DRAWING ANIMALS 1: A GENERAL APPROACH TO QUADRUPEDS

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[@Pascy95]

The way you perceive space on a 2 dimensional surface is incredible. Your visual library is crazy! A video about how you study reference would be the best.

[@KoltronZer0]

great suggestion

[@faqih9685]

pleasee do ittt!

[@sordidzucchini1303]

Pascy95 yessss

[@yoelbeche6213]

That would be great!!

[@smallcaco5053]

its called "foreshortening and perspective"

[@mdb4130]

1:09 - Video begins 1:56 instructions begin (explanation and getting a better sense of quadruped anatomy/supplemental forms) 8:37 Start of loose gestures sketches 10:37 combination of both into drawing quadruped

[@sophiecannell7262]

I know this is an older video but this really helped me! I love how from step one, the sketch is done 3 dimensionally. I’ve tried many techniques if this could be the most successful one for me to move to a more realistic way of drawing.

[@RazKat_2023]

How to draw animals : "so first, draw an animal"

[@rockintennis]

Your effortless precision sketching, voice and background music make watching your videos an experience.

[@RaysonWilliams]

>Debussy as background music. Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@b2bbbbb]

could you help with the name of the piece? :) tried using shazam on this, but it only gave me a bunch of interesting but misleading links..

[@samjadragon]

i like bach and also debussy. my playlist always goes into debussy and i always make sure to finish on bach

[@Ethinor]

@@b2bbbbb it's his Arabesque No. 1 (:

[@emilhappy5696]

Remember to finish on the Bach not on DeBussy

[@RobLevel]

Yes, that specific culture choice.

[@matteoelprincipe]

Amazing art and inspiring suggestions, thank you James.

[@celinxinsialin]

Oh my god... i just saw this channel today.., this is so amazing.. i rly love all your videos! This isss.... too goodddddddd!!! Im speechless...

[@wojtekswierk4824]

Just when I got into drawing animals, perfect timing dude

[@cvanDOTnet]

These samples are so great. Thanks for sharing!

[@MesserCreations]

Really enjoyed the way you explained this, thanks :)

[@illustratornamedkasper]

great vid, it's always good to have some knowledge of how skeletons work when you draw animals (and humans for that matter)!

[@bobxbaker]

i usually over do my drawings meaning i try to add values to it like halftones, shadows, occlusion etc with multiple values, but the problem is that i do it with 1 pencil and all the values look too similar and it just ends up looking like a mess, i really do need to pull back and stop at the drawing stage because i tire myself out when i try to render every drawing i do which completely defeats the purpose of why i sat down to draw at the first place, so currently i'm practicing holding back and try to simplify as much as possible. i came to this conclusion watching your stuff, thanks man.

[@LaLiLuLeLoX]

Me too man!! Me too....Gestures are so important to perfect!! Everything else will fall into place. There are many styles of gestures to learn also. And an infinity of reference to gesture about. But I'm also starting to understand that skillfull artists have been doing this for a longer time and honing their skills so in the end watching and trying to learn from a video like this is in a way meaningless if you don't really understand certain basics like gestures and perspective. I also have been rendering all my drawing and realizing how much time I'm wasting. But sometimes it feels helpful for my visual library because the longer I take to render drawings; the better I remember how certain objects look like. But I also know that can come later. Have to rewire the brain. Gestures and perspective. Dont care how long it takes!! Gestures and perspective!!

[@Dataism]

Amazing, I feel always enlightened when I watch you draw.

[@radcoon1610]

As a teen interested in learning to draw, but without any money in my pocket, this helped a ton!

[@kibanart301]

youre goddamn right, i finished my mecha drawing by watching his mecha tutorial over and over

[@aglcomics]

I know this comment is 2 years late as you probably have become an artist by now but, we do not need any money to learn how to draw or how to do anything that we love and enjoy. All we need is our time to devote to our learning that trait that skill that we love so much. Time away from today's social media apps or gaming or watching tv or just being a couch-potato We need time to practice and hone those skills from anatomy to lighting to drapery to perspective to dynamism. All we need is practice and practice everyday! Just do it and do it and do it. It took many many years to get comfortable with all the skills required to create awesome art and storytelling in my comics but that is because I was doing everything on a part-time need and was not focused because creating comics was not my main bread and butter to earn a living. I was in the military fro 21 years then became a civilian contractor and only sketched when I missed it. Not a very good way to get better faster. Best and keep at it. AGL, AGL COMICS: Rise Above!

[@abdulalhazred5924]

you are incredibly skilled, would you marry me?

[@npn8945]

Are you gay??

[@aldanserikbay]

HELP WHAT

[@Ohhdoodles]

Only if u r skilled too😂😂

[@Starrxxs]

😭

[@iaminsfiredbytrustfration8502]

straight to the point bruh

[@blackkatdraws]

I don't understand most of the words being used here but I can guess the intent of the meaning. Thank you! This has been a very gratifying lesson for me who's always struggling with an animals anatomy

[@fairyyberry4923]

You don't understand how much I needed this

[@jeffdixon5853]

Very helpful, THANKS!

[@ramirocruz1521]

I freaking love you. Thanks

[@onthego578]

The music takes to a different world!

[@RyanByan]

Thanks, I guess. When I used to draw cats and dogs it was basically a circle with two triangles, I just didn't know what to do so I never put much effort into it. But now I'm happy to say that my beagles, calicos, and my other favorite breeds look better. I'm still slightly struggling when it comes to horses, but as time goes on I'm hoping I'll improve.

[@MinTea14]

????

[@chichi5985]

@@RyanByancome back and re edit it

[@RyanByan]

@@chichi5985 IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS

[@illustudio5253]

Ótima aula, thanks!

[@luckyhydratv]

Hey what songs are u using in the background? I really love your art style, realism is so beautiful and inspiring to look at it.

[@xylerpunk7481]

Idk if you'll even see this lol but first song is Partir - Angel Lover. Second song is Solo Cello Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach and the last song is Arabesque No. 1 - Rousseau :)

[@luckyhydratv]

@@xylerpunk7481 lmaao I’m still alive

[@Artlife247]

COOL!! LOVE THE CONTENT

[@Nika-ed5oo]

How the hell do you get such a nice realistic-looking digital pencil? What are you working in?

[@theodorurhed]

He's just using the default hard round brush in Photoshop with pressure sensitivity.

[@Nika-ed5oo]

@@theodorurhed Really? It looks like he's got the size all the way down, then. Thanks

[@theodorurhed]

​@@Nika-ed5oo Yep! He's answered the question several times in his streams. Quite impressive what he manages to do with it :)

[@Nika-ed5oo]

@@theodorurhed Definitely. Thank you for answering even though apparently I'm the 100th person asking the same question.

[@fybso3057]

step one: line of action step 2: draw the fucking cow

[@redlights7397]

fr

[@cyathiferrae4641]

I really love your lining! Still waiting for the line weight video ❤❤

[@tobyokoi0909]

Love this!♡♡♡

[@user-tg8wh7uz3j]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@veterinaryanatomy]

Very nice video, well done

[@danielcoronadobueno2021]

Really good drawings! I like your style on every brushstroke. Could you share the configuration of the brush? I think is simple but really awesome

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

Hard round brush in photoshop with pressure sensitivity on. That's it.

[@lukaszDPG.dupinion]

It won't make you better artist, that's simply irrelevant

[@happypawfun2143]

It really would have been nice if you showed what your photo reference was so we could compare how you broke down which shapes

[@goosey3274]

how do you build such an incredible visual library? would love a video on that

[@sugarluke9721]

man you deserve more subscribers！

[@XEdits291]

Are all of these drawings from memory? Or do you pull up reference footage. Your an amazing artist!

[@lukaszDPG.dupinion]

They all do reference drawings even though they say we do not

[@Vet4FallujahCJ]

Dude!!! Get a Book out! You could run an encyclopedia of art books, based on how much info you can drop. You could absolutely have multiple volumes of books that you can throw out

[@LucasStoten1]

Please please please can we get the part 2 to this!

[@maryamkhajehpour9215]

very good thank you

[@princelmao1131]

Thanks Bro : ) Subscribed

[@mikkelmelby]

Very nice stuff

[@torpedogamers2]

bruh how is this video free?? thank you so much!!

[@joaquimraphael4875]

Excelente grato por compartilhar

[@abhijithram4401]

When his loosely drafted sketches looks better than your fully rendered drawings......

[@morticias5043]

It took me half a year to draw good human gesture drawings... Now back to the drawing board for animals too I guess

[@joaquimraphael4875]

Grato por compartilhar conosco

[@alecfleming373]

This here, wow! Neat trick! Application on a large dragon mural, now it looks right! Thank you! Means the world to me.

[@paolaferreira6043]

Thank youuu

[@nina-w]

man i wish i could draw like that. if only i had the time to sit down and practice thoroughly each day

[@samdeacon7910]

i draw each day buy sill no where near James's ececution

[@emanahmed7200]

This is the only good animal drawing video I could find

[@pakaweechattasiri3921]

good job!

[@plainmilk3320]

Hi I'd love if you did a second part to drawing animals!! Maybe by species like felines, canines etc?

[@OriginalNeckbeardicus]

Couldn't be better timing, I was just about to do some animal studies.

[@fireplaceloop1111111]

you should stream! Very enjoyable to watch

[@samdeacon7910]

James moves so fast as a teacher... Like he is truly gifted, but moves so quick... its like the genius kid in class who knows all the answers before the teacher finishes speaking... there's me sitting at the back huffing glue asking what lesson im in

[@artistankit8945]

Wow.... Always magical..... How perfect it all.... 😍👌🙏🙏

[@Tatokala]

Thanks very much. What are the main differences in carnivores and herbivores to consider when drawing the form of the pelvis and shoulder girdle? I guess there are some...

[@SonySteals]

Yeah… I think I have to start with drawing spheres and cubes

[@cocorex7208]

That last song was used in the Godzilla trailer. Dope vid too man

[@oooBoEoNooo]

Do you have a video course especially for beginners who don't know where to start?

[@thefriendlyaspie7984]

drawabox.com/ here you can learn the fundamentals of drawing, plus is free resource and there is a discord too :) is especially good for studying concept art :)

[@lokeyartist]

His gumroad

[@Tatokala]

@@lokeyartist but i did not find anything especially about animals.

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

The big thing is to look at how little he uses undo, it's why he can work so fast. This comes from practicing with pen and paper.

[@zsrlmsb2470]

Thanks I got stoned and wanted to draw a boar

[@a.s.l711]

youtube, you find the video you try looking for when you dont expect it.

[@nikolaostsakinis6189]

Awesome

[@RayarishaOfficial_]

Me : *can't even draw a human*

[@DAEDRICDUKE1]

Animals are easier to draw, humans are a whole other challenge.

Chia sẽ của bạn rất hữu ích, cảm ơn bạn!!!

[@KaizenNox]

Can you do another one?

[@ProtoIndoEuropean88]

how do you draw bird's feet? birds are easy to draw but their feet are like the hardest part xD

[@lily_neko739]

i don't see the links down below in the description :(

[@zenset1]

Gold tutorials!

[@sammyredpanda6631]

6:56 they kinda look like ocelots from minecraft

[@krysaac]

I can’t find the Perspective 6 video 😔

[@kaeruartist4293]

do you cover wolves in this course ?

[@LIVEARTS-HOBBYHUB]

nice

[@GuillermoANG]

estos videos son muy útiles; ahora podré dibujar furros. Gracias

[@SepulchureValen]

The music made me sleepy

[@chrissworldtravels9912]

forget to link to your texture video in the description?

[@serdobsky_]

Тоже заметил, что нет ссылки.

[@Jroobelucios]

I find it hard to attach the front legs TwT

[@tablle]

Im struggling with the hips

[@sudipsarkar1903]

Nice

[@Caio_Myguel]

9:54 someone PLEASE give me source on the music? Is it Debussy, too? I can't find it tho.

[@mattywolf8287]

HOW DID YOU KNOW?!

[@counterstrike89]

What about drawing a wolf?

[@Sevren_]

How do I draw a Dragon Jeweler

[@joaquimraphael4875]

Excrlenteeee

[@tablle]

It would've been better if he used more examples like bird, reptiles, etc

[@anuramajor8498]

It’s on drawing four legged animals? Last I checked birds are not four legged-

[@joaquimraphael4875]

Gostaria que desenhassem a linha de ação gratooo

[@user-tg8wh7uz3j]

Would be very grand if you drew on paper with pencil during your wonderfully technical and flowing videos of animal anatomy.

[@traysonwhitworth7950]

This looks way to advanced to start on lmao

[@ANTheWhizkid]

what about your book?

[@samirahoseini1608]

Me : i'm done🙂🚶‍♀️

[@joaquimraphael4875]

Ovelhasss .

[@leandrorp6642]

Incredible demonstration of form and perspective, as always, but your drawings turn out to be extremely stiff in this way. Maybe you should look at animation like old Disney cartoons, or persons like Aaron Blaise or Gleen Vilppu approach to animal drawing BTW New Masters Academy has published a demo of Gleen Vilppu animal approach class in the YT channel

[@Tatokala]

Where is "drawing animals 2" ?

[@amritpalhh9836]

Who is mark o boughs?

[@izzymoon4436]

Can you draw dead animals?

[@lm2193]

hard to follow

[@Zzombgore]

I'm twelve and want to draw animals in a simplistic art style, I'm having a lot of trouble with that. All videos I find are either very complicated, or very childish. This video helped me a bit, but not a lot. Can someone help?

[@yoo350]

Samee

[@anammorar]

Would you create a comic?

[@ModernDayJames]

yes i would :D

[@anammorar]

@@ModernDayJames Then, I can't wait to see it.

[@chrisc.4144]

Didn’t you make a poll and everybody voted on a video about line weight?

[@Kirihere]

Oh yes I had voted for animation tho XD

[@amaartiflex1439]

Does anybody know if he's using any reference?

[@ModernDayJames]

i was using reference!

[@amaartiflex1439]

@@ModernDayJames thanks for replying. You make great videos btw ❤️