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u/Bidrick 18d ago
When I see someone do it, I’m like oh yeah,,,, but give me a blank canvas and I have nothing!
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u/SmellsLikePneumonia 18d ago
I couldn’t even trace this…
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u/joalheagney 18d ago
The trick is that you have to train your subconscious brain to do it, not your conscious brain. I'm nowhere this good but I can freestyle sketch most things with a bit of practice.
So, basically, grab a whole lot of paper and your drawing implement of choice. Say to yourself "I'm going to draw X.", then start scribbling. The trick is each doodle should take you less than 5 seconds to draw, 2 seconds ideally. If you slow down, or spend more than a few seconds on a doodle, time to move on to the next one. Rotate the paper, fit things into the gaps, flip the paper over.
You actively want to short circuit the critical, logical parts of your brain. There will be a point where you draw something that looks vaguely like what you want, and your subconscious will pick up on that. Pretty quickly you'll start drawing "X" reliably.
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u/desertpolarbear 18d ago
Okay, I've now practiced drawing an X for the last 30 minutes, and I think I've got it down. (I can do it in less than 4 seconds!) What is the next step? I was thinking "O" but I might not be quite ready for that level yet...
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u/ApexFungi 18d ago
There is no "trick". It's just a lot of serious practice and studying how to draw over many years.
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u/Jar_Of_Jaguar 18d ago
But there can be tricks on how to practice more effectively with your time.
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u/ApexFungi 18d ago
I guess. But the premise of "The trick is that you have to train your subconscious brain to do it, not your conscious brain." This only comes from years of hard work practicing. By practicing a lot, a lot of things that used to be hard and you had to do consciously become things that are easy and thing you can do almost subconsciously.
Maybe drawing something for 5 seconds only can help, but really the important message if you want to learn to draw is to just do it a lot and even better enjoy doing it. Pretty much the same with math.
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All of those edit the white balance to hide the outline on the "blank" canvas.
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u/PelagicSwim 18d ago
Yeh - most notable is below the right (left on page) knee - but start to finish it is just great. It 'might' have taken a lot longer than the video lasted, there were probably lines drawn, erased and redrawn but as a demo of what is necessary to draw a great depiction of a pair of trousers it is 'flawless'. And if it encourages others to take up the pencil - even better.
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u/Kidney05 18d ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/Msw0QVt2gK4?si=F8xiwk_-xh91eOgz
Makes me think of this Daniel Tosh joke
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u/xloHolx 18d ago
Wonder how many years it took the artist to do that
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u/DigitalMunky 18d ago
17 seconds
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u/BenMcAdoos_ElCamino 18d ago
The video is obviously sped up. This drawing took 6 years to complete each leg.
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u/ReflectionSea3565 18d ago
I went to college for product design and had to draw 10s of thousands of objects and whatnot, and I still kinda suck. Some people have this in them, and some don't I guess.
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u/fanta_bhelpuri 18d ago
At first I thought he was just making random marks
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u/Patty80906 18d ago
At first I thought he was drawing ... well...I don't know how to describe it delicately.
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u/MercyfulJudas 18d ago
You should watch legendary comic book artist Jim Lee's Twitch stream, where he sketches (mostly superhero) art like this.
It will be a pretty cool, shadowy pic of Batman or something, and then Lee will, like, put white-out on a tooth brush and flick the bristles with his thumb, and suddenly Batman is in a winter Gotham cemetery with the snow falling around him, or something. Instantly, and expertly, like Lee's not even trying.. So fun to watch.
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u/Poullafouca 18d ago
I went to art school, and had a completely brilliant life drawing tutor; he was quite a famous painter, too. He was explosive and critical, and encouraging and a ranting, exasperated genius, in his way. He drummed it into us, over and over. "Until you have flexibility in your wrist, you won't be able to draw shit."
To gain the flexibility that this artist has here, you have to practise over and over; obviously, some people have an innate skill, which this person likely has. Learning to draw is like any physical skill; you do it over and over, you draw things that look like shit, and you hate yourself.
The one thing that my teacher drummed into us was "DO NOT BE TIMID". If you were, and did tiny, timid, furry lines he would go nuts and pull your paper off your easel and make you start again. He taught us to practise moving our pencils fearlessly.
That's what this artist is doing. Combined with incredible skill.
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u/lvlonikaa11 18d ago
I wish my drawing professor gave more practical advice, mine just told me I’d never improve if I didn’t get therapy.
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u/RionaMurchada 18d ago
I dated a guy who could effortlessly draw like this. It was really awe inspiring. I think it's definitely a gift!!
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u/thanksyalll 18d ago
It’s years of practicing for hours every day
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u/RionaMurchada 17d ago
I met him when I was 14. He was raised by a widowed single mom and had four other siblings. There was absolutely no extra money for drawing lessons. He had a natural talent. Some people ARE just born with it.
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u/thanksyalll 17d ago
Who’s talking about lessons? All you need is a pencil, paper and passion. Yes many are born with it, and yet only the few passionate nurture it into a full skill. I only bring this up because all this talent you attribute to this person includes a lot of effort and mindset you’re not giving more credit to
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u/RionaMurchada 17d ago
What you call nurturing, he called fun. He would whip up a drawing on the spot just to give to a friend. He drew little comic panels to illustrate a joke. He was so good he worked on many well known animated shows and had his own business. Your comments come across as really combative and unbelieving that some people are born with natural artistic gifts. Sure, you can study theory, form, light, etc and practice endlessly, but there are people out there who have a natural ability to do all of those things without endless studying and practice. Just enjoy it instead of minimizing their gift.
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u/thanksyalll 16d ago
I’m a professional artist myself; I’m not minimizing his gift, I’m highlighting his obvious effort that you dismiss. If he worked with animation companies, he absolutely did study form and lighting and I highly doubt he would be happy about completely dismissing the work he put into honing his skills to be able to “whip up a drawing on the spot”. Mozart for example, may have been born with talent, but his legacy, and any pretty tune he could improvise would not exist without the blood sweat and tears he put into his craft
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u/RionaMurchada 16d ago edited 16d ago
Yeah okay Mr. Pretentious, believe what you want.
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u/thanksyalll 16d ago
Talking about the work behind the talent is literally the opposite of pretentiousness but ok
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u/Helgurnaut 18d ago
Both kinda. No kid of age of 5 practised piano more than some people with 20+ behind them and yet some of these kids will be far better than most people will ever be in a lifetime.
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u/taway9925881 18d ago
Amazing talent and skill right there. Great job.
Only Sydney Sweeney's jeans look this good. /s
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u/lyssiemiller 18d ago
How can I be so painfully talentless when it’s so easy for people to be this skilled?
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u/0xc0ba17 18d ago
"why am I not as skilled as a person who's been doing this daily for years?"
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u/citypanda88 18d ago
Yeah exactly. Why do people assume this was easy? Everything comes with practice.
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u/El_Don_94 18d ago
How often are you drawing?
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u/lyssiemiller 18d ago
All the time. It just doesn’t get any better but I keep trying.
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u/El_Don_94 17d ago
How much are you actually looking at your reference? Mediate over it before actually drawing and trace its contours with your mind's eye.
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u/Replyafterme 18d ago
It would be ethical for you to include the op instead of imitating it as your own
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u/Montgomery000 18d ago
Do people who can do this have the picture in their mind before they start drawing? I mean, can you see each line before you put it onto the paper? If not, how do you decide what line to draw (meaning the shaded lines, not just the outline of the pants)?
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u/upper-cut_sagat 18d ago
Dude. There was no need to add the last line.. That one killed me. Amazing talent. 🤯🤯
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u/SomeMoronOnTheNet 18d ago
Easy when you have the talent.
I'd want to see them do it with my hand-eye coordination.
That would be amazing.
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u/icecubepal 18d ago
Always interesting to see how people hold a pen. I’ve seen people hold a pen like they are holding a soda can when writing.
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u/Embracerealityplease 18d ago
Both my kids do stuff like this. Wife and I just sit and watch and mumble to each other about black magic. All we can tell you for sure is that those genes can skip generations.
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u/Another_Road 18d ago
I was genuinely surprised when I took an art lesson and realized just how much shading affects an overall piece.
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u/welcometoohio2011 18d ago
Im watching it over and over again and I can't figure out the hell this man/women makes something so confusing yet so amazing.
My mind is literally blown 🤯
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u/Debonaire_Death 18d ago
All in the wrist...
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u/citypanda88 18d ago
I get your reference… but it’s actually less about the wrist and mostly about controlling your arm movements. If you notice, his wrist angle barely changes and mostly stays locked but his arm is moving all over the place.
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u/Debonaire_Death 18d ago
I'd be interested to see it at normal speed...everyone needs things sped up these days, but I feel it particularly egregious with cooking and art
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u/UltraMagat 18d ago
Serious question. Is this "skill" as in something you can learn and get good at? Or is it something that you're born with: the ability to just put images down on paper that look right? Are you drawing from an image in your head like you're tracing it out?
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u/old_man_khan 18d ago
That caliber of vision makes me so envious. The way this artist's mind works is a gift.
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u/FruitzyTV 18d ago
oh respectfullly fuck off, when I try that shit I get a monster that haunts me in my dreams
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u/buff_samurai 18d ago
Nah, this is the true BeAmazed guy - https://youtu.be/MGbvhyTZXfs
RIP Kim Jung Gi
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u/Jonesy10187 18d ago
Things like this amaze me. I can’t draw a strait line with a ruler…
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u/citypanda88 18d ago
Fyi most artists use rulers to draw straight lines. It’s a tool, not a crutch.
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u/for_music_and_art 18d ago
This is called drawing the same or similar thing lots of times and being very good at reproducing a certain effect.
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u/smokeyjoeNo1 18d ago
You are born artist you lucky thing!
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u/lucassuave15 18d ago
No human was ever born with any artistry skill, there's no DNA code for "good at drawing"
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u/Red_Icnivad 18d ago
There are some tangential skills, like "good at mental visioning" that have some basis in nature over nurture. But this takes a lot of practice, no matter what.
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u/smokeyjoeNo1 18d ago
Totally disagree with both comments. My husband who was never taught art nor was interested in it could draw an instant pic that was up there with someone who could draw well. I'd love to be able to draw or sketch & have tried to do so over 60 years practicing & working to the best of my ability but I'm not anywhere near his standards. I believe we have been given talents that we should nurture once it is realised that we all have a them. There are thousands of 'talents' out there & creating art is just one.
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u/electovoid 18d ago
He likely drew a lot as a child - i promise you no one is born with the ability to draw skillfully.
Some people are better at improving than others, some need different structure, others feels like it happens without effort. Either way, it is trained
It also could be that your idea of a skilled artist is different to what we would. Its a crazy varied field after all
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u/Notice_Green 18d ago
Damn hes so talented, crazy how some people are just born this way and can just do stuff like this with little to no practice. people who are unlucky like me and are born with no art talent will just have to use ai art which is ok because not every one is lucky enough to be born with so much talent.
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