Step-By-Step Google Drawings Vector Portraits Lesson

[@SylvainGagnon]

At first I was like "what, I'm not gonna watch a 50 min video of drawings..." But then I got hooked up heh! It looks so cool! I am not much of an artist but I definitely need to give your technique a shot. Thanks for taking the time to explain it all. I kinda knew most of the little Google Drawing tricks but there's always more to learn. I didn't know holding shift helps with giving precision in your movement.

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Thank you very much. Tanks for watching!

[@kevinperin9295]

Google

[@mikparker2572]

I love these longer slower videos gives me more time to take everything in.gd job

[@andrewtran4237]

Very interesting tutorial, I wonder if I could apply your techniques to an animal, very informative and will definitely use your methods in my later vector drawings

[@ghostangel828]

I've started doing those kind of drawing myself 2-3 days ago after seeing a video on KZbin. I used Gimp, but my problem was the lack of vector. You made me discover this awesome google app! Thank you! My drawing will be crisp! :D

[@taylorisrllycool08]

I swear this is magic this is amazing so glad my art teacher recommended this video great job!

[@mikparker4518]

Only just found this and... WOW! Awesome. I draw realistic portraits but I've always had an interest in vectors so this is perfect. Thank you so much. Bit late but I have subscribed. 👏👏👏👏

[@zoha1453]

Thank you for this video! I'm doing this for an art project and was really confused. All of your tips are helping me out a lot.

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

I'm glad it helps. Thanks for watching!

[@sajanstanley]

Loved the video. I followed this video step by step and created my own portrait artwork which turned out good enough. Video is so detailed and explanations are on point. Really helped. Thank you ♥

[@lindsaynewton3029]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! THIS HELPED ME ABOVE AND BEYOND!! So good and love this video!!!

[@sablazej]

Thank you so much for sharing! I tried this yesterday, and I am incredibly proud of the end product. (Especially given that I've never had much artistic talent.)

[@dgproductions1977]

Josh, I was able to create a logo because of these tutorials. Thank you so much for these.

[@rogueslime]

im here because of my art teacher!

[@syscofn2980]

who is here because of their teacher?

[@akingboii]

me

[@pixelart4689]

Lol

[@JaredSteenkamp-z5e]

lol

[@juliannebooth3474]

Great video Joshua - thanks for sharing your process - helps a lot with seeing the shapes within the photo. Keep up the great videos.

[@bisposjr]

Congratulations ! Very easy and effective !

[@1_Neel_9]

dude, from this video I am your super fan!!!

[@dexteraguada5220]

This is a big help for me. Thank you very much!

[@fritzsalzmann]

Very nice tutorial, thank you! I used the same technique in Fireworks. Google Drawings seems very similar: You don't need to see the layers, but you can move the elements up and down easily.

[@royottaway9434]

Excellent ... Thank you for sharing . I'm off now to try myself .

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

I'd love to see what you come up with. Thanks for watching!

[@trueprogamer3018]

How did it go lol

[@katemccarthy2463]

Brilliant thank you

[@tracytaylor5411]

Brilliant tutorial - thank you!!

[@selailesu1448]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@JackBirkedal]

Dude be proud that is amazang!

[@clue6719]

I’m trying to outline but the line stops randomly and it forces me to make a new line when I don’t want that, how do I fix this

[@donymcdondon1896]

Don't double click too fast

[@adamfahmy7271]

with me when this happened it was because I accidentally tapped on the same spot twice so I tried being a bit more gentle

[@taylorisrllycool08]

for me I wasn't moving it far enough so you might not be moving it to make a long enough line, but how I fixed it was by zooming alot

[@potatoenesss]

I tried to recreate what you created by following the steps and it worked out brilliantly! I just have to finish the bowtie and the background... :P

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Great! I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@jimwildasin4464]

Thanks, you posted a lot of helpful tips to use

[@shivansh9046]

Really helped me alot with my portrait

[@DarylBambic]

That was so cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Thanks for watching. There's a lot more to come.

[@MrApru1]

I'm trying to follow along with this and do my own self portrait but I keep experiencing this phenomenon where I'm clicking the polyline and it just stops and creats an open shape and won't let me add to the polyline to finish it up. Please help!!

[@MrApru1]

@templetomb I still haven't figured it out. I haven't used it much since making a portrait two years ago but I'm back at it trying to figure it out. The polyline tool just stops and there's no discernable way to add to a stopped poly-line. That's no good.

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Try zooming in and making sure your clicks aren't too close together. It is an issue I've reported to Google. I hope they fix it soon.

[@coragon42]

When you click too close, it doesn't start a new segment, and instead counts it as a double click, which ends the polyline. The trick is to zoom like in the video, so then you can make those shorter segments without issue. When you zoom in, the image is enlarge d in your view, which makes those once-impossible-clicks possible.

[@FUTTYBLAZE]

Hi great drawing and great tutorial! Know I’m 8 years late but I can’t seem to find light on my lips and when I separate the dark from the light it seems very weird the finished product so I was wondering if you have any tips on the lips.

[@johnkirby5781]

thanks. this is great!

[@showtimeryan5604]

Whenever I try to use the poly line tool on any picture it just turns into a solid line can you help?

[@adamfahmy7271]

with me when this happened it was because i tapped on the same spot twice so i tried being a little more gentle

[@lukeeshawarren331]

I'm on a chromebook what would be the command for a chromebook?

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Control

[@hopedecker6627]

Thank you i love to draw.

[@Fofobigboy]

LOVE THE VIDEO THANKS

[@SufiyanKhan-tj4sw]

thank you so much for the video joshua... :) subscribed to your channel...

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Thank you for watching and subscribing. Glad to help.

[@amari5351]

When I try to group the shapes it only groups the picture, how do I group the shapes?

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Select all your shapes and then hold down shift to deselect the picture before you group.

[@many-a-call6976]

awsommmmmmmmm

[@bhinderbinder]

I just spent the last 2 hours working on my own portait, of Actor David Janssen, but it looks like crap! I am so used to drawing lines, but they just don't work with your style you present here. It takes a little getting used to, just drawing shapes, la de la. Hard for me to loosen up I guess, must be a control freak. I mean my finished product is recognizable as David, but still too sharp-edged. Back to the drawing board. Thanks for sharing your skill with us!

[@madhucheedarla1362]

Wow that's so good .. thanks for the video :)

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@Vectormaestros]

amazing!

[@jesmariodenny314]

Thanks

[@aryaman193]

wowowowow!!!

[@mansaha9288]

Google is shy not to trend this

[@joet2649]

our computer class did this too

[@SxStudio]

Thank you so much !!! I like just I don't know your software!!!!

[@potatoenesss]

Do you mean Google Drawings? That may be the "software" you're talking about. Btw I know this is 2 years ago #-#

[@mohammedsabeh2106]

Justin Timberlake

[@treasakunthara]

I'm on a Windows and I've already searched this up. But, to overlap something you said to use command + up. But, there's no key on the windows that is command.

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Use ctrl on windows.

[@grzcek18]

HEY when i try to move to the right, i press shift but it only keeps taking me to the right, how do i fix this? someone plz help me.. BTW YOUR VIDEO TAUGHT ME SO MUCH THANK U---

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

It started doing that for me too. I've sent that issue for feedback.

[@min3089]

Thanks a lot!

[@taniarsv8253]

i'm here for justin timberlake

[@asinceton]

how can you move the image? it doesnt show the mouse button for me at the top

[@psyche9580]

shout out Mr. D

[@Genjonez-o763]

How do you deal with the fact that everytime the program autosaves it breaks the line. It doesn't seem to be a problem for you but it happens to me constantly. Are you working off-line when you use this program?

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

I'm working online. I haven't experienced the line breaking during autosave yet. I know that it is sensitive to double clicking. I'll check into this.

[@oliversepictree6176]

i can't seem to get a link for pixlr touch up, does anyone have a link?

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

I don't think that product exists anymore but this is there new site: pixlr.com/

[@ru1ii1i]

forced to be here for visual arts-

[@Yoyo-mf4iu]

Helpfull

[@adamsabeh4282]

Portrait Lesson 01

[@Leatry.5]

Could you post a video where you don’t trace over the image?

[@shaknblake6560]

He did make it kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJDMY4iCbbuFoNU

[@ianspringer4743]

I make stuff way more complicated it dose take like 4-10 hours tho

[@BasikAliCoe]

Quick question. While working my trace the cursor kept snapping off. On its own so it would leave me with a line object before completing my solid. This was frustrating. Id it common or was that just my internet maybe?

[@BasikAliCoe]

+Grace Initiative oh ok cool thanks.

[@yungchiico9464]

the same thing happens to me

[@beech9839]

Bearded Ali Journeys you can't do it too close to the last one

[@brendapaint]

same thing happens to me , but im using a pad . is a pad not good? even when i dont click too close, it happens, very frustrating

[@VessanvsTheWorld-re7ve]

I came here from my graphic design teacher

[@selfefficient4920]

it said step by step to drawings, i want to know how to make the free scribble one not be circles because it is really annoying, it's always correcting me oterwize it is good, but i can't do my artwork without being able to free draw

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

+albino kitty Thanks for watching and for your comment. There are a few other really great apps you might want to check out for freehand drawing. www.muro.deviantart.com pixlr.com/editor/ sketch.io/sketchpad/ mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/

[@selfefficient4920]

thank you! these work really well!

[@kevinperin9295]

Google draw things on chalk

[@malikalfarah4293]

Hello class of Mr. Novinger

[@antonioshair4849]

i'm trying to do this with a lizard XD

[@carterfolk3646]

hello person reading through the comments

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

Hello!

[@naoemiteovisio2324]

I don't get how you overlap each piece. Please help, as I have to do this for our Computer Lesson. I will be using Pc, not Mac. Thanks!

[@raidynamics]

Hello? Just right click and then just click on the "move layer" button (the text may have changed but it looks similar) and then it will let you move up, down, send to back, brint to front.

[@zakariakharmaz]

lien plz

[@fiso7280]

I’m on an iPad and I dunno how to do stock images WHAAAA

[@dravidsenior7611]

im need help

[@distortedc4589]

UwU

[@kevinperin9295]

Google

[@allenliau88]

G

[@SeaTwnSeaTwn]

This is

[@wade6282]

Hauskaa

[@hammypants8669]

helpful, but lock up Justin Timberlake before this man kidnaps him.

[@ell040]

too bad you can't freehand this with a touch screen computer. News flash, no one can freehand with a mouse.

[@Grant-md5rd]

its not drawing, its click to click pen toolimg

[@ell040]

Vanilla I know that but it would be nice for touchscreen users. Even my Bamboo click pen didn't work on this

[@JoshuaPomeroy]

+Eliana Watson i agree, that would be a useful feature.

[@honeyyemane3045]

Mid

[@benhansford9695]

STOP TALKING!!!!!