The FIRST STEP to Drawing Any Character Easily

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Published 2024-04-25
Marvel artist ‪@ryanbnjmnart‬ shows you how to save time on penciling a character design. He begins with the human core, centering on the mass for easy layout, helping you progress quickly. He then uses quick lines for poses and movement, linking chest, pelvis, and abs for the core. This method, good for any character, focuses on volume, not detail, capturing their essence in 3D and their surroundings.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Establishing the Character
02:11 - Center Mass Demo
05:47 - Different Body Types
08:03 - Outro


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Artist | Instructor - Ryan Benjamin (www.ryanbenjamin.com/)
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All Comments (21)
  • @ProkoTV
    Improve your character design skills and more in “Marvel’s The Art of Storytelling” course - proko.com/marvel
  • Studying Bridgman's Complete Guide. One important thing he does that can be learned quickly is the masses of the torso are always tilted on the sagittal, transverse and horizontal axis (X,Y,Z). Just knowing the first points you put down are going to be (in essence) the corners of boxes tilted on three axes has been huge for creating dynamic gesture with defined volumes. Happy drawing 😁
  • @RarebitFiends
    Always exciting when you have Ryan Benjamin on to share his knowledge. He's an incredible illustrator, awesome to learn from such a master!
  • @soledout9426
    This is the first time I’ve ever learned this type of way of approaching bodies thanks brother 🙏🏾
  • This video is truly unbelievable in explaining the basics so easily, i found myself sketching a full page in under 10 min. Thank you so much for this, i cant wait to apply for the course, it just clicked and with more practice, ill get better. Have an awesome day!
  • @luandary
    Your art work is brilliant. Well done Proko. Big up!
  • @Radiant_Black
    The videos with Mr. Benjamin in them are the most helpful to me!
  • @Johuku
    This is just amazing, im definitely going to apply this in my workflow in the future as i practise. Enormous thanks to both Proko and Ryan for high quality content you produce to the next generation of comic creators.
  • @Leafcakes_
    This is an INCREDIBLE video!!! I'm grinning ear-to-ear, I finally have a solid way of gesture drawing!! Thank you Proko for sharing this!
  • @VeeAeeS
    This is great! I've always had a hard with drawing bodies this helps so much!
  • @SepetTV
    Anyone else also feel that you can visualize the form better when you're slightly sleep deprived ? Like you can "imagine" the construction lines better ? Is there a science to this or is it just me ?
  • @mojorisen8980
    Ty so much for this video I’m an older gentleman just starting to draw. I really appreciate your videos.
  • I truly learned just from this video! Proko is top notch and so is Ryan!
  • @Channel51_LA
    I've been drawing all of my life and this one video has already changed how I do things for the better. Great stuff.
  • Ryan is an incredible artist. This was really helpful stuff proko thank you.
  • @ypesie
    I always love that proko brings on these amazing artists that teach us so many cool skills. Really love proko, been watching for about 5 years now (:
  • @clarestaoctavia
    This makes me more excited to get back into drawing. Really love the explanation and the demo showed. Well done!!