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TUTORIAL // creating interesting & flowy shapes

🕑 Added 2022-03-28 07:47:20 +0000 UTC

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Loish

hey mariano! Unfortunately I can only offer them in English, but in the past, people have requested the subtitle files which they can run through a translator. if that's something you want to try, just send me a DM and I can provide you with the subtitel files!

Mariano Mari

Amazing how seeing your processes and your way of thinking opens up possibilities! Would it be too much to ask for the subtitles to be in Spanish as well? Thank you for all this :)

Dakotah Simonson 😊🐙

Omg this is going to level up my botanical drawing painting in acrylic and oil!

Loish

thanks so much! I discovered it myself through trial and error, although studying animation was really helpful to learn how to draw shape-focused art with maximum expressiveness!

Willmann Fabrice

Your trees look so magnificient. They express character. I honestly never have figured out this shape thing by myself . Did you learn this in high school or did you gravitate towards this sensibility by yourself? Anyway, it looks super useful and meaningful in the same time. I guess it's a component to observe in other's artists style as well.

Loish

glad you liked it!

Leïla Ancelin

Very nice tutorial, very useful to have an unique art!

Art Mancy 🔮

😭 lol

Loish

I’m so glad you find it helpful! I also didn’t realize how I was using shapes until I sat down to make this tutorial 😅

Art Mancy 🔮

This is going to change my work forever. Iv been doing this I just wasn't aware of it. Now I can be more deliberate with my shapes. Thank you so much for your transparency.

erick brien beebe

Very good video. I have all of your books.

Kacee Navarro

This was incredibly helpful... I really need to work on shapes and shape language, and this is one of the best tutorials I've seen on the subject. Thank you so much!!

Sabrina Epifani

I love this Tutorial 😍 thank you ❤

Ryan Allen

i loved this walk through Loish, very wise and robust understanding of shapes.

Loish

thank you so much for these kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

Joffery Black

As an educator myself, I can't tell you how valuable this video was. This is a Master's class in style development. We many times assume the artist is just inherently born with this skill or knowledge. You have really done an amazing breakdown! I love the process and will definitely apply it to my own learning.

Nichiko

Thank you so much for this tutorial! :D

Nick Miulli

Love love love this tutorial! Thank you for sharing your great insights into the shapes you use and the reasons you use them!

Alexandra Filip

Thanks so much!

Loish

thank you! I use adobe premiere, but there are lots of editing tools available out there that are probably a lot cheaper. to record it I use OBS, which is free!

Loish

so glad you liked this! my upcoming book has a lot about this sort of stuff - the ways that our tastes and interests can manifest into a personal style!

Kate Press S Key

I am so, so, SO happy you made this tutorial. Ever since you first announced your upcoming book I've been more and more interested in how the way we design shapes is such a huge part of our style. I've been searching for resources on this topic for so long, and with not very much luck at all... But this was seriously everything I needed. Thank you!!! (And thanks for the subtitled file too, it is really helpful for me when I'm processing new information). Your tutorials are so incredibly high quality. Thanks for putting so much work into them!

Alexandra Filip

I love your art and tutorials, they are a massive inspiration and help for me 💗 I have a question: what software do you use to edit your videos? I would like to do some small video workflow screen recordings for instagram and I don't know where to begin. Thank you!

Brittani Harris

Every time I watch one of your tutorials, I’m inspired to create something new. Thank you!

Loish

glad you liked it! I always want my tutorials to show others my process but also give tips and ideas about how they can cultivate their own workflow :)

Loish

hey bela! i think it really comes down to keeping the initial sketch really basic, as shown here - just a shape, and then gradually layering more detail on top! I did a tutorial on rendering without over-blending that might also help you in this situation, you can find it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-without-62987609

Loish

so glad you liked it!

Loish

I'm so glad you like it aly! I sometimes worry a bit that it's too much fluff / extra info, but I always want it to be thorough! really appreciate your feedback :)

aly

I love your structure of doing quick overview/examples, your thought process and inspiration, actual art theory, then closing it off with a real time demo! Other patreon tutorials really don’t do it for me anymore sadly. I feel very lucky that it turned out that way though because you’re one of my biggest inspirations 💗

cortisolblue

thanks so much for this. i feel like i grew more neurons after watching this

Bela

This is so helpful!! I’m new to your patreon and have really appreciated how detailed your tutorials are. One thing I struggle with right now is hair, as I’m really drawn to the same art nouveau style curls and chunks but I REALLY have a hard time executing it with any level of detail. Everything ends up blurring together with some loose strands on the outside 🥲 how do you go about continuing to push those shapes as you get more and more detailed without getting “lost” in the details?

Abhi Johal

Yes!! A tutorial on shape design lets gooooooo

Mari

this was great! Never really thought about train my intuition! great tips, thank you so much

Roberto Quintero

Thank you!!

Emily Cartier

I’m actually finding the first section extremely useful, because you’re pointing out things to look for and analyze in our own work. Picking out OUR OWN favorite shapes seems like a very useful skill! It also fits in well with the work I’ve been doing to challenge myself with drawing from imagination. The encouragement to refine shapes with an eraser, also much needed.

Loish

thanks so much! I'm glad you like it :)

Loish

glad you liked it! finding your favorite shapes can be so satisfying, it's not about design or getting things "right" but just about enjoying the simple experience of seeing and creating a shape. this is why I love art :)

Loish

glad you like it!

Loish

glad you found it helpful! I used to have that too, but studying animation really made me see things more in terms of the volume - that was the most helpful thing about it.

Loish

so glad you liked it jason! thanks for your kind words!

JASON WILLIAMS

Excellent! Thank you Lois. I think you are a master at creating appealing shapes (it's one of your many superpowers) and this was a tutorial I was really looking forward to you making. You pack these tutorials with so much great information that I'll be watching this one several times to soak it all in. You have a great way of constructing your thoughts that makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!!!

Neri

Whoa this is so amazing! I really struggle with drawing too flat and experimenting like that should help! Somehow I even process photos as more flat in my brain ^^’

Sharon Tu

Been wanting to ask a video like this!!! Thank you! I have gotten better with my art and understanding my style more and how to improve. Thank You!

Eddy Edgar

loved this tutorial and it was inspiring hearing all your early inspiration. I'm teaching an after-school art program later today so I love the idea of inspiring people to find their favourite shapes. I'm going to search for mine too and figure out how to exaggerate them to make more expressive and dynamic art for myself too. Thank you Loish, you're an amazing teacher!

Lima

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It helped a lot! I will definetly study today my inspirations to find shapes in them. I usually don't think a lot about shape language when it comes to making art but its very important. I hope more tutorials like this will come in the future! Being your patreon is the best invested money I ever did. <3