The Art Work of creating Timeless Resolutions

if i had to criticize i would say, this guy sounded real muffled, had to turn the audio way up to understand him clearly at points.

wow este vídeo fue revelador se nota lo profesional que es la verdad estaba bloqueado sobre unos personajes que quería hacer pero este ejercicio me encanto ahora mismo lo estoy practicando y salen cosas muy interesantes gracias por su aporte increíble!!

Proko, I found your videos two weeks ago while I was looking for videos to help me learn draw. I’m beginning in this Journey, I have doodled around before but never took it seriously, so I wanted to change now. And these two weeks of seeing your first videos of you explaining anatomy and figure drawing, I did my first drawing on my own and I cannot express how better I got just by following your examples. Thank you tons. You truly are the best

Virtual hugs
Keep it up!

not sure who you are or what you do, or why yt algorithm thought it would be a good idea to expose me to this video, but since I’ve endured it I feel justified in commenting. your understanding of modern architecture and architecture in general quite superficial and airing it publicly doesn’t do much for your credibility. you’re strawmaning the argument by a poor and lengthy preamble and also rather blatantly by using an anecdotal example of a provincial museum in Alberta to draw conclusions about modern architecture in general about as ludicrous as judging merits of the gothic period by some random shack from 13th century Nowheresville. what you seem to forget is that there are plenty of examples of latter day interventions on historic buildings, such as baroque on romanesque or gothic which we now appreciate, as well as removals of some poor interventions and reverting to the original. what you conveniently omit is that, ironically, gothic style was named after Goths, a barbarous german tribe precisely because it was deemed ugly and monstrous by the contemporaries at the time it was called modern and immodest. speaking of ugly, consider another parisian examplethe Eiffel tower it was thought of as an abomination, a metal specter looming over all of Paris, while now the very same public thinks it’s the bee’s knees.

yes our culture hyper produces and architecture as a discipline is in crisis, as are all the arts since there isn’t left a single remnant of consensus of any sort about what is beautiful, what is art or what’s it’s purpose. but in historic terms, we tend to keep what is valuable and not keep what is not your alberta musem is proof of this. rest assured, the architectural profession has a more sober acute sense of history and aesthetics than the armchair critics of the day who love today what they would have hated merely were they born a generation or two earlier.

Im seeing this more than one time, this process make me a lot of inspiration and i want to merge this knowledge to my pieces, THANK YOU!!

You core argument for why the restoration effort should not follow modern ideals is fundamentally flawed. It assumes that Notre Dame’s design was not a product of its time. However, the actual facts appear to point in the EXACT OPPOSITE DIRECTION. Many European, and especially Catholic, buildings of that era have the same, or at least similar, design philosophies. Most historians and artist admire Notre Dame based on this exact fact, it is a product of its time and serves as a milestone in the development of western architecture.
Also, the argument of the museum and the legislature building is wholly unrelated. Museums do and always will change floorplan regularly. This is because different types of exhibits require architectural needs. So, if the museum starts to see more demand for exhibits that it was simply not equipped to handle, it can become too expensive to simply retrofit the old museum. This, of course, doesn’t even account for changing safety regulations (50 years is a fairly long time, even for government).
Combine these with the fact that newer forms of art are often sneered at for a good long while before being accepted as “high art,” see jazz, and modern architecture may in a few centuries be looked at how we see building like Parliament.

This is such a great video, often it can seem like concept art is just creating eye catching designs, but being able to round out those ideas and tell a story adds so much additional value.

Gothic art was new in its time. All innovations take a chance. Some provide abiding pleasure. But all creation is an attempt. Insist on certainty and creation stops and only copies. N.D. is traditional now but when it was built it was cutting edge. So whatever is done
a little understanding is not amiss.

Dear Proko,
Thanks for all your contributions. You have so many videos, it’s awesome. I want to draw well soooo bad, but I am a beginner and don’t know where to start. Please tell me where to begin. Thanks again! Keep up the good work.

It depends what N’sync song you are talking about. I want you back has aged well. I know that’s far from your point here. I think you hitting on the trendy ness of boy bands at that time then there put them they’re in again. Not so with more timeless works.

I’m sorry you want to live in a world of cowboys? do you have any idea what cowboys really did? I think you need to be more aware of the culture you’re creating especially from your place of privilege…

You should have a back piece on your desk, you can put your logo on that so it’s more visible to people as they walk in. could also use it to mount things or shelving, would also hide any mess like coffer cups or wires.

does anyone know if and when the proko beginner drawing course is coming? I saw a video from 2 years ago, he mentioned he is working on it

He went to fine art by tattooing Tyler the Creator. No need to ask how. It’s crazy, the only thing that will give a person a push nowadays is a rub from a celebrity. It’s like how there are a million talented shoemakers and designers, but everyone just wants Kanye West’s stolen garbage designs.

The Saints will not help to build the Churchs until Tradition is restored back to the holy Church according to blessed Catherine Emmerick. ��

i would love to pick your brain on artistic issues, from music to car design. (I noticed that Buick in the case you have there, at least from what I could see it looks like a 1950 Buick). Most people do not realize how much mathematics is involved in art, from music, to architecture. Now, that math is removed because its too “hard”. My fear is not that we are in a dark age or our culture and civilization, but it is that we are in the end, the decline and extinguishing of our culture and civilization.

Modern architects (and modern people in general) fail to recognize something very fundamental about the human heart—that it desires the infinite and cannot be satisfied by finite things. In the past, architects would design structures that appealed to the heart’s desire of the infinite. The objective beauty of their designs pointed to the Infinite God Who our hearts long for. Modern architects design structures that do not point to the infinite, but rather to finite things such as the desire for “newness” or “surprise”. Finite things cannot make us happy and therefore we tear down these buildings (that point to finite things) and expect that if we just try again, or if we just have more of these buildings we’ll get a different result. This reminds me of Bishop Barron’s Catholicism series where he talks about how addiction is when an individual (who was made for the infinite) tries to fill himself up with finite things and when he is unsuccessful, he falsely concludes that he just needs more of those finite things. The answer to our dissatisfaction in not more finite things, but the infinite, which explains why we were never satisfied to begin with. Our culture wrongly believes that we can all just find happiness in our own little ways as if we are the creators of our own meaning and purpose. That is why our culture doesn’t understand when us Catholics (out of love) oppose behaviors that are objectively opposed to true reason and joy because by their very nature, they point merely to finite realities and lead ourselves and others away from lives of love and joy, oriented towards God.

They should redo it, one corner an Islamic prayer centre. One corner a Hindi temple. The middle section a Pride celebration and a new spire with a giant screen on top beaming out holocost images.

If you would have put the apoxy in a vacuum chamber it would have sucked out the bubbles. Even a cheap homemade vacuum chamber works, like a fish tank with a taped-on cardboard top with a hole cut for a vacuum hose taped-on attachment. Mythbusters and comicon artists use stuff like that all the time and have come up with all sorts of cheap hacks and tricks that could be applied in various situations. Othereise, you can buy a vacuum chamber for apoxy.:)

I think they should have painted the table black first and then add the epoxy.

Still, im no expert and I know for sure that there would still be a problem (because the “scratchy” thing (idk how is it called in english)would have removed a bit of the paint) ��

About Viollet-Le-Duc, Architect of Notre Dame’s Spire.

It always makes me wonder why people in their armchairs feel qualified to coach sporting teams, and how people who don’t paint feel qualified to critique art. I enjoy traditional architecture in ways some people can not begin to understand or appreciate. But art is on a continuum. And those proposing new ideas for Notre Dame Paris have certainly studied its milieu, its historical origin and context, its original design, and its proportions and symbolism more than the avid home “you tube” video viewer. So grant this first.
As for the loss of Notre Dame Paris, it is profound and arguably symbolic. But from a technological, rather than spiritual, perspective, it could have certainly occurred at much * worse * points in history. By the early twenty-first century, the building has been explored and documented by uncountable contractors, engineers, technicians, academics, and students, and the current collective knowledge of the physical plant of Notre Dame is likely unparalleled by any other point in history. What was broken can assuredly be rebuilt. Mr. Macron’s sense of urgency is political, as expediency will not really aid the process. But if his words can raise larger funds faster, then they may not be ill-spoken.

As for the rebuilding of the spire, this is not a bad idea either. The original was removed in 1786 because winds threatened its collapse. Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc won a design competition (sound familiar?) to design a new spire. Here was a guy who claimed to be an historic preservationist, but always hustled for his own creative aims to be implemented in the old buildings he restored. In your ample free time, read Volume 8 of his “Dictionnaire (etc).” He played fast and loose with original architectural fabric, and his designs would NEVER pass the (U.S.) Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Buildings.

I have experienced and admired architecture all over the world, but agree that Notre Dame Paris has a specific meaning and is of a specific time, place, and style. The design of the new spire should be wholly Catholic…abundantly French…and triumphantly Gothic. Should it be designed by a French Architect? I’m not sure about that. French architects will certainly be involved, and undoubtedly will be the Architects of Record (responsible for the construction documents and local permitting).

Since I’m not a Christian, I don’t place value in the Notre Dame being a place of worship for Catholics, but rather (in adherence to my beliefs) I place importance in the fact that the building was built by Frenchmen throughout many generations, suffered many challenges, was built upon many architectual styles etc.

A modern architectural addition would only kill that French spirit which had been built upon the fundemental ephemeral nature of the building.

Also I’ve visited it so I want it to remain the same.

Google Coventry cathedral it is literally a disgusting thing standing in a holy place, the worst architecture masquerading as a cathedral

I studied restoration of art, specificaly that out of metal. While it’s important to change the work of art as little as possible, it is sometimes inevitable to prevent further degradation. There is always the question of wheter you prefer authenthicity or practicality. You can for example change metal pads that are not visible if they create a galvanic cell and would eat up the orginal metal. If I were to apply this to the Notre Dame, the goal should always be to restore its original look. However, using steel supporting structure is not out of the question if it would lead to better stability and lower risk of catching fire.

you’re propagating stereotypes.. You at your level asked for this information at this point is a cookie cutter BLOCK BUSTER PROCESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Stop doing this because its cheaper to reuse. You are now out of the New Realm of Possibilities.You’re not a concept Artist. You’re just a Means to an end Hack.

Fine Art? Why that distinction? And seems more like Street Art to me, is it that its on a canvas? Oh its hypebeast, cause its not sneakers or an appropriated red box logo.

If you plan on redesigning something that was originally kept around for so long for:
1. its brilliant design
2. its historical value
Then you’re essentially getting rid of and painting over the entire point of its existence, and at that point you may as well just design a new thing instead.

It doesn´t matter if you are a real catholic or atheist, Notre Dame is a legacy of the HUGE effort and love of western people in past times.
Evil progressives want to destroy it, and every symbol of western beauty. Western society suffer a serious crisis of self esteem and foreign enemies use it to destroy us, too.

Notre Dame withstood time. Notre Dame is burned down when Catholic became increasingly corrupt (those in the upper echelons)? I think this is no coincidence.

Ive wanted to design characters and create stories for video games since i was like 9 so about 7 years now and this is helping alot thank you so much!!

It depends what N’sync song you are talking about. I want you back has aged well. I know that’s far from your point here. I think you hitting on the trendy ness of boy bands at that time then there put them they’re in again. Not so with more timeless works.

my earliest books were the story of Robin Hood and Troy. Some were printed in the 1940s or earlier. They had very detailed illustration styles similar to Arthur Rackham or Jessie Willcox Smith. Also the comics in the Sunday papers: Prince Valiant as an example.

Gothic architecture was considered heterodox to the current standing Romanesque aesthetic in church design, so I wouldn’t be hasty in calling nouveau fashion in architecture wrong. What made Gothic style architecture awesome was the fact that they where pushing the boundreys of what is possible with stone, reaching for a majesty worthy of being called a house of God, and that these were multi generational projects so a half baked idea wouldn’t cut it, no something ornate that truly exemplifies the house of God is necessary for a project on such a scale. That’s what makes gothic churches beautiful. If you where to take these sensibilities and apply them with modern construction materials I’m sure that it to would show a majesty worthy to be called the house of God, sadly it seems such reverence is not the focus in more modern designs as there is not a focus on pushing engineering to its breaking point to construct a beauty that will last 1000 years, but instead a focus on finishing this commission so that I can get my payday and move onto the next project.

Proko when you are pouring the epoxy, if you use a torch with a flame at about 12″ away from the epoxy, will cause the bubbles to pop. Carbon monoxide causes the bubbles to burst. Do this after you have it poured.

“Do you want to see it?”

The stammer that followed leads me to believe the answer you wanted to give contained an expletive. Heh.

Fantastic video, thanks.

I always look forward to your podcast! Can’t wait to check out some of these books… By the way Lee’s mic volume is way softer than Jake’s and Will’s, not sure if that can be adjusted in the future. Just figured I’d mention it!

Bid for the modern masterpiece “Handy”, the first accidental work of art from the new studio http://ebay.us/7VBiw3?cmpnId=5338273189

Awesome Live Video…. I had to catch this later and actually took notes… looking forward to the recorded lesson. This all has been extremely helpful for me and I am sure for many others! Thank you much Erich! You always amaze me with new pizzazz!:)

Y’know, it’s positively obscene to have a 32″ Cintiq and NOT be a digital painter/artist. So get with it, my boy! You’re certainly young enough to add that set of skills to your impressive toolbox.

An architect and/or an interior designer would have given you fantastic results! our responsability is making the best possible space for everyone, no matter who they are, what they do, how they live! You did a good job Mr Stan! thanks for letting us have a look at your studio.

I don’t mind modern architecture but dont you dare put that on Notre Dame. The church was extremely beautiful before the fire and i want it to stay like that

Notre Dame in South Bend is one of the ugliest collage campuses I have ever seen i was shocked to visit one time and see Muslims on prayer rug

If you need more sound treatment, canvas paintings with high density foam packed in the back works pretty decent without having big ugly panels hanging around

Hi Stan. Great studio. I think you can improve your palette cart by installing additional diagonal bars to make truss structure. It’ll be way less wobbly.

I’m in the line between 3D modeling or concept art / illustrator, don’t know in which invest my time the more. Both kinds of art are super appealing to me, I guess I’ve to try both, and then I’ll see what to choose, does someone has a good advice?

lol 2:32 why did you choose the german anthem for the introduction of your area of peace and quiet? love your videos and your podcast

proko…God give you back all the hope you have given to us, in your tutorials video.. from the bottom of my heart to you and your beautiful wife and son… and in the name of we, the people that follows you: have a blessed season greatings and the next year be full of good and desireble things!!! we all love you! behave yourself and be good!

Well, my studio consists of a  donated table, a donated office chair and a donated floor lamp, with a row of empty soup cans for my pencils. But otherwise, it’s exactly like this.

Notre Dame is an amazing work of art and changing it would be like drawing glasses and a mustache on the Mona Lisa or adding 808s to the Minecraft music

Dear Stan! Based on the amount of botchedfuckery demonstrated during the epoxy and glove scene, I hereby award you the title of honorary Hungarian. We know and appreciate the art of “gányolás” and that attempt was a worthy specimen.

I love your Chanel. I have been through a lot of spine surgery and I can’t wait until I heal enough to take drawing classes from you.
Pallet tip
I have a tip for you get a MANICURE Table, the perfect size adding a glass top makes a great pallet. Make sure it’s on wheels. Look for a beauty supply shop or get your stylist to order you one. I assume you must have a great stylist as your hair always looks great.

This’ll help with my own work flow. Never occurs for me to write my ideas down. I just go. Could help me land a few clients later down the road.

Who is to say what is absurd? I can have my perspective and you can have yours. I accept yours but retain my own, they can both be truth at the same time.

I believe you touched on the true cause as I see it and your key word in here to me was “pretentious”. I believe that explains a lot in the world and that we do ourselves a disservice. I believed for the longest time that my opinion held greater weight than others and became lazy in my mind which manifested as refusal to accept opposing opinions instead of accepting them and considering. I was lying to myself and once I saw it in myself I saw it everywhere else. Some is necessary, telling myself absolute truth is painful and exhausting so I can’t do it for long. To tell it to others unfiltered is irresponsible, many have already found a good balance. I can only offer my perspective but those always need to be met halfway. Taking the easy way out isn’t just physical to me and I think influencing attitudes is a better approach. I don’t want or need to change your mind, I only try to give a gentle nudge to attitudes.

I do not judge, I am better than no one and wish you kind regards. I think I have gotten this comment right in a way acceptable to myself. I am still coming to terms with my new self, your thoughtful video helped me.