How to draw from reference?

Hey! In this Short video, I'm gonna share with you how to draw from a reference. Hope you like it.

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My name is Lucas Peinador, I’m a concept artist and illustrator. I am originally from Costa Rica, now living in Slovenia.
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[rainaamyliaart]

damn that was so simple and easy to remember! Thanks for sharing!

[krsmanjovanovic]

I like my forms solid so I always first construct manequin from simplified forms and then go into more complex organic forms over them, but this technique you showed feels more free flow and natural, I feel like I am actualy doing construction wrong 😭

[cokecan]

I start by drawing the first random thing I see on the image and then work it out from there. Right now I like starting from kneecaps, wrists, and hips.

[TurboTechBlast]

Oh! Thats a much bettee way of doing things. I'll have to go try that out!

[kevindrey]

Lucas You are a blessing to mankind🙏🏾🙏🏾❤

[wisteriablossom]

Remember, if you feel shameful drawing from references, Just a quick reminder- The starry night was drawn with reference!

[lunarisfalconstudio]

Thanks! Would you make a video talking a bit about your course? I’m very interested but I’d love to know more of what you teach there to understand if it fits my needs 😊

[mundodoingles]

Do you think its Good to mesure The proportions to draw The overall shape ?

[sweetchilliheat]

Thank you very much . I subbed to you😊😊

[nesraspongx]

my problem isn't really that, it's that i LITERALLY can NOT draw from refrence (assuming i can draw to begin with)
till not i only learned the head shape and a couple of prespectives for it, incapable of choosing how the head ends up looking (if it's the same person/different/how unique each head it) but sure i'm just starting

yet when i try to draw from refrence i have to ommit everything i learned and just copy as much as i can, if i try to get more involved and plan out more it turns out bad, and even when i don't it's a 90-10 or so, as well as not even being able to do either in any more detailed picture (a real face and most drawings)

idk where to go from here or how to use refrences or improve with them, it feels like i'm stuck to a wall, if you ever read this please give me advice about where to go from here and how to use refrences

my personal goal: get good enough at drawing people that i get motivated and feel like i can do it, then i start learning more general things and overall drawing, not really getting that great but just good (slightly lower to the average of a comic book/manga level) and then if i may try to improve more but it's not really something i currently have any care about
current goal: just get good at heads, then i can go body, then arms and legs

[tonaxysam]

Question, can smth similar be done on tradicional?

[Nemesis_skream]

“For reference this is how hairy my butt is right now”

[ragnarlothbrok]

Which brush... Did you use for the sketching.... Please tell 😒

[dapprligtnin]

Is it cheating to draw over the original image? (drawing over the layer with the original picture.)

[Tangledupintheroots]

So, if you're drawing traditionally while looking at your reference, how do you keep your proportions accurate?

I'm a finger artist on my phone, but I'm trying to better my anatomy on traditional to learn full body sketches. I'm more of a head to shoulders artist 🤣

I always end up accidentally drawing too small on the page of my sketchbook/ Part of the drawing is way bigger than the rest. Like everything looks normal then boom giant arm that's beyond the waist-

How do I fix that? 😅

[Tm-fxou]

Where do you draw and what brushes do you use ?

[mocixh]

Me who just traces the parts to get the shapes and then copy the pose then trace it again then again make the final sketch:

[SleepyHollowKnight]

I always draw original characters and people, but I have this horrible habit of getting lazy and tracing a pose. I don’t sell or post any of my art, but still.

[mrgreen]

Иф ю вонт ту дров бай зэ рэфэренс бат.. Пхпхп извините я слышу русского🤣🤙

[dr.nightmare]

Draw from reference? Paste the picture in a new layer, change the opacity, trace. Voila! 😅