Proko Summer Sale & Live Anatomy Lessons with Josh Black

Announcement: Summer Sale 📢

Everything on proko.com is 20% off until July 5th.
Discount applicable for courses on drawing, painting, sculpting, anatomy, concepting, and comics.
Use discount code: SUMMERSALE
Bundling multiple courses allows for additional discounts.

Host: Welcoming Josh Black, an anatomy teacher featured in a new course on Proko.
Josh Black: Anatomy teacher, concept artist working in the game industry, busy schedule with kids and work at a startup.
Goal: Support of the Proko summer sale and provide anatomy lessons and breakdowns.

Josh’s practices start with warm-ups: circles, ellipses, primitive shapes (cylinders, cones).
Purpose: Warm up wrist and shoulders, improve hand-eye coordination.
Warm-up includes filling pages with circles, ellipses, breaking them up into smaller perspective shapes.
Key warm-up exercises demonstrated:
- Circles and ellipses with shoulder rotation
- Basic 3D shapes like cylinders and cones

Today's focus:
1. Torso studies
2. Arm muscles
3. Symmetrical front view
4. Facial anatomy

Used reference images from Proko’s model sets.
Key Landmarks: Pit of the neck, sternal muscles, thoracic arch, clavicles, pectoralis, serratus muscles, external obliques, erector spinae muscles, and various overlapping forms.
Emphasized the importance of identifying overlaps in anatomy for depth and accuracy.

Used vertical symmetry tool in Photoshop to start the drawing.
Key Points: Biceps, triceps, ridge muscles, flexor and extensor muscles, deltoids, and other arm muscle groups.
Tips for the arm study included the importance of light consistency, checking proportions, and focusing on clear overlaps.
Breakdown of landmarks: Various muscles identified with simple lines, highlighting important anatomical overlaps.

Blocked in major components using symmetry tool.
Key Measurements and Guides: Shoulder line, nipple line, tilt of pelvis, pit of arms, basic rib cage mass, and pelvis sphere.
Importance of ensuring symmetry in primary block-in before refining with asymmetry to avoid rigid looks.

Utilized Loomis method with adaptations.
Steps:
1. Start with a rough circle for the cranium.
2. Establishing side of the skull with an ellipse.
3. Block out eyebrows, eyes, jawline, and primary neck gesture.
4. Using Straits for blocking in hair shapes.
Emphasized frequently checking alignments (vertical and horizontal) to ensure proportional features.
Tips for eyes and detailed facial features: Start simple, build up shadows and lighting gradually.

Symmetry tool in Photoshop is helpful for enacting symmetry initially then refining for naturalism.
Preferred drawing at large canvases with high resolution (e.g., 10k x 7k pixels at 150 DPI).
Brushes mentioned are cross-compatible with Procreate and Affinity.

Warm-up Benefits: Helpful even if it doesn’t feel immediately effective. Helps with muscle and wrist warming.
Practicing from Imagination: Suggested gradual buildup from studies to drawing from memory. Emphasized importance of consistency and studying in varied contexts.

Pathways:
- Finding passion and consistency important.
- Logic for targeting specific studios and aligning one’s style for portfolio development.
Emphasized diverse learning and opportunities, like internships and varied roles.

Proko Timer Tool: Free model and timed drawing sessions (proko.com/timer).
Courses: Mentioned existing courses including Josh’s, Stan’s, and Micheal Hampton’s available on Proko with summer sale discounts.

Encouragement to continue practicing and using available resources.
Reminder of 20% discount with code SUMMERSALE until July 5th on Proko courses.

Studying anatomy or drawing consistently helps in improving overall drawing skills, regardless of the specific artistic goals.