Figure Drawing! Cartoonist ProTips
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Are you interested in a career as a Comic Book Artist or Story Artist for animation? How would you like to get the MOST out of your time spent at Figure Drawing, and speed up your improvement as a cartoonist? Don't miss this video, loaded with tips and exercises for leveling up your art quickly!
I am a baby UA-camr - please forgive the visible mic, constantly changing lighting conditions, etc. Hopefully the info is still helpful! Please let me know in the comments: if I have time to make another tutorial, what would you like it to be about?
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I am a 10+ year comics & animation industry vet currently working as a Story Artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Los Angeles. I directed a 2-D/3-D hybrid animated short film called “Exchange Student” for Disney’s Short Circuit program, which you can watch on Disney Plus. I storyboarded on Raya and the Last Dragon, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Bee & PuppyCat. I'm also the author of the graphic novel "I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation".
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As a little tip for anyone looking for reference images, New Masters Academy has a really good playlist for Life Drawing here on UA-cam!
Yes! Thanks for sharing that!
21:00 "Every bad drawing gets me closer to a good drawing."
The most important tip in this video to me. It might seem like a no brainer but to many people it isn't.
Recently I advised two separate young artists to do a lot of doodling to improve and both told me that when they draw something they want to make it worth their time and do a big, well polished piece. They don't even do preparatory sketches and dive right in. This bothered me, as no ammount of detailing and polishing can make a drawing good if the basic shapes are off, and you get those right through practice. It's like doing heavyweight lifting and going straight for the heaviest weight without trying the lighter ones first :(
Also, on other video topics, I would love to see videos on Storyboarding - pretty much all aspects. And Reverse Storyboarding and how to approach it!✨
Ooh thank you, that's a great idea! I'll start thinking about how I could do a Reverse-Storyboard exercise. Hmm, I wonder what the rules are about showing a movie scene in one of my videos...
Great video with some unique tips I haven't heard in other videos!! Love the notion throughout not to copy the pose like a photocopier, but to exaggerate and give story to the pose. Great work!
Thank you!
Thank you for these gems of advice! Taking figure drawing classes in college, we were always told to draw exactly what we saw and not what we thought it should be a.k.a. Don’t exaggerate or “push” the drawing. At the end of the day, I’m still glad that I took those courses, but hearing your words relevant to cartooning or animation is so relieving and exactly what my 20 year old self (now 30) would have loved to hear. Also, i love seeing your work throughout the video and your editing skills are perfect!
Thank you so so much!!
your voice is so calming and I just love this video it's so helpful
I wish I could double and triple-like this video. Un vrai bijou. Une mine d'informations.
Hello there! Why did you stop posting? I'd love to see more of this!
Hope everything is alright. Have a great Life!
Thank you Godson. :) Everything's fine; I accepted a Head of Story job and I had a LOT less free time the past couple of years, plus I got married and moved to France! But I'm streaming on Twitch again right now, and making another long-form video about Storyboard Pro I hope to release in October or November.
Awesome advice! Thank you so much for sharing
No problem! Thanks for watching.
Hi Natalie! I'm River who's been one of your hidden big fans! I've known you from your comic book "I moved to Los Angeles to work in Animation" and I really loved your first short film at Disney plus as well. I saw your posting that you started UA-cam at Instagram and I just subscribed your channel right away. I would say this is a really inspiring video for story artists and newbies and I can't wait to see the second video! I wish your luck with your big hit at UA-cam as well! Keep it up!
Thank you so much, River! :-)
Super helpful ! Thank you so much
Thank you for this video 😊🙏
Thank you so much! These tips are great :) also love your book!
Thank you!!!
Btw, for anyone reading this, Natalie Nourigat's "Eurotrip Sketchbook" on her gumroad is worth every penny!
Thank you so much, Emily! If anybody wants to check out my sketchbook PDFs or brushes on Gumroad, have at it: gumroad.com/tallychyck
(Emily, I'll put your commission check in the mail, lol)
very inspiring video！
Even though I have the heart of an illustrator, because of my location and budget, I went to university for fine arts. I am still learning to retrain my brain and allow myself to include narrative, whimsy, and exploration into my pieces. I took tons of notes during this video. So much insight, thank you!
I really enjoyed this video! I also love all of your sketchbooks on gumroad. Thank you for taking the time to share your tips. In answer to your question, "what should my next video be about?": I'd love to know more about your thought process when cafe sketching.
Thank you so much, Emily! Awesome, I'm hoping to make a cafe sketching video soon! In my heart I'd really like to do it once things re-open, so I could film IN a cafe, but we'll see what the universe wants. ;-)
I was afraid that it would have the same content than other channels but I learned a lot of new things, thank you very much, please continue :)
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for saying so. :-)
So many great tips and advice! Thank you for sharing! I'll definitely start to incorporate them into my own figure drawing techniques.
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy trying these techniques!
"Every bad drawing gets me closer to a good drawing."
Thank you so much for this video. It was full of amazing tips and advice and I really enjoyed it. Time to go use what I learned!
Thank you for this ❤️
This video was really helpful. Especially all the resources you posted! Where I'm from, the only figure drawing class consists of one 3 hour long single pose. Not very helpful for quick loose practice or for building up the mental library.
Oh my gosh that's tough! I get really bored with poses over 10 minutes. :-/ I can move around a couple of times and draw shorter sketches from a few angles, but after that I'd prefer the model to move! I hope you'll enjoy the figure drawing websites!
Hi! nice video, very helpful and it was somehow really calming. I drew only 'realistic' portraits for years but i've lost interest in it. I love 2d animation a lot. I've tried stylized drawing but it looks all stiff and out of proportion. I'm fine with drawing bodies from life/online photos but only realistically. I really want to learn how to draw any character in any pose I want. I'm definetly gonna try to use these tips!! I found this video at the right time and I'm totally excited now. :) Thank you again!
I'm so glad, thank you for saying so! Happy drawing! :-)
Tips on starting storyboarding for people who never tried it before. Like where does one even start, what should be the focus and what shouldn’t be the focus for someone who’s just starting?
Great suggestion, thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I watched it twice to write down things! I've been doing figure drawing (mostly from online resources) for a long time now, and I read a lot about it and how it's ok for the result to be small, how to focus on balance and weight, how to think with the lines etc but it's the first time I heard that I'm... allowed to change the model? Allowed to change the mood? That I can do the same pose over and over again (I sometime want to, but nerver allowed myself to!) so... you motivated me to get back to my pencils (ugh, I'm gonna try a pen maybe) and do some more, with a new eye. So once again, thank you ! (And if you ever want to go back to stream figure drawing sessions, I'll gladly draw along!)
Question: Are there any other books outside of Tuesday Tips Volume 1 & 2 that offer a similar collection of techniques?
These books seem awesome, but both are sold out. (At least I can't seem to find them, but that could be me. :) )
Luckily, a lot of the pages are on Griz and Norm's tumbler, but I'm at a point in my practice where having a book for easy referencing would be suuuuuuper helpful.
Thanks in advance!
Also, this video is so amazing!! I just started pursuing a career as a storyboard artist. This video had so much info. It gave me the tools to spice up my practice routine AND to enhance my Instagram game. I'm excited to get to work.
Thanks, Natalie!
Thank you! :-)
Oh shoot, I am used to seeing Griz & Norm selling their 100 Tuesday Tips books at conventions, so I assumed they would be easily available online, but I can't find them for sale anywhere either. :-( Unfortunately I do not know of any comparable books; these books really are worth their weight in gold. If you ever see them back in stock in Stuart Ng's store, or Griz & Norm's online store, buy them! In the meantime, yes, their "100 Tuesday Tips" Tumblr is probably your best bet for reading their advice.
Natalie Nourigat Thank you! I'll be sure to keep a lookout and snag one as soon as I can 🙂. In the meantime, I'll use their tumbler and give Alex Woo’s schoolism class a try. Thanks again!! Can’t wait for more content!
This is such an amazing video! It’s really given me a lot of inspiration to continue working on my figure drawing, especially your tips on how to push the figure. I really struggle to get out of the copying headspace, I’m going to rewatch make notes on how I should change things up! Also, your accent is lovely to listen to! Thank you! Have a great week!✨✨✨
Thank you so much for this, Natalie. You're so generous to share your knowledge with us! I also enjoy your calming presence and your sense of humor.
What a great first Video, Natalie! I love the focus on practice for cartoonist. Couple of ideas for future videos:
- Making your first Indie Comic
- Storyboarding - from Freelance to get hired at a Studio
- Simplified Anatomy for Cartoonists
- The art of drawing fast
- How to deal with social media (meaning the pros but also the cons like opening up Instagram and immediately seeing 4000 people better than you)
Thats all i can think of for now but thank you so much again for the video! Can‘t wait for more!
Great ideas, thanks for the suggestions!
This is absolute GOLD. So much great advice that I somehow needed to hear. Thank you for this video! =)
Thank you so much for making this and sharing all this information!!
You are so welcome!
I mean, the drawing with a model for storyboard artists is to draw the poses but simplified looking for the gesture? :D
Excellent. Merci beaucoup pour tout ça !! et beau dessin de boulet derrière :)
Ha ha ! Bah, merci ! :-)
I really enjoyed this video and shared it with some other art friends before I finished it! I'm the guy who went to figure drawing over the years thinking I had to draw the model exactly as I saw them. Since I'm all about capturing likeness and was decent at drawing what I saw I got stuck in those expectations. When I tried to bridge the gap between figure drawing and drawing from imagination (which is what I normally do) I struggled because I'd really just been copying without learning during figure drawing. Getting permission to invent things during figure drawing, as well as your other suggestions feels really liberating and gets me excited to try some form of figure drawing soon!
I would love a tutorials on camera, staging, compositions and maybe intro to boardings?
Thank you! These are great ideas. I definitely want to make some videos about storyboarding; I guess I want to level up with some other topics first, and tackle storyboarding once I feel comfortable with this format. :-)
this was everything i wish i knew when i was starting out, great video!!!
Thank you so much for this video! It's incredibly helpful and interesting, especially since I want to work as a story artist in animation!! What a chance to have found your channel. Please continue to make these kinds of video, I really love it and I'm sure it'll help me get a lot better!! If you can do a tutorial on keeping a sketchbook in a way that makes you improve, or how to study art to improve your own (just like you suggested at the end) it would be amazing!! But I'm sure whatever you choose to make a video about will be perfect, since you're doing it. Thank you so much, have a nice day!!
Thank you for the idea - that's great!
Definitely keeping this in regular rotation! A video on your perspective on pushing poses would be really interesting to watch!
Awesome video Natalie! Big fan of your work!
Loved your book btw! I read it whenever I'm feeling down and like I'll never get into the industry!
Thank you so much, Dylan!
Do you have any recommendations for someone who feels like their improvement in figure drawing has plateaued?
Yes! I felt this way a couple years ago and my instructor at that time, Bob Kato, suggested I draw with a medium I don’t normally use. It worked like a charm! I picked up color pastels and everything felt new and weird and exciting again.
If you don’t feel challenged enough, maybe ask your instructor or an artist in your circle that you look up to for individual feedback or a portfolio review?
@@tallychyck Thankyou for responding! Ill definitely try a different medium, but i dont have a circle really do you have any reccomended on where i could find one online
@@zachseatdriver9671 I think you might be able to get some interaction online by posting drawing with targeted hashtags. For example, if you participate in CTN's drawing events, or draw from Croquis Cafe videos, they each have hashtags and accounts they want you to tag when you post. That will help people who participated in the same events / are also studying figure drawing to find you. You can also start commenting on other people's work in those hashtags, and start building your circle!
Really interesting video. Thank you for sharing with your knowledge :)
Very helpful, thank you so much. Keep uploading videos like this.
Awesome video with great examples! Looking forward to trying it out.
This was really helpful and inspiring, thank you for sharing ^_^!
This video kept me focused throughout, maybe cause its by an expert storyteller. The steps outlined were the link to make figure drawing work in your context or fiddle with it so you explore different domains. Glad i stumbled upon this at the right time. 😀😀
this is very helpful, thank you! ❤️
Thanks for sharing these tips! It inspired me to get me back into figure drawing soon
Thanks for sharing your insights Natalie!
Exchange student short film is lovely and nice to watch.
Thank you so much, Aravind!
Thank you very much for sharing your tips! 🙏🏻
I loved this, so many good tips and lots of inspiration! Thanks Natalie! :)
Picking the character in your mind before you go to the art class is such an amazing trip! thank you! 10:00
I cannot express in words my gratitude towards you for making this video!!! Thank you so much for sharing, this is very helpful!!
Yay Natalie!! Thanks for sharing these figure drawing tips. I’m so excited to see what you do on your UA-cam channel
Thanks for your tips ! I think I needed the little reminder of "drawing one pose several times". ; )
This was a treasure trove of information. Thank you!
Welcome to UA-cam Natalie! I loved listening to your advices which were very clear and well worded, looking forward to seeing more videos from you..and now I have an itch to do some figure drawings! Thank you ❤
Thank you so much! Those advice were reaaaally interesting!! 😁
I can't believe how helpful is this video ;0; thank youu! you have explained everything so simple and charming. I must try all those exercises!
These tips are all great, can't wait for future videos!
I like the variety of approaches and the illustrations that you had accompanying the approaches. Nice advice
aaaahhhh I love you!!! So glad you have a youtube!!!!
What makes a good artist a great artist?
That's incredible. Well done, Natalie!
Love all of your tips, this will be the video that I watch when I want to get excited about figure drawing. (even though at some times it can be a struggle). 😀
this was so helpful!! thank you so much!!
This is a gold mine of great advice, thank you so much for this video! I've definitely got a ways to go to level up my skills but this video makes me excited to get started!
Can you make a video about transitioning from realistic to stylized figure?? Thank you for this video!!!😊
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thank you for making this video! It's really helpful to hear someone talk about figure drawing in a way that makes it sound a lot less intimidating
thank you so much!!!!!! this was an amazing video and the resources you recommend are so useful! if you have time, a tutorial on maintaining positivity while working as an artist would be much appreciated. handling stress, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, etc - what helps you specifically, and what have other artists told you helps them?
Great suggestion!
What brush do you use in procreate for figure drawing?
It's in the description!
Awesome video Natalie! Absolutely bursting with great advice and sweet tips and tricks! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to more videos!
Thanks, Matthew! :D
Thanks for these great tips, and for the calm manner in which you explain these concepts. I always feel guilty for avoiding figure drawing, but now I'm inspired to make it a habit!
That's great! I'm so happy to hear it, hope you enjoy figure drawing more and more. :-)
So excited to watch! Thanks for sharing your expertise!
I'd love to see a walk through of your drawing process when working on a page or a storyboard. Or even just for a sketch
Amazing tips on figure drawing Natalie :) I use to have drawing clases with nude ppl, but Im not in school anymore and for sure I miss it but it also helps to go to cafe’s or the beach if you dont have any figure drawing around you :)
Nice! I was thinking of doing a video about observational sketching like that. It's such a good way to level up, too!
Awesome content! I got a question I been dying to ask someone working in the entertainment industry and would love if you could give me your toughts on it. What should a artost focus on if your goal is to be a animation storyboard artist? Storyboard seems to cover so many subjects that I can't really get my head around on how should I plan my artistic development to get my foot in the door of a studio and then learn from the job. Thank you so much for your time and I can't wait to see more youtube content from you❤
Thank you! Storyboarding really does cover a lot of topics. I don't have a simple answer to this question. We have to practice drawing a LOT to get our drawing skills to a high level, but that alone isn't enough. I think it's important to be curious about and interested in filmmaking and storytelling. So for example, it doesn't hurt to read screenwriting books, watch some classic films, and watch a few educational UA-cam videos about the filmmaking in them. Reverse-Storyboard, etc. And on top of THAT, we each have to develop a POV / unique voice, so that we aren't just regurgitating what other filmmakers / storytellers did before us! That takes time and is gonna look different for everybody. I recommend keeping a journal and writing your own short comics or short stories to gradually develop that POV / voice.
But the #1 BEST thing you can do if you know that storyboarding for animation is what you want to do? Storyboard for animation! :D You don't need to wait for a studio to pay you to do that. Pretend it's your job already. You can storyboard things on your own time and put them online! Write a super short story, maybe something with no dialogue, and storyboard it, then put it online and ask for feedback. Or find the script for a show or movie you like and pretend it was issued to YOU to storyboard. Show how you would have done it! Or take a well-known story like Little Red Riding Hood or the biography of a historic figure, and tell the story YOUR way through your boards.
@@tallychyck thank you so much for your time and advice! It's nice to see that I'm not far off from your recommendations! I am practicing figure drawing every day and I'm currently working on a small simple story I developed. I just bought a bunch of books on animations and movies I love and plan to get my digital art skills to the profecional level by making my own stories based on my Puerto Rican culture. So hopefully I that helps me get were I need to be 🤣 Again, thank you so much for your time ❤❤❤
I love this! Thank you so much for these tips. This video came at the right time :) I was practicing drawing cartoons this past few days and now I have more ideas how to practice better. Thank you so much :D
Wonderful! I'm so glad.
@@tallychyck Thank you again Natalie! Looking forward to your next video :D
Thank you so much for making this! I’m actually going into 3D character animation but I need to get back into the habit of figure drawing on a consistent basis. There were so many gold nuggets in this video and I’ll be honest, I did about 3 semesters of figure drawing classes in school and I was pretty bad but being able to focus on the gesture and the story (as well as weight, balance, etc) will help me in building the skills I need in training my eye as well as continuing to be creative while practicing! This is a huge help!
This is so great, Natalie! I'm looking forward to more content!
Thanks, Collin! ^_^
Hello Natalie! Thank you for the super informative and encouraging video!! Suggestion for video ideas: I'd love to know when you get a new character for the show/film, or when you jump on a new project, before you start boarding, how you practice your shorthand of the characters?
Thanks, Sophie! That's a great idea. I guess I could choose a movie that's already released as an example, and walk through how I would learn to draw those characters if I was a board artist on it...
Hi Natalie! I just saw this on my Twitter feed (thanks, Drew Green!) and I just wanted to say that meeting you at Boise Comic Con like 3 years ago solidified my desire to pursue a career in animation a goal that I’m still working on now. Thanks! :)
Oh I'm so glad! Thanks for taking the time to comment and letting me know :-)