I Wasn't Born An Animator
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Hello everyone, I haven't been able to put together many animations lately because all of my time is being focused onto my short film for school at the moment. It's my last year of HS and I gotta finish strong. I suddenly had the motivation to make this video today, after writing this impromptu speech on my notes app.
I was having a tough day, because I felt like the only thing I'm good at is animation, and that because of that, I don't connect well with most other people. It's probably just one of those teenager phase things, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't turn it into some form of content.
Originally I was just going to post the written version on my community tab and call it a day, but this time I thought it would be fun to make something a bit like those video essays I love to watch.
I really threw this together last minute and all the animations shown are pretty recentish wips but I've posted them all somewhere before, so for some of you, this video will have no new animation content. The last wip shown is actually a piece OF my short film, so that's fun.
Anyway enjoy my little yap session maybe or don't enjoy it's up to you really.
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Hey everyone!
Guess what, I've been animating since September 2017. That is now a whopping 7 whole years. The now well known animator Vincent Chansard began animating I believe about 4 years ago? That man is a legend, and yet, I've been animating almost twice as long as he has.
Starting early DOES NOT MATTER as much as you think it is, because everyone proceeds at different rates.
Am I sad that I can't animate like Vincent? Absolutely not! I'm so happy with my skill, but he is my goal. He reminds me that I could be even faster! He also went to Gobelins animation school and I was forced to self teach because... well.... New Zealand.... anyway, circumstances, time, location. All of it plays a role, but in the end it doesn't matter to me. It wouldn't matter if I never became a pro animator either. I wouldn't go back and tell 11 year old me to start learning the fundamentals faster and get grinding on that practice work.
I animate because it's fun, and I always have, and I always will.
The most shocking part is that 2017 was 7 years ago
Your art is awsome and always brings a smile to my face! (Unless the animation is supposed to be sad) and your amazing! 😊
Feel you, dude. Sometimes I feel like animation and art are the only things I’m good at but I also feel like I’m not actually “good” at it, yknow? School takes up so much of my time and I get frustrated that I’m not making enough animation, not working fast enough etc. people like you make me remember all it takes is time, practise and learning
I let people judge my art and wish I had that time back now because I stopped drawing consistently and never improved fot over 6 years. Most of my art is extremely inconsistent in quality and maybe once a year I can make a good looking piece
I have to admit, I was shocked to hear, you don't think you excel at animation at your age. I know my untreated ADHD and depression (in my case) are a big part of why I'm "behind", but even though I've drawn all my life and animated for maybe a decade at this point, you are still far ahead of me, while being younger. Like, I HOPE to be as good as you some day! And that's not me putting myself down. I'm good at what I do! But you seriously are insanely talented at animation!
Don't use mental illness as an excuse, it's pathetic
I agree, but your art isn't "mid tier" compared to others your age, I know (as an animation major) people who cant draw certain things as well as you and vice versa, theres always something to improve at. Never give up, improving is part of it all
Thank you!!! I wish I could take animation in uni, but NZ doesn't really have any good animation courses, especially not ones for people wanting to specialise in 2D. I've opted to take communications and major in screen production, because I want to make a studio one day, and learning about the corporate side of things will be very valuable!
@@sketchhope Yeah I feel that :') It was really hard to find a college with 2d animation. Good luck with that though :D
i needed this so much... ive been having a really really bad art block for nearly 2 months now, since I constantly compare myself to other people (who are usually my age or younger) and think: why can't I be like this? How come they're younger than me, but can still draw/animate a million times better? Why am I so slow to improve compared to them? Before my art block I used to be satisfied with my skills, and I used to believe that I was better than most people... Then I saw those other 13-14 y/o people my age who are way way wayyyy better than me, or worse those 10-11 year olds who make animation memes a gazillion times better than I do, or what i'd think, ever will. For a while I've been telling myself "Don't even try, you suck." whenever I'd try and pick up my drawing pen, or "you're never going to improve, why even try?" and on certain sites like disord or maybe amino or wiki fandom, the way I'd feel about my piece would strictly be determined by the amount of likes I get... I've been trying to get rid of this mindset for the past week or so, and this video right here gave me even more of a push. Thank you!!!
Anyways, enough about me, you've been my inspiration for over three years now, and its amazing to see how far you've come
Heck yeah! I totally understand not improving during high school. School takes so much of people's focus smh
Not only was this a great video for the rest of the people, but it's a great video to remind yourself of whenever you feel this way.
And by the way, starting animation at eleven is more impressive than animation at an older age. Since as you age you learn more stuff about the world and therefore have a larger mental library. So being an animator at a younger age is really as big of a feat as being able to animate the same in just a couple years.
Thank you for your message man, it was a really big boost of inspiration and it meant a lot. Thank the Lord for an eighteen year old animator
muhehehe thankyou dizzie God bless u, u little shremp
You really helped me a lot. I've always been frustrated by not being able to draw and animate like others do, and sometimes I've even asked myself: "Is drawing really my talent?", But then I think about it and I realize that not all of us start out being the best, but that we achieve that through effort, perseverance, practice and above all, confidence that we have within ourselves.
Oh my gosh this video is relatable..,
you’ve been an inspiration since, what, 2021? You are one of the most talented animators, and so what if your older? Talent doesn’t honestly revolve around age, not going to lie, your art style is very stunning and cleverly animated throughout any pieces of your work, in my opinion, it’s still quite impressive for that age, you seem professional, like an actual animator over at a large company.
Never give up man, your stuff is phenomenal 🌌
I genuinely needed this.. Tysm! I’ve been struggling with this awful and toxic mindset that I’m not good enough but now this video made me realize…I’m just me, and that is perfect the way it is :)
WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAYYYY!!!! HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY TWIN!!!
i needed this as someone whos also an animator who became an adult in september
As an 18 year old animation major, your art/animation is incredible. And what you're saying really resonates with me, funny enough, one of the books for my classes talks about this exact sentiment.
I love your art, have for quite a few years, and hearing/seeing this on my feed was quite lovely.
Thank you so much! I think it's interesting that there's a book that talks about this too, I've been thinking about it for a long time- along with a lot of other random art philosophies, haha. I told my discord server that I wasn't going to keep making videos like this, but I think I still want to make at least one more about "art styles", because of how easy it is to misunderstand what having an art style is!
@sketchhope I think that would be really cool! Whatever you feel inspired to do tho yknow?
oh my goshh happy late birthday i am absolutely in love with your art style and your animation in general it’s so GORGEOUS 😭😭💛 i get what you mean though, this is such a good video, im so glad you get on this topic. I love to see new artists try out new styles or subjects to draw since its seeing their journey. But its not just their journey, its everyone’s! And people who think “oh its too late to find my talent” are in the wrong! Im so glad you spread this message that literally anyone can do anything, and that the only thing you need is determination. I am an artist of about 8 years and i alwaysss looked up to artists like you and other people and man i felt bad, but its so rewarding after such a long period of time. Anyone really can do anything and it doesn’t matter if they’re “too late” to do it, because their journey is important! And their journey is all through life and they should enjoy doing what they’re doing.
Am I crying? HA no……………………… yes I am and can I just say more people need to see it like this!!
hkshks u saying this has really meant a lot ❤🔥
I feel I have what it takes to be a professional animator, however I'm scared of what will happen if I pursue it. I've heard way too many stories of professional animators and artists getting criticized, overworked, underpaid, ect. It's kinda scared me enough that I've really just focused on being a small artist lol 😅
You have the same birthday as my dad lol
And thank you, I think I needed to hear that. I think the reason my last artblock got so bad was because I was comparing myself to others. I only got out of that artblock when I looked at my old artwork, from when I started. From that I was able to see and understand why I do what I do, why I love it. I have come so far, maybe not as far as other people, but I can still be proud of the differences in my artwork from just a few years ago and now.
Thank you so much for sharing! It is awesome to hear someone else say this 🩷🩷🩷
I'm glad this video was helpful :) and happy birthday to your dad haha
Bro you have litterally some of the most gorgeous, most fluent most flawless animations i have ever seen! You are such an amazing animator!!!
This... video couldn't have uploaded at a better time. I recently had gotten into a deep spiral with my art with comparing and *constantly* telling myself: "I want to be just like them!" But it really meant "I wish I was as good as them", that I wished I was good enough.
I told a friend about it, and they helped me. I took a couple days break from drawing to recuperate myself which helped a *lot* . They honestly out of me getting into a dark art-block. Finding videos like these are comforting to know I'm not the only one, because honestly when you compare yourself it feels really isolating.
You shut your mouth right now! Your animations are some of the most impressive camera angles I've ever seen out of the Wings Of Fire community! How you capture wild and otherwise incredibly difficult angles in your art while also having said artwork move is astounding! Your artwork is outstanding even for an adult now and always catches my eye! I never and I mean never compare the artwork of someone by how old they might be, because that's just not how being an artist works. You are an absolute inspiration to me and so many others.
I really do get this, I am a much younger animator that always struggles with comparing myself to others- to be honest you have been one of my biggest inspirations in the animation community along with many others. I’ve talked with friends and am slowly getting out of the habit of animating certain things just be recognized or feel valid. I love my art very much and am starting to recognize what I want to do- and not what I think others want or think of me. Thanks for making this, you’re amazing!!
Well said, I love this. You truly have inspired me ever since I found your channel
Thank you for pointing this out. I find myself often thinking “I wanna be better than them” or “I wish I had their skills, why don’t I?” to other artists and felt jealous of their skills, and that makes me focus less on my own animations and art and makes me feel worse about my own skills, making me think “I’m not good enough”. So thinking that “one day I will draw like them” instead is so much better and creates a much more positive outlook, allowing yourself to enjoy it instead of constantly aiming to be better than everyone else. Thank you, this will really help me in the future on how I view my own art and animations, which is great because art and animation is my true passion. ^^
I'm really glad!! I think its a part of the human condition to be jealous of others, especially for artists, but remembering why we do art, how much we love making art- that is ultimately what brings us back to ourselves :)
I really love this. While some people really are born with a natural ability to do something or a leg-up in picking it up, this is great advice and motivation for a lot of things. Going in my favorite videos playlist
this is so real
i like to try and keep a mindset of "its not about how good the art i make turns out, but how good i feel to be making it"
but it is definitely still easy to be your own biggest critic, so i and i think many other artists can relate to feeling just average at what we do lol
happy birthday! congrats on graduating from "young animator" to simply "animator" XD
BAHAHAHA thank you!
you are so real for this. the first time I saw one of your animations I thought it was from a tv show which is NOT AVERAGE!! and the fact you are humble and can set standards to grow is very admirable and will take you far in life. everybody has different experiences and outlooks on life which can affect art and progress but I think that's the beauty of it (like the enjoy the journey not the destination quote) ((#wisdom lmao, so corny but lowkey true)) Keep at it brah🔥🤙✨
you are very well spoken and your art reflects that ❤ slow improvement is still improvement ❤❤
Sketch, let me be the first in this comment section to say, you are a phenomenal animator. Try not to drag yourself down. Remember that we see you as perfect just the way you are ❤
Thank you!! I definitely do not see myself as a bad animator in any way, but rather a bit sad that I haven't met my own expectations. Actually, my main issue right now is that I feel like animation is the ONLY thing I am good at, and that I struggle to make friends because of it. But still, thank you so much for saying that
Thanks for the motivation and inspiration! Love your animations and art style it looks so unique and im always able to recognize it in projects.
Thank you!! I'm actually amazed and really happy that you are always able to recognise it! Because I don't always stick to a design-type style with my map parts. I let myself be loose and adjust my style per part depending on what I'm interested in, my inspirations or just what I think suits the map. But the fact that you are still able to recognise my work means that I have developed a more sincere style, more of a general visual style, in probably things like shapes, shot types, animation style, etc, and that is what I've always wanted most!! I can always recognise my favorite professional animators parts in different anime with different design-styles, so thank you :) that makes me feel like I've reached a certain goal I've had for a long long time
Happy birthday sketchbean
As someone who is going through pretty much the same thing as you have, I really feel this. I lose motivation a lot, often from the lack of progress I believe I am making with my own animations. I once thought of my animations as “good”, but now I’ve gone into uni, and seen the skill level there, I struggle to even call them decent, despite it not being fair to myself at all. It drags me down, so much so that it’s taken myself a whole year to even finish one short animation. I relate to this message so much, and it means a lot that it comes from someone that I’ve looked up to. Thank you.
Ahh sorry for the rant, just wanted to say something. Have a good day :)
We all have our journeys, our ups and downs, and it's impossible to be entirely unaffected by seeing other people's work. But in the end, we are always reminded that we do what we do because we love it, and that is enough to keep going.
U have an awesome day too, my fellow animator buddy
Dang I needed to hear this. Lately I’ve been struggling a lot with focusing on what makes me happy and the expectations of others. Thank you for the reminder! Even through it should be such a clear concept I’m sure many can agree that it’s easy to get caught up in just “trying to be better” far more than “I like doing this”.
Happy birthday! Your talent just keeps growing!
hehe thanks soffa!! I hope u have a fantastic day!
I can feel this video, I've always identified a lot with what you said, I'm also 18 and I've always thought I was very good in the various artistic areas I tried...And the point is, maybe im, ir not, The point is, keep trying and follow your passions, I just started in 3D modeling, and I'm a complete disappointment, but as you said, it's with work that talents appear.
Finally, just don't give up, I love your animations, and if it's something you like, keep going, it's not about being better, it's about loving it, and I love what I do, I hope you feel the same! :3
(sorry if there is something wrong, I don't speak English very well)
I love that you made this. I've been drawing since like...around middle school, but I wasn't 'Decent' (to me XD) until a few years ago. Not only that, but I've been animating even less. Only for about a year and a half. I was always conscious to not try to compare myself to others, but in a way, I think I still was. Because I would see 'Child Prodigies' in my class who started earlier and I was like... dang- I really wasted my time only getting serious in high school, I should have been here years ago. So all that to say, this was refreshing. I no longer have that almost self-deprecating outlook, and instead, I tell myself my goal is to one-up myself every day. If I can be better than I was yesterday, then that's enough for me.
Thank you for making this video and keep up the amazing work.
💖
(And to add... your art/animations are far from underwhelming. They are incredible and I cannot wait to see how you continue to grow.)
This video is a blessing and RIGHT on time. Thank you for making this!
Felt this in my soul. I was ahead of everything when I was 12-14. Then I keep feeling like I'm not improving and that my art is average. Looking back on my art before helps me see what I've improved. Even my animation has been improving at a decent and I've just recently started animating! :)
Definitely feel you on this. I used to be called a prodigy by adults around me as a kid so I got very high expectations of myself. But now that I’m older I’m struggling a bit with not doing “enough” I know I’m good at what I do but I also like to just take my time and make things cause I want to, not to be popular or seen as talented for others. Truly what I want to make.
This is the realest video ever… thanks for being so inspiring and honest, and I hope you had a happy birthday!!!!! 🎂
This is such an inspiring message and SO relatable - as someone who also turned 18 this year I also feel like I've been developing way slower with my art and animation than I wanted to be since I haven't had the time to do it nearly as much as I used to, but I was honestly really surprised to hear that you feel the same way, you're like the most professional and talented animator for their age I know of tbh - thank you for this Sketch ❤
This genuinely brought tears to my eyes. You're an amazing person Sketch, thank you for being such an inspiration!
This was really well put, I love this so much thank you
Thank you for sharing. Started animating last year and have been trying to improve, this is a really good message. Also happy late birthday, also turned 18 but on the 11th
Wow. To hear one of my favorite RUclips animators say this is really encouraging!! I'm sure that you'll continue to improve as you keep going, but don't lose sight of how amazing your art/animation already is. Btw happy late birthday!
I love the way you put this. I constantly feel like I'm not worthy of calling myself a guitarist, or animation, or tennis player though in reality I'm still learning constantly I'm getting to the point where I'm realising that you have to build on your skills and you have to work towards your goals. One day I will be able to achieve my goals if I work hard enough though :>
happy belated birthday! it's good not to compare ourselves to others and create out of our own joys. =) thank you for sharing!
thank you so much, you reminded me of something i needed to remember right now
I didn't know that I needed this. Thank you so much! God bless you ❤😊
Best wishes to you and thank you for your motivational messages. it'd brings me some motivation
this video is very sweet and inspiring!
Thank you!! I think maybe the reason I feel this way is more the fact that the total time I've been animating is 7 WHOLE YEARS. and it doesn't really feel like a flex to say so anymore, because I haven't actually gotten all that far for a person who has been animating for 7 years. However, the numbers really don't matter. Circumstances like having no animation teachers, no actual intention to improve for the first 2 years of my journey, and school getting in the way etc etc... Those things all slowed me down, but in the end, as you've reminded me, I'm still pretty good for 18, and I should be proud about that. I wish you much fun on your animation journey!!
@@sketchhope thank you so much!! yknow, high school can be a pain in the ass and definitely takes up a lot of time, so don’t beat yourself up too much for not being able to improve as much as you wished you could have in these past few years. but hey, best of luck to you, i know you’ll make it far!! :)
Honestly I think I eventually came to that conclusion too. I used to hate seeing people younger then me get so much recognition and have so much skill despite being so young , but then I realized that I’m not making my works for anyone else really, Im just making shit that I can look back in 10 years or so and laugh about the goofy story ideas I made. Happy 18th birthday though! Thanks for sharing your adult wisdom with all of us fetuses
i look up to you and i really mean it and a whole lot. Tbh when i saw you posted the video about this before i decided to comment on here again after lots of rewatch. Can i say its kind of comforting? I absolutely love with how you worded all of these in a video and im grateful to you to decide to grab it all over to make a vid. It's honestly good to know that the person you look up to indeed struggle and have to put a lot of effort to make something and said that 'the truth is it's not about being born with talent' I ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THIS LINE
Im scared with years later to be an adult, scared that i might not have archived enough but still i trust that 'i can archived anything i work hard for, not because im born with talent'
THANK YOU for making a vid about this sm! I'm glad to know you/ your channel sm and i'll always continue to support you along the road!
Great video and I totally agree with this message. When I was a kid, an uncle of mine said something to me I will never forget: If you try to be better than someone else, you will never reach them, because like a bow and arrow you will aim for the target and will hit at a lower point, so what you do is aim higher each time. So like you said, do it better than you did before, with the caveat that I learned over the years that progress isn't linear and some of your work will be bad along the way but that is part of the course.
That is an absolutely fantastic analogy and I just know thats gonna stick in my head for ages! That part where it goes "so what you do is aim higher each time" reminds me of how when we seek improvement, we have to set lots of small goals just within our reach so that we can feel success and see our development! Having big goals is great too, but only having big goals can lead to demotivation. Made me think about that hahaha
Welcome to adult hood! I just arrived as well.^^
I’m looking into starting to learn animation. But even as a complete level 0 beginner I can tell that you are in fact AMAZING at animation. The fluidity is just beautiful and the story telling is so clear even from just a few seconds. You are going to improve so much when you actually get time to study animation. And you’re going to blow your own expectations out of the water if you’re already this good at just 18!
STOOP. You saying you’re not the best animator while showing these… AMAZING ANIMATIONS AND ANIMATICS?! YOU’RE KILLING ME HERE!!
I used to animate when I was little, until a group of bullies ripped my confidence out of my heart and stomped on it. I haven’t animated well ever since.
I would try and fail over and over again, and it made me sick. Eventually, I just gave up and never touched animation ever again. Every time I saw someone my age make animations with an amazing amount of quality and fluidity that I could’ve been making by now… it makes me want to cry. All these years of my life, wasted on nothing.
After seeing this video, I think I might just pick my pen back up again. Thank you so much ❤️
Bro your animations are like just so beautiful and smooth I could never
Thank you!! but "i could never" hmmm??? hehe what about "one day I could?" 😁😁
This was so inspirational! Thanks a ton!
WOAW you're someone I look up to and this gave me so much motivation
Thank you!!! Writing is my passion hahaha
you don't even have to be one of the best; it's enough to be amazing, and you already are. (p.s. age does not directly correlate to skill ! and i'm glad you're doing it because it's fun. i hope your passion never burns out !! :))
Art and animation can be really difficult to make, and of course comparing yourself with others is natural. I’m really glad that you put a big emphasis on passion and doing something because you enjoy it, trying to constantly improve on something can make you forget about what made you start it in the first place. Of course improvement is really important, but if you don’t have the passion or enjoyment for it like before it starts to take its toll on you. I think that no matter how good you are or how good you think you are or how much you want to improve, if you still have the passion and enjoyment for art and animation after all these years you’re doing something right.
Happy Late Birthday 🎉
Wish you many more happy years to come😊
Hope school ain’t being to stressful mate. Always wishing the best four you mate
WHAT DID YOU MEAN AVERAGE YOURE LITERALLY MY FAVORITE ANIMATOR ON YT WHAT R U TALKING AVOUT AAAAAAAAAA HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!!,!,!,!,!,!,!!!!,
SKETCH HOPE!!! You are my favorite animator! You’re so good and your animations are so unique! You were also one of the inspirations for me to get interested in animations (I just started and I’m going to get a drawing tablet). You’re SO underrated. I found your channel from the Dollhouse MAP and thought it looked amazing! You’ll always be my favorite 👍
thank you so so so much!!! That means so much to me
HAPPY BIRTHDYA 🗣🗣🔥🔥💯💯
As someone who has been stuck in art block and hate of my own works and arts for years now. I remember one of your live streams you talked about not focusing so much to make a perfect Art style, we all learn and form our own art styles over time and focusing too much on how trying to always make it “prefect” like other artists and looking the same in every drawing and work you make, can really put a lot on someone. I fell in this for years and just happen to run into you saying this checking in on one of your live streams and now this. You helped me realized more what I been doing wrong for years with my works, I’m the same age as you but I am very behind on animations and arts bec how much I focused on making it “so perfect” then actually trying to improve it over time and focus on how to improve it then the art style only.
Thank you so much what you said on that stream, and now what you have said here too. You are an amazing animator and artist and I am always amazed by the works you make. I hope you have a lovely year Sketch! Same for everyone else with their own works! And hey, there is still so much time to improve your works, don’t focus on your age and compare it so much to your skill level to bring you down, everyone is different how they learn and improve and others take more time growing with their works. Always feel proud what you made Bec you made it! You drew that, you took the time to make that animation!!
ALWAYS be proud of your own works ✨
Thank you so much!! All the comments I've been receiving on this video that has been mysteriously blowing up are reminding me to bring my brain back to earth and to be proud of my work. I'm actually really glad to hear that all my yapping on stream was able to help you in some way! I've always always had so much to say regarding art style, and now that I'm thinking about it, I might make a video similar to this one about it someday!
I wish you a ton of fun and joy on your art journey! and for your whole year too :)
@@sketchhopeI think it’s an amazing idea of maybe making a video about the art style topic as well!
And we as people always expect more from ourselves of our works bec we always put ourselves on high standards more than anyone. But also putting yourself on high standards like that all the time can make you see less in your work that you put so much effort, love and fun in. We always want to improve on our works, to see us up their in skill level like our favourite artists of inspiration we look up too, buttt have you ever wondered you achieved that goal already? Just bec your work isn’t at the same kind of level or looks as a artist you look up to doesn’t mean your skills are any less, we are all skilled in so many different ways of our own works, some people are amazing at colour theory then others, some are more talented in animations then arts. Skill is skill, and everyone has a unique skill of their own work.
Welcome to the adult world! You are an inspiration to me because you’re an amazing animator at a young age. I enjoy your content, seeing your WIP, your final drafts, and the random stuff you post. Point is, you’re great!
needed to hear this, thank you
Thank you :)) and good luck with your journey!! If I feel stuck, sometimes what I do is I look at my favorite artists' work and try to decide a feature of their work that is much better than mine (such as lighting, composition or colour theory) and then I surf youtube for random tutorials to watch!! It's a ton of fun!
@@sketchhope thank you! I'll keep that in mind :)
I have just turned sixteen, and I’ve been feeling like I was sinking in this feeling of failure because I felt like (still kind of do) I had to be something “more” by my age, and for years I told myself that I’d be closer to a professional by now. I was always seen as the gifted kid, the one who was just born to be good at art and animation, and not being the fastest at improving or some kid of artistic savant(being I have glaring mental health issues).This video is like a weight lifted off my shoulders, especially seeing comments from people who are coming from similar places in life, or even completely different ones. I’m coming to peace with fact that it’s not about how good I am at something, it’s about how far I’m willing to go just to make something. As simple as it sounds, it’s so difficult to believe that we aren’t an exception, that we don’t have to be great, we just have to try because it’s a huge feat alone to just keep going.
couldn't have said it better myself :)
I really needed to hear this I’m going through the same thing feeling I was good for my age but now that I’m going into my next stage of life I feel like I’m behind this really made me feel better :]
(Also I’m watching this while eating a Nutella go)
I'm glad my silly video could be of help! And that sounds scrumptious I'm absolutely stealing a bite
I've been animating for 6 years, yet I still feel like I have a lot to learn, I wanna have more time on animations, even though work is draining me, I wanna get better at it. My goal is to be an animator that works on many projects and have my own animation team
These are beautiful, by the way.
God bless. Thanks for the encouraging words. I am currently reading a Christian book on discipline with my best friends and this is kind of thing is very evident of discipline. Indeed, it’s all about discipline. You encourage me to hone my skills.
Now I was I had more time to work on my writing craft. Perhaps I will try to make time this week.
I think I need to start applying this mindset to my relationship with God as well, because if I'm being honest, before I saw your comment, I'd never even thought of using the same thought process with my own christian journey. Thank you for the eye opener!!
@@sketchhope I'm glad I could be an encouragment in the Lord! I shall pray for you :)
Wdym average this is SO GOOOOODDDD 😭
THANK YOU.
This was really helpful, even if for me it was related to music. As of recently I've been studying audio engineering, music composition, and sound design and while so much of it is so fun, I just felt like others were way better than I was, even if they were younger than me or newer to doing music.
And although I'm still not super confident in my skills, I recognize that it's the little things, doing something today that I couldn't yesterday, and aiming for what tomorrow may allow.
Also, I do want to animate one day, learn how to. Also improve on my drawing. You have an incredible art style and I almost lost focus on the video watching how good those animations were.
Anyways, sorry for the long comment, this was a good video, thank you
I have such huge respect for people who can create music! I've tried dabbling in it, and its safe to say I could see the chasm of things I need to learn about looming below me and decided to focus first on animation hahahaha. I realised it might sound weird for me to say that I thought I was not very good for 18- which is why I followed it with "Maybe? at least by my own standards" because the real reason I feel that way is less because i am 18 specifically, and more because I have now been animating for 7 years. I have seen many professional animators now who have been animating less long than I am, which is crazy! Sometimes I feel a bit unsatisfied with where I am for a 7 years long animator, but then I remember that in the end, what matters is the place where I am at now, not how long I took to get here.
@@sketchhope Exactly, and hearing your story as an animator was pretty inspiring too. I'm the same way but sort of opposite, I'm still new to music creation (started wanting to do it in 2022, actually began this year) so I feel like I'm so new that I'll never match people who have had an interest since like, age 8 or something
And yeah, honestly, after seeing how much goes into music production I have nothing but respect for artists who make it, and especially to people who create all of the sounds on their own. I strive to be like them one day
And it's as you said, it's about where I am right now, not the time it took
I was talking to my dad recently about this. I was stress that i couldn’t make money with my art or if i even wanted to when the competition is so incredibly insane. He told me “art is not to make money it’s for the love of making beautiful things, in imitating God the best I can using the gift he gave me.” It hit really hard and then i wach this video…i was losing my life long love of drawing but God won’t let me be an idiot like that.
You have a really wise dad! that's an awesome quote- sounds like something that could go in a movie! It's so awesome to think about how God picked out our talents and intertwined them with our futures and purposes in Christ. I sometimes have to catch myself thinking about "I can't wait till God uses my talents for his works" because there's no reason I shouldn't be doing that already!! hahaha
@@sketchhope i wish i could heart your comment lol. And ty he is very wise…he’s a pastor lol.
Thank you.
Congrats on adulthood 🎉
This is a lesson I learned early on in art school (about 2 years ago). I now try and teach it to all my classmates, because I see so many of them have that belief in innate talent, that some people are just "artists" and some (they) aren't.
That being said, I have kind of been unlearning this lesson with art school. I end up comparing myself a lot to the other people in the class and feeling like I need to "1 up" them (this is due to being raised by someone who believed that anything that wasn't perfect was shit). That's generally led to bad work and also has led to me being somewhat discouraged around continuing to pursue art. I have associated such stress with working in so many mediums (because of the pressure I put on myself), that it becomes difficult to even think about making anything. I need a break, I need to do something else for a while, but my scholarship program won't allow for that. So I take the little victories in the electives that I can take, and that's helping for now. I think I am also very slowly learning to move past that, it just needs time and work.
Sorry for the vent, just had to say something.
It's always hard not to compare ourselves to others, as it seems to be a part of our human nature, and I totally get what you mean about trying to "1 up" others- Nobody else I know in real life animates seriously- but when it comes to literally anything else I am so competitive about it. When it comes to my illustrations too, I often see that sometimes the person I can't 1 up is myself. I have random old art works that I got lucky with and are miraculously GORGEOUS. But it feels like I can never beat those illustrations or make anything that lives up to them.
It's such a shame that you cant take a break for even a moment, do you think it might be possible to try diverting your focus from making "better" animations and more to finding certain inspirations from people or studios and trying to make "inspired" animations? this is something I've done a lot, mostly to direct my focus away from trying to only make "cool flashy animations" and also to give me much more motivation. I animate scenes inspired by a certain composition from a shot in a movie, I animate with lighting inspired by a one piece episode, I animate with a style inspired by Studio Ghibli- I've been doing that a LOT and it makes me love my own works a lot more!
@@sketchhope @sketchhope I don't personally animate, but that sounds like a really cool concept, I think I'll try it.
I have a similar situation when it comes to my early sketches before I started college. Some of them are just a whole lot better than the majority of my other works, though my art classes have really helped with that in a way. Because of the way that they taught me, I've started to see what I did in those earlier drawings that made them so good, (the one for most of my earlier works was practicing observation - throwing out my ideas of what something "should" look like and drawing it as it actually is). Trying to 1 up myself was actually my reason for starting to take art classes in the first place, I felt like I couldn't beat those early drawings so I took a drawing class as an elective to see if that would lead me to improve. (It really did, it also sent me down the path of studying art and was one of the first places to teach me how to not view it as competitively. (Unfortunately, as I said I started unlearning that lesson I'm trying to get back to it though).
Thank you very much for responding and for giving me something to try out.
U NEED MORE SUBS OMG UR ART N ANIMATIONS
Nice message!👍
Thank you
I'm 10 days older than you. When I turned 18, I had the realization that the level of skill I had in my passions wasn't adequate enough to me. I've been playing piano since I was 6. I've always looked at others that displayed a higher level of skill with envy and only harbored a feeling of disappointment towards myself for not being able to be as good as them, most especially if they were younger than me. Turning 18 really put the final nail in that insecurity. For the past two weeks, I've been feeling like I wasn't good enough for my age, despite others telling me differently. As a result, I've been super demotivated to do anything, really. Every mistake I made when playing piano only reminded me of my belief that I was inadequate, which got so bad to the point where I wasn't feeling any enjoyment from what I used to love.
It gives me some solace to see someone who's so objectively great at their passion feel the same as I do. One day I'll animate like you can haha. In the meantime, I'll be enjoying my passion for myself.
This really hit me when I needed it. I've been feeling so fidgety for the past couple of weeks because I didn't know who to talk to about these thoughts lolol. Tysm for making this video, SketchHope. I'll be following your animations intently :)))))
Wow! I feel like you really understand how I feel here. I actually did the first half of this video impromptu, so I ended up wording things a bit badly. It's less that I feel I'm bad for my age in particular, but for how long I have been animating. My age as an animator, you could say. Like how you said you've been playing piano since you were 6. I recently realised that the long time I've been animating for was no longer something I was proud of but something I felt hesitant to mention- because my skill level just doesn't correlate to a 7 year long animator.
Obviously I should keep in mind that I had no drive to really improve or learn new stuff and was just fooling around for a good year at the start of it all, and that starting younger can actually mean slower improvement- but it doesn't change the fact that I feel less and less like telling people that I've been animating 7 years. I think what really hit the nail on the head was learning that one of the most amazing up and rising animators in the anime industry, Vincent Chansard, and that he only properly started learning I think... well actually I thought it was 4 years ago but I just fact checked and he might've started the same year as me.... which is crazy to think about
Its both demotivating and inspiring haha.
But then I just have to take the time to remember that I animate for myself in the end anyway hahaha!
@@sketchhope I think one of the hardest things for me was to accept was that you will progress at a different rate than everyone else, regardless of circumstance or dedication. Seeing others accomplish more than you have in the same or less amount of time can make you discredit your own accomplishments. It can be pretty difficult not to be so hard on yourself when you feel like you’ve not yet reached the expectations you’d imagined you’d have.
Ultimately, I really just want to pursue my passions as a journey rather than a race haha
Idk how vincent does it he’s cracked out of his mind lol
@Crumbtoast my thoughts exactly :) I struggled for a while because so many people have an INSANE natural talent for making good compositions, and I realised that although i do some fun angles, my compositions can often be a bit monotonous, and I almost ALWAYS use bust shots or close ups. However, as I started researching composition to "catch up" i realised that the theory behind storyboarding and composition is INSANELY FUN. its now my biggest passion within the process of animation. There's a limit to what "naturally talented" composition designers can do through subconscious choices. They can make unique and interesting camera angles, sure, but won't necessarily choose the camera angle that is most meaningful to the context of the shot.
Anyway bahaha good luck with your own art journey!!
God bless! Thank you for this! I really needed this🥹! Also prayer here when wanted guys❤️!
Aye your doing better than me and I’m 22 now, I really feel behind 😅. I’m having to re learn a lot bc I took a heafty break 😢
It's so easy to feel like we're falling behind, and having to relearn is always such a motivation killer, but you've got this! I hope you can find tons of enjoyment in your journey!
Someday, I’ll draw as good as you
😭😭😭😭 /vpos
This is extremely motivating! Thank you so much for sharing your art journey! Your animations are so beautiful what program do you use?
thank you! I use Clip Studio Paint EX :)
omg i turned 18 14th of september
Okay I just wanna know...what fps do you animate at and how do you get your lines so consistent? 👀 My next step up in animation is to start animating on 2s at 24fps, but my lines never stay consistent enough, they tend to go wobbly for some reason even if I focus on it.
I animate usually on 2s at 24 fps, but it can honestly vary, as sometimes I'll adjust the timing to suit the movement. But I always use 24 fps!
Now I can't say for sure since I havent actually seen your works, but by the sounds of things, you might be struggling with not the smoothness of the lines themselves, but actually "flow". Using flow well can make an animation thats on 4s look buttery smooth!
Howard Wimshurst has a fantastic video on it: ruclips.net/video/z7lrDxsMCXI/видео.html
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I love being worthless. You do good, dont be like me
Trust me, not a single person on earth is worthless, no matter how much wrong or right they have done. No matter how much good, or how much bad, or even how much nothing they have done. Worthless is not a word that can be preceeded by "I am". You are worth so much, not even just in the future but right now. If God can love you for who you are right now, and I can see that you have worth even if I don't know you, then I very very much hope that you can feel that you are loved, and that there are things for you to love as well.
What are we but vessels of love, we exist to spread love, and love is free, yet priceless. If a person can feel worthless without love, but anybody can give it- that means we can share worth with others.
This is a bit preachy, but I hope it enters your heart.
@@sketchhope my friend, unfortunately I don’t believe in God and even more unfortunately I don’t believe that I can do any good as I didn’t ever did any. I appreciate your words but, if you knew me or could see what I make, I’m sure you will then understand so you know, it’s best if you don’t. Keep up the good work!
@grAnita- No, I'm afraid you cannot convince me, no matter what you make, I will never believe that you cannot do any good. You could be incapable of ever drawing a dot on a page and I'd still say you will do great things. Not having done anything in the past makes no difference to the potential you have in the future. Potential is infinite, the future is infinite. Unless you let you trap yourself into your own mind, you can find joy in anything that you do. It's not about "I'm good
or "I'm no good", its about the way you choose to see yourself. If you were the last person left on earth, you would be the best at everything. But that feels pointless, doesn't it? A worth that is defined by the achievements of other people, with different lives and different stories- thats a fickle worth, that measurement will never stay consistent.
If you find that art does not bring you joy, then you should search far and wide. Find something that brings you joy whether you are good at it or not! Then, whether you one day become a professional, or if you stay in a place that some might define as "average", it won't matter. Because you are doing it because you enjoy it.
If you have spoken words, you have achieved speech
If you have picked up a pencil, you have created art
If you have laughed at a joke, you have procured joy
If you have cried alone, you have birthed emotion
If you have thrown a stick, you have produced displacement
If you have hugged a person, you have brought comfort
If you have smiled, you have spurred on another to smile
My friend, we cannot do a single thing that does not cause another thing to happen. As social creatures, we are all connected, and we all have worth. as individuals and as collectives.
I suck at playing the piano, I always have. But that doesnt mean I always will.
I've always been terrible at cooking, I burn food often... but that doesn't mean I should stop cooking
"I don’t believe that I can do any good as I didn’t ever did any" My friend, this is your excuse. Your past is not your future. Not ever. So then, what you choose from here is up to you. You have already brought a smile to my face by telling me to "keep up the good work" and you cant tell me that wasn't worth anything.
@@sketchhope my men its about the fact that everything I make crumbles
And certainly many many many things I have made have crumbled too, but just because it happened many times before just simply is no proof it will happen again, and I looked at the one video you have on your channel, that spinning head animation actually looks great, and honestly with only a bit more practice you'll have that 360 completely down!
To put it bluntly: I think you are giving up too early!
Whenever you start something, you have to be prepared for everything you make to crumble over and over and over. My own animations were ten times worse than the one you posted on your channel for 2 YEARS, even while I was working hard to improve
When I started out, everything I made crumbled, sucked, was no good. That's the truth about trying something new, we just aren't magically good at things from the start
Does that mean I can’t send you DD fanart?
I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion but I would always be extremely happy to recieve fanarts :)
Isn’t this XMoquax? No offence
Wait sorry what's Xmoquax?
I have a playlist in my channel home page, it is called
'I used to be an animator.'
I understand the sentiment but unfortunately i lost the motivation to get better at art a long time ago from online harassment that i was forced into by ex friends who hated me but never said anything to my face.
PTSD is very much real and can definitely ruin things for people. If you don't feel like you have the motivation to push through and heal the mental scars that you have about art, that's okay too. The great thing is that there are so so many different things to do in life, and you will certainly find many more things you enjoy doing. But the fact that your own ex friends treated you and your passions like that is absolutely terrible. I honestly don't get why people have to be so spiteful and full of hatred towards others. If I feel like there's someone who I don't get along with, I just try not to run into them. I'm sorry you had to go through a situation like that because it's no joke to how much a betrayal like that can hurt. I hope you can enjoy art again one day, so that there is one less thing they have ruined for you, but again, only if you truly wish to tackle it.