"Men can't have round butts." *Wario is offended*

People: "real artists don't use references, meh meh meh" Me, a cultured swine: "oink?"

How to draw human Anatomy Thumbnail: literally a living piece of armor

Me: uses reference * Art: is still stiff * Also me:... AMERICA EXPLAIN!

This may sound weird, but he has pretty eyelashes.

"Practice doesn't make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect" - My old Kung Fu teacher used to say this all the time whilst he was yelling at us to do better.

these videos are the most helpful and stupid things I've ever seen

Why young kids never look or use references? Blame the school, exam and test. They created those dumb habits for every kids on Earth. You look at references , you're cheating ,you get punished... Seriously, those systems have to stop.

What i got from this video: You can learn a lot from people that worked on Voltron.

this man is the definition of chaotic good

My piano teacher Mom: “Practice makes permanent” Basically my mom is saying if I play the same note wrong every time, its hard to fix. If I practice it right though I don’t have to fix it, or if I catch my mistake early on it’s easy to fix.

Construction is imo the hardest part about drawing, but is definitely the most rewarding once you start getting a hang of it. You can draw in any style and it will look professional as long as it has proper construction (unless the style doesn't call for it ofc). The biggest mistake I did as a beginner (and what a lot of artists did/do) was focusing too much of what was aesthetically pleasing or clean lineart, but never on construction. Really bit me in the ass later and I always stress this to beginners that want to make it into the business. There's a reason why old artists force you to draw boxes in 4 000 different angles!!

Honestly the hardest part for me is trying to visualize my art in a 3D space. I don’t know if this is normal and I just need to draw more and more, but it’s difficult for me to get

I'm laughing bc father deangelo is in every video omfg

She’s the reason why I’m so scared of drawing crotches

"Men dont have round butts unless their bigger" Ive seen some skinny dudes packing some cake tbh

Really, i think the reason this hasn't blown up is because of the thumbnails. The thumbnails aren't Interesting and the colors on them aren't pleasant to look at but the content is informational and fun. I think improving the thumbnails would make more people see your content

Instagram accounts he shows in the video: kihyunryu christinebiandraws cteec kennethladekjer teespencil artofsteveahn (sorry i know this is an old video but i thought a list may be nice :) )

maybe I’ll be tracer Holly Brown: I’m already tracer

Can’t make mistakes if you don’t try to begin with 👀

I see you also worship our lord and savior Father Wallace

Holly crap... the "everything has to have its own composition" thing was a slap on the face...

as an aspiring artist and comic writer, I've found it highly effective to start out doing realism. It's OK to try and develop your own style too, but when you try to make things more abstract, It helps if you know where everything is before you mess around with the positions of certain things.

2 mins in... hey look its pewdiepie but art

The problem with most youtube artists is that (for them) it was never about art. For them it was about views and drama and hardly anything else. Literally the only difference between them and a rant vlogger is that instead of showing their face, they show a drawing. I like dis guy tho.

In animation, they NEVER make background art without references. Including people like Kazuo Oga, Studio Ghibli's Background Art director

Ethan early 2019 ... "look: boxes and cyllinders and round forms" Ethan in 2020: "NEVER use a box. NEVER draw ovals. EVER. Don't you ... don't ... don't ... " *drops cigarette* I'm so confused! :-O

This guy lowkey sounds like rick and morty ad

Thank you! I learned a lot in this vid. For the past month I've been trying to practice my anatomy and proportions but I always have this gut feeling that something's missing. The way I want to draw is how animators draw since I really like how flow-y they are. So when it got to the part when you mentioned what makes it easy for animators to animate a character, it just clicked! I've been free-handing everything for a while now that I forgot to 'think', lmao. It's always easy and comfortable for me to draw intuitively but that's only after structured studying. So again, thanks for this! I'll be watching out for ur new vids, cheers.

Dude your videos are hilarious, this stuff is going to blow up soon. Was wondering if you can talk a bit about learning and using reference for backgrounds? So hard to find good teaching for line based animation backgrounds, everything I find is texture heavy aaa game art stuff.

Says he won’t get involved In drama then proceeds to talk about drama for several minutes- and I love it.

Here's where I actually give some drawing advice for once. it's my best work so far- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8CYiKt_1rKzhZs.html

"It's all just shapes." -Mae Borowski

d'angelo dewallace turns his head to share art tea once more. *_you evaporate._*

"men can't have round butts" Ever heard of *Ricardo Milos*

“REFERENCE THE JUICY BUTT” 😂

7:04 Y’know what I learned today..I always thought the opposite no matter how many times an artist explains and I never understood. Now I see that you should NOT work HARD but instead work SMART. Working smart doesn’t make you lazy. The tools, especially on digital are there to help you in a way. I wish I’ve known this sooner instead of saying nah that’s lazy and doing it my way since I love the challenge but working smart is always fast and better if you’re doing a business as well and need swift and smooth outcomes,it benefits your quick learning in the long run.

Finally an artist that I don't have to worry about getting canceled. He already canceled himself

I had your channel recommended to me and I just wanna say bless you Ethan, you’re a good lad I’m hype to stick around and see more videos

Dude I’ve never seen you before but I’m hooked in the first 2 minutes 👌🏽 quality content

2:05 “I’m gonna be shaking you little babies” *subscribes immediately*

Young artists and old beginners like me. I need make my brain understand 3D spaces and basic shapes. I hate it that I struggle with this so much.

That opening is perfect

This. This right here is GOLD!!!! Why hadn't I found this channel before. I needed this advice for my art so much

The editing is soooo good and entertaining I've been waiting for any KZfaqr to point those artists out Most Beginner artist are looking up to them cause they're famous....and the other side the real artist you give tip's that would really improve And they mostly have less followers So messed up~

thumbs up all the way and subbed big man!! loved the 4:28 as I follow it since the first day I was able to be a hellion like I was.

Yessss! Thank you for your work on Voltron! Truly one of my favorite animated series of all time. This is really helpful advice. I also appreciate your humor. Also, the music in this video is lit af 🔥

Best video ever, thank you, I needed it.

dude ok when i saw father wallace i shed a happy tear

“Perfect practice makes perfect” Ive heard him say this for about the 5th time and now I finally understand.....I feel so STUPID

You turned into my favorite youtuber in about 13 seconds. I love your work thank you so much for being an inspiration to us babies out there! Mad respect my man!

omg my life changed watching these. This makes me so happy to watch this because is painfully relevant to me and what I see and think haha. This is so ridiculously awesome so THANK YOUUUUU!!!!

This was uploaded on my BIRTHDAY!! Epic.

It would be wonderful if you could list the Instagram accounts that you highlighted in the description :'D On another note, this popped up in my feed, so congrats on getting recommended! I hope your channel continues to grow, yer pretty hilarious while still being helpful and showing great examples.

Ur so nice for not only showing these artists but explaining them, breaking everything down very nice. im subscribing!

this was way more helpful than I expected, thank you!

People imo jump on hate bandwagons too much and don't think for themselves on why they should think something. Rather, they focus on what to think. See you at D'Angelo's next service.

there's not problem with using a reference or even tracing as long as you give the credits to the owner or if the reference is free to use. Naughtydogs, Warner Bros, Dreamworks and so on use references and trace but they have the rights to do it, they pay for pictures or have a team that takes them. And also you can draw way faster and have better results buy understanding something like you shown in the video instead of tracing it all like Holy Brown use to do. In the end if you only trace you will never get use to draw something on your own and sure It pays the bills and what not but how can an artist feel good about what he/she does when it's all a copy of something. I've traced before but I can care less about that drawing I never posted it since it doesn't have any value to me, it's not my idea, it's not something that I made, it's something that someone else did and I can't just put my name on it to make some quick cash. tracing is a tool to learn and use if necessary but using references instead is like taking out the training wheel of you bike and ride like a real man!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I was kind of lost in how to create body shapes but the fast flow of how you explained everything got me hyped!

I really appreciate your videos. Thank you so much for making them!!

I have been trying to teach myself for weeks just by drawing. I got sick of how stiff my characters looked so I bought a $20 lightpad and printed out line art and traced it. Then I would try to redraw the basic shapes while looking at what I traced. Then i would fill in the shapes with minor detail changes and see what transferred from my memory to the page. I felt like a fraud trying to learn this way even when I started to see improvement. This video encouraged me so much and I'm more determined than ever!! Thank you for this

That’s the thing I loved about the Voltron art style. The style was in a way simple where you can find body shapes and break down complex character design and spaces into simple shapes that are nice to look at and study for a noob artist such as myself. When I was creating fanart I was learning a lot but observing. The style is simple in shapes but detailed where it complimented beautifully with the simplicity it had. The style of the show and how characters are designed, characters are animated, and the show over all makes me see hearts ever time I watch it. The show had its own aesthetic that takes my breath every time I re-watch it and reminds me why I love to draw and keeps me going to learn more and become a better artist based off references I have mentally made in the show. . . . . . the choices made at the end of the show to end the story and how they ended the story made me cringe and mad as hell but art style of the show makes me shake with excitement. What I’m disappointed in is last minute choices made in story telling. But the show still has a special place in my heart.

You make the learning INTERESTING and FUN, it's such a tiny detail that makes the learning process way easier to go through.

OMG, thank you for all your videos. Seriously. Best professor EVER.

your videos are great man! i think im gonna start watching voltron thanks to you!. and is that painting in the back made by simon stalenhag?

The "maybe I'll be Tracer" caught me so off guard XD

ethan is probably one of my favourite animation youtubers who can both teach and entertain since he makes every video both educational and a meme

You have amazing editing skills!! Damn! Love watching and learning.

my notes: 00:00 - intro, no drama 01:45 - jk 02:42 - lesgo 03:11 - big babies trace too 03:40 - "maybe i'll be tracer" 03:43 - about reference 04:25 - "pratice makes perfect doesnt exist, perfect pratice makes perfect" 04:51 - that's gold!!! let's check out how a professional do it a) break down in simple shapes b) focus on foundations, not details 06:46 - is that a box? 07:39 - anything have a shape, there is no guessing 08:38 - about focus, what do u want? so the point is: find the pro ref that will help you with ur perfect pratice ig to follow: kihyunryu, christinebiandraws, cteec, kennethladekjer, teespencil, artofsteveahn

ur so underrated smh 😤

Ethan, though I have no formal degree or professional experience, I have been to two unfinished attempts at art school (undiagnosed disability cutting both short; I am on my third attempt with proper help now). I had my figure drawing class in my second attempt with a man who had studied fine arts and moved on to do a master’s degree in Figure Drawing in the USA (I live in Latin America). He taught much the way you do, and I am forever grateful I was taught such important knowledge in this way. All you say in these videos is a Yes after Yes for me and brings back wonderful memories of my art skyrocketing in a single year cause I was taught in this manner, and all the epiphanies I had back in that class. You’re doing gods work in a sea of mediocre art education from people who teach mistakes without realizing, or are great artists, but not good at conveying this info, and I feel like I am galaxy braining even more by watching these and refreshing this knowledge. Thanks for your brave service

Cant wait for the second part!

Nobody: *draws skeleton to structure a human*

What a cliffhanger!

Your channel is so inspiring to me so is your art and cool personality haha

This channel deserves more subscribers! Atleast a million has really good content

"Practice makes perfect doesn't exist. Perfect practice makes perfect." Thank you, Sensei.

that "maybe I'll be tracer" caught me off guard, holy

ive never seen a vid from you before but i love your aesthetic and production value!! ✌

Wow first time I’ve felt compelled by a single video to subscribe

8:02 Flashbacks to parks and rec... CUBE BUTT CUBE BUTT CUBE BUTT C: I know that is completely random and off topic but whatever. Thanks for the advice btw. Srsly I am planning an animated series and this is actually great. I’m inspired to go animate now baiii.

Nobody: KZfaq: *Puts this into my Recommendations*

first video i've seen of you but wow, love this

Sketching with drama ... thats wat i need..... love your content and your teaching.

0:34 ayyy its wallace

Where is the original video the "men can't have big juicy butts" one? Can't find it at all

excellent examples and excellent explanation. I loved the video!

This guy is too passive aggressive for my baby brain

That intro stressed me out :D

First video of Ethan’s I’ve watched and I love it!

Thank you for correcting my ways, actually helped and had fun learning.

Isnt the artwork on the thumbnail from holly brown???

Young me: i'll gonna learn some Art anatomy! KZfaq tutorials: im gonna destroy this kid's whole career -also Young me: -screams in spanish- Also grown me: how did i improved?

I love your videos because you learn so much

So this is about the fifth video I've seen of yours, and I just gotta say thanks. For some quick background I'm 24, but my drawing has been the same since I was 16. (Had an abusive family, took my art away, blah blah blah. Been trying to regain that passion I had for art since then.) I have a webtoon now, but have a tough time drawing it because everything feels very stiff and 2D and I didn't know how to improve anymore. Watching your videos though have shown me a path to learning and getting better, and I feel like I can start moving forward again and genuinely up my art. So, thank you.

3:41 Why am I laughing so much at this?

11:07 what are you talking about, it's clearly a jelly-filled donut

your humour is so specific, i cant xD thanks for the useful tips dud

Man I love this vid , you're awesome ! Subbed ! 🙏

“Practice makes perfect doesn’t exist, perfect practice makes perfect” 👁👄👁.....