This ONE art skill will 10X your drawings 🎖️

[@YTartschool]

A few years ago I made a vid about Observation being the #1 skill, but simplification is a level above after careful consideration. It impacts everything. You gotta make it a priority. Simping is the way. I mean simplification is the way.

[@danivic5499]

I always thought that observation was a way of simplify the reality, the classic "See the world with artistic eyes". So both are kinda connected, but far to be the same.

[@aryldeiparine]

Hi Marc, can you make a fan art of Warhammer 40k. I think it really fits to your art style.

[@badneko6666]

I'm weird, I try to do things as simple as possible and I end up doing the opposite 😭

[@dakidokino]

The filling factor really says a lot.

[@kaosedraws4801]

Simplify should be an art fundermental. Though i think that is guesture.

[@Worm_g8]

As someone who have acquired the simp- technique now I just need to master the -lification. Thanks Marc

[@Juan-vm8st]

Ty Master.

[@TheLuconic]

Hey Mark. I decided to actually buy your course. I wont lie, I been like doing research on you and besides your awesome taeching style which has stuck to me ever since your video on how to properly steal an artists technique and add it to your own, much like in martial arts where you learn others techniques and your own style is stronger for it, I also watched your students reviews and I suddenly desire to be apart of your circle. I just bought your course today, but I wont start right away cuz of family vacations and some obligations. But once I do start, Im gonna commit and I'll even make a video with some set drawings of where I am now and will hold onto them for the after. I am excited and I wanna say, I am ready for this journey. WIsh me luck.

[@kfkok4instamedia918]

Nice, this technique applies to virtually all creative process including engineering especially when you start see pass the details to the core structure.

[@Thanasitos]

personally whenever i am done practicing something i like to ask myself "can i draw this from a different perspective" if the answer is no then i didn't simplify it enough to understand it properly

[@nicolasdumont4373]

I'm a simple man, i see Harold, i press like .

[@xanksauri89]

I'm saving that thumbnail before you decide to change it.

[@Ciorno2K]

What was it?

[@darkfenic1767]

@@Ciorno2K image is the same but it said SIMPlification instead of god mode

[@hazydroid]

@@darkfenic1767 and her eyes are brighter now

[@micheleacquaviva9737]

... *Sigh* my applause to gen Z and gen alpha Just in case or my applause to Who did he thought we wanted the most if we are all gen Z or alpha...

[@micheleacquaviva9737]

.. Sorry.

[@Antimatter6966]

YOOOO!!! This is a great video because this is something I've been taught as well. Im still a relatively intermediate artist and simplification was the thing that helped me with improving alot. This was always what i told when others asked me for advice and it helped them out too! This is such a great skill to have and I'm still mastering it. Im not as confident with my lines yet but im getting there. This is an immediate sub for me.

[@JeremyLord5000]

Another great video - Thanks Marc! Can I ask what you're using for the model ref at the 6:40 mark? I've seen this thing come up before on youtube and was wondering if it's a site that has a bunch of pose refs with a timer attached for studies? Or is this something you just do yourself? Thanks

[@YTartschool]

Cheers Jeremy! It’s the gesturedrawing! app I got here cbr.sh/xkbbn

[@JeremyLord5000]

@@YTartschool Thanks man! much appreciated

[@val78787]

I 1000% agree with you Mark It's a very important skill to have, not only for art but for literally everything else as well. Great great video!!

[@xmaryHXCx]

As always, thank you for your knowledge and tips.

[@Simply_Sketch]

Thanks to your videos, I have been practicing simplification a LOT throughout my art journey. I'm no master, YET, but I hope with time and a lot of effort I will be able to create art like you and other artists I love. Thanks Marc!!!

[@TeleviseGuy]

It's not enough to know what simplification is - it took me time and effort to understand it deeply, to grasp what a personal drawing style is and how to determine what mine is. I just realized that whenever I am "copying" a picture, I'm actually redrawing it with my personal style - and this is a huge discovery to me, as I was always afraid of this form of "copying" until now, thinking it was cheating or unethical, and didn't know what it actually was.

[@LonelyGuy-xr3qh]

Your such an inspiration. I'd buy the art course if I wasn't 13 and broke, but see you when I'm older and richer!

[@jjcandelabra6164]

5:15 - How did Mb take the Lasso Tool trace of the Elephant n drag it down with Lineart? Did he just Trace over it or use sometime type of Tool Options?

[@saramations]

After he Traced over it, he just used the move tool. In PS you can make it auto select contents of the layer after you move it.

[@Noodle959]

This one was gold 🗣️🔥❤

[@OyinbobolaFaboyode]

Simp- lification op thumbnail

[@ms00kye]

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! This is something my mentors have all stressed. And that they’ve observed that many artists just don’t have a method to simplify which leads to time issues and creative compromises.

[@buarny]

Super interesting concept, it really does help. With that being said, Training your eyes to recognize and draw simple shapes takes time. So, when you're doing gesture drawings/SIMPlification, don't get discouraged. You will be pleasantly surprised if spend 30 min a week and compare. I love your videos, especially the ones where you teach how to practice a skill in just 7 days-they make me super productive. Best wishes!

[@nsuarez]

I learned this skill from painting. When I paint, I always see shapes because they are easier to paint with a big, wide brush. When you draw you tend to see lines but if you push yourself you'll see the shapes and makes drawing easier. The way that I remembered it was "Structure" first, details last.

[@dirtysilver2841]

I've always struggled with the practice of using references, it came across as cheating and just copying someone else's art. It wasn't until I watched one of your videos where you said everything is a reference to something else, that nothing is truly 100% original. I started looking at art differently where everything has its original flare and that's what makes it unique. Simplifying a reference is the first step to identifying and developing that flare. It's a very important step to every artist out there.

[@magedahableel9539]

Loving your background drawings! Very nice to look at

[@capedbaldie5889]

im new to art and the approach i wanna give my drawings is something similar to playing the game factorio which is really addictive adn most of the time you have to construct thing from scratch but you can use blueprints as an idea of application towards things that may seem hard to apply by raw dogging it, but the issue i have is how to practice these things like, everything, i know a lot about anatomy and perspective and someother things but the thing i want to learn the most is about the procedure itself cause regardless of skill or artstyle everyone follows a procedure but everyones procedure is different from each others and i haavent found a solid one yet to do

[@ZhiendSprought]

What software do u use to draw?

[@natomiltary4573]

I haven't been doing this at all, excited to make it a daily exercise and see how much I grow from it, thanks Marc =).

[@upo_smith]

Do you ever "how to fanart"?

[@judgeanon2922]

>Bro makes it look easy and nice to look at >do it myself >even a simple like looks like garbage well I tried

[@Nik-tf5ju]

Already practicing it and already having results

[@hans3437]

Proportions is god tier skill for me

[@ianhall7513]

Pro tip for my fellow near-sighted artists: Take off your glasses and look at your reference. Draw whatever you _can_ see that defines it as what it is to your blurry vision. Use an old prescription set of glasses to hit those medium details. Put on your current prescription to draw them final details.

[@DannyPodcast]

ur videos are a treasure. Im happy I grew up in the 80s, having that said imagine if this type of thing was around when I had to go to the library to find a Boris Valejo book. :)

[@artbymiwsher]

This is a really good lesson. One of the best things about doing art digitally is that you can use this heavily when you start any piece, no matter how intricate or realistic, because you can simply cover your "simple" tracks by dropping the sketch layer's opacity later on, or deleting it entirely. It's true that this method changes how you see the world. I keep a Pinterest folder with everyday, mundane observations which I use as a method to encourage daily sketching - part of this process (and to churn out results more efficiently) involves simplifying how I look at any reference so that sketching is easier. Another way to help build this skill btw is to try to draw pictures as though they were intended for a children's book. These illustrations are deliberately simplified but are deceptively difficult to do effectively. Btw kids naturally do this skill very well. Consider their drawings of cars, buildings, ships etc - they are far more observant than we often credit them.

[@yurimessano9491]

Marc does simplification also apply to complex backgrounds? Im suffering so much and I'm self taught 😢

[@YTartschool]

it most certainly does! Check this class out it might help ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp7HlGWwhp6drK8

[@Pirate-Dan]

This helps. I have been practicing simplifying small things like the nose or mouth. But I have a hard time deciding what to leave out. On thing that has helped is squinting and seeing what stands out in the blurry vision. Would it be possible to talk more about simplification?

[@GregerMoek]

Interesting. This was something I did specifically with arms and fists as a kid. But for some reason I never applied it to anything else. I haven't really been drawing/painting all my life. It was something I did as a kid and up to like 14-15 then I stopped for like 14 years until I re-discovered it again. I still have that simplification process down on the fist from way back, as you said the process makes it easy to remember. I'll just try to start applying it to other things as well.

[@SketchyPurrson]

Old!? Are you like 70 years old?

[@Bruh_bruh-d7s]

I love your background music man

[@nezko632]

그림공부란 모든것을 정확하게 그리는것이 아니고 더욱 간단히 그려가면서 효율적으로 배우는거군요

[@maokai09]

Bless you for this

[@marktheshark7588]

This channel has been a huge asset to me in my art journey.Continue the good work bruh👏👍

[@danielcalencar]

This is gold!!

[@a_blue_chicken1093]

this is a great tip. When you start with simplification, you maintain the overall overview of a scene. I often get lost adding details in places where it will not be seen.

[@ShiraBrattyCatChief]

Marc: the skeleton may call me old But I'm still kicking with my art passion to help others learn what they enjoy in art. The skeleton: that's cold Marc

[@legendted6237]

that thumbnail. LOL

[@WisdomThumbs]

I mostly agree, because you show great heuristics here, but the title is where I have to differ. The most God-tier art skill is to seek relationship and understanding with God himself. He's the best mentor. Simplifying and abstracting elements of art is a complex skill, requiring learned heuristics like all things in life, but looking to nature helps us distinguish good mentors and find the unifying patterns in design elements. A hand or foot is a miniature human body in abstract form, for example. The Golden Ratio is in the stars, in geography, and in organisms. But due to modern parlance and cultures, the above words seem counter-intuitive. So, I understand if that's outside your language framework, and I don't pretend this understanding makes me "wise." I'm learning from this video just like anyone else. The important distinction is that trying to be "a God of art" is modern philosophy, which led me into a lot of unhelpful art/mental habits, while also making me less receptive to good advice. Seeking instead to be "MORE LIKE the God of art/all things" has made art easier and more fun than anything else, and opened my eyes/ears to more teachers. It's still a complex problem (who IS this God? WHAT is this God? What parts of culture are helpful to integrate, vs what unhelpful parts of culture have I internalized?), but a good philosophy is always growing. And good simplification is nothing more than a set of practical heuristics. Thanks for another great video, Marc Brunet.

[@jamfilledjars]

But I like complexity D:

[@kitsunekei]

this wclass was very helpful! thanks sensei

[@BATMAN10N]

when you simp , you start to grind art so that you can have your way with that waifu/husbando

[@BATMAN10N]

and post it online to mark ur territory

[@JUST_SOME_SHY_GUY]

Berserks art style?

[@Miha_Minkov]

That’s actually really helpful. And I will definitely try it later on because now I’m working on my chicken lines and basic fundamentals drawing. I’m complete noob if you can say that in art and procrastinated for like really long time, but I finally reassured myself that in long run if I practise I will succeed. I hope… Anyways good luck to everyone who also studies)

[@no_1_knoz]

Idk if it’s my laziness or my smooth 🧠, but I’ve always done this (kinda, sort of); to start any drawing, or maybe it’s cause my medium was traditional and not digital. AS having less in the way made/makes it easier to go over what’s there without having to redo (or transfer) anything. 🤷‍♂️ (the animal activity given as a test or assignment, just happens to coincide with one of my current projects; how does he always know….) 🤔

[@mngkyouGoD]

Nice

[@shungite4460]

thank you mark! now all i see when i look at my friends is just human mannequins :)

[@Telkkinzzz-art]

Ngl when I realized I should’ve just been simplifying the art down even more a couple months ago I felt like gojo when he learned reverse curse technique😭

[@itanchiro5524]

Yeah right? I realised earlier this week (or more like finally convinced myself) Recently I started watching a lot of speed paint videos of some art gods (which I shouldn’t be comparing with yet…) and I noticed that in the early phases there a lot of mistakes and things that are just staying there as simple spots for a very long time. But then I thought that honestly why would you want everything figured out from the beginning? By concentrating on such things is like paying more attention to the details than the whole drawing. The more you just make a sketch, paint over it and then paint over the mess you have just created and repeating this again and again you finally find yourself with an almost fully finished good drawing very fast. Not to mention that as I have been observing, pros use photo bashing and other “cheats” a lot if necessary but in the end you actually get better results faster (and by better I mean clear what that thing is) Thank you for confirming my theories right! 😅

[@ypesie]

Top tier thumbnail!

[@pauldalz3745]

Thanks for your uploads!

[@bleudauvergne5321]

J'aime beaucoup tes vidéos!!! Un jour fait nous une vidéo en français !!!! Avec tes ton accents Québécois sa serait top!!!!

[@YTartschool]

Lol vous comprendriez rien si je faisais ca en québécois! C’est que du slang 🥹

[@xanderyusuf7494]

Ashamed I always have to be reminded to like the video 😢

[@kcsnipes]

my new art skill is typing 'please generate me a ...

[@snowdragon9577]

With a title like that?! How can I like times 10? Takes notes furiously!!!

[@Astaa-10k]

Marc I've got a question. I've actually been doing this for the past 2 months. I'm focusing on the body and before I jump into anatomy, I've gotten VERY good at gesture drawing and constructing the body with boxes and cylinders. But now I feel bored from doing that over and over and I want to move on to try anatomy. Since I'm good at doing that at this point, is it time for me to go into anatomy? I am enrolled into ARTSCHOOL btw and I love it but I'd love to have your input!!! ☺

[@gabudaichamuda2545]

Don't hold yourself back if you want to do it. If you feel as though you've really nailed simple construction, then move forward.

[@YTartschool]

Gove it a go! The most important part is to have fun while doing it ;)

[@macourfuir]

Go ahead, wish you luck!

[@ReaperNoir]

Love you marcy marc

[@EvaFuji]

*Sees title* You cheeky bastard

[@ALEXHALOS]

Observation is crying in the corner rn

[@bibbib9927]

That thumbnail make my heart melt

[@EnjeruMigs]

🎉❤

[@justguy-4630]

Hey, hey! I'm a man with principles! I just like pretty ladies! That being said, enlighten me.

[@thatboytaz2996]

MARC MY DEAR TEACHER, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR STYLE STUDIES!!!

[@YTartschool]

too much work ;( but I'm still try to do 1 every ~2 months

[@RancorSnp]

I'll be honest - this video should be a part of the paid art course - because, at least to my brain this taught me a lot more about construction than the actual art course chapter dedicated to it.

[@brosider3940]

For me it was the same process for the 1 minute drawings you do in the all the lectures. You do it all the time. And marc speaks about it really often. But yes you´re right that he tells it more diractly here.

[@adrianl8429]

He talks about it often during the course. But here it’s more straightforward and dare I say simpler explanation. I agree it would help in the earlier chapters as an introductory explanation. Teach the why before the how, and all that.

[@ÆP.MC.X]

Do you turn into an r34 artist when you're alone?

[@YTartschool]

No

[@ÆP.MC.X]

@@YTartschool excellent

[@rabeimp4295]

Dude you really need to cover your rant this month 😂❤

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

😂 that thumbnail is killing me

[@DiegoB0525]

Moral of the video...... don't be a simp, guys 😂

[@nexusserc]

My simplification is drawing stick figures 😤

[@user-jw7uz4pd3l]

I use a simplified drawing style❤❤❤

[@amradagatan2733]

[@devinsauls9137]

5:10 We have to address the elephant in the room 🐘😂

[@IAmhermit]

....

[@blue_rosa_art]

Oh i thought this was going to be a very different video, very cheeky of you haha xD

[@Dank_Lulu]

So you only need the most god-tier skills to start drawing correctly in the first place. Kinda makes sense but wth is that complex mathematical projection of a learning curve, I don't remember signing-up for drawing anything more complex than 80085...

[@medicenpaniagua]

✌👀

[@webtoondemocraticroleplayingga]

Great😂

[@Elidessinnn]

Simp.

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

Ugh that editing is insufferable..

[@ALEXHALOS]

That skeleton keeps roasting you We gotta do something 👊

[@nyankrauss]

heh🦐

[@cmapez]

Wazzup

[@ischubbypinkcheekscute8408]

Yeet

[@shaggy_thecameraman1409]

Not first I guess

[@gytispranskunas4984]

Most god tier skill is drawing in 2 seconds with A.I. Im not sure why artists even exist anymore

[@thunderstorm9755]

That's not even a skill

[@ereoleon]

try again, next time ask an AI to make a better bait comment.

[@gabudaichamuda2545]

You mean to tell me this was the best bait prompt you could get out of ChatGPT? You're the reason that government aid, welfare and "disability" benefits need to go away: I'm sick of my taxes being taken to keep you in existence.

[@webtoondemocraticroleplayingga]

First

[@crow.1604]

Early squad 🙋🙋

[@SachinT29]

1st comment 😊

[@imjinaah]

never been this early