Say No To Straight Lines

http://www.drawing-tutorials-online.com
Matt teaches you how to avoid using stiff straights in your drawings when drawing from photographs.

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[Nightsinger]

Can you only draw directly from a reference.

Are you unable to draw clothing from your imagination.

Because your effectively teaching people to do what a camera can do. Only worse, and in black and white.

Mark Crilley is far more informative and useful than you are.

[matthew39arch]

Thanks.

[binot]

excellent choice of picture hehe

[simsniper]

"regular girls" pfft yeah. regular girls like that on my road XD

[TulipStitches]

@Nightsinger Mark Crilley has mentioned that he uses references! I watch ALL of his videos, and when he does realism, he mentions that he uses a reference photo! And btw, Mark Crilley is centered around drawing MANGA. MANGA ISN'T REALISM.

[Rayportugal]

@Nightsinger Delete your comment then, that's what I do when I still get responses from comments made long ago.

[88riddlemethis]

I like this photo.

[Nightsinger]

@lolsausagelol12341 *Sigh* See previous Comment.

If you want to have a robust technique, then you need to actually go out and draw something. Photo's are definitely important as references but they aren't very useful for actually understanding how a persons body is formed and constructed, and its this knowledge that makes for good technique. Like it or not, their wouldn't be any life drawing if photos are just as good.

Jebus, I made most of these comments years ago. Sheesh...

[lolsausagelol12341]

@Nightsinger It's just drawing from life, but easier, because the photo doesn't move and is always available to use. It's not unoriginal, it's how most people draw -_-

[Zumerjud]

@Nightsinger i think that it is remarkable what a camera can do

[Nightsinger]

@unknownfallenangell People are still responding to this O_o. Weird

Matt is effectively teaching a method that depends greatly on outlining and extenuating specific details, overall it makes for a poor and shallow technique. Construction lines, expression of form and actual life reference are missing from most of his stuff, this is a valid criticism of someone selling you something.

For the record, I draw in several different styles, most prominently life drawing, but also comics.

[unknownfallenangell]

@Nightsinger basics are needed, to form a m,emory bank, mark crill is amazing, i do prefer him, only because i prefer anime, but markcrilly his drawing are worse in some ways and better in others, he has really sharp edges and uses many straight lines, this is a diffrent tehcniq, if you can only do mark crilly style you are pathetic to say that, he is trying to help you so watch learn adapt overcome and them you dont like it? improvise! magic is it not?

[ladylidoine]

@Kamikuru77 nightsinger is kinda right tho, i wouldn't say it soo rudely, but wat he said holds truth later on in an artists career.pictures are ok sometimes but live models are far better to work with, and the references would need to stop to truly become an accomplished artist. if u follow these lessons, it would be wise to only do it for a little while. then do it on your own.