How to Draw Characters in a Scene: High Horizon View

[@HamzaMasud4566]

I've learned more in these 1 minutes than I do in reading 30 pages of a book. Thanks! This is truly brilliant!

[@ChickenLord319]

facts

[@zainnewell2556]

same

[@mikoman6243]

Same

[@Kirya_xd]

@@mikoman6243 dude it has been 7 years:)

[@anotherrandomdude2221]

Same

[@afrokaioty]

Man I love Koizu's tutorials, I just wish he were consistent

[@claytier]

I know this video is crazy old, but you were one of my inspirations to start drawing (back in 2012!) Without your videos, I wouldn't be at the point where I am today. Thank you so much!!

[@den-ih7wi]

*drawing what he did* *looking at my drawing* Me:“hm not bad“ *looks at his* Me:...

[@christofercraft4]

mood

[@Rin-qj7zt]

that's a good thing. it means you are learning. revel in the disappointment. it makes you stronger.

[@sankyo5870]

i feel you 😂

[@Electrostatic_Fusion]

🤣🤣🤣

[@fatbeast9367]

I'll be honest... I have seen hundreds of tutorials all over the internet on drawing. You videos actually get my ideas down on paper. Thank you Koizu-Chan

[@lamarl86]

I love your tutorials! They are so informative. Your staging and poses are so strong that the unfinished sketches look good. I never put much thought into staging and poses. Thanks for the help.

[@ravyne82]

OMG thankyou so much. I have to start drawing some storyboards for an animation project I'm doing and I've been having issues getting the perspective right with both of the characters in it. I didn't even realize that both heads would be on the same line. I can apply this and have a much better storyboard to follow for my animation. Thank you.

[@ramdarass]

Amazing video. I especially appreciated the "before drawings" it was a very intimate look into what work goes into discovering the right angle before you flesh it out. I think this video relates to storyboarding so much. You throw out so many versions before you find the one that feels right. Excellent. Please keep it coming!

[@koizu]

This is a good idea. I actually made some notes about it but thought it was too much info for this video. Real quick tho, if you want to show different sizes try this: for a taller person, draw his head a "little" above the horizon, and for a shorter person, draw his head slightly below horizon and see how that looks.

[@twinsane8]

Yes! More perspective videos please! This one was awesome and I'd love to see more. I've watched lots of drawing videos and took painting and drawing last year in high school and I have never heard of putting heads on the horizon line. It made your scene feel very appealing to look at and not awkward like mine tend to come out. That tip will definitely come in handy in my drawings!

[@CDX1080]

Great tutorial! I liked that you drew the character's position first instead of the perspective lines like most people do. It's awesome to have you back!

[@ghostk3]

Thank you for these technical details which move the drawing to another level specially in storyboarding. Really appreciated.

[@christofercraft4]

perspective has been a big issue for me when i draw scenes and this was a big help. Thank you!

[@koizu]

paper is just from a drawing pad from an arts and crafts store like Michael's or Joann's.

[@ikhwan_art2079]

May I know what kind of pencil you use?

[@mason-greylong4792]

As someone who watched this when it first came out 9 yrs ago, the information is still helpful.

[@davemarinas2575]

i prefer to use only one sword so i can leave the other hand to do bad/rude gestures.

[@davemarinas2575]

nice tutorial btw 👍

[@solehinaznan7026]

Dave Marinas lol

[@solehinaznan7026]

Dave Marinas pretty nice,btw do you have a hobby of doing comic?

[@soggypuffbar]

i agree

[@updatedotexe]

Point down gesture. I see...

[@Shaoz049]

Just watching one of your videos has helped me become a stronger artist in only a few minutes. I look foreward to watching more of your videos

[@NoahSpencer008]

The protagonist is up against hundreds, who will win? You make it looks so easy. Great job!

[@chefjunferrer1322]

This is what I have been longing to learn since long time ago and by watching this video it had given me all the answers in just a few minutes! I really highly appreciate it, thanks so much!!

[@eastonbennett3293]

Nice videos I love seeing other peoples art it inspires me so much thanks

[@70redcutlass]

great drawing. It's cool to see how the characters are in perspective so you can add more to a shot.

[@koizu]

It's the same guy ^^ I have a lot of fun drawing him

[@danielgomez9515]

Oh ok

[@k1ngdragon411]

Koi i think you are the best artist instructor in youtube you take your time i seen lot's of videos i seen amazing artist but they dont put it together like you thanks.

[@5oundOfVictory]

Having 2 swords is not like wielding 2 blades, it is wielding 2 halves of the same weapon

[@nobodydontmindme1357]

I feel like I've heard that from somewhere

[@christopherpearce283]

Confucius or Bruce lee?

[@ZiroWatt]

the blue spirit

[@sara_daria2]

@@nobodydontmindme1357 i think its an avatar the last airbender reference

[@bedheadead]

most of the time, i would only draw 1 character in a paper and never draw one again; cuz it's a struggle, the scene would just get ruined. the 'draw head from the horizon' is style of drawing changing. drawing characters face to face has honestly never been so exciting. so thank you very much for the very helpful advice! ^^^^^ (it doesn't hurt for me to say nice things for ppl in the internet who helped.)

[@koizu]

hi Maxpein, glad the video could help!

[@thischanneliscrap5239]

I would use no swords. My words are enough to hurt them

[@kythe5715]

Vicious Mockery

[@angelstarfire]

😂😂 words are sharper than swords I guess

[@weslleysantos5467]

@@angelstarfire put them both in your heart and you will see which one is sharper

[@weslleysantos5467]

going to a war without a weapon is a bad idea

[@richardarrington6547]

sticks and stones will break ur bones but swords will be faster

[@Stubbcat2]

First time I've felt compelled to comment on anything on KZbin. Your videos have a been a great help to me. You have a real gift for explaining things as well as drawing. I think you definitively do more of the videos you talked about in this one.

[@solisprime2669]

Have you ever thought of making your own comic or manga because your great

[@BattleRoyalGuy]

This is exactly what I need, I'm self taught so I've never had any drawing comic lessons and this is excatly what I needed to help. Thank.s

[@4e34e545e345w3]

One Sword = More usefull Two Swords = More flashy

[@ButcheredMouse]

+4e34e545e345w3 Depends, Miyamoto Musashi was skilled with two swords and said its better than using a single sword.

[@4e34e545e345w3]

It also depends if the sword is one or two-handed, and if you have something else in second hand, like shield ._.

[@johnnysminecraft]

+Butchered Mouse but didn't he have a katana and a knife katana thingy so not rely 2 swords

[@Peteru69]

+johnny klein No, Musashi used two swords. There are three typical samurai blades* known as; Katana, wakazashi and tanto. Katana is the longest, a wakazashi is a side seated short sword and the tanto is the shortest blade, much closer to the length of a dagger instead of a sword. Musashi wielded a Katana and a wakazashi, but the 60 duels wasn't always with two blades. He simply realized that the two sword technique was superior. People can argue all they want about the one-sword vs two sword deal. But in Japanese duels Musashi was unparalleled and his technique spoke for itself. He defeated two-handed, one handed swords and "lance" weapons alike. Of course, we can always speculate if it would have worked just as well against other cultures. But we can never actually know the level of skill people like him processed. Vikings where known for their shields, but it wasn't uncommon for a viking to use two weapons as well. Everyone think they were barbarians, but they were much more than what old English propaganda let on. They bathed more than the British men and they smelled nice too. I digress, I have a thing for history. It's a bit of a problem.

[@tismesam4353]

So you have only kitchen knives to fend off an attacker, would you go 1 or 2 kitchen knives?

[@wisplitplaythroughs]

More of How to Draw Characters in a Scene: please would love it to be a series.

[@empressss0]

The captain guy was in a another video of his, my favourite video of his :D

[@koizu]

I will definitely get to these. I lot of people have wanted impact hits. Also, doing more fighting poses will be fun.

[@sethterry4963]

I would prefer 3 sword style-rorona zoro

[@Mesozoical]

Seth terry ONI-GIRI!!!!

[@Namyzi]

omg yassss

[@powerlifting9544]

Santoryuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@matheuscoelho2891]

Santoryu Ogi: Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai

[@jackovitz2362]

You fucking know it

[@necrokochou]

i admit that it takes time to edit the characters' places and thos boxes boxes but its totally worth it in the end so yea. what a beautiful drawing/art/illustration ^ - ^

[@rahulreddy6223]

Most amazing dude I have ever seen

[@NinjassRevolution]

Wow your vids help so much...the way you explain is a lot better than some other youtube artists. Thanks for taking your time doing so.

[@whatevraa]

learned alot from this, thanks :)

[@lesegopetersen1203]

I have not been drawing for years and I wanna realize my animation dream for these coming years from 2022 till further so I will need as much help as I can get to regain my senses of drawing, cause I love Animation

[@Jiggy_Wiggy]

so...say if the character closest to the horizon is taller. That means you would draw his head above the horizon point correct?

[@koizu]

I'm not an expert on perspective but that sounds about right

[@danielsousa1526]

Thanks a bunch! I appreciate your videos and helpful advice

[@Tashiboss]

haha that's funny because I was thinking the exact same thing

[@ThForeal]

Thanks man this helped a ton on a lot of stuff I've had just stored in my head and couldn't get out. The people who dislikes this are obviously just jealous they didn't think of it first.

[@ingridd4176]

Its better to have one sword because it will give you more accurcy

[@Osjey]

tell that eren or mikasa :D

[@LuisDeLosSantos99]

Tell that to zoro

[@Osjey]

Luis De Los Santos haha true

[@FolleUno]

Good to see that you're back, and I would definitely like to see more horizon videos you are great at teaching it.

[@MMani-ve9vy]

I prefer three sword style... *One piece reference*

[@GarnetLynne]

I love seeing the way others work, this is really nice and fluid. I think I'll use your advice soon, thanks again!

[@saigeschmidt4550]

an y body notice that was the dragon scale armour from the how to draw fight scenes

[@Kaizokuking9]

Thanks this was super helpful! I really do hope you can show us more on how changing where the horizon line is can affect the drawing. Hope to see the Mid line one.

[@vickysingh-ku7su]

I think one sword is better then two swords But two swords are cooler then one sword

[@MEMooreJr]

+vicky singh yup lol

[@samthemisdeed5988]

you got some solid logic right there my friend

[@Klebkatt]

I would like to see more of this. It's so much more helpful than the lessons I took in college. If you do any color work, I'd like to see that too. And folds, that'd help a lot.

[@ElectricIce]

Sword art online rules! Dual swords

[@leafalter2891]

I'm working on a Manga and this helps me A LOT THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@LordRixuel]

when you draw it, it looks so easy, but when I try, its so hard :| lol

[@joetrue12]

Keep at it! I feel like i learn something every time i watch one of your videos.

[@JT1698]

I don't wanna be that guy, but if you hadn't told me that the character in the forefront was female, i'd have never known.

[@trashboii2069]

No one blames you, it's not like you can see her bewbs frem behind

[@idkJuun]

Jtracy1698 the character is female? Wow. Not being sexist just wow.

[@damianandrews5620]

Jtracy1698 Well when he was drawing her he did say, "him, he, guy" etc

[@dorianmcgilvary1813]

Your videos are so helpful, I have learned a lot from your tutorials and appreciate you taking time to make them, thanks!

[@lovingbritt]

lol now I know why my backgrounds be so weird >.< I'm not following the horizon rule

[@NamesZKP]

+Brittany Penman Wow judging by your profile pic, you are so beautiful....Like wow......if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? I'm 16 btw.....

[@lovingbritt]

ZKP way too old for you honey everyone think I'm 19 when they meet me I'm 25 years old >.

[@NamesZKP]

Brittany Penman Oh I figured you where way older than me. You do look really young though, but I didn't want to jump to any conclusions, if you know what I mean ;). Anyways please excuse me for stating the obvious again but you are gorgeous and I envy any "man" that is lucky enough to be in your presence and/or call you a wife/girlfriend/partner/date or whatever. You are just too beautiful for a mere mortal's gaze. Like a Goddess looking upon the Earth, you deserve the absolute best and I am humbled at the fact that you would even take the time to respond to me. It has been my pleasure madam :)

[@lovingbritt]

+ZKP oh wow thanks honey I appreciate the compliments.

[@LadyJessM7]

This is so clear, helpful and generous of you to share. Look forward to more!

[@GRANDCHASER999]

I wanna have 2 swords so I can be KIRRIIITOOOOOOO from SAO(Sword Art Online).

[@fetfet1337]

I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GRANDCHASER999]

LOL

[@fetfet1337]

Best character ever!

[@GRANDCHASER999]

mmm idk bout that he may be cool, but there are some really awesome characters, idk in coolness IMO hes tied with Sora from No Game No Life. and then Asuna, Shiro, and Baby Beel have a 3 way tie in cuteness.

[@necromorph5371]

Kristofer Constantino No. The best dual wielding character is Reo. From The Untitled Story.

[@petedave6453]

This is awesome! Perspective is so difficult to grasp, you make it simple. Can't wait to go through more of your videos!

[@asheacasarole3377]

I’ve been trying to learn how to draw better recently and this is really helpful thank you

[@SelkieGirl]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Although I'm probably going to have to watch this a few more times to retain the information!

[@MattDeanART]

Welcome back=D This is the best tutorial I have ever seen!!! Please make more like this one!!!

[@souhi1027]

when you understand in true way you can explain it easily. like you koizu san. really thanks to you.

[@Mukamale]

This is great Mike. Thanks for the tips. I like that you draw by hand and this is not just another digital image.

[@iJustDraw2]

hey Koizu, I gotta say your one of my favorite drawing youtubers next to mark and evan! I can see your channel being very successful [:

[@Johnpinckney98]

dude im gonna come to ur channel for all my dynamic needs!

[@voteformushroomsoup7818]

Frick this is too good how do people do this so casually

[@PoukhFaye]

Hey dude horizon shots like you just did are really really awesome, I really loved your vids about up and down shots too. I'd like to see a video about a character western style, up-shot hero style, standing on a very low horizon with a group of characters behind him with some on horses so that they are not all the same height just to play a bit more with the upshots principles, the horizons and heights according to the horizon, thank you dude.

[@Rain-kr6uf]

okay…this is the best tutorial about perspective i've ever seen ~ thx alot you helped me ;--;

[@laurasullivan7681]

Amazing video breaking everything down and explaining it well step by step. This helped me understand so much better. Great work! :)

[@PeaceDraws]

Thanks, I've been looking for a tutorial like this all over the internet! This is very helpful and super awesome :D

[@Retiarius986]

Thank you really thank you for this video. You really helped me I have always got problems with horizont line and perspective, now i can draw scenes from my imagination.

[@rdmdavid]

Thank you so much I asked my art teacher to help me with this but she didn't know how to do this but now we both know how to do it now so thank you

[@chidogan89]

I would def like to see more outlines of camera positioning and such. Great video!

[@acatalepticartificer3282]

This is extremely helpful, You explain things really well (unlike some other guys). Can't wait to see what you'll put out next. Could you do a video on background perspectives related to the character's perspective? I think that'd help.

[@shadowspadez313]

AGAIN, another awesome tutorial that i really needed to see. the explanation was incredible and this tutorial is gonna help me ALOT. thanks again for the tutorial :D

[@FreeToBeZii]

YAY!! Hey there! i think i subscribed while you were away. :D welcome back! oh and MOAR please!! this tutorial was REALLY helpful!!! different perspectives would be great! And perhaps a tutorial on different unarmed fighting poses??

[@Khaoscript]

Welcome back man! Great to see new videos! :)

[@ChurlzVA]

Thank you for making these videos, they mean a lot to me.

[@JovialPlanet]

I really like it. I am learning the drawings and illustrations.Thanks for the video

[@Blackshadowdragon45]

This is awesome. I'm so happy that you are back. I've been wait for you to upload for forever. I was wondering how to draw light emitting from an object or person. One of my characters has an ability that basically looks like light and I have no idea how to draw that. But in any case, thank you for uploading this video it's very helpful

[@IVORYSMITH45]

you had me scared that you weren't gonna do any more videos. thank goodness

[@tekjvhh4512]

Great drawing man really enjoy watching you keep up the good work

[@yoogni4108]

You’re teaching me so much more than my art teacher did...

[@stinkersmack5122]

You should start making cartoons. You're a really good drawer and you've helped me a lot. Just one question: How did you do your channel trailer?

[@porkbandit1107]

Thanks for the help man. I used this as a reference for my first comic panel. I will make sure to credit you

[@zaksszn]

I’ve been looking for something like this thank you

[@koizu]

i chose one-handed because I thought it would be more versatile. you could grab someone with the open hand, open doors, pick up something from the ground, etc. :P

[@katsurugi2k8]

Love to see the midline and lower line! This video is just awesome!! =)

[@nadeekairangani5194]

It was so helpful for my comic drawings thank you.

[@thituberbr6933]

for sure it's just heartburning! i don't know how to draw but i'm starting to learn for sure!

[@gavinroper9775]

thanks for the tutorial first off, and to your one sword or two sword debatable question. I think it really depend on what type of sword you are using is most important though and what style of fighting the person does. I feel like either side would win since its not just the sword you are fighting with it your own skill. I feel like one of the best set up with weapons isn't two similar swords in each hand. You have one semi long single edge sword in one hand then and short sword or dagger in the other. So the sword you would attack with and the dagger/short sword for blocking. Since it would most likely be lighter than the sword.

[@lachlanadams1309]

Defiantly want to see more vids like this with more than one person in the scene or I’d like to see a vid with like a fight scene against something not human... maybe a dragon... Anyway I’m lovin your vids so far keep em coming :D

[@mathis0590]

You're a beast dude. Your vids have made a lot of my own work look a lot better. Thanks man. Oh yeah. I'm partial to using a single sword. Duel swords are nice and all, but like you said, more power in a single sword, unless you're Roronoa Zoro from One Piece lol!

[@hoaks13]

your tutorials really help thanks i would love to see how you do a scenery/background in proportion

[@jamestrickingtonIII]

My head canon for the scene is they are all Target employees discussing unionizing but have brought swords just in case someone among them is a scab/agent.

[@Aqwlegendjason]

Somewhere it makes me think of the Legend of Korra, but you're great man. ^^

[@xSulfuricLogicx]

Thanks for the help especially since I'm getting my guidelines set for my new comic I'm making called samurai mountain, thanks again :)

[@d_range211]

do more like this but change the view points. this was awesome to watch. thanks

[@oneilshah3158]

Very detailed and informative. I love it 😍👍 keep making more of these videos please 😉🎥🎥🎬🎬🎥🎥🎥🎬🎬🎥🎬🎥🎬🎥🎬🎥🎬🎥🎬🎥