I have a lot of really dumb jokes constantly flooding into my head when I'm trying to make these.

Drawing like a painter painting like a sculptor next is sculpting like a writer Make it so, teacherman!

"This is how a kid might draw an eye, when they are young" 90% of the students I get to teach when they are like 14 draw a DOT, maybe with a circle or an egg around it. That's where I hang up portraits upside down for them to draw what they see, not what they know... to blow their minds about how they can draw.

"drawing what you see instead of what you know is there."

If we draw like painters and paint like sculptors, how are we supposed to sculpt?

"and if you draw anime there's some kind of nose or whatever"😂

I keep coming back to this lesson... I can't thank u enough man, this seriously has helped me a ton: this lesson kind of changed my life for me in terms of drawing now: like I am noticing values on everything, and its helping me to draw more loosely. thank u!

This is probably the lesson I most consistently forget - given enough time I'll always fall back to drawing every line for no good reason. This is a great reminder, thanks!

Man, this is such a simple concept and yet for some reason it never occured to me to think this way in drawing. I was thinking of drawing and painting as separate things. Thank you so much.

He just sounds happy with what's he doing C:

Sinix: This is how a kid might draw an eye Me: oh, okay...

"This is maybe for people just starting out." I've been using lost edges as a style choice not based on light direction for a lot longer than I care to admit... The fact that you can impart such a huge change in the quality of my work with these short videos is invaluable...Thanks Sinix

i fr thought this said ‘drawing like a printer’ for like 5 minutes

@jimipatterson It's still there as the first video on the channel. I probably won't get around to redoing them for awhile. The next videos are going to be about concept design.

One thing I learned to do sort of on my own through trial and error is to skip around. Try to visualize the full picture first and skip around drawing lines here and there until it comes together like a puzzle. This is good to do if you have a super vivid imagination like me. It will look abstract at first to an observer, but slowly it pulls together. The only thing is you can't have any distractions at all or you might lose the visualization, I really need to be in the flow to draw this way.

Everything makes sense now! This video makes the process I go through in my head -when I draw or paint something that is 3d- much more organized. Thank you for explaining it the way you explain it!

8 years later but still helpful

I just realized that i can keep my lines more loose by...taking off my prescription glasses!! I can't get lost in details if i don't see any!! 😂

Thanks for the tut, Sinix! As a beginner, this is very helpful for me. :)

You are one of my favorite artists on youtube. Not to compare in a way to sound like im saying you are better than others. I can connect with you and you are very friendly and open towards teaching people and different artistic styles. This video is great

5:00 it's avatar aang! thanks for the great tips! >u< Incidentally, 6:31 looks a little like wireframe sculptures

You've inspired me so much. Your drawings are beautiful and full of, well, energy. I'm gonna go draw now.

that's because you have a big imagination, I also do the same that's why I decided to study drawing again to enjoy drawing funny stuffs that come to my mind you're very talented, keep going and absolutely your future will be great, you're one of my favorite Artists on KZfaq, all respect

oh and thanks for all the great tutorials! i've learned a lot in a short span of time

Ech!! I love your lines so freaking much!!

huh, "focus on where the shadows might be, don't worry about connecting the lines", that's interesting

Glad I found your channel. You're enjoyable and informative to listen to.

this video is sooo helpful too!! sometimes I will hit kind of an artist block, like this week I was a bit... but seeing this video really, really inspired me. thank u! I love how u show how simple the lines and things start out, but just adding in the values completely change it. I really like the finished drawings at the end

ive listened to this like 10 times. i have it looping, I will understand this...

*EnGinEeRiNg LikE a CoOk* (I couldn't help myself sorry)

This is a great idea, I'll be keeping this in mind from now on. Cheers Sinix

nice video Sinix. Maybe you could do some more fundamental videos showcasing how you achieve this ability to "draw with shadows/lightning in mind".

This is great, thank you very much! I've been trying to work out how to do my lines, especially digitally. This is great, thank you!

@loathiesome Good call on the ears. I seem to make a lot more mistakes when I can't focus my whole attention on recognizing those things.

oh, your first drawing of the face through the shadows was trully insightful, thanks!

Mmm, that crispy 2011 audio quality

Wow this was in 2011, its 2019 now and you have only continued to grow as an artist

This was 9 years ago, sinix sounds so different 😭😭

nice! this was really insightful! ive been trying to get my drawings to have more variety and intention to them so thanks!

Fun fact: if u look at the face hard enough, you can make out a kid dancing in front of two floating rocks

How can you create that brush in PS? That would be really really helpful. Nice vid BTW

You freekin virtuoso. Great channel btw

@jimipatterson By the way, it looks like you're doing a lot of cool directing stuff on your channel. I like checking out stuff like that! You might want to tone down all the black on the channel page though, just so it's more inviting.

this is preety mindblowiing... maybe i just have to reorder all my illustration process :'D

cool vid, love the end video face- the angry imma-gonna-eat-yar-heart dude, this long like resembles a scar and it rly on place even though it was probably random

I love your vids man...seriously!!

this is actually perfect. *_* i was doing so much wrong!!!! thank you you helped so much!!

that era was cool, style wise

You make it look so EASY!

You should do a tutorial just on shadows, light direction, and when to use highlights, good vids as always.

This is how i draw! I am so much more at home with a brush pen then a pencil. I like being able to have my marks do multiple things at once, like the tip and bottom of my blob both have edges instead of drawing an outline.

never touhgt about it this way when doing line art, great video

your very helpful! :) I laughed when you drew your first sample for drawing in shadows cause it looked like the face had a nose bleed ha!

Hey, Sinix! What kind of pen/brush/tool you use in this video? I like how you make thin at the same time think lines. I cant find in in Painter 12.

i like that this just popped in my recomendations

I know this is that silly question that people ask as if they will be able to draw or paint like a professional if they have it but just looks nice, where did you get this brush and is coral painter better for line or is it just that brush? I have barely any experience with it, I always use photoshop personally, but I'm going to get painter and see what its like, just see what comes from it. thanks for the videos

that's the point I should start drawing but I keep watching more of your videos.

thank you! it really broadened my view!

this video gave me a new understanding of how to draw. thanks.

Very good piece of advice. Thank you.

I love your videos so much bro

0:37 EYEconicly?

Thx Sinix! And man, you're sick good.

4:36 Aang

Hi, I have a question Sinix. Don't know if you answered it in the video because my speakers broke but what resolution have you been using for this and how much ppi ? Also, how is your brush set up ? Especially I want to know is it a round brush or a flat one, and if flat, do you have any rotation applied to it in the settings or what, because i can't get that effect with my brush that you are using, i have preassure sensitivity set on flow and I use flat brush. Thanks :D

Man, he went OFF on anime for a second there...

Thank you for making these, god damn you should teach at an art school. My teachers never explain things as well...

Now could you do a video tutorial on Painting like a Drawer? thanks! Kidding. Seriously though nice tutorials. You're great.

love your faces, style. wow! :)

THIS IS MY JAM

The jokes are great :D makes it seem more personal, and pleasing to watch.

At last some fresh ideas. Good job.

hi i had a question. any advice for controlling your brush strokes while painting (digitally)? some artwork, including yours, seems to have style and control in every brush stroke. kind of like how 90s comic books used lots of crosshatching, instead of just filling in shadows with random lines. when i paint, i feel like im randomly filling the forms out, and it doesnt look interesting. how can i fill my art with brush strokes that have stylish "motifs" like some of the better artists out there?

That is amazing👍thanks

how do change brushes quickly? or was it a button/shortcut to make it horizontal and vertical brush stroke... because the cursor seems to be broadstroke looking brush~... and what are your software in this video?

wow this is awesome!!!!!!

how do you draw like that while creating from imagination? like the design phase, you are still figuring out the character using references, in this phase i dont want to worry about lighting, but just the design and form. So would you say that it would be more beneficial to start with line sketches and then aplying big shapes on top of that and define the lighting of the scene? it is so amazing seeing people starting like this already from the begining like they already have a crystal clear image of what the final piece should be...For me lighting should be something you put on top of an already stablished line drawing.

I know I am pretty late, BUT OH MAN! Phil Hale. One of my inspirations I’d say

This was really helpful! Thank you. :-)

Holyfuck. You just gave me the underlying secret I've been trying to figure out. Holy fuckity fuck man. Watching those who are used to painting paint, they do not often do this because they already know how /they/ paint or understand it and junk. So this... just thanks man.

this is great sinix!

I usually have trouble still I can draw traditionally quickly and such and am conformable I need to learn digitally and I am slower and such. Is there a way to trick or teach myself to be as comfortable?

how do i get a brush like that in photoshop?

do you still draw with you whole arm when drawing small stuff like that?

This video made me see drawing in a new light! XD pun intended.

same here unbelievable it would took me years figuring that out on my own, im so grateful for the internet!!!!!

is there a way to get that brush on photoshop ?

sadly phothoshop doesn't respond this well to pressure sensitivity like corel painter

what toaster did you use to record audio? lolz

@sinixdesign ha, on the iphone it wasnt available. im in the middle of new mexico on a shoot right now and dont have a laptop!

does anybody know a brush like that but for photohsop??

What program do you use to do your digital art?

If you're supposed to draw like a painter but paint like a sculptor does that mean I have to draw like a sculptor?

holy shit, just had a breakthrough watching this

What program do you use

What brush are you using?

I wish sinix post stuff more often

what is the brush you use?

Do you draw hair on the people you draw?

Draw like a painter, paint like a sculpter, therefore... draw like a sculpter :D