"Instead of trying to appeal to everybody and resonating with no one, you're trying to hone down to a niche group who will really appreciate and subsequently support your work." That's a really great line! I like how it really seems like you know exactly what you want your art to be, from piece to piece there is a clear through-line. The colours is an obvious one!
when i heard that line i jokingly said aloud, "alrighty, how 'bout instead of appealing to everybody and resonating with none...how about i eppeal to nobody? then I'll resonate with everyone!" i was half way through chuckling at my own joke when i realized that was actually really true.
I jokingly thought my aesthetic is “unoriginal, scribbles, and copying other people” but I feel like that’s ok for me to be here right now. I’m at the place right now where I enjoy making fake Pokémon and dreaming up my own region. With that in mind figuring out what I want to voice in my designs and how I can do that through Ken Sugimori’s style is something I look forward to tackling. Even if I think my art is unoriginal I can still practice using someone else’s style as a vehicle. I really appreciate your videos! You’ve been a great help to me and I can’t wait to see what’s in store.
@@oryza_citrus of course you can look at Drawfee who are professional artists who regularly do fanart and copy other artists styles as part of their main platform. There's nothing wrong with doing that.
I already commented, but yeah, I remember sort-of once being there myself. Those were good times (lol I'm a bit old). I made a dozen or so Fakemon and planned many more, but with the limitations of Pokemon Essentials (basically a very detailed mod for RPG Maker) and my own issues, I couldn't go through with it in the end. I remember being on Relic Castle (this was several years ago) and reading up on someone having taken 8 years to develop a game! BTW, this was I think around the 3D era of X&Y, but people still heavily rely on pixel art to this day, so that just goes to show how long it can take. I find it kinda funny, since I'm planning my own thing nowadays. I'm no expert in any sense, but I could probably give some advice to potential newcomers. I myself have thought of maybe revisiting my starters, when I have the time.
I've been told my style is "skrunkly" it's rough around the edges, I enjoy contrasting sharp edges and round edges, and my favorite colors to work with are dark blues, cyans, bright reds, and neon pinks. I love things that are "loud" and I love a punk, sometimes borderline horror aesthetic. thank you for the video, I will be reflecting on how to incorporate that into my artwork and games!
Generally I'd say my aesthetic words would be offbeat, whimsical, and magical. This vid def gives me a lot to consider and it's something I try to revisit periodically!
My aesthetic tends toward the vibrant, cartoony, and cute. Though, I need to learn to adapt that to the Iron Age setting of the story. The basic gist of it is an ancient civilization of animals. So far, I've draw my characters cleanly, I guess you could say, without much in the way of wear and tear. I think that giving them that sense of roughness would help to ground the characters in the setting.
A lot of things I like to draw is birds and lizards. I don’t know what aesthetic that would work with this habit, but those are the things that I love to draw.
I'd generally describe my aesthetic as "anachronisms," "ethereal(ness?)" and "magic realism." As a lover of both real history and fantasy, I'm always trying to smash together things that "don't belong" and see what interesting moods come of it like medieval architecture + neon lights, or modern, flashy billboards written in ancient, long-dead languages. This also extends to music where I love to combine old instruments like harpsichords or dated 80s drum machines with more modern sounds. It doesn't always work, but it's fun! After watching this video, I guess I'd describe my ideal as distorting the familiar with the strange but beautiful, and creating something new out of it. I still have a lot to learn, though, as I try to improve my abilities and coherence. Thanks for these videos, they're a great help when I'm creatively stuck.
@selenite. Maybe add some overgrown vines to the sleek buildings for a cool mix of nature+technology. Maybe some of the modern technologies like screens are housed in rustic materials like carved wood or stone? Maybe the residents carry old-fashioned lanterns, but with modern, electric lights inside.
I guess I would like to keep a Sci-Fi, robot, utopian aesthetic, but I just mostly been doing whatever. After watching this video, I think I will try to make art more in that genre. Thank you for making this video!
I've never honestly thought about what my aesthetic is as an artist. I've kind of always been drifting through making stuff that I feel like, not really knowing where it lands with other people. Maybe I need to think more about it.
Hmm, my art is definitely a smattering of everything and doesn’t have any particularly solid ties. But I would like to think my aesthetic as far as what I like to see, feel, and would love to be able to make more of could be described simply as: soft, and cute. I feel like the world, but particularly me lol, could always do with more cozy, chill vibes ☺️
"A resounding success" is exactly what I think of my favorite artist's aesthetics. I'm glad that I'm not too worried about having a set aesthetic. I'm happy experimenting and dabbling in several different ones as I'm getting comfortable with my tools and the work I'm making. I'm excited to develope several variations of aesthetics since the genre of my works vary greatly at least to me they do. cx
I tend to go for hand drawn cartoon style, but I also like magic and nature along with modern street look with a bit of chaos So I'd say my aesthetic is goblincore trash mammal
I’d say my aesthetic is mostly “fantasy”, “vibrant and bold” and “quirky/humorous”. I’m currently trying to make an animation series/graphic novel that follows these values!
Thank you for this. Even after four years of art school I still have no idea what my aesthetic is, and I fear that’s what makes me less successful on social media (and potentially even what caused me to not find any art jobs when I was still applying for them). When I look at my former classmates’ Instagram pages they look cohesive and give off a general vibe, whereas mine is just a mess of stuff, and I’ve had no idea how to fix that. I just draw whatever I feel like and it has no throughline- and it’s frustrating. So thank you, this will help me be able to sit down and think about my voice in visual art.
I would have described my aesthetic as warm, cozy and nature-based. This video is giving me a lot to think about, especially because I'll have to think about the unifying aesthetic for the game I'm working on now, and how it can reflect the story and values therein. Softness certainly plays into it, which is why I like to show a lot of fabric-like texture in my current process.
I'm attempting to use aesthetic in a comic I want to write. Most of the time, it's desaturated pastels with a relaxing vibe. There are many zoomed-out images displaying the calm magical scenery. There aren't many cuts, instead keeping the same layout over several panels as the characters move around. However, whenever Erix is purposefully concealing something it's a much darker frame to hint at the secrets that the audience knows, and those the audience doesn't. These frames are nearly always zoomed-in on her face, to show the panic hiding behind her smile. At the (God I really need to name it) Fortress, there is much less color. There aren't the same relaxed angles, instead being strict and flat. Eventually things get even worse with Forbidden Magic being introduced. This is the most vibrant thing in the series, displayed in blaring and distracting colors that are at full saturation and absolutely burning to the eyes.
Woah, sounds like an amazing comic! PD: I made a mini comic a few days ago about two of my Ba Da Bean OCs and their POVs of their crushes; the female one being in love with someone else and marking her monthly bucket list as incomplete because she hasn't confessed her love, while the male one has a crush on the female character and decides to cross out the "confess my love to" part of his bucket list and replaces it with "becoming bffs with", marking the list as completed. The comic is called "The Bucket List"
When I was starting to draw, I drew a lot things at random. But now, I can say that I’ve isolate my aesthetic to the three words, natural, adventurous, and technological.
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i feel like i dont have a consistent aesthetic; sometimes i feel like being minimalistic and light, but then at other times i’ll feel like being intricate and deep. maybe i’ll feel like listening to calm ukulele music to sleep, or something like folk music that’ll make me wanna get up and go on adventures. maybe i’ll draw stuff that has no particular meaning behind it, its just what it says it is. and other times i’ll draw things that great have sentimental value to me, and only make sense when others know. that’s something stopping me from knowing my general aesthetic. there’s not much that’s consistent in my work, which makes it hard to know what my aesthetic is.
I’d say “warm,” “angelic/surreal?,” and “star wars?” I try to include warm colors or comforting scenes, often with surreal creatures or angels, in old-feeling buildings mixed with dirty “advanced” technology that has become the norm in whatever society I’ve formed in a drawing. I also like the overgrown foliage theme on a lot of my drawing concepts. I’m not sure how to articulate it.
What I've consistently heard about my aesthetic is that it's colorful, has a sense of motion, is sharp, and a 50/50 of it being anime esque or late 90's cartoon esque over the past couple of years. Which is what I've been shooting for - I've been dissecting the Naughty Dog Crash game's in-game visuals and trying to slowly incorporate that into my own stuff and it's starting to pay off. Same for classic Mega Man - specifically Mega Man 6, 7 and 8's key art and in game visuals.
Part II: Calculated, Sharp, and Complex Very interesting exercise. Making a note before and after this video of my assessment of my own aesthetics gave me a better understanding of those aesthetics and the direction I want to go with them. Great way to introspect, especially as an exercise done periodically!
probably harmonious, earthy, and enchanting? lots of greens and warm yellows and browns. i aspire to the styles of sarlis (from a few years ago is what i'm going for), and pixel art. i like the vibes of old dad sweaters, nature reclaiming cities, nods to mythology, witchy stuff like crystals and candles, and cute stuff like mushrooms and froggies. idk how to blend all of this together, but i want to coalesce the feel of all of this. maybe my three things could be the passage of time, subtle magic, and nostalgia??? probably chaotic but not cluttered.
I think my current style is, colorful, cute, (sometimes cozy), and even a vibe sometimes! I’ve personally had a lot of aesthetics in my life and I wouldn’t be surprised if it changed!
I will admit, I don't think about my artistic aesthetic because I think in the end I'm still figuring it out. I like certain things and don't like being limited by what I should focus on. However, I do notice I lean heavily into warrior cats, DnD, and characters more than background or scenes as a natural preference. Eventually, I do want to be a 'jack-of-trades' where I don't master (like ultimately master it in a sense) anything, but rather learn skills I can build upon to create whatever I want. Will admit, some stuff is harder than others.
Deep purple of the night, the noise of trees rustling gently in the breeze, wide open space that isn't lonely but a quiet place for a few friends or just one. My three words are really long.
My art style takes a lot of inspiration from 1930's western cartoons, graffiti art, and abstract art. Although, I'd say it has now become its own thing because of how I've adjusted and twisted it overtime, and I think that's a good thing. Because instead of focusing on mimicking a certain pre-existing look and attracting to a certain audience, I'm just doing whatever looks cool or appealing to me. I don't try to target to a specific audience, I just do my own thing and post it online for the world to see. I don't treat myself like an absolute God that knows everything and thinks that it's better than everyone else (because I'm not, I still have stuff to learn), because being selfish isn't my intend; I'm just a 17 year old Puerto Rican who is having fun with colored pencils and paper, and I think that is the most important part about all of this, having fun. The simplest way I can possibly explain my aesthetic would be: *Abstract cartoon with a graffiti influence.*
When this video started, I listed my primary aesthetics as surreal, pastel, and gothic (primarily surreal and pastel with darker themes), but now after you prompted me to contemplate my work more; I understand that because of my extensive background in trauma, abuse, and relying on love and connection from other struggling found family, my work is really far better defined by broader and far more consistent themes of empathy, collective and complicated suffering, and strong themes of very crucial "good and bad" love! Love, understanding, and pain are what define my understanding of the world, and so any art showcasing this usually follows those themes! It's what makes my friends and other people who have suffered connect with my work and see it as charming, comforting, and incredibly empathetic; while others may view it as starkly unsettling, cruel, and alien. Thanks for helping me gain a greater understanding of myself and my art!
I think my aesthetic may be more nature based art, where flora and landscapes are often more realistic/ detailed, and characters are more stylized and cartoony. I normally like cool colors and a somewhat moody atmosphere. In a way I think I still connect with some of the looks from fairy media had.
Honestly my aesthetic is based on the color purple and pastel colors , the theme are space, cats and i kinda like "old type" of thing like vintage and 80's music style. (Words related: daydream, free, chill, and it makes me think of lofi) I'm trying to link them together to create a brand into my new channel. This video helped me to understand more, the appealing to a group of people in particulary rather than try to appeal at everyone! Thank you for that video, as an artist it helps to have some basis like this.
Holy cow, this was nice! When ever I draw or see other people’s work, I always pay attention to the colors, shapes, characters as all separate aspects, but never as an aesthetic, merging all of those aspects, and honestly, I need to pay more attention to this and do what you said and think about “what my art is… thank you so much!
"futuristic, cybernetic, wacky, dramatic/dynamic and streetwearish." I'm thinking of using lots of deep purples, reds, yellows, oranges, pinks... but i haven't thinking on my artstyle recently since i've been studying the basics.
Thank you for highlighting on the Voice and identifying what I want to say , then finding a medium of how to say it. You really broke this down so well, thank you .
From what I like I'd say my aesthetic is softness with darkness lurking below. [I'm reading from a list I wrote at the beginning of the video] What I draw...hell if I know. I draw a lot more cheerfully than what I write or consume. :T I also don't know what I want my aesthetic to be, I know what kinda creator I want to be but not the vibes I give off through my work...probably better to just let it be and I'll pinpoint it later.
The first seconds already gave me more than I hoped: When I actually thought about how I describe my asthetic, I already learned more about myself than I first thought: The 3 words: Impulsive Varied extreme
I guess I'd like my aesthetic to be round, colorful, and fun. I think I have 2 of those down (for now), but I'll definitely need to work on my use of colors. Thank you for the video; you've given me much to think about!
The words I came up with were simplified,colourful and gestural, realizing the kinds of values I wanna put forth in my work is a really interesting exercise artistically, suggestion: is it possible to analyze an individual’s use of the elements and principles of art to create aesthetic?
Honestly, i feel quite proud of myself for already having a pretty firm grasp on most of what you talked about just through self experience. I've been drawing since I could walk, and I spent most of my time in school, all the way up to high school, filling the blank spaces on my homework with doodles rather than doing the actual assignment. Nonetheless, i find this video very helpful. Describing my aesthetic, the words I'd often use are "cartoony" or "loud." Both of these are super broad terms, but as someone who grew up watching cartoons religiously, it should be no surprise. I'd even throw the word "dense" in there. I eschew sharp angles and detail whenever possible, focusing primarily on shapes. I also put a lot of emphasis on expressions, offering a wide range of facial expressions that allow the character to emote very precise feelings. I also hardly even bother making sure the faces fit on the heads, resulting in comically large mouths or eyes. In general, I avoid drawing features that would restrict the characters movement, both in terms of body and face, making sure that if they were animated, they could move in a way that was exaggerated, but not TOO much. Another artist, bless her, looked at my art and defined it "BEGGING to be animated". Of course I don't use a lot of details, and i use very limited color palettes, often featuring bright neon color paired with black and white, put on doofy looking animals that look straight out of a cartoon you vaguely remember from your childhood.
I had so many art accounts that is "this style only for this group of people" goes so well and my main is "everything everywhere" is not doing good. I see why. You said things that I was thinking about recently, thx for opening my eyes. you got a new sub in only one video, no one makes me does this
My teachers have been using the words "artistic voice" like some sort of magical word and it bothered me non-stop because I never understood what they meant by it. Of course I'm not going to draw one of my most traumatic experiences the same way as the piece where I ask "what if flowers were big, lol". And what do you mean with "artistic voice"? I made that, that's my style, you can't say that I didn't make that. This video finally made me understand it, I think. At least what they mean by it.
It's difficult for me to tell my own aesthetic, since, at the moment, I'm still trying to find again my passion for drawing. I'd say it is a bit wild, fleshy, and... stiff. Yeah, still working out the kinks.
Muted earthy dark colors- taxidermy- nature- those things feel like they speak most to me (: tho it’s always changing so I need to get better at that ^^’
Okay I just re discovered your channel. ALL of your videos are like so helpful! I’m like in the middle of watching one and then I see another one I need and then another. The cycle never ends 😟 I need to watch them all! I love how you explain stuff! Thank you for making videos like this 🤩
Mine is colourful, whimsical and maybe nostalgic? I love the aesthetic of 70s and 80s anime and I love vintage fashion illustration so I guess that leaks into my aesthetic
I think it's still too early in my development as an artist to be thinking about aesthetic. I actually really liked the art stream metaphor - I'm definitely still figuring out my artist's voice, and this video reminded me that it's okay not to try to rush that.
This is a great video. I would say my asethetic is a mix of anime, street wear, fantasy, and classic art. I'm a big fan of mashing up different styles in my art because it creates an unique look.
i'd say generally my aesthetic is cute and vibrant with dark undertones! a subversion of what you'd usually expect from someone who draws cute, and usually rounded characters! recently i've been learning how to incorporate my backgrounds with character designs, and while it's challenging, it's also fun since background work isn't something i usually do, but it feels like a breath of fresh air from the usual stuff.
Crude chaotic comedic After watching, I'd still say the same. Although my backgrounds are way more detailed then my characters, but that's because I have to redraw characters a lot when animating because they move, backgrounds only need to be drawn for each new scene or angle. (Likely due to Kirby, because I started drawing a lot when I got into Kirby, the characters were simple, the backgrounds not so much). A contestant thing I already noticed in many of my drawings/animations is this evil facial expression I use a lot, in fact, I've even implemented it in my logo, I think it fits.
black and white, cartoony, casually monstrous i need to feed into it more, but i love scary designs and cute aesthetics. while going cutesy wasn't on the books for most of the time i learned how to draw, leaning into the poor anatomy and learning expression work got me pretty close to where i already wanted to be. as time goes by, I've made those accidental parts of my work that i liked a lot more purposeful, slowly learning anatomy and still practicing expression work. right now though I'm working on narrative, since the cohesion between a lot of my earlier pieces was accidental and now i actually want somthing behind the piece, especially since making somthing on purpose takes a lot more time.
i can't describe my complete aesthetic yet in the traditional sense but things i have noticed when it comes to what makes me prefer some art of mine over the other is i really like strong shadows and very bright colorful light sources, and im also a big fan of analogue horror so that's my genre
For the past multiple months I've been compiling an Aesthetic Folder where I throw literally anything into, be it clips of movies, others art post, music, colour palettes, what have you. The trends I've picked out so far are- bold, grungey, trashy, cute-uncanny, evocative, clean/simple and a bunch more. Definitely recommend it because it's gotten me to be more aware of what I actually like over a long period of time and helps point me in a direction.
This video was super super helpful! I think it’s time to look at my work and asses what is missing from my aesthetic. I can say for sure, lack of consistency and needing to consider Genre more cold help me the most. I’m guilty of the “scattered” look on my instagram account, there is not consistency in my work, more because I haven’t made a choice as of yet as to the “look” of my process, I think it’s time to narrow things down to one or two ways of working and sticking with it.
It’s kind of hard for me to say, cuz I like to teeter between cutesy 2D and Eldrich horror, which gives some of my art an uncanny valley feel to it. I guess you could say unnerving, vibrant, and otherworldly.
What i love about motifs is that the story they're telling always manages to be connected in a way I can't describe. Certain works I've seen are pretty well done with sticking with their motifs Kamen Rider also does this really well
I had to think a bit but I'd say my aesthetic would be fantastical, science fiction with a bit of anime. I have never really thought about it before until I looked at this video.
My aesthetic is somewhere in the 90s with a general grunge vibe, grittiness, stoner memorabilia, and a general sense of almost nasty mundanity. Think the Longview music video, MTV cartoons, any character played by Jack Black or TJ Miller, neckbeard nests, etc.
Realistic, sharp and on point towards the viewer, as if the characters are trying to communicate something back to the viewer instead of the scene where they are... I guess that's my aesthetic? I'm not sure. I'm here to help me find it honestly XD
I would probably describe my aesthetic as "Colorful", "Street Wear" and "classic horror". Potentially mixing the three together to form colorful youthful characters, clad in designer and modern clothing, while also adopting classic horror Tropes like vampires and Werewolves. Its no wonder one of my earliest inspirations for art was the anime Soul Eater.
Great video, love your content! I'd describe my aesthetic at the moment as Fantasy with a spin on it, Vibrant, and with interesting lighting. That's what I focus on the most! :D
Summing all the things my aesthetic, or the one I strive for, would be solarpunk art technouveau cottagecore: mixing historical decoration elements, mainly from the victorian era (but also many others) with some japanese influence, all in a modern/futuristic ambient defending a better, more natural and ethical but still technologically advanced world, all ultimately centered on crafts and simple life, things like gardening and baking.
yeah, sometimes when a family volunteers me to drawing something for someone or if I get a weird commission the quality is subpar compared to my usual output. It could also be because I'm not used to drawing the subject but the lack of heart contributes too I think
I have been fascinated for a long time with destruction, life and vibrancy. They seem contradictory but when I think of stuff like that, I think of Mushrooms, Abandoned Graveyards, old Castles and Ruins. Theirs something weirdly beautiful to see this thing that decays, and then also see it overgrown and covered in life. Theirs so many different kinds of fungus that isn’t mold but also not really a mushroom. Their almost alien looking and always very colorful. Theirs a kind of beauty in just seeing something old and reclaimed by nature. It’s why I hate apocalypse stories that have a blank empty desert but love apocalypse stories where everything is overcome with plants and animals, almost burying the destruction.
What I understand my general esthetic is pixelart, paranormal, semi realistic, desaturated and low contrast I say this from my way of writing and my current arwork
I don't draw nearly enough but i do want to more. But all in all my favourite aesthetic that i wanna go for is homely, believable (not necessarily realistic) fantasy, and a place of refuge.
First I thought I dont know. But now, I think its a sort of magical cool hardcore vibe??? I use a lot of dark purple, but also bright and vibrant colours...
"Instead of trying to appeal to everybody and resonating with no one, you're trying to hone down to a niche group who will really appreciate and subsequently support your work." That's a really great line! I like how it really seems like you know exactly what you want your art to be, from piece to piece there is a clear through-line. The colours is an obvious one!
Thank you and thank you! It’s a journey
@@CharacterDesignForge I can agree!
Wow👏💛
when i heard that line i jokingly said aloud, "alrighty, how 'bout instead of appealing to everybody and resonating with none...how about i eppeal to nobody? then I'll resonate with everyone!"
i was half way through chuckling at my own joke when i realized that was actually really true.
I jokingly thought my aesthetic is “unoriginal, scribbles, and copying other people” but I feel like that’s ok for me to be here right now.
I’m at the place right now where I enjoy making fake Pokémon and dreaming up my own region. With that in mind figuring out what I want to voice in my designs and how I can do that through Ken Sugimori’s style is something I look forward to tackling. Even if I think my art is unoriginal I can still practice using someone else’s style as a vehicle.
I really appreciate your videos! You’ve been a great help to me and I can’t wait to see what’s in store.
im at a similar stage as you where i do a lot of fanart and trying different styles of my fav artists and thats okay, its a way to learn
@@oryza_citrus of course you can look at Drawfee who are professional artists who regularly do fanart and copy other artists styles as part of their main platform. There's nothing wrong with doing that.
I already commented, but yeah, I remember sort-of once being there myself. Those were good times (lol I'm a bit old). I made a dozen or so Fakemon and planned many more, but with the limitations of Pokemon Essentials (basically a very detailed mod for RPG Maker) and my own issues, I couldn't go through with it in the end. I remember being on Relic Castle (this was several years ago) and reading up on someone having taken 8 years to develop a game! BTW, this was I think around the 3D era of X&Y, but people still heavily rely on pixel art to this day, so that just goes to show how long it can take. I find it kinda funny, since I'm planning my own thing nowadays. I'm no expert in any sense, but I could probably give some advice to potential newcomers. I myself have thought of maybe revisiting my starters, when I have the time.
@@wolfmatic399drawfee turned me from an idiot who could draw stick figures into an idiot who can draw a Jacob-Horse
I've been told my style is "skrunkly"
it's rough around the edges, I enjoy contrasting sharp edges and round edges, and my favorite colors to work with are dark blues, cyans, bright reds, and neon pinks. I love things that are "loud" and I love a punk, sometimes borderline horror aesthetic. thank you for the video, I will be reflecting on how to incorporate that into my artwork and games!
Skrunkly represent! Youre very welcome
Generally I'd say my aesthetic words would be offbeat, whimsical, and magical. This vid def gives me a lot to consider and it's something I try to revisit periodically!
My aesthetic tends toward the vibrant, cartoony, and cute. Though, I need to learn to adapt that to the Iron Age setting of the story. The basic gist of it is an ancient civilization of animals. So far, I've draw my characters cleanly, I guess you could say, without much in the way of wear and tear. I think that giving them that sense of roughness would help to ground the characters in the setting.
Maybe look into the old tv show the flinstones! It’s a cartoon set in caveman times.
A lot of things I like to draw is birds and lizards. I don’t know what aesthetic that would work with this habit, but those are the things that I love to draw.
I'd generally describe my aesthetic as "anachronisms," "ethereal(ness?)" and "magic realism." As a lover of both real history and fantasy, I'm always trying to smash together things that "don't belong" and see what interesting moods come of it like medieval architecture + neon lights, or modern, flashy billboards written in ancient, long-dead languages. This also extends to music where I love to combine old instruments like harpsichords or dated 80s drum machines with more modern sounds. It doesn't always work, but it's fun!
After watching this video, I guess I'd describe my ideal as distorting the familiar with the strange but beautiful, and creating something new out of it. I still have a lot to learn, though, as I try to improve my abilities and coherence. Thanks for these videos, they're a great help when I'm creatively stuck.
Same
I'd love to see your artwork, it sounds very interesting!
@@gamayundoom Thanks! I haven't released much of my art yet, but some of my videos use it as backgrounds.
@selenite. Maybe add some overgrown vines to the sleek buildings for a cool mix of nature+technology. Maybe some of the modern technologies like screens are housed in rustic materials like carved wood or stone? Maybe the residents carry old-fashioned lanterns, but with modern, electric lights inside.
Same, but I like to mash different historic periods along with a overall sci-fi feel.
I guess I would like to keep a Sci-Fi, robot, utopian aesthetic, but I just mostly been doing whatever. After watching this video, I think I will try to make art more in that genre. Thank you for making this video!
I've never honestly thought about what my aesthetic is as an artist. I've kind of always been drifting through making stuff that I feel like, not really knowing where it lands with other people. Maybe I need to think more about it.
Hmm, my art is definitely a smattering of everything and doesn’t have any particularly solid ties. But I would like to think my aesthetic as far as what I like to see, feel, and would love to be able to make more of could be described simply as: soft, and cute. I feel like the world, but particularly me lol, could always do with more cozy, chill vibes ☺️
"A resounding success" is exactly what I think of my favorite artist's aesthetics.
I'm glad that I'm not too worried about having a set aesthetic. I'm happy experimenting and dabbling in several different ones as I'm getting comfortable with my tools and the work I'm making. I'm excited to develope several variations of aesthetics since the genre of my works vary greatly at least to me they do.
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I tend to go for hand drawn cartoon style, but I also like magic and nature along with modern street look with a bit of chaos
So I'd say my aesthetic is goblincore trash mammal
What a great description 😂
G o b l I n c o r e t r a s h m a m m a l
I’d say my aesthetic is mostly “fantasy”, “vibrant and bold” and “quirky/humorous”. I’m currently trying to make an animation series/graphic novel that follows these values!
Thank you for this. Even after four years of art school I still have no idea what my aesthetic is, and I fear that’s what makes me less successful on social media (and potentially even what caused me to not find any art jobs when I was still applying for them). When I look at my former classmates’ Instagram pages they look cohesive and give off a general vibe, whereas mine is just a mess of stuff, and I’ve had no idea how to fix that. I just draw whatever I feel like and it has no throughline- and it’s frustrating. So thank you, this will help me be able to sit down and think about my voice in visual art.
I would have described my aesthetic as warm, cozy and nature-based. This video is giving me a lot to think about, especially because I'll have to think about the unifying aesthetic for the game I'm working on now, and how it can reflect the story and values therein. Softness certainly plays into it, which is why I like to show a lot of fabric-like texture in my current process.
I'm attempting to use aesthetic in a comic I want to write. Most of the time, it's desaturated pastels with a relaxing vibe. There are many zoomed-out images displaying the calm magical scenery. There aren't many cuts, instead keeping the same layout over several panels as the characters move around.
However, whenever Erix is purposefully concealing something it's a much darker frame to hint at the secrets that the audience knows, and those the audience doesn't. These frames are nearly always zoomed-in on her face, to show the panic hiding behind her smile.
At the (God I really need to name it) Fortress, there is much less color. There aren't the same relaxed angles, instead being strict and flat.
Eventually things get even worse with Forbidden Magic being introduced. This is the most vibrant thing in the series, displayed in blaring and distracting colors that are at full saturation and absolutely burning to the eyes.
Woah, sounds like an amazing comic!
PD: I made a mini comic a few days ago about two of my Ba Da Bean OCs and their POVs of their crushes; the female one being in love with someone else and marking her monthly bucket list as incomplete because she hasn't confessed her love, while the male one has a crush on the female character and decides to cross out the "confess my love to" part of his bucket list and replaces it with "becoming bffs with", marking the list as completed.
The comic is called "The Bucket List"
@@ElmKyh Ooooooh I'd like to read that
Might I suggest “Nammet Fortress” (like “name it” but pronounced differently)
@@isabeanie81 YES I'M STEALING THIS
When I was starting to draw, I drew a lot things at random. But now, I can say that I’ve isolate my aesthetic to the three words, natural, adventurous, and technological.
i really like a cartoony aesthetic with big black outlines and very simple shading
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i feel like i dont have a consistent aesthetic; sometimes i feel like being minimalistic and light, but then at other times i’ll feel like being intricate and deep. maybe i’ll feel like listening to calm ukulele music to sleep, or something like folk music that’ll make me wanna get up and go on adventures. maybe i’ll draw stuff that has no particular meaning behind it, its just what it says it is. and other times i’ll draw things that great have sentimental value to me, and only make sense when others know.
that’s something stopping me from knowing my general aesthetic. there’s not much that’s consistent in my work, which makes it hard to know what my aesthetic is.
I’d say “warm,” “angelic/surreal?,” and “star wars?” I try to include warm colors or comforting scenes, often with surreal creatures or angels, in old-feeling buildings mixed with dirty “advanced” technology that has become the norm in whatever society I’ve formed in a drawing. I also like the overgrown foliage theme on a lot of my drawing concepts. I’m not sure how to articulate it.
What I've consistently heard about my aesthetic is that it's colorful, has a sense of motion, is sharp, and a 50/50 of it being anime esque or late 90's cartoon esque over the past couple of years. Which is what I've been shooting for - I've been dissecting the Naughty Dog Crash game's in-game visuals and trying to slowly incorporate that into my own stuff and it's starting to pay off. Same for classic Mega Man - specifically Mega Man 6, 7 and 8's key art and in game visuals.
Chill, comfortable, and practical
Part II: Calculated, Sharp, and Complex
Very interesting exercise. Making a note before and after this video of my assessment of my own aesthetics gave me a better understanding of those aesthetics and the direction I want to go with them. Great way to introspect, especially as an exercise done periodically!
probably harmonious, earthy, and enchanting? lots of greens and warm yellows and browns. i aspire to the styles of sarlis (from a few years ago is what i'm going for), and pixel art. i like the vibes of old dad sweaters, nature reclaiming cities, nods to mythology, witchy stuff like crystals and candles, and cute stuff like mushrooms and froggies. idk how to blend all of this together, but i want to coalesce the feel of all of this. maybe my three things could be the passage of time, subtle magic, and nostalgia??? probably chaotic but not cluttered.
I think my current style is, colorful, cute, (sometimes cozy), and even a vibe sometimes! I’ve personally had a lot of aesthetics in my life and I wouldn’t be surprised if it changed!
I will admit, I don't think about my artistic aesthetic because I think in the end I'm still figuring it out. I like certain things and don't like being limited by what I should focus on. However, I do notice I lean heavily into warrior cats, DnD, and characters more than background or scenes as a natural preference. Eventually, I do want to be a 'jack-of-trades' where I don't master (like ultimately master it in a sense) anything, but rather learn skills I can build upon to create whatever I want. Will admit, some stuff is harder than others.
I try to keep a mix of 90s anime style mixed with older superhero comics. Both styles I try to show off in my comics
That sounds awesome!
Deep purple of the night, the noise of trees rustling gently in the breeze, wide open space that isn't lonely but a quiet place for a few friends or just one. My three words are really long.
I was not expecting you to cover this topic but I’m so happy you did!
That was the smoothest and subtlest merch plug I've ever seen 👏
My art style takes a lot of inspiration from 1930's western cartoons, graffiti art, and abstract art. Although, I'd say it has now become its own thing because of how I've adjusted and twisted it overtime, and I think that's a good thing. Because instead of focusing on mimicking a certain pre-existing look and attracting to a certain audience, I'm just doing whatever looks cool or appealing to me. I don't try to target to a specific audience, I just do my own thing and post it online for the world to see. I don't treat myself like an absolute God that knows everything and thinks that it's better than everyone else (because I'm not, I still have stuff to learn), because being selfish isn't my intend; I'm just a 17 year old Puerto Rican who is having fun with colored pencils and paper, and I think that is the most important part about all of this, having fun. The simplest way I can possibly explain my aesthetic would be: *Abstract cartoon with a graffiti influence.*
When this video started, I listed my primary aesthetics as surreal, pastel, and gothic (primarily surreal and pastel with darker themes), but now after you prompted me to contemplate my work more; I understand that because of my extensive background in trauma, abuse, and relying on love and connection from other struggling found family, my work is really far better defined by broader and far more consistent themes of empathy, collective and complicated suffering, and strong themes of very crucial "good and bad" love! Love, understanding, and pain are what define my understanding of the world, and so any art showcasing this usually follows those themes! It's what makes my friends and other people who have suffered connect with my work and see it as charming, comforting, and incredibly empathetic; while others may view it as starkly unsettling, cruel, and alien.
Thanks for helping me gain a greater understanding of myself and my art!
I think my aesthetic may be more nature based art, where flora and landscapes are often more realistic/ detailed, and characters are more stylized and cartoony. I normally like cool colors and a somewhat moody atmosphere.
In a way I think I still connect with some of the looks from fairy media had.
6:47 I jumped when I saw King Gizzard in the record shelf! I love them so much, they're really inspiring!
Heck yeah!
Honestly my aesthetic is based on the color purple and pastel colors , the theme are space, cats and i kinda like "old type" of thing like vintage and 80's music style. (Words related: daydream, free, chill, and it makes me think of lofi)
I'm trying to link them together to create a brand into my new channel. This video helped me to understand more, the appealing to a group of people in particulary rather than try to appeal at everyone! Thank you for that video, as an artist it helps to have some basis like this.
Now I'm not a character designer, but that niche part and defining what I want to imbue to others with my work is really important
Holy cow, this was nice! When ever I draw or see other people’s work, I always pay attention to the colors, shapes, characters as all separate aspects, but never as an aesthetic, merging all of those aspects, and honestly, I need to pay more attention to this and do what you said and think about “what my art is… thank you so much!
Glad I watched the video before answering the question, because now I can't honestly answer the question anymore...
"futuristic, cybernetic, wacky, dramatic/dynamic and streetwearish." I'm thinking of using lots of deep purples, reds, yellows, oranges, pinks... but i haven't thinking on my artstyle recently since i've been studying the basics.
Thank you for highlighting on the Voice and identifying what I want to say , then finding a medium of how to say it. You really broke this down so well, thank you .
You're speaking the language of A E S T H E T I C S !
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From what I like I'd say my aesthetic is softness with darkness lurking below. [I'm reading from a list I wrote at the beginning of the video]
What I draw...hell if I know. I draw a lot more cheerfully than what I write or consume. :T
I also don't know what I want my aesthetic to be, I know what kinda creator I want to be but not the vibes I give off through my work...probably better to just let it be and I'll pinpoint it later.
The first seconds already gave me more than I hoped:
When I actually thought about how I describe my asthetic, I already learned more about myself than I first thought:
The 3 words:
Impulsive
Varied
extreme
I guess I'd like my aesthetic to be round, colorful, and fun. I think I have 2 of those down (for now), but I'll definitely need to work on my use of colors. Thank you for the video; you've given me much to think about!
Dude the fact that I had (at one point) all of those other aesthetics you listed at the beginning of the video LOL
Watching this video made me think about my aesthetic as an artist, I don't really know what aesthetic my art has I just draw what I want and stuff
For the colour part, I think it’ll be interesting to see what colours i kinda gravitate towards in my art!
The words I came up with were simplified,colourful and gestural, realizing the kinds of values I wanna put forth in my work is a really interesting exercise artistically, suggestion: is it possible to analyze an individual’s use of the elements and principles of art to create aesthetic?
Plants, ethereal, and resonant. What I'd say describes my aesthetic
Honestly, i feel quite proud of myself for already having a pretty firm grasp on most of what you talked about just through self experience. I've been drawing since I could walk, and I spent most of my time in school, all the way up to high school, filling the blank spaces on my homework with doodles rather than doing the actual assignment. Nonetheless, i find this video very helpful.
Describing my aesthetic, the words I'd often use are "cartoony" or "loud." Both of these are super broad terms, but as someone who grew up watching cartoons religiously, it should be no surprise. I'd even throw the word "dense" in there. I eschew sharp angles and detail whenever possible, focusing primarily on shapes. I also put a lot of emphasis on expressions, offering a wide range of facial expressions that allow the character to emote very precise feelings. I also hardly even bother making sure the faces fit on the heads, resulting in comically large mouths or eyes. In general, I avoid drawing features that would restrict the characters movement, both in terms of body and face, making sure that if they were animated, they could move in a way that was exaggerated, but not TOO much. Another artist, bless her, looked at my art and defined it "BEGGING to be animated". Of course I don't use a lot of details, and i use very limited color palettes, often featuring bright neon color paired with black and white, put on doofy looking animals that look straight out of a cartoon you vaguely remember from your childhood.
So excited for this video !!!
:Edit : this is amazing thank you so much for this kind of content !!
Youre so welcome!
I had so many art accounts that is "this style only for this group of people" goes so well and my main is "everything everywhere" is not doing good. I see why.
You said things that I was thinking about recently, thx for opening my eyes.
you got a new sub in only one video, no one makes me does this
Im glad! Hope the rest of the videos keep you coming back!
Here’s mine. Bright, mysterious, loud
My teachers have been using the words "artistic voice" like some sort of magical word and it bothered me non-stop because I never understood what they meant by it. Of course I'm not going to draw one of my most traumatic experiences the same way as the piece where I ask "what if flowers were big, lol".
And what do you mean with "artistic voice"? I made that, that's my style, you can't say that I didn't make that.
This video finally made me understand it, I think. At least what they mean by it.
It's difficult for me to tell my own aesthetic, since, at the moment, I'm still trying to find again my passion for drawing. I'd say it is a bit wild, fleshy, and... stiff. Yeah, still working out the kinks.
Muted earthy dark colors- taxidermy- nature- those things feel like they speak most to me (: tho it’s always changing so I need to get better at that ^^’
king gizzard yeaaa 😎
The videos are great, it's cool to hear your perspective on all these different topics you cover, keep it up
Okay I just re discovered your channel. ALL of your videos are like so helpful! I’m like in the middle of watching one and then I see another one I need and then another. The cycle never ends 😟 I need to watch them all! I love how you explain stuff! Thank you for making videos like this 🤩
Awesome video Brookes! It’s so great hearing your thoughts and insights on aesthetic and how it can relate to people on a deep level!
Mine is colourful, whimsical and maybe nostalgic? I love the aesthetic of 70s and 80s anime and I love vintage fashion illustration so I guess that leaks into my aesthetic
my aesthetic feels hard to describe in 3 words, but i think would describe it as chaotic, nostalgic, and playful.
Good advice, it's something I should really rethink as I have heard this advice before but never in this manner! Thanks for uploading!
I think it's still too early in my development as an artist to be thinking about aesthetic. I actually really liked the art stream metaphor - I'm definitely still figuring out my artist's voice, and this video reminded me that it's okay not to try to rush that.
I’m thinking my aesthetic is a funky combination of chaotic, vibrant, and organic :)
I love pastel/pastel goth vaporwave pastel retro/retro and softcore and bright colors
This is a great video. I would say my asethetic is a mix of anime, street wear, fantasy, and classic art. I'm a big fan of mashing up different styles in my art because it creates an unique look.
i'd say generally my aesthetic is cute and vibrant with dark undertones! a subversion of what you'd usually expect from someone who draws cute, and usually rounded characters! recently i've been learning how to incorporate my backgrounds with character designs, and while it's challenging, it's also fun since background work isn't something i usually do, but it feels like a breath of fresh air from the usual stuff.
my aesthetic: mysterious sketchy dynamic
right now, it looks like my aesthetic is "forest, characters, and color" and honestly I'm cool with that.
Crude chaotic comedic
After watching, I'd still say the same. Although my backgrounds are way more detailed then my characters, but that's because I have to redraw characters a lot when animating because they move, backgrounds only need to be drawn for each new scene or angle. (Likely due to Kirby, because I started drawing a lot when I got into Kirby, the characters were simple, the backgrounds not so much).
A contestant thing I already noticed in many of my drawings/animations is this evil facial expression I use a lot, in fact, I've even implemented it in my logo, I think it fits.
Interesting topic
black and white, cartoony, casually monstrous
i need to feed into it more, but i love scary designs and cute aesthetics. while going cutesy wasn't on the books for most of the time i learned how to draw, leaning into the poor anatomy and learning expression work got me pretty close to where i already wanted to be. as time goes by, I've made those accidental parts of my work that i liked a lot more purposeful, slowly learning anatomy and still practicing expression work. right now though I'm working on narrative, since the cohesion between a lot of my earlier pieces was accidental and now i actually want somthing behind the piece, especially since making somthing on purpose takes a lot more time.
I'd describe my aesthetic as ''I'' and ''don't'' and ''know, that's why this video is just so perfect rn, tysm for doing it, it helps wonders ♥♥♥
i can't describe my complete aesthetic yet in the traditional sense but things i have noticed when it comes to what makes me prefer some art of mine over the other is i really like strong shadows and very bright colorful light sources, and im also a big fan of analogue horror so that's my genre
Thank you, I been struggling to find my aesthetic for years and still am, but this helped me a lot
I didn't study for the test
You still got 100! 😆
I just found your channel. These are great videos! Also loving all the Hollow Knight in the background :)
For the past multiple months I've been compiling an Aesthetic Folder where I throw literally anything into, be it clips of movies, others art post, music, colour palettes, what have you.
The trends I've picked out so far are- bold, grungey, trashy, cute-uncanny, evocative, clean/simple and a bunch more.
Definitely recommend it because it's gotten me to be more aware of what I actually like over a long period of time and helps point me in a direction.
This video was super super helpful! I think it’s time to look at my work and asses what is missing from my aesthetic. I can say for sure, lack of consistency and needing to consider Genre more cold help me the most. I’m guilty of the “scattered” look on my instagram account, there is not consistency in my work, more because I haven’t made a choice as of yet as to the “look” of my process, I think it’s time to narrow things down to one or two ways of working and sticking with it.
It’s kind of hard for me to say, cuz I like to teeter between cutesy 2D and Eldrich horror, which gives some of my art an uncanny valley feel to it. I guess you could say unnerving, vibrant, and otherworldly.
What i love about motifs is that the story they're telling always manages to be connected in a way I can't describe. Certain works I've seen are pretty well done with sticking with their motifs
Kamen Rider also does this really well
I had to think a bit but I'd say my aesthetic would be fantastical, science fiction with a bit of anime.
I have never really thought about it before until I looked at this video.
A lot of your art resonates with me, as a long-term Skylanders player ,w,
My aesthetic is somewhere in the 90s with a general grunge vibe, grittiness, stoner memorabilia, and a general sense of almost nasty mundanity. Think the Longview music video, MTV cartoons, any character played by Jack Black or TJ Miller, neckbeard nests, etc.
Realistic, sharp and on point towards the viewer, as if the characters are trying to communicate something back to the viewer instead of the scene where they are... I guess that's my aesthetic? I'm not sure. I'm here to help me find it honestly XD
I would probably describe my aesthetic as "Colorful", "Street Wear" and "classic horror". Potentially mixing the three together to form colorful youthful characters, clad in designer and modern clothing, while also adopting classic horror Tropes like vampires and Werewolves. Its no wonder one of my earliest inspirations for art was the anime Soul Eater.
Great video, love your content! I'd describe my aesthetic at the moment as Fantasy with a spin on it, Vibrant, and with interesting lighting. That's what I focus on the most! :D
Just the video i needed
6:45 Pumped to see that Brookes is a fan of King Gizz
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Summing all the things my aesthetic, or the one I strive for, would be solarpunk art technouveau cottagecore: mixing historical decoration elements, mainly from the victorian era (but also many others) with some japanese influence, all in a modern/futuristic ambient defending a better, more natural and ethical but still technologically advanced world, all ultimately centered on crafts and simple life, things like gardening and baking.
yeah, sometimes when a family volunteers me to drawing something for someone or if I get a weird commission the quality is subpar compared to my usual output. It could also be because I'm not used to drawing the subject but the lack of heart contributes too I think
I have been fascinated for a long time with destruction, life and vibrancy. They seem contradictory but when I think of stuff like that, I think of Mushrooms, Abandoned Graveyards, old Castles and Ruins. Theirs something weirdly beautiful to see this thing that decays, and then also see it overgrown and covered in life. Theirs so many different kinds of fungus that isn’t mold but also not really a mushroom. Their almost alien looking and always very colorful. Theirs a kind of beauty in just seeing something old and reclaimed by nature. It’s why I hate apocalypse stories that have a blank empty desert but love apocalypse stories where everything is overcome with plants and animals, almost burying the destruction.
basically anything like plants vs zombies or atomicrops will be my kind of aesthetic
What I understand my general esthetic is pixelart, paranormal, semi realistic, desaturated and low contrast I say this from my way of writing and my current arwork
I don't draw nearly enough but i do want to more.
But all in all my favourite aesthetic that i wanna go for is homely, believable (not necessarily realistic) fantasy, and a place of refuge.
3 words to describe my aesthetic
At the start: comfy/cozy, 90’s, nerdy(???)
At the end:
First I thought I dont know. But now, I think its a sort of magical cool hardcore vibe??? I use a lot of dark purple, but also bright and vibrant colours...
Before Aesthetic: high contrast, rounded shapes, minimal
After Aesthetic: EVERYTHING I KNEW IS A LIE!!!!!!!! 🔥
I'd say my aesthetic boils down to *euphoric, intimate, and destructive.* I want my work to instill a deep, resonant warmth in people.