How to Draw Accurate Proportions

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How to Draw Accurate Proportions

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

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Stan Prokopenko

In this lesson, I’ll show you how you can train your mind to improve the accuracy in your drawings, measuring methods you can use along the way, and most importantly how you can give yourself quick feedback so you can improve faster.

Andrei Rafael

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2mo

For mask Lvl adjustment use ctr+L while the mask is selected with alt

Ayman Haboubi

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2mo

How I did it in Affinity photo 1. copy paste color photo 2. create a new layer, make it the top layer, the second layer will be the color photo. 3. Select the new layer (from step 2) - make it red (bucket tool) - make it multiply setting 4. copy paste your drawing and make sure your drawing is a sub layer to the layer you created in step 2. 5. select your black and white drawing (the sub layer in step 4), choose Layer (menu) -> Rasterize to Mask 6. invert your black and white drawing (sub layer you created in step 4) by selecting it and then go to Layer (menu) -> Invert

Juan Carlos Sanchez

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9mo

Hi guys, do you think this methods works for life drawing too?

Jamal

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8mo

I've used these methods in past life drawing scenarios and it does help. Especially when drawing buildings(because they are stationary and dont move, so you have a lot more time to observe and measure and look for relations). But this can also be done with people, animals, or whatever else in life.

Ahmed Salahuddine

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10mo

For critique I put both pictures beside each other through collage option via any application. It does a good job

Eruera Hohaia-Turuwhenua

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1yr

Wow after Lines and a few Shape lessons. I have finally reached the hardest part of the skill and the most tedious and time consuming skill required. Im so happy I made it this far. But I am very fearful already this is one of the most complicated habit I need to acquire. Here it goes :)

Orlando McKillop

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1yr

I'm in exactly the same boat! I got to this assignment and I've put it off for the past week, purely sketching from life using all the skills learnt thus far - but the time has come for me to finally start the project...

mostafa deif

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1yr

can someone please re explain the overlay part done in photoshop as stan went through the steps really quick and I just started using photoshop recently and not really good at it yet ...or if theres a link on youtube where the same thing is done but in a more easy to follow way

@bert2

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1yr

Open photoshop go the the top left click on file and click on new. now choose one of the options i usually go for custom idk if thats the right one though. now drag in your original photo you used as a refrence. Now drag in the photo of your drawing. on the right side of photoshop there are now two layers on of the photo and one your drawing. Make the drawing a multiply layer. If you select your drawing layer and press ctrl+t you can resizing your drawing to match the orginal photo. But before resizing ctrl+t on your drawing then alt+left mouse click somewhere in the middle of your drawing hold alt and start resizing your drawing to match the photo. Once you find they line up correctly temporarily make your refrence photo invisible by clicking the little eye next to the layer on the right. Now add a new layer you can do this by clicking on the little plus sign symbol under your layer window on the right. Now look to the left of your photshop and select the little paint bucket its above the waterdroplet symbol around the middle. select a color you want and click on the white layer. If you only get grey select image in you top bar while this new color layer is selected and go to mode and choose rgb. Now you have a red surface to make a mask for this color layer go to the bottom row again where you used the plus symbol to create a new layer and select the little box with the dark circle in it. this created a new mask layer now make this layer color layer invisible and select your drawing layer again use ctrl+a to select all of this layer then press ctrl+c to copy this layer now make this layer invisible and make your color layer visible again alt+left mouse click the mask layer and paste in your drawing using ctrl+v now you can adjust the levels using ctrl+l on the selected mask layer. now make your refrence photo visible again.

Zach Pipher

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1yr

Is there a way to do this process in gimp to check my self?

@adatong

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9mo

ok.. figured it out with a bit of googling (being new to gimp). for anyone looking to do it in gimp: 1. open as layer the original photograph 2. open as layer the drawing 3. shift-s to scale drawing roughly 4. make it a multiply layer (layer panel --> mode=multiply) 5. hide original photograph 6. select all (ctrl+A) + copy (ctrl+c) 7. new layer with a foreground colour of red 8. add layer mask 9. paste (ctrl+v) 10. right click --> color --> invert 11. put background picture back on 12. right click --> colour --> levels --> adjust contrast

@adatong

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9mo

hi zach, are you able to share how you do it in GIMP?

Zach Pipher

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1yr

For anyone in the future who might answer this question, i figured out how to use it in GIMP. It works good just a few extra steps.

Paola Mora

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1yr

Comes in handy just in time while im also learning this in class.

Rose Bernatovich

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1yr

It took about two hours, but I think I'm starting to get a feel for it...

J. Santos

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1yr

Good stuff man! Keep at it!

Juice

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1yr

Is it anyone that know how to do what stan did in photoshop But in pro create instead?

Juice

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1yr

Aha, someone teached me some days ago. And I use it every day since But good its in the new video so others also learn 👍🏼

Ash

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1yr

Hey Juice! Check out the latest video "Demo - Measuring Proportions." Stan shows us how to check proportions using Procreate! :)

Zach Pipher

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1yr

Will there be an assignment later on this subject, I'm practicing the fundamentals talked about in here. I was hoping there would be an assignment to help me practice it with guidance.