Structure Basics - Making Things Look 3D

[@ProkoTV]

Hope you enjoyed the lesson! If you want even more structure consider going premium - proko.com/f1g437a

[@TiredDoktor6391]

I would love to, but i can't because i am poor If i had money in the first place, i would have attended drawing classes irl in the first place instead of watching youtube videos (Not saying your videos are bad)

[@dnxx503]

@@TiredDoktor6391 are you good at art?

[@brendalynnjohnson4511]

Could you explain more about how to draw cubes

[@Tidsudden]

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[@MissTexZilla]

I think I'm actually going to cry, I struggled so freaking hard with figure drawing and perspective and people telling me "just draw" didn't help. Watching how to draw anatomy just didn't do it for me. I love that you broke each aspect down and explained it a little better. Even perspective. I lurve you so much dude. ;~; You managed to teach it in a way I could finally understand it. Thank you so much!!

[@Dr_Grease_Mo]

the worst advice any artist can give is, just practice; practice what? anatomy, the basics, shading, perspective etc. or like you said, 'just draw' there is no guidance in this advice and you can distinguish the lazy artist from one who is bothered to show you the ropes on things

[@zestymay6026]

@@Dr_Grease_Mo Personally, unless you pay them to give you advice or to teach you, they really don't owe you anything, so calling them "lazy" is kinda a stretch. Seek out good art teachers, buy online courses, follow art textbooks, practice correctly and pray for the Art God or sth.

[@jesshasnofilter]

Awww

[@coded8527]

Do you still draw?

[@owengoss4337]

@@zestymay6026 Most people get this advice from teachers in school which really discourage them.

[@jutta3378]

The moment the realization hits that you've drawn boxes the wrong way all your life....what an incredible teacher you are, Proko.

[@kropekdwukropek703]

I know this feeling haha I posted here a comment about year ago saying the same. Now it's intuitive to draw it right way, with little foreshortening

[@NikolaiWowe]

@@kropekdwukropek703that's really reassuring, thank you

[@darinae34]

That moment when you realize you have no idea how to draw using structure, but you were trying to already do anatomy

[@DrWhatever]

Lol dw it's all of us

[@fatimakifayat9354]

Dont call us out like that 🤣🤣🤣

[@taquito865]

I was so eager to just get into the muscles and shit. And now I'm here, revisiting basics I never learned lmao

[@scp-682-cu6]

Same here :')

[@kayleenelson8246]

Lmao story of my life

[@psychosislove]

It blows my mind that I am able to learn art properly and in depth on KZbin better than in all of my art classes in college that I had to drop because the teachers refused to teach and also refused to teach what we were actually supposed to be learning in those classes. I learned more in this video than I did in the whole semester of Drawing 2 at my college. I am so glad you were recommended on an art forum I just recently joined, because you speak so clearly and efficiently. I am most definitely going to binge watch your videos now.

[@aerocaliber2846]

The part where it showed how to draw a proper box blew my mind

[@maddiehalloway]

Same! When he said “If you draw boxes like this, STOP”, I was like “Oh look, I’ve been a failure after all this time.”

[@aqila4427]

Well i mean, that was how my math teacher used to taught us to drew squares. *I guess she's wrong*

[@jekesan4221]

I just realized that if the horizontal lines of front plain is straight then it won't be a 3D smh,this video rlly make me realized it.

[@johnhunter743]

@@jekesan4221 when you draw in 1 point perspective, it will be straight and also 3d. It also will be straight when you draw close to the horizon, and also when objects are very far in the distance. So it‘s not always wrong to have it straight, that’s 8mportant to understand 👍

[@beautifulari1648]

I cant bealive that everyone in school taught us thé wrong ways

[@silverblaize]

That awkward moment when you realize you've been drawing cubes wrong all your life...

[@cance7984]

+silverblaize LOL! You can say that again.

[@tropicalbug3117]

silverblaize thank you mr

[@kozhikkaalan]

I knowwwwwww righttttt???? so amazing

[@chandni89xOx]

That person that messaged you 2 years ago is so Really wrong 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

[@UnlimitedEchoe]

Lol I felt the same way

[@simonwang4530]

When I see the box in 6:17, I was totally shocked. Even drawing a box will take this amount of thinking and work. Art is hard in general. But I think as long as you understand it, you will do it well with practice.

[@NukeTheOG]

That's one of the most simplest 3D shape anyone can do. Even if you're not an artist, chances are you were once instructed to draw a cube by your math teacher. It's just connecting 2 squares with 4 parallel lines connecting the vertexes

[@mikeg4691]

@@NukeTheOG That's the point though, the lines shouldn't be parallel, they should be converging. That's why it's so easy to get wrong.

[@amandagutierrez7709]

Ikr I heard somewhere that box was wrong and I couldn't get why even when I studied the basics of perspective. Now it makes sense lol I feel kinda dumb

[@98nfp]

Drawing is an art of patience ~~

[@chloecalloway1428]

My mind after a week of learning from Proko videos in 2020: "Do you want to learn how to draw PROFESSIONAL and IMPRESSIVE artwork? From SCRATCH? That will BLOW people's MINDS?!"

[@MKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKJ]

NOT THAT AD💀💀💀

[@hannahbananno2679]

Oh gosh, I've been trying to draw for a long time, and am intermediate. I have never really looked into anatomy or the basics though, because it's too boring for me. I am finally seeing these videos and they are a fun and entertaining way of really learning with so many resources! It has an amazing classroom feel, and I love it so much for that! Thank you so much @Proko for helping aspiring artists like me!

[@AIIuminium]

Nice pfp

[@garrettviewegh677]

It’s been a long while since I’ve drawn anything. At least with structure, in a step by step process. So these videos are a great refresher to get back to basics and sharpen my skills.

[@SusanJohnsonsuzvj]

I learned so much about perspective. The animations are very helpful! Thanks Proko!

[@lilavonvalenrood5772]

I have been drawing since I was a little kid and nobody taught me how to draw. Now I see how many important things I simply missed and I have no idea about them and also how important is to know the basics. I regret that I didn't want to learn the basics because I would save a lot of time. Thank you Proko ;)

[@VeryBlueBot]

Pure gold really.. The "Too flat lines for curved lines" Is always hitting me.. And the cube 3 first lines is also super useful technic that is new to me. Thanks

[@jsimon6019]

I'm just amazed at how well thought-out this series of videos is! Been watching for quite some time now and they never do cease to amaze me - the more I think of it the more elaborate they seem to become. Fun.

[@anthonyscott16]

Wow, you really have mastered your craft! I'll never look at a square the same way again. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom. I appreciate you!

[@reius7198]

First draw a line Then either a top or bottom plane Then convergence Omg thx proko

[@KayKay-lq6xo]

This channel is treasure for me who can't afford to attend artschool and only can learn with self study style. Thanks a lot. It's really helpful.

[@Sushimitzu]

This is the best video on perspective I have seen. I believe perspective is my natural strength, so videos on perspective rarely tell me something new, but yours was great. Also, my jaw dropped when you drew a perfect ellipsis with no effort at 4:07.

[@Joshua-hg8ru]

10:20 woke me the hell up

[@jmjanzen]

I read your comment earlier, and was keeping an eye on the timestamp. When the video was wrapping up I was like, "huh, dunno what they were talking abou--OH HECK!"

[@jirahjashmiermacalino7556]

J.M. Janzen same

[@TheCommanderCosmo]

i really appreciate the 'assignments' -- much better than just giving us information and then not telling us how to practice. thank you!! :)

[@Cherem777]

This video is pure gold. Most of his stuff is great but this video is especially amazing

[@cowboylerma]

didnt know i sucked so hard at box drawing, thank you mr prokopenko!

[@drowzeem9970]

me too hahaha

[@MadeinChinakiki]

nice animations! very elegant!

[@Jinxitor]

thanks so much for subtitling your videos! i'm hearing impaired and it helps me a lot.

[@ilham78]

I was sitting at home doing my drawing homework. and suddenly bam! my 3d vision just opened like a third eye. Now I see when sometging is drawn geometrically incorrect and can produce the whole street in 3d just by eye. and people love to see my work.

[@KairuHakubi]

is that gonna happen to me? because right now my eye is just autocorrecting everything I see, or else unable to picture the 3d shape. or both. Possibly because I don't actually have 3d vision?

[@kozhikkaalan]

omg i know that moment you're talking about. my 3d eye opened up after watching sinix's video about drawing faces from different angles.

[@shayon8012]

@@kozhikkaalan help me bro, I can imagine 3d objects but not the plain (the ground) on which every object lies on. I am trying to draw like kim jung gi, so I try to draw without references and construction lines and so far I am pretty okay. How do I visualise the flat surface?

[@emilienmare1508]

learning to draw a cube after a full year of drawing everyday is confusing

[@Therealapplenator]

I have been trying to teach myself how to draw for the last year, and made some significant progress, mostly by looking up tricks and strategies that work for me. But everything is still a bit off, and I thought it was just a matter of practice(and it is), but then I realised after watching this video and reading it elsewhere that what I needed to do, is to learn how to do the basic shapes. I’m still working on cubes before moving on to pyramids and spheres but I can already notice the difference. Although I imagine it’ll take a lot of time to get the hang of spheres, both because I can’t try a circle for the life of and I’m still pretty bad at shading.

[@Hyzalker]

I think you should talk about vanishing points before cubes, it would help begginers to understand why they assume that form. Nevertheless, very nice lesson, the 3d cube was a nice visual add!

[@jacoblynam923]

Super simple and totally called me out on my cube making skills haha!

[@arturohernandez-dn6ns]

truly I am infinitely grateful, as I had heard about the cylindrical shapes, square, and triangular with this video, I could understand that this is the defining power base PERSPECTIVE! of things or shapes and figures....thanks a lot dear proko

[@menacingskull740]

this is the most simple yet useful thing to know when drawing

[@ExtremelyTastyBread]

Proko: "the boxes get really complicated and it's too complex to think about too much when drawing a figure" Uncomfortable: "...hold the phone." jk, drawabox actually does have a lot of focus on developing a gut intuition for doing the boxes, rather than literally mapping out all of the geometricality. Also thanks a bunch for the box stuff. Not to snub drawabox, but some of your examples here somehow managed to clear up box confusion I had had for like months

[@216kingDavid1]

My favorite video on forms so far!

[@cihankenar1]

Proko, as always great vids and great advice. I see my technique improving as I learn to "see" better. Thanks!!

[@seriousmax]

8:42 this first box is incorrect though. We see the bottom plane, so we are looking upward, and the lines of the box would converge upwards, not downwards.

[@ProkoTV]

+Max Webster Nice catch. That one is wrong.

[@RanOutOfSpac]

+Max Webster It took me a good 5 minutes to figure out what you meant by this. I got some work to do xD

[@keik884]

+Max Webster How does this apply to irregular shapes say, with a larger top surface (width)?

[@littlebigcomrade]

+Proko I have a had time as a young artist. (I'm 13) I seems hard but I try not to be timid.

[@cesarmc4533]

just to clarify - the wrong ones are the "verticallish" lines

[@ceylanavci1294]

i really find what i search for drawing. your tutorials are so good. thanks you millions times.

[@GraceBilunas]

This is the best and most helpful video I’ve seen for beginners to learn to draw👍🏻👍🏻

[@bevq2246]

These videos came out when I was 14??😭 why didn't I discover them back then!

[@MariaMartinez-wc6hb]

Todos los vídeos y tutoriales de Proko son espectaculares y muyy didácticos.

[@kuanglaoye]

Thank you Prokopenko! Videos are so great!!!! How come there are so many geniuses on KZbin! Thank you for sharing this! Really helpful and methodical !

[@PCBOX-cs8zv]

always back to the basics , thanks proko

[@garvamatic]

awesome videos, and even better teaching... many stars, and thanks

[@niquey]

Wonderful videos as usual Proko. I share you with every artist I know! :)

[@cestarianinhabitant5898]

:O so that's how to draw a box... Forget everything your math teacher told you!

[@Gantolfe]

in 3d modeling software. there is something called "orthographic" view(not perspective). if u set your view to orthographic view you would see a 3d box like your math teacher showed you. its not wrong its just better for technical drawing instead of visually appealing drawings. i do agree though that school indirectly makes people confused for allot of things. they should be more carful/clear when explaining stuff. you can even tweak the camer perspective to achieve something called "fish eye" view. the camera(lens) they use for skating videos ecc. it has a very extreme perspective effect. I have seen it used in drawing(mostly manga) before

[@paulfoss5385]

What if your math teacher tells you to watch this video to improve your intuitions about geometry?

[@tori4770]

@@paulfoss5385 that's a cool math teaccher.

[@beautifulari1648]

Yes.

[@e.hhampsen4508]

My jaw dropped when he did that stuff with the cube.

[@blu3traash]

6:43 Very very very important for drawing boxes in perspective

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

Old video but nice explanations. This just goes to show drawing is more than just imagination. A lot of logic goes into it. The people best at drawing often have good logic skills to go with their imagination.

[@simoneribeiro6760]

Amazing class! Fantastic. Thank you!

[@efepanama]

This video was made 9 years ago from today. It's amazing that the content is still relevant and helpful. I still think the guy is a little weird but hey that's all part of his awesomeness

[@kropekdwukropek703]

Now it's 10 years and I still came back here for few info

[@tomchen6346]

The most useful tip for drawing a box! Thanks.

[@АнастасіяЗайкова]

I'm learning from your videos every day, thank you!!

[@_Daisyx]

Muito obrigada por fazer o vídeo e traduzir para as pessoas que não falam inglês :)

[@nikeshmaharjan9936]

Thanks prokopenko for everything ❤

[@ButterFly-cw7sj]

It's 2023 and I'm still enjoying it!

[@SabreMaiden]

I love the animation on the basic shapes.

[@StormyHotwolf88]

I'm so frustrated that you explained these basic things better than anyone I've met. I know I unlearned how to draw because I was trying to follow concepts I didn't completely understand. At last missing pieces...

[@TJones161]

Great timing on this video I've I've just started to practice 3d shapes. thanks for the video

[@vicki2251]

Going to give a good try thanks PROKO!

[@sureshtamil7986]

I have learnt lot of things from your videos... thanks a lot....

[@laizasoares452]

acabei de te conhecer e já amo você!!! is really a bit confusing, but it's more amazing how it cleared my ignorant mind to drawing !! now I know where to begin to study and understand the drawing.

[@LinhTran-gz5di]

Hello teacher, I come from Vietnam. My vietnamese has a sentence. One word is also a teacher, another word is a teacher. So I consider him as my teacher. I have watched a lot of your videos. but it's a pity that there are videos that don't have the transcription of my country and I'm bad at the language. Hope your future videos have Vietnamese subtitles. thank you and love you sir....

[@Foxsparrowsnest]

Thank you again for clarifying a complicated subject.

[@h_rk880]

wow this video contains what i missed from my product design class ! thanks a lot !!

[@Litchnikov]

Hey Proko (or anyone else)! When you're drawing those cubes from imagination, how do you determine the vanishing points and so forth? Are you just using your 'feeling'/experience? When I try to draw from my head I feel like I'm just guessing too much and not learning from it. Love your videos, very helpful :)

[@tailong9548]

do a google search on how to use vanishing points. That should answer your questions. =)

[@ShaneRoseARamos]

I’m 7 years too late but in case someone’s asking the same question…the farther the object, the smaller it is

[@w0mblemania]

Extremely high production values on this! Well done! What animation/presentation software did you use to put this all together?

[@wenomachosia]

They used ur mum

[@doomdouck]

i feel that you have grown to be more camera friendly over time love your work

[@scotturbanski740]

I've been looking for a video like this thank you so much!

[@chiboguchikwado6672]

I'm so glad I found your page I subscribed right away ❤️

[@ansaidi]

you break down every step of learning art.

[@BATMAN10N]

10:20....I nearly got a heart ache as I was wearing headphones at a good volume

[@glamourdiamondnails7114]

This guy is a f***ing legend. Art school seems like a waste of time in comparison.

[@aimeefritz9186]

I can do the boxes... Just can't do the cylinders :( Cylinders are structures of pure evil.

[@paulacomminato5774]

try drawing cylinders inside your boxes

[@jiangming2621]

Draw 100 cylinders.

[@ryanclemons1]

Funny thing is I'm the opposite i feel like im the only one that has issues with drawing boxes. Namly i dont get vanishing points so i think that maybe the issue.

[@jmjanzen]

@@ryanclemons1 I recommend actually drawing the vanishing points, and then tracing them back to the appropriate vertices on your boxes. I started trying to draw this way about a couple months ago, and now I can eyeball it a bit better. I still need to actually draw the vanishing points sometimes, but I'm finally able to see how with enough practice, I won't need them for much longer. Just a matter of putting in the time and deliberately practicing!

[@samy7342]

@@ryanclemons1 PLEASE read "Perspective made easy" by Ernest Norling, it's a great book and I feel like it could help people a lot. Hope this helps someone.

[@gypsygrowl]

WOW your videos are great! love the 3D :3 all the graphics

[@leviathan7231]

this is exactly what my art needed! very helpfull.

[@sarahevelyn821]

thanks for the subtitles in Portuguese ♡

[@DaliaFL]

Very helpful and detailed. Thank you!

[@7thewitness]

Thanks for sharing this video. One thing I wanted to mention though, when you spoke about the box drawing at about the 6th minute, you said that it was impossible. I would disagree based on the ground that it could have been a case where the box is actually not a perfect cube or cuboid. But if the box in reality was a distorted box where instead of each side representing a perfect rectangle it represents more of a trapezium, then it could be possible that that drawing representing the box at

[@allebenali]

very good teacher

[@gmbmex]

This is going to help me a lot! I am going to teach how to draw, I know how to do it but now thanks to you I know how to explain it.

[@harrinsson44]

Really nice and intelligent teaching

[@DaphYinArt]

That's so helpful!! Thanks for all these tutorials :)

[@jovaniebandiola6060]

thanks for simplifying that. i almost forgot about the forshortening thing in my drawings.

[@samy7342]

HA! I'm a minecraft player, I'm used to seeing blocks and boxes everywhere.

[@banned0404]

Same

[@kai_snakily]

정육면체 각도별로 어떻게 생각할지를 굉장히 좋은 방법으로 가르쳐주네요 너무 맘에듭니다

[@PennPensiveProd]

youre a great teacher, thinking about going premium

[@radcut7404]

Me: Doesn't know how to draw anatomy, perspective, shapes, poses, shading, colours etc. and knows that i should start here. Also me: *Ayo let's draw hands*

[@user-zq1fj6ij6y]

Lmao I did the same! AHAHAHHA I was like: hmm...I wanna start drawing. Lemme draw portraits

[@meganhitchens106]

Hooked before you started - Freak Fandango Orchestra! Way to go!

[@lemondude6174]

After seeing this video, try going to unity 3D and pull up a cube, then rotate it to the exact degrees you want and draw it. Helps attach 3D-oriented numbers to a 3D drawing process.

[@kimsimac9942]

thank you for making this video, you taught me so much

[@BrunoJA]

One word: Practice! Your problem is that you only draw "very infrequently" when you should be drawing very frequently--i.e., daily. And you should be measuring your practice time in hours, not minutes. Remember that for the professional, drawing is a job. So, if you want your work to look remotely *professional*, you will need to put in some significant time. If that sounds intimidating, there's good news: drawing is highly addictive. Once you get in the habit, you'll crave your daily fix!

[@banned0404]

I really agree with you, I generally spent like 12+ hour a day drawing /learning stuff about drawings. Just remember to take breaks if your brain stopped working and drink plenty of water.

[@ficheye00]

So incredibly helpful. Wow.

[@jbflores01]

Wow! Fantastic video! Thanks for the info!

[@JorgenVRC]

this changed my life completely o_O I still can't get over the fact that i don't understand even how to draw boxes, so i kinda gave up drawing at all xDDD

[@lo2506]

if you give up on something so easily, then it wasnt right for you to begin with. you'll either return to it later with regrets, or never look back.

[@KevinContreras2013]

Nothing to laugh about if you give up so easily just because it's hard.

[@robau84]

impressive effects showing the stretching and twisting of the basic forms.

[@jasonmarke]

Fantastic work! Love your videos .

[@BATMAN10N]

Seriously i didn't think drawing boxes would take all the juice out of my brain ....... 9:00 . it may be just me but I can see humans there

[@ShaneRoseARamos]

I was trying to draw my eraser to practice and when it came to 10:20, my soul just left my body. LOL

[@Lessulie1]

6:38 technically not true in linear perspective! if the cube is facing you but then you move it to the left of your center of vision, then you can see the right plane of the cube, but the front plane will still be a straight square! Same with if you move it down. This is because you're not changing the rotation of the cube, just the position. And in linear perspective, horizontal lines stay parallel as you extend them; they don't converge. Of course, in our actual eyes, the perspective is curved so the horizontal lines do eventually converge. But when you're drawing a background scene you use linear perspective to draw since it's much simpler and gives you a close-enough effect.

[@BrunoJA]

There should be a pixelovely for boxes and cylinders! An hour a day of 30-second "poses" of cylinders and boxes of all different sizes and orientations. Yum. Drawing boxes from life is so hard, though. The convergence of the parallel lines is so subtle and difficult to see. I always feel like I'm cheating by kind of guessing and exaggerating the convergence to make it look dynamic and not like the dreaded orthographic box. I suppose this will, like most things, become much easier with practice?