The biggest motivation killers for me are usually bad sleep, stress and addictive stuff like youtube and certain video games. Turns out good self care helps immensely when youre being creative.
my tips is to add to the others that are awesome too, i tend to listen a lot of music, i just can't help it. What i did is to prevent myself from listening to music where i would, but listen to it when i draw. so basically when i draw or think about drawing im hyped that i will then also listening to music.
"Why did we start drawing in the first place?" is a question that we all had an answer to but social media made us forget our purpose and goals to "Chase Likes".
Marc, please consider releasing a huge pack of your drawings (Even uncolored sketches) as an artbook or just a massive lump of pngs. For students such as myself, that really dig your style, having access to your decision making and the way you do shapes or lines is very valuable, also, its something deserving of aesthetic appreciation as well. So even if you'd need to put a price tag on it due to the labour involved, consider doing that.
After having a mental health breakdown last year through the traumas of dealing with cancer for 17 years I completely lost all passion for art which was the only thing that kept me sane especially when I had stage 4 Lung Cancer. I'm only just now getting back into my artwork by drawing small sketches and avoiding big complex projects and I'm beginning to get my love for art back again.
The "bring back the old times" point made me realize that I may be way more strict with myself than most people. When I draw, I basically shut myself in. No music, no shows, no social interaction unless I'm streaming, and eating is a reward for a finished product. I've always been like this, especially since I used to draw when I was bored at school. Therefore, I couldn't come up with anything.
Honestly, finding ways to return to that very bored state from the school days has helped so much. I recently changed positions within my company that leads to a lot of down or idle time (but I'm not free to do anything but stand by) and it has helped soooo much in letting me let go of the stress and just draw to kill the boredom
I love that you mentioned competition as a motivator to make art. That’s the reason why i started, and i actually stopped for a long time because i thought i was “in it for the wrong reasons”. So it’s really cool to hear that someone like you actually has the same reason to make art as i did, and that any of these reasons are valid.
Watching other artists making art hurts me a lot, because I end up comparing myself too much to their skills and it discourages me from doing mine or even makes me see the things I like to do as wrong or lacking in the capacity of my skill. even more so because I see incredible artists who report that they create impressive works in just a few hours, while it takes me weeks to do them. This really takes my spirits away and makes me feel stupid, even more so because I dedicated a good part of my life to this as a dream where I could work with this.
Seeing people make great art in just a handful of hours used to hurt me too, until it suddenly happened to me. Now it wasn't like, some crazy amazing artwork but I was very happy with it and it was *done* in maybe 3-4 hours. That's when it kind of clicked...many of these professionals are so fast because they've (largely) moved past the learning stage and have a set of consistent tools and strategies to lean on. Some of their process may even be automated (see pre-programmed "actions" (in CSP) which can immediately lay down new layers with their modes already set, opacity changed, etc) because they are so used to doing things a very specific way. Then they have such a sheer amount of practice drawing a particular thing that it just...happens. few mistakes, little stumbling because their hands know the shapes that much. Now when I go back to watch other artists work, I don't so much pay attention to what they're drawing... I'm slowing down the video and checking out their layers and brush options. How do they make their lives easier. My first food art took almost a week to finish. Now I can finish one in about a day of consistent work, if not two (very simple ones anyway). I love drawing characters and while I struggle and fight with drawing some of them because they are new and I'm still learning them... I have an OC who I can literally slap down on a paper with the barest amount of a foundation sketch, nearly perfect lineart, proportions and hair consistent...because I've drawn her a million times and will draw her a million more lol. I know her face better than my own at this point. She takes me only a couple of hours to draw and finish coloring...but her husband? Geez. I invented that man's face and I still can't get it to stay the same between pieces...but I've only drawn him...5-10 times? Mind you, I've been drawing for about 15 years now, and It's only NOW really clicking in a way that is efficient. (also for some of the artists, the time counted is the time spent rendering the final piece, but many of them are thumbnailing/sketching out before hand figuring out composition and things before they record.. as well as their reference research. Which for people like myself, is honestly the longest part of the process.)
@@KEEPOURSANITY I've only recently begun really sharing it around, though I do combine my SFW and NSFW work on one account (for the moment, still deciding if I should do an alt account for the SFW only stuff) Are you at least 18, and still want the link/tag?
I think I wanted to do art (when my passion was at its peak in my younger years) because I always had creative ideas in my mind. Putting the things from the imaginary into the realm of reality. Whether it is characters, stories, places etc
I’m addicted to my art. I can’t go a minute without thinking about it or doing it. I self-consciously know my art isn’t the greatest, but it is WAY better than when I started about 2 years ago. I want to keep going until I achieve my big goal of being a professional illust/character designer/writer. I have so many ideas I want to put out in the world!
I managed to revive my passion in art a month ago, and.. I'm actually grateful that I did, I get to enjoy what I do again. I stopped comparing myself to other artists, instead I just see them as an inspiration, I told myself "if they can reach that level, shouldn't I be able to aswell?" I made that as my whole motivation. I started experimenting, going out of my comfort zone. It's great
I already revived my passion a week ago and these are the steps I took even without knowing them. Sometimes the world revolves around uniquely. The steps I took: -Reviewed Myself (Why I want to do art? Realistic/Anime? etc.) -Writing my goals and deciding what steps to take -Touch Grass or do some other thing -Just Pursue Near-to-Perfection stage
I think the biggest thing that helps me reignite my passion for art is whenever I take a small break and think about what i can do/what i should do in the near future. Planning is something that a lot of people underestimate in terms of its value to artists.
Hi Marc! I am a student enrolled in your course and wanted to thank you for your work. I was wondering if in the future you could make a video on how to draw characters of various ages, for example children and adolescents and how the proportions and various body characters change compared to adults. I would be super happy if you could do this sort of video someday! Greetings from Italy
I've been working on art projects for my mother for years. All my motivation to draw was sucked dry for a while. When I tried drawing again, I was getting discouraged because my skills had dulled. I've been watching your videos for about six months now. They have helped me see why my figures looked unnatural compared to my drawings five years ago.
I started drawing everyday and enjoy it after quit gaming. Quitting gaming was a tough fight for me. Addictive things brought by technology nowadays are enemies for artists. Sleep well, eat healthy, exercise, all these help me rebuilding my passion as an illustrator.
7:15 Do this immediately If you're not doing it. It is the first thing I did when I started getting into self-improvement and it changed my life. Not only with art but with everything, when you know exactly what you have to do everyday you eliminate the hurdle of needing to remember it. It also feels so good to complete all the tasks, and If you see that you complete them all days without any problemes, you can add more things you're interested in doing. It completely destroys procastination and makes life into a game. I highly recommend it
I saw the thumbnail. I just came here to comment that Anyone can get PASSIONATE if They can see Tifa like that, whether it's Art or some other kind of PASSIONATE. Even I'll be Passionate to draw if i could see her like that.
Ive been occupied with work recently so i haven't been able to draw anything for a while, i sketched some concepts for modern tactical gear with a Roman centurion theme
It's been a couple months that I lost motivation, and since you made me pick up drawing when I saw your channel the first time, I came back here and found the perfect video for me. This video could work for me just by looking at you drawing. You're just amazing! Sometimes I go back a few seconds on the video because I get distracted by your drawing in the background and I'm like "😮 I wanna do that. I wanna do that. " Thank you, keep going and have a nice day
Mr marc i gotta personally thank you for saving my life with this and getting my life of drawing and as a whole back you helped me thru tough times and u still help me now.
I still have love for art and drawing and have been away from it for over a year and I miss it. Life, stress, anxiety and other things have made it feel further away from me but it's knowing that you never lose the skills or love for it that motivates me and reminds me that it'll still be there when I find my way back to it. I already have ideas brewing to create and it's videos like this one that help especially after being away from doing what I love. Great vid 👍
In high school I just randomly started drawing, and in the beginning, I was super motivated, super passionate. I finished my first sketchbook in a few months. But then, I started drawing less and less, till I quit all together. I did eventually pick up drawing again, but I just never had the same drive that I did in the beginning. After doing some self reflection, I realize that the main thing that killed my passion, was the unnecessary pressure I was putting on myself to improve. I was soo concerned with improving, that I forgot to enjoy making art, which was the thing I loved most about it, the creative freedom. Even if I don't go pro, I'll still keep drawing, even if just as a hobby. I would like to get good at it, but I'm not gonna make it a priority. My first priority will be to have fun drawing.
Whenever I see your Art, It always re ignites my passion for drawing. Which keeping my passion burning for long time in my art journey. Thank you Kindly Sir!
I lost my passion after I graduated years ago, and in recent years I completely lost it. There’s still my want to draw something, but every time I grab a pencil I just feel blank, or hating what I drew, even if it’s just an eye or nose. So right now I’m trying to accept that I’m not gonna be able to draw again, but I still wish for that one little spark that would make me grab a pen and enjoy making art :’)
For now I am just really bad at art… BUT I’m trying to improve even though there is always laziness, I try my best to overbeat it and just do sth… Wish all of you and myself luck in improving at art and stay safe)))
got myself a drawing tablet 3 days ago and now i feel super moivated to create! I know deep down i will improve with time becuase impatience is root of demotivation in art
Thanks for the advice, Marc! Your lessons are always helpful. If you are looking for video suggestions, I think a video on overcoming disappointment would be awesome. What I mean by that is when your art flops, goes unrecognized or gets criticized, when you thought it was your greatest piece yet. Thanks again for your videos!
This will sound cheesy but you're the artist that brought back my passion for art! I quit drawing years ago but somehow YT recommended one of your videos, I watched out of curiosity and got hooked. Took months of back and forth but last August I made a decision to enrol in your art school and I have no regrets.
You told me Exactly what I was looking for, like when I Finish a Pieace that looks too good to me and then when I try to draw an other to look as much better or much better but I cant and then I loose that Motivation and I feel lucky about my previous artwork that was looking good to me...I keep my Hopes too high when I start drawing(and i quit right after a sketch) but when am drawing without any hopes to make it better it turns out to be better...
Hearing all this made me realize how I got past my own slumps in the past. There was always a pattern of me going back down the rabbit hole of my early high school years discovering Undertale and learning about Fall Out Boy, Set It Off, covers/parodies, and, surprisingly, church Whenever I'm exposed to a lot of those, I just get the itch to draw Now I know what to look for whenever I'm feeling lost with my art :'3
Ironically, art school killed my passion. I went to college for game art and design. I wanted to make characters for games so much at one point. Eventually, teachers just hyperfocused on those who they thought were going to "make it" and it felt harder and harder to get help. I barely had time to do art of my own, it was just school 24/7. Eventually, I just wanted to graduate and be done with it. My homework assignments put me further into my perfectionist mindset. It took me years after graduating to be able to do a full drawing again and even then I've barely gotten last the sketching phase. It's taken a lot to let go of all those negative feelings that place instilled in me, but seeing my old art again I just remembered how happy I was just drawing stuff I liked and doing it because I wanted to, and could. I'm working my way back to that, even if it's slow going ❤
I am glad I listened to this video while painting. I am competitive guy, and I sought to improve by comparing myself to others, even though most people would say I shouldn't and that I should be competing with myself. I am glad to know you are similarly competitive, though I am not optimistic about beating my idols in art at this point! However, seeing the massive improvements I gained by studying and trying to reach the level of my idols made me a better artist. Thank you!
If it makes sense to do so, i'll note the biggest passion-killers i have experienced (long list alert?): - unrealistic anything (-> expectations): my fantasies are wild, to the point that i always involuntarily think big when choosing to draw something, which naturally leads to highexpectations, which lead to disappointment with myself. I'll have to learn to get around it somehow. - "originality": i have a strange mindset when it comes to originality. I kinda want to give any of my created characters and works at least some respect, no matter how minor they are (e.g. characters resulting from practices, sketches, doodles etc) so i end up imagining ways to integrate them into anything. That obviously never works out, and all i end up doing is pile up mountains of character concepts, which end up never being used, and i only feel worse about it as time goes on. - interruptions: getting interrupted by anything throughout most of my life has lead to me instinctively avoiding most activities requiring high concentration and dedication. I can't focus well on games, am always ready to pause my activities, and never truly/thoroughly get to enjoy my activities, which creates my biggest hurdle in reviving my passion. - overflowing ideas: when even the simplest ideas evolve into fully fleshed out scenarios and stories to explore, i always end up with ideas, that are technically doable, but need a lot of time and practice to be realized. This means that i hardly even get anything out of my works to really motivate myself, because they would still be "works in progress", even after long times. Ultimately, they never feel "worth it", since i have troubles getting into communities and finding new friends, which is its own can of worms. - not enjoying the process: i know that we like to tell each other that it's the journey, which matters most. I can't bring myself to see it that way, even if i understand it. I keep looking at the results, and art always takes some time. I can't bring myself to enjoy the actual process of drawing, which is the final nail in the coffin: even if i somehow overcome any of the before mentioned points, i would still have to actually commit to a process i haven't enjoyed for a very very long time. So.... those are my struggles. Idk if it even makes sense to post it here, but since i'm already doing it, i might as well leave it as is. If you have something important to say, please do.
I gotta just finish this art course I bought last year. I keep wanting to get to a degree of art where I just enjoy the process but feel like I don't finish the things teaching me because I keep bouncing around. Part of this reasoning is a feeling mainly around seeing my peers grow up and the internet making me feel like there's no time and I'm in a race. But when I can treat that anxiety with breathing techniques and meditation, stretch to reduce back pain and strain, and focus on just one thing when I get the time, then I think I maybe do better. I just have to reduce all this rumination and ego of where I want to be, reduce the energy inside and just produce with a purpose. Just just just.
Thank you very much for sharing! My motivation killers are usually planning things too big and then when I think about them I get demotivated. Actually did the break it down into 1 hour achievable goals and that's been really helpful to me.
Honestly, even I have art skills and experiences with it, but it’s nothing and not so fun to do if I lost my passion for making awesome art. And thank you, I think, maybe your advices in this video can be a way to get my passion back and I’ll try. Looking some cool arts from my friends or doing discussions or artworks with them will give me passion back like usual. Of course while listening music.😊
Well, I got into art because I want to recreate scenes i see in my mind, I can visualize so much detail, but as soon as i put pen down to paper that detail gets fuzzy, I am hoping that practicing the basics i'll be able to take those fuzzy details and give detail back to them in a way that makese sense. End goal, just a physical hobby to compliment my mentally taxing job. but its that first goal that keeps me going, at a steaddy pace. I'm not racing towards it... but making progress slowly
this is almost exactly what I do to maintain my drive, I watch over other artists speedpainting video, or my own videos that I have done(I have done over 800 at this point), it really helps to remind me of the joy of the experience process of creating an art piece. one major issues I have whenever I stop drawing regularly my moral quickly start to nose dive and I have to work hard to get the drive back just to start feeling better again.
I would be interested in a video about breaking down perspective in a bunch of already existing drawings. Where to find the horizon line, the vanishing points, how is the composition, in general what can you learn from other peoples drawings when it comes to the perspective.
I never comment, too shy. But this was very inspirational an much needed. Also i to listen to music when i create. Nice to know im not the only one. Epic music for epic scenes, sad for tragic etc. Very motivational. Good luck to all on their art journy. An i look forward to more videos. Thank you.
Insane how I searched up and watched this video purely because I haven't been watching artists for a while and I wanted to do that to move forward. And boom, the first tip is " Watch Artists make art".
I think this is exactly what I needed. I've been stuck in a deep hole for the last couple of months. I haven't touched a pencil and I couldn't bring myself to do it. Thank you for this
Love this video - great tips. I hope it's not too annoying to mention that that totally looked like Tifa hanging out on the beach at Costa Del Sol, with Cloud Strife carrying a surfboard in the background. Awesome work, man. I learned by watching, as usual.
Hi! I've been watching you for a while and I'm trying to follow the 1 year plan to learn to draw atm. I might buy your course later on, when I feel like I have the base concepts down, since I wanna take the best from it. I'd really like a video on composition rules and how to use them not only in landscapes but also in character drawings. Thanks for your continuous effort to teach all of us noobs!
Awesome work! I have a notebook which specifically just has ‘goals to do today’ which is fantastic - definitely recommend getting one. Love the summer painting, it’s been winter for far too long here in the UK :(
Thank you mark for reviewing my passion for art! I've watch your vids on my freetime or while I'm studying and it helped me improved a lot and when I compared my art now to my art before I saw a huge difference/improvement! Keep doing what you are doing mark because you just revived my passion for art✨💖
I used to draw a lot when I was young, in the comics style, and I was the best among my friends. I always wanted to be an artist, or a designer, but didn't make it happen. Now I'm in my forties, I have an unsatisfaying full time job and a family, but I'm back into creative work. It has always been a pleasure to make art, it is my fuel, it brings me satisfaction. So now I work on my skills almost every day, whenever I can, in order to Get better and better, to create images I'm proud of, and who knows, make a living out ot it some day. Learning, as always on myself, working, cause it makes me happy, and see what it will brings to me in the future without any pressure. Damn, I Iooooove that feeling of being right in my place when I'm creating!
This is insane!! I can believe you said to write a to do list everyday this year I got a day a page journal and I use it to write my daily tasks I want to get done and at the end of the day I write about how the day went how I feel about it and want to improve and that !! Thank you for all your wisdom Marc ^v^
Thank you as always, Marc! After the I left a comment on the last video (unaliving your passion) I started to do exactly what you have told in this video. I'm currently bringing back the good 'ol times and slowly working my way up to where I used to be. I'm finally back to making character concepts and currently working on my 3rd splash art piece and it feels amazing. It took over a month to process everything but we back. For others that are also reviving their passion for our craft, remember that we have an entire community and pros like Marc that believes and supports our progress no matter how big or small it is. Godspeed!
I never lost my passion/drive/desire to create art, but LIFE has kept getting in the way and at the worst times. (what can U do 🤷♂️) Though recently things have lined up and I now have a time slot to put towards it again, which is great and it's like the Universe is speaking to me, cause I needed this video (mainly mentally). So I'm glad U made it and interestingly enough, on the day my schedule just happened to be filling up as I've been trying to get where no time is wasted. So, again "THANX Senpai!"
I think i have very wishy-washy motivation for drawing and doing 3d. I started it because the object was something that i liked (anime, robots, video games) and it turned out pretty fast that I can do it at least decently, pleasant to me. so I guess my motivation tanks when I no longer think that what I do is up to scratch, When my standards rise more than my skills, or when I feel that there's lots of ppl doing it better/faster than me. In art I'm not competitive at all and I hate the pressure competition could bring, especially against like the whole art community. I combat it with resigning from trying to "succeed in art" and relying on that it is just feels nice to draw sometimes, even if it's same old 3/4 anime girl with nothing new or improved about it. That's a pretty bad motivation to go out and actually learn something new, it's just embracing the comfort zone swamp at that point. Even some times it feels like wasting time and procrastinating
I'm good at art but after doing too much work and too stress as a web comic 7 days a week, I burn out, scared of working (scared as if I gonna died if I working). Lose my love for art, it's new to me to feel nothing when the pencil glancing the paper which always the feeling I love because I draw since born, and I thought I will done with art when I done with my life. So if I can't make art, why should I keep living (I also get MDD) 2 year later. The time helps curing me. I overcome my fear of working by forcing myself to work while crying and trembling. But I have to show myself that there's no harm in working so I can move on. I find my true love again and feel the deep bound even more, my emotion and passion still unstable sometime and I still can't comeback to my old workflow. But the kind of clip really helps me a lot to keep going on. Thank you❤
This is insane!! I can’t believe you said to write a to do list everyday this year I got a day a page journal and I use it to write my daily tasks I want to get done and at the end of the day I write about how the day went how I feel about it and what I want to improve on !! Thank you for all your wisdom Marc ^v^
I haven't completely lost my passion but was definitely needing something to get back into things after resting an injured wrist, so thank you! Will try these 😁 (Not poop stains. 💩)
I really needed this video. I’ve been wanted to draw for so long because I have so many ideas, but there’s just always something else I would rather be doing
The lighting with the reflected light from the umbrella and environment and the terminator shade was so overwhelming for my brain when I saw it on Instagram. Soo happy to see it broken down here. The "not poop stains" and cloud in the back tho 🤣
i always love your videos they're all incredibly helpful but it's nice to hear this topic alongside a timelapse that's not your 'usual' style like armored or really tough looking characters. made me feel like i wanna grab my pen and try drawing something new which is the very exact purpose of this video!
The bring back good ol' times part really works for me I would just play a song or have an anime that helped me finish old projects to play in the background while drawing (an anime I've seen before to not be too distracting) for me the songs could be anything but the anime would be Baki or Isekai Shokudo :D
Thank you for this video! I'm recently working on reviving my drive to draw and get better at Digital art (I spend so much time stuck in a sketchbook and not doing what I really want to be doing because it's 'not good enough'). I find that I am able to do a lot of work when I'm halfway immersed in videos or music. Music creates a lot of inspiration for me as I will see a scene while listening and HAVE to get it drawn. I hope some day to join the art program, but until then I really appreciate the videos!
I finally was able to "go back to the good ol' times" in the last year or so. Growing up, I was "good" at art (comparatively) but I didn't have a strong creative drive. Not to say I didn't have ideas...but more often then not they were fleeting and I just didn't care to put pen to paper. But then I started drawing for friends. We started up a "game" that was basically IRL Neopets but with hand drawn monsters and little tokens and things we'd give out. I forget how the system exactly worked, but I remember loving doing it for them and seeing everyone have fun with this goofy little critters. In HS I started drawing comics specifically for certain friends, or partnering with other students as the writer. I wanted to make comics, but I didn't have interest in drawing my own story...I wanted to see *them* happy that theirs was brought to life and others enjoy the product. Then in college, I moved far away and struggled to make friends or anything. I still liked making art, loved the process...but the drive was dwindling...I had no one to make for. Eventually I found a small group of frequent commissioners which kept me going, kept me looped in and pushed me to try new things. But the fire really struck again when those same people started up a Text-Based RPG game (or four) and I was invited to join. To say that I've been gleefully drawing every day, waking up excited to do something different, to finish pieces so I can share them to the world is an understatement. I don't care about being famous...I just want to make other people happy. Once I figured that out, and found a way to access that, I've been happy as a clam.
I want to say thank you you helped me a lot currently I have 1 years and 9 months of experience and I have good knowledge at anatomy, can can design a charector and anything I can possibly imagine .but I'm struggling at painting and prospective I have worked 8 to 10 hours in a day for 1 years and 9 months and I have improved significantly i believable that I can become an concept artist in next 2 years. I'm gonna achive this titles thank you but I don't have money to buy your course in order to say thank you.
Great video! I bought the art school program and I’m very happy with it! For a future video I would like you to analyze Tatsuki Fujimoto’s art style since he is a huge inspiration for me
I draw since I was a kid (I'm 22 at the moment), but although I enjoy it, it's always been sort of a "comes and goes" thing. I've been pretty inconsistent with it. But I always wanted to get good, so that I could draw anything that I wanted and be satisfied with it, plus I too like to write stories, so for a while I thought making comics would be fun. But the more I tried to get better, the more stressed I got. The more I practiced, the more stuck I ended up. For a while, I was drawing the same things every day, afraid of making mistakes or drawing new things. And I was getting a lot better, but I didn't enjoy it at all. I don't want to drag this too much, so basically I've had a lot of periods of not drawing these last years, but I learned that though I still want to do those cool things and projects with my art, I have to first learn to enjoy it, and get consistent with it. Lately I'm taking it as a hobby, same as when I was a kid. I draw sometimes, when I feel like it, without any expectations, and that's ok with me. I like it like that. And I'm starting to enjoy it again. Thank you Marc, as always! You're really inspiring. Art means a lot to me so your videos have a bigger impact than what you think.
To me what got me back is a little bit opposite , I gave myself project that will take 1 year or 2 years who knows, the size and difficulty of the project is pushing me as a challenge, like a difficult video game. Doing just drawing after drawing is for some reason demotivating me, so now I make hundreds of drawings in one project and there is no rule what to finish first :D
If the power of anything does not come from ourselves and we need an external factor, then we are screwed, because if this factor disappears, we will stop doing what we are doing. So all your advice is good advice. I also watch other artists make art, also which I am better, it is important to watch art, yes. Also movies or reading books, also games, anything that inspires me. But the most important thing is that the strength comes from ourselves. Then things are real. And when I realized that I don't do it with pure thoughts purely and specifically for Art only, but I use Art only for my ideas, to compete with other Artists or to connect with other Artists, because I agree that Art is a language and that is a form of communication, then I wanted, in addition to all these reasons, which are cool, to make Art for Art itself. That was the moment I really started to enjoy making Art. And it was also the moment when I was making Art for Art's sake. For example, even if I am the last person in the world, I will still make Art (if everything in my head is in order and there are no delusions, this should be the case). So, when I lose motivation to draw, I purposefully don't look at other artists, or take inspiration from anywhere, but try to rekindle Art from myself. If it doesn't work, because it happens sometimes, I get help, I look at other Artists and so on. But I try more from myself or from old paintings of mine. In other words: devoted yourself to Art.
Interestingly, your flossing analogy is very similar to what I do while brushing my teeth. I used to only brush my teeth once every few weeks, whenever I had a bad taste in my mouth, but I ended up with gingivitis, dental calculus, and 8 cavities. It got to the point where I couldn't eat crunchy foods like fried chicken because my mouth would bleed profusely. Now, I brush my teeth 3-4 times a day (after each meal and sugary snack) and the task is a lot less daunting because I've divided it into 7 parts.
The artwork in this video is so beautiful! The lighting is very inspiring too. It's nice to see your more completed works as well as sketches and more loose art while you give good advice. Cheers.
I've been drawing ever since I could remember, and most of it would be thins that I wanted to have or experience. Toys I wanted, horses. Pure wish fufillment. And my caretakers and family members would tell me i'm bad, or that it looks bad. But I didn't care back then, coz drawing was fun. In primary school, I was "the art kid". And most of my art was just bad "copies" of stuff I saw online and liked, or drawings of my "OCs". And it was bad, coz I didn't care about my skill. But then I started caring. I started hiding my art from my family members, and other people IRL. I felt ashamed. Showing people my art made me feel very vulnerable, it was hard. At the same time, I would upload stuff to the internet. And maybe, I also wanted to be good in my niche. I wanted to feel good about my art. I've been uploading my stuff online for 10 years now, and yet I've never had more then 250 followers on any platform. Because I never really interacted with other creators. I was insecure and toxic, and I killed my creativity by comparing myself to others. Suddenly, doing art was so hard. Everything was suddenly high stakes, it needed to be good. And Drawing was so tedious and slow, because I had to look up references, and redraw things over and over and over. And of course I had no idea about fundementals, or which direction to go in in order to improve. But I still forced myself to draw, even tho it made me so unhappy. I made it a competition, trying to keep up with my classmate. I also noticed that I became unable to vizualize things, and that all of my works were uninspired. I had no imagination. Most of my art was born from yearning. From limerance. From wanting to feel close to someone. From being unhappy, and needing an outlet. Suddenly I was at uni, and I gave up on art. I tried to tell myself that It only made me unhappy, and that I would be better of not stressing myself with forcing myself to do art. But I couldn't do it. I still came back to art. Even tho i produced very, very little. I still did. And now, I feel like art is something I've always been ment to do. But I've created such a bad relationship with it, that it's hard to just... do it. Coz it stresses me out. And yet I still have this compulsion to "become an artist someday". I have the resources I need. I have courses, some tutoring, tons of youtube and skillshare stuff to learn from. I need what I need to do. And yet I don't do it, coz drawing is just not fun for me, so I avoid it, tending to other things, and not having time to actually sit down and draw because of it. I lost my imagination, and I have aphantasia. I also have memory loss, brain fog, and other CPTSD symptoms. And I feel like I'm not who I'm supposed to be. I need to heal my inner child, and unlock creativity, joy, spontaneity , wonder, and imagination. But still, drawing is just not fun. And I still avoid it. Because I'm afraid of getting hurt again? Or of being disappointed? Why am I avoiding something that feels like it is my identity? I just hope that step by step, I will unlock the true reasons, and find the strenght to "do it", and get over this block. I want to draw ship art, and characters interacting. I want to draw slice of life things. Little intimate things, like characters texting each other, being tender, or just feeling safe in each other's presence? Maybe I use "art" to make the things I wish for myself become real.
Probably all obvious stuff lol but maybe someone will get something out of it. Alright back to FF7, I mean back to work.
enjoy working 👁️👄👁️👍
Have fun playing- er- I mean working!
I guess you have a lot of overtime from your work
Hi marc
Hi marc
The biggest motivation killers for me are usually bad sleep, stress and addictive stuff like youtube and certain video games. Turns out good self care helps immensely when youre being creative.
This, artist really should keep their health better
Truth bomb, right here! I'm in the same boat, trying to limit the addicting things that hold me back.
Ugh, yes. Including cleaning the area you work in. After a good shower and organizing my space I feel a lot more ready to tackle some art.
my tips is to add to the others that are awesome too, i tend to listen a lot of music, i just can't help it. What i did is to prevent myself from listening to music where i would, but listen to it when i draw. so basically when i draw or think about drawing im hyped that i will then also listening to music.
Procrastination has been holding me back from progressing
I'm bad at art but I will literally never lose my passion for it. Every effort gives me so much hope that I'll get better.
I'll be rooting for you
@@Kanbarusu thank you ^-^
id love to support you if you post it ❤
The drive to keep going is a must have, you got this!
@@cengkirwaskita8511 I do have an Instagram but I only have one post .-.
"Why did we start drawing in the first place?" is a question that we all had an answer to but social media made us forget our purpose and goals to "Chase Likes".
Marc knows how to keep his audience engaged throughout the video
FEET 🗣️🔥🔥
Bro revived my art passion even before i watched the video
Marc, please consider releasing a huge pack of your drawings (Even uncolored sketches) as an artbook or just a massive lump of pngs. For students such as myself, that really dig your style, having access to your decision making and the way you do shapes or lines is very valuable, also, its something deserving of aesthetic appreciation as well. So even if you'd need to put a price tag on it due to the labour involved, consider doing that.
I second this idea
I third this
I fourth it!!
I fifth deez!
I six-something the idea too
After having a mental health breakdown last year through the traumas of dealing with cancer for 17 years I completely lost all passion for art which was the only thing that kept me sane especially when I had stage 4 Lung Cancer. I'm only just now getting back into my artwork by drawing small sketches and avoiding big complex projects and I'm beginning to get my love for art back again.
The "bring back the old times" point made me realize that I may be way more strict with myself than most people. When I draw, I basically shut myself in. No music, no shows, no social interaction unless I'm streaming, and eating is a reward for a finished product. I've always been like this, especially since I used to draw when I was bored at school. Therefore, I couldn't come up with anything.
Same
eating is a reward XD
@@Fly-Co2_Rose ( from the wrong way of using healing magic ): Now do it withouth breathing._
Honestly, finding ways to return to that very bored state from the school days has helped so much. I recently changed positions within my company that leads to a lot of down or idle time (but I'm not free to do anything but stand by) and it has helped soooo much in letting me let go of the stress and just draw to kill the boredom
I love that you mentioned competition as a motivator to make art. That’s the reason why i started, and i actually stopped for a long time because i thought i was “in it for the wrong reasons”. So it’s really cool to hear that someone like you actually has the same reason to make art as i did, and that any of these reasons are valid.
Me too ! I've often heard people say that I should make art because I enjoy it. But competition is what makes me enjoy it more
Watching other artists making art hurts me a lot, because I end up comparing myself too much to their skills and it discourages me from doing mine or even makes me see the things I like to do as wrong or lacking in the capacity of my skill. even more so because I see incredible artists who report that they create impressive works in just a few hours, while it takes me weeks to do them. This really takes my spirits away and makes me feel stupid, even more so because I dedicated a good part of my life to this as a dream where I could work with this.
Seeing people make great art in just a handful of hours used to hurt me too, until it suddenly happened to me. Now it wasn't like, some crazy amazing artwork but I was very happy with it and it was *done* in maybe 3-4 hours.
That's when it kind of clicked...many of these professionals are so fast because they've (largely) moved past the learning stage and have a set of consistent tools and strategies to lean on. Some of their process may even be automated (see pre-programmed "actions" (in CSP) which can immediately lay down new layers with their modes already set, opacity changed, etc) because they are so used to doing things a very specific way.
Then they have such a sheer amount of practice drawing a particular thing that it just...happens. few mistakes, little stumbling because their hands know the shapes that much.
Now when I go back to watch other artists work, I don't so much pay attention to what they're drawing... I'm slowing down the video and checking out their layers and brush options. How do they make their lives easier.
My first food art took almost a week to finish. Now I can finish one in about a day of consistent work, if not two (very simple ones anyway).
I love drawing characters and while I struggle and fight with drawing some of them because they are new and I'm still learning them... I have an OC who I can literally slap down on a paper with the barest amount of a foundation sketch, nearly perfect lineart, proportions and hair consistent...because I've drawn her a million times and will draw her a million more lol. I know her face better than my own at this point. She takes me only a couple of hours to draw and finish coloring...but her husband? Geez. I invented that man's face and I still can't get it to stay the same between pieces...but I've only drawn him...5-10 times?
Mind you, I've been drawing for about 15 years now, and It's only NOW really clicking in a way that is efficient.
(also for some of the artists, the time counted is the time spent rendering the final piece, but many of them are thumbnailing/sketching out before hand figuring out composition and things before they record.. as well as their reference research. Which for people like myself, is honestly the longest part of the process.)
@@mercy5004thank u for this comment, it's awesome to hear someone else's story! do u share ur art/OC's anywhere? would love to see em 😁
@@KEEPOURSANITY I've only recently begun really sharing it around, though I do combine my SFW and NSFW work on one account (for the moment, still deciding if I should do an alt account for the SFW only stuff)
Are you at least 18, and still want the link/tag?
@@mercy5004 yes yes (& thank u for checking)
I think I wanted to do art (when my passion was at its peak in my younger years) because I always had creative ideas in my mind.
Putting the things from the imaginary into the realm of reality. Whether it is characters, stories, places etc
I’m addicted to my art. I can’t go a minute without thinking about it or doing it. I self-consciously know my art isn’t the greatest, but it is WAY better than when I started about 2 years ago.
I want to keep going until I achieve my big goal of being a professional illust/character designer/writer. I have so many ideas I want to put out in the world!
I managed to revive my passion in art a month ago, and.. I'm actually grateful that I did, I get to enjoy what I do again. I stopped comparing myself to other artists, instead I just see them as an inspiration, I told myself "if they can reach that level, shouldn't I be able to aswell?" I made that as my whole motivation. I started experimenting, going out of my comfort zone. It's great
I already revived my passion a week ago and these are the steps I took even without knowing them. Sometimes the world revolves around uniquely.
The steps I took:
-Reviewed Myself (Why I want to do art? Realistic/Anime? etc.)
-Writing my goals and deciding what steps to take
-Touch Grass or do some other thing
-Just Pursue Near-to-Perfection stage
I think the biggest thing that helps me reignite my passion for art is whenever I take a small break and think about what i can do/what i should do in the near future. Planning is something that a lot of people underestimate in terms of its value to artists.
1:15 Wow, what a thing to say…
I’m so glad to know that even I could be an inspiration to everybody out there 🥹
I find doing some quick artwork really motivating. The feeling of accomplishment is so such an enjoyable thing!
Hi Marc! I am a student enrolled in your course and wanted to thank you for your work. I was wondering if in the future you could make a video on how to draw characters of various ages, for example children and adolescents and how the proportions and various body characters change compared to adults. I would be super happy if you could do this sort of video someday! Greetings from Italy
Im inspired by out art dad growth over past 4 years that i've been watching, truly shows that there is no limit to how good you can be at art.
“Not poop stains” 😂
Marc! I could watch you draw for days! Thank you for the amazing content. I like what you teach us but I LOVE your art!
I've been working on art projects for my mother for years. All my motivation to draw was sucked dry for a while. When I tried drawing again, I was getting discouraged because my skills had dulled.
I've been watching your videos for about six months now. They have helped me see why my figures looked unnatural compared to my drawings five years ago.
I started drawing everyday and enjoy it after quit gaming. Quitting gaming was a tough fight for me. Addictive things brought by technology nowadays are enemies for artists. Sleep well, eat healthy, exercise, all these help me rebuilding my passion as an illustrator.
Thanks for this comment. I really needed it
7:15 Do this immediately If you're not doing it. It is the first thing I did when I started getting into self-improvement and it changed my life. Not only with art but with everything, when you know exactly what you have to do everyday you eliminate the hurdle of needing to remember it. It also feels so good to complete all the tasks, and If you see that you complete them all days without any problemes, you can add more things you're interested in doing. It completely destroys procastination and makes life into a game. I highly recommend it
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm gonna give it a go
I definitely agree, drawing Tifa is a great way to revive your passion for art.
I saw the thumbnail.
I just came here to comment that Anyone can get PASSIONATE if They can see Tifa like that, whether it's Art or some other kind of PASSIONATE. Even I'll be Passionate to draw if i could see her like that.
Ive been occupied with work recently so i haven't been able to draw anything for a while, i sketched some concepts for modern tactical gear with a Roman centurion theme
I read the title an instantly thought ‘art defibrillator’
Wow, your timing on this video is insane, I was literally just thinking about what made me take a break. Thank you for putting this out. 🙏
I love that you mentioned relating music to art - I think it's hugely important. I start every commission piece with a recent Jon Anderson album.
It's been a couple months that I lost motivation, and since you made me pick up drawing when I saw your channel the first time, I came back here and found the perfect video for me.
This video could work for me just by looking at you drawing. You're just amazing! Sometimes I go back a few seconds on the video because I get distracted by your drawing in the background and I'm like
"😮 I wanna do that. I wanna do that. "
Thank you, keep going and have a nice day
Mr marc i gotta personally thank you for saving my life with this and getting my life of drawing and as a whole back you helped me thru tough times and u still help me now.
I still have love for art and drawing and have been away from it for over a year and I miss it. Life, stress, anxiety and other things have made it feel further away from me but it's knowing that you never lose the skills or love for it that motivates me and reminds me that it'll still be there when I find my way back to it. I already have ideas brewing to create and it's videos like this one that help especially after being away from doing what I love. Great vid 👍
In high school I just randomly started drawing, and in the beginning, I was super motivated, super passionate. I finished my first sketchbook in a few months. But then, I started drawing less and less, till I quit all together. I did eventually pick up drawing again, but I just never had the same drive that I did in the beginning. After doing some self reflection, I realize that the main thing that killed my passion, was the unnecessary pressure I was putting on myself to improve. I was soo concerned with improving, that I forgot to enjoy making art, which was the thing I loved most about it, the creative freedom. Even if I don't go pro, I'll still keep drawing, even if just as a hobby. I would like to get good at it, but I'm not gonna make it a priority. My first priority will be to have fun drawing.
Whenever I see your Art,
It always re ignites my passion for drawing. Which keeping my passion burning for long time in my art journey.
Thank you Kindly Sir!
Je n'arrête pas de me dire, dernièrement, que je veux me relancer dans l'art... Une vidéo qui tombe direct au bon moment, merci 🥰
it didn't even register that was Tifa until I saw cloud back there and my mind was blown. Gorgeous work as always!
I lost my passion after I graduated years ago, and in recent years I completely lost it. There’s still my want to draw something, but every time I grab a pencil I just feel blank, or hating what I drew, even if it’s just an eye or nose. So right now I’m trying to accept that I’m not gonna be able to draw again, but I still wish for that one little spark that would make me grab a pen and enjoy making art :’)
i’m glad i paid attention to this notification.. youve reignited my passion although i suck haha i’ll try my best, WE’LL TRYY!!!
For now I am just really bad at art… BUT I’m trying to improve even though there is always laziness, I try my best to overbeat it and just do sth… Wish all of you and myself luck in improving at art and stay safe)))
got myself a drawing tablet 3 days ago and now i feel super moivated to create! I know deep down i will improve with time becuase impatience is root of demotivation in art
When you were explaining finding passion, and mentioned competition, I literally threw my hands up excited remembering why I strived to get better!
Thanks, although it’s going to be rough to bring back my passion in drawing and wanting to do things I will still keep on going and follow your advice
Thanks for the advice, Marc! Your lessons are always helpful.
If you are looking for video suggestions, I think a video on overcoming disappointment would be awesome.
What I mean by that is when your art flops, goes unrecognized or gets criticized, when you thought it was your greatest piece yet.
Thanks again for your videos!
This will sound cheesy but you're the artist that brought back my passion for art! I quit drawing years ago but somehow YT recommended one of your videos, I watched out of curiosity and got hooked. Took months of back and forth but last August I made a decision to enrol in your art school and I have no regrets.
You told me Exactly what I was looking for, like when I Finish a Pieace that looks too good to me and then when I try to draw an other to look as much better or much better but I cant and then I loose that Motivation and I feel lucky about my previous artwork that was looking good to me...I keep my Hopes too high when I start drawing(and i quit right after a sketch) but when am drawing without any hopes to make it better it turns out to be better...
Hearing all this made me realize how I got past my own slumps in the past. There was always a pattern of me going back down the rabbit hole of my early high school years discovering Undertale and learning about Fall Out Boy, Set It Off, covers/parodies, and, surprisingly, church
Whenever I'm exposed to a lot of those, I just get the itch to draw
Now I know what to look for whenever I'm feeling lost with my art :'3
Ironically, art school killed my passion. I went to college for game art and design. I wanted to make characters for games so much at one point. Eventually, teachers just hyperfocused on those who they thought were going to "make it" and it felt harder and harder to get help. I barely had time to do art of my own, it was just school 24/7. Eventually, I just wanted to graduate and be done with it. My homework assignments put me further into my perfectionist mindset. It took me years after graduating to be able to do a full drawing again and even then I've barely gotten last the sketching phase. It's taken a lot to let go of all those negative feelings that place instilled in me, but seeing my old art again I just remembered how happy I was just drawing stuff I liked and doing it because I wanted to, and could. I'm working my way back to that, even if it's slow going ❤
My motivation is to be the best and to help others as i go, helping others also makes you better its a win win situation. 🔥
I am glad I listened to this video while painting. I am competitive guy, and I sought to improve by comparing myself to others, even though most people would say I shouldn't and that I should be competing with myself. I am glad to know you are similarly competitive, though I am not optimistic about beating my idols in art at this point!
However, seeing the massive improvements I gained by studying and trying to reach the level of my idols made me a better artist.
Thank you!
If it makes sense to do so, i'll note the biggest passion-killers i have experienced (long list alert?):
- unrealistic anything (-> expectations): my fantasies are wild, to the point that i always involuntarily think big when choosing to draw something, which naturally leads to highexpectations, which lead to disappointment with myself. I'll have to learn to get around it somehow.
- "originality": i have a strange mindset when it comes to originality. I kinda want to give any of my created characters and works at least some respect, no matter how minor they are (e.g. characters resulting from practices, sketches, doodles etc) so i end up imagining ways to integrate them into anything. That obviously never works out, and all i end up doing is pile up mountains of character concepts, which end up never being used, and i only feel worse about it as time goes on.
- interruptions: getting interrupted by anything throughout most of my life has lead to me instinctively avoiding most activities requiring high concentration and dedication. I can't focus well on games, am always ready to pause my activities, and never truly/thoroughly get to enjoy my activities, which creates my biggest hurdle in reviving my passion.
- overflowing ideas: when even the simplest ideas evolve into fully fleshed out scenarios and stories to explore, i always end up with ideas, that are technically doable, but need a lot of time and practice to be realized. This means that i hardly even get anything out of my works to really motivate myself, because they would still be "works in progress", even after long times. Ultimately, they never feel "worth it", since i have troubles getting into communities and finding new friends, which is its own can of worms.
- not enjoying the process: i know that we like to tell each other that it's the journey, which matters most. I can't bring myself to see it that way, even if i understand it. I keep looking at the results, and art always takes some time. I can't bring myself to enjoy the actual process of drawing, which is the final nail in the coffin: even if i somehow overcome any of the before mentioned points, i would still have to actually commit to a process i haven't enjoyed for a very very long time.
So.... those are my struggles. Idk if it even makes sense to post it here, but since i'm already doing it, i might as well leave it as is. If you have something important to say, please do.
I gotta just finish this art course I bought last year. I keep wanting to get to a degree of art where I just enjoy the process but feel like I don't finish the things teaching me because I keep bouncing around. Part of this reasoning is a feeling mainly around seeing my peers grow up and the internet making me feel like there's no time and I'm in a race. But when I can treat that anxiety with breathing techniques and meditation, stretch to reduce back pain and strain, and focus on just one thing when I get the time, then I think I maybe do better. I just have to reduce all this rumination and ego of where I want to be, reduce the energy inside and just produce with a purpose. Just just just.
Thank you very much for sharing! My motivation killers are usually planning things too big and then when I think about them I get demotivated. Actually did the break it down into 1 hour achievable goals and that's been really helpful to me.
Honestly, even I have art skills and experiences with it, but it’s nothing and not so fun to do if I lost my passion for making awesome art.
And thank you, I think, maybe your advices in this video can be a way to get my passion back and I’ll try. Looking some cool arts from my friends or doing discussions or artworks with them will give me passion back like usual. Of course while listening music.😊
Well, I got into art because I want to recreate scenes i see in my mind, I can visualize so much detail, but as soon as i put pen down to paper that detail gets fuzzy, I am hoping that practicing the basics i'll be able to take those fuzzy details and give detail back to them in a way that makese sense.
End goal, just a physical hobby to compliment my mentally taxing job. but its that first goal that keeps me going, at a steaddy pace. I'm not racing towards it... but making progress slowly
this is almost exactly what I do to maintain my drive, I watch over other artists speedpainting video, or my own videos that I have done(I have done over 800 at this point), it really helps to remind me of the joy of the experience process of creating an art piece. one major issues I have whenever I stop drawing regularly my moral quickly start to nose dive and I have to work hard to get the drive back just to start feeling better again.
Thank you Marc Brunet, you have inspired and motivated me to become a better artist! Love ur art and ur videos!
I love your drawing process and the drawing it self, and with each video you upload you remind me of what I want to be, and that motivates me
I would be interested in a video about breaking down perspective in a bunch of already existing drawings. Where to find the horizon line, the vanishing points, how is the composition, in general what can you learn from other peoples drawings when it comes to the perspective.
I never comment, too shy. But this was very inspirational an much needed. Also i to listen to music when i create. Nice to know im not the only one. Epic music for epic scenes, sad for tragic etc. Very motivational. Good luck to all on their art journy. An i look forward to more videos. Thank you.
Insane how I searched up and watched this video purely because I haven't been watching artists for a while and I wanted to do that to move forward. And boom, the first tip is " Watch Artists make art".
I think this is exactly what I needed. I've been stuck in a deep hole for the last couple of months. I haven't touched a pencil and I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Thank you for this
Love this video - great tips. I hope it's not too annoying to mention that that totally looked like Tifa hanging out on the beach at Costa Del Sol, with Cloud Strife carrying a surfboard in the background. Awesome work, man. I learned by watching, as usual.
Hi! I've been watching you for a while and I'm trying to follow the 1 year plan to learn to draw atm. I might buy your course later on, when I feel like I have the base concepts down, since I wanna take the best from it. I'd really like a video on composition rules and how to use them not only in landscapes but also in character drawings. Thanks for your continuous effort to teach all of us noobs!
Analyzing each angles and proportions is important I really appreciate all the tips and tricks . Right now im ready for my portfolio
Awesome work! I have a notebook which specifically just has ‘goals to do today’ which is fantastic - definitely recommend getting one. Love the summer painting, it’s been winter for far too long here in the UK :(
Thank you mark for reviewing my passion for art! I've watch your vids on my freetime or while I'm studying and it helped me improved a lot and when I compared my art now to my art before I saw a huge difference/improvement! Keep doing what you are doing mark because you just revived my passion for art✨💖
I used to draw a lot when I was young, in the comics style, and I was the best among my friends. I always wanted to be an artist, or a designer, but didn't make it happen. Now I'm in my forties, I have an unsatisfaying full time job and a family, but I'm back into creative work. It has always been a pleasure to make art, it is my fuel, it brings me satisfaction. So now I work on my skills almost every day, whenever I can, in order to Get better and better, to create images I'm proud of, and who knows, make a living out ot it some day. Learning, as always on myself, working, cause it makes me happy, and see what it will brings to me in the future without any pressure. Damn, I Iooooove that feeling of being right in my place when I'm creating!
This is insane!! I can believe you said to write a to do list everyday this year I got a day a page journal and I use it to write my daily tasks I want to get done and at the end of the day I write about how the day went how I feel about it and want to improve and that !! Thank you for all your wisdom Marc ^v^
Cant* x,x
Thank you as always, Marc! After the I left a comment on the last video (unaliving your passion) I started to do exactly what you have told in this video. I'm currently bringing back the good 'ol times and slowly working my way up to where I used to be.
I'm finally back to making character concepts and currently working on my 3rd splash art piece and it feels amazing. It took over a month to process everything but we back.
For others that are also reviving their passion for our craft, remember that we have an entire community and pros like Marc that believes and supports our progress no matter how big or small it is. Godspeed!
I love so much to every beautiful mind and ideas in the whole world
I never lost my passion/drive/desire to create art, but LIFE has kept getting in the way and at the worst times. (what can U do 🤷♂️) Though recently things have lined up and I now have a time slot to put towards it again, which is great and it's like the Universe is speaking to me, cause I needed this video (mainly mentally). So I'm glad U made it and interestingly enough, on the day my schedule just happened to be filling up as I've been trying to get where no time is wasted. So, again "THANX Senpai!"
Art schedules + exercises!!! My fav by far. Thanks for everyday's work ;)
You mentioned the tip about to do lists in a previous video and I’ve been doing it occasionally since then. It really does work!!
I think i have very wishy-washy motivation for drawing and doing 3d. I started it because the object was something that i liked (anime, robots, video games) and it turned out pretty fast that I can do it at least decently, pleasant to me. so I guess my motivation tanks when I no longer think that what I do is up to scratch, When my standards rise more than my skills, or when I feel that there's lots of ppl doing it better/faster than me. In art I'm not competitive at all and I hate the pressure competition could bring, especially against like the whole art community.
I combat it with resigning from trying to "succeed in art" and relying on that it is just feels nice to draw sometimes, even if it's same old 3/4 anime girl with nothing new or improved about it. That's a pretty bad motivation to go out and actually learn something new, it's just embracing the comfort zone swamp at that point. Even some times it feels like wasting time and procrastinating
I'm good at art but after doing too much work and too stress as a web comic 7 days a week, I burn out, scared of working (scared as if I gonna died if I working). Lose my love for art, it's new to me to feel nothing when the pencil glancing the paper which always the feeling I love because I draw since born, and I thought I will done with art when I done with my life. So if I can't make art, why should I keep living (I also get MDD)
2 year later. The time helps curing me. I overcome my fear of working by forcing myself to work while crying and trembling. But I have to show myself that there's no harm in working so I can move on. I find my true love again and feel the deep bound even more, my emotion and passion still unstable sometime and I still can't comeback to my old workflow. But the kind of clip really helps me a lot to keep going on. Thank you❤
This is insane!! I can’t believe you said to write a to do list everyday this year I got a day a page journal and I use it to write my daily tasks I want to get done and at the end of the day I write about how the day went how I feel about it and what I want to improve on !! Thank you for all your wisdom Marc ^v^
I haven't completely lost my passion but was definitely needing something to get back into things after resting an injured wrist, so thank you! Will try these 😁
(Not poop stains. 💩)
I really needed this video. I’ve been wanted to draw for so long because I have so many ideas, but there’s just always something else I would rather be doing
The lighting with the reflected light from the umbrella and environment and the terminator shade was so overwhelming for my brain when I saw it on Instagram. Soo happy to see it broken down here. The "not poop stains" and cloud in the back tho 🤣
i always love your videos they're all incredibly helpful but it's nice to hear this topic alongside a timelapse that's not your 'usual' style like armored or really tough looking characters. made me feel like i wanna grab my pen and try drawing something new which is the very exact purpose of this video!
The timing couldn’t have been better, marc is just the best
The bring back good ol' times part really works for me I would just play a song or have an anime that helped me finish old projects to play in the background while drawing (an anime I've seen before to not be too distracting)
for me the songs could be anything but the anime would be Baki or Isekai Shokudo :D
Thank you for this video! I'm recently working on reviving my drive to draw and get better at Digital art (I spend so much time stuck in a sketchbook and not doing what I really want to be doing because it's 'not good enough'). I find that I am able to do a lot of work when I'm halfway immersed in videos or music. Music creates a lot of inspiration for me as I will see a scene while listening and HAVE to get it drawn.
I hope some day to join the art program, but until then I really appreciate the videos!
I so needed this because I'm truly trying to get back into Art and I'm so scared and nervous 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭💯💯💯💯💯
I finally was able to "go back to the good ol' times" in the last year or so. Growing up, I was "good" at art (comparatively) but I didn't have a strong creative drive. Not to say I didn't have ideas...but more often then not they were fleeting and I just didn't care to put pen to paper.
But then I started drawing for friends. We started up a "game" that was basically IRL Neopets but with hand drawn monsters and little tokens and things we'd give out. I forget how the system exactly worked, but I remember loving doing it for them and seeing everyone have fun with this goofy little critters.
In HS I started drawing comics specifically for certain friends, or partnering with other students as the writer. I wanted to make comics, but I didn't have interest in drawing my own story...I wanted to see *them* happy that theirs was brought to life and others enjoy the product.
Then in college, I moved far away and struggled to make friends or anything. I still liked making art, loved the process...but the drive was dwindling...I had no one to make for. Eventually I found a small group of frequent commissioners which kept me going, kept me looped in and pushed me to try new things.
But the fire really struck again when those same people started up a Text-Based RPG game (or four) and I was invited to join. To say that I've been gleefully drawing every day, waking up excited to do something different, to finish pieces so I can share them to the world is an understatement.
I don't care about being famous...I just want to make other people happy. Once I figured that out, and found a way to access that, I've been happy as a clam.
I want to say thank you you helped me a lot currently I have 1 years and 9 months of experience and I have good knowledge at anatomy, can can design a charector and anything I can possibly imagine .but I'm struggling at painting and prospective I have worked 8 to 10 hours in a day for 1 years and 9 months and I have improved significantly i believable that I can become an concept artist in next 2 years. I'm gonna achive this titles thank you but I don't have money to buy your course in order to say thank you.
Her top's reflections are so good!
Great video!
I bought the art school program and I’m very happy with it!
For a future video I would like you to analyze Tatsuki Fujimoto’s art style since he is a huge inspiration for me
holy F youre so good with colors rendering and values i would have to use few references to barely paint it like that
I needed this! Thank youuuu, Mark!
I draw since I was a kid (I'm 22 at the moment), but although I enjoy it, it's always been sort of a "comes and goes" thing. I've been pretty inconsistent with it. But I always wanted to get good, so that I could draw anything that I wanted and be satisfied with it, plus I too like to write stories, so for a while I thought making comics would be fun. But the more I tried to get better, the more stressed I got. The more I practiced, the more stuck I ended up. For a while, I was drawing the same things every day, afraid of making mistakes or drawing new things. And I was getting a lot better, but I didn't enjoy it at all.
I don't want to drag this too much, so basically I've had a lot of periods of not drawing these last years, but I learned that though I still want to do those cool things and projects with my art, I have to first learn to enjoy it, and get consistent with it.
Lately I'm taking it as a hobby, same as when I was a kid. I draw sometimes, when I feel like it, without any expectations, and that's ok with me. I like it like that. And I'm starting to enjoy it again.
Thank you Marc, as always! You're really inspiring. Art means a lot to me so your videos have a bigger impact than what you think.
To me what got me back is a little bit opposite , I gave myself project that will take 1 year or 2 years who knows, the size and difficulty of the project is pushing me as a challenge, like a difficult video game. Doing just drawing after drawing is for some reason demotivating me, so now I make hundreds of drawings in one project and there is no rule what to finish first :D
Thank you very much.. It was very helpful for me🤍🤍... I still have trouble distinguishing the colors. Please explain more in the next videos
When I watch your videos, I have the feeling that you will make everyone a strong artist and competitor 😅😅😅
If the power of anything does not come from ourselves and we need an external factor, then we are screwed, because if this factor disappears, we will stop doing what we are doing.
So all your advice is good advice.
I also watch other artists make art, also which I am better, it is important to watch art, yes. Also movies or reading books, also games, anything that inspires me.
But the most important thing is that the strength comes from ourselves. Then things are real.
And when I realized that I don't do it with pure thoughts purely and specifically for Art only, but I use Art only for my ideas, to compete with other Artists or to connect with other Artists, because I agree that Art is a language and that is a form of communication, then I wanted, in addition to all these reasons, which are cool, to make Art for Art itself. That was the moment I really started to enjoy making Art. And it was also the moment when I was making Art for Art's sake. For example, even if I am the last person in the world, I will still make Art (if everything in my head is in order and there are no delusions, this should be the case).
So, when I lose motivation to draw, I purposefully don't look at other artists, or take inspiration from anywhere, but try to rekindle Art from myself. If it doesn't work, because it happens sometimes, I get help, I look at other Artists and so on. But I try more from myself or from old paintings of mine. In other words: devoted yourself to Art.
Interestingly, your flossing analogy is very similar to what I do while brushing my teeth. I used to only brush my teeth once every few weeks, whenever I had a bad taste in my mouth, but I ended up with gingivitis, dental calculus, and 8 cavities. It got to the point where I couldn't eat crunchy foods like fried chicken because my mouth would bleed profusely. Now, I brush my teeth 3-4 times a day (after each meal and sugary snack) and the task is a lot less daunting because I've divided it into 7 parts.
i really want to enjoy art again
and gain confidence in myself
The artwork in this video is so beautiful! The lighting is very inspiring too. It's nice to see your more completed works as well as sketches and more loose art while you give good advice. Cheers.
I've been drawing ever since I could remember, and most of it would be thins that I wanted to have or experience. Toys I wanted, horses. Pure wish fufillment. And my caretakers and family members would tell me i'm bad, or that it looks bad. But I didn't care back then, coz drawing was fun.
In primary school, I was "the art kid". And most of my art was just bad "copies" of stuff I saw online and liked, or drawings of my "OCs". And it was bad, coz I didn't care about my skill.
But then I started caring. I started hiding my art from my family members, and other people IRL. I felt ashamed. Showing people my art made me feel very vulnerable, it was hard. At the same time, I would upload stuff to the internet. And maybe, I also wanted to be good in my niche. I wanted to feel good about my art. I've been uploading my stuff online for 10 years now, and yet I've never had more then 250 followers on any platform. Because I never really interacted with other creators. I was insecure and toxic, and I killed my creativity by comparing myself to others.
Suddenly, doing art was so hard. Everything was suddenly high stakes, it needed to be good. And Drawing was so tedious and slow, because I had to look up references, and redraw things over and over and over.
And of course I had no idea about fundementals, or which direction to go in in order to improve.
But I still forced myself to draw, even tho it made me so unhappy. I made it a competition, trying to keep up with my classmate. I also noticed that I became unable to vizualize things, and that all of my works were uninspired. I had no imagination. Most of my art was born from yearning. From limerance. From wanting to feel close to someone. From being unhappy, and needing an outlet.
Suddenly I was at uni, and I gave up on art. I tried to tell myself that It only made me unhappy, and that I would be better of not stressing myself with forcing myself to do art. But I couldn't do it. I still came back to art. Even tho i produced very, very little. I still did.
And now, I feel like art is something I've always been ment to do. But I've created such a bad relationship with it, that it's hard to just... do it. Coz it stresses me out. And yet I still have this compulsion to "become an artist someday". I have the resources I need. I have courses, some tutoring, tons of youtube and skillshare stuff to learn from. I need what I need to do. And yet I don't do it, coz drawing is just not fun for me, so I avoid it, tending to other things, and not having time to actually sit down and draw because of it.
I lost my imagination, and I have aphantasia. I also have memory loss, brain fog, and other CPTSD symptoms. And I feel like I'm not who I'm supposed to be. I need to heal my inner child, and unlock creativity, joy, spontaneity , wonder, and imagination. But still, drawing is just not fun. And I still avoid it. Because I'm afraid of getting hurt again? Or of being disappointed? Why am I avoiding something that feels like it is my identity?
I just hope that step by step, I will unlock the true reasons, and find the strenght to "do it", and get over this block. I want to draw ship art, and characters interacting. I want to draw slice of life things. Little intimate things, like characters texting each other, being tender, or just feeling safe in each other's presence? Maybe I use "art" to make the things I wish for myself become real.
What inspired recent art, discovering the timelapse feature in clip studio and doing quick pose gesture sketches.