Drawabox Lesson 0, Part 2: What are the FUNDAMENTALS?

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"You gotta work on your fundamentals, bro" - if I had a nickel for every time someone said that to me when I was asking for advice as a beginner, I would be a wealthy man. Too bad I didn't know a damn thing about what they meant. And besides - at the time, I wanted to draw anime. Why would I need to learn form and perspective for that? Well, let's talk about it.
The reading for this video is available at drawabox.com/lesson/0/1. You can find all the free lessons at drawabox.com
00:00 Intro
00:18 What on earth are the fundamentals?
01:06 The "CORE" fundamentals of drawing
01:57 Spatial Reasoning
02:39 Markmaking
03:08 Observation
04:03 Why these "core" fundamentals are often missing
05:01 Explore more advanced topics whenever you like
06:35 What DOESN'T Drawabox teach?
08:41 On the subject of STYLE
12:03 Conclusion
Links from the video:
Art Anatomy for Beginners with Steve Huston: drawabox.com/nma/artanatomybe...
Fundamentals of Observational Drawing with Iliya Mirochnik: drawabox.com/nma/fundamentals...
New Masters Academy: drawabox.com/nma
Use the code DRAWABOX22 to get a substantial discount off your first billing cycle on New Masters Academy. On release of this video, the discount was 35%, however this may change. Check the banner at the top of drawabox.com for the most accurate information.
Most of the pudgy-student illustrations were done by sluggydragon. Check out her work over on instagram: / sluggydragon
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@WakeUpMaggie Жыл бұрын

Every artist I've followed in order to learn from them has gone on about the fundamentals. Sounds like this course has a specific outlook on what those fundamentals are, which is nice.

@Uncomfortable Жыл бұрын

It can definitely be frustrating when people keep talking about the fundamentals, but everyone has a different idea of what they are and how they should be pursued. We don't delve into *all* the fundamentals, but we do strongly believe that what we tackle here are the "core" fundamentals that help students to learn/understand the others more effectively.

@WakeUpMaggie Жыл бұрын

@@Uncomfortable Thanks for the reply! I really do look forward to the course. ❤ I especially appreciated the idea of drawing as the art of mark-making; I can't believe I never broke it down into that language before. Makes it so much more approachable!

@SpellboundTutor 2 жыл бұрын

The entire intro had me literally screaming "THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING." If I had a nickel every time I asked an artist friend how I should go about learning how to draw and they responded with "Just practice lol", I swear.

@mancockfighting Жыл бұрын

Our bad for not wanting to give a long answer you aren't going to listen to?

@user-ox3me2qt7c Жыл бұрын

@@mancockfighting i don't think this hostility was necessary at all. Its not like he was asking random people out of nowhere, either; he was asking his friends.

@akeelyaqub2538 Жыл бұрын

@@mancockfighting how do you know he wont listen? Beginners listen, believe me, most artists just cant be bothered to or arent smart enough to explain exactly what "just practice" actually entails.

@dulikajayasekera7866 Жыл бұрын

@@mancockfighting how would you know if he is going to listen to it or not. he literally asked you so he wants to listen so quit coming up with excuses and help a fellow bro

@sidneyrobinson18 Жыл бұрын

@@mancockfighting jeez why are you such an asshole lmao, don't act like you know whether or not he'll listen because you don't know him

@MWillustration 4 ай бұрын

The best assignment I got in college to help in developing my watercolor painting style was to take a piece of artwork that we admire. In my case it was William Holman Hunts “The Awakening Conscience.” Then paint it 15 different ways. From color, paint type, amount of water, medium, and varies paper we got to explore the media as itself. It was the pivot point on how I handle my own painting forward.

@galloviking4766 Жыл бұрын

This hits close to home. Around five years ago, when I wanted to start drawing, most of the advice I got was "draw quick figures every day you'll get good eventually". That never got me anywhere and eventually, I quit. Yesterday, I was digging through my old stuff while cleaning and found my sketchbook full of horrible figures, and that reignited my will to learn to draw, the right way (or rather ONE way that has been followed successfully by many people). Who cares if it takes me six months, a year, two years to learn the basics? It's better than giving up again and quitting for another five.

@gutzberancid7298 2 жыл бұрын

I just started drawing and I’m feeling very inspired (no matter how bad my drawings are😂)I’m still having trouble drawing circles and squares but I hope I can get good enough to draw some of my favorite berserk moments tho I understand it’ll take years but I’m willing to put the time in I’m hoping I can build a good foundation with this

@whitepaper4353 2 жыл бұрын

Same here! Good luck and have fun!

@TheSuperNaruto96 Жыл бұрын

Thats great goal to work towards.! i wouldnt stress being able to get shapes down perfectly, ive been drawing consistently since highschool and my circles still come out wonky unless im using a stencil!

@narutogfx6885 Жыл бұрын

Bro the feeling is mutual even I can't draw circle and square perfect and I am in 10 my whole life was a lie 😅😂😂

@armaankhan9041 Жыл бұрын

@@narutogfx6885 same bud i say lets put in the work

@Marius-sd4mf Жыл бұрын

update?

@akeelyaqub2538 Жыл бұрын

As uncomfortable said, taking a course on perspective specificly can be very beneficial whilst also doing drawabox. I'd recommend Scott robertsons book "How to draw" its the most comprehensive guide on perspective thats available today and by the time you complete it you can pretty much draw anything you want in perfect perspective. However it gets VERY difficult in the later chapters, especially for beginners so it would probably be best to start the book around the halfway point of drawabox, when you have a good enough grasp on perspective and forms, how to draw can arguably be viewed as the natural progression from drawabox, especially towards the end of it but the two learning paths compliment each other extremely well and improvement in one will equal some level of improvement in the other.

@marekrybakiewicz370 Жыл бұрын

this is exactly what I was wondering, thank you for this amazing answer

@akeelyaqub2538 Жыл бұрын

@@marekrybakiewicz370 its honestly the best book for everyone who wants to dramatically improve at sketching. Its way more than just perspective, the techniques in the book can be applied to everything you could evee want to draw and I use them all the time either directly or indirectly. Once you overcome the large learning curve in the book, your skills skyrocket and just keep going.

@grovenunder 2 жыл бұрын

I thank you for making this free. I'm a beginner but i seem to be stuck hopefully this will broaden my horizon.

@MsVamPireChic 9 ай бұрын

Any update? Did it help?

@silvercrow3007 10 ай бұрын

I decided to start drawing again from scratch. Unfortunately, I dropped out of several drawing courses that I found too complicated for the beginner that I am. This is a message to myself to leave a trace of my passage and of the future artist I'm going to be. I intend to come back here once the 7 lessons are over.

@ethanho1177 2 ай бұрын

how's it coming along?

@silvercrow3007 27 күн бұрын

@intersonalityyes/no 😅

@silvercrow3007 27 күн бұрын

@@ethanho1177 It seems that my first post has been deleted. I'm sorry I didn't reply :(

@andrewodchigue9302 18 күн бұрын

@@silvercrow3007how's your progress right now?

@silvercrow3007 18 күн бұрын

It's bad, I've stopped making progress 😢

@Fiona2254 17 күн бұрын

It’s been 40 years… and I’m all in.

@isaiah3613 5 ай бұрын

Finally after 2 weeks of trying to learn art I found the starting line, I've studied up alot on it and practiced even more... but it didn't even occur to me that I didn't actually know what the fundamentals of drawing were, I like your explanation on it thanks for making these, ill do my best to take my time with each lesson and get really good at whatever it's about so I can improve more in the future.

@chesswonk 6 ай бұрын

Lesssgoo!!! gonna start this course I'm so excited

@didi1406 2 жыл бұрын

Not the FUNCTION METAPHOR lmaoo I was trying to get away from math! :')

@supersaiyancommenter 2 жыл бұрын

Same :(

@yashsingh8363 Жыл бұрын

I'm restarting drawabox from 0 again hope this time i won't end up procastinating

@masonictraveler6558 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this I got so annoyed when people told me to go practice the fundementals

@flowerpowershiva 2 жыл бұрын

mi camino empieza hoy, thanks

@wonderlust2569 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was funny 🤣 didn't expect that cameo here!

@moustached1252 Жыл бұрын

That joke about style made my laugh. Well done! And thanks for your hard work

@UltimatePerfection 2 күн бұрын

2:39 It's good that many art software these days have perspective assistant tools then, though if you are doing traditional art, you might still need to learn it the hard way.

@nymoldinrui7117 Жыл бұрын

I liked how you explained style in terms of mathematics .That made me laugh.

@TVStrikers Жыл бұрын

absolutely loved the model of style being a function. I think the first derivative is taste since it changes as you grow.

@Uncomfortable Жыл бұрын

Been a while since I last took calculus, but you still got a chuckle out of me.

@ibrahimmahadfarah7510 3 ай бұрын

so important to learn

@SakuraScythe Жыл бұрын

Im very motivated to draw now, especially due to that BEAUTIFUL Jojo style drawing.

@Gacha_Anne 2 ай бұрын

Totally related i started to go to a coaching and after lines they just jump into shading 😅

@blackhoundrise8431 Жыл бұрын

Has anyone found themselves searching for Control + Z buttons on the paper they are drawing on? Happened to me loads. Where is E to erase? Drawing on paper is fun and I forgot how much fun it is. 👍🏽🔥🔥🔥

@DaisyFarm_ 2 жыл бұрын

I’m really excited to try this course out but I do have one question. You encourage studying harder subjects that you may not be “ready” for alongside studying with Drawbox, yes? Well, how would you recommend divvying up these separate study times? Should students focus on the Drawbox lesson they’re on one week and then the next one focus on another, separate thing to study? Then alternate between those two things? Or is there a different way you’d approach it?

@Uncomfortable 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't really have a solid answer for this, simply because it depends too much on a lot of different factors - not least of which how much time you actually have at your disposal. I think the best way to gauge this for yourself is to start with one course (be it Drawabox or whatever else), see how the workload feels, and then if you find you've still got plenty of time to spare while tackling that one course at a pace that is comfortable for you, try introducing another. You'll also want to pay attention to how stimulated/engaged you feel - Drawabox itself is not the most interesting course, so you may want to supplement it with topics that are more interesting (even if they're more advanced). All of these courses, Drawabox included, are designed to be taken at your own pace, so there's a lot of flexibility to make things work in a manner that is still comfortable for you. That said, in the next video we talk about the 50% rule, which may help give some more context to how you should be approaching scheduling your time.

@DaisyFarm_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@Uncomfortable Thank you for taking the time In answering :) Alright, I’ll try out that “one thing at a time” approach then to see what I’m comfortable with!

@BaddeBadger 17 күн бұрын

I've always been told I was good at drawing but in reality I was just good at observation.

@Uncomfortable 16 күн бұрын

That is exceptionally common - fortunately observation is still an extremely important skill to have developed. Now all that's left is to develop the other side of things.

@BlazertronGames 2 жыл бұрын

Is this a remake, or just a reupload? I'm sure I watched the exact same video when I started a few days ago.

@Uncomfortable 2 жыл бұрын

It's a reupload - with the new sponsorship, we had to make some small changes that we could not accomplish without fully replacing the video.

@emrfish6 5 ай бұрын

8:28 I can't believe they teach you how to shade Meridia's Beacon!

@dumdumdeedee697 2 жыл бұрын

Is the video and the written blog the same thing? Coz i prefer reading

@Uncomfortable 2 жыл бұрын

Generally going through the material in multiple formats improves the overall absorption of the material. You can ostensibly go through just the written stuff, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it.

@pelham123_7 Жыл бұрын

Nice.

@shonalikiroula 11 ай бұрын

Hey, if anyone don't know the English language then how can they learn.. Please look into this metter.. Because your way of teaching is really great, many people can learn with this~ Thanks🌻

@Uncomfortable 11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately as our resources are very limited, we are not able to explore expanding to other languages at this time.

@boredgamer786 9 ай бұрын

10:22 man that style is real bizarre

@chok1169 2 жыл бұрын

i been stuck for a 6 months seeing no progress in my art. Does learning perspective will really help me progress faster?

@niconegro9154 2 жыл бұрын

Of course à lot

@Uncomfortable 2 жыл бұрын

What we teach has a fair bit of overlap with perspective, but what this course really focuses on is "spatial reasoning". That is, understand how the things we're drawing exist in 3D space. This is something I feel a lot of courses don't focus enough upon, and yes - I do feel that it can really make a difference for students.

@Krumplebumble 5 ай бұрын

7:42 this is all you need if you already know that you need fundamentals

@GoofyAhhLion2937 Ай бұрын

10:25 JOJOOOOOOOO

@Krumplebumble 5 ай бұрын

9:53 My brain fried on this

@mondogenerator1775 Жыл бұрын

Facts

@shogunoden14 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I can’t believe this nma website exist

@Uncomfortable 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely wish I had this kind of resource when I was learning! We had somewhat similar things, but the one I used at the time had one pricing option - $500/year!

@puiudenis5731 Жыл бұрын

10:23 IS THAT A JOJO REFFERENCE!!11!

@Uncomfortable Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, yes. One of my completionists, who is quite active in the community (and whom I intend to make into a teaching assistant) uses the username DIO, and loves Jojo memes - so I put it in there for his enjoyment.

@dlseller 6 ай бұрын

You had me at f(x)=2x 9:52

@shilpaaditri 5 ай бұрын

👍

@39bababhagat31 Жыл бұрын

10:31 JoJo

@firefed Жыл бұрын

🤣"six moths of boring exercises" "goodluck with that" XD Hi 😄

@redfoxbennaton Жыл бұрын

I will never understand the thought process that "I don't need to understand fundamentals. I KNOW HOW TO DRAW ANIME!" Come on now. Even anime with it's big eyes and flat shading has a gallon of realism (if not exaggerated realism) what with it's lighting, water colored backdrops, sexy bodies, and more.

@DrawingSources-wm9zu 7 ай бұрын

"Spatial Reasoning" is what "Draw like a Sir" calls "3D vision"?

@Uncomfortable 7 ай бұрын

Possibly, although I am not familiar with their content.

@Priyanka_draws 7 ай бұрын

Proko is not free 🥀

@Uncomfortable 7 ай бұрын

Proko's KZfaq channel has *tons* of free videos covering a wide range of topics relating to figure drawing and anatomy. They're primarily 4 years and older so you have to scroll back through his catalogue, but they're there. He of course offers other paid courses, but he provides a wealth of educational content for free as well.

@ordinary_nugget691 7 ай бұрын

I’m in my 30s. I hope I’m not too late to learn drawing 😅

@Uncomfortable 6 ай бұрын

No such thing as being too old. When I was studying at Concept Design Academy, one of my housemates who was also attending was 36 - and now he's an art director, and this is his work: www.artstation.com/tppnr

@Luka.shrekie 2 жыл бұрын

dijorno

@brap97 Жыл бұрын

Fundamentals are something incompetent artists milk for all its worth.

@TheRunoben Жыл бұрын

Nothing he saying makes sense

@TheRunoben Жыл бұрын

NONE OF THIS MADE SENSE OR TAUGHT ME ANYTHING

@johnaxleeliscupidez5140 2 жыл бұрын

draw while you teach dude, can't get any info if you not show examples with actions. this is like a boring math class. Sorry for quite harsh comment but this is the truth.

@IOSAppCrazy 2 жыл бұрын

These are the introductory videos. As you continue to the first non-intro lesson of the course, he draws live while teaching :). I hope your journey through learning art is a positive one!

@piratehalfdroid7370 Жыл бұрын

This is just the intro, not the actual lessons. There is also a written and audio version of this here, Nd on the website.

@cloudyyy_0.0 Жыл бұрын

This is just the intri