[0.000 --> 7.440]  I am slow. Like really really slow at drawing, but I have to draw a lot of figures if I want to improve.
[7.440 --> 10.880]  So I had to do the unthinkable and summon...
[16.160 --> 22.080]  Okay, well maybe not this stickman, but really let's see how to turn this into something usable.
[22.080 --> 27.520]  That's gonna make just your drawing easy, fast and useful to your growth. Let's go.
[28.480 --> 35.200]  So we start with the concept of a stickman, but we really need proportions here and we also need
[35.200 --> 40.320]  landmarks. We want to keep track of the hips as well as the tips of the shoulders, and we need to be
[40.320 --> 46.320]  aware of where the joints bend. Then we can use some sticks or triangles for hands and feet.
[46.320 --> 52.400]  So how about this? Yeah, that's a pretty good start, but it's still kind of stiff, and it doesn't
[52.400 --> 57.600]  cover the two staples of gesture drawing, which are at weight and action. Also, I would add
[57.600 --> 63.360]  it's fundamental to include another one, space. So we want to give this figure a sense of weight,
[63.360 --> 71.040]  dynamism and space. And to do that, we're gonna power up the stickman with CSI.
[74.800 --> 79.760]  No, no, no, no, we're not gonna magically enlarge the picture and add details that do not exist,
[79.760 --> 86.240]  but we're gonna use C curves, Ascurs and Straits to turn the average Joe Stickman into
[86.560 --> 93.200]  Stickman Tumple No. Or Stickman Pro. Or Stickman 360 if you like, although I think that's being
[93.200 --> 101.200]  taken already. So how about this? Better. The Stickman is now balanced, but dynamically. It has a
[101.200 --> 107.760]  sense of weight and exists in 3D space. I made the floor plain obvious by adding a cross. Also,
[107.760 --> 112.880]  notice how I use the Cs and made basically other Ascurs out of them? This is actually how
[112.880 --> 122.080]  muscles flow in the body rather than by making a, you know, in a way, artists call Contraposto.
[123.520 --> 127.920]  My very Italian mom will yell at me if she hears me pronounce it like that, but anyway,
[127.920 --> 132.640]  enough cheat chatting. Let's put this into practice so you can understand how it works on actual
[132.640 --> 136.960]  reference. Okay, so I'm gonna start with the head, and I'm gonna use a diamond shape in this case
[136.960 --> 139.920]  because she's looking at that direction and hopefully it's fine like whatever slots you're
[139.920 --> 147.440]  about. Then I'm gonna do a slightly curved C or the neck. I'm gonna find the shoulders. And then
[147.440 --> 155.040]  for the body, I'm gonna try to guess or get this, basically, an Ascurve because I want the body to
[155.040 --> 159.760]  look like it's twisting. I'm going to accentuate ever so slightly because I don't want it to be too
[159.760 --> 166.800]  stiff. And I'm gonna find the tip of the shoulders. I'm gonna draw my arms again trying to keep
[166.800 --> 172.320]  everything as dynamic as possible. And as you can see, I'm not really using any straight here.
[172.320 --> 181.200]  I'm just going with very dynamic lines. I'm gonna find the hips. And I probably want to push them
[181.200 --> 186.960]  a little further because of the curve that I made. Then the weight bearing leg is
[186.960 --> 193.280]  our left, which is right below the head. So I want to keep that. And I'm gonna just leave a little
[193.280 --> 197.600]  landmark there. I'm not really concerned about measurements here, but if you want to do that,
[197.600 --> 204.400]  it's about halfway from the bottom of the hips. So it's somewhere about there. And then I'm gonna go
[204.400 --> 211.920]  ahead and use another Ascurve here. And maybe she's keep going. So something like that. I'm
[211.920 --> 215.920]  gonna mark the knee. And then the other leg doesn't really have any weight. So I'm gonna use,
[216.880 --> 222.640]  I'm gonna invent a little bit here. I'm gonna use an Ascurve for the femur or for the thigh. And then
[222.640 --> 230.160]  go back here and a straight for the foot. And that's pretty much it. I want to exaggerate the pose
[230.160 --> 238.720]  and make sure that I also get that floor plane with a cross. So now I have the figure planted
[238.720 --> 243.440]  on the ground firmly. Again, don't be overly concerned with proportions of this point. This is a
[243.440 --> 249.280]  little off. Actually, it's quite a bit off. The head is too small, but it's fine. As long as it reads
[249.360 --> 255.200]  like that pose, it's okay. And to prove this works, I actually got pose maniacs here. And I'm
[255.200 --> 267.840]  gonna attempt a 10 seconds pose. Please don't judge me. Oh God, I'm scared.
[268.400 --> 280.800]  Of course, you're gonna find that this is really not enough for longer times. Like if you go up to
[280.800 --> 286.320]  one minute, this is gonna start showing its limits. So I recommend building on top of it. For
[286.320 --> 291.920]  example, you can start adding some volumes, like say loops around shoulders or hips to strengthen
[292.000 --> 298.400]  the orientation, more loops around the limbs as well. Maybe you're a cage. And yeah, it's probably
[298.400 --> 304.160]  not the best method to tackle for a shortened poses. But you could also argue that because you can see
[304.160 --> 310.160]  through the pose. You actually have a better idea of how it behaves in pretty space. But this is
[310.160 --> 315.440]  absolutely gonna be a game changer if you wanna tackle those very difficult poses that are like 10
[315.440 --> 320.560]  seconds or 20 or 30. At least it was for me. And trust me, it is gonna help because you will need to
[320.560 --> 326.240]  draw a lot of poses to improve. Speaking of, if you do want to improve, I recommend checking out
[326.240 --> 331.760]  this other video I made where I go way more in depth on the fastest way to improve your art.
[331.760 --> 336.480]  That's all I have for you today. Good luck and take care.