7 Ways Simple Shapes Can Improve Your Drawings

Shapes are a fundamental element of visual language, in fact, it’s not possible to make a picture without them! In this lesson we’ll introduce shape language, the idea that shapes have “personalities” and can convey different ideas. Simplifying shapes will be a crucial skill you’ll need to tackle as an artist, as it makes it easier to judge proportions, fix mistakes, invent new poses, among many other reasons. As you get better with basic shapes you’ll be able to build on complexity by combining simple shapes and adding relevant details to design engaging and recognizable characters or objects. Prioritizing and learning these concepts is essential and if you want to get better with shapes consider getting the premium course. In the premium course we’ll have additional lessons covering both accuracy and design so that you can speak with shapes in the visual language - 00:00 - Intro 03:22 - Shape Language 04:57 - Start Simple 10:15 - Build Complexity 13:32 - Outro Related Links: 13 Types of Lines and How to Use Them - #shapedesign #drawingbasics #drawingforbeginners Subscribe to Proko: Don’t miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: 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 - Stan Prokopenko () Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Sean Ramsey (), Script - Stan Prokopenko, Tiffanie Mang () Production Assistance - Stephen Clark ( , Sean Ramsey, Charlie Nicholson Editing - Hongju Lim (, Sean Ramsey, Stan Prokopenko Publishing - Alex Otis, John Birchall Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound