Drawing a Likeness

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9 жыл бұрын

In this episode of Aaron's Art Tips, Aaron takes you through his methods in creating a likeness when drawing. Whether you are drawing from life or are drawing from photographs, these techniques will apply and help you achieve accuracy in your drawing.
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Aaron Blaise is an animation feature film director and wildlife artist.
For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Mulan" and more.
In 2003 he was co-director of "Brother Bear" for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
After "Brother Bear" he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Animation Supervisor and Character Designer for the "The Bear and the Hare" an advertisement loved by millions around the world. ( • Video )
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@MicahBuzanANIMATION 8 жыл бұрын

Your channel is a like a free art education right here on youtube. Thanks for sharing you insight!

@hazelumbrella9485 5 жыл бұрын

Micah Buzan I 10000% agree

@BrokenHeartedVS 5 жыл бұрын

"Don't be a slave to it." Adding on to this, one of my ex-art professors at Ringling College of Art and Design always told me: "You are an artist, not a camera!"

@AkashSingh-ee5qj 5 жыл бұрын

That's not how it works buddy. It depends on what you are looking for. If you want to draw hyper-realism or something like that, then you need to follow the reference, similarly for other results you wish to achieve. For a sketchy or caricature sort of result you can always give your input. "You are an artist, free to be or not to be a camera"

@nine-vi7rw 4 жыл бұрын

@@AkashSingh-ee5qj Hyper realism isn't even real art lol.

@chungah_5537 4 жыл бұрын

Nana that’s a silly thing to say, photorealistic artwork is just as valid as other styles - it’s still another form of artistic expression. Saying that about any form of art; that it isn’t ‘real art’, is just ignorant of what art is.

@alexiayoung1225 4 жыл бұрын

@@nine-vi7rw Of course it is. It take lots of patience, practice, and time. Check out Silvie Mahdal's channel. She does hyper realism

@jonny56254 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao people say this because they can’t do it 😂

@GKOALA7 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much for showing these techniques. I've been drawing from references exactly this way my entire life. I went to art school a few years back and was shown the "classical" -- for lack of a better word -: technique of drawing in the center line of movement then the basic shapes then memorizing anatomy... Don't get me wrong. I learned plenty. I just started feeling as if the technique I'd been using was not correct. Art became tedious and less fun, as you stated. It is so encouraging to see that someone of your outstanding experience draws in the same mindset as I do. This video is now my favorite of yours thus far. It validated me as an artist and reinforced the reason I love to draw -- because it is truly fun. Thank you again.

@kayliflower3 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh you're like the Bob Ross of Photoshop

@Godwin4577 8 жыл бұрын

You don't want to imagine the amount of knowledge I've gathered from watching this video...same with all you videos. You're such an inspiration. Thank you ever so much.

@KeithAricHall 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Aaron. Just wanted to say thank you for braking down your drawing process and sharing it. I never went to art school, so seeing the various techniques to manage your drawings is invaluable.

@graphicsguy1965 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron, great video! I was getting frustrated not getting things exactly matching perfectly in my own sketches and this showed me that you don't have to. My perfectionism was killing me. What a relief. Now I know what you mean by not being a slave to the reference.

@kerry5586 6 жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial I have come across on drawing and really helps me finally feel that I can put the methods into action, something that I have managed to do with other methods. Thank you!

@claire.morgan 9 жыл бұрын

This is something I've been wanting to improve on, so this helped a lot! Now it's just time to practice.

@jodieaustin4245 5 жыл бұрын

you help me so much with my animation assignments/art for UNI and my drawing observation

@CurtisGabrielMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Still amazes me to watches you put those lines down so flawlessly.

@ikenami2635 6 жыл бұрын

I like it that the guitars in the back are matching with your shirt :D thanks for the really great video Aaron! It helps me a lot to compare and understand forms.

@happigalart1689 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron- This is one of THE best art videos I’ve watched online and I have seen hundreds, literally. I am sooooo looking forward to the watercolor class in Sarasota next month!

@samirasantos2432 8 жыл бұрын

Hi Aaron , I'm from Brazil and met his work today , I am delighted , thank you for sharing your knowledge , few people share what they know like you, we need people like you in this world ... Thank you so , I will continue watching the channel you .

@amyvanzi9845 6 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite videos, thanks Aaron

@bonniehofkin 7 жыл бұрын

You are an amazing instructor....your fur brushes just saved a rush job of mine. Thanks for being a hero Aaron.

@Iyentra 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful and fun to watch! I'll do a follow-along soon! Thanks so so much.

@bethleblanc656 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful and valuable information. I've learned a lot from this video, even if I'm just working with regular drawing pencils.

@jcepri 7 жыл бұрын

Oh WOW! I want to try drawing with Photoshop like this! I love how you can draw freely and move things around. I've only used graphite so far. This is excellent.

@DICEBONE21 9 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited! 👍

@annej.morgan1346 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your knowledge and creativity! You have given me inspiration! Thank you so MUCH!

@Caveboy2011 9 жыл бұрын

This was great! I was giddy when you overlayed the photo and measured your drawing against it. So much fun! Thanks!

@EstratusFur 8 жыл бұрын

I'll try to apply your techniques in my drawings! Thanks a lot!

@MrDonut-dq9hm 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, Aaron. I'm new to your channel and I find everything you do and share, very helpful. I also find it extremely helpful just hearing you talk in the background while I draw or sketch. Thanks for sharing you knowledge with us, and you got yourself a new subscriber.

@jarosbodytko6462 9 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as always, Aaron! Since I discovered your channel I'm more aware of things I didn't notice before; textures, shapes,... and take mental notes of those things. Also I'm concentrating more on animals as subject. I've always been more into character design, but your tutorials really did open my eyes to all the stuff that surrounds me in real life, and I can't thank you enough for that! I don't know if it's in the cards, but could you someday make a tutorial on drawing likeness in human portrets? With animals I don't really seem to have that many issues but when I'm trying to draw a human face I just can't find the right proportions to create a good likeness.

@sapiensludio1280 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video and for your art

@VivianaVillanuevaPicolini Жыл бұрын

This is pure talent

@shadowmare45 3 жыл бұрын

this video was awesome thank you

@ShawNshawN 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting technique drawing digitally and comparing to the real photo. I like how you walk the audience through the shapes, forms and refining needed to master drawing. Thanks for sharing!

@jacobthewells 9 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for Aaron Blaise.

@naomicox7583 9 жыл бұрын

Another great and informative video! And your brushes are wonderful! Would love to see a video about illustrating long, flowing hair, like, for example a horse's long mane.... that kind of thing.

@balaarul18 7 жыл бұрын

thank you so much because that was a really good piece of artwork

@JohanPostma 6 жыл бұрын

It's great to see what you do! Inspiring. I love the fact that you show your small mistakes and just leave them, as it looks good. Well done and keep it up!

@lindacadeau554 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you just amazing

@kingkas1275 5 жыл бұрын

this is so cool thanks really enjoy watching you drawings

@FelheartX 6 жыл бұрын

whew, you're f'n awesome man!! I saw you together with proko on his channel in that zoo and your skill is insane! This video helped me a lot to get the right approach down, thanks a lot!

@MrSharko12 3 жыл бұрын

Aaron Blaise is the Bob Ross of animation!

@angelcaban2387 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, thats awsome

@JulleHimself 5 жыл бұрын

great class, thanks so much!!

@horaciosalazargomez9488 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Aaron! Pretty cool technique! It's gonna be very useful the next time I have to draw a portrait or similar... I have the basis, but didn't understand it properly until now. And I'm more convinced that don't have to be afraid of making mistakes nor giving my own personality. Thanks for encouraging on that, as keep sharing your knowledge to the art community! :) Have a good one!

@gideonblack913 9 жыл бұрын

this is an excellent video and has been a big help already so thank you :)

@isaacsalinas7890 9 жыл бұрын

yeaiii, Aaron tips are back!!, i missed you!!, thanks for sharing, :)

@matteocoronati7208 9 жыл бұрын

So cool!

@lisseth1004 Жыл бұрын

Awsome! Thank you, I'm so glad of learning here

@amyvanzi9845 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@youkilledkiller22 9 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@ScotCampbellwindowpainter 9 жыл бұрын

That was great! So informative and makes a lot of sense. Compare, compare, compare...shapes, lines , angles. great stuff Thank you Aaron! My sheep came out pretty good.

@Luper1billion 5 жыл бұрын

nice thanks, i just leveled up watching this!

@senua2269 5 жыл бұрын

You're a really great teacher!!! Love your channel :))

@brendacaballero7522 4 жыл бұрын

Awasome art and awasome artist! Thank you very much Aaron! 😊

@BipinOli90 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@PHeMoX 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@nimirist 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial !!!! A technique which my teacher taught me was to invert the image horizontally to check the error :)

@carolinegr 7 жыл бұрын

It was really interesting to see your process - how you measure, think, and move things around. Funny the thing with the horn, that the mind refuses to believe it's so big, so you needed to erase it and move it twice. All a part of the process.. I also sometimes overlay the sketch on the reference to see how I am doing. And the painting technique had a nice result too! I am going to have to disagree about the eye placement - for me it's one of the things that don't look right in the context of the underlying bone structure.

@drawer9987 9 жыл бұрын

Aaron, thank you, very helpful video. Proportions have always plagued me but I regularly practice an exercise to help develop my eye for seeing and recording them accurately: I trace the shapes of the photo on a layer over the photo. Next, I hide the photo, I extend the canvas and I copy the original tracing on a new layer next to my tracing. I superimpose the copy over the tracing for comparison and I note where I'm off. This feedback has made me more aware of my mistakes, it's helped me to see the big shapes and it has gradually improved my judgment. Maybe this exercise can help others too.

@ItsJabaCast 5 жыл бұрын

great lesson

@jaysonbossuet211 9 жыл бұрын

The Art of Aaron Blaise Do these techniques work just as good if you were drawing an animal from real life cause I dont think I'd be able to think about all this stuff when my model only gives me a short amount of time to capture a pose

@plagues90 8 жыл бұрын

i do the same at my practices :o sometimes i use the ref behind my draw to see what i did wrong

@m_from_london 2 жыл бұрын

And all this technique is free? We are obliged forever Aaron! Btw, i have already bought 3 courses from you around the black friday sales but this is an absolute masterpiece. Basically you narrating line by line what you thinking and revealing your reasoning.. priceless!!

@Liberty-LLama 8 жыл бұрын

Just followed along with photoshop. And even though I'm not near as proficient an artist as I would like to be. The drawing turned out looking fairly close. :)

@LaurenMakai 9 жыл бұрын

Great drawing

@ernesttrosclair7697 5 жыл бұрын

This video should go as the very first tutorial for anyone who wants to learn drawing. It would save lots of my time if I could come accros it earlier. I'm using the same tecnique for drawing but the difference is it took me months till I got it. While here, it(the same technique) was already explained clearly, free and in 30 minites tutorial.

@Pallabkayal 8 жыл бұрын

I have started learning PS and AI but I am still struggling with drawing so I guess my problem will be solved now :D

@ecab19 7 жыл бұрын

Anyone else see Winnie the Pooh reaching into a honey jar while he's in the early stages of the drawing?

@AVAL0NIX 7 жыл бұрын

haha i do!

@publicopinion3596 5 жыл бұрын

Eleazar Cabrera now I do

@randomperson9886 5 жыл бұрын

Where?

@publicopinion3596 5 жыл бұрын

random person 7:03

@whodis4531 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh yes

@javajavahoothoot 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Aaron, I love all your art tip videos, they help me out so much! I was wondering when you draw animals from life if you start off by thinking of a mass and hinge style and hang the muscle masses off of that or some other way? Would love to know your thought process when you build the forms. Any advice would appreciated.

@EdgardoGiraud 9 жыл бұрын

Great shirt Aaron! :D

@highphysics3617 3 жыл бұрын

Oh! Dear....Sheep have a muzzle,Aaron,not a snout.Pigs have snouts...LOL I love what you do.

@aislinngraves4291 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was an excellent lesson. My sketch needs some work but it's not too bad for how out of practice I am. :D

@drawingschoolart 5 жыл бұрын

very nice drawing

@djdk9309 7 жыл бұрын

great.

@alikshaf691 4 жыл бұрын

you`re awesome

@asjacipurkovic3819 3 жыл бұрын

I've been drawing this:)

@BBAMEG 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, Aaron! Getting the likeness is the hardest part for me and this was very helpful.

@731cinbar 6 жыл бұрын

Looking at negative space to judge accuracy helps too(the right horn!)

@Clyman974 9 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial :)

@UConceptPublishing 9 жыл бұрын

I love that brush you used to colorize the drawing. Is that one in any of your packages?

@CosmicNiffler2102 2 жыл бұрын

This is great! My problem is that my observation skills are 100x greater than my drawing skills, lol

@snuffsound451 6 жыл бұрын

Just found this channel.. absolutely gold!! Btw.. couldn´t you put a new layer on top of the pic and then trace it? wouldn´t that be faster?

@simbastudios6542 9 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful! You're a great teacher! Could you tell us what brushes you used in this video? I would like to purchase them on your site.

@AaronBlaiseArt 9 жыл бұрын

SimbaStudios Here is a link to the brush set I use: creatureartteacher.com/product/aarons-custom-photoshop-brushes-set-1/

@simbastudios6542 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@NikitinADm 9 жыл бұрын

The Art of Aaron Blaise Thank you!

@gegart01 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro Aaron) Good wishes from me)

@Tronnic 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I love how you compare certain points to get proportions right! But can you please tell me, why don't you just copy the image into your canvas, mark the critical spots on a new layer, and start from there? I'm not talking about tracing, but getting the overall shape roughly down?

@natew.455 4 жыл бұрын

Mucho coolio ❤️

@pathologicaldoubt 9 жыл бұрын

This was great, thanks Aaron. Learned some stuff. Do you always start a colored painting in black and white to understand the values of the piece first before focusing on hues? Or maybe is that just a good exercise to do?

@pedramleadguitar 8 жыл бұрын

how can I make the brush you use for sketch? it's awesome

@starforged 6 жыл бұрын

So how do you save the picture with your drawing of the picture so they stay together? And what format do you save it in if it is just a reference drawing?

@TheGabXD 7 жыл бұрын

wow I love your drawings. Do you use a drawing tablet?

@artwhisps312 5 жыл бұрын

Have you ever used corel painter? And I’m wondering if I can download your photoshop brushes onto corel painter?

@VishalNamani 8 жыл бұрын

you can use liquefy tool after finishing the drawing to get the final proportions right , it seems kind of like cheating but you can get precise proportions

@sendlocation8476 2 жыл бұрын

@DAVID BLAINE @ARTIST You make it look so easy. How are you drawing a bigger version without measuring proportions? Would like to know what technique you use

@lassebrun84 8 жыл бұрын

damn is it that easy. very informative and good vidio

@9megaman67 9 жыл бұрын

Toll! Grüße aus Deutschland. :-)

@pn183 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! And I got a question; probably is stupid but I'm new to photoshop so.. How do you open a picture for reference like that?

@hungryarchie8136 6 жыл бұрын

where I can get brushes just like the one that you used to draw this pice? thx)

@lekhoavu1814 9 жыл бұрын

these tips are excellent. Though i have one question, what will i do with these technique when trying to draw from imagination, i know when drawing from photos that you can compare angles, shapes, etc. But when using imagination the image is kinda blurry, plus i don't know the direction where the drawing should go so all that comparing is not that effective. Does that mean i do not know enough, should i try more photo drawing?

@tylociraptor8131 9 жыл бұрын

The brush you're using to sketch looks like it works great for nice, loose sketches! Is it available in any of the brush packs on your site?

@AaronBlaiseArt 9 жыл бұрын

Tylociraptor Yes it is! Here is a link: creatureartteacher.com/product/aarons-custom-photoshop-brushes-set-1/

@tylociraptor8131 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron! I was eying that one, but now I will HAVE to pick it up! :) Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@thephoenixpearl 9 жыл бұрын

Hey Aaron, I wonder what education in college you recommend if I maybe wanted to be a animator? You see for a long time I wanted to go to nature science but I'm afraid it doesn't teach me about animation. And so far I've seen, there no college with both... :c Which makes it difficult to choose what I want.

@Bulldozebre 7 жыл бұрын

I've seen previously the 7 steps to design a character. I'm wondering if drawing a likeness is it considered like a "research" before you begin the character design ?? is it a part of research ?