Neal Adams Shows Best Way To Hold Pen for Inking Comics

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4 жыл бұрын

During FanFaire NYC 2020, a lucky group of students attended a fantastic session with legendary comic book artist Neal Adams. At this event, Neal gave a masterclass demonstrating how he inks comics in front of enthusiastic learners of all ages, demonstrating the fundamental elements that made him such a renowned inker for decades.
In this clip, Neal shows the class the best way to hold a pen when inking, drawing, and writing, and techniques and methods to practice to become more adept at working in this style.
This was filmed during FanFaire NYC 2020 at the NY High School for Art & Design, and was intended for students advancing towards college and/or careers in comics.
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@xwexarexbulletsx 3 жыл бұрын

"The world is yours, you can draw the world". Now those are some inspiring parting words. Beautiful lessons.

@SDW90808 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t learn how to run properly till I was almost 50. I didn’t learn how to hold a pen properly till almost 70. Old dog; new tricks. Thanks for posting this.

@ganjjabarsmedium2347 3 жыл бұрын

Inspiring, thanks for the share!

@Evansmustard 3 жыл бұрын

Wait we can run incorrectly??

@elunicocalvo 3 жыл бұрын

@@Evansmustard Yes, we can run incorrectly and damage our ligaments over time in ways no surgery can fix.

@TheArtOfMind 2 жыл бұрын

Are you still alive? Please be well.

@thenextbondvillainklaussch3266 Жыл бұрын

@@Evansmustard I had a best friend that couldnt run , because he was just not that into exercise when he was young , I could run 100 in 10's , I tryed to help him , but if someone has no desire to learn or do something , well yeah it didnt work lol. He had a wierd stiff legged run that looked like a granpa shuffle , so not sure if its incorrect , but he didnt get the desired result from it. And im 45 now, old and fat (well, fat as a skinny rake can get fat) and can still do it in 11.5 , so it seems good form can make up for old and heavy lol

@ucmooreart 3 жыл бұрын

Kid isgetting the keys to the kingdom right there and he knows it. Good stuff.

@theonewiththename5867 3 жыл бұрын

this is exactly what i was looking for, after getting frustrated with inking for the billionth time i knew something in my technique wasnt right

@shojimujoshojimujo3315 2 жыл бұрын

Did this fix your problem?

@theonewiththename5867 2 жыл бұрын

@@shojimujoshojimujo3315 that and also practicing calligraphy helped a shit ton

@phipsart6424 2 жыл бұрын

@@theonewiththename5867 to me drawing with an edding helped a lot

@Wndrlnd9 Жыл бұрын

Same thing that brought me here and I learned quite a lot! Helpful for sure

@apexcomix3200 3 жыл бұрын

That's why Neal Adams is a legend.

@samuelcocar7109 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's really lovely how unpretentious he is. One of the most iconic DC artists, just having a nice chat with grade/middle schoolers about technique.

@joek600 4 жыл бұрын

i actually tried his grip and it DOES really help when drawing straight lines

@eroane 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Why can’t art schools around the US have more instructors like Neal Adams? I loved this video as I was looking for tips on inking comic pages!! This was cool!! Thanks for sharing!!

@MQuest77 Жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of good art teachers out there. I had a few good ones here and there. Had some really absent and incomprehensible ones too. Good inkers you can look up are Alphonso Dunn, a biology teacher and art teacher, and David Finch, who is a really good comic artist. Scott Williams is a great inker to look up too. He often uses a sable 2 brush I think.

@SmithMrCorona 3 жыл бұрын

I love how he threw shade on Jim Lee and his lot for drawing the same kinds of lines.

@toons8744 Жыл бұрын

I've been drawing for 20+ plus years and I learned much from this short little video. Truly inspiring stuff. R.I.P. to the master.

@vaughngaminghd 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lesson from an absolute legend! RIP Neal Adams…

@Brian_Boru 3 жыл бұрын

What an eye opener. And from the great master no less. Those kids are so fortunate.

@akwilson1676 2 жыл бұрын

Goddamn. A legend demonstrating how to ink. This video is priceless.

@UncleStrange 4 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of meeting him twice.. what a great guy... would love to be his student.

@ganjjabarsmedium2347 3 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant lesson. I appreciate Neil Adams wisdom and willingness to share it with the next generation! 🤘

@Vor1954 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting sage advice from Neal Adams for me, an old art student.

@JoseMorales-lw5nt 3 жыл бұрын

When Neal Adams teaches you drawing techniques, as an artist, you better damn well listen! 😎🇵🇷🇺🇸🗽🦂😊

@captain4318 3 жыл бұрын

Now this is how school would have been fun! I've only started to draw recently, but this is so much more interesting and fun than any classes I've had. Ah well, maybe once corona is over I can find some workshops to attend. In the meantime KZfaq and books will do.

@wilsonbreckenridge843 3 жыл бұрын

I’m getting an unintentional asmr from this video.his voice is so calm

@KiX-K4T13 3 жыл бұрын

I actually know this stuff. It's standard pro stuff. (I'm not a pro, relax!) But Neal knew this about 40 years before me, probably. He taught those kids the correct way to draw a line. It's like this: shoulder for bigger, longer lines. Details, you can go in and draw using "tripod grip" with your fingers (but also come in at a straight angle, like he said at the beginning.) Now one thing I didn't know, is you can create a near perfect circle using that roll technique he showed at the very beginning of this video. This is why I'm here, to learn more. I hope you learned something too today. Keep drawing, kings and queens!

@watchmanschannelofdespair 2 жыл бұрын

RIP to an American comic book legend, Mr. Neal Adams.

@KimberlyPinkney 3 жыл бұрын

I loved being a parent on Bring your Parent to School day where we would show what we do. I had the class mesmerized when I drew caricatures and giving them a bit of a lesson. It was so much fun!!! You could see the the light the eyes of young artists.

@Theomite Жыл бұрын

KP: So yeah, use your shoulder and you get these great curves when you draw the big ol' schnoz on your math teacher's face- PARENT #2: As I WAS SAYING...Interest Before Earnings Taxes Amortization is very import--WHY AREN'T YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO ME!? THIS IS IMPORTANT!

@shiddybooty9170 3 жыл бұрын

Someone get this man on audible

@DarkTider Жыл бұрын

It's shocking how much of this is EXACTLY the same concepts we were taugth in kendo for swinging a katana, barely holding onto it, using the shoulders, resting much more flexibly in the hand. This will take a while to get used to, but absolutely golden advice!

@martinayalaart3823 2 жыл бұрын

That lucky those children for having the opportunity to have a class with th e master Neal Adams ¡¡¡¡¡¡ Thank you for sharing this golden tips. :)

@loringbush1455 2 жыл бұрын

Practice makes perfect! I've been inking comics for 7 years now! He forgot to mention when your inking put a piece of paper underneath your hand so that you don't smear it all over the place! Also ink the characters first allow it to dry and ink the panel boarders and the backgrounds last. Next allow that to dry finally touch up your artwork and go over the areas that you missed! That's how I ink and it will save you alot of time fustration whiteout and money!

@littleripper312 2 жыл бұрын

Listen to him, I had to learn this after years of drawing comics and developing an injury.

@zeroxwarrior 2 жыл бұрын

wow this is all good advice for handwriting in general since I've been learning how to write cursive better and using fountain pens its all just like he says. You use your arm to write and not your fingers and you need to position you pen differently as well. You can blame ball point pens, typewriters and now computers for the slow decay of handwriting and using a pen in general. iirc in France and Germany you still need to use a fountain pen in school but here in the states its pretty much all handwriting is an afterthought I think after what elementary school you start using computers for everything. I can imagine many children never really learn how to write properly. I do find that schools really do a disservice on using hand tools and focus too much on computer literacy.

@FacundoComix 4 жыл бұрын

I love Neal, thank you for posting these videos

@Mr3161973 2 жыл бұрын

OMG I'm so jealous of these kids getting art lessons with the great Neal Adams.

@MastersofHumility 25 күн бұрын

Neal Adams, one of the greats.

@ovn_tamil 2 жыл бұрын

This is how I've been holding the pen my whole life. I've been doing it correctly. Everybody else used pen on their knuckles while I used finger pads, I thought I was the one wrong and weird! 😌

@Hellspwn6 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a great video.

@superlove35 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Neil is a great teacher!

@pianoatthirty Жыл бұрын

What an incredible human being - not just the information he shares but how he shares it. I cannot thank you enough for posting this video.

@himesightcreativestudios3490 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Neal, your legendary achievements will live on eternally. I am glad to have met Neal Adams at one of the conventions here in MN. It was an amazing experience.

@whatsupchannel6188 Жыл бұрын

😲😥

@salsainmabbq3821 3 жыл бұрын

*has a writers bump* I've been wrong all my life.

@tunapavlus8107 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this video. Amazing dude, amazing tips, awesome attitude and humility of a true master.

@baronsecuna 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson from a real artist

@mattjohns-mv8cl 2 жыл бұрын

Wowowowow!!!! Thank you so much, Neal Adams (a true Master) and NerdNewsToday!!! This is literally game-changing for me. Why are we not taught this???!!! 🤯

@thesaltysergeant4103 Жыл бұрын

Wise words from a wise man!!! Thank you Mr Adams.!!!

@abbayhvhreigns7iloveyeshua650 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Neal Adams Thank You for the lessons

@SPMask 4 жыл бұрын

Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Legendary Neal Adams! I always heard his name a lot at Wizard World conventions :D

@kirtburdick Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing.

@cmikhail7289 3 жыл бұрын

I tried it, it really works!

@andokomando 2 жыл бұрын

I love how he said we americans and then went into how japanese hold a pen. Fantastic. Effing legend.

@miguelreynel 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@wasiahmed9891 2 жыл бұрын

Just changed my life

@ImaginaryTerrie3 Жыл бұрын

It's such a small and simple lesson but it could potentially all my work from here on out. I can't wait to try this.

@bobmabry1839 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@farmerfox3332 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. This is good hidden gem.

@pronounceword 2 жыл бұрын

Your content is fantastic.

@artguy3604 4 жыл бұрын

one of the greatest comic book artist from all time...he bought realism and perspective that was revolutionary back then

@richarddunn7017 3 жыл бұрын

Look up John Buscema

@artguy3604 3 жыл бұрын

@@richarddunn7017 Great artist but he's no Neal Adams...

@sparkspark2314 7 ай бұрын

People don’t understand how lucky they are to hear Neal talk about stuff like this. When I worked for him as a kid just starting out, he really offered up nothing about drawing. I watched him, and stole this from him by watching him do it. But he gave no reason for it. But I stole any technique I could glean from him about anything I saw him do. In the end it worked for me. I wished he’d done what he does here though. 😂😂😂

@Trid3nt861 3 ай бұрын

I learned this year or the previous that the way I was using my arm to draw was wrong. It was also tiring my wrist and elbow quite fast. I learned that its better to use the elbow or shoulder to draw lines. I also learned that holding a pencil lightly when sketching helps. Im noticing even digitally that my inking lines are getting better with this. holding a drawing utensil/tool lightly as if though you want to drop it from your hand is how to properly hold it and glide across the canvas/display/paper.

@animatorFan74 Жыл бұрын

This is absolute gold.... such amazing advice from an amazing artist.... Imagine that kid in the red shirt watching this video 10 or 15 years from now, going "I remember when Neal Adams sat next to me and taught me to draw...." Just amazing.... would give anything to be in that position :)

@fernandozeca Жыл бұрын

FENOMENAL! Only the first tip changed the way I work. Just the way to hold the pen. CONGRATULATIONS NEAL. R.I.P. in the Champs Elysees of the designers and artists.

@whatsupchannel6188 Жыл бұрын

I will start doing it

@jerrybarrax5618 3 жыл бұрын

Neal Adams rules.

@brandonwallace1620 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. RIP.

@tianacamacho1871 3 жыл бұрын

yo I went to this high school and studied cartooning here. That's insane to me

@starofmitra 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@markmaggott5423 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@rovsaa96 3 жыл бұрын

dibujar desde el hombro es muy difícil en digital y mas cuando la tableta es pequeña pero es realmente útil poder hacerlo

@PrismCasillica 2 жыл бұрын

I hurt my wrist, carpal tunnel, by drawing with it so much. Listen to this man and don't mess up your wrist like I did!

@nicolasvallier3109 3 жыл бұрын

Chills

@Diabolik771 4 жыл бұрын

5:23 just some practice page for him, MASTERPIECE!

@ashwilliams8229 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Master

@mkAYY825 3 жыл бұрын

lucky kids !

@ejim941099 4 жыл бұрын

Neal just low key took a shot at Scott lol

@collinmichael6124 4 жыл бұрын

Ejim J lol he’s kinda right though

@d36williams Жыл бұрын

weirdly this advice applies to drumming quite a bit... we talk quite a bit about the mechanics of stroke from the shoulder to the finger tips to the drum stick

@Annausagi2 3 жыл бұрын

Ty for this! Can also confirm this is something we Europeans struggle with, as well. :,D

@rickythomas9698 Жыл бұрын

I've been holding my pen exactly way the way he did throughout my life; i didn't know that was a thing!! Maybe it's because i am from asia, i was thought to hold a pencil in my kindergarten.

@bebob415 Жыл бұрын

man i hope those student understand how lucky they are

@juanportal2575 4 жыл бұрын

aye this what at my school

@oliverseamus4133 Жыл бұрын

Its great to kids interested in some not video games or posting crap on social media

@georgetirebiter4343 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if it is more like your shoulder is connected to your center of mass down by your belly or waist for real efficiency. I wonder how that would affect your drawing if you envisioned directing your pen by pointing with your bellybutton with small movements so that the shoulder and arm become an extension of the center of mass like they do in martial arts and dance (especially with veil work or connecting your body with a partner)

@dieseltyme 2 жыл бұрын

Boss

@DSH1LL Жыл бұрын

I hope some of those kids go on to be illustrators.

@arthurtripp6922 2 жыл бұрын

WOW SOUNDS LIKE A TIP SHOWED FROM JOE KUBERT BACK IN THE 60S THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. MIISS YOU NEAL SORRY FOR THE UNKIND WORDS WE HAD..

@kilmet8 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know which pen he was using/holding?

@NerdNewsToday 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing fancy, the entire class was given the option of using a pen or brush, both had refillable ink cartridges. Not an expensive tool at all, I think some of the close ups might show the brand but I can't recall off the top of my head.

@jasonmullins6638 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the Kuretake Disposable Pocket Brush - fine

@danieljr2731 2 жыл бұрын

"The world, chico..and every line in it."

@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt 2 жыл бұрын

For people whom broke into comics in the 80's, this is like Gen X'rs losing Cobain in the 90's, no hyperbole.

@northisdead1999 29 күн бұрын

I've been doing it correctly the entire time until my art teacher told me to change. Never again!

@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems 3 жыл бұрын

6:20

@akavancky5233 Жыл бұрын

Why I school we are not taught such things🙃

@Flux_One Жыл бұрын

RIP

@Theomite Жыл бұрын

It's like being shown magic by a sorcerer who then tells you that it's *not* magic and you could've done it yourself the whole time.

@OmahaRiverDonkey 2 жыл бұрын

I sucked as an artist. If I only had lessons like this, I would've sucked less.

@darlalathan6143 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew I was holding my pencil, brush and pen wrong all this time, lol??

@jonathangonzalez7335 3 жыл бұрын

Why are you in my classroom

@thistlethrook2778 Жыл бұрын

Lol. Epic troll. Muh draw from muh trapezoid

@designertjp-utube Жыл бұрын

Well I'm worried the kid on the left of Mr. Adams *simply* *froze* and never did anything with his pen the whole time the line art lecture went on. Did the kid go home and restart *Minecraft* and has never left the house since? Sho' reminded me of the opposite that happened to me, back in the late '60's when an idiot kid came up on me beginning a drawing of #Gigantor *The* *Space* *Age* *Robot* surrounded by a playground crowd of young folk. Had just done the head and was finishing up the broad robot shoulders when this same kid blurts out, _"Where's the foot?"_ Really wanted to punch him out of his misery. Enjoy a Gigantor Intro then get back to your art studies with the Legend Neal Adams - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q-CHjceVrtS2gWQ.html

@VARAKIENEN 2 жыл бұрын

The knuckle gives finer precision for Very detailed work. But holding more like a wand, a little more loosely gives more organic flow. In truth, its a to each their Own kinda thing. What ever works for YOU. BUT, You should always listen to masterful advise, and Try new things. Rest in Peace master Adams. Your contributions are eternal.

@jacobmaul2260 4 жыл бұрын

My fiance likes my writers bump.

@kyleighbreanne9656 2 жыл бұрын

Ew lol

@JyuzouNT Жыл бұрын

Wait, wut, Americans hold their pens how? Is this true?

@TheMastermind729 Жыл бұрын

I hold it how he said not to so it's probably true

@TheMastermind729 Жыл бұрын

Worst year yet, Neal Adams and George Perez both gone

@TheMastermind729 Жыл бұрын

What a magnanimous man giving his time to kindly teach these kids

@reapermanslayer 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody....repeat NOBODY is close to this, in todays sad pile of sh*t comic art

@buster5661 Жыл бұрын

I got nothing from this

@tt004 Жыл бұрын

The racist take at 1 and a half minute in lol.

@stefaniedc1128 7 ай бұрын

Grab a snickers, buddy.

@hulksmash1357 3 жыл бұрын

Now those kids are confused. Just do what works for you, kids. Neal has become senile as his twitter account portrays.

@luckygitane 3 жыл бұрын

What? He couldn't have been clearer or unpretentious with any of this instruction.

@elunicocalvo 3 жыл бұрын

Eventually those kids that refuse to learn what doesn't work for them will encounter barriers in their career that will be very difficult to overcome as older people.