COMPOSITION: How Artists Decide Where Everything Goes

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[syntheotaku]

Using cut outs was a great idea instead of drawing out every composition. Another great video, Crilley!

[AporiaLester]

I got to admit, I enjoy these "technical" videos, that talk about something general so much more, than the ones, that teach about how to draw something very specific.

[GummysGamingGallery]

"I guess it's time for me to lay down this cactus..." lol

[melsgalleria]

I really love how you approached this topic. It was very well put together, and really helped me to better visualize the differences between each composition.


I have to say when you had the really big tree in the scene, it made me think of a cowboy that somehow managed to avoid being hanged, and it made me think it would have looked really cool to have a noose hanging from the tree.

[Yimyimyimyim]

6:18 something really wholesome about watching Crilley crack himself up so much

[peteannells]

Great video. Sun gives shadows which alter the shape of the other elements; move the sun and those shapes change and move...endless fun with that! How about a vid on shadows? Great way to show form.

[Mossiccie]

Love the video!

I would be interested in a follow up on how to use composition to evoke certain emotions. Like that final image with the fence - it's my understanding imagery like that is best used to evoke the feeling of being trapped or imprisoned, since the cowboy is physically inside a restrictive box.

I know you have talked in the past about the "uneasiness" we feel in worm's eye view perspective. So I would love to hear more of your thoughts!

[Syiepherze]

4:35 I quite like this version a lot out of the first three, I think what makes it very appealing is how the tree acts as a "secondary frame" to guide the viewer to the main subject. It's also why the fence works too. Some comic book art does this and it's pretty neat

[phoebetaylorart]

I loved this demonstration! The cut outs really helped to move the pace along, and gave you an opportunity to show your ideas on the fly. Super!

[dreamweaver]

I loved the way this was done. The cutouts being moved around really make your point and make it easy to understand what you're illustrating. Thank you!

[michaeletheridge]

I've watched this channel off and on since about 2010 i think. I'm still amazed by how you can be amused by the smallest things. "Cacti.. *chuckle*". Definitely a great dude, it makes your videos more fun and personal

[Amadeus_A]

I like the cutouts. It's cute and it helps to show that great drawings can look bad if not placed in the right spot.

[chadroeder]

I love this video. Composition is one of the hardest things to "master". Great video.

[mohammedshehab]

That was one of the greatest videos I've seen on this channel ever, Thanks for the great topic and the interesting explanation. please make more videos about composition

[patytrico]

Just flip that horse so that it points towards the center, so you drive the eye INTO the drawing! Its really weird to see trying to escape the page :P

[songbird-in-the-night]

Whenever he put the fence on the paper, what the picture looked like made me think the picture's story is that the cowboy is tired of his life on the ranch (for whatever reason, idk) so he's leaving to just go wherever with his horse.

[Dr.Mrs.TheMonarch]

This was a great video. By using the cut-outs it was easy to grasp the concept. Thanks again.

[DmitryVerzhutsky]

5 stars man, hope to see more content like this. :)

[nomadicgamer]

This was really super helpful!! Thank you. :D That 'through the fence' shot is *really* cool!

[warlordera]

This reminds me of the time I really couldn't understand colour theory and using simple shapes (like a triangle for a tree) until I read this book. It used Little Red Riding Hood as an example as they did all sorts of crazy things with simple cut out shapes of different sizes and colours on a blank piece of paper and told a whole story. Blew my mind.