Sunday, December 1, 2019

7 Must-Have Video Tutorials Featuring David Finch’s Awesome Comic Book Pencilling


If you are an aspiring comic artist either as a pencil artist and inker. These are a must have set of tutorials by the legendary left-handed artist of repute, David Finch. His style is one of the most demanded by comic book writers with the likes of Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Oliver Coipel, Jason Fabok, Jorge Jiminez to main a few mainstream artists.


David Finch at a ComicCon Event
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BRIEF BIO
David Finch began his comic book career at the age of 22 at Top Cow Productions under the supervision of Marc Silvestri, part of Image Comics. There he created Ascension and Aphrodite IX, both of which were top sellers in the business, with Aphrodite IX debuting as the number one comic book in the industry. In 2001, he made the move to Marvel comics where his catalog of work included Call of Duty, Ultimate X-Men, Avengers Disassembled and The New Avengers. His run on Moon Knight skyrocketed this title into the main Marvel universe and landed him a top-five book which sold more than five times the title’s previous release.
David then turned his attention to working with Lost, Heroes and Smallville’s executive producer, Jeph Loeb, on Marvel’s smash hit “Ultimatum”. 2010 saw another major change in David’s career as he made his transition from Marvel Comic to DC Comics and the Warner Brothers banner. His artwork was featured on the covers for the follow up to Darkest Night, entitled Brightest Day. In addition to his comic career, David has also worked in video games, music and film. Jason Fabok learnt under his tutelage and they still collaborate till today.





Intro Video to Dynamic Figure Drawing – Volume 1: The Head
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In this tutorial title, David Finch reveals his step-by-step process for drawing the human head. He starts with a basic head shape and demonstrates the structural breakdown from multiple angles.



In this tutorial title, David Finch reveals his step-by-step process for drawing hands and feet. He starts with simple block shapes and moves on to more complex shapes before showing how to place fingers and toes correctly.





Intro Video to Dynamic Figure Drawing – Volume 3: The Body
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In this tutorial title, David Finch reveals his step-by-step process for drawing the human body. He starts with simple tube form shapes, and then covers the placement of muscle throughout both the male and female bodies.



Intro Video to Comic Book Illustration Volume 1 – Comic Book Pencilling with David Finch
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In this first title of a series on comic book illustration techniques, David Finch takes you step-by-step through the processes he uses to create the high detailed pencils of a comic book page.


In this second title of a series, Joe Weems shows and explains in detail the technical aspect of a comic book illustration inking over the pencil lines of comic book page by David Finch.


This real time video details David’s thoughts and processes as he demonstrates how to draw both male and female superheroes.


Watch and learn in this real time video with acclaimed comic book artist, David Finch, as he shows you his techniques for drawing backgrounds and perspective.

Article Credits/References: Gnomon Academy, YouTube, Google and David Finch’s Site



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