stuff but I at a point where I want to make my own creations and this video has help so much.

[@nothisispatrick5659]

even with guidelines my body proportions never come out the way I want them.... majority of my drawings are just heads lol

[@saanvie1110]

Patrick Smith same here. I have been really good at drawing the head but when it comes to the body ,it just gets toooooo Messy . But this video was helpful.

[@francreeps4509]

I pride myself in drawing nice legs and okay faces, everything else I absolutely suck ay

[@nota_soul5927]

Does anyone believe guidelines are necessary even if you're partially experienced in drawing manga?

[@rinoz5980]

Yeah it is...If you don't use it your manga will turn out crappy...

[@ChaoticImpactStudios]

I've been drawing Manga for almost 3 years now and I still have trouble on the poses...

[@cheyennedreamkiller6261]

ChaoticImpactStudios i did too and i always ended up drawing the boobs too big or the hips to skinny!and the legs and arms looked like noodles! XD

[@PersianKevin]

stop doubting what u put on videos! what ur doing is totally amazing! thank u!

[@ballapt3100]

Fuck ;-; I can't draw good hands ;-; Fuck Life ;-;

[@copyrightshouldart]

This video was exactly what I was looking for. I was struggling in my own manga drawing and your video gave me something to look forward to in my next drawing session. I do hope that there are more of these, as I find it quite useful to watch. Thank you Mark.

[@jamesbenjamin1942]

I love you're art Mark! You're how to videos definitely help me when I'm drawing and also inspire me to keep drawing! Keep doing what you're doing and I'll keep watching

[@Pastaray777]

love the guide lines, I have not drawn since I was very young, but watching you has rekindled my passion, thank you for the guideline work

[@JustUsAwesomeKids]

I LOVE GUIDELINES!!!!! PLEASE KEEP USING THEM!!!!!! IT HELPED ME WITH MY FIRST DRAWING THAT I GOT FROM ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS!!!

[@DarthVader-ib7tl]

I used to start out using mark crilley's methods in the past, but it didn't work out. After a while a found a book that taught this method of drawing characters. I started out drawing the stickfigure, and then later on I started using geometry and shapes and perspectives to form my characters. That's how I learned how to draw character, but still mark crilley is my idol, I used some of his drawing as reference. Thank you Mark Crilley, you've inspired me, I am now like an intermediate artist right now.

[@DanMarston117]

I've been a fan of your videos for quite some time now Mark, think I've seen pretty much every one you've uploaded and not a single one has gone to waste - I'm always able to take some pointers and tips away and just generally leave the video a little better than I was before (Nothing great, but I'm working on it!) I'd just like to say a big thanks for all of your effort, time and genuineness in caring about your fanbase, I don't think I've ever come across another KZbinr, let alone tutorialist who actually genuinely takes interest in their fans and goes out of their own way to assure they are actually teaching things, not just uploading "new" videos every week. I personally would like to see more tutorials on guidelines and creating characters from absolutely nothing as you did here, they're the most educational videos I think you do, giving good general tips as well as practice for those who follow along. I have to say though, I'm not so much of a fan of your latest videos, drawing specific characters from certain shows, etc. Sure, they're amazing and for people who would like to draw THAT specific character, they're great - but I personally don't feel they offer as much insight and general knowledge that can be applied to other areas of drawing (which is exactly what this video DID do, and you need to do far more of these in the future). Thank again Mark, stay awesome and I look forward to seeing more uploads from you.

[@raecraftybruja975]

love the guidelines idea it really helps with parts of the body that are further away or out of view. big thanks keep them coming love watching all your videos

[@extrahourinthepit]

A video about how to draw your own character! That's so genial,no one can make his own character without knowing how to draw him! Smart as always,Mark!

[@talentedguy30]

You inspired me to start drawing. The problem I have is, hair. But, the guidelines help me alot. Especially, when overlapping on certain areas of the body. Thank you so much. There are so many "idiots" on youtube. But, you are the real deal. I have tough times with shading hair and where to shade.

[@theenchantedbruja]

Guidelines are great! I love them, please don't stop showing them!

[@shanksblade]

As a complete noob, these guideline videos are super helpful. Would love to see more of them when you can. Cheers on the great work!

[@uglybugly5362]

Mr. Crilley, Thank you for this video. It has helped me out a lot because some of the other videos using the same technique have always confused me. But this one somehow allowed me to become better at the body than I was before.

[@markcrilley]

Thanks!

[@Canvas19391]

I've been following you for like 2 years now, and every time I'm about to draw I put on a few of your videos, not to watch just to listen to different techniques and pointers whilist I'm drawing.

[@kuyamarron2318]

Mr. your tuturial is very helpful, I was seventeen and most of my recent years I'd tried making manga,but its hard for me to draw poses especially on females, but when i saw this video it help a lot.Thanks to you Mr. Crilley

[@taymay6037]

I really love these kind of videos. It really helps me learn more about how to pose a character. I've always had trouble thinking about how the character would look like and now that I see it like this, I think I might be able to do it. Thank you Mark Crillely ~

[@markcrilley]

Tay May You're very welcome! :)

[@DoJayMi]

Thank you so much for using the stick figure method in this one, Mark. I like to draw using those and it really makes me happy that you are drawing using a method I'm more used to. I hope you continue to use that method for those of us who have trouble following along in future videos. :D

[@ashnikfield4224]

I actually love using the stuck figure guidelines! They help me SOOOO much and improved my poses a lot. Thanks for making this video you always inspire me to draw!

[@JirinriDaisuki]

I personally have issues with poses because I am rather new and this helps A LOT! Granted I draw my characters not yours which makes it slightly more interesting to see the way you do things and how to apply it to my characters. PLEASE MAKE MORE!

[@ianfrood]

Mark really liked this tutorial, as a beginner just starting my journey I found it really useful. Thanks man

[@WileECoyoteFan]

This is just the tutorial I was looking for. I will watch more of your playlist and I hope you do more guidelines tutorials like this one for those like me who are just starting out and struggle with the basic skeleton of the pose. You are very detailed. Thank you!

[@markcrilley]

Gliscor Rulez Thanks ^^

[@tangle8459]

You talking about some of these beginning concepts is really helpful. Thanks Mark!

[@AnaAmerica50]

HOLY CRAPPOLA I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A KZbin CHANNEL!!! I READ YOUR BOOKS AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH ASDFGHJKL! And you've helped me to understand how to figure out the whole GUIDELINES THING TOO!! THIS VIDEO WAS SOOOOO HELPFUL!! THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!

[@noodletrooper]

MOAR Guildlines! ya, that was awesome, definitely love to see these videos, my major weakness is in the setup preventing me from getting the correct proportions and displaying the emotion of the drawing so this has helped a lot, thanks.

[@WeldoVonSteel]

Please do more videos like this, as a beginner I really need to use guidelines as I draw and so seeing how you construct them and then build in them is incredibly useful, thank you.

[@marandacarter1635]

I love the way you teach! Super understandable and easy to remember and even though your talking to a camera as someone who watches and loves your videos I realy enjoy how talkative you are. Realy adds and makes the video interesting. :)

[@penkinenvy5477]

me likey!!

[@NightiOwl]

I have your Mastering Manga book and I use it as a reference often enough but I greatly appreciate all of your videos on KZbin as well.

[@msee383]

Mark, I’m sure it’s fantastic for beginners or those struggling. So.......keep on doing them. It’s interesting to see the build up.

[@Qbabxtra]

Wow, guide lines are gonna ROCK MY WORLD! Seriously, great stuff.

[@OritDagan]

Bravo, Mark! I found your video clear and your narrative both helpful and entertaining.

[@MajorBronsPonies]

Definitely more guidelines. I used to do em', stopped and fell out of practice. Now that I'm tryin' to do my own thing again I pretty much have to start from the beginning and I'm finding the guideline method, although very silly and unimpressive to start with, helps A LOT. Thank You Mark! And on a side note, You do an impressive Elvis! :D

[@panchomacho07]

That is just impressive!! More guidelines, please!!! It's helping me out so much as a beginner. Thanks and congratulations!!

[@AnudeepChennuri]

Dude guidelines are awsome Crilley. I use them everyday right before I go surfing so keep on rockin' man!

[@DjFlashNl]

@Mr Crilley I can't wait for my skill to evolve to the point where I can show you my before and after (the lessons) Work. and everyone else for that matter, Just so you can realize That you are doing a really good thing here. Just looking back at some of my first pieces of work compared to some of what I am doing now.... What a difference. (albeit that It is 10 plus years apart) Mr Crilley, You are in Inspiration and a muse. Watching your vids Gives me the feeling I had when I first got into it.

[@HyuneLuvBvg00]

This helped me alot, thank you. I always have so much trouble with figure drawing to the point where I feel like I cant draw. These guidelines will help me so much. Thank you!!

[@djskinztech]

LOVE this tutorial. i like that you took your time on this one and it really will help me alot because i JUST got an original anime/manga character head and hair going so this is CRUCIAL if i want to draw him full-body. so thank you Mark Crilley. can't wait to buy your "Mastering Manga " book. keep it up

[@PhysicsMagister]

Thank you so much for going through this process with us, and I really found it very helpful! Guidelines are really good for helping me buff out what the character(s) are doing, and seeing your approach to it really helped me a lot

[@MrMagoogel]

Your how to draw books and videos have helped me greatly. I used to be fairly good at drawing before i went into high school, so i wanted to join art class, but my concealer for 9th through 10th grade wouldn't let me. So for the last two years i never tried to get into are because i always got told the same thing. Now one year out my drawing are getting back to where they used to be. Than You.

[@LDSBionicleDude]

I'm really thankful u did this because I have always struggle with different poses, and I would like to see others like this

[@icecube1996]

I have been doing a lot of the usual poses, nothing very dynamic, and i really want to grow more as an artist, and this video really did help me get a better understanding of how to use guidelines, even though i just cant do it for the face for some reason, it always comes out wrong, but this was a generally great video, as usual, and I now i would love to see some more videos that help teach how to use these guide line. Keep on rockin' in the free world man!

[@DreamingEnigma]

Thanks for this Mark! If I could give beginnings some advice, keep drawing! draw as often as you can! I stopped drawing for a year because of a course I was doing, and now I'm finding it difficult to get back into it!. DON'T STOP!

[@claytoncogmon150]

Mark you're videos always help! I have seen this method of construction lines being taught before but I think you might teach it better! I will be buying mastering manga 1&2 to improve. Thanks for all your help.

[@karlandreienciso5662]

dude guidelines are awesome Crilley, I use them everyday right before I go Surfing so keep on rockin' man keep on rockin' in the free world.

[@nadiasaurusrex]

Thank you soooo much!! I'm a beginner personally and found this soo helpful :) love your how to draw vids keep em coming!

[@cupcakemonster9999]

I think it's very helpful for people like me who aren't very familiar with the anatomy of the human body and how to get the arms and legs right.I love the video :D

[@namsb5421]

Thanks a lot for making such a wonderful videos. I love to watch guidelines because then only anyone can learn basic from where and how to start. Brilliant job u have done... I would like to learn more poses...

[@M2oMark]

Crilley, i LOVE guidelines, i USE them and i NEED them as a beginner! So keep on rockin', man, keep on rockin' in the free world ;)

[@ashlitchi]

Duuuude guidelines are great maaannnnn... No but seriously, please do more guideline videos! They really help me since I am a beginner. Thanks and keep up the great work! :D

[@timbarfield4516]

Hey Mark, one way to resolve the "liking/disliking" of guidelines is to consider doing a strictly beginner HTD series where guidelines are used more to help pure beginners to draw. Not just manga, but anything. Personaly, I like to call guidelines "framing". Just like you build a house on a frame. Thanks for the vids man! They're awesome.

[@sicksniper256]

I started out with realism and using multiple photo references. I failed to see the point in guidelines for the longest time. You have warmed me up to the idea of using them along with incremental details which has been so much more helpful when working from my head.

[@Rara31393]

I really like that you showed us how to draw poses that start out as stick figures it helps. Drawing the figure can be rather difficult without guidelines.

[@ayohollaatyaboy]

More like this ! This is very very helpful for people like me who don't know the first thing about drawing ! This helps me a lot and boost my confidence in my drawing when i can copy what you do and understand why I'm doing it to go on and create other drawings !

[@markcrilley]

c715johnson Glad I can help :)

[@EverythingsEvil]

I love this video, very insightful and hilarious. I personally would love to see more guideline videos like this, it helps a lot!

[@atomicsnarl]

Loved seeing the use of guidelines for pose construction! Now on to your hands videos... Since you asked -- Suggest you point out the thin/thick sides of the lines regarding flesh placement (shin/calf, etc) and that the spine line is at the back of the torso. Likewise, one needs to consider the proportions of the stick lines: Upper/lower arm equal (before perspective), spine/upper/lower legs equal, etc. Also, I hated erasing, too, but now understand the eraser is my friend. It's no sin to redraw/adjust/modify as needed and erase. Thank you and well done!

[@DotDraws903]

Hay thanks for all the tutorials I use gide lines all the time and it helps with my proportions so thanks for all the work you do on KZbin

[@aliviajones9404]

I think I am the kind of artist who sees things in shapes - outlines and occasionally shadows. I have a hard time drawing things using geometrical ideas, so although guidelines annoy me sometimes, they can be really useful! This video was so helpful. Sometimes you just need to see someone else use a technique before you can use it yourself.

[@markcrilley]

Thanks Alivia!

[@blakehurtubise798]

I thought that the stick figure beginner technique was really useful. I'm trying to start a manga of my own called Lady Love, and I've been watching your videos to help me figure out manga down to every detail. Your videos are really helpful and I thank you for your videos. By the way I think what you say is really funny.

[@cheyennedreamkiller6261]

when i first drew bodies,i ignored the guide lines and shapes and just straight out drew the body.and improved my drawings over time,but the hands,feet,legs and arms i had trouble with.then i looked back at my drawings i made and realized im not good at drawing the human body with out making it look a little deformed.and then i look on how to draw the human body and didn't like any of there methods,then i came across your video and saw this was a great method to start with!i even bought one of your drawing books with me to school so i can draw at school too!thxs for the great video!!!

[@PaperFireFighter]

I was finally able to get Brody's Ghost! Good job Mark, the book is awesome!

[@H0nkyTom]

Keep doing guide lines Crilley! really helps me understand the human movment.