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[@MayvaAva]

My art teacher silently handed me a sticky note that just said “David finch on KZbin, lots of good lessons” so here I am

[@erickgroveart]

That is awesome! You now have 2 awesome art teachers!

[@jefftheblockofcheese707]

Ye that’s a cool art teacher

[@m.a1313]

Anyway do you like jojo's?

[@reallyoriginalusername4574]

@@m.a1313 XD I havent watched the jojos But I want to flick a revolver barrel

[@m.a1313]

@@reallyoriginalusername4574 got a revolver here but no bullets

[@BigDomski]

It makes me smile that you're eyeballing things instead of using all these crazy measuring tricks like in Scott Robertson's book. I used to overthink perspective so damn much when I first started, now it's a lot more intuitive and I can tell when proportions are off just from practicing

[@pogz1]

i just love art. funny thing art doesnt love me back... can you critique my art. i just need an expert opinion to improve my art

[@__-fi6xg]

Its called perspective and is essential to learn bro.

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@milltonmanakeeper53]

Studying perspective still helps you eyeball things though, so don’t neglect it. The more you study perspective, the more you will internalize it, which in turn helps you more easily and accurately eyeball something. At least it was for me, I’m nowhere near professional but when I first started drawing, I always tried to eyeball things thinking this is art and I shouldn’t need to measure things, my perspective was very off almost all of the time. After I started to study perspective, my eyebally drawings started to improve too.

[@canobenitez]

I think it is good to know how to do both, Scott also works with vehicles and design, and perpective is a must have, 'you have a bit of lee way in comics, if it looks good, that's good enough

[@Roy_Raktim]

And these things are free, how privileged we are .

[@ihategoogle6066]

Shhhhhh lol

[@victorito9504]

True that!

[@a.gss7714]

Hey don’t give him any ideas lol

[@JaggedCanvas]

Yup its insane how helpful this is

[@adrianfoster7387]

I was thinking the same thing. I use to draw in my teens (mainly copied) and stopped in my 20s...I started back up, last year (I'm 33 now) and I've grown so much because of youtube and I've branched out to multiple medias...love these free "classes"

[@cornbreadthedog]

Dude! No way! David Finch on KZbin! Man, I'm a huge fan! I LOVE your work and spent hundreds of bucks buying every trade paperback and comic issue you've done! Love your work on the Justice League! Huge fan, man! All the best!

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@KAGE8008]

I swear to God the first five minutes of your video have been more helpful than literally any self study I have done😂

[@miho6764]

Of all the comics artists, I like you the most! You are like a stepping stone to success in my life for me, my goal is not strange to draw comics and arts, and you help me a lot in this! I am grateful to you that you teach us to draw as incredible as you!

[@pogz1]

drawing always has been a passion of my mine. and art just doesnt really love me back. even so. i work hard practice day and day out. however my art never improves.. can you critique my art pls i just need a pros point of view

[@miho6764]

@@pogz1 I started drawing characters about 3 years ago and practiced daily. Even a year will not be enough to learn to draw from scratch. In order to learn how to draw, you need to: 1. Be interested in drawing 2. Have inspiration 3. To study human inatomy, proportions and academic drawing in general. 4. Look closely at how other artists draw and take something from them for yourself. 5. (Not necessary, but it helps me) Listen to your favorite music while drawing. If you are interested in how I draw, then here is my instagram: instagram.com/daxamcomics/

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[@danielshjoo]

Hi, amazing tutorial! Although I am not a professional by any means, I would want to point out a few mathematical errors in perspective in case they would help anyone. Of course, as you said, measuring is generally overtaken by good intuition and you have good intuition. 1) At 3:00 , you rotated a box and said the vanishing points should move an equal length from their current vanishing points. However, in this case, the left vanishing point would move faster from its current vanishing point than the right vanishing point. For example, if you think of rotating this box towards an angle that directly faces us, one vanishing point would go towards the center of the page, and the other vanishing point would move to a point infinitely far away. 2) At 6:40 , you showed how to replicate a box using its diagonal. However, I think it should be noted that since these boxes' diagonals are parallel, they would converge on a new vanishing point (in perspective, all parallel lines not directly facing us would). The vanishing point here should lie on a vanishing trace (a vertical vanishing point) directly under the right vanishing point (not on the horizon). The standard method to do this would be to draw a line from one corner of the box to the midpoint of the opposite edge and extend it to the bottom/top edge of your new box. The lines will meet at the far edge of your new, identical box. (sorry, explaining is hard without diagrams) Once again, these ideas matter less for someone with great intuition and practice, but I still thought I'd share this information with anyone interested!

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[@lynkkx]

Is there any videos that cover what ur trying to explain? Im having a hard time trying to picture it in my head.. I dont dislike going on going off intuition, but I want a more concrete foundation with accuracy and consistency, if anything I would love to know all the math behind perspective to draw anything 100% proportionate to the perspective

[@PamellaCardoso-pp5tr]

​@@lynkkxprojective geometry is the mathematical Topic that studies perspective and vanishing points. The vanishing point represents a point in infinity and How paralel lines must meet somewhere at infinity

[@israeldoering5076]

40+ years old. Drawing since 8. Never really grasped perspective until this video. Thanks for explaining why you did different things. The objects perspective changes as them move = GOLD. Thanks for this great video sir.

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@erikartur4721]

I am currently studying comic book style. I would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge here. I am a big fan of your work. I spoke to you at comic con xperience (Brazil) and you were very kind to everyone who was waiting for your autograph.

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@Princesonosey]

Been an artist for over 15 years and never did I know about these helpful tips!!

[@TheAngelArrow]

this guy is one of the only people who to me, teaches more "mindset" than "this is the method you should do!" kind of stuff that genuinely gets you nowhere, thanks david, you're an actual good teacher, you breakdown and talk about why you do something and what & what not to do, all kinds of stuff that i can take and apply to my own way of doing things without having to base it off of the way you draw and restricting myself to someone else's way of drawing or art style, awesome videos hope you keep finding new ways to teach us things, thanks again, crazy that you do so much of this for free

[@justinayers3589]

Unbelievable. That pythagorean trick is mindblowing for me, I've been trying to intuitively understand foreshortening to no avail, this reference gives such a great baseline where I had none before. Thanks a million man. Edit: I really cannot believe this. A 25 minute video demystified a concept I've been struggling with for a decade. Floored.

[@BakemonoShiz]

Ohmygod..."connection points" literally just changed the way I view perspective drawing. I'm literally - LITERALLY - looking at a piece and can see multiple conection points I need to reverse. THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVE! LOVE THE STREAMS/TUTORIALS/WEBSITE AND MOST OF ALL YOUR ART WORK! KEEP IT UP!!! #FinchFlock4Life

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@taylordakoda67]

I love how you don't need a ruler to constantly draw, a real artist can eyeball it and use their skill to overcome those challenges.

[@mberto370]

one thing everyone needs to know is: when a professional tells you that "you dont really need to know X", be aweare that they are lying. The only way they could achieve mastery over what they do is knowing as much as they could about something. Fuck around, learn as much as possible and dont segment your learning into "I dont need this now, can study later", we are organic creatures, learn shit on fly

[@theartjedi]

YES! Thanks so much for this video David, it’s exactly what I, and probably most others, needed at this time. Can’t wait to delve in and soak up all the information!

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[@TheDarkKnight749]

@@hoadinhcong3341 Stop sending links

[@Karda_Nava]

Dude I’ve truly never seen someone make perspective & foreshortening so simple & easy to fully comprehend, & non complicated! Most others get into so much mathematics & endless structuring, lots of complicated complexities, etc etc.. literally almost every other video I’ve seen makes it far more complex than it needs to be, & makes it kind of confusing in doing it that way.. you did the opposite! You did it exactly how I resonate with it the most & seemingly already understand it, but even simpler for me to comprehend parts that I’ve been getting tripped up on and frustrated with not being able to get down correctly. So thank you so damn much! Lol.. you have made this so easy to get all fundamental aspects of when it comes to this concept & area of art structure. You are genuinely such a good teacher with this stuff. I can’t begin to express my gratitude & appreciation for your videos like this, for parts of art/drawing (as an amateur manga artist) that I’ve been getting tripped up on. You are my go to guy! You’ve already helped me get past so many frustrating hurdles, it’s more of a help than you’d know lol. Thanks again my man👌🏻✌🏻

[@SkeeterMcBeater]

From my experience thus far, perspective has made anatomy even easier. Spent the first few months mostly drawing cylinders & cubes. Went to draw faceless dudes & it's going smoothly.

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@kiehallo]

I'm searching for foreshortening videos for days now, and this one is the most helpful

[@Elexstehr]

This is by far one of the best tutorials on I've seen on foreshortening. Thanks for sharing this!

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@JagabandhuRoySEO]

Really I found a great teacher who follows actual process to draw the figures. I am his disciple. Honestly I am becoming great fan.

[@langamashabane3218]

I genuinely think that no other person can explain this better than this guy, cause after i watched this I just clicked.

[@danieldeanallen]

Thank you Dave. This is much easier to understand in video form.

[@BrunaOneGirlBand]

I just feel so blessed for having access to such an amazing material like that, and for free! thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@johnbroe]

I love watching you draw... So effortlessly at this point.

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@eriways2018]

You are drawing magically!! It's real pleasure to see how you are working!! Miracle touch!!

[@Art_Enthusiast]

I still can't believe the legendary DAVID FINCH himself is showing us all these tips. Mister Finch, I have, among all of the greats artists out there, love YOUR work the most and for DECADES now. You are in my opinion the top 1 comics drawer on earth (followed closely by Jim Lee). Thank you very very much for the content and please keep it up because it feels like a honor to transition from a fan to a student of yours. Greetings from Paris

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[@Pharo2006]

i love these tutorials they have helped me alotin my art journey

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[@JDSCT]

Great informative video! Dave, your passion for wanting to pass on what you've learned over your ever expanding career is truly inspiring and appreciated!!

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[@fluntboy1]

i worshipped your art work as a kid since you first started at IMAGE back in the 199s :)

[@sketchbookzm6709]

I love your videos. I watch them almost every night. You're a blessing to amateurs like me. Never stop

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@danielbrugovsky6018]

22:54 This is mine-blowing to me and I will now abuse this new "per limb" perspective till' I get tired of it. Thanks!!!

[@lisafred1362]

OMG no one in my art classes expained perspective like this! Loved it.

[@goatvisualz4935]

14:00 such little detail can change the whole perspective. So helpful. He’s a master

[@1MightyR]

Double tutorial, we get foreshortening & Perspective! 😊your one of the best, thanx Dave!🔥

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@vnaykmar7]

This is treasure. You are the teacher I've been searching my whole life. Thank you Sir

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@Defflin]

I came to learn foreshortening and learned proper proportions as bonus, what a gold mine.

[@ocularcavity8412]

Thank you for the help, forshortening in a dynamic way has always been a struggle for me and it is awesome to learn from someone I have looked up to for 2 decades. I have loved your Art since Aphrodite IX I am so glad you have a KZbin channel that I can follow and learn from.

[@joeblankenship377]

Wow. That diagonal line trick is awesome! I’m totally gonna be using that to check my foreshortening. One thing I was struggling with recently was a finger pointing straight ahead, and it was driving me mad trying to get it to look right. This video is super helpful.

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@daftcruz]

4:27 One way to do this mathematically is by measuring the proportions with cubes. Because all sides are equal and they have corners. So, for example, suppose that the size of the forearm is 2 cubes. Then, you draw two cubes in perspective, and draw the forearm inside the box. You can go even further by rotating the cube, which is more complicated than just doing it in any angle. But it's basically the same idea.

[@monkeydgoofy8074]

man watching you draw so confidently gives me confidence while drawing

[@ringles1201]

Mr. Finch I think the computation is just the top view radius of the circle. Just like the door you drew in the beginning. Awesome video.

[@realdarkoarts4696]

I’ve been a fan for years and had no idea these tutorials were up here, so much solid content, can’t believe this is free

[@ricrey431]

Most excellent. Glad I came across your stuff. A lot clearer and to the point compared to other sources. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@sunshosha]

Mr. Flinch, thank you so much for shared with us your experience for free, it's really useful and helped a lot!

[@sunsetbreaker1881]

Curious tip: Minecraf in a non-ironic way will make you a god at drawing squares

[@rafaeldavid32]

TBH, absolutely yes. Also the easiest ways to learn perspective.

[@lightiamagay1625]

And pixel art

[@pogz1]

funny aint it i tried so hard and never got so,, in the end i never improve. its like doing weights and never gaining. its like i work twice as hard as anyone. but its for not. i need a pros judgement/critique on my art vid..

[@lightiamagay1625]

@@pogz1 instead of posting 'your' art online, just practice until you're good enough to post it

[@viktorbennett]

@@lightiamagay1625 that Logic is a bit flawed

[@motobaafeoke4900]

3 years later but I still wanna say thank you! This greatly helped me improve on my perspective!

[@nabila.1455]

Thanks a lot Dave for this tutorial (and the previous ones of course)! Everytime I do foreshortening I draw and erase my lines several times until I feel satisfied with the result. I never quite manage to effectively achieve what I want in one go. I mostly struggle with extreme foreshortening, the end result tends to be flat, with my hand, forearm, and shoulder looking very stiff. Your advice is just great! Thanks again!

[@hoadinhcong3341]

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[@sepbla178]

Masterfully explained! The best explanation on foreshortening I have ever seen.

[@emorris0204]

I followed your video today while sketching and it definitely help me understand the depth and thickness of what’s closer or farther with foreshortening. Especially when I ink or pencil think and thin lines.

[@ThePareidolian]

Wow! That parallel diagonal trick to estimate lengths in perspective is a game changer! I never had a way of doing that!

[@BlackedOutRant]

I’ve been drawing for 20 years. This helped tremendously

[@USERRINZLER]

Wow. Very well taught. I never considered overlapping shapes, in order to create perspective. Thanks!

[@danjones3009]

Good Lord,, Glorious good tutorials here. This is the Best of KZbin . Thank you so much, David. Cheers and Happy New Year, 2023!! 🎉

[@bagoglass1]

The parallel diagonals "trick" is a shortcut to using crossed diagonals with midpoint for figuring out the recession in space of planes of equal distances ( e.g. distance between telephone poles). Surprise. It works well enough. After talking the long road to learning mechanical drawing that I never use, you showed me some cheats that I like and can use.

[@looks-like-rain4923]

You sir have helped me further my art so much, thank you

[@Wonder0304]

It looks like it's raining today

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[@yustripoviinternational2420]

You have one of the best drawing tutorials on youtube. Everything is nice and clear explained, so everybody can understand. Thank you so much and keep them coming!!!

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[@AdenosineOfficial]

I love your art, its really inspiring

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[@roninguts0]

I learned something new today even tho i've watched videos on this topic since 2014, wow, thank you David!

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[@dayroomb5320]

Love watching a fellow left handed artists

[@emmanueltemitope4639]

This is one of the best I have ever seen keep it up

[@cory99998]

This diagonal trick is a gamechanger. It's criminal that this is the first I've heard about it.

[@NexusofLight777]

FR

[@coldramen9580]

I've only watched like 3 of your vids and I'm already In love with the way you teach. Amazing art, this helps a ton

[@maximumnoir]

I’ve been watching your vids the past few weeks, and you’ve helped me make drastic improvements in my work. Thank you for sharing with us!

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[@metalgear321]

Super helpful! I struggle so much with perspective. Thank you so much for making this!

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[@CastleKingside]

I just spent an hour watching your videos and they really helped me understand more about drawing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Peace.

[@kingpen1179]

been waiting for this David, thanks for this, I may not be a comicbook artist but U love your tutorials, stream and this community 😊😊❤️🇵🇭

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[@amandahorne8369]

Fantastic video! The best I've seen, instructionally, and the talent it holds! !!! Thank you for sharing it with us!

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[@saimamiya9335]

The only tutorial that I actually finished to the end and learned a lot.

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[@hyperartfan7952]

I'm going to start art school soon and want to be an artist for DC or marvel, so this is so helpful for helping me with my art and my dream to get advice from someone who already does this stuff.

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[@artistbong1665]

Your art work strategy is very simple...its verygood and it helps me a lots..your a good artist teacher..

[@lord-licht]

This was fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing your craft.

[@PeterBex_ArtDirector]

You make it look so easy. Appreciate your vids.

[@alanmottaart5778]

Wow! What a great vdieo! In the beginning of 2019 I actually took a course on how to draw concept cars, and it helped me draw perspective lines well without actually doing a grid with a ruler. But for the buildings i still think the best way is to use the full grid like you do. Thanks so much for having such a great channel, it has helped my art in ways I could never imagine!

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[@jtris01]

In a orbital type foreshortening, you can draw a circle with the radius of the length of the arm, then draw line in a the direction you want your arm to go, then bring down the line. That is where the fist will go.

[@d.a.v.nerdyotaku4523]

This cleared literally everything for me, wow

[@Michael-hb8nq]

Comprehensive crash course in foreshortening. Very well done.

[@georgecrawford2684]

Yet another incredible tutorial - I can see my own drawings improving after every one of these! You make everything so easy to understand, to the point where I know that all I need to do now is practice, practice, practice and I will end up with pages I won't be afraid to show to other people! If you ever produce a "How To" book, I will be first in line to buy (or Kickstart?) that bad boy!

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[@TheChillennial]

Wow. Been looking for someone to explain this in a that is understandable for a ling we'd while now, and you did it. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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[@Haida_Art_Jordon_S]

Totally picking up on more than expected, thanks Dave. So happy with how you have presented your lesson, to see the measurements in practical application sure did it for me!

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[@monkeydgoofy8074]

@@hoadinhcong3341 the hell is wrong with you !?

[@Daniel780K]

These tutorials are crazy man! Really, really good stuff. Thank you David.

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[@Explainmerandom]

You know what has made me curious lately. How the face foreshortens as it turns. I had never considered it before but it definately does. Also a dip of chin and forehead to show aggression does, and the closer to the camera the more extreme this is. And it can be used to show "immediacy". I was using foreshortening the other day to show a hand was in motion or reaching out. I'm sure its powerful in fight scenes too. Its a great tool so thanks for this vid and making it clearer how to foreshorten in an efficient way :) Much appreciated

[@artistguy50]

This is gonna be on repeat for me. Appreciate the advice and tips

[@siddharthmohanty5341]

A very important topic. Thank you for the tutorial David ❤️

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[@Cyb3r-Kun]

I think you could get the measurements for the forshortened arm by using a top view and drawing lines straight down from each joint that way you would be able to visualise where to draw what from the front view because they would be in the same place if viewd from the front

[@rodolfodanielabasolo3288]

David finch gracias por el tutorial muy bueno el estudio de anatomia saludos de Argentina 🙋‍♂️

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[@andyArt5]

This is the most helpful perspective tutorial ever!

[@DjCeez]

You are appreciated sir. Thank you much!!!!

[@reemara]

you're the treasure i've been looking for, for ages.. a HUGE thank you.. a big fan already.. please don't stop posting videos such invaluable such as these..

[@danieldorsett6291]

I've just completed your foreshortening the arm vid last night. Only to meet another vid of foreshortening!!!! Thank you so much David!!!

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[@TB-po5cj]

very well explained u just got a sub , ive been tryin to do this for yrs and never could figure it out thank u bro

[@mrdawe4549]

Thank you for the lesson. I had quite some fun

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[@USERRINZLER]

You're a natural teacher.

[@sgtwd7297]

Your voice is perfect for teaching.

[@arcturushardy152]

You are an inspiration and one of the reasons I started back to drawing.. I want to be where you are along my art journey.. this tutorial was amazing

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[@danranquist502]

Thanks for the great work Dave !...I apreciate seeing you do this with such fluid motion and ease!..it is definitely inspiring..

[@massimilianoapicella9083]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you David 👍🏼

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[@drakashifaze1741]

Thank you so much Mr.Finch

[@unleashthepeast4460]

I have improved my artstyle because of u... Thank u for that

[@foxycon9059]

I just realized how important perspective is from this video, thanks man...

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