How to Start Drawing Comics - Working with Primitives

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Learn some basic comic pencil techniques from Ryan Benjamin! Ryan has been working with Marvel for decades and is here to share some tips on planning pages, line quality, primitive shapes, gesture, heads, and more. If you enjoyed this lesson make sure to check out the premium course where Ryan will go into more detail on these concepts and demo how to draw a comic page from start to finish - https://proko.com/marvel 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Basic Materials 02:28 - Red and Blue Pencils 03:17 - Getting Started 04:49 - Primitive Shapes 07:36 - Thinking with Primitive Forms 11:46 - Outro RELATED MARVEL YOUTUBE LINKS: How to Make Comics - Marvel's The Art of Storytelling - https://youtu.be/G7RvKBXAvh4 Sketching Marvel Character Portraits with Ryan Benjamin - https://www.youtube.com/live/nAcxUPr3byg?feature=share #drawingcomics #drawingbasics #marvelcomics Subscribe to Proko: http://bit.ly/SubProko Don't miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - http://www.proko.com/store Pose photo sets - http://www.proko.com/tools FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- http://www.proko.com/subscribe Instagram - http://instagram.com/stanprokopenko Twitter - https://twitter.com/StanProkopenko Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/prokotv Tumblr - http://stanprokopenko.tumblr.com/ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/stanprokopenko/pins/ WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pu1uGh1-Y4&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHH0YGMCXa4uWsHVwTDkDcpN Figure Drawing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yFZ7Y&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHGuMuprDarMz_Y9Fbw_d2ws Art of Caricature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOURPIkpPXk&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHEkeRGn6aFRct0kq4oDwwTa Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPNYWeEf1U&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHR_SKsGtufNd8uo2L7_vTQ ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Ryan Benjamin (https://www.ryanbenjamin.com/) Producer - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Sean Ramsey (http://www.peoplewhodrawstuff.com), Patrick Bosworth (https://www.patrickdavidbosworth.com) Production Assistance - Patrick Bosworth, Sean Ramsey, Stephen Clark (https://www.peppermintgentleman.com), Kristian Nee (https://www.kristiannee.com/) Editing - Patrick Bosworth, Sean Ramsey Publishing - John Birchall, Alex Otis Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by ABC Music Library