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Lucie Ell
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Добавлен 7 фев 2021
How finding a niche helped me as an artist + tips for finding yours!
Last year, I was feeling lost on my art journey. I was struggling with finding customers to sell my art products to, felt like the only way to get more eyes on my art on social media was to draw fanart or follow trends, and generally felt like I have no clear path of how to become a successful artist.
Then I found my Slavic niche. Since then, I have been creating Slavic inspired illustration and loved every second of it, got more sales, and most importantly feel like my art has a purpose now, and can actually help people.
In this video, I will share the story of how I found my art niche, how it helped me, and also how finding an art niche might help you as well! In the last part of the vide...
Then I found my Slavic niche. Since then, I have been creating Slavic inspired illustration and loved every second of it, got more sales, and most importantly feel like my art has a purpose now, and can actually help people.
In this video, I will share the story of how I found my art niche, how it helped me, and also how finding an art niche might help you as well! In the last part of the vide...
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Can a DIGITAL ARTIST paint TRADITIONALLY?
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I am a digital artist, even though you've mostly seen me draw in my sketchbooks. I always wanted to see how I'd do if I painted the illustrations I normally create with my iPad in Procreate by using a traditional paint medium and that's exactly what I'm trying out today! Watch me struggle with acrylic paint and miss the undo button dearly, as I paint a warm up sketchbook painting, a forest scen...
Finished SKETCHBOOK tour! ✦ may 2021 - feb 2023
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Let's have a look through the sketchbook I had for almost two years! I talk about what inspired the spreads, the stories behind some of the drawings, what I struggled with, what I loved creating, and more! Watch all the drawings I made over the two years using alcohol markers, water based markers, gouache, watercolors, and more art media! ✦ find me elsewhere ✦ Website: www.lucie-ell.com/ Shop: ...
Tips on starting a new SKETCHBOOK ✦ let's draw together!
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Ah, the fear of ruining that shiny new sketchbook you just bought by drawing in it! I have some tips on how to tackle those feelings, actually start the sketchbook, don't get discouraged by the bad art, and enjoy the process! Let's do this together! #sketchbook ✧ chapters ✧ 0:00 Intro, sketchbook info 0:11 Actually start on the first page 0:30 Do some swatches 0:55 Make it fit your needs 1:55 W...
Autumn in illustration - watch this if you're an autumn lover!
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Spend some time with me to celebrate the season of autumn with illustrations using my iPad and Procreate! I talk about what I like about each part of autumn, and create an artwork for all of them. You can watch the process of me drawing each of the illustrations, as well as know what inspired my art! The video includes plenty of clips I collected over the last three months of the gorgeous chang...
Hey what did you use to colour everything? What are they called? Your style is super cute and unique btw :)
This video is so helpful! Thanks for sharing. Your art is stunningly gorgeous! New subscriber from Sydney, Australia 🌼
Came here from your instagram account, because I love your beautiful illustrations and now I love all your interesting tips about finding your niche ! As an artist for over 20 years selling online, I find things have changed a lot in the marketing area and I feel now a bit lost or "expired" in the art world especially when it comes to communicate online and get people engaged with what I do. Not to mention I evolved myself in many different ways, and I feel I have sometimes to start from scratch with is truly scary in a way. Anyway, thank you so much and I wish you lot of success with your Slavic Village !
This video is very very helpful; because of it and your kind advices i finally find my niche😊❤ a big thank you to you for charing this with us.🙏🏾🫶🏾
Hi! I love things like this. Best regards 😀
Your work makes me smile 💜💙💚
Honestly i think of: think if it will get bored is an way to turn it bored... so lets stop thinking about "boring" and enjoy what your present brings to you? I started learning these days what motivates me, senshou no ie, meaning enjoy every bit of an act, an thing you do, enjoy what you do and love to do it. I got inspired by your art and loved all you showed here,i feel cozy looking for it,i love your style 😮😊 also remember the wolfwalkers movie "forest" part Im here thanks to your art that cativated me ofcourse,i have so many ideas but i cant do a single one in just one day (i love to sculpt in 3D), so maybe oneday i can sculpt fast to bring many ideas for life, i really loved all tips you gave here,i will be back someday when i get to sell something😅 Thank you
Great tips and points. I have been looking for artist niche video for a while. I've had a hard time figuring out what "problem" my art could solve, but you're right, it could be as simple as wanting good art on your walls or stickers in your planner.
Thanks for the thought provoking questions we can ask to zero in on our niche.
Love from a clay charms maker❤ subscribed❤😊
What a beautiful and incredibly informative video Lucie! Your art definitely helps me connect back to my Slavic roots and reminds me of my childhood and summers in Poland 💛 I can’t wait to see what work you’ll conjure up next!
Thank you so much dear Alicja!! ♥️ I’m so glad we can bond over the same Slavic experiences, and that my art reminds you of Poland 🥹 that’s the biggest compliment you can give me, it means I’m doing what I set myself to do right hehe! 😁
Hi, I just discovered you, and I can’t say enough that this video came in such a good timing in my life. I have always seen myself as a multi-passionate creative. So niching down was very hard for me until NOW that you mentioned such great points that I feel I could niche as well. I love the way you told your story in this video, and the examples are convincing enough for me to niche down finally, because I need to grow as an artist. For the other passions that I have, I could possibly do them as a hobby and not a job. Thank you so much for being an angel in my life, and I just followed your Instagram and subscribed to RUclips. ❤❤
so true...Agree...😢
Hi, thank you so much for the heartfelt comment, reading it made me so happy! ♥️ I am so glad this video helped you in that regard, and I hope you find the perfect niche that will make you happy and let you grow as an artist! 🥰
I already found my niche. Its nice to witness such informative video like this!
I’m very glad you found it informative! ♥️☺️
This was so helpful thanks for this video ❤
I’m very happy it helped! 🥰
I would love to see a video or series of you using Procreate!
Will add it to my video idea list! 😁
This is super helpful! Thank you...I even wrote all the questions and answers in my journal as I watched. Now I have some new art ideas I'm excited to try!
Yay, I’m so glad it helped! 🥰 what did you figure out if you don’t mind sharing? ♥️ I’d love to know!
@@lucieell of course! Mostly that I want to be known as the Adventurous Painter who attracts other travelers and outdoor enthusiasts! So painting different places I've traveled to and labeling each painting with the location and painting the shape of all 50 states. Plus painting my adventurous hobbies like rock climbing, camping, and backpacking. Many of these I have not painted yet, but it's so obvious now. But even different potted plants for people who like to bring part of the great outdoors inside. It's broad enough that I won't get tired of it or run out of ideas, but also niche enough to attract very specific people...hopefully! 🤣Thanks again!
You are so right! And I love that painting you showed for a second: “The Blind Girl”. Such beautiful and magical colors and textures.
I like how you *illustrated* what you said by showing your art on the screen as you talked about the niches. The grandma example was funny. I just subscribed
Hehe thank you, I’m very glad you enjoyed it! 😁♥️
Thank you for the helpful video.🧡 It's a great reminder to find your unique place in the art world.
You’re welcome, I’m so happy it resonated! 🥰
Thank you so so so much for this video!
You’re very welcome! 🥰
Omg you literally speak out my problems and i felt understood, i opened a small art work shop caled Dice & Crafts Workshop that sells embroidery, resin art, diorama art, jewelry and the rest of mediums i can do yet no luck and there are times i want to close my business because i barely sells anything, even on instagram, etc
I am happy you felt understood watching the video! ♥️ I strongly recommend you to watch the longform video about niche if you haven’t already! I think it might help you to decide what would be the best path to take with your business. I wish you lots of luck! ♥️
Very insightful! Curious though... what are your thoughts when certain niches start fading away? I have a friend who built her niche surrounding a specific video game, but the fandom has been slowly disappearing.
Hmm, I personally wouldn’t build my niche around a certain fandom if I planned to sell my art because there are usually issues with copyright. If the fandom is disappearing, and your friend is maybe starting to losing interest in the game too, this is the perfect time to look into a niche again! A great place to start would be to look into what she liked about the videogame in the first place: was it a fantasy setting with lots of various supernatural beings? Was it story driven and had lots of interesting characters? Did it have a certain aesthetic? Would there be a way to continue making art around what was great about the game without specifically drawing characters and scenes from it, and finding people who would appreciate such art? ♥️
What a perfect and inspiring video, thank you so much for sharing this . And i just love your art 😍😍
Thank you so much, I appreciate it! 🥰
What a delightful watch this was. Thanks to my husband I get to learn more about Slavic culture. ♥️ You gotta make the digital washi tape situation that you blend in at e.g. 2.33min into a real physical washi tape if you haven’t. I would totally buy it for my journal 🌻
Thank you so much! ♥️ I love that you’re discovering the Slavic culture thanks to your husband! ☺️ and ahh you’re gonna love my next shop update then because I might have already had the same thought! 👀😁
Slavic vibes yeah!! *high five from Poland*
High five to a fellow Slav! 😁♥️🇵🇱
keep up the good work!👍
Thanks! 😁♥️
WOW 😳
👌❤🎉🎉😊
hi lucie! thank you for this informative video 💕 also how did you find your style and good at anatomy of things?
You’re very welcome! ☺️ hmm, I used to be obsessed with the thought of having a distinct style, but I slowly stopped thinking about it as much because I don’t think it’s the most important thing! However, having a niche will help you with style as well! Otherwise, I would just ask myself what I love about other people’s art, what are my favorite art pieces and why, find links between the answers and try to implement what I found out in my work process. But make sure to take from many various artists, also outside of your primary media (you can be inspired by ceramics or abstract art if you’re an illustrator!). As far as learning anatomy goes, the biggest leap I noticed was when I stopped being afraid of drawing full body illustrations! 😄 I always found anatomy studies quite boring so I never stuck with them for a longer period of time, but when I decided to make pieces that included full body illustrations, I had to study the poses I wanted to draw, I took my own references to better understand them, I spent time perfecting them, and that helped a lot! I of course made many mistakes, but learned with every new piece. I hope this helps! ♥️
Beautiful Keep it up!!! It is fresh and new.
Thank you so much! ☺️
I think this is one of the most informative niche videos I've found so far. Thank you for sharing your process and I love how your art captures the feeling of cosiness <3
Ahh that’s a big compliment! Thank you so much! 🥰
Thank you ! This is helpful !
I’m very happy you find it helpful! 🥰
Thank you for this video. It is really helpful. I needed to hear something like this. Beacause I felt lost in my art too. And your tips are very helpful. And also your Slavic illustrations are so beautiful. I love your style. And I am super happy that here in Czech republic we have such a wonderful artist.:)❤❤
I am so happy it was helpful, thank you for the lovely comment and for the compliments! 🥰 I hope I represent our country well hehe! 😄
Thank you. This was helpful as well as enjoyable
I’m very glad to hear that, thank you! ☺️
Thankyou so much for giving examples of art buyer “problems”. This is a part of marketing that got me stuck - I couldn’t answer the question, I was like I don’t know they just see stuff and want it or don’t?! 😅 I get it now!
I’m so happy it was helpful!! I was so stuck on it too, I always thought people simply buy art because it’s pretty and therefore I will only sell enough of it once it’s the prettiest it can be 🥲 learning this was so relieving! 😄
I feel ya! The word “problem” always makes me think of more serious things, so conciliating that with art was weird at first lol. Now I think of it more as like “solving a want/desire”. Nobody is gonna die if they don’t eat ice cream, but people sure do want it! So the ice cream parlor is solving that want.
This was so informational to listen to. My only issue with trying to be specific is that I have many things I am really interested in! 😭😭
I am very happy you found it informational! ♥️ maybe there is (at least a tiny) link between all your interests that would create a wonderfully original niche? 😁
i feel you 😂😭😭
You can be really interested in lots of things and paint lots of things but just POST the main niche you want to focus on? Or maybe put the other ones on something like IG stories rather than the main post area. 🤷♀️ But I am the same. I love so many different things.
so true...
I feel this way too and have decided to work in collections.🤗
Such an inspirational video. Thank you. And beautiful artwork. You make me want to get out my markers.
Thank you for the kind words! ♥️ and yaay, go get out your markers and have fun! 😁
Very helpful advices, thanks!
I am glad it was helpful! 🥰
Love to see you here! This is really good tips. Can you show us in your future video your favorite art materials? 😊
Thank you! 🥰 I’ll add it in the future videos idea list! 😁
I feel so cozy watching this. I'm honestly so glad you found your niche, because you made me love and appreciate our country and customs more. I think I was losing the whimsy and magical feeling in my life. Too detached and too in the modern world. And your art pulled me back to my childhood. It really feels like home, like you said. And now I can't imagine going back, I seek out these little pieces of history every day. 🤍🍄 I finally realized my niche only recently, but it made so much sense to me, when I wrote it down. I have been kind of creating in that mindset for a while. 🤗
Ahh Kyle, this is the biggest complimemt and exactly the reason why I do what I do, thank you so much for sharing that!! 🥹 I am so happy my art could bring you back to your childhood! ♥️ and how amazing that you found your niche, I imagine it must have been a great feeling when it all clicked together! 😁
@@lucieell not just bring me back, it basically changed my outlook on the world and reminded me of my priorities in life. For that I'm very grateful 🥺🤍 And yea when it clicked it was like the mind expand meme 🤣🤣
Can i ask what are all the materials you used in this video? Pens,markers etc
Finally!!! I have been waiting for a new video for a long time😭
Thank you for waiting, I appreciate it! 😭♥️
Lucie! Ive missed your videos ❤
Ahh thank you for sticking around and waiting for my next upload, I appreciate it!! ♥️
I love how you're showing Slavic culture and tradition trough your art! It's especially close to my heart too - fellow Slavic soul from Poland here :'D I also love the seasonal changing~ I'm on a verge of trying to find my own thing too (I work as full time illustrator for a company and drawing non stop for others can drain your joy and creativity too :')). I'm so happy to discover such amazing artists like you to share their journey, it's so inspiring! Thank you so much for the advices - and keep up the wonderful work!
Ahh hello to a fellow Slavic soul! 😁♥️ I’m very happy the Slavic content resonates with you! 🥰 I completely understand, drawing for others tends to suck the joy out of creating 🥲 I hope you get to find the perfect thing for you! And thank you so much for the lovely comment!! ♥️
@@lucieell Thank you so much! :') Thanks to such lovely and inspiring artists like you, I'm sure I will! ❤
Я как-раз сейчас на таком-же распутии. Моя цель - улучшить навык рисования портретов, поскольку это что-то, что я люблю всем сердцем и душой. К тому же мой стиль довольно реалистичный. Я понимаю, что реалистичные портреты, наверное, не так популярны, как иллюстрация (не знаю, может быть), но мне очень хочется следовать зову сердца. Спасибо за это видео, я обязательно поразмышляю над вопросами из этого видео.
Your images are amazing
I heard someone say that AI was art without a soul. It is so true
I hate A.I. 😒 Legit art all the way!!!! 😊
It will only be an average result if the prompt is left non enough specified though.
Well spoken! Your art is beautiful