This Exercise Will Change How You Sketch

Scott reviews ideation sketches that were submitted for his Monster Lab assignment. This clip is from the full critique where Scott reviews a student page that has empty space. While the sketches are good, Scott points out there’s a missed opportunity to create more sketches and to use the negative space as a challenge to create characters out of it. He’ll show you how he fills the page with character ideas and why it’s important for artists to really utilize the negative space with additional sketches.
Thumbnail Art by Scott Flanders & Blaise Chambers
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Artist | Instructor - Scott Flanders ( / shapecarver )
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (www.stanprokopenko.com)
Production Assistance - Charlie Nicholson, Melanie Nachtmann
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Additional music by Epidemic Sound

[@ProkoTV]

If you enjoyed this clip check out the rest of Scott’s course - proko.com/monsterlab

[@ventomario3251]

It's been 2 months since I've drawn... nearly a year since I diligently practiced 😔😒 Discipline ain't easy when you have no clear direction or full confidence in your craft

[@ghdelao]

@@jwhite-1471 based

[@whyvern6817]

A suggestion for you guys, if you are not confident showing your craft to others you can slowly build up confidence by just showing your craft to your friends and family members, just remember not to get caught up trying to make something for someone and do it for yourself,not sure if this one will work but well just giving some ideas. For ones that have no clear direction in mind, just do what the guy above me said ask yourself why you want to do art. If you have the bigger picture than you can achieve right now break it down to small tasks like some sort of checklist, hope this could potentially be of use to anyone as it helped me keep my mind straight. One more thing check out a video on Dopamine Detox, might be useful.

[@MichaelWVagg]

... or when you have an unrelated job that sucks the living human out of you.

[@fltrlol]

Almost no one has confidence in their craft. Even artists with 15+ years of experience talk about this. Put the ego aside and just do the art thing.

[@PracticeDrawingThis]

One thing I find works for me is to have a private sketchbook which I show to no one-like a diary, and I try things out there and am okay with things turning out bad. It helps me get started. (Surprisingly, sonetimes things happen in there that are more interesting than my “public” sketchbooks.)

[@godcomplex1929]

The thing about DRAWING is without Patience, Discipline and Confidence, It is nearly impossible to improve....Proko helped me realize that

[@MesaTheAalfa]

Totally agreed 👍

[@bugrilyus]

It is like that for almost everything

[@cloud2578]

no wonder my art sucks

[@blaisechambers5390]

Thanks for the critique, Scott! I’ll be sure to go back in and fill up that page. I also really liked that last bit about line quality. Extremely helpful.

[@raerae6422]

How cool are your chum monsters! Such imagination and talent! Hope you are doing well.

[@KatieCloverArt]

I always learn something new when watching your videos! Thanks for making them!

[@SC4RArt]

This is sooo amazing! Beautiful artwork, I Absolutely love it!!! 🎨🎨🎨

[@bktart7169]

Scott's class is big time on my wish list to join. Super helpful and inspiring!

[@FreedomEscapismASMR]

Another brilliant video. Thank you.Proko art videos are really great 🆒💙🎨🖌️

[@AS-rk5vb]

Scott’s wearing a camouflage hat, it’s the the random shapes in the pattern that he’s talking about. Draw inside camouflage 😊✏️

[@sandypickleuwu]

It's SUPER inspiring to know that one of my favorite (if not, my favorite) graphic novel series, Bone, is also acknowledged and appreciated by professionals. I'm sure many are aware of its existence and beauty, but it is a series that is mostly discussed by younger people or nostalgic adults that read it during middle school. It is one of my inspirations and I own the whole collection so I am happy to see it get talked about more.

[@johnrhayllander2472]

I really wanna see what he'll draw after those critics

[@dddart6133]

Nice advices, thank you for sharing knowledge :)

[@3G_Lmao]

I already sketch like this for some reason. I had no idea why till i watched this video

[@cloggedaorta]

Mister, I must say, you speak wisdom. I have gone past my chance to be an artist but my creative inner self was taking it all in.

[@raerae6422]

We tell youselves BS like that because we dont really want to do the work/ practice to build skills. Its a cop out to soothe our ego to tell ourselves "I would have been great but [insert excuse]". Its never too late to be an artist.

[@realpine6031]

Thanks for these videos

[@krzysztofmathews738]

This is excellent.

[@Paul-ds6mp]

Gonna try it right now, sketchbook time :)

[@vloopyart]

Yes!!!

[@franzwa3945]

""That's my favorite kind of little kid, is, they have this kinda look, y'know" - a wise man

[@DKosmam]

"That's my favourite kind of little kid" - a risky thing to say!

[@leandrogoncalves3735]

Amazing!!!

[@boomblooka2136]

Proko is great :)

[@CartooningCuteDrawings]

Super cool 🔥

[@ravedragneel1266]

Let’s go another monsterlab

[@boiboi7717]

Wow I just finished reading the whole Bone anthology yesterday lol, what a coincidence!

[@projp9057]

Good to know

[@MrRhoadsRules25]

I knew it was gonna be shape carver just from the thumbnail lol

[@artfreak4685]

Omg, I love that hellboy

[@eduardomonteiro6863]

Thanks

[@Devi_Vandana20]

Great men

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

5:20 like Psychonauts, LOL.

[@zeptorekado4705]

"like how do i draw a preteen girl?" (every hentai artists first question)

[@yoyolol22]

Will it really though

[@nemui5420]

Am I allowed to say ballsack? In all seriousness though, this is actually very helpful! Thanks!

[@franzwa3945]

ballsack B)

[@ursamedven8564]

Thats the problem I've been having. I've lost my voice because of being so negative about my work. I have so much more to learn and just dont know where to start..I feel like I need a mentor to guide me

[@user-hw8nr3mu8e]

Maybe a late and strange question, but what is that 80s song called in the intro and outro? (Love 80s music so..)

[@Nasiruify]

Mr shapecarver himeself getting stuff done

[@starkyzils3790]

Proko Could you put the video in subtitles please, I don't know English PLEASE

[@seanramsey]

There will be subtitles/captions coming soon! It usually takes us about a week to get them out though so if you check in next week they should be up then.

[@LEARNING_ARTIST_JASIM]

Please upload doms colour pencil drawing tutorial

[@hindurashtravadi2563]

I love to draw specially anime

[@gameisover8309]

This is what separate casuals from profesionals

[@IanTanLK]

Empty space is not negative space.

[@AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA943]

"Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject of an image" Wikipedia.

[@jjsbg]

잘보고 있습니다 다만 한글 자막도 지원을 해주시면 좋을것같아요 현재는 그림 위주로 보고있습니다 수고하세요ㅎ

[@lrose1046]

i can be friends with this dude lol does he have his own channel??

[@jboogie8159]

This guy didn't even comment on the character designs, or evaluate his imagination. Instead he criticized not filling up the page , or calling his characters lumpy , while his own pumpkin creatures were lumpy themselves. Besides the person that submitted their work was doing an under sea theme, so there certainly lumpy creatures in the ocean. We didn't even get a good look at the creature designs. I mean the were humanoid creatures coming out of sea shells. This guy just shot this person down on things that had no bearing on the person's design skills.

[@tag.exe.disconnected]

He reminds me of Jack Black

[@MastersZone1122]

Nice owsom I love you 💓💓💓

[@cinnagummi]

Hi

[@Midas_Plays]

Hi sir

[@haileestudios7161]

The thumbnail scared me

[@ravdiz9995]

im a

[@pulular5914]

If nobody got me I know proko got me can I get an amen?

[@elrelster]

Amen

[@christianjames9669]

Amen!

[@premalohani6808]

I thought I was first lol

[@imans_fan89]

Hi everyone I am interested in drawing and I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to teach me

[@Awesome-ct7vr]

Youre at the right channel. I cant teach you more than this channel can. Make sure to follow more great teachers. Ex: marc brunet. Serioursly, good artist, good teacher. Very good at explaining stuff gl!

[@sigmanfrued2104]

Is it me or did proko lose some subscriber

[@seanramsey]

KZbin did send out an email last week saying they were deleting bots from the platform and to expect a dip in the subscriber count for everyone so that's probably it.

[@Armilar255]

bs video