TIPS on how to draw human figure and other things foreshortened
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2013
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION
How to draw things in perspective or how to draw things foreshortened: This drawing tutorial provides drawing tips and a basic introduction to understanding foreshortening, an important aspect of linear perspective. We will discuss how to foreshorten something whether creating a linear perspective drawing or not.
It doesn't matter if you're making a one point ( 1-point,1 point, one-point ) perspective, two point ( 2 point, 2-point, two-point ) perspective, and three point ( 3 point, 3-point, three-point ) perspective drawing, the same rules apply
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This can help set the foundation for drawing a house, room, building, person, superhero, body part, etc. in perspective
You explain so much in just 23 minutes! One of the best perspective and foreshortening videos on youtube! Thanks sooooo much!
MaverickArrowMusik no worries...glad it helped :-)
No it's not
He is a great teacher like that. He honestly really is a great. Big up Dunn👌🏿❤️
Thanks for explaining foreshortening. I never thought of it as an aspect of perspective. Now I see that and I am not so afraid when trying to capture it in my figure drawings.
Paris D Black sound good...just try to find ways to see it
I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. Perspective was only ever intuitive to me for boxes and nothing more, so thanks for explaining everything in terms of boxes! As a person who is better with math than with art, geometric explanation of more complicated perspective is just what I needed.
take a shot every time he says "you see that?"
(You're awesome Alphonso, I'm just jokin. Genuinely I learn so much from your videos)
Absolutely amazing. You break down complex concepts & then use them in an clear “why it matters” examples
Alphonzo, you are an AMAZING teacher !!! NO ONE has ever explained this to me with such clarity. Your videos have brought my drawing to such a higher level it blows me away !!!
THANK YOU !!!
Man I cant thank you enough for all this valuable content. The way you explain it helps me so much!!
Thank you so much! Working on an important piece that is both very special to me and going to be a piece in my college portfolio. Excellent tutorial!!
It's great that you cover the foundational skills with such detail. It's really different from what many artists' tutorials cover. Basics are the most important, no matter how good or bad one is :)
Please keep the videos coming!
thanks alot...and they definitely will
Alphonso i love you, i Bless you... you are the best teacher ever... so amazing, i dont know what i would do without your tutorials!!
This is honestly an amazing tutorial, it's been so hard tryna to draw human figure using boxes so tysm
Incredibly helpful, thank you so much!!!
I only recently became interested in artwork and this is definitely helping allot, my art teachers never really directly "taught" me anything, it was the same with graphic design when we were supposed to be learning about these kinds of concepts, kind of interesting that a video less than half an hour long has taught me more on artwork than 2 high school classes. Thanks very much for putting this up i've subscribed and will be looking at other videos if I need any more help :)
samsta10000 glad it helped! And thanks for the sub :-)
Thanks for another great video loaded with information. The way you explain things makes it very easy to understand.
Really nice of you to take the time to pass along your knowledge.
its a pleasure..just glad you guys appreciate it
You helped me so much in just one day, im really excited to stay consistent in my practice now because of you.
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen.... You have no idea how much this has helped me.... Thank you soo much Alphonso
Thank you so much for sharing! Your channel is vert inspiring and helpful! I am learning foreshortening on my own and I was struggling on finding the mid point. This video helps me to solve the problem.
Glad I could help : )
You're really talented and a great teacher. Thank you for this!
Thanks. Very welcome :-)
i've just find your channel a few days ago, and i think it gonna take a lot of my time to watch al these amazing videos, thanks for sharing :D
Thanks a lot :-) ...take your time lol
Amazing lesson!!!!! Thanks you so much for sharing! Flor
By far the best vid I've seen to get rid of my problem about being affraid to draw complex form in perspective.Two of my major problems got solved in 1 video ! Merged form and detailed explanation on elipses under a foreshortened situation.
Thank you so much!
no problem at all..glad it helped :-)
U have done all the videos.....beautifully explained foreshortening....so helpful. God bless you.
Anuja Choksi Glad you enjoy them :-)
Wooow. Good ol alphonso. Giving timeless art advice...7 years ago
This video was so good that I had to comment :D. Thanks for the explanation, it was super thorough.
Who knew there was so much science to art? You are awesome at explaining and teaching - I'm subscribing! Thanks so much!
+Sue Chesley Thanks so much :-)
Great video once again. I feel like hitting myself for not picking up on that cross-section trick to find the middle point in perspective any sooner. Thanks man.
I bet you'll remember now :-)
Thank you so much. That square method is really useful.
Phenomenal video, this is without a doubt the best video on foreshortening i've seen thus far, everything clicked from the get go. Thx alot.
Thank you very much! This help me a lot to find the amount of foreshortening when I want to draw the human head from above or below. The method of finding a middle point is very easy but I've not thought about that so far :) Now I use a cube for starting then I build the head from 3d shapes inside it.
+Peter Vatler Thanks. Glad it helped. Its a very effective technique
Thank you for sharing this, it was really helpful. Since I learnt drawing, the perspective was my problem all the time, still hard to understand, but this is enlighten me a lot.
+wu Rin Thanks. Glad I was able to help :-)
I've studied this topic for many years, many years. You are one of the only ones who really explain it in context, and i think it's great. You really did a wonderful job at demonstrating this.
Thanks much...I try to teach in a way I wish I could have been taught
***** If i could ask you question, something i've been wondering. Lets say we are foreshortening an arm, the law of perspective tells us that anything closer to us will appear bigger, and thigns that are further away will get smaller. Though, on an arm things get a little tricky. For example, the wrist as it's natrual form is smaller than the end of the forearm. So i have trouble with thinking of the rule that everything that's closer to us is bigger and everything that goes fruther back in space gets smaller. I'll look at an arm in perspective and feel like that rule is being broken, or i've missed a part of the rule.
You have to think of the overall shape not the smaller details...it gets tricky but the best way to learn to draw these things from memory is to draw from life
This was REALLY USEFUL! I loved the way you used that square with an x in it to figure out the proportions of a face from above and below. Sometime would you use that technique for determining the proportions of a face drawn in three quarter view? I usually just eyeball it, but I'm never confident that I have it right, especially if there's a upward or downward angle involved in addition to the three quarter angle. That could be a video all on it's own. Thanks!
it will be..definitely...i'll be delving into portrait drawing and figure drawing more in depth in a coming weeks
alphonso with this video you made life much easyer! your such a good teatcher.
love how you explain all
glad it did lol...thx
you are a really professional painter, thanks for the amazing video
Holy cow! Your awesome! =) Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am teaching myself, because I can't go to Art School, and I appreciate all of the artists that make these videos for people like me.
thx...perhaps soon you might be able to soon, but for now, use whats available to you :-)
This vid really helped me quite a bit Thanks my dude.❤️❤️
Alphonso, your videos in perspective have been so helpful to me...thank you...
Youre very welcome
I agree, Maverick! Excellent tutorial, Alphonso!
🙂
Hello Alphonso, i am so amazed THAT i had to share this with u...ur videos are amazing for the fact that no matter how many times u watch them, there is always an insight in each view. U are an amazing teacher. I have said that before, i know. But ur videos have been a phenomenal help to my art. And so thanking u everytime just makes sense to me. Although i do have another request...if u have time.... Can u please do a video on how to draw monuments or some buildings with domes?! Please. Thank u.
Anuja Choksi Thanks so much for sharing that :-) That means alot to me to know you've made that much progress. Give me some more details on the types of monuments you mean
Finally! Do you have any idea how many videos on this just explain what foreshortening is but not how to actually do it I had to go through?
alphonso , thanks for all your vid , you are an amazing teacher!!!!! ,
Your explanation is very lucid friend. And your voice is like that of the actor Idris Elba!.thank you so much
Best perspective class ever. Thank you ;)
I am in so much love with your videos, I wished it was organized as DVD or Book, I would be in the first Buy LIST ! Any dates ?
Prabhu Ram Thanks so much...I'm looking to the end of the year to get the book finalized :-)
Take a shot every time he says "Superhero" 😂. JK. I love your content. I have learned so much. You are an awesome teacher and a great artist.
Found this extremely helpful - thank you!
Ich mag die art wie du etwas erklärst. Mach weiter so!^^
this video was really helpful! ive been confused by this for quite a while now
glad it helped : )
Good teaching. When you finish if you could zoom out to show whole page it would be helpful to us for a screenshot for reference. Very good tx.
your tutorials are awesome and i so appreciate them. plants, trees etc have become the primary objects in my work. i can very well draw as "i see" but the 'energy' gets lost. ie a philodendron plant which is one of my faves & my goal is getting that energy/life of the leaves translated onto the paper, and not the academic informational pov. rather than keep muddling along trying figure it out, where do i go? my alphonso dunn bookmark on youtube! you are an amazing instructor, please keep them coming! btw liz benson's remark is spot on. . .
downtownpearl thanks so much! When you do pin down that philodendron plant I would love to see it :-)
Sir you are the best! Thank you so much for this!..
thank so you much! great information.
Thankss!! this was literally Very helpful!
thank master so much ! I was having trouble drawing superheroes perspective , especially in the knee , and now I was draw it better. You can write one book drawing tutorial ? :D
RieNevan no problem..thats definitely on the way
Make no mistake: YOU, sir, are the superhero here :-) I am drawing along with you and have filled pages with drawings I am really happy with. THANK YOU!
Is there some rule that determines how much something shortened/prolonged in perspective? Like that plane, how do you know the lenght of lines, like how far you draw it? Is it just due to observing andr practice? Thank you very much for an answer and a great video
Infinity thanks .. This is literally the best lesson in prospective eveeeeeeerrrrrrr..You are AMAZING teacher
+Hoody The Artist Thanks so much. Glad it was helpful :-)
Thanks a lot so helpful.
You explain sooo well
omg the way of finding half point is so effective/ thankyou it helps a lot. i usually hated foreshortened cuz it always went bonkers if i draw something in foreshortening :D i hope i will impprove.
i bet you will
yeah you are so right...This is by far the best ''how to draw perspective'' video I have ever seen! Thank you again alphonso!
no worries at all..glad you found it
Hey man thanks for the video this is really helpful, i have art class because of money problems. Thnks
Great! Thank you so much!
wow, you explain really, really well! very well done, sir.
Thank you so much.
Fernando Miranda nooo problem :-)
you are a great teacher, thanks for the excellent lesson :)
glad you enjoyed it :-)
MAN I usually do not comment but I gotta say, your leassons are really well done. You are a awesome teacher
Thanks so much
@@alphonsodunn thank you sir good lession
wished the video was hours long and still would not get bored fo sure... hahahaaa... again thnx fo these amazing videos... my best wishes to you...
lol thanks
With your videos and both books I have plenty to keep me busy. I find listening to Bach really helps to concentrate. Al, you probably already do this but I gotta tell ya, if you wanna try some fun music, throw on TUBA SKINNY. I don't need to explain it, just give it a shot. Tell me what you think. Thanks again Tony
I will lol
My favorite perspective video on youtube
: ) Thanks
Cool. Awesome. I thank you so much!
The mid point is really helpful thanks
Really helpful !!! Thank you very much :-) :-) you have a nice way to explain art : clear, easy and effective! Thank you again :-)
Thanks much. Glad i could help
Thank you so much
Oh my goodness this is so much helpful for me! Thank you so much for posting this! :D I didn't even knew what foreshortening meant XD but now I know! ^_^
sotocorderoa18 Glad it helpd :-)
***** ^_^
Yess needed a vid about this!
:-)
wow! within the first 2 or so minutes I was "getting it" and that's not easy for me. I've been drawing for a while, but this really helps! thanks!! :^D
Lillian Casarico glad it helped my friend :-)
Thank you for the video
:-)
I love your vids, they got me drawing in pen more
sweeeeet! :-)
Thanks! Help me a lottt!
super man no problem :-)
This helped me sooo much! Thank you:)
am glad it did :-)
Thanks for your help!
very welcome
Hallo Alphonso, I am very happy having found your teaching...!!!! you are very well!!!!!!
ciaooo isabella
+isabella distretti thanks much :-)
How do I go about finding the half point?
Thank you friend, your lessons are very didactic.
Thanks : )
That was very helpful; thanks for posting🌹
very welcome : )
great video man!
very welcome : )
Thanks! This was very helpful.
Katherine Moran Glad it was :-)
20:00 is the most helpful tip for foreshortening.
Thank you very very much Alphonso
very welcome : )
brilliant video this technique is so useful! thank you!
glad its useful
Not to sound nit-picky, but by drawing a cube in perspective, if you show one face as a perfect square (like you are), you are no longer seeing it in perspective. You would have to be looking at the cube dead on in order to see a face as a perfect square, thus no longer seeing perspective. The face that is a perfect square needs to also be tapering off towards the horizon line.
Cody Behrens When drawing the head that tapering is generally very negligible
Hello again...before i start...can i please again thank you...i know...it must bore u by now...but u supersede my expectations by always finding time to respond promptly... I am just amazed. Thank you. okay....So the buildings that i was talking about are mostly from the architecture of ancient India where most of the structures have Mughal influence like TAJ MAHAL. Or those of Rome...which have too many cylinders....! To be a little more specific...i have difficulty in drawing mostly a dome...in perspective. I understand conceptually that all things can be placed in a box or cylinder but when i practice it....i go haywire in foreshortening or looking at a building while standing just under it (standing under a dome) ..also when it comes to circular forms placed on such cylinders and boxes, (viewing from a distance) my perspective goes for a toss. I can draw but something doesnot feel right. I would really appreciate..u doing a explanatory video where u can take any monument in which u can accomodate boxes cylinders and domes...and basically dissect it...i dont know if that makes sense. But even if its just a pillar...if u can show how each element is placed on the other. I know u would say i should ask some architect....i read it in books...but i read abt foreshortening in books too..but the way i got it when u explained...it was like I GOT IT! U know what i mean. Please do a video on palace or any monument u feel comfortable doing. Thank u so much.
Anuja Choksi Hmm, I think I understand what you mean. Hmm, I think it comes down to what is the viewer's (your) standpoint or POV to the building. If you can inbox me send me a few images of your attempts as well as a reference image you saw of what you would like to capture. Preferably, the actual building, or one you saw you'd like to emulate
Great video, easy way to explain
Thank you a lot my friend
YW : )
this really helped me :) the tip wtih drawing the X is very helpful
:-)
very good lesson continue your work in helping others.
thanks. Will do
Thanks a lot!
hash brown no worries
Thanks for the tips!
no worries my friend
Hello ALPHONSO DUNN Do you use layout markers too?
+colorpaper princess (colorpaperprincess) not really
Thanks for the tutorial, can you do one on shadow shapes?
GrowingDownUnder hmmm i'll address it
I saw in another tutorial on drawing drapery you said you would do a tutorial on it but I couldn't find it. thanks bro
no problem
You are in charge Thanks for the lesson.
🙂
this video helped me a lot. thank you
bibo450 no problem :-)