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Looking for online courses that deal with concept art/art fundamentals?
Saw a post that asked for recommendations, and I wanted to ask mine here!
I'm 17 and looking for classes or courses (free preferred, but anything priced is okay under 100$) that deal with concept art or art fundamentals in general.
I'm currently taking an anatomy course off of Udemy, as well as a painting fundamental course as well. I'm just looking to maybe get better at the basic fundamentals + perspective, but overall anything that can help me get better with illustration. : )
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Haiyan’s Answer
You can find some free classes that's suitable for beginners on YouTube. Good luck. : )
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June’s Answer
What a great question! As an artist who is mostly self taught, I absolutely understand the desire for cheap and easy to understand courses!
Depending on if you do digital art or not, some of these strategies may work better than others:
1. Youtube - Yes, I know you've heard this one a million, billion times, but there are so so many artists out there that give great tutorials! For example (because you mentioned perspective), find videos about Kim Jung Gi (who was an incredible artist), especially by dr. draw. He talks about it very well and talks about the theory behind it. He goes from 1-point perspective to 5 point. Another great perspective video is "Perspective For Beginners" by Proko.
2. Websites - This is something you've also probably tried. But if you haven't, I strongly recommend using a bunch of them. Artist's Network has some free resources on a bunch of different things (including perspective). I would also sign up for email lists... (sometimes we must embrace the spam)
3. Email Lists - This is my hot take. I *LOVE* email lists. I love emails. Sometimes they are entirely useless and give you no tutorial of substance, or it's just an advertisement for "premium". I am a very broke artist, so I will not be paying any websites any amount of money. Here are some that I'm signed up for: Anime Art Academy (I can't express how unhelpful I found this one, but if you are willing to pay money to draw anime girls and get advice (actually good advice too) from professionals...well, this is your paradise.), Gumroad Artists (GUMROAD!!! this is a digital artist's best friend. You can find different brushes/stamps for your procreate art! I'm sure there's also brushes for other applications too. I follow a lot of these artists, thus getting emails about new brush releases, and sometimes they even throw in a tutorial. The best thing about most of these brushes? You can get a free version of most of them! And if you want some simple packs? Only $5 (maybe more). I reccomend checking this out, even if you don't do digital art. It is SO so inspiring.), Your Faves.
Let's talk about that last one. Artists have other artists they look up to. Whether it be Claude Monet in painting, or Akira Toriyama for action manga/comics, we all have at least one. As artists we look at other peoples art and react in either "Oh wow, that's cool! What an interesting technique." or like a gremlin "I want to devour this deliciously colored piece of art." As someone guilty of both, I understand we crave art styles we aren't sure we can replicate, but we really want to. SO! Find your favorite artists, find their socials or websites, and analyze! Take a long hard look, scrounge around for links they have, and subscribe to them! If they have an email list, SIGN UP FOR IT! You can get excited looking at your emails when you eagerly wait for the next email on their art prints, brushes, tutorials. Maybe they're making a new video and you get a sneak peak. It is incredibly worth it.
TLDR; go on a search engine and search up "drawing [thing you want to learn]", guaranteed you will find videos, websites, and so many tutorials. If you find someone you like (whether it be the way they teach, the comforting tone of voice, technique etc) give them a follow. Keep up with your feed and soak in all that juicy information!
- J. S.
Depending on if you do digital art or not, some of these strategies may work better than others:
1. Youtube - Yes, I know you've heard this one a million, billion times, but there are so so many artists out there that give great tutorials! For example (because you mentioned perspective), find videos about Kim Jung Gi (who was an incredible artist), especially by dr. draw. He talks about it very well and talks about the theory behind it. He goes from 1-point perspective to 5 point. Another great perspective video is "Perspective For Beginners" by Proko.
2. Websites - This is something you've also probably tried. But if you haven't, I strongly recommend using a bunch of them. Artist's Network has some free resources on a bunch of different things (including perspective). I would also sign up for email lists... (sometimes we must embrace the spam)
3. Email Lists - This is my hot take. I *LOVE* email lists. I love emails. Sometimes they are entirely useless and give you no tutorial of substance, or it's just an advertisement for "premium". I am a very broke artist, so I will not be paying any websites any amount of money. Here are some that I'm signed up for: Anime Art Academy (I can't express how unhelpful I found this one, but if you are willing to pay money to draw anime girls and get advice (actually good advice too) from professionals...well, this is your paradise.), Gumroad Artists (GUMROAD!!! this is a digital artist's best friend. You can find different brushes/stamps for your procreate art! I'm sure there's also brushes for other applications too. I follow a lot of these artists, thus getting emails about new brush releases, and sometimes they even throw in a tutorial. The best thing about most of these brushes? You can get a free version of most of them! And if you want some simple packs? Only $5 (maybe more). I reccomend checking this out, even if you don't do digital art. It is SO so inspiring.), Your Faves.
Let's talk about that last one. Artists have other artists they look up to. Whether it be Claude Monet in painting, or Akira Toriyama for action manga/comics, we all have at least one. As artists we look at other peoples art and react in either "Oh wow, that's cool! What an interesting technique." or like a gremlin "I want to devour this deliciously colored piece of art." As someone guilty of both, I understand we crave art styles we aren't sure we can replicate, but we really want to. SO! Find your favorite artists, find their socials or websites, and analyze! Take a long hard look, scrounge around for links they have, and subscribe to them! If they have an email list, SIGN UP FOR IT! You can get excited looking at your emails when you eagerly wait for the next email on their art prints, brushes, tutorials. Maybe they're making a new video and you get a sneak peak. It is incredibly worth it.
TLDR; go on a search engine and search up "drawing [thing you want to learn]", guaranteed you will find videos, websites, and so many tutorials. If you find someone you like (whether it be the way they teach, the comforting tone of voice, technique etc) give them a follow. Keep up with your feed and soak in all that juicy information!
- J. S.