Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Shapes

Here's a video tutorial discussing the concept of "Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Shapes", and how to use it to make better compositions in both 2d and 3d artwork.
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[@kkaayynniinnee]

This is absolutely essential knowledge that should be shown in every single introductory art/design/etc. class. Thank you so much for explaining it so well!

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Kaine! I found it really eye opening when I first learned about it, and I'm glad to pass along the knowledge.

[@sungavin8778]

"If you are not going to follow the rule, make sure you are aware that." Really enlightening.

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Glad you liked it. Always best to break rules you know about, rather than by accident :)

[@alexanderkulakov1345]

Wow, this is a godsend! I think this tutorial has helped many artists and will help in the future. And I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am very glad that I can personally thank you for the Soulburn Scripts. This is a really convenient and useful thing in my job and the job of many people around the world. Thank you so much for your work, Mr. Blevins. May good luck be with you!

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Alexander, glad you found this tutorial so useful as well as the soulburn scripts!

[@snow_mamba]

I keep coming back to your videos, especially this one. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge Neil, it has really helped improve my art.

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Sam! Glad you feel it's helped your art, that's my main goal so I'm always happy when I succeed :)

[@crios8307]

You have literally explained a concept that i always wanted to eviscerate. I knew details add that touch of rendering to the final piece, but I never knew where to begin. Do these theories also work with negative spaces I between the shapes too? Again, thank you for this video :)

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Glad you liked the video so much. And yes, between shapes and negative space follow the same sorts of theories. In fact, I have another video called "Areas Of Visual Detail, Areas Of Visual rest" that talks about a similar topic. Check it out, and thanks again for the compliments

[@ashkanaliyar6247]

Thanks a million ! This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen .

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Ashkan! Glad you enjoyed it so much!

[@ashkanaliyar6247]

@@ArtOfSoulburn 🙏🙏🙏

[@topenterclips]

One Answer to why this video is viewed so much (google suggests it to me when I searched primary secondary and tertiary forms) I’m also now a fan and will be watching everything you publish multiple times :)

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks so much, glad you like the videos! Also I saw your original post (maybe you edited it?) about Pixar, Pixar has a policy that they do not want their name used for materials that are not theirs. So I can mention I worked at Pixar (because that is fact) but saying Pixar artist blah blah is only allowed if the content is officially Pixar sponsored. So I respect their wishes, even if it means fewer clicks :)

[@topenterclips]

@@ArtOfSoulburn that’s a good reason to not use their (IP)/names even if it would create an impression boost. (I edited because I didn’t want to leave a bad impression on a creator who I’m sure after studying your content, knows exactly what he is doing.) I love the work you’ve put into your videos. They are really well done. I’ve added them all to my library of videos I study to rehash my fundamentals. Keep it up and perhaps do a video of books/courses you studied so I can study those too!

[@peshangahmed2484]

Very crucial when designing your own models and keeping the software away from taking control over the CG)ish look .. thank you alot

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Peshang, glad you found it interesting!

[@blendertutorialdotnet]

Thank You, it is always useful and inspiring to check your material.

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Ferenczi, glad you've enjoyed my lessons!

[@emanfinding2603]

Awesome this is a gem, Thanks for sharing and I think this is something correlated to the golden ratio IMO.

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Eman, glad you dig it!

[@hasindepalma9027]

Thank you Neil! It was very interesting... The content in this video was amazing, thanks for sharing so nice knowledge

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks Hasin, glad you've found it helpful!

[@_aiborie]

Thank you for making video versions of your tutorials! I ended up here from CGCookie's video which included your website but it's unfortunately down/inaccesible at the time I'm writing this. So I'm glad to find your content here instead 😄

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. When you say it's down, do you mean my website, or cgCookie's site is down?

[@_aiborie]

@@ArtOfSoulburn Oh your website! I couldn't access it for some reason ;__; It says Not Found / HTTP Error 404. Might be my region is blocked? Not sure.

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

@@_aiborie Weird, sorry about that. Just to confirm it's at www.neilblevins.com/ If that's not working, not sure what's going on

[@magicalcyrus]

Neil blevins has a youtube? AAAND i have been a subscriber without knowing that it is THE NEIL BLEVINS THE LEGEND behind the channel?

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Well thanks for the compliment, and thanks for following along, even if you didn't realize you were :)

[@magicalcyrus]

@@ArtOfSoulburn you should really change the channel name, the internet community knows your name since cgsociety forums

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

@@magicalcyrus Haha! Well a lot of people know me by soulburn though, because of stuff like the Soulburn Scripts. And soulburn is my studio name. So not sure if one is better than the other.

[@neonsounds7948]

The Great Tutorial!

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Glad you like it!

[@aliounet7009]

I intuitively knew about this but now it makes all more sense! Thanks for breaking it down. One question, do you plan in advance all of this? I mean, layouting first, second and tertiary shapes early in the process like for example the sketching phase?

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Glad you've enjoyed seeing it more formally analyzed. As for whether I plan it, I do a first pass that's just going with my gut. And since I've done it so many times, my gut is usually pretty decent. Then when I get to the tweaking stage of the final piece, I'll be more careful about following the rules. So for my sketch, I will likely only think about primary and secondary, then when I get to the final image, I'll carefully move and change details to make sure I have a good distribution of all 3 levels. Hope that helps!

[@aliounet7009]

@@ArtOfSoulburn Yes! This is very helpful. Thanks

[@aledmb]

thanks a lot for sharing this!

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

No problem, glad you enjoyed it!

[@LukePettit3dArtist]

Came here to brag that I've been worshipping him and his "Education" page of his website since I found him way back in my early 3ds days somewhere around 2006 - 2010

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Haha! Thanks Luke, glad to have so many long time watchers of my tutorials.

[@KopyErr]

Yo thanks

[@sketchbooksquared]

This is the tut i suggest everyone, also GuerillaCG's, also this technique is my damn life motto.

[@drpepa09]

Gestalt Laws, principles & the six visual cognates👍

[@ArtOfSoulburn]

Yup, rules as old as time, very important for all artists to know :)