Figure Foreshortening

[MujakiKid]

Should the shoulders always be at the nose when the head is closer to us? I find putting things in the right place when posing is even harder for me than proportions. or maybe I just don't get it yet. Good videos though!

[CallOfDutyDoucher]

Where the nipples



[karl3517]

How do you draw portraits as if you viewing them from the top?

[MrRockermocker]

sounds like mr rogers

[bish0p2004]

Very informative video.

To those who didn't learn anything, you have to draw along...if you did, maybe you're just not far along enough in your knowledge of the human anatomy to grasp the idea behind this video.

[TheInuyasha3264]

LOL when i was watching this i was using the same pencil XD

[NamiNomiCupcakeStar]

stop yelling at me ;A: you make me feel like a kid pfft

[MrBlazzzzer]

funny top comments because they oppose each other!!

[wolfmaster210]

when i learn nothing from this video. when it does....

[montyblanc512]

I always hated the heads measurement. I always found it made more sense to just know how the body connects and the length of the bones and just put them together, but I'm interested in this. Never thought one could use heads in foreshortening. I'll have to give it a try.

[Sven360x]

How to draw: The Michelin Man

[noisehard]

Un poco enredado pero te da una idea de como dibujar una pose así...

[MAVENdeNYC]

Finally, now I know the secret to to do the proportions in foreshortening without having to struggle!! Gotta try this out.

[MrSamsung913]

This helped me A LOT! THANK YOU!!

[wiintergarciia]

Humans and caterpillars alike :) very nice, thank you.

[foxfox12]

Oh my god! you made so much sense! Thank you! I was having problems with using the proportions in Foreshortening.

[AGRaver21]

"The sternum, or the nipples!" you kill me :)

[sourdinosaur]

why the fuck do people do head measurements?

[Undecided1996]

@sourdinosaur its just a quick and easy way to get human proportion right

[88riddlemethis]

@sourdinosaur What else would they do, arm measurements? It's he smallest, but yet biggest body part to measure the ody by.

[bluenotejazz]

Oh my god it's Mr. Rogers!

lololol

[KandiSOUL]

i wuld like to hav u as an art teacher

[billabc3]

Is it just me or does this guy sound a little like Mr. Rogers? Thanks so much for the lesson, I need it

[BliskBusta]

ooo i get it....."when it does"



[binkinger]

@BliskBusta

There's a real point Sheldon's making there, though not awfully clearly: When you deal first with parts of the bodies as proportioned 3D shapes rather than outlines, the final outlines fall where they will. You don't let the outlines drive the drawing; the forms drive the outlines.

[DoctorLawyerWhatever]

Use a photograph and a tracer projector. Perfect outlining every time, and you save a tremendous amount of preparation time. Going through all of this the way you are intiating it is all wasted time.

[megaman4700]

PINCEL  ¿3B?

[Marinemiketobe]

I would like this guy as an art teacher

[TheChocoloco95]

D: when u talk to me like that in thattone i feel like an idiot... but thanks

[shantot16]

WOW YOURE GOOD. if i were to draw iill finish it in 2 hours

[videomacoful]

the voice is annoying. It's recorded too loud and it saturates. Not nice.

[josseline9090]

WOW!!!

This is AMAZING!!! :O

I got what you where saying!

I LOVE your technique! :D

[antixanimations]

@iLikeeTuurtles I know right? The way he said it destroyed me Dx

[Smobiili]

Wtf?

[bringonthetrumpets20]

this is so awesome, thanks!

[senmafugu]

makes perfect sense(no sarcasm).

[urbanARTkid]

I learned nothing.

[Silentspike]

@urbanARTkid don't expect to learn a whole lot from a 3 minute preview taken from a larger tutorial video. Sheldon is a great teacher and can take your figure drawing to a professional level if you practice what he teaches.

[urbanARTkid]

@Silentspike I wasn't implying that he wasn't a "good" teacher, simply that I knew everything already. At least what this video had stored in it.

I think I was looking for something in particular at the moment.

[Kurturmis]

@urbanARTkid are you serious?? this is great info.... good for any artist no matter how experienced they are..

[urbanARTkid]

@Kurturmis I rewatched this video to refresh my memory of it. I liked that he broke down the body into head measurements but I wish he would have explained why and how. Artists who are experienced have a hard time retracing their "why" steps. Simply "eye balling it" drives me nuts. You have to take anatomy to understand how the body moves within it's structure to draw in perspective. This way you can create from your mind and not an image infront of you. A client isn't going to pay you to

[Kurturmis]

@urbanARTkid yeah i understand what you mean, maybe a longer video with a deeper explaination would of made the video better.

[urbanARTkid]

@Kurturmis ... draw something that already exists! They have photography and photoshop for that. They want something NEW. I'm sure this tutorial is great for more advances beginners.

[America2470]

@urbanARTkid That is why you fail..

[Lydomina]

@urbanARTkid

When will this video help you learn something? When it does! o.-

[Vanillavalentine]

@urbanARTkid

Obviously you haven't "learned" spelling.

(Since I'm nice, It's "learnt".)

[LaurLesnik]

@Vanillavalentine Not in America!

[architectus777]

Hey, try the pose challange on my channel. A figure in 90 seconds, it's fun.

[Chichiri520]

Thanks! This video is really helpful! Is there any name for this technique? Circle forshortening? Tube Forshortening? I began using this method and it works wonders! What helps a lot is making "tube" doodles and connecting them to each other, later, it may give you ideas and insight.

[sharmuta155]

mmmmmmkay

god what an annoying voice

[thisbarb]

I'll be honest. For the first minute, I had no clue wtf he was drawing. It surely didn't look like a person.

[lhcedwin]

Why people thumb me down?What did i do.All I said was this video really help me a lot in drawing...o.0

[Kaisertoji]

@lhcedwin dont mind them their just Trolls who are to stupid to understand what is being taught

[88riddlemethis]

@lhcedwin Because it didn't help them so they thumbed you down ...

[Cooliespy345]

I must say, these tutorials are just the thing for people having trouble. Good job

Also, it seems that he is using either a 4B or an 8B pencil

[lhcedwin]

finally man that part reli help me alot

[Dartace2ace]

Nice tutorial, and my drawing teacher prefers that type of pencil XD. lol

[TheLoveSnake]

Helpful! Thump up for you!

[silentjosh847]

Awesome video as usual. I gotta start saving to get those dvd's. If they are half as good as the previews I am hooked! LOL

[SFO14]

This is good for a beginner I suppose, this style of drawing seems messy to me, and time consuming. I know there's no quick fix, but there are easier ways to draw a human figure.

[abgdez]

how do you draw a human figure?

[SFO14]

I don't use all the messy circles, not sure why I get thumbed down for simply suggesting a "cleaner" way of drawing. You can get the proportions without drawing a circle for every single segment of the body.

[metalgear321]

Forshortening the figure is one of the most difficult things to do (at least for me) and you have explained it very well. Thank you so much.

[bloodytearz22]

I really like the videos, but it's not my style of drawing.

[NailedClaire]

its not about the style, its about the skill. No point in trying to draw kawaii animu if you cant get proportions and foreshortening right.

[darkcomadreja]

it this applies to any type of style of drawing so take notice

[ChainbladeVideos]

yes more knowlage improves everything in your drawings !

[sk3ch1]

hes a good artist but sounds a bit patronising but he is american lol

[megamango08]

i agree

[SubRosa999]

really...his voice is kinda hypnotizing...or maybe it's the headphones..haha

[sk3ch1]

hes a good artist but he sounds a bit patronising

[zedzee1982]

oh please ...u must be joking, he doesnt sound patronising. I have bought his videos and trust me, they r amazing.