Kim Jung Gi @ the Art Institute of California Inland Empire 8-2-14

This is the video from the Kim Jung Gi workshop that took place at the Sturges Center sponored by the Art Institute of California Inland Empire.
Hosted by Neville Page
This video includes the drawing sped up (obviously) and part of the lecture.
Enjoi

[@Vadosity]

Kim Jung Gi is seriously the Saitama of art He draws everything in one shot He's really chill He's bald And when he explains his "secret", it's just a standard training thing that every artist does

[@banama1758]

+Vadosity dang thats a good point

[@Angel-fl8my]

+Vadosity an apt comparison hahahaha

[@Vadosity]

maybe I should shave

[@banama1758]

***** lol he actually draws only when he wants to apart from comic book work and book signings

[@Angel-fl8my]

Banama Really? I read an interview in which he said he feels uneasy when hes not drawing and so he draws all the time

[@user-zc3gu2jg1e]

Here's my translation. 23:35 I'm not sure that I can explain in a way that makes sense. Let me compare a human to an animal. 24:04 This is a human being. "The Human Centipede" was a fun movie, wasn't it? Sounds like you liked it, too. 24:37 I'll explain about this bit here in ten minutes. 24:50 I would like to give you a brief lesson now, expanding on the ideas I talked about earlier. Normally, in my case -- this is a cat -- once I knew how to draw the cat, I could draw all feline animals. Likewise, once I understood the dog, I could expand into wolves and foxes -- the big canines. 25:46 So my style of study has been one of expanding outward, on similar subject matters. (Draws boxes around man and cat) So, in a way, I could say this cube represents all of my work. I can say that once I understood the cube, my drawing knowledge expanded significantly. 26:41 For instance, while you may see these as complex figures, I first see... 27:21 ... this arrangement of cubes laid out in my head, to start with. 27:30 As a starting point, of course, I see an even bigger box that includes the whole scene. 27:45 Even though the horizon line has not been established, I do see its whereabouts in my mind. 28:01 So, this guy becomes that guy. (Etc.) This guy's dead... while this guy keeps flying around... 28:24 So everything has been reduced to a layout of boxes in my mind. No matter how complex the drawing,... (29:29) it's only a set of simple geometrical shapes. There is no difference between this one and that one. Ultimately, they are all encased in one large cube. The question becomes: how deeply do I understand the cube, how many cubes can I draw -- from how many different angles? 30:04 As long as you drop one single box into the frame, you can fit in the rest like puzzle pieces. 30:28 I never learned (the first-person or the second-person) perspective in school. I was never classically trained. But the more I drew -- especially the more I understood the cube -- perspective was never that difficult for me. The cube for me is a fundamental skill. How well you master it will determine how you compose your final piece -- no matter how complex, difficult, or chaotic -- in the end it just becomes a jigsaw puzzle. 31:31 Take animals, for example. It's just a matter of envisioning a transparent cube. And placing the animal in that space. 32:32 But you do need background knowledge of cats. Your everyday observations will serve you well. The more you know, the better. 33:03 Look at these cross-sections as guidelines. The more you know about the different volumes and lengths in the cat's body, the closer you will draw to a real cat. You may also wonder, "What does the cat's underbelly look like? Are there teats there? What IS there?" If you can pull those answers from your database of knowledge, then it's just a matter of drawing the cat from underneath the box. 34:55 You pool your observations into the box, rotate the box around, and reassemble those piece of knowledge into a whole. Try other cubes, one after the next. Add a cat. Then another. I trained by continuously placing many such cubes in my mind's eye. So, in sum, the cube is all my work: how well you understand it and how well you use it. I will continue on this piece for now, but will answer more questions intermittently.

[@westofnowhere7997]

Thank you for taking the time to translate this.

[@bamkyre9801]

This comment is godlike, thank you, really

[@omidhimmati]

Thanks for the perfect translation.

[@Harrycuff91]

Thank you your a life saver . Translating on the spot must be hard but that guys was sent very helpfull

[@taylor_o]

Awesome! The comment that launched a million cubes.

[@3DxPOD]

I've never wanted to understand more what someone was saying! I feel like so much is being missed!

[@jasonart3276]

THIS ARTIST IS SUPERB. I have actually met many artists of this calibre who are totally undiscovered, they have this ability talent for producing straight from the mind's eye to an exact what the mind's eye is seeing. the people I have met are very shy and work in totally non-art related jobs magnificent

[@gombuk1]

Awesome video all around! Thanks for posting this...it's great to get a drawing lesson from Kim Jung Gi, even as you get your mind BLOWN!

[@mattywolf8287]

I LOVE THE WAY HE PRESENTED KJG. SO MUCH RESPECT I FEEL IT

[@trollluhluh7144]

Kim Jung Gi=One Brush Man

[@anhai7867]

One stroke man

[@tinktwiceman]

Amazing! this guy is a Master. Imagine having a teacher like that with concepts like this.. Wow.

[@omidhimmati]

Always wished for one! Not just drawing though, any subject.

[@collectorduck9061]

Lol. This is the same basic concept every artist uses. The difference between him and other teachers is that he has practiced this so much that it's like walking and breathing for him. I'm not saying it's not impressive. He's a rare person to have managed to practice that much and gotten so good. But anyone can follow these concepts! They're out there and well known! =) Very inspirational. So let's get to it boys!

[@ScratchArkkitehti]

10:22 skip the guy talking about himself.

[@isaachernandez3661]

O. G. YOU BADASS

[@duckduckandeby405]

O. G. Thanks. That helped me, I was so close to stop watching this video, when I saw your comment! 🙏👏👍🤟🏼🤙

[@rehanansari009]

I got you ।।। Thankw 😂✋

[@Anastasiabruno]

THANK YOU

[@h...........................]

thank you, sir.

[@benttoenail]

Beautiful opening by Neville Page, incredible drawing by Kim Jung Gi and despite the translator's lack of enthusiasm this was the best explanation of Master Kim's technique I've heard thus far. Simplification is the key to effective visualization - I love to see that he's still human.

[@chuckystuff69]

7 minutes into this & Neville is blithering on & on & on …

[@andersonpaternina6087]

Muchas gracias por compartir este video, es lo mas cerca a una clase que he visto en toda la red. MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!

[@Flan90]

Thanks you guys for the video and the upload!

[@thovennep8223]

now i understand why we need an excellent skilled interpreter!!!

[@ajkim4658]

maybe devil wants to sell his soul to Kim.

[@milleniumjipmo6489]

I'm in LOVE with it!!

[@ebatalha]

Instant like! What an awesome introduction speech!!!

[@pianoman1209]

I had random videos on while inking and kim jung gi found his way into my life yet again

[@FOREVERvelocity]

Speechless.

[@santoshoommen9209]

Freaking amazing. This guy is a wizard

[@canobenitez]

i'm seriously considering learning korean just to understand this man due to the lack of proper translations in the whole internet

[@carrotboy8955]

MarathonInfinityHalo Did you learn it?

[@faqih9685]

@@carrotboy8955 he's probably still considering it

[@tonysnark1530]

10:36 you're welcome, internet.

[@atleastimcool]

The only word that can even come close to describing this talent: Astonishing

[@liljo911xxx]

His mind and hands is out of this world

[@georgeflutey838]

Incredible talent. RIP

[@fieldscarecrow]

Did filming end where it cuts off? Would LOVE to see more. I'm sure others would too!

[@anthemlog]

This box thing is very neat.

[@xmiscstarx3218]

this is really good to learn from :)

[@SuperAwsomeFunLogan]

Jung Gi looking pretty swole here.

[@deb-d5875]

Incredible y'all.

[@HighLevelPlayer]

This man makes this look easy.

[@StevenMaximus]

It's like trying to teach the blind how to see, the way his imagination works is like nothing you can imagine. He can reproduce that whole room in his head and see every seat from every angle. He just needs to have seen something in the past to recall it in 3D in his mind. It's like he has perfect recall and just learned how to create his world out of boxes.

[@andresisthename]

The quintessential 21st century artist!

[@chhayvireakyuthtv]

wow so amazing

[@Techdolphin200]

amazing

[@KORELTRIBAL]

Lastima que nos haya dejado tan joven. En esos pinceles había mucho arte ..

[@jaschagerhardt359]

This guy sees the Matrix...

[@KimCyunHi]

Don't do the drawing, BE the drawing.

[@mkeonine]

All we see is green vertical scribblings... This guy sees a hot blonde in a red dress giving him the wink!

[@psbbianforlife]

Stop trying to draw me and draw me.

[@pianoman1209]

Not really, he is just seeing the dimensions of an object in basic shapes. it's a technique that anyone can learn it's just hard to master since you need to use it over and over again before it becomes intuitive.

[@pianoman1209]

Also don't erase when you draw

[@alexmendes8832]

Ele é inacreditável

[@suryakhan5936]

The Man Who No Need Any Eraser In The Earth!

[@sacredphalaenopsis8071]

He is genius,I can't if I don't have a reference.

[@paulb4687]

I have never been more jealous of someone's talent.

[@nielsflindtkoelmeyer9287]

Fantastic work! Anybody knows the playlist for this video?

[@nielsflindtkoelmeyer9287]

Never mind, found it myself: Mental Physix - “BPM: Breaths Per Movement” [DJ Mix]

[@joeblankenship377]

I wonder if he ever draws by starting with a basic outline then adding detail, or if it's always this insane way of drawing everything as he moves across the page.

[@caleigo1972]

o cara é uma máquina de desenhar , depois de desenhar um painel gigante ele ainda se da ao luxo de dar autógrafos desenhados pra uma dezena de pessoas . cadê o pessoal do dopping?

[@optimusPRIMEn1]

A big thank

[@necroeasy593]

Some people don't like kim Jung gi., me? I can't see this world without him. The thought of no Gi ever having been is a terrible thought . LONG LIVE KIM JUNG GI 🌅🌅🌅

[@ignacioherreraart]

Thanks Master

[@KeithHuang]

how long did this take to finish?

[@thanatosor]

practicing perspective alone took a whole lifetime...

[@catchnrelease8528]

This is weird superpower to have.

[@nimasarlak]

Does any one know what brand or what type of brush is that? I haven't seen something like that in local area here!

[@xexelente69]

este video tendria miles de millones de visitas si lo traducieran al español... hay mucha gente en el tema

[@phillollard6965]

Just occasionally nature tweaks a brain , to give us something very special ,and usually move the game on a bit , I think here we have such an occasion

[@chromari7278]

A late reply this is but I agree to disagree a little. Talent MAY exist but like Gi has talked about in his interviews he drew way more than anybody thinks he even did. This guy has been drawing everyday for more than two decades now, that's enough of a time span that if you use it well you can experience so much that you'd be able to draw nearly everything. And I can vouch for this because I've been studying art everyday for just over a year myself and I've gained tremendous improvement though nowhere near his caliber it's a level where I can say for certain that nearly anyone can reach Gi's level if they so desired it enough. He's the prime example of extreme hard work and discipline beating any talent and if he had any that's just a plus but not the decicing factor.

[@su_a1227]

우와.... 진짜 최고다

[@MonkeyDIvan]

Music ?

[@erlson]

Kim Jung Gi starts talking at 23:35

[@ChrisDragotta]

It looks like Much of what he does is from memory, practice, repetition. Like a good musician improvises. It's not winging it. It's worked out. It's a cousin of compostion.

[@harveydent1731]

Sure loves his Pentel pens .

[@GodofStories]

RIP Sensei

[@Uomodargilla]

The video start at 10:37

[@satyabanmondal9638]

Kim Jung Gi

[@renaudfilippi2599]

God level

[@atomaalatonal]

One thing I am 100% sure about is that kim jung gi has no fear

[@drawslashplay7384]

I feel so insignificant now.

[@zefanyalt5944]

what kind of brush pen did he use? o_o

[@jessep2637]

+Zefanya Lt www.amazon.com/Pentel-Fude-Brush-Medium-XFL2L/dp/B000THNGVO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445789045&sr=8-2&keywords=brush+pen

[@thiagof9481]

Speech dude is all dressed up formal and Kim Jung Gi is wearing shorts 😄

[@user-yw6zc8ol4t]

what kind of pen is he using?

[@jessep2637]

+pĸғaιryтale www.amazon.com/Pentel-Fude-Brush-Medium-XFL2L/dp/B000THNGVO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445789045&sr=8-2&keywords=brush+pen

[@junioa.santos6267]

O CARA E VANDALO PARA DESENHAR

[@TheKevphil]

The "intro" was as banal as it was obvious, as it was _looong._ Page is a great designer, but I have no idea what the purpose of this droning prequel was. It just eats up time that could have been used showing Mr. Gi's work, some of which was apparently cut off at the end. Go back to drawing board demos, Neville; it's where you're much more useful.

[@mrd3eds]

yeah i was thinking the same thing, like he could have said to the students, "Here is Kim Jung Gi, he is basically the best in the world at pen and ink from imagination. You should really pay attention and try to learn as much as possible from him. Enjoy...." bam shoulda been it.

[@suned3128]

Kevin Phillips Can’t really argue with what you said, but you’re still a fucking prick though.

[@LemJoseph]

RIP to the Gi.

[@jotaro1988]

Amazing work as always but I reaaally think he's saying a lot more than what is being translated...

[@jotaro1988]

I NEED CAPTIONS!

[@johnwick1374]

start 10:32

[@eww7270]

What kind of pen is that? It almost acts like graphite.

[@nexus1g]

Evan Worsham It's a calligraphy pen for Asian writing (Chinese characters, Korean, Japanese). The tip works a little like a paint brush, and the barrel is like a fountain pen that allows the ink to drain into the brush.

[@MaghoxFr]

Evan Worsham Google "fountain brush pen", I am after one now too

[@sehgalvikas]

Evan Worsham this is 'pentel brushpen" a japanese brushpen used for calligraphy and drawings...you can buy one at amazon

[@MaghoxFr]

Vikas Sehgal have you used it? I'm very interested, but it's not available in my country.

[@MrMhornberger]

Vikas Sehgal "you can buy one at amazon" If only I could buy talent at Amazon.

[@Socrates...]

I wonder how he would do remembering and copying a series of Escher drawings.

[@alessandrofalchi295]

Socrates Two perspective masters

[@zolanmihail2990]

这是另一个世界的存在

[@Horace01]

edit out that guys speech at the beginning.

[@ipotatosenpai7002]

What no, he had good philosophy

[@user-yj5qf8yl4h]

잘배웠습니다

[@cutwir3317]

Kim gets on stage at 10:24

[@user-xf1ry2tb8y]

원리를 설명 들어도 이해는 하지만 자기만의 상상으로 적용시키는건 아무나 못함. 고로 김정기니까 가능한거죠.

[@furyberserk]

So that's why my art sucks. Boxes with boxes inside of a box. This whole time, I thought science was the answer doing Spheres with spheres inside of sphere. Praise the box for it is king! Wait! Kim Jung Gi draws straight on with great detail using boxes. The artist for Metal Gear does his art similarly. Solid Snake uses a cardbord box... Oh My GOD!

[@Flan90]

"In the box ... I feel safe, It's like it's my destiney!" - Naked Snake

[@Brandon-oo3if]

The BOX...

[@mkfforging]

bad ass!

[@JaySiggz]

I get it

[@cemkara5700]

IS THERE ANY VIDEO THAT HAVE MISSING INSTRUCTION OR ARE THERE ANY VIDEO THAT JUNG TELLS THIS KIND INFORMATION. SORRY FOR Y KOREAN :)

[@ajkim4658]

if translator can't translate, why is he translator

[@ricardopradoamaya343]

Faltan los subtítulos en español, gracias.

[@user-yb4eu9jx6v]

2014??.. RIP 😔..

[@cksdlf0202]

The translator is horrible... He is so bad that only 40~50% of what Mr. Kim says is being translated properly. He is missing a lot of details and not emphasizing what Mr. Kim is really trying to say.

[@InlandArts]

He brought the translator with him...it would be nice if someone would transcribe for us folks that don't speak Korean- regards!

[@giovannilambitelli4083]

Can you translate for us please? :)

[@dmli1023]

Couldn't agree more. Translation is really bad. I think the most important thing that he said was that ... "The basics (drawing boxes in 1-pt, 2-pt, or 3-pt perspectives) ... it depends on how much you understand it. No matter how complex or complicated of a structure is, if you understand the basics (this one thing,) then it'll be just about matching and fitting the structure with/within the boxes."

[@WisdomTooth1987]

why don't you enable the public option for subtitles in your video settings?

[@Hotlooksamerica]

He probably has stared at gears and engines for hours.

[@firewatch9277]

10:26

[@saxyman6803]

fire watch thank you

[@Zerophoenix1]

wow he went to the IE. haha i miss pomona XD

[@GhengisDhad]

wtf, that other guy thought it was about him.... too much jib jab

[@dougg1075]

It’s NOT FAIR!

[@przemysawbartnik5410]

How to draw: God mode ...

[@Proelite704]

You called?

[@jarodkrupp9224]

I wonder how many of those pens he’s gone through 😂

[@harveydent1731]

Pentels aren’t too hard to refill , still annoying though

[@davidk5954]

@@harveydent1731 he's sponsored anyway

[@arutech2552]

He drew until he want bald...lol

[@p5rsona]

Not enough he had to be a drawing god but he also has to be buff as hell? wow this guy just loves showing off he is pure narcissist!!!

[@TheMariopizza123]

+OhMyBooda well he was in the korean military for 2 years so..

[@p5rsona]

Sogeking sometimes I think thats what I need, go to the military for 2 years to get buff and get discipline. Not to mention not having to worry about eating good.

[@twinkyhouse2680]

+Sogeking military service in korea is mandatory, that means nothing

[@suned3128]

Twinky House How does that mean nothing? Just because it’s mandatory doesn’t mean it’s nothing, it’s still fucking military service.

[@mkeonine]

Has this guy ever made a single mistake in his entire life?! Lol.

[@tonysnark1530]

To get that good, you have to make more mistakes than most people make attempts.

[@3fold367]

his composition is off. Maybe he should.... do an underdrawing.

[@davidtoastin]

greatest artist, worst camera work