There are people looking at people in public for a long time besides artists lol It just hits different when an artist is drawing people in public than a guy just staring at another person for no reason 😱

We do get A little bit of creep license

I tried it because someone on yt told me to observe gestural movements and features of people when you go outside. I was looking at a stranger and trying to observe their feature but then she gave me a weird look and i was embarrassed. That was the first and last time i did that 😭

@@last_fantasy It can feel weird when it goes that way! Try starting with people facing the other direction for a while. And be very clear that you're drawing.

Outside of north america people watching is a normal pass time everyone does. people here are just paranoid

You should try the conscious sketching, IDK how else to phrase it; I've learned of it last year. Instead of focusing on the details right off the bat, view the outer lines of the subject first (and it is okay to not be accurate), then draw lines without the usual sketchy or squiggly sketching. Think of every stroke you'll make before you draw them, then polish the details after. If you find it hard at first, try squinting to make your vision less focused on the details and more on the whole structure. I really hope I can explain it further, but I cannot without visual haha.

@@Juliana-wz2ytI’ve never heard of that, but it sounds brilliant…thank you for teaching me something new! Definitely gonna try it!

I think he was underestimating it. Its easy to get lost in the process & no matter how experienced you are you wont get that level of detail and cleanliness with ballpoint pen in just 1 minute. He’s still very impressive😊

I would literally just wing it and if it's wrong i cover it with shading while thinking "Screw it", i'm used to drawing fast so i can get what he says when saying "a one minute drawing" But mine would never be as pristine, damn, not even my mechanical pencil ones are😂 Even if i say "i'll ink it later" and all the messes are erased, my page looks like it went throught Vietnam😂 How does he does that? Sharp lining and stuff Messing up is so easy when sketching with pen!

Same here. That's a great way to describe it. I've always said feel lines... I'm "feeling" it out.

You're focused on your drawings! That's a good thing!

i was about to say that

That’s clever

Glad you got yours! It's a fantastic book that I hope you get a lot out of!

You've never met me

When they are walking that is correct, when i'm not i stay in the same position long enough to draw and colour me in perfect detail

We snuck a Totoro in there and Asuka from Eva for good measure! lol

That's a product of the way he works. He integrates "mistakes" into the final drawing. Check out his process in one of our videos with him. It's interesting to see!

I mean you don’t want them saying you’re staring lol

that would take me something like 10 hours lol 😭 1 minute is just crazy

If that's not something you're trying to do intentionally, some gesture drawing might help you out. It builds up your skill to quickly lay in proportions and give them natural movement. We have a playlist of videos about it on the channel, if you're interested.

Well that's where the skill comes in. This guy is extremely good, with thousands (tens of) of hours of experience. All that knowledge and skill is what's allowing him to place these clean, precise contour lines down in the "correct" place on the first try, apparently so effortlessly (when in reality, it requires a lot of knowledge and forethought and dexterity to pull it off).

Exactly! There are a lot of people in the replies to this video and others with Rembert, thinking that someone 100 feet away is going to somehow Spidey sense that you're drawing them and come yell at you lol It's often much more like you're describing.

plus every time I've had someone notice, they're so excited to be interesting to someone else that they don't notice that it's a mid to bad drawing lol

@@ash-is-trash 😂

You're going to hate hearing about security cameras lol In all seriousness, it's a general rule that if the person seems uncomfortable with you drawing them, stop. And obviously stop if they ask. But it's a case to case thing that has to be judged by the person drawing.

I almost had seizure reading this. Or maybe I did, both experiences with or without would feel the same

@@Damoon-pu9nn because my grammar has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Or because of the facebook group people's reaction to finding out artists draw people in public? :p

@@Tokechannot to mean rude but, I literally cant understand the first part of this answer

@@isaacro.6138 it's an ancient internet copypasta meant to evoke that effect exactly. :p I'm wondering if Damoon thought my original reply was giving him a stronk in the way that copypasta does, or if it was a reaction to the actual scenario I outlined in some way

The actual actionable steps from this are to observe common behaviors and modify your drawing practice to work with them. Laying in a quick sketch and knowing that the person will probably return to the same pose for you to get more information from. There's one other tip we really liked from the longer video: Use the real life situation to draw the things you don't know. Objects in the scenery that aren't in your normal environment and so on. Put that in as a very quick and light sketch that you can detail later. And then know that you fill it all with people later, if you want that. You can probably fudge drawing people. But the particulars of the inside of a railcar? GREAT detail to sketch in quickly.

We have a video of him drawing on our channel. Search "Proko Rembert" and you'll see a few!

He probably draws a lot of samurais and woods or something 😂

Rembert is an amazing talent!

Certainly! Without knowing the context of what you're doing, someone might be worried about what you're doing based on their life experience. Some of them might choose to ask you not to. Some artists choose to show the finished drawing to the people they drew, whether they knew it was happening or not. It just comes down to your personal preference and comfort. But if they ask you not to, respect that. Even if it was coming out REALLY good lol

Start by only drawing solo people who are facing away. If you break down the things that make you anxious, it's probably about the person you're drawing realizing it OR that someone else will come up and want to see what you're drawing. You can't control the second one as much so focus on the first and just draw people who CAN'T realize it. That'll help you conquer that one part first.

Try doing some timed gesture drawings! Gesture helps you distill down the most important elements of a pose and timed drawings help you hone what's most important to YOU in your drawings. You naturally prioritize what you want to communicate most. We can't share clickable links here but on Proko, we have a free timer tool with reference photos that can help you build up that skill from home before trying it out in the wild.

@@ProkoTV thanks for the help , I'll definitely try timed gesture drawings .🙏

@@ProkoTV can you tell me how to find the timer tool??

@@ProkoTV can you tell me how to find the timer tool??

Take pictures of them

Should be ballpoint and Copic or Tombow markers. What marker used will determine whether you use the ballpoint first or second, though. Experiment with your materials a little before directly coloring a piece you put time into.

@@ProkoTV Great, appreciate it, thanks.

Not out in the wild! That ooks like it was from a life drawing session with people.

Draw people who are further away, facing in the opposite direction as a start. You might want to draw a face but the drawing featured here is all from behind and is still visually interesting. Once you've built up the ability to do it quicker, you won't have to look at people so long and will feel less awkward for you.

@@ProkoTV thx for the reply, it helps a lot

We can't share links in comments or descriptions of Shorts. But if you search our page for "Rembert", his name, you'll see a couple long videos with him. One, he draws and discusses his process further.

Rembert will smudge the ballpoint, use a 4 color ballpoint, or use a Tombow or Copic marker most often.

@@ProkoTV thank you for responding

Rembert Montald. He's tagged in the description and featured in the full video that's linked under the title of this short.

@@ProkoTV oh! thanks

Just ballpoint pens!

Nailed it

I think this might be on the wrong video lol

This comment might be meant for another video

@@ProkoTV omg! i don’t even know how this happened!!! 😭 sorry about that

@@minimonee9677 You're good! It happens a lot on shorts

There are resources out there out there to help you learn anatomy with clothed models. Especially here on KZfaq. While some of our videos feature nudity, they don't all have that. Most will prompt you with an age confirmation if your birthday was entered correctly. So, you should be safe there. But try doing a KZfaq search for learning anatomy with clothed models! There has to be someone doing it that will also be approaching the subject in a style that you'll appreciate.

That depends on the artist! We had a recent video with Peter Han where he talked about how he uses/doesn't use construction lines. But for Rembert and how he draws when he's using ballpoint. they're a part of the final drawing. Ballpoint goes on pretty light so even mistakes and misplaced lines can look like part of the rendering.

@@ProkoTV Wow that's crazy. I hope I can reach that level eventually. A pose like that takes me so many lines and so much erasing. By the way it's cool to have you reply to me! I've been checking out your shorts for some time any time I need drawing advice and there's always something helpful!

it’s past your bedtime

I just made a comment about a specific feature and you guys are literally opposing me

First time on this channel?

@@user-vk4cr5gn8d nah, but you seem way newer

@@deathcheeseyou become used to naked people real fast when studying anatomy

That depends on how you do it. Rembert tends to use the environment for his public drawing sessions and draw the people you may see "facing" the camera from imagination. The other people you'll see a lot in his sketches are facing away from camera or are sometimes even his wife, who he seems to have a pretty good agreement on being able to look at for long periods lol

@@ProkoTV okay thanks that makes a lot of sense

you’re a weirdo

This isn't the funny comment you were aiming for. It's just weird and creepy.

@@ProkoTV OMG the butthurt. GFYS.

@@ProkoTV if sketching japanese upskirts is wrong I don't want to be right

@@gorequillnachovidalboy what da hell boy

We don't approve of just staring at anyone's body. The subject discussed here is observation for the sake of making art and increasing the range of subjects you draw. If people just go around being creeps, they ruin that chance for everyone trying to better themselves and their skills.