How Pewdiepie became a better Artist than you…
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You know, the best advice is to just draw what you like and don't care about progress. If you study even a little, then after a year you would make drastic changes without putting in almost any effort
* and draw from references
is there like a place to learn more abt stuff? without those videos showing a pro making a sketch done in a second and start doing what the said tut is or smth
if he learned all of that from one does anyone know who that is? i want to get that course
heeeeelll yeaaa
agreed. Personally, I made Horikoshi my model and I learned a lot of shortcuts in his art style. I've improved faster in him than when drawing without any passion/ learning boringly.
@@arlynnecumberbatch1056 just look bunch some base tutorials and try to put knowledge from them into your art, but don't overwhelm yourself. You need to catch a flow
Tip no. 2 is very important, as an artist who taught Da Vinci, michelangelo, Raphael, Picasso, etc , I always told them to follow tip 2, and see where they are now!
Bro 💀💀, really took me while to get it 😂
In the ground, somewhere, and broken down into carbon atoms, but they'll always be remembered!
@@nickthepick8043 dont worry i already ate them
6:06
Hm?
He's getting better at drawing because he simply loves drawing. Could explain why I'm bad at any post 2021 game.
Bad game taste lol
@@kraned946 That only like is your own, just like your mom wanted only one child, yet here you are because she didn't want to terminate your twin in the process.
@@alexandrefillot9600 Least sensitive RUclips commenter
@@alexandrefillot9600 Damn, just say they have bad taste.
No need to go full Low Tier God
@@Jarubimba That comment would not exist for our entertainment, if he did not go full low tier god. Let the man do as he wishes.
This whole video hit me like a TRUCK.
I haven't been drawing what I liked and started doing what I thought I "should". And, just like you said, it started feeling more like a chore rather than something I enjoy.
Great video, man.
Yep i feel you there i think a lot of artists or people whom want to be artists get caught in that trap. Heck i would even go so far to say it happens not just to artists but to every field that requires a lot of skill and dedication.
Well for most great artists out there, I believe art is something you can’t get good at unless you enjoy the process, like me personally, my art 2 years ago was no where near the level I am at now, one big factor is like two years ago, i didn’t take art very seriously and thought i alright know a lot about it, in reailty i havent even scratch the surface, thus now, i decided to try really hard to improve, tho there were times where I didn’t felt like drawing at all, most of the time now I really enjoy the process
That's why I stopped drawabox, I just wasn't enjoying it. I thought it was me, but maybe that course just isn't for me (yet). I'm really excited to go back to drawing. Probably won't though, cause I'm a loser.
@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts come on bro cali g yourself a loser is not true, everyone has their time to shine whether it’s arts or sports. Now, you know what you like best, but for me. I love arts whether it’s music or animation, playing a instrument or illustration, it’s for you to find what you like and see what you really think you will enjoy, another factor for me not quoting arts is “I have spend so much time, why quit now? It would be such a waste”
@@Sasukesanimation thanks dude, I'm glad you were able to find something you're really passionate about. Keep that spark alive!
As an artist who started in 2020 during COVID age 27-28 at the time, I made Pewdiepie's amount of progress in just a month having not drawn since the age of 10 and then I completely burnt out. For the next 4 years I just struggled a lot to motivate myself. I practiced on and off but I always went in too hard and got burnt out. And finally this December I struck a good balance.
I just came to realise that this journey is as marathon spanning decades and its not a race. So I decided to pace myself, take my time, and focus on improving on one thing at a time, rather than doing a lot at once. If you want to draw and portraits? Just draw portraits and faces from references for a few months and then slowly figure drawing into it.
Also unlike a lot of beginners Pewdiepie got better because he drew from reference. Also it seems like he genuinely enjoys the prcess of drawing, sometimes this can be boring for beginners, this is why it's so key to draw what you like when starting.
Everyone who has tried to learn or teach drawing can tell that Pewds is not "seriously" practicing drawing, because he only does one page a day. The way people learn drawings is by practicing with basic shapes and structures plus free drawing. Not one page a day, but several pages a day. And here is were the real problems start, because his results are not consistent:
One can clearly see how he is struggling with proportions, composition and basic shapes at the end of his 100th day. So how come he has some almost perfect anime sketches randomly once or twice? He is not only using AI anime art as references, but he also traces them. Drawing in only one side of the page with no guidelines, in a completely new art style he has never practed before or after. So he is not better "than half" the art community. I think he is barely part of it but because he is a beloved and famous youtuber everyone is cutting him some slack when it comes to anything. Even when he is an adult manchild that is only interested in drawing anime female children.
@@MrPipol-nm3cd tbf, i might agree with some points, but damn, chill man
Bro same. This is the same story with any creative hobby I begin. It goes well for like 3 months and then I just stop and then I struggle for months, sometimes even years, to pick it back up again.
It's frustrating because this endless cycle repeats itself over and over again. If I take a break for even a week I lose all momentum, and when I try to pick it back up again I slog through it.
I understand that this is normal, that this is simply how any practical skills work, they are more analogous to training a muscle than to reading a book. "Understanding" practical skills won't make you significantly better at them, since the vast majority of the "talent" comes from actually doing the thing.
This is so frustrating to me since I am a very theoretical person. I love learning about the underlying mechanisms behind things, I spend hours in my inner world, daydreaming about possibilities or scenarios. But actually practically doing any of these things is just so unintuitive.
Well-intentioned people give superficial advice like "just throw yourself into it!" or "just don't think about it too hard", and the one I most dread: "just draw anything".
Art truly is about enjoying the process and not the outcome. I guess there is something inherent about guiding a pencil through the paper that makes art euphoric to people. It's not really about what they're drawing, or how it comes out in the end. They just, somehow...draw...and it works for them. I have no idea why, and I can't help to be overcome by jealousy, which quickly transforms into self-directed hatred and malice. "Why should I even try?" "I'm out of my field" "I'll never compare to them".
I think that the underlying issue is that I have a lot of passion but zero discipline. I love art, I love consuming art, and I have VERY high expectations of the art I consume. And when what I create doesn't meet the expectations that I've placed for the art of others, it just makes me feel like a fool. And so you can imagine how empty and futile it feels when I'm hit with advice like "just draw things even if you don't like them" or "you need to draw a bunch of things you hate first". I'm too much of a perfectionist. Usually, if you know the theory beforehand, you can get it right the first time. I'm so used to my theoretical knowledge of things being my guiding stone. When I'm tasked to just throw myself into something, I just freeze. And if art is about the exact opposite of this, then it feels like I'm hopeless.
Any advice? You seem to have gone through a somewhat similar situation. Real advice, not "just practice more". What's the point of practicing if I inherently despise it? Clearly I need to reframe the way I view making art, no amount of just "throwing myself at it" will help if I don't have a clearly defined idea of what I'm even supposed to be doing.
Example: people say "just draw anything". Ok, I follow the advice. I try drawing a lamp. It turns out like shit. I curse at myself and cry myself to sleep that day. Then I never touch my sketchbook for another 3 months because that lamp drawing made loose all motivation. How do I get myself out of that rut??
But what's the point of beginning with nearly 30 and having not the free time of teenagers, and all the other artists on twitter or streamers are already pro when they hit 20? No way I'm gonna catch up to that level, so why even try to learn a skill if you can't become that level in it..
@@sercba8728 Have you tried? I guarantee, people in worse starting positions than either of us made it to that level. If they did it, so can we.
Do you have 30, no, even 10 minutes of free time per day? Start by using that time to draw.
"just do what you want" is what got me into blender properly.
doing the "blender donut" helped to actually learn the software, but launching into doing what i want made me improve so ungodly fast in quality .
learning not to be a perfectionist also helped. "fail faster".
Gym has the term "Newbie Gains". I think it translates well to what happened in the case of Felix. He is also having fun with what he is doing, something that more professionally oriented people lack often.
he is just lucky, fitting since he has everything, god really has his favorites
@@alwaysangry2232 you have food. you have a roof. you have functioning hands and you have a passion that you have found, most people in the world never discover their passion. learn satisfaction and gratitude, there is a jewish bedtime story about this called the king and the shoemaker/cobbler, it is 2 minutes to read at a moderate pace and i suggest you give it a look.
@@alwaysangry2232I hope that you are just joking , because that mindset is the perfect recipe to never ever improve at anything at all
@@alwaysangry2232 luck has little to do with whether you can be an artist, or just about anything really.
To be a good artist, the minimum requirement for you is to have at least a single working eye, a single working limb, and a working brain. And then, you just have to put in a lot of hard work and the first investment you have to make is a pencil, sharpener, and a piece of paper (eraser is optional but does make things easier) and you can just buy the cheapest one and it'll still do you wonders. Then you just gotta start drawing, you can take inspiration from literally anywhere. My first inspiration is a chair. Then, just keep drawing and improving upon the parts that feels lacking until you're satisfied with your skill.
My example would be me. I was born with Dyspraxia, making fine motor movement extremely difficult, but I still got good through years of practicing despite my parents often telling me that drawing is a waste of time. They only changed their minds when I'm already pretty good at it but that was after 6 years.
@@alwaysangry2232be glad you aren’t dying from starvation at a young age
Edit:Mentioned this because starving sucks and at least no one reading this is.
My bitter ass has been drawing for years, so seeing Felix get so good in such a short amount of time did make me pretty envious. Of course I'm happy he has a hobby he loves, that's why I draw too. It just sucks when my improvement seems so stagnant but others are so dramatic in a shorter amount of time.
Its inspiring for me because I drew less and less since college. And seeing how some bit of dedication could lead to such dramatic improvement made me pick it up again to hopefully similarly improve. "I just have to draw" was the message I got from it
This third reason you gave makes me feel very comfortable about my own drawing. Recently, its been hard picking up the pencil to draw something as i worry about my fundamentals, but this video reassures me that i will be fine without studying every little detail. Thanks ron!
This is actually super encouraging to hear that its beneficial to draw what you like, and to have someone re-enforce the thought that you don't need to race, or really be perfect before you start drawing is awesome.
I really liked that forest analogy. Feels applicable to the way I've approached learning piano last couple of months, with some days not really feeling it and other days enjoying it like it's the last thing I get to do.
Pewdiepies growth relates to his focus, from day 1 to 100 he drew anime girls everyday, i see artists belitlle themselves saying pewdiepie draws better than them, but forget how if he were to draw something other than anime girls he would struggle. My takeaway is, if you want to be a visdev artist, do visdev everyday, if you want to be an animator, animate everyday. What i said is relevant for pepole trying to get into the industry fast.
I definitely improved the most in my drawing that hot period of high school where I just kept drawing Young Justice characters (namely Robin) and other superheroes in that style CONSTANTLY in the margins of my notebook and on cards and literally eVERYWHERE. And I got REALLY GOOD at that style, faces, body style, proportions, etc. At least for a hobbyist.
Then I took an actual drawing class as an elective in college (and was bored until I got to people, but then we couldn’t draw cartoons, so screw that), and then attempted an online class much much later, and it became waaayyy too much of a chore/effort. I wasn’t drawing what I liked and the methods were too complex for my hobbyist desires. I had no attention span left. My “improvement” has pretty much stagnated.
I’m really tempted after this video to go back to my roots and just…copy everything in the style I like and go from there.
Don't be tempted to do it, just do it.
I always make the most progress when I am doing something SPECIFIC. And it's usually something spontaneous, like last week I got all interested in painting trees for some reason, and trying to paint trees led me to exploring more tools and options than I typically do when I go "I am gonna sketch a something." It's hard to know what's wrong when you don't know what right looks like.
if your a causal artist then what pewdiepie is doing is absolutely right and honestly is a healthy way to keep art in your life and to see improvement over time. if your aiming to be a professional however, the process is infact entirely different. just putting it out there as even though it got a soft mention in the video, i feel like it should be mentioned again just so people do genuinely know that it will take a bit more to genuinely make a break into the professional art scene.
He also was a photoshop pro so he knew about human form and color theroy pretty well already
Nice summary! I especially like how heavily you emphathize drawing what you like. I for example just like drawing feet and got really good at it without ever having drawn the skeleton of the feet or the tendons of the feet. I just drew anime feet and got good at it by copying other artworks. Now I get paid like hundreds of dollars to draw feet. No idea why.
You know exactly why
🤨
Hmm I guess there some people who likes feet I guess
based
Beware, this business taints the sole- i mean soul
Thanks for this video!
Been wanting to pick up drawing, but didn't know where to start beyond picking up a pencil. There's some real good insight here that are giving me an idea of where to go. Real glad I found you a while back and subscribed!
I dont know why everyone freaks out about that he just draws anime faces if u draw it like that u get better it isnt that hard anatomy and different poses on the other hand...
Because we live in age where anyone who draws somehow eye-pleasing drawings is considered talented. No real knowledge is needed anymore.
"Drawing what you like" helps you from burn out and drives motivation for creativity, but coming from a 4 year animation degree (which I dropped out of), it's more of a minor thing compared to the first two points. Hours of actively learning have a lot of impact even if you don't want to do it.
Awesome advice! Especially around drawing what you love.
I don't want to compare my drawings to his, I draw creatures, not anime, so lots of animal studies lol. I think he has really good mentality and I am rooting for him. No need to compare our art levels here lol. I am also very positive about art and love studying, creating, etc. Don't worry about how fast anyone learns or worry about how slow you learn, just take his mentality from his video.
Now I do love drawing muscular people, I think learning from cartoon people (just gonna say cartoons since I just watch cartoons in general) might be pretty simple for me. I think I should try that out and see if my progress with drawing people can also accelerate pretty nicely.
art is about time and schools exist
I still love art and i am just gonna focus on it in summer. (when schools give us a summer break)
It was pretty jarring to see him do so much progress in such a short amount of time when I've felt like I've had little to no progress in my art in the last five years
Pewdiepie taught me how dumb I was and how unwilling I am to improve
well obviously a retired millionaire will draw better than a highschool/university student
it's all about enjoyment and dedicating enough time to it
but when you get a 10 page essay, you dont really wanna do much anymore
I think this is a very important point. It's much easier to become good at a hobby or art form when you can afford to spend time, energy and money to practice regularly. For those that have too little time or energy, often a result of barely scraping by for single adults, it can be extraordinarily difficult. He's a millionaire that grew up in an extremely wealthy family which makes for a huge advantage in being able to dedicate time (especially time where you're not exhausted) for regular practice.
Ultimately, what I'm trying to say, is that if you don't have the luxury to go all in on something like this then don't feel bad if you don't improve at the same speed because it's not necessarily a problem with you.
I've been drawing every day for 400 days now so when I saw pewd's video I definitely felt discouraged at first, but I'm not gonna stop the grind. His progress is truly amazing though and inspires me now that I think about it more
I appreciate your videos so much, they are so accessible and informative. Thank you! 🙂
Wow, the forest talk really put some perspective in my life, It doesn't have much to do with drawing but thank you
2:19 Why haven't I been getting this info. YES! THANK YOU RONILLUST
I love the life advices that are probably even better than art advice :x
thanks !
LMAO 2:30 Love that PewDiePie anime girl 😭😭😭😭
Haven’t been drawing for years, might try and get back into it over the summer.
The 15 minute interval thing has helped me a lot. I do more than one a day (usually 2-4 a few hours apart so I can reset), but it's so much better than sitting down for a long time at the end of the day. I tried to treat drawing like painting warhammer models, but it is just not the right way lol.
I hope I find your vid sooner so I didn't quit drawing. Still, thanks for the video anyway so that when I'm ready to get back to it I won't be too harsh on try to PERFECT everything. Big thanks man!
I didn't feel sad watching the video... I felt motivated...
After watching the video, I realized that I can do it too.
That Blue Period tip is golden
I wish this worked for me. I draw 2 hours a day, draw only what I want to and I’m not just doodling, I’ve been doing this for 6 months straight now and have been drawing for 15 years a little on and off and yet pewd’s art is way better than mine
i got a good tip:
'fail faster'
basically, because you learn so much from failing, stop tweaking and trying to perfect things and instead just launch to the end. even if it turns out awful, you'll learn much more much quicker.
this goes for everything by the way. Learnt it in comp sci.
Dunno what your process is that's taking up 2 hours, but try not to get too caught up with corrections
@@madensmith7014 it’s my lineart. I have shaky hands but I love clean nice lineart so I usually have to spam the undo button
I agree with this video. I had a long break from making art and I lost all my skills. I got better than I ever was in such a short amount of time by actively learning and showing up every day. I think as the years have gone on my attention has gotten worse. I wasn’t making stuff I loved and only did what I felt I should do. So that’s helped. I also had a lot of success with drawing from other artist’s work, which was something I felt was “wrong” (I just do this in my private sketchbook, and I write what the artist’s name is next to it for my own reference). You have to do art a certain way for sure. I am a bit stagnant right now because I’m just making piece after piece, but I know what to do if I want to continue to progress.
he likes drawing so if you like something you get better at it by how many times you spend doing it because you like it
im happy for him people should be able to do what they like doing :D
This was really helpful made me more passionate about art
I suggest to change "watch Blue period" into "read Blue period", Btw great video.
This is making me feel so much better about my art, I keep forgetting it’s a hobby for me and not a competition
As a beginner i have to say that references help a lot when you first start out. I tried drawing without references but it just looked awful and i got really unmotivated becuae of it. After not drawing for a few weeks i recently started drawing again but this time with references and the difference is huge. Im genuinely happy with how the stuff i drew with references turned out and its 100 times better than the stuff i tried to draw without references.
My progression chare is more like a mountain range with a few roads running through it. I can't seem to keep my motivation consistent...
Thank’s for the tips. I’ll be attempting to draw for 100 days now
This is a great video with one crucial point after another! And yeah, if you like it, draw anime girls and flip haters the bird!
wow, this was exactly what I needed rn. Im in a tough situation of my life rn and I literally got wet eyes and almost cried when I heard this 5:48 - 5:56. ty.
love your videos.
that "shut the fuck up" was epic
Dig the forest analogy
The drawing every day for 15-20 minutes is actually incredible. I tried this a while ago and saw much more improvement from what I had been doing the previous 2 years and the difference from those 30 days alone was more than any other time I had spent drawing. I really do recommend to take a couple of days to sketch something you like for 15 minutes ever day :)
I’m going do try to do what he did but first I’m not going to touch full picture drawing till I obtain a semi good grasp so by day 15-20 I’ll start drawing things I like but I’ll just practice 3 random things to see how they turn out over time
6:07 so true, it was low-key inspiring
Thanks for the tip! I really enjoy drawing because of you and other people. That why I have subcribe to you!
My problem is I'm drawing triangles and squares over and over again(filled like 6 pages) but I'm not really feeling like I improved. I have no idea what to do or what I should learn. I don't how technique or perspective improves
But one thing I know is that even if I'm oblivious drawing triangles was the most fun thing I did this week
4:18 - 5:00 this entire part just made me realize "oh wait its fine if im a little lost even tho i want this as a career" it like took the weight of my shoulders
This felt like a very personal and close one sided conversation
imo this advice is actualy nice because i am a mod dev and im kinda crap at drawing people and generaly do better drawing mechs.
this advice helped me accept that yes im shit at drawing faces but atleast i can draw vehicles good
this is one of the most helpful videos I've ever watched
I'm a bit of a purist and perfectionist for no reason and my thoughts are constantly addled with what I "should" be doing, even when it comes to things I enjoy. It's something I've been working on, but it's still not quite there yet. One of the many reasons I havent consistently pursued drawing yet is because of my fear of the lack of fundamentals or that I should force myself to pursue them. So, thanks for the reminder.
Man is focused and determined. Pewds picked one way to improve out of thousands and stuck to it, good on him.
RUclips shorts brought me to this channel. Videos and shorts are really nice
Blue period was genuinely why I i started art lmao
3:05
At this rate I exited full-screen just to like this video seeing I already liked whan you were talking about 15min process 😂
Tip 2 was my favorite tip of this whole video. I honestly thought Pewdiepie’s art style even reminded me a bit of Blue Periods art style.
4:59 now this is inspiring
It’s almost like drawing is a skill that can be learned or something
Materials also helped 😂
When i started doing serious arts, i couldn't even afford good colored materials 😂 my colored pencils felt so dry and brittle, my papers would rip in just one erasure and the markers i used barely had ink in them 😂
That really hindered my progress till i was able to afford proper mediocre materials... Still cheap, but workable at least 😂
Now, i can afford good enough materials, i noticed that i progressed much faster.
Going digital also helped me since i never had to worry about materials 😂
I was so shocked when i went back to traditional medium, i was able to do better because i wasn't afraid to experiment on colors anymore.
I also recommend you watching Blue Period. Have a good one everyone!
thanks for explaining this stuff!. i recently got burnt out because all i did was anatomy study and i wassent enjoying it but it though i had to do it if i wanted to get better at drawing, and barley drawing what i wanted
Very well said! :)
He is just built diff
| 3:05 | that's is the calmest "shut the fuck up" I've ever heard
I really advise others to copy first. I still learn but I can now copy beautiful arts and I didn't know anything about it earlier
Hmmm I wonder what's your advise for those that draws to work in professional environments, 'cause you will get clients that want certain characters to look a certain way and you of course have to be versatile and be able to draw a wide range of facial features and expressions.
Would be glad to hear your thoughts on it!
The drawing what you like is important. This is really true for ANY SUBJECT. The best way to learn something is if you enjoy it due to the motivation to seek for new information and practice. So, telling people to learn fundamentals is not a good way to start. Have the person be interested in the subject/skill first, that will give them motivation to learn. Then you can focus on fundamentals. It's not just art, it is for anything. It is true for sports and true for academics. Make something fun, and the student/newbie will seek to improve without any external forces.
This is the journey I had from art, drawing as a kid. I enjoyed it, and continuously improve over the years before finally focusing more on fundamentals. Ofc focusing on fundamentals did help my art improve much more dramatically than just drawing for fun, but fundamentals are kinda boring if you aren't already motivated.
I had the same journey with science and history. At first, I got into history due to war games and that led to a rabbit hole where nowadays I read stuff from online archives from time to time because it's interesting. But telling someone who just started to "read from primary sources or academic papers" is going to be boring. Pop-history, movies, and games is how you can start someone down the journey.
For visual arts, I think stuff like anime has been the most common catalyst, not anatomical theory XD.
sick
I can draw but i cant color
Highlights shadows and blending, i simply do not have the tools for
I'm off the grid when I draw cause the only one who can beat me is me
caption is wild
I’ve had many times of burnout,and i just need to say,DONT TRY TO HARD TO THE POINT ITS NOT FUN. I tried really studying it and it just DID NOT work.
I cannot recommend daily drawing challenges enough! I did a 30 day one last year, and not only did it improve my style and techniques but also it forced me to improve my workflow, making it much faster and efficient. It also trains your brain to conceptualize the scene much faster. If you think you have the time, please do it.
as someone who works for a mangaka and makes my own manga
i see this as the absolute truth
wait so did he use a refrence at the end drawing?
I Used to draw daily for up to 45 minutes, but since then I’ve cut down on that
"You might look at your art and think its 'bad'"
Im not a daily drawer. I do a project at most once a year and thats it. It takes a long time since its off and on but still. Good tips
I support every artist that isn't Australian
WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH!
What drawing software do you use?
i love how pewds destroyed the AI "art" maggots saying "hurr we don't have the material", literally only paper and a pencil and a few minutes of your day
(He actually ate drawing tools to get better and you can even see it in his thumbnails)
it seems obvious in hindsight, but it's very easy to forget...
good vid
I wouldn't recommend drawing every day and you may not be able to find time as you may have school or work. it also depends on what style your going for, i have my own main style but i can do other styles if i need to but it would take more time, alot about art depends on what the person wants and not just anime girls
"Watch Blue Period" awesome tip
indeed
Can someone explain to me what "active learning" means? I didn't quite get it in the video
It means you're actively picking up on what you're doing vs "going with the flow"
Like when you're drawing a circle, you take note how you're drawing a circle why you're drawing that way and maybe try doing it differently to improve on it. These small mannerisms that you might not realize you've been doing all this time.
@@dawson3776 oh I thought that was automatic xd, but I'm glad I've been doing the right thing all this time
@@dawson3776 so just think what went wrong and fix it?
What if i can't see what went wrong?
I've actually improved a lot in like 5 months.
I've been drawing for nearly 7 years. However, I've made more improvement in a few months using the advice you put in this video than I did in the rest of all my time combined!
It was wild seeing Pewdiepie improve so much in just 100 days.
Point 1 and 3 are both big deals too.
I draw only boxes everyday
Because he has time.
End.
(At least in my case)
I tried his challnge and currently in day 24 just wanted to share