Use this as your skip ahead button: 0:00 - intro 0:24 - Scratchy Lines 1:01 - Drawing With Wrist 1:19 - Drawing Too Hard 2:23 - Light Pillow Shading 3:44 - Not Enough Contrast 4:12 - Too Many Effects/Filters 5:41 Sponsor 5:44 - Secret Rules 7:57 - Outro
Also, I would like to add few more tips - at least, when it comes to drawing : 1. zoom out - Treat the canvas like a sheet of paper, and even if you want to draw smaller details, like the hair strands, try to simplify them, instead of zooming in 2. Draw every line only once, Reduce the Usage of ctrl-z shortcut to a minimum - Draw every line once, even if the line would not be perfect... if the line looks "bad", say to yourself "it's ok, I can fix this later, in the next stage" 3. Do a breakdown of the reference(s) before you draw (or after sketching) - Every time you use reference, try to break the reference down to the basic shapes...Draw those basic shapes on top of the photo or screenshot or anything- Don't stylize yet, this breakdown is for you, so you know, how the subject you want to draw, looks realistically - And in this same time, Breakdown helps to remove "details" from photo, that you wont use, and that could confuse you... This way, when you do a breakdown, you would know, how the subject's proportions and shapes/forms look realistically. And then draw those shapes next to the breakdown - this way, you could use The realistic proportions on the breakdown to draw the stylized drawing next to it, and still knowing, what is the shape of an eye or other part of body or ANYTHING looks like
Hello, just a reminder that I love you. Your videos got me back into art and I am forever grateful. I make the mistake of overthinking and erasing every line a thousand times before being ok with how it looks. Thanks for being a swell guy!
My biggest art struggle, most of the time, is really wanting to make something but not knowing what exactly to make. Sometimes it's just being too inspired and not being able to decide where to start. Sometimes it's a reluctance due to thinking I'm not good enough to create what I have in mind. And sometimes I just draw blanks for hours lol.
I gave up on drawing like a 100 times. Xabio gives me that useless hope that I can draw if I push myself to practise, then I give up, then time passes, I watch his video and the circle continues. I can't draw. I just love the idea of me creating something on paper and I've realized it just now. Sorry, English is not my first language c:
Soooome additional tips from your local support simp from ✨experience✨ 1) Accuracy first, speed second. Don't worry too much about how long you're spending on a drawing, especially when you're just starting out. This is especially true if you're drawing something new for the first time-- its better to take the time to understand the form and shape of the subject matter. Speed tends to come with comfortability with what you're drawing and repetition. 2) Touching up on one of the points Xabio expressed, it is always okay to take time to revisit the basics at any point in your art career. Even artists who entire careers depend on drawing will revisit the basics. 3) Don't be like me: keep your old art, even that one atrocious doodle you wish to rip to shreds with every fiber in your being. These doodles give you both a reference point of your progress and allow you to refer back to them as a reference (maybe there was one component of a drawing that you did really well and are trying to figure out how to replicate it). And yes, it is okay to refer back to old art or use your old art as reference. 4) It's okay to not have an art style, and it doesn't have to be a focus. Generally your style comes to you naturally, and even within the scope of that style there may be variances. It's also okay if you're drawn to a specific component of someone else's art style-- just be sure you're not plagiarizing. Artists recycle each other's ideas and make them their own. 5) Comparisons are a grey area. It really depends on how you're comparing-- if its in an analytical sense of how you can improve one a specific component or you notice something that you want to replicate in your piece, that's okay. But sometimes making too many comparisons can discourage you from making art. Every piece of work at any level is invaluable, because it's an indispensable learning/teaching tool as well as an indicator of progress. 6) have fun with it! There's so much room for growth and experimentation in art. Remember that its a process with no finite end goal and no set rules, just a loose set of guidelines. Go crazy, break that mold. Do what you want-- not even the sky is the limit. But also remember to try not to overwork yourself. Sometimes breaks are necessary, and things might end up falling into place when you're not even thinking of it. Wherever you are in your art journey, I'm proud of you for making it this far. And if you're here because you want to pick up doing art or are coming back fo art after a long break, I believe in you and can't wait see what you wind up making.
My biggest issue is a lack of confidence, I may not technically be a beginner any more but some of those insecurities never really go away, because there is always someone who is better (and usually younger) and that can be hard to let go of...
Drawing with wrist, Drawing too hard, Light pillow shading, Not enough contrast are the mistakes I've been making. I love you and you matter, and this goes for anyone reading this
Im 60 never thought of drawing till the past 6 month ago with Xabio help I want from drawing big nose out of perportion face to a better. Place with eazy to see progress. Thanks xabio
1:I always get trouble with losing inspiration for the drawing. 2:I wanna add something to the end of my drawing to give it that ✨ P O P ✨ thoses are the two things I wanna learn or whatever
I'm almost 18 but I do most of what you have said in this video. I feel like giving up, these days most of the 18 year olds or even younger create incredible art than me. When I was in 9th grade I'm so dedicated but now I don't know if I should pursue this career in college or just stick on what my parents wants me to do.
All of them, because I'm afraid of making mistakes, so it keeps me from drawing anything, and just doing a small sketch everyday becomes a monster task, and I feel like I've wasted the last 10 years, where I should and could have become better, so I'm also my own biggest bully and critic. It's kind of a bad deal, and hard to get out of.
I’m definitely guilty of pillow shading. It was much worse when I was younger - I would colour and shade so lightly that all you could see was the outline
Bro you’re awesome. I need to work on line work and contrast but you’ve helped me so much over the years. You’re the only reason I can actually draw hands at all.
yo, as a fellow artist who's like, paid bills with art, i got to disagree with most of these points tbh 1. scratchy or shaky lines are a perfectly viable style. smooth lines can be boring and forced, where scratchy/sketchy lines are interesting and break the line of vision or leave implications the mind enjoys filling. smooth lines aren't the end-all-be-all of art, or a sign of confidence; they're just one way to draw. you don't even need to do lineart to Art. 2. drawing with the wrist vs. the shoulder is strictly a matter of individual needs. i have far more control with my wrist than my shoulder - my shoulder muscles shake much harder than my wrist, and drawing from the shoulder is painful after a while, where i can draw from the wrist for hours with no issue. every body is different, and every drawing setup is different, too - drawing on a small surface from the shoulder is far more difficult than drawing from the wrist. 3. mostly okay, but drawing overhand is a solution that, again, might not work with every drawing setup. 4. "pillow shading", as with sketchy lines, is a perfectly viable artistic choice. in fact, i find softer shading more appealing and natural than bold shadows - shadows and lighting should always be determined by the scene as is. high contrast shadows can be their own pitfall, leading to blown out and unnatural feeling compositions. 5. again, low contrast is an extremely common and popular style. acting as if high contrast is better, or that low-contrast is a sign of a beginner? ignores current trends like, say, pastels, or soft vintage looks. what matters is that these choices are intentional, not which one you choose. and i know the end point subverts the rest of the video by saying all of these points are moot and people can do whatever they want, but it sort of feels like ... why make ... the video then? if people don't get that far, they're going to take your other points at face value, and i'm not sure you realize most of those really aren't mistakes. overall, whatever someone is doing, they just have to make sure they're either doing it on purpose, or don't care about style/technique.
Can you do a video on how to draw with your shoulders, like you said I heard about it when I was starting to draw but I never knew what it was or how to do it. Thanks :)
Hey so I’ve just recently started watching your videos and I just want to thank you because without them I wouldn’t have been able to draw half the stuff I can now :D
Light pillow shading, I‘m guilty 😂😂😂🙈 at the end when I look at my drawing I try to darken the shadows more but even after repeating this step multiple times it‘s still too light
I've done all those mistakes except the filter one and as for drawing from my wrist I've been conciously trying to get rid of that but I just forget sometimes and get absorbed by the sketch
my biggest mistake really is the pillow shading. my execution is always off. when I try to shade, it doesn't blend right or match up with the skin so I just bring the opacity down and blend as much as I can and my art definitely suffers from it.
Ahh i feel like im back in hs gr 9 art class uwu. These are all really solid. I feel with the larger emphasis on digital art these days a lot of these get lost. And it's frustrating since the basics with traditional are applicable with digital, just more effectively learned through traditional imo (i'm a fine art kid im sorry). So I don't tend to see artists online talk about these ones. The wrist/elbow/shoulder is a big one for me and is what really elevated my art when I stared learning so I tend to rave bout that one when people ask about tips lol. The day I can afford a huge ass screen tablet to truly take advantage shoulder drawing, is the day I will ascend. It's weird to say, but drawing on a big piece of paper to really be able to draw with your shoulder is an amazing freeing experience. And now I'm thinking bout gesture drawing ugh, so good.
I want to draw pictures of different things. Like trees and rope swings. Flowers, different women , animals like frogs to horses. I have trouble with doing the lights.
I would've like to see what it looks like if you make the mistakes. Showing perfectly fine sketches while saying "this is bad" is not really helpful to imagine what difference it makes.
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Use this as your skip ahead button:
0:00 - intro
0:24 - Scratchy Lines
1:01 - Drawing With Wrist
1:19 - Drawing Too Hard
2:23 - Light Pillow Shading
3:44 - Not Enough Contrast
4:12 - Too Many Effects/Filters
5:41 Sponsor
5:44 - Secret Rules
7:57 - Outro
Yes! Wonderful advice! As a public high school art teacher I love the positive encouraging words.
Also, I would like to add few more tips - at least, when it comes to drawing :
1. zoom out - Treat the canvas like a sheet of paper, and even if you want to draw smaller details, like the hair strands, try to simplify them, instead of zooming in
2. Draw every line only once, Reduce the Usage of ctrl-z shortcut to a minimum - Draw every line once, even if the line would not be perfect... if the line looks "bad", say to yourself "it's ok, I can fix this later, in the next stage"
3. Do a breakdown of the reference(s) before you draw (or after sketching) - Every time you use reference, try to break the reference down to the basic shapes...Draw those basic shapes on top of the photo or screenshot or anything- Don't stylize yet, this breakdown is for you, so you know, how the subject you want to draw, looks realistically - And in this same time, Breakdown helps to remove "details" from photo, that you wont use, and that could confuse you...
This way, when you do a breakdown, you would know, how the subject's proportions and shapes/forms look realistically.
And then draw those shapes next to the breakdown - this way, you could use The realistic proportions on the breakdown to draw the stylized drawing next to it, and still knowing, what is the shape of an eye or other part of body or ANYTHING looks like
Hello, just a reminder that I love you. Your videos got me back into art and I am forever grateful. I make the mistake of overthinking and erasing every line a thousand times before being ok with how it looks.
Thanks for being a swell guy!
My biggest art struggle, most of the time, is really wanting to make something but not knowing what exactly to make. Sometimes it's just being too inspired and not being able to decide where to start. Sometimes it's a reluctance due to thinking I'm not good enough to create what I have in mind. And sometimes I just draw blanks for hours lol.
I gave up on drawing like a 100 times. Xabio gives me that useless hope that I can draw if I push myself to practise, then I give up, then time passes, I watch his video and the circle continues. I can't draw. I just love the idea of me creating something on paper and I've realized it just now.
Sorry, English is not my first language c:
I feel you :(
7:14 this is going to haunt me for days
Xabio Arts should post more 😢
I miss your content so much!! Your buds make me so happy and are wonderful background noise for sketching
Soooome additional tips from your local support simp from ✨experience✨
1) Accuracy first, speed second. Don't worry too much about how long you're spending on a drawing, especially when you're just starting out. This is especially true if you're drawing something new for the first time-- its better to take the time to understand the form and shape of the subject matter. Speed tends to come with comfortability with what you're drawing and repetition.
2) Touching up on one of the points Xabio expressed, it is always okay to take time to revisit the basics at any point in your art career. Even artists who entire careers depend on drawing will revisit the basics.
3) Don't be like me: keep your old art, even that one atrocious doodle you wish to rip to shreds with every fiber in your being. These doodles give you both a reference point of your progress and allow you to refer back to them as a reference (maybe there was one component of a drawing that you did really well and are trying to figure out how to replicate it). And yes, it is okay to refer back to old art or use your old art as reference.
4) It's okay to not have an art style, and it doesn't have to be a focus. Generally your style comes to you naturally, and even within the scope of that style there may be variances. It's also okay if you're drawn to a specific component of someone else's art style-- just be sure you're not plagiarizing. Artists recycle each other's ideas and make them their own.
5) Comparisons are a grey area. It really depends on how you're comparing-- if its in an analytical sense of how you can improve one a specific component or you notice something that you want to replicate in your piece, that's okay. But sometimes making too many comparisons can discourage you from making art. Every piece of work at any level is invaluable, because it's an indispensable learning/teaching tool as well as an indicator of progress.
6) have fun with it! There's so much room for growth and experimentation in art. Remember that its a process with no finite end goal and no set rules, just a loose set of guidelines. Go crazy, break that mold. Do what you want-- not even the sky is the limit. But also remember to try not to overwork yourself. Sometimes breaks are necessary, and things might end up falling into place when you're not even thinking of it.
Wherever you are in your art journey, I'm proud of you for making it this far. And if you're here because you want to pick up doing art or are coming back fo art after a long break, I believe in you and can't wait see what you wind up making.
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This is why I love internet. Random strangers on internet give me more useful art advice than my own art teacher. ⭐Salute Comrade
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👨🏽🎨 hey, look at my first comment, it's almost at the top, it says 2 days ago! How is that possible!??
My biggest issue is a lack of confidence, I may not technically be a beginner any more but some of those insecurities never really go away, because there is always someone who is better (and usually younger) and that can be hard to let go of...
Drawing with wrist, Drawing too hard, Light pillow shading, Not enough contrast are the mistakes I've been making.
I love you and you matter, and this goes for anyone reading this
2:49 i love how he appreciated put kpop there
Im 60 never thought of drawing till the past 6 month ago with Xabio help I want from drawing big nose out of perportion face to a better. Place with eazy to see progress. Thanks xabio
I've got nothing of value to say, but I heard commenting can boost the algorithm and so, I shall. Great and informative video as always, daddy X!
1:I always get trouble with losing inspiration for the drawing.
2:I wanna add something to the end of my drawing to give it that ✨ P O P ✨ thoses are the two things I wanna learn or whatever
I'm almost 18 but I do most of what you have said in this video. I feel like giving up, these days most of the 18 year olds or even younger create incredible art than me. When I was in 9th grade I'm so dedicated but now I don't know if I should pursue this career in college or just stick on what my parents wants me to do.
xabio using references, we love to see it!!! :D
His art is so cursed and i love it
All of them, because I'm afraid of making mistakes, so it keeps me from drawing anything, and just doing a small sketch everyday becomes a monster task, and I feel like I've wasted the last 10 years, where I should and could have become better, so I'm also my own biggest bully and critic.
It's kind of a bad deal, and hard to get out of.
Yet another banger video. Thank you!! I keep trying to remember not to take art too seriously and you always help me with that :)
the shoulder thing still gets me
This is inspiring, thank you Xabio
All of them literally.... thenksss
I did each one except from the filter :P
I was literally watching your old tutorials and then you upload now my day is going to be much better
I’m definitely guilty of pillow shading. It was much worse when I was younger - I would colour and shade so lightly that all you could see was the outline
Bro you’re awesome. I need to work on line work and contrast but you’ve helped me so much over the years. You’re the only reason I can actually draw hands at all.
Love the videos, and the philosophy, you can only make mistakes if there are rules! Nice
yo, as a fellow artist who's like, paid bills with art, i got to disagree with most of these points tbh
1. scratchy or shaky lines are a perfectly viable style. smooth lines can be boring and forced, where scratchy/sketchy lines are interesting and break the line of vision or leave implications the mind enjoys filling. smooth lines aren't the end-all-be-all of art, or a sign of confidence; they're just one way to draw. you don't even need to do lineart to Art.
2. drawing with the wrist vs. the shoulder is strictly a matter of individual needs. i have far more control with my wrist than my shoulder - my shoulder muscles shake much harder than my wrist, and drawing from the shoulder is painful after a while, where i can draw from the wrist for hours with no issue. every body is different, and every drawing setup is different, too - drawing on a small surface from the shoulder is far more difficult than drawing from the wrist.
3. mostly okay, but drawing overhand is a solution that, again, might not work with every drawing setup.
4. "pillow shading", as with sketchy lines, is a perfectly viable artistic choice. in fact, i find softer shading more appealing and natural than bold shadows - shadows and lighting should always be determined by the scene as is. high contrast shadows can be their own pitfall, leading to blown out and unnatural feeling compositions.
5. again, low contrast is an extremely common and popular style. acting as if high contrast is better, or that low-contrast is a sign of a beginner? ignores current trends like, say, pastels, or soft vintage looks. what matters is that these choices are intentional, not which one you choose.
and i know the end point subverts the rest of the video by saying all of these points are moot and people can do whatever they want, but it sort of feels like ... why make ... the video then? if people don't get that far, they're going to take your other points at face value, and i'm not sure you realize most of those really aren't mistakes.
overall, whatever someone is doing, they just have to make sure they're either doing it on purpose, or don't care about style/technique.
Can you do a video on how to draw with your shoulders, like you said I heard about it when I was starting to draw but I never knew what it was or how to do it. Thanks :)
Hey so I’ve just recently started watching your videos and I just want to thank you because without them I wouldn’t have been able to draw half the stuff I can now :D
I will never unsubsribe your videos are the best!
I've been watching your vedios for years and it's crazy to see how far you have come. Thanks for all of your vedios they have really helped me a lot.
Thanks Xabio ❤
Comment for the algorithm~~~~ love your stuff dude 😊
Hey can you make a tutorial on how to draw bodies on side view, 3/4 view, and back view.
Thank you ❤️
Light pillow shading, I‘m guilty 😂😂😂🙈 at the end when I look at my drawing I try to darken the shadows more but even after repeating this step multiple times it‘s still too light
I've done all those mistakes except the filter one and as for drawing from my wrist I've been conciously trying to get rid of that but I just forget sometimes and get absorbed by the sketch
my biggest mistake really is the pillow shading. my execution is always off. when I try to shade, it doesn't blend right or match up with the skin so I just bring the opacity down and blend as much as I can and my art definitely suffers from it.
your vedio helps a lot love your work !
I’ve been using Krita for a while now and I had no idea you could do all those things I see you doing
Krita is super powerful. It'll surprise you in how far you can go w it
ikr u can even animate in krita and its free
Loving your videos
Good advice
Ahh i feel like im back in hs gr 9 art class uwu. These are all really solid. I feel with the larger emphasis on digital art these days a lot of these get lost. And it's frustrating since the basics with traditional are applicable with digital, just more effectively learned through traditional imo (i'm a fine art kid im sorry). So I don't tend to see artists online talk about these ones. The wrist/elbow/shoulder is a big one for me and is what really elevated my art when I stared learning so I tend to rave bout that one when people ask about tips lol.
The day I can afford a huge ass screen tablet to truly take advantage shoulder drawing, is the day I will ascend. It's weird to say, but drawing on a big piece of paper to really be able to draw with your shoulder is an amazing freeing experience. And now I'm thinking bout gesture drawing ugh, so good.
Could you go more into shoulder drawing? It just sounds like a massive workout to me lmao
i love your videos omg
I'm literally a digital design major and with a lot of these I was like, "Oh, shoot, I need to keep that in mind..." xD Thanks!!
Its crazy to me how you still post
i always leave your videos more content with myself and inspired, thanks dude 👍
I just think that I still draw with my wrist as well as not very skilled in shading, but everything else I feel confident about uwu
Love your content and streams! They bring me the big joy.
Drawing with the wrist is still a problem I really have to focus or I’ll start wrist drawing
I want to draw pictures of different things. Like trees and rope swings. Flowers, different women , animals like frogs to horses. I have trouble with doing the lights.
Did anyone saw Dream in 6:36 round that time lol, sorry im a huge dream fan :)
"I'll be right back I have to go pay my insurance bill"
As always an awesome video 🤩
oh u r still alive
Hey you leave me and my scratchy lines alone!!
I know where the shading goes but never know where the put wrinkles on shirts please help-
Nice Drawing...... I inspired from you to open my drawing channel in youtube.... Thank You ...all the best
Yo i think ethan becker is angry at all artist on youtube can you make a video about that
👨🏽🎨 👍🏽 ❤
im breaking most of them
What's the haps in the hood bromie
I can't draw with my shoulder because my tablet it the size of my hand...
Hey Andrew, do you have a place you post art and doodles at?
Well, I wasn't making one mistake, and that's applying too many filters.
pobably i am making them all ... cause i never studied basic .. one day i just started drawing randomly
This made me want to find my Gameboy advance
guess Im guilty of pillow shading. Find it easier to cell shade in a simple capacity these days.
upload more
I still have that bad habit of drawing from the wrist
IM RAT.BOYART AND I SWEAR MY ART IS BETTER NOW Y'ALL!!
If only you would post more ;-;
Here's a gift of comment!
(Also I have to check for that instagram. Got to follow the goods.)
when I see you like my art on Instagram I know a video is coming soon, lol
I probably have all the mistakes :^))
is shading important af? yes. but are highlights important? also yes. sometimes you gotta make shit glow
aw dammit i missed this stream. big sad. also great video! as always.
-bogdown56
god I have no idea how to stop drawing with my wrist ;-;
I was making 2 mistakes
I would've like to see what it looks like if you make the mistakes. Showing perfectly fine sketches while saying "this is bad" is not really helpful to imagine what difference it makes.
Hey xabio I am a small brain.
Can I get a heart?
No
I'm so early 😀
dont have anything to add to the video but still wanted to comment :|
mwah mwah mwah
Can't stop drawing without my wrist and that's why I quit art
It can be really difficult if it's a deep habit :(
I for the life of me can not do hands 🥲
I AM the beginner artist mistake
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nice pfp, ace flag right? :)
@@mango_rat_1435 ya :))