How to Start Drawing Comics - Working with Primitives

Learn some basic comic pencil techniques from Ryan Benjamin! Ryan has been working with Marvel for decades and is here to share some tips on planning pages, line quality, primitive shapes, gesture, heads, and more. If you enjoyed this lesson make sure to check out the premium course where Ryan will go into more detail on these concepts and demo how to draw a comic page from start to finish - proko.com/marvel
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Basic Materials
02:28 - Red and Blue Pencils
03:17 - Getting Started
04:49 - Primitive Shapes
07:36 - Thinking with Primitive Forms
11:46 - Outro
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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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Artist | Instructor - Ryan Benjamin (www.ryanbenjamin.com/)
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (www.stanprokopenko.com), Sean Ramsey (www.peoplewhodrawstuff.com), Patrick Bosworth (www.patrickdavidbosworth.com)
Production Assistance - Patrick Bosworth, Sean Ramsey, Stephen Clark (www.peppermintgentleman.com), Kristian Nee (www.kristiannee.com/)
Editing - Patrick Bosworth, Sean Ramsey
Publishing - John Birchall, Alex Otis
Music Used with Permission
Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra
Additional music by ABC Music Library

[@ProkoTV]

If you enjoyed this lesson there’s going to be even more in the premium course! Ryan will even be demonstrating how he draws an entire comic page from start to finish - proko.com/marvel

[@animechansanimation]

I'm excited I'm working on my own comic right now

[@RezaKaviani11]

8:08 It's so interesting to see how different people use different methods , I'm so used to the Loomis head and the Asaro head that I forget different people have different preferences and the fact that Ryan can have such a rough underdrawing and come up with such a detailed finished piece really tells you how experienced he Is. I always have very precise structure before starting

[@Bergerons_Review]

In Short (still watch it, just for your notes): - Basics Materials: If you just getting into it stick to a pencil and a pad. Easier to edit your drawings 2B pencil is the best choice. Use pencils only 2H-2B - Red and Blue Pencils: Red pencils are for thinking. Sketch the basics everything and then go with a 2B. If you color it later you can just remove the red color layer if you are working digitally. - Getting Started: "Capture the energy" of gestures with your hand movements. Don't hold the pencil too loose but don't restrict it badly too. Go either up or down with your movements. - Primitive Shapes: Cylinders, Cubes, Circles (ellipses), Triangles. Whatever you draw these basic shapes will be the bedrock of your drawings. After "capturing the energy" you can go back and use primitive shapes to break it down further and you can redraw. Lots of iteration. Details mostly come from shading later on. Many students want to draw too fast and it will be crooked. - Thinking with Primitive Forms: If you use these primitives it will help you to draw right. Create characters with these basics shapes and they will help you establish angles ratios and where to put what f.e. on a character's head or body or comparison to each other.

[@Xiu83]

I want to slap anime, comics, and renaissance art together. That's the artstyle I dream of having as my own 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Update: These are a lot of likes, I honestly dont think it can be done with my current style and skill, but I'll keep trying until I do! :D

[@mouthofthesouth4267]

❤❤🥰 that would be BADASS 💯😍

[@starryfairy_]

i feel you!!

[@kipz]

i believe in you

[@kurt6590]

I want to have a art style that is really japanese/korean but actually follows the basic fundamentals like michaelenglo and other masters. But I dont plan to study comics that much since I find the drawings in comics stiff and undynamic.

[@viraltang]

Kinda the same here. I want to mix my favorite manga artist with silver age marvel and EC horror comics. Along with Bruce Timm and studio Mir and a generous splash of Tim Burton and Lisa Frank.

[@sugu4065]

i love the way he draws its very satisfiying

[@markdinsdale4869]

Ryan Benjamin is a truly fantastic artist and if everyone is interested in form and figure drawing then Dr draw and Tom Fox are really great and have some great resources to help you understand the concepts well. Good luck to everyone leveling up their skills!

[@suat815]

We are following you from Turkey. You have opened the Turkish language to automatic translation in most tutorial videos, thank you very much for your sensitivity. We would be very glad if you could open some of your videos that are not open for translation. Thanks in advance🖤

[@WarmWindowsill]

All in one sitting. Amazing game! The edit where the screen switched to your editor's office sean was golden.

[@serhiid3758]

The really useful information from the real professional! Nothing more to say. PS: Big thanks to this wonderful channel!

[@ProkoTV]

Much appreciated!

[@paulorego9334]

This is pure gold - thank you!

[@natalie_popova]

thank you! love ryan ❤️

[@karim4865]

I love this series and I hope that one day you will do something similar but with Manga artists, that would be awesome!

[@Teuta-vi6it]

Thank you so much for this! ❤

[@veersharma890]

I always love his work

[@lanigirognithemos]

I use ovals or circles for the head when I want a quick gesture or a simple head position but for more complex positions like turns and tilts of the head I would use squares cause it's way easier to place in perspective and then just round it out later.

[@KentaroYuuki]

I am a aspiring comic artist :) so far created two one shot manga and three abandoned webcomics but currently i am trying to continue one of them. I want to create a perfect story and mature story tbh, i have been working on that story since 2013-14 and so far created too much lore and world building almost half of elder scrolls maybe (just maybe ... Elder scrolls lore is too big anyway )

[@saph100]

My god thank you so much, damn my work was falling apart for 3 years and I wish I listened to that insight.

[@saph100]

I know that failure is important to learning and I finally applied it but man all that flew over my head longer than it should have lmfao

[@briansickboy]

Damn this dudes an outstanding teacher. Thank you, sir

[@jbkhan1135]

This course looks so awesome!

[@ProkoTV]

We're really proud of it. We've tackled writing and are beginning penciling now. Inking, coloring and more next!

[@monsterartzz10]

Hi, i am about to upload my webcomic named 'Commander' and your video's are really helpful to me .

[@ProkoTV]

Nice! Congratulations! I'm glad they help!

[@nicolasdumont4373]

Well, this course certainly looks fire :) .

[@chinguyen-zq4ub]

thank you 😘

[@user-un8ox5cv2r]

2:50 I'm gonna draw that page definitely 😁

[@CongaDude]

0:38...I HAD THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good times:) I traced over this so many times as a kid! This one and Spawn #1 :)

[@SandeepSinghCreator]

Wow!

[@CyberValeth]

Nice seeing someone use that method instead of Reily and Loomis, I get this a bit better than the other two for some odd reason.

[@ProkoTV]

Everyone works a little bit different. Glad this one works for you!

[@distortilla]

Damn, bros been drawing since before I was born

[@ProkoTV]

He's definitely an experienced guy! That's how he's gotten so powerfully freaking fast!

[@notthesamecc1927]

well done

[@Peter-wl3tm]

When you draw out your comics do you actually draw them small like the finish product or does one draw them bigger and then upload the the drawing into some typos of digital space that can scale them down?

[@ProkoTV]

Comics are typically drawn much larger than print size, both traditionally and digitally. 11"x17" is the most commonly used size of paper, though a portion of that is reserved for empty margins. In more recent years, some artists have chose to draw work at sizes much closer to the final print size because they've felt they're losing intended detail or because they're putting in more work than is needed. But that's less common.

[@Peter-wl3tm]

@@ProkoTV so for example a figure in a specific panel is drawn large and then scale down by a computer, right?

[@TheArtofRetouching]

More of this. You don't have to give away the course, but this was finally (after a long time watching) that showed me the detail a paid course can be. Showing sections little more than "this is a pencil" is not selling me anything.

[@ProkoTV]

We've been giving away full lessons here on KZbin for as long as we're been around! You're just catching some of the free lessons from our ongoing Drawing Basics course that we've been uploading. They may not be for you but those are necessary discussions for someone who's really just starting. We'll keep uploading those lessons as well as the others that are for people who are further along in their art journey. Thanks for watching!

[@_BATMAN_1]

Got this notification as I'm drawing Robin and Batman!

[@affren3148]

I want to draw like steve rude,probably my fav comic artist after alex toth

[@docenji]

Thanks, this is great. Just wondering, what about sharpening pencils with standard tip like that, what is Ryan Benjamin using ? Sandpaper, or just a manual or electric sharpener ?

[@ProkoTV]

Just the standard sharpeners, electric and manual.

[@docenji]

@@ProkoTV thanks 👍

[@jasnoorrainu118]

I’m also making my own comic

[@alexanderaskray5377]

Cool

[@samankucher5117]

nice :)

[@renemarrero6523]

👍

[@user-xy2qh8tg1v]

🙏🔥💯

[@chukwubuzorokeke8020]

One of my life goals is to be a comic book artist

[@ProkoTV]

I believe in you!

[@mosesmlowe9207]

Good

[@darkknight4353]

Why can't I download proko videos on KZbin app anymore

[@McCloud23892]

Are these classes for beginners?

[@ProkoTV]

The lessons won't be for absolute beginners but you don't need to be a pro to take the course.

[@McCloud23892]

@@ProkoTV nice, i do have some skills that need to be polish

[@MonicaChitela]

Hi guy better Drawing😊😊😊

[@Bomonga]

700th also epic

[@justintrimble6635]

Draw draw draw from life people still life cars animals etc and as you do you will slowly develop a style and shortcut to certain things

[@icemandrep1128]

FIRST ❤

[@UltimatePerfection]

Unfortunately, no matter what you've thought after reading the title, this video is not about how to work with your publisher and editor.

[@dannydashtv9418]

I laughed so hard at this, genuine underrated comment 😂❤

[@Antisympathy]

I want go right in with pen and ink not pencil.😅

[@ProkoTV]

Some people do that really successfully. And drawing straight into pen is a good way to practice drawing with confidence and intention. But, depending on your project, it might not be the right way to work. In comics, you often have an editor who may have changes or other things that require changes. Doing a fully final piece like that can mean you waste time and creative energy/effort. It just depends on the project and circumstance.

[@kurt6590]

I want to have a art style that is really japanese/korean but actually follows the basic fundamentals like michaelenglo and other masters. But I dont plan to study comics that much since I find the drawings in comics stiff and undynamic.

[@ProkoTV]

Take a look around at some different comic artists. There are some immensely talented artists out there who make dynamically posed panels and follow classic art rules. A lot of that will come down to personal preference but crack open some collected books at your local shop and see what's out there!

[@kurt6590]

@@ProkoTV I already have quite the collection of comics. I got signed covers of David finch and ryan benjamin but the only one I find dynamic in comic book industry is Stanley Artgerm. Other than that I really find manga and manwha art much more dynamic.

[@rafael_cardenas8167]

Try to learn videos fron kazone or superani there are some solid learning from kimjung gi lesson that is more prsctical than this

[@mosesmlowe9207]

Good