How to Improve your Solid Drawing Skills

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In this video, I talk about how to improve your solid drawing, and constructional foundation skills using figure drawing.
Figure drawing resources for virtual gesture drawing:
reference.sketchdaily.net/
figurosity.com/quick-poses
00:00 INTRO
01:05 SOLID DRAWING INTRO & FIGURE DRAWING
07:12 BOXES ONLY
15:59 SOLID PRIMITIVES + GESTURE
25:05 SPECIFC FORMS AND COMBINING PRIMITIVES
33:50 COMPLEX FORMS, SHAPES. COUNTOUR/PLANAR DRAWING
42:57 CONCLUSION - Improving solid drawing with your own work
The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation
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Equipment I use:
Drawing Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 22HD: www.wacom.com/en/products/pen...
Software I use:
Animation - TVPAINT
Animation - Adobe Flash/Animate CC, ToonBoom
Compositing - After Effects
Painting and Illustration - Photoshop
Video Editing - Premiere
3D - BLENDER

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@nathanhollow0 3 жыл бұрын

Feel like I should pay for this lol. Thanks Toniko Pantoja you're very generous

@SASMELRP 3 жыл бұрын

He kinda gets paid by youtube i think (maybe?)

@HandcraftedByAsha 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@Whitepandemic 3 жыл бұрын

Toniko Pantoja has a patreon

@SASMELRP 3 жыл бұрын

@@Whitepandemic yeh i know

@ayaneagano6059 3 жыл бұрын

@@SASMELRP He has ads, so he does.

@daximusprime7525 3 жыл бұрын

Bro's wearing a mask while butt naked in his house. IDK why this is so funny to me but I laughed way more than i should have! lol

@megagearsx8432 3 жыл бұрын

Ok I’m glad someone addressed this lol. It had me like “wut??”

@ninjayukaria7251 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's more for anonymity than anything.

@daximusprime7525 3 жыл бұрын

@@ninjayukaria7251 ah you right

@prosperosmoon 3 жыл бұрын

@@ninjayukaria7251 Of couse- but it's still funny when you think about it.

@riotwire 3 жыл бұрын

He has a LOT of modeling pictures. He's one of the few male models I see repeated over and over again. He's always wearing a mask lol...

@danielbrugovsky6018 Жыл бұрын

This video pointed out to me why my reference drawings take like 30-40 minutes. . .I go straight for the boxes instead of doing the gesture, so I then spend like half the time fixing my anatomy mistakes or redrawing half of the pose for being too static. Or even better, go straight for complex shapes and give the person the ability to knee themselves in the face. Thanks for the vid!

@rivuuuh 3 жыл бұрын

Raise your hand if you're struggling with solid drawing too! 😪

@Thollis1987 3 жыл бұрын

🤚🏿

@prosperosmoon 3 жыл бұрын

🙋🏽‍♀️

@Elipson52008 3 жыл бұрын

Bro im struggling with drawing in general

@nicholasmutch3112 3 жыл бұрын

I'm struggling with "any kind" of drawing, (thanks much) and it's frustrating, more than I can explain because it was something I enjoyed. Never paid for it, but brought me some happiness. I'm talking past-tense.

@SHINBAXTER 3 жыл бұрын

✋ =)

@steinmil 3 жыл бұрын

So... overwhelming. I need to re-watch this monthly.

@TheSteveTheDragon 3 жыл бұрын

I find it absolutely and unbelievably incredible you'de get rejection letters from any animation house. Your animations are top notch!

@justarandomgamer6309 3 жыл бұрын

It makes sense, there could be others with more experience, also he wasn't always as good as what you're seeing now(according to their standards and also experience wise). He got better because of those rejections which is the best thing you can do after that. If you wanna get in the business it's gonna be a long and even sad journey, all the ups and downs are all apart of the ride though.

@rockon8174 2 жыл бұрын

@@justarandomgamer6309 if you have skills you get in rather quick

@v-buckschan111 3 жыл бұрын

Now I have no clue about what toniko does most of the time , but I really feel grateful that he took his time to make videos that teaches us a lot about animation

@areakastudios6704 3 жыл бұрын

He has had multiple jobs in the animation industry. It’s pretty cool

@prestonhebert6128 3 жыл бұрын

I love your animation skills! You inspired me to start animation.

@otb4443 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@lunatoguri180 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@nehe8947 3 жыл бұрын

Hello brother

@otb4443 3 жыл бұрын

@@nehe8947 sup

@prestonhebert6128 3 жыл бұрын

@@nehe8947 hello my dood

@ayior 3 жыл бұрын

"Look up artists you admire and see how they approach this" ...What do you think I'm doing right now?? :P

@sarahthevirgo2777 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂 good point

@luisnunez5017 3 жыл бұрын

"These aren't rules, these are tools." - Glenn Vilppu

@xunikeda2230 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this channel only 90000 subs? bruh this should be a million

@EasyCartoonDrawingTutorials 3 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@cmikhail7289 3 жыл бұрын

People like youtube channels of Jazza and ZHC apparently.

@xunikeda2230 3 жыл бұрын

@@cmikhail7289 >m< *unpopular opinion* they suck

@jonuhh_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@xunikeda2230 I mean jazza is pog he taught me stuff too. And so did zhc but there new content just makes me sad that they're not teachers but just showers.

@chtulurr 3 жыл бұрын

As for box drawing, I think it is still very useful for a beginner to grasp the nuances of perspective on boxes and then move on the sth higher level, such as implementing that knowledge on recreating a human figure.

@troy2428 3 жыл бұрын

16:02 coming back for this page later

@consumedbyrage5951 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly sir, I don't have anything to give at this moment. But I can't really thank you enough for everything you've done for us. You have taught me basics of drawing more defined than anyone even though your focus is mainly animation. Just keep doing this plz. ❤

@xDukii 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not an animator but I found this very useful for my drawing skills in character design. Thank you so much for this lecture!

@BBWahoo 3 жыл бұрын

0:35 for the moment, this is amazing, the unfinished process makes me understand it as the process of dissasociation due extreme fear and trauma, I think I'm looking into this too much OR you accidentally set a stronger tone for what's happening in the human mind at this moment.

@axkin6856 3 жыл бұрын

you're such a good teacher, I swear. I bought your course on 2D animation principles and you explain fundamentals so well and in a way I can relate to to better understand what I have to do

@jonuhh_ 3 жыл бұрын

Spy sapping my sentry

@axkin6856 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonuhh_ a

@eliasmassoud985 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this video!

@Kagemusha247 3 жыл бұрын

Analyzing old 2d animated films frame by frame is also a very good practice. Apart from solid drawing they take care that each and every design choices are working in all different angles.

@petea1uk 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson. I’m not exaggerating but I think my perspective drawing increased by 50% if not more in the time it took me to watch, pause, copy/draw what you were saying and doing in this tutorial. Many, many thanks. Liked and Subscribed 👍🏻

@singingfox4589 3 жыл бұрын

You're such an inspiration for me as an aspiring animator!! I always find your explanations so understandable and I get your points so quickly. Thanks for doing all of this :)

@Jidom_101 3 жыл бұрын

This is going to help me so much, thanks a ton

@Cherryblossom-ink 3 жыл бұрын

You’re an amazing online teacher

@withlessAsbestos 3 жыл бұрын

This is great. I really like the detail.

@moviegoer0657 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these amazing videos!

@kuyajaypi Жыл бұрын

love your tutorials toniko!

@craijio5651 3 жыл бұрын

This was an extremely interesting video, I love how you structured it!

@delusionalunicorn5324 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was searching for , on top of that this video is almost an hour long . Thank you

@DennisCNolasco 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Toniko, this was a perfect tutorial on using forms and gestures to create the structure of figures!

@lunatoguri180 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a good video thank you 🙏 for making these it’s really helpful

@MariJadeWrites 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the tips in this video! It could be part of a course, definitely :)

@ahobo4912 3 жыл бұрын

this is invaluable, thanks!

@BotsandMagic 3 жыл бұрын

This video is fantastic and incredibly helpful. Thank you!

@Dattebayo96 3 жыл бұрын

This couldn’t of come at a better time thank u

@alabaster3535 3 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated video. This was amazing my friend, thanks!

@copped469 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I grew up with this amazing content freely available. I guess it's never too late, thank you a lot Toniko.

@sUnbeliver 3 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel and I have to say I am impressed. So much information, so much great drawings. Fantastic lad. Thank you.

@apa90 3 жыл бұрын

I love your tutorials! They are so helpful. You should make a tutorial on camera angles for 2d animators. Thanks for sharing your content :)

@danielcasanova5019 3 жыл бұрын

man thanks for all this tips, makes more clear and simple the whole process to me!

@baylorheath1863 3 жыл бұрын

This is an incredible resource.

@TheFoxers101 3 жыл бұрын

hey toniko! thank you so much for this video. im getting back into solid drawing and gestures and this really breaks it down into something i can understand, it makes the task a lot less daunting. this really helped me and i appreciate how much time and effort you put into these amazing videos! thank you!

@untonyto 3 жыл бұрын

GOD bless you man. So much value here I wonder if you even left anything for the actual course. Also I had seriously underestimated how much dedication animation requires.

@wiredpenha3091 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best youtube videos i have ever seen

@Tinuola 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I never knew I could Learn how to draw, but i just did. thanks Toniko, you're the best teacher !

@KamleshYadav-vi5no 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative video! Loved it! Thank you very much!

@Thollis1987 2 жыл бұрын

Flour sack is my best friend and time saver drawing figures.

@jeanpablo1031 3 жыл бұрын

this tutorial is amazing Currently on the second exercise. Tonight I'll draw some more poses and go to the third one

@talbrightmoon2625 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tutorials. I am inexperienced at this type of drawing, but understand your guide on spacial reasoning from a mechanical drafting stand point. I never thought I would find a tie between them. So thank you again for your time and tutorials!!

@mawcha 3 жыл бұрын

god, this is exactly what i needed to learn! thank you so much!!! 😭

@koztheartist4056 3 жыл бұрын

Really good video. I did not even notice that lasts about 48 mins. Amazing!!!

@otb4443 3 жыл бұрын

This is soo helpful thx❤

@stratovolcano7813 3 жыл бұрын

This information is so clean and easy to understand, but so useful. Amazing resource

@littlecurrybread 2 жыл бұрын

this for me is helping me have a roadmap for how to get better at drawing in a way that speaks to me. it's soo good, ty!

@TakiMationSTUDIO 3 жыл бұрын

Whoaaaaa thank you very much.. its very useful 💐🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

@magicalmusic. 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, i learning a lot from you👍❤

@zackaryallam1396 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you're a genius this is so useful thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@hervoniabaker4874 3 жыл бұрын

I need this.

@Daily_Digital_Drawing_D.D.D 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. It helped me a lot with my anatomy studies.

@bobzhang5875 9 ай бұрын

This is very good way to learn draw different poses

@Favoxhille 3 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna start drawing over the human skeleton and figure out right the right set of basic shapes that makes sense for ME. I've been shuffling a lot of different art tutorials but you definetely nail the point... these are just tools and sketching it's about simplifying and making things easy to read on a basic level, there are no hard rules on solids that you have to use to "sketch in the right way" just what you need to get it done!!

@areakastudios6704 3 жыл бұрын

Geez, boxes are fascinating aren’t they? Lol This is really useful. Thanks

@queldar27 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@nicklegend4547 3 жыл бұрын

This was great, was like a nice flash back to How to Draw the Marvel way.

@derpydogz0259 2 жыл бұрын

The best animations I know have cross lines in the final rough. It’s very educational.

@phyrhed08 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree... I say this to ALL of my classes/ students and ANYONE looking to storyboard as a career.

@Universeloading99.9 3 жыл бұрын

Love the info keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@prathamesh_dalvi 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this video..

@extraacc2332 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I need to do some figure drawing for my class and I just wanna get better in general. I feel like I should’ve paid for this video like seriously. Thank you :)

@chtulurr 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing advice

@lonewolfdoe3389 3 жыл бұрын

This is really good content. it is really helpfull . thank you.

@faniskiriazis4351 2 жыл бұрын

Dude i hope you are teaching classes out there somewhere, because you are very good and your explaining skills are top tier!!! :D

@oz_the_archivist 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea you did Wolfsong! It's one of my favorite animated shorts :D

@falcinutaelvon7169 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much !!

@lovehistory5493 3 жыл бұрын

WOW you deserve millions of subscribers

@kakanin-kun 3 жыл бұрын

Happy advance 100k kuya toniko

@user-uw7lu2sp5n Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks

@ellaemukid Жыл бұрын

i always come back to this video to remind myself on how to build a drawing

@ehy7663 3 жыл бұрын

here before 1mil subs ::D i love your vids !!! i hope more people see this and be inspired to take the craft of animation 🖤 youve inspired me to pursue it ::D

@delightfulsquirtle316 3 жыл бұрын

this vid is sooo fricking good.

@From_Here_To_Here 3 жыл бұрын

Needed this

@northstarmedia8508 3 жыл бұрын

congrats on 100k subs

@geffosunwa242 2 жыл бұрын

This is very very helpful. Distills whats exactly, an animator who wants to improve their draft skill, should focus on.

@b00gi3 4 ай бұрын

Far out, your animation and overall tutorial and teaching skills are amazing. I'm surprised you got rejections based on your animations. Nothing wrong with getting a rejection with critique, and there are always things to improve upon, but I thought those animations were amazing and big talent -- so I guess the bar for talent out there must be extremely high!

@jtvprodesign 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, been a long time since Sheridan. Hope all is well

@sutton4791 2 жыл бұрын

We need more loosely drawn shows and movies. It's a unique art style, in my opinion, and like you said. You can finish projects more quickly. You reminded me of The Rugrats and Ed, Edd, n Eddy.

@yukiruu00 10 ай бұрын

it all makes sense now

@BigDomski 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video 😭 I haven't studied figure drawing in any great depth, nor am I into animation, but your advice helped me understand the process a bit better. There's a lot of "phases" involved that I didn't really take into account when drawing. I work traditionally (mostly pen) so I was wondering how could I use the "overpass" method? Is it basically just using a pencil underdrawing to do the same thing? Or is redrawing the whole thing also an option? I feel like both are good tbh.

@emArtson 3 жыл бұрын

Solid fundamentals it is

@mskiara18 3 жыл бұрын

I express my thanks for the videos you share. May I ask if I can add subtitles to some of the videos, as that could help many users who have difficulty hearing.

@Splat654 3 жыл бұрын

In case Toniko reads comments. Need advice. I am on my final year in animation university. Gotta make up the idea for the diploma. I just cant. Feel like everyone knows what they are doing and i am the only one left behind. I never fully finished previous cartoons so i know i have to just pick some idea already and make it simple but the more i work with all my ideas the more frustrated i get and less i know which is suitable for the diploma. I know that it s just stress messing my me and i will probably fix this problem sometime soon and make up a good idea but mayve you can give advice to a noob like me...

@Zodiacman16 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like FOBO, or fear of better options. I'm not an animator, but why not pick one idea for your main project and do the others as side projects? This is what I'm doing as a programmer since I have one very important project I need to finish by the end of the year, but also have a bunch of fun things I want to code on the side.

@diogobernardino54 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry if this sounds rude, but how can you be a noob in the last year of university? It just sounds like you didn't work for it. Considering you don't really know what your doing, I'm just gonna say this: don't worry too much about the story, create a short that allows you to practice your animation skills. That didn't sound exactly like I wanted it to, so I'll try to explain better. Don't worry if the story isn't the best or if it doesn't make much sense. What matters the most in your situation is to be good at animation, otherwise you won't be able to do it as a job (like I assume you want to). Other than that, practice a lot, and try your best to have fun.

@heyisubbed 3 жыл бұрын

@@diogobernardino54 I don't think it's helpful to question how hard they worked or whether they know what they're doing. It's perfectly normal for someone at any level to get stuck in a cycle of overthinking or writer's block.

@heyisubbed 3 жыл бұрын

I have a couple suggestions. If you're looking for an idea, I suggest pulling inspiration from books/shows/movies that you like. Or take inspiration from an old memory, an emotion you have, or a dream you wish to achieve. New ideas are actually just mash-ups of old ideas/experiences. If you build one by combining things you like or that are personal to you, I'm sure you'll be more excited to stick with it. But either way, I'm sure your ideas are perfectly fine. In the grand scheme of things this project isn't as scary or life-altering as your mind would have you believe. Good luck, from a fellow perfectionist. Edit: Also, setting deadlines for each step in the process is a handy way to motivate yourself out of any potential cycles of overthinking.

@Splat654 3 жыл бұрын

@@heyisubbed thank you very much

@caricaturista 3 жыл бұрын

Greate video

@USBEN. 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@murl7524 3 жыл бұрын

thx bro

@p5rsona Жыл бұрын

I would disagree and add that drawing cubes and cylinders in 3 point perspective, from reference, has greatly helped me to improve my ability to draw form in perspective, no matter the subject. important to note that if you dont use reference, you wont get any better but using reference, then drawing from imagination is key.

@kolstamey5159 3 жыл бұрын

playing on .75% and we are on bro!

@s_haldar 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Cherryblossom-ink 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering do u have videos on drawing ✍️ blind contour drawing any advice on that and do I needed that skill in order to now how to draw like a pro🤔

@adrianRK 3 жыл бұрын

I can't help but feel like the beginning of this video is a jab at drawabox and 250 boxes challenge.

@Selrisitai 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear the opinion of an animator on cliche animation techniques. I'm no artist, I'm a writer, but I used to create stick-figure animations, and if I do say so myself, I was pretty exceptional at push-pull, build-up and cool-down, _et cetera._ Even without drawing skills, I understood how to make an animation have a slick, solid feel. (Of course, I made dozens of animations, so practice was naturally involved.) An example of a cliche would be like what is seen in the Crayon Dragon animation: You have the characters perform isolated movements in a jerky, exaggerated style. The movements don't really flow into each other, they're all discrete and disconnected, which looks pleasing to the average person because the animation is smooth, but to someone who has animated himself, I know the _exact_ thought-process and feeling of doing this kind of thing, and it smacks, at least to me, of either a novice, or someone who never tried to think beyond the obvious.