How To Draw GREAT Effects

This video is all about drawing effects. We cover water, fire, smoke, and an energy blast. They're easy to draw and understand, and the best part is that they're all more similar to draw than you may think.

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tombow fudenosuke brush pen hard
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faber castell kneaded eraser
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strathmore 200 series bristol paper
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[richarddunn]

"I'm David Finch, and I've been crushing it for 25 years."

[allansmic]

David Finch is a deity when it comes to comic art.

[siddharthmohanty]

I barely see any artist giving effect tutorials. David you are great you just read our minds 😍

[fallenphoenixfilms]

DF: "It can hide mistakes"
Me: *draws smoke over entire image*

[linkinaball]

I had a very difficult time with my art during my life, up to a point that I stopped completely. Was way too hard for myself. So I forced myself to stop. So a long part of my life I did not pick up a pencil. Then enter pandemic. Lost my job and got time to think. Came to a conclusion I am most happy doing art. So now I made a plan to make something for myself with my art (roughly 5 year plan). Cuz I want to do in life what I want to do in life. You can't go trough it completely on your own terms, but if I can get close then I'll be happy for the rest of my life.
And you David and a handfull of other great teachers who so generously want to give back to the community inspired me immensely to push forward. I lost so many years, but now at least have the drive again to do art. It's harder to do than before. But you guys (David And the others *sounds like a band*) are helping me (and inspire) to understand the fundamentals like no one could before.

Thank you so very much for all of this.

[kungfukennywenny]

David has legitimately helped me since 2013 and I am so happy that you have this channel, even though I'm not financially stable, I will still support you with what I have, and support myself by watching your helpingly amazing videos, thanks David!!

[basedbattledroid]

I know they're still images but I can feel them moving, that is the magic of David's touch

[alvinjones]

An ENJOYABLE WATCH FROM ANOTHER ARTIST!!! NEW SUBSCRIBER!!!✌✌✌

[Drawing-Life]

You make it look so easy! Love the varied line work - never fully considered how overlap and line weight is so important on water and smoke.

[pastmasterdan]

Earth, wind, fire, it’s an apocalypse! Or a really good ‘70’s album 😎

[WaldenWongArt]

This was so fun to watch and mesmerizing, Dave! Love how you pencil and also think about line weights while penciling. Beautiful work!

[cathetel]

I can't believe you're giving us all these gems for free. I. Love. It.

[alanmottaart]

I've been inking a lot of your piece recently, and noticed how much tight detail you do in pencil! It's so crazy to think how long that would take with a pencil, considering it takes a long time with a brush pen. Congrats on being the best!

[skullcrusade]

David Finch: Smoke can hide mistakes
Me: I MUST LEARN THIS POWER

Just kidding, I learned how to draw capes

[danielemaranzano]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! I finally managed to complete a drawing I was struggling with. It's far from perfect, but better than how it was before!

[gilbertb]

I really like the voiced over tutorial it helps so much!

[sulaimankhan]

Hey David. You’re one of my favorite tutorial artists on YouTube and I’ve learned so much because of you! Can you please do a tutorial on wings? Specifically angel wings? I don’t know if they’re that different from bird’s wings. You rock!

[im]

This is perfect. I'm drawing something with an explosion and smoke in the background and was just going to wing it...then this vid shows up

[mattmacaraeg]

Nice website there! ;) Thanks for spreading your knowledge David Finch!

[riqueinglez]

I love the simplicity you brake down complex stuff. Great tutorial as always, David!