I didn't work on a lot of fan art when I was younger. I had this weird idea that I needed to work on something original instead of drawing characters I loved as a way to learn and practice. Today I still want to work on original ideas, but when I want to draw captain America, I draw captain America. And then I still sketch something else. Fan art is fun.
I like seeing fanart/fanfics as a teaching tool. Eventually you'll learn all you can and want to start doing your own stuff, because its as much fun and challenges you to make the art and stories personal and full of your own experiences. You can do that with fanwork but only so much!
Wow, this is great timing! After so profusely trying to get by with original creations, I realized the value of fan art, and started doing daily illustrations of Animal Crossing characters. I've always thought that fan art helps your reach, because those who like it for the subject matter can still spread it to people who would appreciate the artist. I'm also doing it so that I can focus on the technical creation of something without focusing on design decisions. Awesome points as always!
One of the main reasons I started doing the Dark Crystal stuff was to kinda advertise it. I felt like it was a forgotten movie that deserved some love. Then by doing it I found other people that loved it too, and even got in touch with some of the original puppeteers and makers, so that was cool. I just wish people would expand their horizons a bit (a lot). Too much of the same stuff over and over. There are lots of great influences out there.
I love everything that you talked about in this video. As a clothing designer, I've definitely seen the benefits of doing our own fan interpretations of beloved characters' costumes. We've done Green Lantern, Invisible Woman, TRON, Aurora and Northstar (to name just a few). This certainly did a lot to bring other people "to our party" (love that analogy). It also brought us a lot of work, in the form of cosplay commissions from other fans, and even some original costume work in films and television! Also, as you mentioned, one of the biggest benefits was that we got to "ride in the car" of some of our favourite creators. We got to understand intimately why these great characters were designed in certain ways, and we learned so much by reinterpreting those designs into real world costumes. Question for you, Jake: When doing your own fan art, do you ever read up on the original creators' process? For instance, I've read quite a bit lately from the costume designer of The Force Awakens. I've learned a lot about why certain decisions were made for the characters' costumes and what they are intended to say about the character. For instance, why Kylo Ren's lightsaber is so jagged looking. I find it really helps to understand which elements of a design to keep (or focus on), and which can be mixed up a little. What do you think?
+egoassassinlatex That's great! Thanks for sharing your story. As for my own fan art, I try to do a little homework before tackling the design...but I rarely read up on their process. I usually like to just get a feel for what they're going for, and then see what I can bring to it. Also, I don't like to spend too much time on these designs because I usually have real work to get to.
+Jake Parker Hey Jake first of all, this is an awesome art of Kylo. Personally, I enjoy making fan art. I also believe that we draw what makes us happy. I think that's why we have all of these art renders, themes and styles. Sometimes we see awesome illustrations and we turn to look away because we can't connect to the character. For example, we love Batman because we know his background history and we have all of these amazing artists such as Jim Lee, Frank Miller and Capullo making their own interpretation of this character. You gave a great narrative to this topic.
Funny thing, I've first heard of you from Inktober. I got quite interested in your style. I found Rocket Raccoon comic strips online via tumblr, then I bought this marvel issue weeks ago because I really love that Rocket Raccoon style. A friend of mine was wondering who drew it and I saw your name. I was like "wow this is the guy who created Inktober !". Then like few days later I found a picture of a nice looking starship, I thought, "this guy does all the cool stuff I like", I looked for your twitter account, dA account, everything to get every bit of your art. Dude, you're so inspiring! Thanks for giving so many advices for beginner artists like me. You're giving me motivation!
I love doing fan art, particularly crossover stuff, where I take either characters, art styles, or settings from one IP and mixing it with the characters, art style or settings from another IP. One of my best pieces, I turned the characters form Archer, in their general art style, into the characters from Guardians of the Galaxy. Despite being super proud of it and it being super transformative, I got DMCA'd when I tried to sell prints. So as a result, I am backing away from fan art a lot, which makes me sad, cos fan art helps inspire me to be able to create wholly "original" works (to whatever extent any piece CAN be original).
Great perspective on drawing fanart! Thank you so much for making this! I used to work with fanart but have moved away to focus on my own designs. I appreciate using fanart as a way to stretch my skills, relax and draw something fun every once in a while. I keep fanart away from my business though as I've seen too many makers' shops go down from copyright infringement.
I have a couple questions about doing fan art: 1 - Does it have a place in my portfolio? I just joined an illustration agency and I noticed some of the other illustrators have fan art in their portfolios, personally I think it looks unprofessional, what are your thoughts? 2 - You mention selling fan art, can you actually do that legally? I think I remember hearing that it's ok to sell bespoke pieces of copyright characters. For example there are people who draw pop culture icons like pokemon or nintendo characters and stuff on shoes and sell those online but that's different from selling say a print you made of Kylo Ren which can be printed and sold 10, 50, 100 times over.
+Obsidiax 1) If its a really good piece include it, whether it's fan art or not. But don't include it for the sake of it being fan art. 2) You can sell original art regardless of what the subject matter is. Selling prints and t-shirts get's into some gray area. If your piece is parody, or has a definitive statement that's satirical or otherwise, or if it has a strong point of view or style/design that could not be mistaken for licensed works then you should be fine. But if you're still worried, contact an IP lawyer and get the straight dope from them.
+Obsidiax Here is a link chrisoatley.com/fan-art/ a lawyer keeps it real about fan art law at Comic-Con, it has some serious scary information if you can't afford to talk to a lawyer in person.
Do you have any tips on being picked up by Illustration agencies? I keep trying but hearing nothing back. This is some my work www.scottneilsonconcepts.com/THE-TRIPLE-PRANKSTER
Scott Neilson Honestly my experience with my agent was not a very positive one so my first piece of advice would be not to rely on solely on your agent when you do get one - they don't hand you new work every week unless you're one of their top earners and unfortunately many agencies now are looking to amass a large quantity of artists and make them compete for contracts. With that out of the way to answer your actual question my first piece of advice would be to figure out what you want kind of agent you want and do work that will appeal to them. An agent that specialises in children's illustration will want to see different work to an agent that specialises in editorial illustration for magazines. Once you've figured out what kind of work you want to do and what kind of agent you want to approach, make a shortlist of them, contact them all with your work and a polite covering letter and if they say no - continue working and try again in a few months. It may sound like you're pestering them but if you have new work to show them then you're effectively showing them your growth as an artist and keeping them updated, eventually you'll reach a point where they think your work is now suitable. Also if you are rejected politely ask them why and request some feedback on how to improve your work because you may want to reapply in a few months. That's all I can think of right now :) hope it helped
Nice. I think this point of view of fanart is kind of like a master study where you copy old masters to try and figure out what they did and how they did it. It's a great learning tool to see how someone else broke something down to create something.
I am 100% in agreement with you on your interpretations of the different levels of fan art. And it's extremely helpful in learning how someone constructs a design of a character, vehicle, etc, that you know looks good. I've even done gesture drawings from comic books on occasion rather than from life, to study what a more dynamic image looks like. And for anyone out there wondering if you really can get a job based on fan art, the answer is YES! A few good pieces of fan art led to me getting 3 contracts do sketch cards so far. (With Upper Deck, if anyone is looking for an opportunity). Does it pay much? No. Is it time consuming? Yes, but, you get to build your portfolio with quality images of subjects people are already connected to! So thanks, Jake, for talking about the value in fan art!
Jake, I'm super glad I've found your videos. I've been doing art since I was a kid, I'm now nearly 20 and a sophomore in college studying graphic design/studio art. I guess my sort of New Years's resolution was to start really start improving my artistic skills more so than ever by actually getting more artwork done for fun, rather than only doing art required for school and sitting around playing video games the rest of the time. I got some brush pens for Christmas and decided I should try to look up some good techniques for using them, and then I remembered, "That dude named Jake Parker that I follow on Instagram would probably be a perfect person to learn from if he makes videos." I was not only excited to find that you had several videos of your drawings in the making, but you also give great advice on basically everything that I've felt unsure about. So I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration, and hopefully this will lead to a productive year for me!
Thank you so much for all the effort you put into reaching out!! Ever since I started inktober this year I haven't stopped drawing. I used to work as a telecom operator selling newspapers on the phone but with the hard work, posting every day and most importantly, having a lot of fun it's payed off. I'm now working at one of the best animation companies in Belgium (Walking the dog) I get requests from so many people to work on games, design tattoos, create characters... it's just so amazing. I might be the one doing the effort and work but you have inspired me so much, it would have been a lot harder to get here without your help. Thank you again!!
I've only recently stumbled upon your artwork but, I am already a fan! After seeing some of your work on Pinterest ( the robot designs ), I was blown away and wanted take a look at how you start and finish a piece. Your videos are so great, not only do you draw amazing pieces in no time but, you explain your process and ways in which artists might want to approach their own work. Thanks!
Thank you very much for posting this! Fanart has been something that I've been struggling with for the past couple of years because I really enjoy drawing original content but would often feel defeated when I didn't see my work getting a whole lot of love. Then, this past year I attended my first local comicon as a vendor and had fanart for sale. While I didn't sell much, I felt it was a success in that the fanart brought more people to my table. Fanart has definitely showed me it's potential but I guess I just get frustrated sometimes at the "slow start" of building a solid following of people liking you for your art and not just some one-time piece you coincidentally did of their favorite character.
This video, like all of your videos, has a great deal of TRUTH in it. I know I've fallen victim to the hunger for likes and drawing fan art for the sake of getting more followers. I knew it wasn't all bad but I'd convinced myself it was only good. Thanks for helping put things in perspective for me. God bless!
I moved away from drawing fan art for a few years because I finally took the plunge to attempt to learn to create my own characters from scratch. But as time goes on, I find myself slowly playing with the idea of doing fanart as a way to test myself. Back in the day it was nothing more than copying. But now I've developed enough to attempt to interpret the characters. It's a fun supplement to improving. Great video on the topic.
You're so right about not giving all your attention to fanart. A couple of years ago I saw some art on tumblr of characters from a property that I don't like, but I really liked the style they were drawn in so I wanted to see if the artist had some of their own characters. When I went to the artists Deviant Art page there was nothing but fanart of from that one property and I was really disappointed :/
Great video Jake! I love creating fan art. I really can't believe that people are so scared of creating and selling it. I guess I was raised in artist alley where lots of people are creating it and I have never seen anyone freak out about it. Besides, how in the world do you get really good at drawing these characters if you can't occasionally make a buck to justify the time spent. Seems silly to me. Keep up the nice work on your channel! Robert A. Marzullo Ram Studios Comics
Great thoughts on fanart. Some I already knew, some I never thought of as far as desiccating the design aspect of the characters. You've got a new subscriber. Thank you!
I know this is more advice towards adults but i feel like if a young person watched this they might take it the wrong way. For adults trying to making a career out of art then yes, you would probably want more original art than fanart but even still there's nothing wrong with drawing a lot of fanart. For young people this is how they get started, by drawing their favorite characters and people, and for you to say ''you can draw it but not /too/ much'' it's kind of discouraging... Again, i know this was meant for adults trying to make a career out of it, but maybe you could have said that in the video and encouraged young people to keep drawing things that they like and that its ok to draw a lot of fanart.
true. all I ever draw is fan art, but I'm still only 13 and just getting started using any digital tools. I would love to make a career out of it some day if possible, but I'm happy just drawing mlp and undertale characters for now.
As it may be discouraging it is also the truth. In the industry, they want to see what YOU can do and how you think creatively. Fan art has its place in conventions, to recharge the creative batteries and to gain a following, . But if you're wanting to work for a company or even apply to college. They want people that can think a little deeper and be a little more flexible in what they draw. Doesn't mean you should stop doing it, but like everything, it's always wise to be willing expand on your skill set a bit more. I'm saying this from experience. My freshman year of college was a killer because I didn't take the time to learn other areas of drawing and I really struggled. If anything next time you go to a convention take a walk around the artist alley. Look at the artists that are there doing fan art. Also keep in mind that hundreds of conventions are going on in other parts of the country with many more artists beginner and professional and ask yourself if you'd be able to compete.
rosie x The key is to challenge yourself. Doesn't matter if you're a professional or just a kid. When doing too much fan art, you become too dependent on the creativity of others. That's why he says usually the best path is to do a mix. Do a new twist on an existing character. You get to draw something you like while stretching your creative muscles.
Just because you shouldn't draw too much fan art doesn't mean you can't draw stuff you love, so I wouldn't say it's discouraging to young artists. I'm sure we all have interests outside of our favorite movies/cartoons. When I was little I very rarely drew fan art, most of my time spent was drawing dragons, drawing people's pets, or making up my own anime characters.
Thanks for doing this video. Totally agree with what you've had to say. Felt the same way about fanart, so it's definitely cool to know I'm not alone in thinking that unless you bring a little bit of your own flavor with fanart, you're not really bringing anything new to the table. I find it cool because I personally like finding other unknown artists with interesting original characters and doing fanart of them. 1. It's cool because sometimes you gotta think that you may be doing the first ever take of something on this new character. 2. It's something different from what you've seen on mainstream media because it doesn't have to appeal to any certain crowds and it's a hella interesting challenge to take on. 3. This other artist and you might end up doing an art trade and just throw down on your own takes of each other's characters, and not only is it a fun way to build friendships, but you can really learn a lot from each other. I do art jams with my boys all the time and even spitballing random ideas for fun to take on, it's really fun to just say "hey we got half an hour. wanna each try do our own take on maybe a steampunk/futuristic Zelda?" And then later we get to see all the cool stuff that comes out of it. I'm all about that fanart. I think throwing back these things is an exchange of ideas that artists should enjoy instead of purely immersing themselves of one way of thinking.
Mr. Jake Parker, I'm really loving your videos! They are really inspiring and you're really helping me in the process of foraging forward, getting myself out there, critically and knowledgeably thinking about where I should set my art style and just how I should proceed. I can't thank you enough for these videos! I am excited to see something that talks to me directly and I'm jazzed to see what you'll say next. :)
JP- old vid with true and relevant wisdom for 2023. It's sad that many on this thread have misunderstood what your trying to impart. What I heard from you was "do fanart responsibly" in my words draw all the fanart you want but have a balanced mindset and share the time of creativity with your own charcters and stories. It couldn't be more clear.
Great video. I think this is one of the "traps" of fanart and you put it in a more understandable way as well as giving good advice. I'll definitely be keeping this in mind. Thanks.
I really like the artwork of the PC game Torchlight I and II, those character designs are really great and I started drawing some and learning from them. You are right and I never knew how to put it into words like you did, but it really is the highest form of appreciation. Thanks for the video, very inspiring.
I recently did a journal entry on my deviantArt about why I love/hate fanart. It's pretty much what you said. I still enjoy drawing fanart but I don't draw as much as I used to.
Thanks for the inspiring words, since two days I am working on a Fanart and I started because I felt stuck in my projects, now I feel like the knot is loosing and it was a lot of fun rethinking a character that is accompanying me for many years, I did Asuka from NGE ;)
Thank you so much for doing all of these videos Jake! They have been super inspiring to me and I have began creating Fan Art to start posting while continue refining my personal project and begin production. There is a lot of great material here thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I am sick and tired of so many people in the comments telling me what I should and shouldn't draw of how I should or when I should or whatever. I'm 18 now, been drawing for 9 years, and I have absolutely no idea what I'm gonna do...
Really great video! Helped solidify my feelings on this topic that I hadn't really been able to put into words. And every time I see these process videos I get so stirred up to go and draw and create, so thanks for that too. Regarding the point on how fan art can sometimes lead to work-- the world would be a happier place if Mr. Jake Parker was able to do an official Star Wars comic.
+melissatx75 You can sell original art regardless of what the subject matter is. Selling prints and t-shirts get's into some gray area. If your piece is a parody, or has a definitive statement that's satirical or otherwise, or if it has a strong point of view or style/design that could not be mistaken for licensed works then you should be fine. But if you're still worried, contact an IP lawyer and get the straight dope from them.
An old video but it's great. I've always been a little apprehensive about doing fan art. But using it to learn and develop makes sense. So I've drawn Wake and started on Grimm from Skyheart. I hope that I'll be able to order it from Amazon in the future.
Thanks for sharing your art and philosophy. I think it is good to put time limits on what you want to accomplish. Keep making these videos however you fit them in! I'm sure it helps you to talk through them and reinforce your ideas. Thanks Again!
thank you so much for creating this video. After seeing this I have finally been pushed to start creating more fan art. I always had this idea that creating fan art would distract me from actual work, but i see more and more that fan art does have a place of resonating with others more easily. So again thank you I can finally be at peace with myself when creating fan art. Also great ink work I can't wait to have my own set of copics(right now I just use the grey)
Great video as always, Jake! Thanks for always dropping great insight and knowledge. Really appreciate that. And of course really appreciate your art. I press the like button cuz your work not cuz its a specific character and I think most of your followers do too. On another note, during inktober a lot of people in my college were doing it and I thought they already knew who you were. Turns out they didn't, so I would she them your stuff and, of course, they would love it. I found it interesting how big inktober has gotten that even people that don't know about you were doing inktober. A little random and off topic but I thought it was interesting. Keep up the great work, Jake. Can't wait for SkyHeart!
I love that you've taken the time to make these vids. Super motivating! This topic has always been super taboo for me and you helped eleviate so many of those concerns! Spiderman here I come!
Great vid, Jake. I like the new format for the new year too. I'm not sure why, but I've never drawn much fan art. I've always wanted to, but I always thought of it as a waste of time in comparison to working on original projects, only in the way that it takes time away from those projects. Your vid has shown me the value of it though! I think maybe doing a fan art sketch once a week could be a good way to unwind. Thanks again! Also, if you're looking for topics for future vids, I would love to know what advice you may have for managing social media and your online following, especially in terms of expanding it? And can you give any insight on how you maintain your physical health whilst balancing your work load? Which do your prioritise? Thanks!
I think the biggest fanart you can make is creating a new character in the universe of the book, film etc. that you love. But you didn't mention that at all
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts on such a important topic. It's so hard to draw the line at the right point. Totally agree with you and learned a lot more about it too :)
A nice exemple of artist that take a job after posting fanarts is the Brazilian Marcelo Matere who started making some transformes fanarts and now is at least one of the Hasbro illustrators for the Transformers IP
~"They're liking for Cpt America, not for you" Ouch, that's a pessimistic view if i ever heard one. Not to mention over-generalised, when we are all so different. I know when i get hung up on a game, or a show, or a character, and i browse through 50 fan arts of it, all of them depict the same subject matter, but i only leave likes on ones that i like, for what they actually look like. That's compliment to the artist, for sure. Not the character.
I like your perspective, but i believe both opposing viewpoints shld be kept in mind at all times. Parker's pov keeps the artist on his/her toes, and always pushing for personal IPs to get done - while not every artist is interested in doing so, the rest of us need that hard, cynical outlook to stay motivated and keep moving.
Also! maybe one about developing graphic novels, I mean the workflow: how do you tackle script, character design... do you discover what you need to develop visually as you go drawing each page? So many questions!
Toyotoro is a huge example of this he made a fan manga continuing dragon ball after it ended and he is now the hired as the manga artist for dragon ball super, in a sense Akira toriyama's successor
Jake, can't thank you enough for doing and sharing this video and the others . Also, I would liek to thank you for Inktober as it forced and challenged me to produce something every day and trying to find something different subject was a real challenge. Best regards
Hi I've just started to watch your video about a week ago. I think that your an amazing artist and you've been inspiring me to do more art for myself. I want to become a professional artist in concept art. Ever since I was young I had a natural talent in art. My question is how and what is the best way to get my art out there and make some money doing so. But I don't want to work for a company. I want to be a free lancer
Yes jake! Been a while but always look forward to your videos man! This Christmas break I've been sucky, I was drawing a ton up until I treated myself to a playstation 4, I was playing Star Wars battlefront instead of drawing the characters... -.-
Any examples you could give for the 3rd version of fan art? - take different elements and combine, add something new but it's still connects back to the original IP? By the way thank you very much for sharing your insights in this video! :D
really great video I always did my art landscapes nudes flowers etc in fine art I always wanted to do super heroes I see you can create them and make some money with them of course I have to get written permission from the owners. thanks I will give it a try. question what is the process of getting their permission of using their characters for my art? what kind of forms needed?
O_O Wow! I am surprised by the promotion of fan art. Here I am drawing my own OC instead. I got a whole bunch of OCs. There are 18 so far. This video is encouraging. Now I am so tempted to draw My Little Pony fan art. I am a fan for a lot of things. One of them is being a brony. One of the major things I like about My Little Pony is the visuals and character design. So that would be a good topic to draw pictures for. The one character that I am tempted to do is Twilight Sparkle. She is the protagonist of the show. She is also the major character I relate to the most. A Twilight Sparkle picture would be so cool. I do have my own ideas to change things up. I can give tweaks to the pony style. I could add hippocampus pony as a fourth type. I even thought of hippocampuses before they first appeared in the My Little Pony. Even then I do them differently. I go away of a balance of the two parts and go more towards the horse part. My version of a hippocampus is a horse with fish fins at the end of its tail. It is kind of like how pegasi are mainly horse with a little bit of bird thrown in. I would like to add Celestia, Luna, Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer to the mane six to form a main cast. The main six is a really awesome group. I want to keep all the characters. I would like to add Sunset and Starlight to them. These two are my favorite villains of the show. Starlight is my favorite villain of not only My Little Pony but also stories in general. Those two add to the six to form eight. Eight is a nice and even number. Eight is divisable by four, so there is a better balance than six has. I would add Celestia and Luna. I like them because the whole sun and moon theme is interesting. They would be great leaders for the eight. I do have a fan fic idea of Celestia going on an adventure through Equestria and using the Elements of Harmony. Celestia gets promoted from mentor to protagonist. Luna would be the deuteragonist. She is not really a villain, but more of a misunderstood character. The other eight ponies would be supporting characters. The ten would be a group of friends. If I am going to do this, I might as well draw a picture of Luna. The fans love her. I would change her color from indigo to black. Black is perfect for a character like Luna, because it is associated with the moon, night and darkness. I have a story idea, but didn't bother to write it. A long time ago I had another story idea. It is where Sunburst is a villain. He is arrogent of his cutie mark and magic power. So he rampages across Equestria. He harms all those he considers weak and unworthy. Then the Mane Six and Starlight have to deal with him. I came up with the idea at the end of season five, when Sunburst appeared in Starlight's backstory. Season five has two of my favorite two parter episodes. The reason why they are so good is that Starlight is such an amazing villain. It would be the highest form of flattery to write fan fic based on that. I abandoned the idea of Starburst being an arrogent villain at the start of season six. Sunburst was introduced to the main story. He was completely different. He was a good guy, and he even helped save the day. I let to story idea go because it didn't fit with the new canon. I do ship Starlight and Sunburst. I wonder if shipping counts as fan work. This video supporting fan art gives me a lot to think about.
PS It would be cool if I did do fan art and Hasbro liked it. It would be awesome if they offered a job. I am unemployed as it is. It would be awesome to get a job doing what I like. I could be a character designer, concept artist or script writer. Any brony fan artist would love working in a job at Hasbro to do more My Little Pony stuff. The franchise is still going strong. So there would be more people to work on upcoming projects, like gen 5.
Someday I want to make the Chanel alike to yours in Russian part of RUclips , if you don’t mind , I will give a link in description every time I will make a quote of you , or something like this )
that pen work at 17:08 not sure if that was a trick you can do with a brush pen easily but that amazed me how you can put pressure in one end of the line and the other while leaving the middle faint, while staggering the shading in the middle, while maintain 2 bold ends in straight lines
oh, I didn't think you'd reply to a comment on a vid from over a year ago, I just gotta say I love your videos, it's nice to just listen at times while drawing and look at what you're drawing every now and then (though I do watch the whole thing if you're flicking through art) anyway you've talked about things that I wish I knew before I went to university, had I known such things, whether I decided to go to university or not, I would be a much better artist right now. back then I didn't really know what I wanted but after going to university and watching your videos I'm a little closer to finding where I want to be, right now I say I want to be in the games industry doing character design but I simply just want to draw. I've recently read a lot of light novels and am interested in publishing something like that but as far as writing goes I'm not sure how far I want to take it compared to drawing so a comic might be better but I'll try light novels. in fact I feel like writing this out to you has helped me, I love story telling and I love drawing so I'm gonna take your words into account and start my own light novel type thing, right now I'm certain my writing sucks compared to my drawings and even my drawing sucks but if I see it through to the end and get it finished, the next one will be better. the problem is I've spent so much money on university now but I didn't get much skills that will help me in that path (btw I studied 3d animation), there were a few story telling aspects but most of it was modeling, texturing and technical stuff, animation was something I liked to do but for 3d animation all that technical stuff has to come before it unless you use someone else's model and rig. I'm not sure if you can help get my thoughts straight, or if you'll even read all of this but there's a lot of different things I want to try except I don't know what I want to pursue, I just know I like storytelling (specifically fantasy, as you can tell from my icon I like anime) and I like to draw and to 3D animate (not tried 2D animation properly), I like games, I like books, I like anime but if I try everything I'm afraid I'll get nothing done for years until I find something I want to pursue, I know I just said I'll pursue light novels but I guess I'm just scared, I feel like starting from zero with writing while drawing at the same time is going to make life a lot harder, if I weren't so passive about my future before university then maybe I would have realised where I want to be and would have made a lot of progress. The thought of spending the next couple of years working in kfc while practicing writing and drawing scares me, because for one, it'll take 10,000 hours each to master them so I can't be a jack of both trades and two because I don't think family will want a 21 year old in their house saying "don't worry in 10 years I'll be successful" and the worse part is that goes for if I decide to learn both or if I just decide I want to do drawing. sorry for keeping you here for my life's story... if you're interested I'll let you know on the progress of my light novel idea when I've finished it, I'll send you a pm or reply here, if you're interested and not busy that is.. well if you don't have anything to say but you read all of this could you leave a like just so that I know I guess, thank you for your time, I hope one day I can talk on equal terms with you, maybe as a fellow publisher, maybe a fellow illustrator or maybe even youtuber? (probably not) but at that time, I hope we can be friends (this is all given you're not retired by then xD) I have a dream of you becoming my mentor as that is probably what I need most right now but for now, I'll be one of your many fans :) thank you for your videos, there's still a lot I can learn from them so maybe I'll find my answers there, I just needed to get this off my chest. extra: I know this whole thing was off topic from the video and some people are peeved about stuff like that so thanks for this video, it does tie in a little with what I was saying before, up until now I've basically been drawing fan art but not creating, I've only developed a few characters for university but those ended with the project deadline but from now on, I'd be creating my own stuff along with fan art, as fan art is a good way of learning how to draw. okay that is the last thing I have to say, thank you, keep doing what you're doing!
There's a video by Todd McFarlane where he explains how he got into comics. He advised artists pretty much the same thing you're saying here. In his explanation, he said that you may have your own original characters, but the "Big Two" don't care how you draw your characters, they want to see how you draw THEIR characters.
Love the video. Very interesting points and they all make sense and also verbalize what you may already feel about doing fanart. There's one danger you didn't touch on and I'm curious about from a professional angle: Isn't selling fanart a kind of sketchy thing from a legal pespective, though? There's this whole thing where: Yes, you own the art you create but the peoples' design you drew is still theirs. I know some people are muc more okay with it than others but ultimately if you make profit off of someone else's design, even if you added to it yourself, you are in breach of copyright law, aren't you? And I don't want to get into the discussion about whether the current copyright laws are good or logical. Just legally speaking, and in terms of: "This could be potentially much trouble for an artist"
Great video about fanart and your working process ! I have one question, I can find a lot of tutorials on holding a pencil, but some of the grips doesn't apply to digital wacom pen. How do you usually hold your wacom stylus for maximum controll ?
"Great video" -- Never really thought about doing fan Art before... You've got some great ideas, here. Though before I draw a Fan Art of someone else, I'd do some fan Art on myself! "Cheers"
So we need to do fanart to get the knowledge the creator put into the art and along side that we need to continue our own art/personal project. simply relaying on fanart but not too much relaying on it
I didn't work on a lot of fan art when I was younger. I had this weird idea that I needed to work on something original instead of drawing characters I loved as a way to learn and practice.
Today I still want to work on original ideas, but when I want to draw captain America, I draw captain America. And then I still sketch something else. Fan art is fun.
+beepear agree!
I like seeing fanart/fanfics as a teaching tool. Eventually you'll learn all you can and want to start doing your own stuff, because its as much fun and challenges you to make the art and stories personal and full of your own experiences. You can do that with fanwork but only so much!
100% agree.
Much more satisfying to create YOUR OWN character art.
Same here
that's how i am now and I'm a beginner
Wow, this is great timing! After so profusely trying to get by with original creations, I realized the value of fan art, and started doing daily illustrations of Animal Crossing characters.
I've always thought that fan art helps your reach, because those who like it for the subject matter can still spread it to people who would appreciate the artist. I'm also doing it so that I can focus on the technical creation of something without focusing on design decisions. Awesome points as always!
One of the main reasons I started doing the Dark Crystal stuff was to kinda advertise it. I felt like it was a forgotten movie that deserved some love. Then by doing it I found other people that loved it too, and even got in touch with some of the original puppeteers and makers, so that was cool.
I just wish people would expand their horizons a bit (a lot). Too much of the same stuff over and over. There are lots of great influences out there.
19:59 Jumping to the sum-up.
You know, that's exactly like covering songs for a band.
I love everything that you talked about in this video. As a clothing designer, I've definitely seen the benefits of doing our own fan interpretations of beloved characters' costumes. We've done Green Lantern, Invisible Woman, TRON, Aurora and Northstar (to name just a few). This certainly did a lot to bring other people "to our party" (love that analogy). It also brought us a lot of work, in the form of cosplay commissions from other fans, and even some original costume work in films and television! Also, as you mentioned, one of the biggest benefits was that we got to "ride in the car" of some of our favourite creators. We got to understand intimately why these great characters were designed in certain ways, and we learned so much by reinterpreting those designs into real world costumes.
Question for you, Jake: When doing your own fan art, do you ever read up on the original creators' process? For instance, I've read quite a bit lately from the costume designer of The Force Awakens. I've learned a lot about why certain decisions were made for the characters' costumes and what they are intended to say about the character. For instance, why Kylo Ren's lightsaber is so jagged looking. I find it really helps to understand which elements of a design to keep (or focus on), and which can be mixed up a little. What do you think?
+egoassassinlatex That's great! Thanks for sharing your story.
As for my own fan art, I try to do a little homework before tackling the design...but I rarely read up on their process. I usually like to just get a feel for what they're going for, and then see what I can bring to it. Also, I don't like to spend too much time on these designs because I usually have real work to get to.
+Jake Parker Hey Jake first of all, this is an awesome art of Kylo. Personally, I enjoy making fan art. I also believe that we draw what makes us happy. I think that's why we have all of these art renders, themes and styles. Sometimes we see awesome illustrations and we turn to look away because we can't connect to the character. For example, we love Batman because we know his background history and we have all of these amazing artists such as Jim Lee, Frank Miller and Capullo making their own interpretation of this character. You gave a great narrative to this topic.
Funny thing, I've first heard of you from Inktober. I got quite interested in your style. I found Rocket Raccoon comic strips online via tumblr, then I bought this marvel issue weeks ago because I really love that Rocket Raccoon style. A friend of mine was wondering who drew it and I saw your name. I was like "wow this is the guy who created Inktober !". Then like few days later I found a picture of a nice looking starship, I thought, "this guy does all the cool stuff I like", I looked for your twitter account, dA account, everything to get every bit of your art. Dude, you're so inspiring! Thanks for giving so many advices for beginner artists like me. You're giving me motivation!
New Video&Thumbnail design ! Love it Jake 👍👍👍
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Vexx! 😃
Hey vexx
I love doing fan art, particularly crossover stuff, where I take either characters, art styles, or settings from one IP and mixing it with the characters, art style or settings from another IP. One of my best pieces, I turned the characters form Archer, in their general art style, into the characters from Guardians of the Galaxy. Despite being super proud of it and it being super transformative, I got DMCA'd when I tried to sell prints. So as a result, I am backing away from fan art a lot, which makes me sad, cos fan art helps inspire me to be able to create wholly "original" works (to whatever extent any piece CAN be original).
Great perspective on drawing fanart! Thank you so much for making this! I used to work with fanart but have moved away to focus on my own designs. I appreciate using fanart as a way to stretch my skills, relax and draw something fun every once in a while. I keep fanart away from my business though as I've seen too many makers' shops go down from copyright infringement.
I have a couple questions about doing fan art:
1 - Does it have a place in my portfolio? I just joined an illustration agency and I noticed some of the other illustrators have fan art in their portfolios, personally I think it looks unprofessional, what are your thoughts?
2 - You mention selling fan art, can you actually do that legally? I think I remember hearing that it's ok to sell bespoke pieces of copyright characters. For example there are people who draw pop culture icons like pokemon or nintendo characters and stuff on shoes and sell those online but that's different from selling say a print you made of Kylo Ren which can be printed and sold 10, 50, 100 times over.
+Obsidiax 1) If its a really good piece include it, whether it's fan art or not. But don't include it for the sake of it being fan art.
2) You can sell original art regardless of what the subject matter is. Selling prints and t-shirts get's into some gray area. If your piece is parody,
or has a definitive statement that's satirical or otherwise, or if it has a strong point of view or style/design that could not be mistaken for
licensed works then you should be fine. But if you're still worried, contact an IP lawyer and get the straight dope from them.
+Obsidiax
Here is a link chrisoatley.com/fan-art/ a lawyer keeps it real about fan art law at Comic-Con, it has some serious scary information if you can't afford to talk to a lawyer in person.
Do you have any tips on being picked up by Illustration agencies? I keep trying but hearing nothing back. This is some my work www.scottneilsonconcepts.com/THE-TRIPLE-PRANKSTER
Scott Neilson
Honestly my experience with my agent was not a very positive one so my first piece of advice would be not to rely on solely on your agent when you do get one - they don't hand you new work every week unless you're one of their top earners and unfortunately many agencies now are looking to amass a large quantity of artists and make them compete for contracts.
With that out of the way to answer your actual question my first piece of advice would be to figure out what you want kind of agent you want and do work that will appeal to them. An agent that specialises in children's illustration will want to see different work to an agent that specialises in editorial illustration for magazines.
Once you've figured out what kind of work you want to do and what kind of agent you want to approach, make a shortlist of them, contact them all with your work and a polite covering letter and if they say no - continue working and try again in a few months.
It may sound like you're pestering them but if you have new work to show them then you're effectively showing them your growth as an artist and keeping them updated, eventually you'll reach a point where they think your work is now suitable.
Also if you are rejected politely ask them why and request some feedback on how to improve your work because you may want to reapply in a few months.
That's all I can think of right now :) hope it helped
Nice. I think this point of view of fanart is kind of like a master study where you copy old masters to try and figure out what they did and how they did it. It's a great learning tool to see how someone else broke something down to create something.
I am 100% in agreement with you on your interpretations of the different levels of fan art. And it's extremely helpful in learning how someone constructs a design of a character, vehicle, etc, that you know looks good. I've even done gesture drawings from comic books on occasion rather than from life, to study what a more dynamic image looks like. And for anyone out there wondering if you really can get a job based on fan art, the answer is YES! A few good pieces of fan art led to me getting 3 contracts do sketch cards so far. (With Upper Deck, if anyone is looking for an opportunity). Does it pay much? No. Is it time consuming? Yes, but, you get to build your portfolio with quality images of subjects people are already connected to! So thanks, Jake, for talking about the value in fan art!
Jake, I'm super glad I've found your videos. I've been doing art since I was a kid, I'm now nearly 20 and a sophomore in college studying graphic design/studio art. I guess my sort of New Years's resolution was to start really start improving my artistic skills more so than ever by actually getting more artwork done for fun, rather than only doing art required for school and sitting around playing video games the rest of the time. I got some brush pens for Christmas and decided I should try to look up some good techniques for using them, and then I remembered, "That dude named Jake Parker that I follow on Instagram would probably be a perfect person to learn from if he makes videos." I was not only excited to find that you had several videos of your drawings in the making, but you also give great advice on basically everything that I've felt unsure about. So I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration, and hopefully this will lead to a productive year for me!
Thank you so much for all the effort you put into reaching out!! Ever since I started inktober this year I haven't stopped drawing. I used to work as a telecom operator selling newspapers on the phone but with the hard work, posting every day and most importantly, having a lot of fun it's payed off. I'm now working at one of the best animation companies in Belgium (Walking the dog) I get requests from so many people to work on games, design tattoos, create characters... it's just so amazing.
I might be the one doing the effort and work but you have inspired me so much, it would have been a lot harder to get here without your help.
Thank you again!!
I've only recently stumbled upon your artwork but, I am already a fan! After seeing some of your work on Pinterest ( the robot designs ), I was blown away and wanted take a look at how you start and finish a piece. Your videos are so great, not only do you draw amazing pieces in no time but, you explain your process and ways in which artists might want to approach their own work. Thanks!
Thank you very much for posting this! Fanart has been something that I've been struggling with for the past couple of years because I really enjoy drawing original content but would often feel defeated when I didn't see my work getting a whole lot of love.
Then, this past year I attended my first local comicon as a vendor and had fanart for sale. While I didn't sell much, I felt it was a success in that the fanart brought more people to my table.
Fanart has definitely showed me it's potential but I guess I just get frustrated sometimes at the "slow start" of building a solid following of people liking you for your art and not just some one-time piece you coincidentally did of their favorite character.
This video, like all of your videos, has a great deal of TRUTH in it. I know I've fallen victim to the hunger for likes and drawing fan art for the sake of getting more followers. I knew it wasn't all bad but I'd convinced myself it was only good. Thanks for helping put things in perspective for me. God bless!
I moved away from drawing fan art for a few years because I finally took the plunge to attempt to learn to create my own characters from scratch. But as time goes on, I find myself slowly playing with the idea of doing fanart as a way to test myself. Back in the day it was nothing more than copying. But now I've developed enough to attempt to interpret the characters. It's a fun supplement to improving.
Great video on the topic.
Really needed this. I think making fanart/designs will be super helpful for recharging that spark :) Thanks for the great video and beautiful drawing.
You're so right about not giving all your attention to fanart. A couple of years ago I saw some art on tumblr of characters from a property that I don't like, but I really liked the style they were drawn in so I wanted to see if the artist had some of their own characters. When I went to the artists Deviant Art page there was nothing but fanart of from that one property and I was really disappointed :/
Great video Jake! I love creating fan art. I really can't believe that people are so scared of creating and selling it. I guess I was raised in artist alley where lots of people are creating it and I have never seen anyone freak out about it. Besides, how in the world do you get really good at drawing these characters if you can't occasionally make a buck to justify the time spent. Seems silly to me. Keep up the nice work on your channel!
Robert A. Marzullo
Ram Studios Comics
Robert Marzullo in the end you're still making money off of someone's original idea and that's why a lot of artists have a problem with fanart
@@bboy_noiz9572 yeah, I feel you should only sell original artworks.
Great thoughts on fanart. Some I already knew, some I never thought of as far as desiccating the design aspect of the characters. You've got a new subscriber. Thank you!
I know this is more advice towards adults but i feel like if a young person watched this they might take it the wrong way. For adults trying to making a career out of art then yes, you would probably want more original art than fanart but even still there's nothing wrong with drawing a lot of fanart. For young people this is how they get started, by drawing their favorite characters and people, and for you to say ''you can draw it but not /too/ much'' it's kind of discouraging... Again, i know this was meant for adults trying to make a career out of it, but maybe you could have said that in the video and encouraged young people to keep drawing things that they like and that its ok to draw a lot of fanart.
true. all I ever draw is fan art, but I'm still only 13 and just getting started using any digital tools. I would love to make a career out of it some day if possible, but I'm happy just drawing mlp and undertale characters for now.
As it may be discouraging it is also the truth. In the industry, they want to see what YOU can do and how you think creatively. Fan art has its place in conventions, to recharge the creative batteries and to gain a following, . But if you're wanting to work for a company or even apply to college. They want people that can think a little deeper and be a little more flexible in what they draw. Doesn't mean you should stop doing it, but like everything, it's always wise to be willing expand on your skill set a bit more. I'm saying this from experience. My freshman year of college was a killer because I didn't take the time to learn other areas of drawing and I really struggled. If anything next time you go to a convention take a walk around the artist alley. Look at the artists that are there doing fan art. Also keep in mind that hundreds of conventions are going on in other parts of the country with many more artists beginner and professional and ask yourself if you'd be able to compete.
it's not, these artists suffer later on.
rosie x The key is to challenge yourself. Doesn't matter if you're a professional or just a kid. When doing too much fan art, you become too dependent on the creativity of others. That's why he says usually the best path is to do a mix. Do a new twist on an existing character. You get to draw something you like while stretching your creative muscles.
Just because you shouldn't draw too much fan art doesn't mean you can't draw stuff you love, so I wouldn't say it's discouraging to young artists. I'm sure we all have interests outside of our favorite movies/cartoons.
When I was little I very rarely drew fan art, most of my time spent was drawing dragons, drawing people's pets, or making up my own anime characters.
Thanks for doing this video. Totally agree with what you've had to say. Felt the same way about fanart, so it's definitely cool to know I'm not alone in thinking that unless you bring a little bit of your own flavor with fanart, you're not really bringing anything new to the table. I find it cool because I personally like finding other unknown artists with interesting original characters and doing fanart of them.
1. It's cool because sometimes you gotta think that you may be doing the first ever take of something on this new character.
2. It's something different from what you've seen on mainstream media because it doesn't have to appeal to any certain crowds and it's a hella interesting challenge to take on.
3. This other artist and you might end up doing an art trade and just throw down on your own takes of each other's characters, and not only is it a fun way to build friendships, but you can really learn a lot from each other. I do art jams with my boys all the time and even spitballing random ideas for fun to take on, it's really fun to just say "hey we got half an hour. wanna each try do our own take on maybe a steampunk/futuristic Zelda?" And then later we get to see all the cool stuff that comes out of it.
I'm all about that fanart. I think throwing back these things is an exchange of ideas that artists should enjoy instead of purely immersing themselves of one way of thinking.
This video changed my perspective on fan art. Specifically it not just being about financial gain.
Very informative along with awesome interpretation of Kylo Ren. Thanks for your time, Jake.
Mr. Jake Parker, I'm really loving your videos! They are really inspiring and you're really helping me in the process of foraging forward, getting myself out there, critically and knowledgeably thinking about where I should set my art style and just how I should proceed. I can't thank you enough for these videos! I am excited to see something that talks to me directly and I'm jazzed to see what you'll say next. :)
JP- old vid with true and relevant wisdom for 2023. It's sad that many on this thread have misunderstood what your trying to impart. What I heard from you was "do fanart responsibly" in my words draw all the fanart you want but have a balanced mindset and share the time of creativity with your own charcters and stories. It couldn't be more clear.
Also, loving the variation of line in this piece!
Great video. I think this is one of the "traps" of fanart and you put it in a more understandable way as well as giving good advice. I'll definitely be keeping this in mind. Thanks.
I really like the artwork of the PC game Torchlight I and II, those character designs are really great and I started drawing some and learning from them. You are right and I never knew how to put it into words like you did, but it really is the highest form of appreciation. Thanks for the video, very inspiring.
You have convinced me! I'm so glad you did this video. Awesome new intro, too. Your constant progression really inspires me. Thank you!
This was so well done. We are grateful forever for the insight.
I recently did a journal entry on my deviantArt about why I love/hate fanart. It's pretty much what you said. I still enjoy drawing fanart but I don't draw as much as I used to.
Very thoughtful perspective, and well said. Thanks for this Jake!
Your videos are inspiration to many budding artists like me. Thanks for your videos
Love this video. Thanks.
Among other cool things, I learned how to refill my markers. Cheers!
Thanks for the inspiring words, since two days I am working on a Fanart and I started because I felt stuck in my projects, now I feel like the knot is loosing and it was a lot of fun rethinking a character that is accompanying me for many years, I did Asuka from NGE ;)
Thank you so much for doing all of these videos Jake! They have been super inspiring to me and I have began creating Fan Art to start posting while continue refining my personal project and begin production. There is a lot of great material here thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I am sick and tired of so many people in the comments telling me what I should and shouldn't draw of how I should or when I should or whatever. I'm 18 now, been drawing for 9 years, and I have absolutely no idea what I'm gonna do...
SonicSU1938 do what makes you happy and is interesting. You'll learn new skills either way. Just be dedicated, committed and passionate.
Really great video! Helped solidify my feelings on this topic that I hadn't really been able to put into words. And every time I see these process videos I get so stirred up to go and draw and create, so thanks for that too.
Regarding the point on how fan art can sometimes lead to work-- the world would be a happier place if Mr. Jake Parker was able to do an official Star Wars comic.
thanks for giving us the courage to make fan art. Cheers jake!
You know I,m planning on doing some fanart, which is some because I created my own character and give them genres
I always thought selling fan art was under copyright violations. This kept me away from attempting any fan art or selling it. Is this true?
+melissatx75 You can sell original art regardless of what the subject matter is. Selling prints and t-shirts get's into some gray area. If your piece is a parody, or has a definitive statement that's satirical or otherwise, or if it has a strong point of view or style/design that could not be mistaken for
licensed works then you should be fine. But if you're still worried, contact an IP lawyer and get the straight dope from them.
+Jake Parker Thanks Jake!
An old video but it's great. I've always been a little apprehensive about doing fan art. But using it to learn and develop makes sense. So I've drawn Wake and started on Grimm from Skyheart. I hope that I'll be able to order it from Amazon in the future.
Hey, I was one of the people who requested it! Thanks, Jake.
nice suggestion
What a great video! You have given me a lot to think about. I don't know how you are talking while you are drawing.
Thanks for sharing your art and philosophy. I think it is good to put time limits on what you want to accomplish. Keep making these videos however you fit them in! I'm sure it helps you to talk through them and reinforce your ideas. Thanks Again!
Thanks for another great video :D They always inspire me to draw more.
What ink pen is that? Btw, you're amazing and incredibly inspiring.
Pentel Fude Brush Pen, Extra Fine (XFL2F)
@@darylpetty that is wrong
thank you so much for creating this video. After seeing this I have finally been pushed to start creating more fan art. I always had this idea that creating fan art would distract me from actual work, but i see more and more that fan art does have a place of resonating with others more easily. So again thank you I can finally be at peace with myself when creating fan art. Also great ink work I can't wait to have my own set of copics(right now I just use the grey)
Great video as always, Jake! Thanks for always dropping great insight and knowledge. Really appreciate that. And of course really appreciate your art. I press the like button cuz your work not cuz its a specific character and I think most of your followers do too. On another note, during inktober a lot of people in my college were doing it and I thought they already knew who you were. Turns out they didn't, so I would she them your stuff and, of course, they would love it. I found it interesting how big inktober has gotten that even people that don't know about you were doing inktober. A little random and off topic but I thought it was interesting. Keep up the great work, Jake. Can't wait for SkyHeart!
I love that you've taken the time to make these vids. Super motivating! This topic has always been super taboo for me and you helped eleviate so many of those concerns! Spiderman here I come!
I really love your job and all of your tips. You are an inspiration for me.
I really like your idea of numbering your videos.
Thanks Jake. I'm inspired to do more fan-article and not just re-create a still but add my own style - still figuring that out. :)
Great vid, Jake. I like the new format for the new year too. I'm not sure why, but I've never drawn much fan art. I've always wanted to, but I always thought of it as a waste of time in comparison to working on original projects, only in the way that it takes time away from those projects. Your vid has shown me the value of it though! I think maybe doing a fan art sketch once a week could be a good way to unwind. Thanks again!
Also, if you're looking for topics for future vids, I would love to know what advice you may have for managing social media and your online following, especially in terms of expanding it? And can you give any insight on how you maintain your physical health whilst balancing your work load? Which do your prioritise? Thanks!
I think the biggest fanart you can make is creating a new character in the universe of the book, film etc. that you love. But you didn't mention that at all
Bente van de Pol yah! Fan characters are so much fun and add even more depth to the characters and world!
A video! Yes!
I saw your Force Awakens drawings on Facebook and loved them!
Great video Jake and thank you for all your videos! Their great insights and contain a lot of good information.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts on such a important topic. It's so hard to draw the line at the right point. Totally agree with you and learned a lot more about it too :)
A nice exemple of artist that take a job after posting fanarts is the Brazilian Marcelo Matere who started making some transformes fanarts and now is at least one of the Hasbro illustrators for the Transformers IP
We definitely could use more videos! Keep up the great work!
~"They're liking for Cpt America, not for you"
Ouch, that's a pessimistic view if i ever heard one. Not to mention over-generalised, when we are all so different. I know when i get hung up on a game, or a show, or a character, and i browse through 50 fan arts of it, all of them depict the same subject matter, but i only leave likes on ones that i like, for what they actually look like. That's compliment to the artist, for sure. Not the character.
I like your perspective, but i believe both opposing viewpoints shld be kept in mind at all times. Parker's pov keeps the artist on his/her toes, and always pushing for personal IPs to get done - while not every artist is interested in doing so, the rest of us need that hard, cynical outlook to stay motivated and keep moving.
It has a lot of validity in the nature of fandoms and general public though.
Also! maybe one about developing graphic novels, I mean the workflow: how do you tackle script, character design... do you discover what you need to develop visually as you go drawing each page? So many questions!
I actually made a comics class with over 7 hours of instruction: svslearn.com/classDetail/-JkcWLhcNctitruYd-ps
It answers everything.
dang i really needed to hear this! really thought provoking
Toyotoro is a huge example of this he made a fan manga continuing dragon ball after it ended and he is now the hired as the manga artist for dragon ball super, in a sense Akira toriyama's successor
Jake, can't thank you enough for doing and sharing this video and the others . Also, I would liek to thank you for Inktober as it forced and challenged me to produce something every day and trying to find something different subject was a real challenge. Best regards
Thank you so much for the advises!
Hi I've just started to watch your video about a week ago. I think that your an amazing artist and you've been inspiring me to do more art for myself. I want to become a professional artist in concept art. Ever since I was young I had a natural talent in art. My question is how and what is the best way to get my art out there and make some money doing so. But I don't want to work for a company. I want to be a free lancer
Yes jake! Been a while but always look forward to your videos man! This Christmas break I've been sucky, I was drawing a ton up until I treated myself to a playstation 4, I was playing Star Wars battlefront instead of drawing the characters... -.-
Really great video, you've changed my perspective on FanArt for the better, I believe. Thanks for it!
I just found that you use cubes for joints that's amazing
going to try fan art. Would be cool to have my take on certain characters. Class videos as always Jake. ::] CHEERS!
Why is this channel soooo underrated?😠
I ❤️ Jake
You have amazing videos! Thanks for sharing!
Love your art work! Was wondering if you could do a video about finding your own style?
Hello great work! is there a paper you recommend most for your copics?
Any examples you could give for the 3rd version of fan art? - take different elements and combine, add something new but it's still connects back to the original IP? By the way thank you very much for sharing your insights in this video! :D
your second brush.. what is it!? tell me. telll meeeeeeee!
really great video I always did my art landscapes nudes flowers etc in fine art I always wanted to do super heroes I see you can create them and make some money with them of course I have to get written permission from the owners. thanks I will give it a try. question what is the process of getting their permission of using their characters for my art? what kind of forms needed?
O_O Wow! I am surprised by the promotion of fan art. Here I am drawing my own OC instead. I got a whole bunch of OCs. There are 18 so far. This video is encouraging. Now I am so tempted to draw My Little Pony fan art. I am a fan for a lot of things. One of them is being a brony. One of the major things I like about My Little Pony is the visuals and character design. So that would be a good topic to draw pictures for. The one character that I am tempted to do is Twilight Sparkle. She is the protagonist of the show. She is also the major character I relate to the most. A Twilight Sparkle picture would be so cool. I do have my own ideas to change things up. I can give tweaks to the pony style. I could add hippocampus pony as a fourth type. I even thought of hippocampuses before they first appeared in the My Little Pony. Even then I do them differently. I go away of a balance of the two parts and go more towards the horse part. My version of a hippocampus is a horse with fish fins at the end of its tail. It is kind of like how pegasi are mainly horse with a little bit of bird thrown in. I would like to add Celestia, Luna, Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer to the mane six to form a main cast. The main six is a really awesome group. I want to keep all the characters. I would like to add Sunset and Starlight to them. These two are my favorite villains of the show. Starlight is my favorite villain of not only My Little Pony but also stories in general. Those two add to the six to form eight. Eight is a nice and even number. Eight is divisable by four, so there is a better balance than six has. I would add Celestia and Luna. I like them because the whole sun and moon theme is interesting. They would be great leaders for the eight. I do have a fan fic idea of Celestia going on an adventure through Equestria and using the Elements of Harmony. Celestia gets promoted from mentor to protagonist. Luna would be the deuteragonist. She is not really a villain, but more of a misunderstood character. The other eight ponies would be supporting characters. The ten would be a group of friends. If I am going to do this, I might as well draw a picture of Luna. The fans love her. I would change her color from indigo to black. Black is perfect for a character like Luna, because it is associated with the moon, night and darkness. I have a story idea, but didn't bother to write it. A long time ago I had another story idea. It is where Sunburst is a villain. He is arrogent of his cutie mark and magic power. So he rampages across Equestria. He harms all those he considers weak and unworthy. Then the Mane Six and Starlight have to deal with him. I came up with the idea at the end of season five, when Sunburst appeared in Starlight's backstory. Season five has two of my favorite two parter episodes. The reason why they are so good is that Starlight is such an amazing villain. It would be the highest form of flattery to write fan fic based on that. I abandoned the idea of Starburst being an arrogent villain at the start of season six. Sunburst was introduced to the main story. He was completely different. He was a good guy, and he even helped save the day. I let to story idea go because it didn't fit with the new canon. I do ship Starlight and Sunburst. I wonder if shipping counts as fan work. This video supporting fan art gives me a lot to think about.
PS It would be cool if I did do fan art and Hasbro liked it. It would be awesome if they offered a job. I am unemployed as it is. It would be awesome to get a job doing what I like. I could be a character designer, concept artist or script writer. Any brony fan artist would love working in a job at Hasbro to do more My Little Pony stuff. The franchise is still going strong. So there would be more people to work on upcoming projects, like gen 5.
what a lovely pen at 7:50
Your Chanel is the best on the whole internet! Please, newer stop ) you inspiring me and a lot of other people so much
Someday I want to make the Chanel alike to yours in Russian part of RUclips , if you don’t mind , I will give a link in description every time I will make a quote of you , or something like this )
inspiring as always :)
thanks for the time you take for making your videos!
can i ask how's called the calligraphy pen you use?
thanks again!!
Thanks so much for this Jake, I learnt loads.
Thanks jake, this really enlightened/inspired me; nice line up on the beard :D
Kiloren has such a cool character design. Wish you could say the same for Kiloren misled.
that pen work at 17:08 not sure if that was a trick you can do with a brush pen easily but that amazed me how you can put pressure in one end of the line and the other while leaving the middle faint, while staggering the shading in the middle, while maintain 2 bold ends in straight lines
It's easier to do when the pen is a little dry.
oh, I didn't think you'd reply to a comment on a vid from over a year ago, I just gotta say I love your videos, it's nice to just listen at times while drawing and look at what you're drawing every now and then (though I do watch the whole thing if you're flicking through art) anyway you've talked about things that I wish I knew before I went to university, had I known such things, whether I decided to go to university or not, I would be a much better artist right now. back then I didn't really know what I wanted but after going to university and watching your videos I'm a little closer to finding where I want to be, right now I say I want to be in the games industry doing character design but I simply just want to draw.
I've recently read a lot of light novels and am interested in publishing something like that but as far as writing goes I'm not sure how far I want to take it compared to drawing so a comic might be better but I'll try light novels. in fact I feel like writing this out to you has helped me, I love story telling and I love drawing so I'm gonna take your words into account and start my own light novel type thing, right now I'm certain my writing sucks compared to my drawings and even my drawing sucks but if I see it through to the end and get it finished, the next one will be better. the problem is I've spent so much money on university now but I didn't get much skills that will help me in that path (btw I studied 3d animation), there were a few story telling aspects but most of it was modeling, texturing and technical stuff, animation was something I liked to do but for 3d animation all that technical stuff has to come before it unless you use someone else's model and rig.
I'm not sure if you can help get my thoughts straight, or if you'll even read all of this but there's a lot of different things I want to try except I don't know what I want to pursue, I just know I like storytelling (specifically fantasy, as you can tell from my icon I like anime) and I like to draw and to 3D animate (not tried 2D animation properly), I like games, I like books, I like anime but if I try everything I'm afraid I'll get nothing done for years until I find something I want to pursue, I know I just said I'll pursue light novels but I guess I'm just scared, I feel like starting from zero with writing while drawing at the same time is going to make life a lot harder, if I weren't so passive about my future before university then maybe I would have realised where I want to be and would have made a lot of progress. The thought of spending the next couple of years working in kfc while practicing writing and drawing scares me, because for one, it'll take 10,000 hours each to master them so I can't be a jack of both trades and two because I don't think family will want a 21 year old in their house saying "don't worry in 10 years I'll be successful" and the worse part is that goes for if I decide to learn both or if I just decide I want to do drawing.
sorry for keeping you here for my life's story... if you're interested I'll let you know on the progress of my light novel idea when I've finished it, I'll send you a pm or reply here, if you're interested and not busy that is.. well if you don't have anything to say but you read all of this could you leave a like just so that I know I guess, thank you for your time, I hope one day I can talk on equal terms with you, maybe as a fellow publisher, maybe a fellow illustrator or maybe even youtuber? (probably not) but at that time, I hope we can be friends (this is all given you're not retired by then xD) I have a dream of you becoming my mentor as that is probably what I need most right now but for now, I'll be one of your many fans :) thank you for your videos, there's still a lot I can learn from them so maybe I'll find my answers there, I just needed to get this off my chest.
extra: I know this whole thing was off topic from the video and some people are peeved about stuff like that so thanks for this video, it does tie in a little with what I was saying before, up until now I've basically been drawing fan art but not creating, I've only developed a few characters for university but those ended with the project deadline but from now on, I'd be creating my own stuff along with fan art, as fan art is a good way of learning how to draw. okay that is the last thing I have to say, thank you, keep doing what you're doing!
Great stuff Jake! Thank you!
There's a video by Todd McFarlane where he explains how he got into comics. He advised artists pretty much the same thing you're saying here. In his explanation, he said that you may have your own original characters, but the "Big Two" don't care how you draw your characters, they want to see how you draw THEIR characters.
Love the video. Very interesting points and they all make sense and also verbalize what you may already feel about doing fanart.
There's one danger you didn't touch on and I'm curious about from a professional angle: Isn't selling fanart a kind of sketchy thing from a legal pespective, though?
There's this whole thing where: Yes, you own the art you create but the peoples' design you drew is still theirs. I know some people are muc more okay with it than others but ultimately if you make profit off of someone else's design, even if you added to it yourself, you are in breach of copyright law, aren't you?
And I don't want to get into the discussion about whether the current copyright laws are good or logical.
Just legally speaking, and in terms of: "This could be potentially much trouble for an artist"
Great video about fanart and your working process ! I have one question, I can find a lot of tutorials on holding a pencil, but some of the grips doesn't apply to digital wacom pen. How do you usually hold your wacom stylus for maximum controll ?
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Jake! Awesome stuff, as always.
"Great video" -- Never really thought about doing fan Art before... You've got some great ideas, here. Though before I draw a Fan Art of someone else, I'd do some fan Art on myself!
"Cheers"
Man, you are awesome! Great video.
So we need to do fanart to get the knowledge the creator put into the art and along side that we need to continue our own art/personal project.
simply relaying on fanart but not too much relaying on it
I Love it! Thank you so much!
I like the video hey like that pen whats the name of it?