The EASY WAY to Draw HARD POSES

[@ProkoTV]

Check out the rest of the premium course for more character design help along with other lessons taught by Marvel artists showing you how to create a comic - proko.com/marvel

[@rickraydubs]

If I had the money lol, really killer steal of a price too. I'm just broke. 🤣

[@KoalArts]

Ryan is insanely talented, you can tell the years of work he’s put in to getting to his level

[@RarebitFiends]

This is true, he was one of the best young artists at early Image/Wildstorm, and it's only been upward an onward from there. Incredible illustrator.

[@sly8108]

He's a super nice guy too. I had the pleasure of speaking to him at a convention and was willing to share knowledge on his artwork.

[@EuntaeHwang]

@@RarebitFiends how many comic copies did he sold if he's an incredible illustrator?

[@RarebitFiends]

@@EuntaeHwang What a strange question. I don't have an exact number for you, but his career started when hot Wildstorm books could sell 100,000 copies or more per issue. He's been in the industry for around 30 years too, so my guess would be the number is in the millions or tens of millions by now.

[@TheoryXIX]

This actually helps so much with foreshortening as well, it's not even in the title of the video but it's there. Just show how much of a great teacher he is.

[@drBenyy]

For some reason Ryan Benjamin's videos always teach me the most

[@ProkoTV]

He's a solid teacher and has only gotten better at it, the more videos and workshops he's done over the years.

[@nathanhittle348]

I'm a self-taught artist and my drawing improved SO MUCH when I started "drawing loose" as Ryan says around 2:00. What I've found is that 75% of the time, by keeping things loose, forms and shapes and lines will actually reveal THEMSELVES to you, and then it's just as easy as locking them in.

[@Punkcherry]

Currently trying to get used to this. I can FEEL it just looking at him do it. I need to just let my fingers flow so I can ultimately get the image I want.

[@queenofpents3442]

Reveals themselves to you is correct. I know exactly what you mean and its such a great feeling! Drawing loosely helps you not commit and flow and then once you find what you're looking for, u can lock in.

[@MohamedSAID-vt6ko]

I haven’t drawn in a long time. I had lost my motivation for a personal reason. But when I see your fine work and your pencil strokes, I feel stimulated. I suddenly want to come back. It’s thanks to you! If I hadn’t seen that video, I wouldn’t have been able to get through it today. Thank you ! I loved the video ! 🦋

[@jayantnb]

Just thanks!

[@hypnosigils]

i'm loving this series! i used to, religiously, always start placing the head, but mr. Ryan made me realize that, by starting with the core/torso, i get better dynamic and interesting poses, I just had to learn/adapt to place the head later. thank you very much for these video lessons, they are amazing ❤

[@crypticscrutiny1153]

Such an extremely talented individual. Was mesmerized and captivated the entire time. Have been drawing for as long as I can remember. I'm 38 now and have never had any formal training so I'm trying to catch up. This has been enlightening and gives me motivation/inspiration to continue crafting and refining my own talent. Thank you!

[@UNEMPLOYEDSENSEI]

Yo I loved that he said learning 3D helped him to illustrate in 2D. I was like “Yesss!” Literally watching blender tutorials recently taught me to start thinking like I’m walking around the scene… “and what goes where, and what should be carved out here, etc”. my drawings look so much more 3-dimensional now! And that really is the aim of 2D illustration-to look 3-dimensional. Not flat

[@alphabetsandmore8000]

Never really looked at hero art but decided to watch this video and got a new appreciation of what goes into making this images. Ryan does an amazing demonstration. Not my field of interest as far as me creating this field but will look at any hero art I see with respect for the process. Ryan is Soooo talented.

[@_blaze_9045]

This is absolutely the most insanely well made art video I’ve ever watched, he’s an extremely good teacher and explains things in a very digestible way, I will never forget this and I love all the tips I’ve learned

[@ProkoTV]

Dang! Thanks!

[@Hum0ng0us]

Locking in the chest area and core by drawing with your Whole Arm!!! Just adds a beautiful kinda loose flow to the pose. As an Animator, I still get a kick out of seeing people do that well.

[@thealphaoozaru7755]

I can approach drawing different and diverse characters now! This video is so dope :) You gotta not just draw what you visualize from the character, but what you feel from the character. What feeling does it give you? You gotta find that and THATS how everything else will fall into place.

[@danielmerrique]

Really comprehensive tutorial! Awesome breakdown! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@hritviknijhawan1737]

Watching this video currently, brilliant video for sure. I could relate so much with acting out the pose in the mirror since that's what I do myself when I'm unsure of the pose I want, as well as the thing about eyes. Eyes are my favorite part of the artwork, what you show in the entire artwork-the face, primarily the eyes can capture it all, as I see it. Keep these videos up Proko!

[@head_on_clouds]

You dropped this video just in time😭🙏🏼

[@ProkoTV]

Glad it found you at the right moment! 🫡

[@kerhabplays]

Proko always in time🙏

[@Tbone_Crusader]

Exactly lol.😀..Like some Holy Spirit of art and skill ,circling throughout unseen realm..and give us knowledge in the right moment

[@NekzLvL]

​@@ProkoTV Do you have any tips with art style?

[@ProkoTV]

@@NekzLvL I'm not exactly sure what you mean? Our biggest recommendation with style is to let it come naturally as you gain skill. Trying to develop a style early on can be something that really works for some people. But a LOT of people can end up missing out on technical proficiency because their style hides their lack of knowledge and they're not forced to improve or can even become a thing that they use as an excuse for not building up their technical knowledge. No one will be able to decide that balance for you. Gaining technical skill in drawing and then applying the stylization works more often than banking on just developing style.

[@jayallison2468]

artists are next level man. more ppl should be encouraged to have an artists mind imagine how the world would be

[@dynamitedrawingwithjesse9235]

I wish they could make a course about 20 hours long just watching you guys draw all the super heros over and over and over just like this one. Awesome.

[@ProkoTV]

We're far from the end of this course and it's at almost 19 hours of lessons! Your wish is granted!

[@joshuajimenez6585]

I love this method that you have, I’ve been doing art for 30 plus years already and yet I’m still learning, no matter how good you are, the key to learning and keep learning is to know nothing but keep learning if that makes sense…

[@Moses-l6s]

Man I love your work I'm a disabled artist and you've helped me so much as can't afford college university keep it real and stay safe all ya get my respect

[@Thollis1987]

Ryan is very talented, and he really breaks down his methods of drawing comic book characters very well.❤

[@Inkingman-mb8ov]

Thanks, Ryan and the whole Proko team!

[@chiptenor]

Excellent, Ryan. Wonderful rendering, as always, along with your expert and thoughtful commentary. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@theELchiguiro]

I am currently doing an illustration for an online contest and the information in this video came to me like a godsend.

[@RarebitFiends]

All these Ryan Benjamin tutorials are so awesome, thank you to Proko and Mr. Benjamin! I think I am going to pull the trigger on the course as soon as I can afford to (between jobs at the moment).

[@ProkoTV]

Glad you're liking them! Good luck with the job hunt.

[@johnnyguzman6888]

your hand moves very gracefully. i learned alot by watching the way you hold yout pencil. thank you for sharing techniques with all of us

[@mia2art]

Fantastic guide on drawing hard poses! 💪🎨 I really appreciate the easy-to-follow techniques and tips you shared. It’s so helpful to see how you break down complex poses into manageable steps. Thanks for making this challenging aspect of drawing more accessible and less intimidating! 👏🖌

[@sgcbs5078]

Definitely agree with all of your tips keep feeding the art world there’s lessons within lessons cause every artist has some kind of perspective that helps them so thanks for this 🙏🏿

[@fandeandreaarruti]

Awesome teacher. I'm glad I understand a lot of what he's explaining. Now, the application is another story, haha.

[@ProkoTV]

We believe in you! Thanks for liking the video ❤️

[@JoeyStrombolli]

I just finished studying arm anatomy a week ago this vid is a huge help as I am learning the hands next! Thank you Proko 😁

[@Quantum3695]

Thousands of hours worth of drawings, yet makes it look so easy. Excellent work.

[@jasonmilam9080]

This might be my all time favorite YT video, thank you!

[@MoneyMetalsMore]

7:25 to answer the question the hulk as just large blobby shapes, that’s just Baymax from big hero 6

[@Lorax_The]

7:55 facts! even for realism, then the character just comes to life

[@SimpleSlave]

Love your work in Phantom Guard. Glad you're still around doing your thing. 👍

[@idfungus]

Ryan is an art-god. This video is pure gold

[@Kira14ish]

Oh My gosh.... This is like a revelation to me😱♥️

[@Buddhabellie]

So fun to watch you work. Awesome awesome awesome

[@bigshorty4855]

I personally drew like this as well. There was a time when I could pretty consistently draw without using these steps (early 20's to late 20's) drawing it directly like that Korean artist. Funny thing about drawing, you keep improving as long as you do it. When you don't, you actually lose your skills. People that don't know what you were capable of might be impressed, but to me myself it feels amateurish. Basically drew from 5 years old till late 20's (Basically all I did during class, otherwise I was getting into trouble...😅). It's almost been 15 years since I've really drawn (Basically since I've stopped school). Started out with superheroes and transformers/robotech, then turtles. Afterwards pretty much nothing but fighting game characters (mainly snk/capcom), making either portraits, a character art, or something like a cover. Always drew with either a ballpoint pen or fillingpen(?). Really miss drawing and thinking about drawing again, but time is not abundant enough 😅.

[@Bapak_lekleng]

Thank you, because of your tricks I can more easily draw poses that were previously difficult for me😊

[@egwars3]

I started doing something similar recently, but I hadn't seen it get recommended, so I thought this was a crutch. This is really reassuring

[@gyulailevi]

This Guy is on a higher level, absolutely amazing...

[@DeeVanfeld]

This is teaching me a lot. Thank you Mr. Ryan Benjamin 💜

[@RayfieldA]

What I really love about this Hulk drawing is that he didn't Overly "Muscularize" him! So many comic artists draw Hulk with too much muscle definition. This drawing has more energy and how Hulk might look while in motion! Just the right amount of detail.

[@g187um]

it was a kid on a airforce base along time ago that use to amaze me with his drawing skills ..this reminds me of that

[@dshepard05]

Great breakdown of the thought process behind the pose / positioning / style and structure. I got a lot out of this.

[@lisaroberts8556]

Hulk is soo much Fun to Draw! 🤩

[@PoppinPortraits]

The shading is the most important aspect, hands down. There’s no depth without it and amazing depth when used well. I generally draw without outlining, arguably I shade art into existence then add a tad of detail at the end, if I must!

[@dannyc8876]

Man you are TALENT personified

[@druzicka2010]

it's always unbelievable seeing a cartoonist working. It's like in comic book shows. i love that. Thanks. 😊

[@62LeftyBlues]

Great video! Appreciate the breaking down of your style and your perspective on how to get to the end result! Awesome!

[@DuendeTortuga]

Great video, I wouldn't call it the "easy way" but more of a practical approach, for instance by using simplified shapes to build our pose, l really like how he explains his process though, seems like a great teacher, thanks for sharing!

[@joostino]

you actually explain everything so well

[@kennynyc1555]

Love the Hulk , Love the Drawing and Lesson as well

[@brycetheoddball]

This is correct. You can’t overthink things like this. The big forms are KEY! It’s all to make it more simple for the artist to do their job.

[@madurandoafuerza6122]

Omg but how to shade is everything, love you guys, great job. Hope to have more videos, 😺 Ryan Benjamin 💪 you are awesome

[@jmydn2]

I've been using Photoshop as my go-to "pencil" for at least 10yrs in my career. this looks like magic to me lol. If you can draw/render hands from memory you're basically an X-Man to me lmao.

[@DanUtabara]

I can watch Ryan Benjamin draw all day man 😮‍💨

[@male20yearsold]

This video is so brain oriented, it's so well made and clear.

[@thepopo592]

Its very nice of him to make this tutorial for greg land and rob liefeld

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

As a fellow coloured pencil sketcher I always appreciate a Ryan Benjamin video! :)

[@ProkoTV]

Col-Erase pencils are fantastic for sketching!

[@rafaelmarcos9733]

I loved his shading technique, I'll try to apply from now on too. Great video btw.

[@zoeegri4859]

You just inspired me big time, I finally have the creative juices to start my project

[@sumdawg]

thanks for this tutorial bro your imagination is amaze like you see how's it work every part of body even the shadow

[@marcianocastillo3511]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.PROKO IS SURROUNDED FOR EXCELLENT SOLDIERS GRACIAS

[@Zeneditz4k]

Props to Ryan👏🏻👏🏻

[@sadrecliner7201]

Ryan Benjamin amazes me with his work! Great video!

[@jerryaubill163]

Glad I found your channel. Incredible, this is so helpful. I struggle with hands, fingers, faces.

[@darlalathan6143]

I like how you teach life hacks for drawing hard poses!

[@tosteson1]

Ryan is a great teacher

[@NavajoNinja]

I drew for years off and on. Then i drew nothing but head-torso-hip for 3 months and my characters and art got soooo mucb better.

[@imonhari2811]

Ryan is the best drawing teacher out there on KZbin! However, I do have a question - once you finish drawing with pencil and have your shadowed areas marked out, do you ink the shadows or deal with them later when colouring in by using darker shades of the colour?

[@ProkoTV]

The fully inked larger areas are called "spot blacks" and are usually marked in the pencil stage with an X inside the enclosed shape that will be filled in. They're usually filled in at the same time as the rest of the inking, though there are definitely some situations in the rise of digital coloring and REALLY fast turnaround times for a comic where artists have had to save even that small amount of time when inking their own work, left an X in there and let the colorist handle it. But this is the smallest fraction of even 1% of all comic art ever made.

[@imonhari2811]

@@ProkoTV That makes a lot of sense - thank you!

[@dynamicasart]

Perfect timing! This is great info.

[@theperfectloaf]

You can tell this is someone who knows their craft incredibly deeply. How? He's more concerned with pretty much everything else except the actual mechanics of drawing (though those are sprinkled in for us to see, too!): story, action, vibe, feeling, emotion, etc.

[@JeromeProductions]

Yep! He’s long gone with the basics

[@MaximMelamed]

Bro you're so good! This is what I always pictured when I said I wanna draw well.

[@MrJayson204]

So inspiring watching Ryan work!

[@DT__CREATES]

Amazing Hulk drawing!! thanks for tutorial...

[@LipTalk-s2p]

Great video!!! Straight to the point and made it easy

[@buddhatx9438]

This dude drawing is a beast !

[@IzikDigitalArt]

I watched this twice (listened once at work and after I viewed it)

[@samucaeosmano9207]

This is a really good video he really went through a lot of my personal questions

[@JohnZBaeZ]

I knew the artist was going to be Ryan Benjamin. He draws accurate and fast

[@michaelcannon2157]

Thank you for your time and your help

[@eddielonghair]

this is great and you're drawing my fav character

[@sgtzomie787]

Man i love your technique to draw ive been practicing that technique

[@warods]

Your video has so much value i hope to be as good as you one day. Thnk you for sharing

[@MOHAMED7astanak]

thats how to DO it! well done! ⚔

[@hritviknijhawan1737]

Usually I don't make 2 comments on the same video, but I just want to say that I am super excited for the comic cover video! That's what I am practicing currently, and that too for a long time-being highly inspired from Artgerm's Marvel works. Could we get any hint about when the video could pop up? 👀

[@hritviknijhawan1737]

@@ProkoTV Always! Ty for the reply. :)

[@seanramsey]

The comic cover section is at the tail end of the course, so it'll probably drop around November/December

[@hritviknijhawan1737]

@@seanramsey awh, that's sad. I'll be quite impatient lol, but I'll also be really happy when it does.

[@mu8556]

this is very helpful, thanks Ryan

[@serthiag7373]

Well marvel rivals just got a leak and the game art looks AMAZING so a marvel style guide is unbelievably well timed

[@derrickmartin2192]

Thank you for this. ❤the lessons .

[@0newingedcrow]

Phenomenal work as usual, I never expect anything but the absolute best from you, every single time! I'm curious about something I heard recently from Jim Lee, and I would love to hear your thoughts on them. I can't remember the video but I'm pretty sure it's here on KZbin, where he mentions several artists that he trained himself. He was upset about them using cross hatching because (I'm assuming) in his mind it's a bad technique. How do you look at this argument from your point of view based on Jim Lee's opinion? I know certain artists like Todd McFarlane (especially in the early Image days) would use a lot of cross hatching since he admittedly said that each time he drew, he always wanted to know how it would look. Thank you so much for your time. I'm deeply considering joining your program!

[@ProkoTV]

We'd have to hear the full context of that statement. Looking at his work, he does seem to prefer hatching with a contour but there's cross hatching in a lot of his work, new and old. So, there would have to be some missing context to that statement. Curious to hear what he said in full, if you could give a link. Thanks for liking what we do and hope you do find your way to joining the course!

[@0newingedcrow]

@@ProkoTV I'm searching for it now, it's turning out to be pretty difficult. Sorry... I'll post the link if I find it.

[@Kal_g]

I *NEED* to know what kind of eraser he used for the red pencil. I can't wait to see what project Ryan does next!

[@ProkoTV]

Ryan's usually got a Staetdler Mars plastic eraser on hand for his erasing. We also like this one. Does a good job of not harming the inks when you're erasing the pencil lines away.

[@Kal_g]

@@ProkoTV Good to know. Thanks for the information. Godspeed!!

[@Tbone_Crusader]

Fenomenal teaching.!😀🤙

[@andreasreimer4310]

Nice... thanks. SENDING LOVE TO YOU.🎉

[@PoppinPortraits]

Now that’s a valuable tutorial! ❤

[@dawnwriter7112]

I really like Ryan's green reflections on his glasses haha.

[@JushSam]

Love this

[@DangerDuckAvengerDaffy]

Wow I just want to draw like that so bad and those lines I honestly am struggling still to have those confidence like he does 😢😢

[@akaBoG]

Love your videos. Great tips.

[@ProkoTV]

Thanks!