An EASY Method For Drawing The TORSO...

In this video I show you how to draw the 3 major masses using boxes in perspective.

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[icloudydust]

Dude, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! I never fully understood how torsos really *worked*, but this video really helped me understand how to break them down into simpler shapes and make drawing them just that bit easier. Thank you so much! :-)

[oldmanandthesea]

You have a mind of an artist and an engineer. Simplification with elegance. Very educational video!

[Blackbird]

Just started out with drawing in general and wantd to focus on anatomy and proportions first. While searching for easy shapes videos, this is one of the best videos I found for this and I will practice them. Late to the party, but anyway, keep up the great work!

[baksterartwork]

This channel is incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for making videos like this 😭

[magnastrazh]

I've searched somthing like this for long time. Thank you!

[manzanaturqueza]

Thank you so much for making this video Dan, I’d love to watch a video about stacking tilted boxes in perspective because I got lost in that part but you really changed the way I think about this 🤯

[danilodeluxo]

Very thorough!! Great references as well

[noobandfriends]

1:50 It's taken me far too long to realize that when you draw a box from the front, that the horizontal lines don't correspond to the lines on the side view. This set me back about a month as I was trying to figure out why noting was aligning when I would rotate the boxes into 3/4 view. I also don't like how most instructors don't explain which lines are still useful when moving onto doing detail (hardly any). Later on in the video Dan mentions this in passing.

[losio]

For anyone that has a problem measuring by eye (eyeballin) proportions here is a bit simpler method:
1. Draw head normally however thick, or small you like. For semi-realistic I go for ball and half of that ball for lower part.
2. Neck is half head, or slightly less depending on your preference, or reference image
3. 3 head heights from top of the chest to the very bottom of crotch. Now split this into half (slightly more height for chest if you aim for more realism ) and then hips height on second half to your liking, for me half or slightly more is perfect.

This approach for me is easier to understand and reproduce even on extreme perspectives. I don't have to overthink or focus on measuring too much instead drawing. Works well for poses from imagination too.

[madladuchiha]

Great vid dan, Thanks for giving me another method to block in these forms :)

[edreds]

BROOOO I use to tilt those boxes and it’s always hard af, I’m gonna try this, tysm

[travistoastlord]

Nice job with doing an overview of this, though I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure the starting point of the arms (or the shoulders) go a bit further back of the ribs because they aren't usually known to be in the center top of the ribcage.

[jayart]

Informative, thanks for the tip bro😁😁😁👍👍

[silase.quester]

I realize this video is a year old, but I was wondering, is there a measurement/proportion of how much space is between the ribcage and the pelvis? We've got an idea of how large those two should be, but I've been having trouble finding the general consensus as to how much space one should leave between them.

[nicktyler]

Cool exercise! Never tried this box approach, as I was learning from Loomis books, and he uses more complex/organic mannikins... But it is surprisingly fun to play with these simple shapes, and train your eye too see correct angles/proportions. Only trouble I had, was trying to do it digitally with Wacom Intuos Pro tablet. Maybe I'm too old, but with pencil and paper it is much easier! With tablet my hand to eye coordination is still faulty, and I often just miss connecting corners, or get wobbly lines... :( If you go rough and dirty, you get the overall shapes. But trying to do clean lines, as you do with pencil, it is getting tricky.

[slappyklappy]

Amazing tutorial. It's very helpful for me. Thanks a lot... I have subscribed to your channel.

[thecoolercapybara]

Man, why did I stop drawing, now I’m interested

[MarflllyeGomez]

Practico! Gracias . Yo dibujo todo a base de cubos todo y las perspectivas fondos queda mas facil conpletarlos. La verdad eñ espacio de la medida entre el cubo de arriba al de abajo radica en.... solo un sirculo no complicarnos es lo mejor .... gracias por el vídeo . Saludos desde colombia!

[unclered]

Great video! I looked for a 3D model of the Block mannequin you drew in the video to study but couldn’t find anything. There are plenty mannequin models with more spherical round forms that look similar but no block/square ones I could find. Are there more references on your Patreon?

[tonyredgrave]

this isn't easy at all. but it's going to be for people around the same level. i'll consider this as a reference when i get better.