My tip is if you wanna get better, don't focus on getting better, focus on the experience and how great it feels to just draw and enjoy every second and process you take.
Fr, i literally learned how to draw partially detailed trees just by looking at references, drawing them and showing them to my friends which i had fun doing
Imma do that. I just drew Sonic from a screenshot, and while it wasn’t perfectly exactly to the image, the fact that I was able to do it made it worthwhile
What Im taking from this is. Drawing is a lot like music in terms of learning, you don't start with playing your own songs straight off the bat, you have to learn other songs then use those skills from others playing to build your own music.
I feel like I'm not alone when I say that one of my pet peeves when asking an artist advice for how to get good is when they hit you with the "just practice!" Like no sh*t, that is a universal thing that applies to anything people want to get good at. What we want are tips and tricks that help us grow better, like how to approach drawing hair, and help us NOT to develop bad habits
When I was younger, and deviant art was a baby, I remember An artist whom I adored. So I sent them a private message asking for advice. They simply said “just practice, everyday” kid me was like oh.. so I just gotta draw everyday and eventually I’ll get better. So I drew everyday, came home from school dropped my bag on the floor and immediately went to my room to “practice” and I never got better. And eventually thought ‘I’m just not meant to be an artist, clearly’ it wasn’t until many years later that I wanted to try again with art that I finally find out WHAT I’m supposed to practice. And hey I’m now improving. I just regret that I stopped drawing all those years ago because I could be so much better now. I have a lot of catching up to do.
I KNEW IT!! Thank you for confirming. I had been thinking... what's the best and fastest way to learn how to draw. Copy! and or Trace! It's basically how we learned to write. We copied the alphabet over and over and over until we mastered each letter. Now we can write any letter or number in countless ways and styles effortlessly. I figured this is the same with drawing. Copy and trace enough, eventually your own style will develop. You'll naturally want to zig where the picture you traced or copied zagged. Great video man!
The funny thing is, the way you found out how you wanted to draw was exactly how I found out. I was a big Sailor Moon fan as a kid, and there was this still frame of Sailor Neptune that I really liked and I wanted to try drawing it. I was sitting on my couch looking back and forth from my TV screen to my sheet of paper. I can't even explain how proud I was back then, it was practically one to one. After that my parents just kinda pushed more art related stuff towards me for christmas and my birthday, and even now they still do. Glad that they caught on so early because art really is for me, even if I don't have full confidence in it now, I genuinely enjoy art.
This is SO true because to improve in drawing, you gotta trace from other things and the more you recognize a certain art style, the better your art will become
Copying / Imitating is a crucial factor of being human. By copying / imitating, we literally take the idea we're trying to copy / imitate for granted, basically treating it like it's already inside us, and for some reasons it ACTUALLY gets INGRAINED into our minds after countless repetition 🤯 I actually didn't know I have been doing the same thing my WHOLE LIFE on many other fields of life without being aware of it 😱Thanks to this video, now I realized myself that I can just copy / imitate / trace other people's art styles at the beginning to help inspire and create my own foundation of ideas in the long run 💯💯 Here are some examples of copying that applies to many, if not all, humans: - Humans copy / imitate language from older people in order to learn how to speak when they were a toddler (and it's still relevant when older) - Humans copy / imitate their peers' ideas, behaviors, mindsets, vibes, etc... so they can be socially fit
I have tried to learn drawing more than once by starting with the basics only, but every time I do not continue for more than 3 or 4 days and I never enjoy drawing, but a few days ago I decided to copy an anime drawing just for fun without caring about the final result at all, I enjoyed it very much and the result came out good and ignited this passion inside me very much, I decided to try to copy the drawings that I like daily while watching and practicing the basics for only 30 minutes in order to combine the two methods without losing passion and enjoyment, I doubted my method If it is correct these two days but your video has confirmed to me that my method is correct, thank you for the video I appreciate it
been drawing for a week straight now largely because of this video which actually saved me. I;m having so much more fun with it than I was expecting and it's a weird feeling to me to want to just sit and draw instead of game or scroll but I am not complaining, I get to create and that's so epic.
*As a young artist my Tip's are:* - Just enjoy drawing that's the purpose right? - don't rush at drawing - Draw then you want to - Take small break's - Be what you are dont gotta be someone else Thats all!
I drew for fun. I did it for 8 years. Have a mindset wherein you're drawing not to satisfy other people, do it for yourself; do it because it's a fun hobby
When I was a kid, I used to pause the vcr and draw screenshots from episodes of sonic X. I had to constantly play and pause it because the screen would time out and go blue. I think back to those days all the time. The days when i had that kind of patience. These days, I wish I had continued. I was getting good at drawing back then. If I had kept going, I would be doing really well right now and would have already achieve my goals in life. Unfortunately, if I want that now, i have to start from scratch. That's really rough.
"The best time to plant a tree might have been 20 years ago, but the second best time is right now." Never too late to start, just remember to have fun along the way 🫂♥️
Man ignore the hate. these people are so stuck up and hateful. I'm a beginner and I rarely saw any creator cover the neglected psychological aspect of the beginners' experience.. it is so true that passion comes first, and without it there's no commitment or maintenance for this new hobby that you're completely new to. Btw, not everyone wants to become da vinci or whoever the F* you consider to be the best artist. I just wanna draw random simple things and this video is more than enough for most absolute beginners.
Single-handedly explained what made me want to make my imaginations alive. it's to copy and reproduce what contents you love and start from there. Incredible Aspiring video 👍
If somebody starts to think about improving so they do even casual search on it, it means the stage of just having fun comes to an end. Harsh truth is that if you only draw boxes and just doing exercises you may quit faster, but if you only concentrate on things that seem fun, you will quit too. Eventually, you`ll see your own work and be dissatisfied with it, without even knowing why. It because you will start to understand more about art and notice if things look wrong. At that point you gonna either pick up fundamentals and start learning properly, or you gonna quit forever. When it comes to fun, I think overtime priorities change. I used to attend art school long time ago, since then I didn't draw much, till recently. And if then I never particularly enjoyed being precise and accurate too much, preferring to rely on life drawing and making it as I see, now I see the value of fundamentals more, as drawing even perfect cubes can be fun, if you can make them look really real. And that's the point of drawing overall - making what you draw look real. There are no tricks or easy tips for that, you need to understand how it works, that's where fundamentals come in. If I had to make an advice to a beginner, that would be is to understand and recognize the complexity and depth that drawing as a skill have. You don't have to compare yourself to others, the only marker you should follow now is your perception. You will have fun drawing if you do it to the best of your ability, and when it stops being enough and you start feeling doubt in your work - you go and start improving your skills. Your level in drawing and your understanding of art should be in balance, so you create something you can enjoy, i.e. - have fun.
This is great advice, not just for art but like...anything. People love learning random crap online but not actually applying it...when the attempt to try something should be engaging in of itself. The whole process in a sense should feel like a journey, subconscious but still attentive. But most people will never tap into that for multiple reasons! Great comment! :D :D
Its great to hear someone say this. When I have said something similar I have had a lot of negative comments from so called “experts”. I think you are right that when you’re beginning you need to see results and realise that this is something you can do…if you start with perspective etc it can kill enthusiasm very quickly unless you have an exceptional teacher and those are very rare. Once you know what style you like and know what you are trying to produce and why then the theory makes sense because you can more easily see why its relevant and how it can improve youre efforts.
I literally started drawing yesterday because I saw a drawing of Hornet (from Hollow Knight) and went "oh that's how you do depth" and just endlessly started drawing masks trying to perfect drawing round things and depth with short sweet lines of various amounts of pressure being exerted onto the paper for proper shading.
I agree on a lot, copy and stock the informations in your brain to have muscle memory to make you own later. Also you can have long break when drawing, I used to watch ppl and clothes to stock in my brain for later and make it as I remember. For beginners, no need to stress on improving it will come by growing into you. Drawing is a lot of input and muscle memory to keep it fun.
I really like the way you draw the whole anime character in such a small amount of time. You could already do your own manga, and thats exactly what I wanna do, its just that Im a complete beginner. Im gonna try to get there no matter what though.
Thank you, I really wanna make a manga too but I'm terrible with time management and deadlines 😭😭 I'm planning to make a video in which I try to make a one-shot manga in 24 hrs so stay tuned for that if that interests you!🫂♥️
Also, I'm sure I can do it. U don't have to be an expert in art to make a good manga. Look at AOT for example💀 Anyways what I'm tryna say is you can do it, I believe in you 🫂♥️
i used to trace a lot and eventually in moved onto me drawings what i see now I'm drawing my own characters and working on my first web comic if i never started tracing I'm sure i would've quit a long time ago so this is really good advice lol
The best advice is to learn to observe, which you sorta stated here. Main thing I learned in art school is that almost anyone can produce almost any form of art if they can learn to analyze and break down the steps needed to achieve it. I'm constantly looking at art and seeing if i can figure out how they did it in terms of technique Obviously some people are able to produce art more effectively than others, but that often comes down to practice and experience like any other trade
i'm a young artist and sometimes i feel like i worry too much about the fundamentals perspective and some other stuff, so maybe i might try to follow the tips that you've provided so i won't worry as much! :]
Happy for you! Just have fun and the rest will come naturally. You'll realise when it's time to actively pursue the fundamentals. Thanks for the support 🫂♥️
My advice is to look around on RUclips or smth and sketch it out and have fun tweeting with it and then expand like creating thing from scratch like what I do
I think you’re right because I did the same thing when I wanted to learn guitar. It was much more fun at the beginning to learn the tabs from songs than to learn the chords, how to hold the guitar, or how to press on the strings to make it sound good. It was what got me started, and after some time practicing just that, I slowly started to learn the fundamentals and basics.
I've been having trouble drawing hands very well, I always felt like my proportions were off. I happened to find this video while I was taking a little break from drawing and the way you drew Goku's hands at 2:23 and 2:50 somehow just made it click immediately. I needed a few attempts but all of a sudden I feel so much better about my ability to sketch simple hands that look good. Your point about learning from other artists techniques proved itself before I even finished the video.
I think you're on point. The reason I can't never finally learn to draw (even though I'm with the idea for several years now) is because I try to force myself to learn the fundamentals... Now I'm following Marc Brunet's draw in 30 days which is pretty light compared to, proko for example... And I alternate those daily excercises (maybe 30min per day) with what you say which is to just draw the fuck you want. However it's true that trying to draw anime not knowing to draw can be frustrating which makes me want to learn the fundamentals and that's a loop...
Just started drawing recently, but I can say from a standpoint of doing VFX in the past that copying and taking apart other people's work taught me infinitely more than online guides and trial and error. Probably not the same for everyone but there's no shame in relying heavily on everyone else to learn.
the simplest advice can also be drawing everyday with the intention of gaining knowledge, and simply having patience, patience is what i consider the most essential and basic form of skill you need to learn to get to the higher levels
Ive been trying to do the generic draw shapes, tridimentional blah blah blah. and you were right, that was just killing the fun. Ill try your advice tho
Honestly I agree, I started to learn drawing this exact way, the only difference is that I took let’s say a nose copied it and then improved on what I liked about it.
Sure, just let me know exactly what you wanna see broken down and I'll post some real time footage! Btw I sometimes do live streams on weekends so it's a good chance to see how I work. Thanks for the support, appreciate you fr 🙏🏼♥️
Great video! Personally, I always doodled on my homework and textbooks when I was bored but never treated art that seriously until that Pewdiepie video where he drew for 100 days, I already knew how to draw pretty well then but that video got me to get a sketchbook and start drawing more consistently
Bruh Pewdiepie is living proof that anyone can get into art. When I saw his improvement I was like "wtf he's only been drawing for a few months, how is he already better than me?!"😭😭 Nice to see that more and more people are finding inspiration in each other! Good luck with your sketchbook, thanks for watching and for taking time out of your day to comment🫂♥️
@@artus_d._artist When I saw his video the sentiment I had was more like "I can do that too", just recently bought one of those screenless drawing tablets and I already got used to it. Good luck with your art journey too! Your art looks amazing
Believe it or not i actually followed this advice long before you made this video.. i started art by copying. No toturials no nothings of that sort. I was just searching drawings that i like and copy them.after a while i started adding my little touches to the drawings i copy. Recently, when i decided to learn how to draw i discovered perspecives, foreshortening and so on.
as a person that doesnt have a "mental library" as I dont see images in my head. And I can 100 percent tell you drawing from imagination is a very real thing. Because as someone who does not see a picture in my head i have to translate a feeling or audible or readable thought into an image.
Pretty sure they are the same thing but in different ways. According to me you don't have an imagination since you don't see images in your head, but that would be false, wouldn't it? When you learn something and remember it, it is in your "mental library" / knowledge bank / memory and so on whatever you wanna call it. I think he did say it in a weird way, but I totally agree that the best way to understand something on a deeper level is to see it from many different angles and filling you brain with knowledge about that thing, just like in real life with everything. Someone who has learnt to swim and to ride a bike will obviously have an easier time driving or riding a motor bike, even if they are not the same thing. I'll also add that muscle memory helps a lot, and everyone has that, no matter if they have images in their head, a voice in their head, have eyes/sight, have ears to hear and so on. tl:dr just practice and you will improve. Kinda wrote this to myself too since I am new to drawing, but my point stands since I have done similar things outside of art
i think what he tried to say is that feeling u are trying to convey and how you convey it, is a way you already saw somewhere or from an experience u ve had
I gotta say, you are right about it. I started to learned drawing and i really slowly doing good with some refference. Sure, it's still hard but i am on my way to get the hang of it.
I think this is excellent advice for beginners. Nurturing the passion for art before diving in and learning fundamentals is so true. For me I’m trying to get into animating, but I did not want to draw the little bouncing ball or any other practice animations. So I took characters I like from a show and just winged an “animation.” Then after that I felt better about my skills, animated the ball and it looked ok. Also, I admire your attitude when talking to others with differing opinions.
I'm glad most people agree with me on this. Hope the animation thing works out for you btw, you need some real determination to be able to pull it off. Personally I quit before I got very far💀💀 And yeah I try to be as respectful and open-minded as possible when replying to counterarguments, unless it's just a straight up troll😂 Thanks a lot for the support 🫂♥️
I needed to hear this! Thank you. I tried to do the fundamentals but it kinda demotivated me because I wasn’t satisfied with the result, so I returned to things I like to draw. But anyway, I think I’ll try at least combine fundamentals and things I like. Thank you one more time and good luck all!
Honestly i did do this once even before watching this video, and it helped a TON. i redrew a simple piece of art i really liked, and it actually helped me get a better perspective on how to draw shoulders and stuff, very cool!
This is 💯 correctly to learn illustrations that what did and sometimes still do good way to learn new tools and good way to learn new techniques. It what i am doing now with paintings. This one of the best advice for almost any form of art.
this is what i did and i improved by so much but i didnt forget the fundementals at the strat i just copied not trace but over time i went into the cube cube stuff so i start learning the proportions
This is really accurate, damn. Copying art is great for beginners, but you also have to build your observation skills alongside it. Some people think "why can't I draw something myself?" or, "why cant i draw something from my imagination?" or something original, then continue copying other artworks, without understanding how it works. I suggest asking questions to yourself when you look at an artwork. "Wow, this is beautiful. But how is this made?" "Damn, the way that shading is accentuated looks absolutely stunning, I wonder how the artist did it." Try to break down or imagine the process that it took to create that masterpiece, and try to apply it on an original artwork, even just a basic painting, or an original, basic character. When you build the enough amount of knowledge to observe and understand, that's where you probably start to learn how to actually draw something on your own. People who learns by drawing something on their own, or exploring and experementing by creating something from nothing, is also good, great even. It drives you to brainstorm on what should you do or what your finished artwork should look like (or procrastinate. Me asf), but that's hard to do. What you want to do is to practice again and again and again, until you get close to what you're imagining, because people who try to draw original artworks or maybe with a bit of reference, their main weapons are their imagination and hands. RUclips is a great platform for tutorials btw. Tutorials are great, trust me. (Yea I've yapped too much, goodbye)
Bro, you really got it! This was the exact point that I was trying to get across 🤌🏼 Thanks for the very insightful yap session and the incredible support, hope to see you in my comments more often 🫂♥️
I’m 12 years old and I’ve been drawing since I was 4 I’ve always had the passion to have a company that help artist of any age improve and how to love their art and I still have that same passion I can definitely say I’ve improved a lot I met a friend in grade 5 and we both love art we have kinda of a rivalry always trying to get better at art, and art isn’t the only reason were friends I can say that we love joking around and have common interest he feels like brother to me(I am boy do not say he got friendzoned). in my opinion I think it’s good to copy and trace that’s how I improved but I still think that it’s also good to draw your own ideas once in a while because I think creativity is key hope this helps anyone who is struggling with art we all have our struggles.
Very inspirational bro, it's true that rivals make you stronger. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I wish u and ur bro luck on your art careers 🫂♥️
Whilst I must argue that copying won't get you anywhere if that's all you do, there is some serious foresight in what you say. I feel like a mix between both copying and doing your own thing and studying fundamentals, easier ways to draw things, points of view etc. is the best way to go about getting better. Oh shit, you already say that at the end 💀
Oof sorry to hear that 😔 I've never gone to art school, what's it like? Obviously from what you're saying, I can guess that it wasn't that great but that's not what I mean😭😭 I mean like was it expensive? What were the assignments like? Were the teachers pricks? Anyways, good luck on your new art journey! As long as you're having fun, the passion will never die! Thanks for watching 🫂♥️
@@artus_d._artist It wasn't an art school but a college with courses for art. It felt tedious to me. I was excited to learn how i could improve my basic skills but being forced to basically have a lack of imagination to follow their guidelines made it less fun. My imagination didn't feel like my own. Learning myself made it better because I'm not forced to rush any project I make. Like now, I'm making a story with 4 stories that will be after the main story. Makes me more happy now.
This is how people were trained throughout history when wanting to learn art. You'd get taught the basics, then your master/teacher/whatever would put a piece of theirs in front of you and make you recreate it. What's the most important isn't trying to get 1 to 1 with it, but understanding the process of how to get there and the tools that need to be used. I spent a couple months learning the basics and now the fastest way I've learnt is by recreating pages from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Seeing how what I've learnt is used, then using them myself is what helps me the most. It's no different than getting taught any other skill, someone shows you how to do it, then you practice doing it through examples/practice.
@artus_d._artist I think I'll stick with being the random comment guy for now. I've studied the techniques and history a lot, but there are plenty of people (definitely including you) way better than me at this stuff.
Funnily enough, I got better at drawing through jojo. Its variation of style makes it easier to feel confident drawing different specific things until you nail the style to the most you can.
funny how i noticed that when my skill slightly improves, its either me observing other techniques and enjoying the doodles and dawdles while testing out new stuffsies
Oooh I agree! No one I SWEAR NO ONE have ever gotten into drawing or just art because they liked cubes and just 3d shapes, like imagine that... I also started because I wanted to draw something. I remember writing a lot but I wanted to have the characters in front of me, so I started drawing. I didnt care about cubes and 3d forms, I just drew faces. Found cool art style on pinterest and kinda copied it (ofc it turned out very bad lol) And it wasnt until a few months ago (and I have been drawing for like 4 yrs) I decided to do some studies myself, like actual studies and not just drawing. And I really recommend using references. No matter what you draw. Its not only easier to have one, but also helps you learn faster. But I still draw mostly from imagination literally, but yk do what makes you happy. Good vid❤
THIS! I started drawing for almost a month now, focused on drawing only 2 shapes, cubes and cylinders and combined them to make a figure (follow video step by step). And hell it was tedious af, it turns out like sh*t and i don't know how many times I'm on the verge of giving up drawing forever, it almost killed my passion many times. At least now I'm able to draw a figure using shapes by looking at a reference, at least still somehow recognizable as a figure. So recently i took a piece of art from my fav artist and tried to draw boxes on top of it, the 3d box model turns out pretty good but I've no idea how to draw human muscles, face, eyes, nose, hand, feet, perspective, shading at all so the final product was bad. But I found out that I learned a lot more details from trying to imitate the original drawing. At least it felt so much for fun when you finally drawing an anime character rather than boxes all day, that's what makes most people quit before they can draw something they have always wanted. I would say basics are important, but it's more important to try draw what u want, even if it means copying your fav artist work, at least you get back some confidence instead of quitting forever. There's a saying "fake it till you make it", I'll keep copying until I acquired the skills to make my very own art.
I've tried to draw several times in my life and I always abandon it because I feel a little overwhelmed by everything as you mention in the video. But now, I'm challenging myself to draw at least for 30 days to see if there's any improvement (today is day 9), with a mindset similar to what you say, just copy whatever I like and enjoy it. No more cubes and spheres and perspectives for a while, only anime xD. It reminds me of when I started playing guitar. I failed to stick with it for like 2 years in elementary school until I decided to just start playing Iron Maiden songs I liked. I enjoyed "copying" them and getting better at it motivated me and eventually I started to learn all the theory and hard stuff to actually be good at guitar, but as a beginner it can definitely feel like too much. Now I've been playing for like 15 years :D I hope this time that happens with drawing. Thanks for the video! :D
Thanks you for watching, wish I am the best with ur art improvement.🫂♥️ Also I appreciate the fact that you poured a lot into a comment, thanks for sharing your experience with "copying" and how it helped you learn guitar. Really cool and really glad that I could relate to my tip outside of just drawing. I'm sure ur gonna be a killer artist 🤝🏼💯
@@AutArt4 WOAH I thought my whole demographic was below 30😂 You are actually really inspiring, you can enjoy making art without being discouraged even though you got into it at a later age than usual. That is what you call passion, proud of you my guy! I'm sure that you'll evolve into an unstoppable artist! Keep up the grind 🤝🏼💯
copy is perfectly fine for practicing. To draw a perfect character like the original is a lesson itself. I spent my first practices copying attractive anime girls and zoro. Learn to do anatomy, focus on structures and perspectives, etc. Artist draw differently and you can learn alot by copy which help developing your style.
Am going to give this a try. Have wanted to draw for a while, just comic stuff like the crow and tank girl. Got a book about fundamental to work through and it sucked the enjoyment out of why I wanted to draw. Going to get some tracing paper and a couple of pictures to try again. Thanks for the op load and inspiration.
Hi, as a beginner artist for about 5 months, i did exactly every step like you said in the video. I didnt really follow many people advise on learning the basic first. I just jumped right into copies someone else art and oh boy my skill shoot up so fast its crazy. I can basically draw 90% accurate of the piece i try to copy, even if its from Guweiz or Wlop (i chose some easy art from them ofc) which is already insane to me to even think about it couple months ago. Now i already love drawing and decent at observation skill, i comback to learn the other fundementals along side with copy other artis and hopefully someday i can create something entire new and look nice So yeah, i can confirm that this method is working, atleast for me
Nice! Thanks for sharing your experience, I'm sure someone will find inspiration from your comment! Good luck on your art journey and thanks for watching and for leaving a comment!🫂♥️
I just throw shit at the wall until I can recreate it, give me a reference image and I can make a pretty decent version of it on a piece of paper (something I don't generally do because I want to be able to make up stuff). I think focusing on recreating real life can help people get a handle of how they like to draw better than using stylized drawings, mostly because you're stylizing something that's already in a style, as it gives them room to choose what details they value and which they don't.
thats what im doing right now referencing real life activities like eating, which indicates that my character loves that certain food so much XD. and the other one was checking if the rain is gonna start falling soon something like that. i created 4 characters my last piece was to give them characteristics or attitude XD
Interesting, i used to copy art from manga again and again and it was kind of fun, but i never really thought about things this way, this is actually pretty useful and cool. Thanks for the advice, my guy.
I felt like getting better at art when i was trying to take inspiration from multiple different artists though im still bad at drawing the bodies i just find it fun drawing the face
What do you mean? 100 push ups everyday will make you stronger. Not sure abour science part. Knowing about things isn't the same as being smart. Although smart people t end to know a lot about various things.
I've been doing this for a few months now, was kinda feeling down today and my art wasn't looking great (even in comparison to a few days ago). I've noticed that I can "copy" quite well, but the times I've tried doing my own thing, it doesn't look too great. I've definitely made progress, don't get me wrong, but it is gonna be a long road ahead before I get where I want to be, and sadly I can't just speed my way to the end. I've realized that I have a problem of dreaming about where I want to be, without actually thinking about the steps to get there, so now I'm trying to take things slow and walk the path, it is quite nice. good vid, got my sub, would love to hear some more tips.
drawing can be broken up into two things which is: Thinking in 2D and Thinking in 3D Thinking in 2D is basically what you described which is straight up copying what you observed from a reference For beginners this is one of the best ways to learn because it not only trains your observation and mechanicals skills but its also very rewarding without putting a lot of effort eventually you have to study art fundamentals though to have a better grasp of 3D forms and all that… I recommend doing fundamentals little by little to not overwhelm yourself
Exactly! You explained it so much better than I did in the video😭😭😭 But yeah that's basically what I was trying to tell people 😂 Maybe you're the one who should post this kinda stuff on RUclips, I have a feeling you'd be a lot better at it than me😭 In any case, thank you for watching sharing your insight🫂♥️
in my experience, i advice for people just started to copy work so u analyse and get some experience till someday try to draw from imagination and in ur own, if u failed then just practice again and put tutorials.
This is how I started out back in the day. As a kid, I always enjoyed doodling dumb things in such, but around middle school, I started copying other peoples artwork (a LOT of Sonic artwork) and started to pick up things from there. Later on, when I started making my own things, I still copied other artwork but would insert my own little critters into it (specifically I worked with a ton of artwork from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) and that's how I eventually started to grow my own style. Copying and tracing are really good beginner tools and a pretty good way to find or at least start developing your style early on, even if you're not really looking for it. Genuinely a good piece of advice I think cuz it was the same for me, I learned how to draw from copying and eventually learned the fundamentals and stuff on my own. Thanks for sharing this, I think most beginners need to hear this, as controversial as it is. It's completely fine as long as you're not passing it off as your own work.
My take is this: I'm not great at it. There's nothing wrong with that, its called a hobby. However, I am noticing I'm getting better compared to my past self. So don't compare yourself to others, only yourself and don't give a shit what people think. And if you are the type that cares about what people think, just isolate it. There's no need to share what you do. I find fulfilment in the process of drawing and getting the result, not from what people think of said result. If I make something I'm proud of, sure, I might share it to my family and maybe close friends. Finally, although you shouldn't compare yourself to others, that doesn't mean you shouldn't take inspiration or learn from other people.
I'm toying with the idea of getting into drawing, but like I have a tendency to overthink and overwhelm myself especially when it comes to new hobbies. I like the idea of just starting out copying though. I imagine there's some basics I need to get down (drawing a head by starting with the oval, boxes / rectangles to first form the chest / legs, etc.), that's all stuff I see artists like yourself do in this video but have no practice in myself. Anyway it looks really fun and this video was very informative. If there's anything that's helped me to keep up with other hobbies it's that it first and foremost must be fun for me. As soon as I start treating it like a job with a rigid, strict, and frankly boring practice routine, I lose all interest. I can see why copying starting out can help remove so much of that tension I would otherwise feel around practicing.
@legendofchrono you will want to study the basic construction of the human body. There are plenty of tutorials about this on RUclips :) eventually you will also want to move onto gesture drawing but that’s only once you’re comfortable with copying what you see. ❤ just make sure you are having fun while drawing. ✍️
yeah tracing can be useful just standalone. for example, one day i traced a hand that was being used by someone to hold themselves up then a few days later i needed to draw someone standing up and using their hand on the ground as part of it, and i thought (oh yeah that one would fit here, wouldn it), so i just redrew it from memory because it was still fresh enough, and voila.
I started learning drawing 3 days ago. I have wanted learn drawing for ever since i watched my first episode of anime. I just love the anime style so much that i wanted to learn how to draw it but didnt start untill now because i was too lazy 😅. My plan is to draw something everyday and stick with using reference at least for now.
Funnily lines and circles and boxes using drawabox is how I got into drawing, just copying felt far too daunting for me, though I'd imagine I'm one of the exceptions and might be missing out by not copying often enough.
I mean yeah, there isn't a one size fits all approach to learning art. Everyone has their own unique experiences so don't feel like you're missing out, just do your own thing and keep having fun🫂♥️
My tip is if you wanna get better, don't focus on getting better, focus on the experience and how great it feels to just draw and enjoy every second and process you take.
I could not agree with you more 🫂💯
I feel like you need a bit of both.
Find time to improve but also find time to let loose and have fun
Agree
Fr, i literally learned how to draw partially detailed trees just by looking at references, drawing them and showing them to my friends which i had fun doing
Imma do that. I just drew Sonic from a screenshot, and while it wasn’t perfectly exactly to the image, the fact that I was able to do it made it worthwhile
What Im taking from this is. Drawing is a lot like music in terms of learning, you don't start with playing your own songs straight off the bat, you have to learn other songs then use those skills from others playing to build your own music.
I didn't even think about it like that wtf? I think u explained it better than I did💀
Thanks for watching btw🫂♥️
I feel like I'm not alone when I say that one of my pet peeves when asking an artist advice for how to get good is when they hit you with the "just practice!" Like no sh*t, that is a universal thing that applies to anything people want to get good at. What we want are tips and tricks that help us grow better, like how to approach drawing hair, and help us NOT to develop bad habits
When I was younger, and deviant art was a baby, I remember An artist whom I adored. So I sent them a private message asking for advice. They simply said “just practice, everyday” kid me was like oh.. so I just gotta draw everyday and eventually I’ll get better. So I drew everyday, came home from school dropped my bag on the floor and immediately went to my room to “practice” and I never got better. And eventually thought ‘I’m just not meant to be an artist, clearly’ it wasn’t until many years later that I wanted to try again with art that I finally find out WHAT I’m supposed to practice. And hey I’m now improving. I just regret that I stopped drawing all those years ago because I could be so much better now. I have a lot of catching up to do.
Welp, hope this video doesn't pet any of your peeves😭😭
Nah but in all seriousness, I hope the advice in this video helps if even a little 🫂♥️
I KNEW IT!! Thank you for confirming. I had been thinking... what's the best and fastest way to learn how to draw. Copy! and or Trace! It's basically how we learned to write. We copied the alphabet over and over and over until we mastered each letter. Now we can write any letter or number in countless ways and styles effortlessly. I figured this is the same with drawing. Copy and trace enough, eventually your own style will develop. You'll naturally want to zig where the picture you traced or copied zagged. Great video man!
This is exactly how I draw and it really does works out for me
Thank you! Appreciate ur support 🙏🏼♥️
I feel like the sentences "draw every day" or "just practise" are just covers for actually saying copy/trace.
Imitating is actually the earliest stage of learning. Can't agree more
Glad we see things the same way🫂♥️
i even started copying someone's process and ive learned so much from that..
Nice🤝🏼💯
THANK YOU, Im not really a beginner but Im sick of people hating on my art for no good reason and give me all the generic bs. Thanks for the tip.
Dont listen to the haters! Their just jealous
@@ChaosGamer123
I’m guessing they all can’t draw…😄
Happy to help🫂♥️
The funny thing is, the way you found out how you wanted to draw was exactly how I found out. I was a big Sailor Moon fan as a kid, and there was this still frame of Sailor Neptune that I really liked and I wanted to try drawing it. I was sitting on my couch looking back and forth from my TV screen to my sheet of paper. I can't even explain how proud I was back then, it was practically one to one. After that my parents just kinda pushed more art related stuff towards me for christmas and my birthday, and even now they still do. Glad that they caught on so early because art really is for me, even if I don't have full confidence in it now, I genuinely enjoy art.
This is SO true because to improve in drawing, you gotta trace from other things and the more you recognize a certain art style, the better your art will become
Copying / Imitating is a crucial factor of being human. By copying / imitating, we literally take the idea we're trying to copy / imitate for granted, basically treating it like it's already inside us, and for some reasons it ACTUALLY gets INGRAINED into our minds after countless repetition 🤯
I actually didn't know I have been doing the same thing my WHOLE LIFE on many other fields of life without being aware of it 😱Thanks to this video, now I realized myself that I can just copy / imitate / trace other people's art styles at the beginning to help inspire and create my own foundation of ideas in the long run 💯💯
Here are some examples of copying that applies to many, if not all, humans:
- Humans copy / imitate language from older people in order to learn how to speak when they were a toddler (and it's still relevant when older)
- Humans copy / imitate their peers' ideas, behaviors, mindsets, vibes, etc... so they can be socially fit
Glad we share the same viewpoint my guy, this is exactly what I'm talking about 🫂♥️
Like people say “you gotta walk before you can run” become more passionate about art before you try to smother yourself in what is basically work.
Just rawdog it brah and have fun doing it
That's what I am doing rn, whatever I feel like it I grab my notebook and sketch shitty drawings
That's pretty much it😂😂
I have tried to learn drawing more than once by starting with the basics only, but every time I do not continue for more than 3 or 4 days and I never enjoy drawing, but a few days ago I decided to copy an anime drawing just for fun without caring about the final result at all, I enjoyed it very much and the result came out good and ignited this passion inside me very much, I decided to try to copy the drawings that I like daily while watching and practicing the basics for only 30 minutes in order to combine the two methods without losing passion and enjoyment, I doubted my method If it is correct these two days but your video has confirmed to me that my method is correct, thank you for the video I appreciate it
Glad I could help, thank you for watching🫂♥️
been drawing for a week straight now largely because of this video which actually saved me. I;m having so much more fun with it than I was expecting and it's a weird feeling to me to want to just sit and draw instead of game or scroll but I am not complaining, I get to create and that's so epic.
*As a young artist my Tip's are:*
- Just enjoy drawing that's the purpose right?
- don't rush at drawing
- Draw then you want to
- Take small break's
- Be what you are dont gotta be someone else
Thats all!
Pretty solid tips ngl
I drew for fun. I did it for 8 years. Have a mindset wherein you're drawing not to satisfy other people, do it for yourself; do it because it's a fun hobby
Couldn't have said it better myself 🙏🏼💯
When I was a kid, I used to pause the vcr and draw screenshots from episodes of sonic X. I had to constantly play and pause it because the screen would time out and go blue. I think back to those days all the time. The days when i had that kind of patience. These days, I wish I had continued. I was getting good at drawing back then. If I had kept going, I would be doing really well right now and would have already achieve my goals in life. Unfortunately, if I want that now, i have to start from scratch. That's really rough.
"The best time to plant a tree might have been 20 years ago, but the second best time is right now." Never too late to start, just remember to have fun along the way 🫂♥️
Man ignore the hate. these people are so stuck up and hateful. I'm a beginner and I rarely saw any creator cover the neglected psychological aspect of the beginners' experience.. it is so true that passion comes first, and without it there's no commitment or maintenance for this new hobby that you're completely new to.
Btw, not everyone wants to become da vinci or whoever the F* you consider to be the best artist. I just wanna draw random simple things and this video is more than enough for most absolute beginners.
Appreciate you fr 🫂♥️
Single-handedly explained what made me want to make my imaginations alive. it's to copy and reproduce what contents you love and start from there.
Incredible Aspiring video 👍
Thank you so much for watching 🫂♥️
If somebody starts to think about improving so they do even casual search on it, it means the stage of just having fun comes to an end. Harsh truth is that if you only draw boxes and just doing exercises you may quit faster, but if you only concentrate on things that seem fun, you will quit too. Eventually, you`ll see your own work and be dissatisfied with it, without even knowing why. It because you will start to understand more about art and notice if things look wrong. At that point you gonna either pick up fundamentals and start learning properly, or you gonna quit forever.
When it comes to fun, I think overtime priorities change. I used to attend art school long time ago, since then I didn't draw much, till recently. And if then I never particularly enjoyed being precise and accurate too much, preferring to rely on life drawing and making it as I see, now I see the value of fundamentals more, as drawing even perfect cubes can be fun, if you can make them look really real. And that's the point of drawing overall - making what you draw look real. There are no tricks or easy tips for that, you need to understand how it works, that's where fundamentals come in.
If I had to make an advice to a beginner, that would be is to understand and recognize the complexity and depth that drawing as a skill have. You don't have to compare yourself to others, the only marker you should follow now is your perception. You will have fun drawing if you do it to the best of your ability, and when it stops being enough and you start feeling doubt in your work - you go and start improving your skills. Your level in drawing and your understanding of art should be in balance, so you create something you can enjoy, i.e. - have fun.
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This is great advice, not just for art but like...anything. People love learning random crap online but not actually applying it...when the attempt to try something should be engaging in of itself. The whole process in a sense should feel like a journey, subconscious but still attentive. But most people will never tap into that for multiple reasons!
Great comment! :D :D
I agree with 99% of what u said bro, especially the last part - just have fun🤌🏼💯
Its great to hear someone say this. When I have said something similar I have had a lot of negative comments from so called “experts”. I think you are right that when you’re beginning you need to see results and realise that this is something you can do…if you start with perspective etc it can kill enthusiasm very quickly unless you have an exceptional teacher and those are very rare.
Once you know what style you like and know what you are trying to produce and why then the theory makes sense because you can more easily see why its relevant and how it can improve youre efforts.
Glad to know we share the same viewpoint🫂♥️
I literally started drawing yesterday because I saw a drawing of Hornet (from Hollow Knight) and went "oh that's how you do depth" and just endlessly started drawing masks trying to perfect drawing round things and depth with short sweet lines of various amounts of pressure being exerted onto the paper for proper shading.
as a hollow knight fan still waiting for silk song, i can confirm we have the same reason at starting art
I agree on a lot, copy and stock the informations in your brain to have muscle memory to make you own later. Also you can have long break when drawing, I used to watch ppl and clothes to stock in my brain for later and make it as I remember.
For beginners, no need to stress on improving it will come by growing into you. Drawing is a lot of input and muscle memory to keep it fun.
I really like the way you draw the whole anime character in such a small amount of time. You could already do your own manga, and thats exactly what I wanna do, its just that Im a complete beginner. Im gonna try to get there no matter what though.
you want to write it?, if so i think you can do it
I believe in you!
Thank you, I really wanna make a manga too but I'm terrible with time management and deadlines 😭😭 I'm planning to make a video in which I try to make a one-shot manga in 24 hrs so stay tuned for that if that interests you!🫂♥️
Also, I'm sure I can do it. U don't have to be an expert in art to make a good manga. Look at AOT for example💀
Anyways what I'm tryna say is you can do it, I believe in you 🫂♥️
It's kinda hilarious that the best advices come from such a smal artist:3
We growin fast tho🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
@@artus_d._artist with such a good content there is no way it wouldn't:3
2:30 i love that u talk about that because im trying art for fun ritgh now since i felt like i dont have any passion in life
Love that your tryna find your passion with art, keep at it! Ik u can do it! 🙏🏼♥️
copying what you see helps you actually draw from your head
learning anatomy, perspective, and composition are for perfecting your art (to a degree)
Yup, exactly. Just remember that it's not an alternative to learning the fundamentals, it's just a good starting point when it comes to learning art.
i used to trace a lot and eventually in moved onto me drawings what i see now I'm drawing my own characters and working on my first web comic if i never started tracing I'm sure i would've quit a long time ago so this is really good advice lol
The best advice is to learn to observe, which you sorta stated here. Main thing I learned in art school is that almost anyone can produce almost any form of art if they can learn to analyze and break down the steps needed to achieve it. I'm constantly looking at art and seeing if i can figure out how they did it in terms of technique
Obviously some people are able to produce art more effectively than others, but that often comes down to practice and experience like any other trade
i'm a young artist and sometimes i feel like i worry too much about the fundamentals perspective and some other stuff, so maybe i might try to follow the tips that you've provided so i won't worry as much! :]
Happy for you! Just have fun and the rest will come naturally. You'll realise when it's time to actively pursue the fundamentals. Thanks for the support 🫂♥️
My advice is to look around on RUclips or smth and sketch it out and have fun tweeting with it and then expand like creating thing from scratch like what I do
You’re absolutely right, that’s how I started. You can get into the nitty gritty when you’ve developed a habit of drawing
Glad most people agree with me, thanks for watching🫂♥️
I think you’re right because I did the same thing when I wanted to learn guitar. It was much more fun at the beginning to learn the tabs from songs than to learn the chords, how to hold the guitar, or how to press on the strings to make it sound good. It was what got me started, and after some time practicing just that, I slowly started to learn the fundamentals and basics.
dude's actually a genius, taking out the competition before they've even started their careers lmao
wym? 😂
not everyone wants to do art as a career
I've been having trouble drawing hands very well, I always felt like my proportions were off. I happened to find this video while I was taking a little break from drawing and the way you drew Goku's hands at 2:23 and 2:50 somehow just made it click immediately. I needed a few attempts but all of a sudden I feel so much better about my ability to sketch simple hands that look good.
Your point about learning from other artists techniques proved itself before I even finished the video.
I think you're on point. The reason I can't never finally learn to draw (even though I'm with the idea for several years now) is because I try to force myself to learn the fundamentals... Now I'm following Marc Brunet's draw in 30 days which is pretty light compared to, proko for example... And I alternate those daily excercises (maybe 30min per day) with what you say which is to just draw the fuck you want. However it's true that trying to draw anime not knowing to draw can be frustrating which makes me want to learn the fundamentals and that's a loop...
Just started drawing recently, but I can say from a standpoint of doing VFX in the past that copying and taking apart other people's work taught me infinitely more than online guides and trial and error. Probably not the same for everyone but there's no shame in relying heavily on everyone else to learn.
the simplest advice can also be drawing everyday with the intention of gaining knowledge, and simply having patience, patience is what i consider the most essential and basic form of skill you need to learn to get to the higher levels
Very valid🤝🏼💯
it’s different for everybody, you can’t get better from a tutorial most of the time. It really matters on like, who you are basically.
Very true 🤝🏼💯
Ive been trying to do the generic draw shapes, tridimentional blah blah blah. and you were right, that was just killing the fun.
Ill try your advice tho
I must say, for a dummer than a rock me when it comes to drawing… your explanation makes sense and helps in a big way! 😊
Glad you could understand it, thanks for the support 🫂♥️
My cousin started by tracing too ! Now shes like 15 and one of the best artists I know for real ! I like your advice :)
Thanks for the support! Hope your cousin makes it big with her art someday (if she hasn't already)!🫂♥️
@@artus_d._artist haha she's a genius already I can't even start to comprehend the immensity of her skill. Thanks for replying !
Honestly I agree, I started to learn drawing this exact way, the only difference is that I took let’s say a nose copied it and then improved on what I liked about it.
SAME!😭
Amazing time-lapse! I’m always fascinated by how quickly you work. Would love to see a step-by-step breakdown of your process sometime!
Sure, just let me know exactly what you wanna see broken down and I'll post some real time footage! Btw I sometimes do live streams on weekends so it's a good chance to see how I work.
Thanks for the support, appreciate you fr 🙏🏼♥️
just have fun doing art and you will improve somehow
Great video! Personally, I always doodled on my homework and textbooks when I was bored but never treated art that seriously until that Pewdiepie video where he drew for 100 days, I already knew how to draw pretty well then but that video got me to get a sketchbook and start drawing more consistently
Bruh Pewdiepie is living proof that anyone can get into art. When I saw his improvement I was like "wtf he's only been drawing for a few months, how is he already better than me?!"😭😭
Nice to see that more and more people are finding inspiration in each other! Good luck with your sketchbook, thanks for watching and for taking time out of your day to comment🫂♥️
@@artus_d._artist When I saw his video the sentiment I had was more like "I can do that too", just recently bought one of those screenless drawing tablets and I already got used to it. Good luck with your art journey too! Your art looks amazing
Bro same
Believe it or not i actually followed this advice long before you made this video.. i started art by copying. No toturials no nothings of that sort. I was just searching drawings that i like and copy them.after a while i started adding my little touches to the drawings i copy. Recently, when i decided to learn how to draw i discovered perspecives, foreshortening and so on.
Sounds like it's time for you to pick up the fundamentals then, only if you're ready ofc😂
Thanks for the comment btw🫂♥️
as a person that doesnt have a "mental library" as I dont see images in my head. And I can 100 percent tell you drawing from imagination is a very real thing. Because as someone who does not see a picture in my head i have to translate a feeling or audible or readable thought into an image.
Pretty sure they are the same thing but in different ways. According to me you don't have an imagination since you don't see images in your head, but that would be false, wouldn't it?
When you learn something and remember it, it is in your "mental library" / knowledge bank / memory and so on whatever you wanna call it.
I think he did say it in a weird way, but I totally agree that the best way to understand something on a deeper level is to see it from many different angles and filling you brain with knowledge about that thing, just like in real life with everything.
Someone who has learnt to swim and to ride a bike will obviously have an easier time driving or riding a motor bike, even if they are not the same thing.
I'll also add that muscle memory helps a lot, and everyone has that, no matter if they have images in their head, a voice in their head, have eyes/sight, have ears to hear and so on.
tl:dr just practice and you will improve. Kinda wrote this to myself too since I am new to drawing, but my point stands since I have done similar things outside of art
do you have aphantasia
i think what he tried to say is that feeling u are trying to convey and how you convey it, is a way you already saw somewhere or from an experience u ve had
@@Simking yes.
@@Simking i do
I gotta say, you are right about it. I started to learned drawing and i really slowly doing good with some refference. Sure, it's still hard but i am on my way to get the hang of it.
I think this is excellent advice for beginners. Nurturing the passion for art before diving in and learning fundamentals is so true.
For me I’m trying to get into animating, but I did not want to draw the little bouncing ball or any other practice animations. So I took characters I like from a show and just winged an “animation.” Then after that I felt better about my skills, animated the ball and it looked ok.
Also, I admire your attitude when talking to others with differing opinions.
I'm glad most people agree with me on this. Hope the animation thing works out for you btw, you need some real determination to be able to pull it off. Personally I quit before I got very far💀💀
And yeah I try to be as respectful and open-minded as possible when replying to counterarguments, unless it's just a straight up troll😂
Thanks a lot for the support 🫂♥️
I needed to hear this! Thank you. I tried to do the fundamentals but it kinda demotivated me because I wasn’t satisfied with the result, so I returned to things I like to draw. But anyway, I think I’ll try at least combine fundamentals and things I like. Thank you one more time and good luck all!
That's like saying fight before you learn how to fight, which to be honest is kind of effective.
😂😂😂
This is actually helping me as a beginner artist. You deserve the sub
Thank you🫂♥️
Honestly i did do this once even before watching this video, and it helped a TON. i redrew a simple piece of art i really liked, and it actually helped me get a better perspective on how to draw shoulders and stuff, very cool!
Glad to see this method worked for you, good luck in ur art journey 🫂♥️
This advice is useful depending on whether someone enjoys tracing and imitating, which I’m going to assume that not everyone does.
This is 💯 correctly to learn illustrations that what did and sometimes still do good way to learn new tools and good way to learn new techniques. It what i am doing now with paintings. This one of the best advice for almost any form of art.
this is what i did and i improved by so much but i didnt forget the fundementals at the strat i just copied not trace but over time i went into the cube cube stuff so i start learning the proportions
This is really accurate, damn. Copying art is great for beginners, but you also have to build your observation skills alongside it. Some people think "why can't I draw something myself?" or, "why cant i draw something from my imagination?" or something original, then continue copying other artworks, without understanding how it works. I suggest asking questions to yourself when you look at an artwork. "Wow, this is beautiful. But how is this made?" "Damn, the way that shading is accentuated looks absolutely stunning, I wonder how the artist did it." Try to break down or imagine the process that it took to create that masterpiece, and try to apply it on an original artwork, even just a basic painting, or an original, basic character. When you build the enough amount of knowledge to observe and understand, that's where you probably start to learn how to actually draw something on your own. People who learns by drawing something on their own, or exploring and experementing by creating something from nothing, is also good, great even. It drives you to brainstorm on what should you do or what your finished artwork should look like (or procrastinate. Me asf), but that's hard to do. What you want to do is to practice again and again and again, until you get close to what you're imagining, because people who try to draw original artworks or maybe with a bit of reference, their main weapons are their imagination and hands. RUclips is a great platform for tutorials btw. Tutorials are great, trust me. (Yea I've yapped too much, goodbye)
Bro, you really got it! This was the exact point that I was trying to get across 🤌🏼
Thanks for the very insightful yap session and the incredible support, hope to see you in my comments more often 🫂♥️
I’m 12 years old and I’ve been drawing since I was 4 I’ve always had the passion to have a company that help artist of any age improve and how to love their art and I still have that same passion I can definitely say I’ve improved a lot I met a friend in grade 5 and we both love art we have kinda of a rivalry always trying to get better at art, and art isn’t the only reason were friends I can say that we love joking around and have common interest he feels like brother to me(I am boy do not say he got friendzoned). in my opinion I think it’s good to copy and trace that’s how I improved but I still think that it’s also good to draw your own ideas once in a while because I think creativity is key hope this helps anyone who is struggling with art we all have our struggles.
Very inspirational bro, it's true that rivals make you stronger. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I wish u and ur bro luck on your art careers 🫂♥️
Whilst I must argue that copying won't get you anywhere if that's all you do, there is some serious foresight in what you say. I feel like a mix between both copying and doing your own thing and studying fundamentals, easier ways to draw things, points of view etc. is the best way to go about getting better.
Oh shit, you already say that at the end
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@@artus_d._artist IM SORRY IM THAT ONE GUY THAT JUMPS THE GUN
@@ZombieRush22579 Don't worry about it my guy, ur good 🤝🏼💯
@@ZombieRush22579 LMAO I fucking cackled HAHAHA
Underrated, keep it brother.
Going to school for art killed my drive for it. Now after that im trying to teach myself in a way that makes sense to me and keep the passion alive.
Oof sorry to hear that 😔
I've never gone to art school, what's it like? Obviously from what you're saying, I can guess that it wasn't that great but that's not what I mean😭😭
I mean like was it expensive? What were the assignments like? Were the teachers pricks?
Anyways, good luck on your new art journey! As long as you're having fun, the passion will never die! Thanks for watching 🫂♥️
@@artus_d._artist It wasn't an art school but a college with courses for art. It felt tedious to me. I was excited to learn how i could improve my basic skills but being forced to basically have a lack of imagination to follow their guidelines made it less fun. My imagination didn't feel like my own.
Learning myself made it better because I'm not forced to rush any project I make. Like now, I'm making a story with 4 stories that will be after the main story.
Makes me more happy now.
this is what I needed , thank you so much! your really underrated
This is how people were trained throughout history when wanting to learn art. You'd get taught the basics, then your master/teacher/whatever would put a piece of theirs in front of you and make you recreate it. What's the most important isn't trying to get 1 to 1 with it, but understanding the process of how to get there and the tools that need to be used. I spent a couple months learning the basics and now the fastest way I've learnt is by recreating pages from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Seeing how what I've learnt is used, then using them myself is what helps me the most. It's no different than getting taught any other skill, someone shows you how to do it, then you practice doing it through examples/practice.
Bro said it better than me💀
I think you should be the one making the videos here😭
@artus_d._artist I think I'll stick with being the random comment guy for now. I've studied the techniques and history a lot, but there are plenty of people (definitely including you) way better than me at this stuff.
Thankuuu ❤
I have been feeling stuck because of this
Funnily enough, I got better at drawing through jojo. Its variation of style makes it easier to feel confident drawing different specific things until you nail the style to the most you can.
Bro I wanna get into JoJo's so bad but I always get stuck at part 1😭😭😭😭😭
@artus_d._artist what streaming service you use cuz I might be able to give you some watching advice
a few days aog i dedicated my time to starting to learn the fundamentals. and your saying is exactly what got me into art for the past 2 - 3 years
funny how i noticed that when my skill slightly improves, its either me observing other techniques and enjoying the doodles and dawdles while testing out new stuffsies
Stuffsies? Dawdles? Bro what language are you speaking 💀
@@GrieferBT twink language
Ngl same bruh, it's always the "quick" doodles at 3 AM that turn into the biggest masterpieces🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@artus_d._artist how did you know about my 3 am doodles
we are subsequently the same, anime was my sole driving force for even considering learning anatomy and form
Oooh I agree! No one I SWEAR NO ONE have ever gotten into drawing or just art because they liked cubes and just 3d shapes, like imagine that... I also started because I wanted to draw something. I remember writing a lot but I wanted to have the characters in front of me, so I started drawing. I didnt care about cubes and 3d forms, I just drew faces. Found cool art style on pinterest and kinda copied it (ofc it turned out very bad lol)
And it wasnt until a few months ago (and I have been drawing for like 4 yrs) I decided to do some studies myself, like actual studies and not just drawing.
And I really recommend using references. No matter what you draw. Its not only easier to have one, but also helps you learn faster. But I still draw mostly from imagination literally, but yk do what makes you happy.
Good vid❤
Thank you so much for the support 🫂♥️
THIS! I started drawing for almost a month now, focused on drawing only 2 shapes, cubes and cylinders and combined them to make a figure (follow video step by step). And hell it was tedious af, it turns out like sh*t and i don't know how many times I'm on the verge of giving up drawing forever, it almost killed my passion many times. At least now I'm able to draw a figure using shapes by looking at a reference, at least still somehow recognizable as a figure.
So recently i took a piece of art from my fav artist and tried to draw boxes on top of it, the 3d box model turns out pretty good but I've no idea how to draw human muscles, face, eyes, nose, hand, feet, perspective, shading at all so the final product was bad. But I found out that I learned a lot more details from trying to imitate the original drawing. At least it felt so much for fun when you finally drawing an anime character rather than boxes all day, that's what makes most people quit before they can draw something they have always wanted. I would say basics are important, but it's more important to try draw what u want, even if it means copying your fav artist work, at least you get back some confidence instead of quitting forever. There's a saying "fake it till you make it", I'll keep copying until I acquired the skills to make my very own art.
Glad to see that you didn't give up!🤝🏼💯
Thanks for sharing your experience, and for watching too 🫂♥️
I've tried to draw several times in my life and I always abandon it because I feel a little overwhelmed by everything as you mention in the video. But now, I'm challenging myself to draw at least for 30 days to see if there's any improvement (today is day 9), with a mindset similar to what you say, just copy whatever I like and enjoy it. No more cubes and spheres and perspectives for a while, only anime xD.
It reminds me of when I started playing guitar. I failed to stick with it for like 2 years in elementary school until I decided to just start playing Iron Maiden songs I liked. I enjoyed "copying" them and getting better at it motivated me and eventually I started to learn all the theory and hard stuff to actually be good at guitar, but as a beginner it can definitely feel like too much. Now I've been playing for like 15 years :D I hope this time that happens with drawing.
Thanks for the video! :D
Thanks you for watching, wish I am the best with ur art improvement.🫂♥️
Also I appreciate the fact that you poured a lot into a comment, thanks for sharing your experience with "copying" and how it helped you learn guitar. Really cool and really glad that I could relate to my tip outside of just drawing.
I'm sure ur gonna be a killer artist 🤝🏼💯
I am at day 21 and still going strong. Really enjoy the new hobby I found.
Welcome to the art community my guy, hope that you are to stay!🤝🏼💯
@@artus_d._artist I am 46 and just starting but really enjoy it!! Thx for the good advice in the video!!
@@AutArt4 WOAH I thought my whole demographic was below 30😂
You are actually really inspiring, you can enjoy making art without being discouraged even though you got into it at a later age than usual. That is what you call passion, proud of you my guy!
I'm sure that you'll evolve into an unstoppable artist! Keep up the grind 🤝🏼💯
My advice is,it's ok for using reference for practice but don't just trace it or copy
tracing is also fine, but dont say its yours
@unscr1ptd yeah
copy is perfectly fine for practicing. To draw a perfect character like the original is a lesson itself.
I spent my first practices copying attractive anime girls and zoro. Learn to do anatomy, focus on structures and perspectives, etc.
Artist draw differently and you can learn alot by copy which help developing your style.
honestly learned a ton about anatomy and perspective just from watching you draw.
Glad I could help🫂♥️
This is what I just needed thanks man.
Am going to give this a try. Have wanted to draw for a while, just comic stuff like the crow and tank girl. Got a book about fundamental to work through and it sucked the enjoyment out of why I wanted to draw. Going to get some tracing paper and a couple of pictures to try again. Thanks for the op load and inspiration.
Hi, as a beginner artist for about 5 months, i did exactly every step like you said in the video. I didnt really follow many people advise on learning the basic first. I just jumped right into copies someone else art and oh boy my skill shoot up so fast its crazy. I can basically draw 90% accurate of the piece i try to copy, even if its from Guweiz or Wlop (i chose some easy art from them ofc) which is already insane to me to even think about it couple months ago.
Now i already love drawing and decent at observation skill, i comback to learn the other fundementals along side with copy other artis and hopefully someday i can create something entire new and look nice
So yeah, i can confirm that this method is working, atleast for me
Nice! Thanks for sharing your experience, I'm sure someone will find inspiration from your comment!
Good luck on your art journey and thanks for watching and for leaving a comment!🫂♥️
I just throw shit at the wall until I can recreate it, give me a reference image and I can make a pretty decent version of it on a piece of paper (something I don't generally do because I want to be able to make up stuff). I think focusing on recreating real life can help people get a handle of how they like to draw better than using stylized drawings, mostly because you're stylizing something that's already in a style, as it gives them room to choose what details they value and which they don't.
Very very valid take 🤝🏼💯
thats what im doing right now referencing real life activities like eating, which indicates that my character loves that certain food so much XD. and the other one was checking if the rain is gonna start falling soon something like that. i created 4 characters my last piece was to give them characteristics or attitude XD
My tip just have fun 😊
Top 1 tip ngl
Your hand movements are very expressive
Thank you, I try 🫂♥️
your sketches are very good.. keep up🫡
Thank you, I will! Thanks for watching🫂♥️
Thanks, you inspire me so much, Im trying to start my art journey again and become a RUclipsr, after quitting for 2 years.❤
Don't stress it, just press that record button and pour all of your passion into your videos. Ik you can do it! 🙏🏼♥️
Interesting, i used to copy art from manga again and again and it was kind of fun, but i never really thought about things this way, this is actually pretty useful and cool.
Thanks for the advice, my guy.
Ofc 🤝🏼💯
Thanks for watching 🫂♥️
I felt like getting better at art when i was trying to take inspiration from multiple different artists though im still bad at drawing the bodies i just find it fun drawing the face
"Doing 100 push ups everyday won't make you stronger, that's like saying doing science everyday will make you smarter"
What do you mean? 100 push ups everyday will make you stronger. Not sure abour science part. Knowing about things isn't the same as being smart. Although smart people t end to know a lot about various things.
@ILikeGuns1992 The creator of this video said drawing everyday won't make you better, I was simply mocking him
I've been doing this for a few months now, was kinda feeling down today and my art wasn't looking great (even in comparison to a few days ago).
I've noticed that I can "copy" quite well, but the times I've tried doing my own thing, it doesn't look too great. I've definitely made progress, don't get me wrong, but it is gonna be a long road ahead before I get where I want to be, and sadly I can't just speed my way to the end.
I've realized that I have a problem of dreaming about where I want to be, without actually thinking about the steps to get there, so now I'm trying to take things slow and walk the path, it is quite nice.
good vid, got my sub, would love to hear some more tips.
I proceeded to sketch one of my best non-reference pieces, always keep at it lol.
Thank you that's what I did!
Glad it helped!🫂♥️
drawing can be broken up into two things which is: Thinking in 2D and Thinking in 3D
Thinking in 2D is basically what you described which is straight up copying what you observed from a reference
For beginners this is one of the best ways to learn because it not only trains your observation and mechanicals skills but its also very rewarding without putting a lot of effort
eventually you have to study art fundamentals though to have a better grasp of 3D forms and all that… I recommend doing fundamentals little by little to not overwhelm yourself
Exactly! You explained it so much better than I did in the video😭😭😭
But yeah that's basically what I was trying to tell people 😂
Maybe you're the one who should post this kinda stuff on RUclips, I have a feeling you'd be a lot better at it than me😭
In any case, thank you for watching sharing your insight🫂♥️
This needs to be more well-known because almost every guide tells me to learn circles and dimensions and that crap
This video keeps reaching thousands of people everyday, all thanks to your support. Can't thank you enough 🫂♥️
in my experience, i advice for people just started to copy work so u analyse and get some experience till someday try to draw from imagination and in ur own, if u failed then just practice again and put tutorials.
Very very valid 🤝🏼💯
Thank you! This will helpful and confirming in many ways! I really appreciate your insight
This is how I started out back in the day. As a kid, I always enjoyed doodling dumb things in such, but around middle school, I started copying other peoples artwork (a LOT of Sonic artwork) and started to pick up things from there. Later on, when I started making my own things, I still copied other artwork but would insert my own little critters into it (specifically I worked with a ton of artwork from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) and that's how I eventually started to grow my own style. Copying and tracing are really good beginner tools and a pretty good way to find or at least start developing your style early on, even if you're not really looking for it. Genuinely a good piece of advice I think cuz it was the same for me, I learned how to draw from copying and eventually learned the fundamentals and stuff on my own. Thanks for sharing this, I think most beginners need to hear this, as controversial as it is. It's completely fine as long as you're not passing it off as your own work.
Happy to see that a fellow artist reached the same conclusion 🤌🏼
Thanks for watching and for commenting, gl on ur art journey my friend 🫂♥️
@@artus_d._artist thanks man, gl with your journey too 💜
My take is this: I'm not great at it. There's nothing wrong with that, its called a hobby. However, I am noticing I'm getting better compared to my past self. So don't compare yourself to others, only yourself and don't give a shit what people think. And if you are the type that cares about what people think, just isolate it. There's no need to share what you do. I find fulfilment in the process of drawing and getting the result, not from what people think of said result. If I make something I'm proud of, sure, I might share it to my family and maybe close friends. Finally, although you shouldn't compare yourself to others, that doesn't mean you shouldn't take inspiration or learn from other people.
The mindset I strive for every day 💯
I have an advice for artists too: just have fun
Pretty solid advice ngl
I'm toying with the idea of getting into drawing, but like I have a tendency to overthink and overwhelm myself especially when it comes to new hobbies. I like the idea of just starting out copying though. I imagine there's some basics I need to get down (drawing a head by starting with the oval, boxes / rectangles to first form the chest / legs, etc.), that's all stuff I see artists like yourself do in this video but have no practice in myself.
Anyway it looks really fun and this video was very informative. If there's anything that's helped me to keep up with other hobbies it's that it first and foremost must be fun for me. As soon as I start treating it like a job with a rigid, strict, and frankly boring practice routine, I lose all interest. I can see why copying starting out can help remove so much of that tension I would otherwise feel around practicing.
You wrote a whole essay
@@warrenchamberlain2199and it wasn’t for you
@@nokken__1031 Like how your dad thought you weren't for him? That's wild
@@warrenchamberlain2199the question is.. did you read it all?
@legendofchrono you will want to study the basic construction of the human body. There are plenty of tutorials about this on RUclips :) eventually you will also want to move onto gesture drawing but that’s only once you’re comfortable with copying what you see. ❤ just make sure you are having fun while drawing. ✍️
yeah tracing can be useful just standalone.
for example, one day i traced a hand that was being used by someone to hold themselves up
then a few days later i needed to draw someone standing up and using their hand on the ground as part of it, and i thought (oh yeah that one would fit here, wouldn it), so i just redrew it from memory because it was still fresh enough, and voila.
Artist skills at work 🤌🏼🐐
Bro just exposed my technique 💀
I just like drawing :3
Im not drawing everyday, but im happy when drawing
And that's exactly how it should be!🤝🏼
Thanks for watching 🫂♥️
I started learning drawing 3 days ago. I have wanted learn drawing for ever since i watched my first episode of anime. I just love the anime style so much that i wanted to learn how to draw it but didnt start untill now because i was too lazy 😅. My plan is to draw something everyday and stick with using reference at least for now.
Solid approach ngl🤝🏼💯
Funnily lines and circles and boxes using drawabox is how I got into drawing, just copying felt far too daunting for me, though I'd imagine I'm one of the exceptions and might be missing out by not copying often enough.
I mean yeah, there isn't a one size fits all approach to learning art. Everyone has their own unique experiences so don't feel like you're missing out, just do your own thing and keep having fun🫂♥️