My art teacher silently handed me a sticky note that just said “David finch on KZfaq, lots of good lessons” so here I am

It makes me smile that you're eyeballing things instead of using all these crazy measuring tricks like in Scott Robertson's book. I used to overthink perspective so damn much when I first started, now it's a lot more intuitive and I can tell when proportions are off just from practicing

And these things are free, how privileged we are .

Curious tip: Minecraf in a non-ironic way will make you a god at drawing squares

Dude! No way! David Finch on KZfaq! Man, I'm a huge fan! I LOVE your work and spent hundreds of bucks buying every trade paperback and comic issue you've done! Love your work on the Justice League! Huge fan, man! All the best!

Of all the comics artists, I like you the most! You are like a stepping stone to success in my life for me, my goal is not strange to draw comics and arts, and you help me a lot in this! I am grateful to you that you teach us to draw as incredible as you!

I swear to God the first five minutes of your video have been more helpful than literally any self study I have done😂

this guy is one of the only people who to me, teaches more "mindset" than "this is the method you should do!" kind of stuff that genuinely gets you nowhere, thanks david, you're an actual good teacher, you breakdown and talk about why you do something and what & what not to do, all kinds of stuff that i can take and apply to my own way of doing things without having to base it off of the way you draw and restricting myself to someone else's way of drawing or art style, awesome videos hope you keep finding new ways to teach us things, thanks again, crazy that you do so much of this for free

Dude I’ve truly never seen someone make perspective & foreshortening so simple & easy to fully comprehend, & non complicated! Most others get into so much mathematics & endless structuring, lots of complicated complexities, etc etc.. literally almost every other video I’ve seen makes it far more complex than it needs to be, & makes it kind of confusing in doing it that way.. you did the opposite! You did it exactly how I resonate with it the most & seemingly already understand it, but even simpler for me to comprehend parts that I’ve been getting tripped up on and frustrated with not being able to get down correctly. So thank you so damn much! Lol.. you have made this so easy to get all fundamental aspects of when it comes to this concept & area of art structure. You are genuinely such a good teacher with this stuff. I can’t begin to express my gratitude & appreciation for your videos like this, for parts of art/drawing (as an amateur manga artist) that I’ve been getting tripped up on. You are my go to guy! You’ve already helped me get past so many frustrating hurdles, it’s more of a help than you’d know lol. Thanks again my man👌🏻✌🏻

Unbelievable. That pythagorean trick is mindblowing for me, I've been trying to intuitively understand foreshortening to no avail, this reference gives such a great baseline where I had none before. Thanks a million man. Edit: I really cannot believe this. A 25 minute video demystified a concept I've been struggling with for a decade. Floored.

I just feel so blessed for having access to such an amazing material like that, and for free! thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

Hi, amazing tutorial! Although I am not a professional by any means, I would want to point out a few mathematical errors in perspective in case they would help anyone. Of course, as you said, measuring is generally overtaken by good intuition and you have good intuition. 1) At 3:00 , you rotated a box and said the vanishing points should move an equal length from their current vanishing points. However, in this case, the left vanishing point would move faster from its current vanishing point than the right vanishing point. For example, if you think of rotating this box towards an angle that directly faces us, one vanishing point would go towards the center of the page, and the other vanishing point would move to a point infinitely far away. 2) At 6:40 , you showed how to replicate a box using its diagonal. However, I think it should be noted that since these boxes' diagonals are parallel, they would converge on a new vanishing point (in perspective, all parallel lines not directly facing us would). The vanishing point here should lie on a vanishing trace (a vertical vanishing point) directly under the right vanishing point (not on the horizon). The standard method to do this would be to draw a line from one corner of the box to the midpoint of the opposite edge and extend it to the bottom/top edge of your new box. The lines will meet at the far edge of your new, identical box. (sorry, explaining is hard without diagrams) Once again, these ideas matter less for someone with great intuition and practice, but I still thought I'd share this information with anyone interested!

You are drawing magically!! It's real pleasure to see how you are working!! Miracle touch!!

YES! Thanks so much for this video David, it’s exactly what I, and probably most others, needed at this time. Can’t wait to delve in and soak up all the information!

I’ve seen only 2 videos by you and already I have progressed way more than anything else I watched, you completely fixed my posing issue and this perspective thing is next on my hit list so thank you so much.

I followed your video today while sketching and it definitely help me understand the depth and thickness of what’s closer or farther with foreshortening. Especially when I ink or pencil think and thin lines.

Wow. That diagonal line trick is awesome! I’m totally gonna be using that to check my foreshortening. One thing I was struggling with recently was a finger pointing straight ahead, and it was driving me mad trying to get it to look right. This video is super helpful.

Ohmygod..."connection points" literally just changed the way I view perspective drawing. I'm literally - LITERALLY - looking at a piece and can see multiple conection points I need to reverse. THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVE! LOVE THE STREAMS/TUTORIALS/WEBSITE AND MOST OF ALL YOUR ART WORK! KEEP IT UP!!! #FinchFlock4Life

Thank you for the help, forshortening in a dynamic way has always been a struggle for me and it is awesome to learn from someone I have looked up to for 2 decades. I have loved your Art since Aphrodite IX I am so glad you have a KZfaq channel that I can follow and learn from.

Great informative video! Dave, your passion for wanting to pass on what you've learned over your ever expanding career is truly inspiring and appreciated!!

I am currently studying comic book style. I would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge here. I am a big fan of your work. I spoke to you at comic con xperience (Brazil) and you were very kind to everyone who was waiting for your autograph.

I've only watched like 3 of your vids and I'm already In love with the way you teach. Amazing art, this helps a ton

Been an artist for over 15 years and never did I know about these helpful tips!!

man watching you draw so confidently gives me confidence while drawing

I love watching you draw... So effortlessly at this point.

Mr. Flinch, thank you so much for shared with us your experience for free, it's really useful and helped a lot!

Really I found a great teacher who follows actual process to draw the figures. I am his disciple. Honestly I am becoming great fan.

Thank you Dave. This is much easier to understand in video form.

This is by far one of the best tutorials on I've seen on foreshortening. Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks for the great work Dave !...I apreciate seeing you do this with such fluid motion and ease!..it is definitely inspiring..

Wow! That parallel diagonal trick to estimate lengths in perspective is a game changer! I never had a way of doing that!

I’ve been a fan for years and had no idea these tutorials were up here, so much solid content, can’t believe this is free

OMG no one in my art classes expained perspective like this! Loved it.

i love these tutorials they have helped me alotin my art journey

I’ve been watching your vids the past few weeks, and you’ve helped me make drastic improvements in my work. Thank you for sharing with us!

Most excellent. Glad I came across your stuff. A lot clearer and to the point compared to other sources. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Double tutorial, we get foreshortening & Perspective! 😊your one of the best, thanx Dave!🔥

I love your videos. I watch them almost every night. You're a blessing to amateurs like me. Never stop

Masterfully explained! The best explanation on foreshortening I have ever seen.

40+ years old. Drawing since 8. Never really grasped perspective until this video. Thanks for explaining why you did different things. The objects perspective changes as them move = GOLD. Thanks for this great video sir.

Mr. Finch I think the computation is just the top view radius of the circle. Just like the door you drew in the beginning. Awesome video.

you're the treasure i've been looking for, for ages.. a HUGE thank you.. a big fan already.. please don't stop posting videos such invaluable such as these..

This was fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing your craft.

Great stuff David! I want to thank you again for being such a clear on concise teacher! There is so much clarity to your videos, that every one that I watch one it makes me stop and go "OH! Why didn't I see that before" And all of this for free?! Such a great gift :D

Wow. Very well taught. I never considered overlapping shapes, in order to create perspective. Thanks!

Yet another incredible tutorial - I can see my own drawings improving after every one of these! You make everything so easy to understand, to the point where I know that all I need to do now is practice, practice, practice and I will end up with pages I won't be afraid to show to other people! If you ever produce a "How To" book, I will be first in line to buy (or Kickstart?) that bad boy!

This cleared literally everything for me, wow

I still can't believe the legendary DAVID FINCH himself is showing us all these tips. Mister Finch, I have, among all of the greats artists out there, love YOUR work the most and for DECADES now. You are in my opinion the top 1 comics drawer on earth (followed closely by Jim Lee). Thank you very very much for the content and please keep it up because it feels like a honor to transition from a fan to a student of yours. Greetings from Paris

I just spent an hour watching your videos and they really helped me understand more about drawing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Peace.

You are an inspiration and one of the reasons I started back to drawing.. I want to be where you are along my art journey.. this tutorial was amazing

This is gonna be on repeat for me. Appreciate the advice and tips

This is treasure. You are the teacher I've been searching my whole life. Thank you Sir

Your videos are really helping a lot in my art skill levels to go up and up.

Thanks a lot Dave for this tutorial (and the previous ones of course)! Everytime I do foreshortening I draw and erase my lines several times until I feel satisfied with the result. I never quite manage to effectively achieve what I want in one go. I mostly struggle with extreme foreshortening, the end result tends to be flat, with my hand, forearm, and shoulder looking very stiff. Your advice is just great! Thanks again!

Thank you David!! Really help me, will practice!!!

You have one of the best drawing tutorials on youtube. Everything is nice and clear explained, so everybody can understand. Thank you so much and keep them coming!!!

These tutorials are crazy man! Really, really good stuff. Thank you David.

i worshipped your art work as a kid since you first started at IMAGE back in the 199s :)

This is the most helpful perspective tutorial ever!

very well explained u just got a sub , ive been tryin to do this for yrs and never could figure it out thank u bro

Good Lord,, Glorious good tutorials here. This is the Best of KZfaq . Thank you so much, David. Cheers and Happy New Year, 2023!! 🎉

been waiting for this David, thanks for this, I may not be a comicbook artist but U love your tutorials, stream and this community 😊😊❤️🇵🇭

I love how you don't need a ruler to constantly draw, a real artist can eyeball it and use their skill to overcome those challenges.

A very important topic. Thank you for the tutorial David ❤️

I came to learn foreshortening and learned proper proportions as bonus, what a gold mine.

I’ve been drawing for 20 years. This helped tremendously

Totally picking up on more than expected, thanks Dave. So happy with how you have presented your lesson, to see the measurements in practical application sure did it for me!

You know what has made me curious lately. How the face foreshortens as it turns. I had never considered it before but it definately does. Also a dip of chin and forehead to show aggression does, and the closer to the camera the more extreme this is. And it can be used to show "immediacy". I was using foreshortening the other day to show a hand was in motion or reaching out. I'm sure its powerful in fight scenes too. Its a great tool so thanks for this vid and making it clearer how to foreshorten in an efficient way :) Much appreciated

Love watching a fellow left handed artists

Feel like this video came at the right time! I've been trying to apply foreshortening to my drawing experimenting with a similar way, now seeing this video I know how to do it properly!

3 years later but I still wanna say thank you! This greatly helped me improve on my perspective!

This is one of the best I have ever seen keep it up

From my experience thus far, perspective has made anatomy even easier. Spent the first few months mostly drawing cylinders & cubes. Went to draw faceless dudes & it's going smoothly.

Wow! What a great vdieo! In the beginning of 2019 I actually took a course on how to draw concept cars, and it helped me draw perspective lines well without actually doing a grid with a ruler. But for the buildings i still think the best way is to use the full grid like you do. Thanks so much for having such a great channel, it has helped my art in ways I could never imagine!

This is so beautiful and free I'm about to cry! 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Absolutely amazing! Thank you David 👍🏼

I learned something new today even tho i've watched videos on this topic since 2014, wow, thank you David!

I love your art, its really inspiring

Wow. Been looking for someone to explain this in a that is understandable for a ling we'd while now, and you did it. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Thank you so much Mr.Finch

Awesome!! Can’t wait to start practicing!!

Comprehensive crash course in foreshortening. Very well done.

This was incredible. Thank you

wow !! THANK YOU SO MUCH David

Your art work strategy is very simple...its verygood and it helps me a lots..your a good artist teacher..

Thank you for the lesson. I had quite some fun

your videos are so surprisingly helpful, thank you :)

Super helpful! I struggle so much with perspective. Thank you so much for making this!

I'm going to start art school soon and want to be an artist for DC or marvel, so this is so helpful for helping me with my art and my dream to get advice from someone who already does this stuff.

Fantastic video! The best I've seen, instructionally, and the talent it holds! !!! Thank you for sharing it with us!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, was learning how to draw (no experience aside from childish doodles consisting of stickman) you explained it so well

Thank you David! what a Lesson!!!

You sir have helped me further my art so much, thank you

this is amazing for me, very simple follow-along

I have improved my artstyle because of u... Thank u for that

You're a natural teacher.

So helpfull!!!! Best Tutorial by far. Thx

I've just completed your foreshortening the arm vid last night. Only to meet another vid of foreshortening!!!! Thank you so much David!!!

Your voice is perfect for teaching.

I love your vid and art and thanks to u I now understand much more about drawing . KEEP IT UP!!!