THIS. My family pushed me to do commissions as a way to make extra money. They turned my passion into a "job". Over the years it has withered away until I finally broke. Now I stare at a blank canvas for nearly an hour before just closing the program. I never have ideas of what to draw for myself anymore, I ended up closing my commissions because I could no longer meet deadlines because I took too long to complete the work because I hated working on it. I want to get back into art, to improve so I can get more commission and get more people to notice me. But at the same time, I don't.
@@Crazy_Sue yeah, friend of mine has always expressed how annoying it is that their family keeps pushing them to try and make money off of their passion for art. A lot of folks out there just don’t understand that not everything in your life has to be inherently attached to your bank account
I needed this. I've been depressed and been thinking about quitting art for good because I can't make any artwork that I can consider "great" in my eyes. I end up comparing my old works and telling myself how I downgraded so much over a year. In addition to that, I put so much pressure on myself by seeing how much my peers are improving in a short amount of time. I'm not mad at them, I'm mad at myself for not being able to catch up and with the rise of a.i. and artist getting layed off by big industries like riot, I sometimes think what the point. Art is all I have, I love making art but it's just so difficult. But I'll keep trying and I won't stop. Thank you, Marc.
I know it's difficult but please don't give up! Do what you can, respect and don't be cruel to yourself. Your effort will be rewarded! Even if I don't know you, I believe in your potential! :)
Man, I'm currently in this situation too. Not only do I compare my latest drawings with my older ones, but I also keep comparing them to my peers', and it's depressing because mine look so trashy. My posts also never perform well. I wanna quit so bad, but then I'll lose the only skill I have then I'm gonna be even more useless as a human being
I feel you, i got too sick of feeling so stressed out by how far behind I feel after studying art for so long, so I ended up quitting for two years. Now I feel im so behind everyone my age so what’s the point in starting again
Why don't you guys experiment with a different medium of art instead of just doing your primary art style. You can use what you already know to help you learning. If you draw, you could paint, if you paint you could sculpt, if you sculpt you could spray paint. Idk you get the idea, art is such a broad topic. Maybe take some classes to help you get started
Yeah drawing has become a chore to me, it's a drag now, and I'm trying to regain the fun I had with drawing, but I'm having a hard time with it cause of my perfectionism and mild depression
Hey due I hope you didn't quit on your passion it's life , what ever you do if you start doing it daily it becomes burden , and on top of that when you are following your passion and have Goals set to it,I would just say get " crazily obsessed with arts " like it's your oxygen you think about it make it your lifetime regime and if you fail never get depressed try again and again and again until you succeed , it's never easy for anything, the things that person is saying is TRUE but I would say I have started to like arts as passion , I do it daily like my life depends on it , I think about it only and to progress work smartly also , like if anything goes wrong you have second plan, like I am in fine arts batchelors, I have lectures which are great but I still do Drawing for 2 hours everyday and even if I feel like I am not progressing I have whole class to discuss, I have a supporting parents and one of the most coolest professors , just in case if you are doing arts alone find a company , if you will do it alone you are going to only find regret , pressure and competition unhealthy, so I will suggest invest in your passion either find a degree or diploma or anything online or just start teaching or maybe make it a youtube channel , invest your time and money , even if you can't invest money just start to go outside meet with different people hang out your artwork in libraries or maybe just find a circle you will find fun in that hustle , only if you are motivated enough nothing is bad , even I say all time I hate this that but I never do it's just to tell me that I am doing some hardworking but inside I am enjoying everybit of it
Currently going through this as well, except with adhd thrown into the mix. There are a lot of ideas I'm excited to do at first but then once I'm actually drawing them it feels so draining and not worth finishing. I long for being able to draw frequently and enjoy it again so that I can actually see my ideas and be proud instead of them being stuck in my head...
@@swiss6616It would be nice to be able to just be able to *will* your depression away but that isn’t how the human brain works. I’m glad you are happy and fulfilled though.
the negative associations have become so bad for me. i completely trained my brain to unleash every negative feeling i have in my body while i am drawing, without realizing it. i cannot study, i cannot doodle, i cannot simply draw because i immediately feel angry and frustrated. it felt so good to have these few minutes of marc talking about it. I'll try and re-wire my brain into associating art with positive feelings again. i hope it'll work and it's not too late. i miss drawing from my heart so much and i want nothing more then improving but it's tough. it is so tough.
20yo, stopped drawing and started sculpting in blender, but i lost all the passion, there's no creativity... im trying to go back to this "creative path" and to drawing
What bums me out most when it comes to drawing is not knowing how certain things are done by other artist relating to the drawing program. Anatomy can be learnt, perspective can be learnt. But how does this or that artist draw the lineart lines this way? Am I using the wrong pen? Maybe the good looking pens I can't use because of the drawing program I use? What about this kind of colour and shading? Did they use a tool or specific pen again? Maybe a setting or a blur? So many things that I feel like I will never understand just because I didn't see a certain setting or don't have the right pen. I'm also worried about not being able to draw in the style that I want to draw in. It makes me want to give up knowing my artstyle doesn't look like the artstyle that I want it to look like.
I get wanting to use the right brushes and programs but it shouldn't discourage you from making what you want. And I'm sure a lot of good artists experiment with what they got and just found something that worked for them. I'd say explore your options and see what you vibe with. Art is all about exploring you and your potential. It'll take a few tries but as long as you're patient with yourself, you got this!
I take my art very seriously and I have never improved more in the last two years than in almost 13 years. I simply stopped caring about social media and stuff and just doing it for myself, for fun. Completely changes the way I see art today. People like Marc really helped me in that process and I kept discovering so many great artists that way, so thank you so much. ❤
Never did anything apart from studying in the last two years XD. I dont really know why but I can't bring myself to draw for "fun"; I instinctively prioritise learning.
I'm a new artist but a relatively experienced guitarist and violinist, and I spend 20-30 minutes noodling around and just enjoying the sound of the instrument before I practice basically every time I pick it up That's definitely the reason I'm still playing, if I didn't do that I'd have given both up years ago
@@aaaaaa-ts3rw fellow musician I see XD. I'm not very good but I learned the basics of guitar, bass, drums and piano at school (I'm persuing a "degree" in music production). I'd love to learn how to play the violon and the luth (though I guess I'll begin with the luth considering I have at least of expérience with the guitar 😅).
Lute will be pretty easy I bet, I can fake my way on a bass, mandolin, and uke without any issues. Violin has a pretty rough learning curve I won't lie, but if you've got music in you you can do whatever ^_^ we just gotta keep enjoying what we're doing, who cares how good we are @@shard5159
This came at the right time 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I've been hitting wall to wall recently and I've felt like I could never improve. My heads look wrong, my gesture drawings barely resemble a human, and my god, my line confidence is just blegh I keep thinking that the moment I learn a new skill I should be able to do it that instant but I need to remember I need to have both the knowledge and the skill, it's something I need to do repetitively esp since I'm still around the beginning. I almost lost the fun in drawing so ty for this video
Yeah, it is very important to cherish the small victories. Over time, I became more and more passionate about drawing, but that wasn´t always the case. My first drawings were so bad that even my dad rejected a manga I wanted to gift him lmao. And also, he being more realistic but with more touch, told me many times I should be getting my stuff together and get more money. Right now, more skilled, taking classes and making SOME money, my dad is now very positive with me, and that also made me love drawing more. In a perfect world you shoudn´t care what people say, and I now know the things he said were to push me to improve, but it really did help me like art more.
I remember making the mistake of focusing only on getting better without a specific goal. I always told myself that I wasn’t good enough. This lead to me to stop drawing pictures and only doing anatomy studies (my weakness at that time). Whenever I had time I sat down and drew human mannequins. And because I am a perfectionist I never made any progress. I was never happy with my results. One day I was about to continue my studies. I looked at them. But before I could begin drawing I emotionally felt something tearing apart and even a bit of panic? And that was the moment I stopped my studies and just wanted to have something in front of me, that I can be proud of. I was driven by the stress that had built up inside me these past weeks. But this time I resisted the urge to make every single line perfectly. „Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.“ When I finished I looked at my drawing. I felt something like breaking free from chains. The pressure was gone. I will never forget, how happy I felt in that moment.
@@infiniteraide1642 I rushed myself a bit and tried to ignore lines I didn’t consider as perfectly straight. I tried to just move on and focus on finishing it. Hope that helps!
6:42 i wish i saw this video sooner, what you said here is absolutely true. I stopped drawing completely for half a year bc I got frustrated and quit and refused to go back bc I remember the negativity associated with drawing. Literally today I got back into drawing and it was fun but I feel I missed out on too much for skipping 6 months. Like, I would look at amazing art during those 6 months and feel like attempting what they do and even feel a bit inspired to draw, but I simply never did bc of how frustrated I once was. It really halted my progress. I appreciate your tip here about ending it on a good note. This is an old video but if this comment ever reaches you, thank you
Drawing became such a task for me recently. I usually did draw a lot for online currency, I never finished the commissions on time or even at all sometimes because my commisioners gave me such boring ideas that I never wanted to do them. I gave up on doing commisions since I just hated it. Also because of my art teacher not liking my character design drawings which is what I like doing the most. I usually hated art class whenever we'd get a project because my teacher barely gave me any freedom in it. She even said one of my drawings that I liked was a waste of my talent.
When I start to draw as a kid, I find it fun and wonderful, because it cheering me up and let my fantasies became true like a cute monsters or animals or characters But after grew up, having a depression, I cant draw so cheerful as I was a kid. You looking to your own art and thinking how bad it is, when other artists became more and more good and enjoy every work. You know that a lot of study needed, but don't have a mental or physical strength for it while working for non-art profession or half of it. Thanks for the video, I will take this tips to make my passion burn again inside.
what a nice video.. when I got serious abt art 10 yrs ago, I was often discouraged due to vids & teachers saying that there were certain "right" and "wrong" ways to do [start] things.. constantly shaming, rather than giving constructive criticism. while there are good and preferred things considering properties/structure, anatomy, etc.. beginner artists with new passion shouldn't be told this!! they should be given help-meaning everything this video went over! like how to start their journey in studying art in a way that's fun, suitable to you, and tips on how to pace oneself, and so on! what got me going, was remembering that I'm doing this for me. for fun, and for everything else. I always try to keep myself encouraged and going! I love art.. 💗
needed this video! I was only questioning my love for art a few days ago and this video came at the perfect time. Art has been my passion for as long as i could remember but ive been so burnt-out of it that its started feeling like a chore, or a race i cannot win against my peers in (im in school for 2d animation). This video will help me rekindle my passion for art, thank you!
Wow! That has to be the most extraordinary and unique pose I have witnessed in a space setting. Excellent job on the overall execution of this artwork, which effectively conveys its ✨meaningful message✨ I have great respect for your talent. This art is truly beautiful.
I'd never manage to get myself doing a study but that would mean being stuck in the same level forever. So what I do is combine a full art project and a study of some sort. That project will inevitably involve something I am not good at so I try focusing on that and experimenting. This seems to be working well so far
Man, watching these timelapses is the most satisfying thing ever. It makes me so inspired to try and draw again, and this video was great for me since I sometimes tell myself negative things about my art!! Thanks teach 🎉
I draw things that i like, i barely donstudies but i turn each piece into a study where i have goals lile making more compelling poses or better rendering etc.
I usually get so bummed out by people’s skill. But recently instead of telling myself. “Wow, they’re so much better than me” to : “I wonder how they drew like that!” That’s helped my mindset a little. Also deleting instagram really helped 😂 I am a hobbiest but I would love to be a famous comic book artist and story teller could be fun!
I studied art too much and being perfectionistic made it worse, by repeating the same thing over and over and forgot my goal. Yeah i burned out majorly and forgetting so many things. I still struggle even after getting past burnout and honestly it's not as fun and sparkly as before HOWEVER I know that my love for art is still there, somewhere hidden deep inside, injured and just needs a bit of time and love, but you can rekindle or rediscover it. Just dont give up hope and have compassion towards yourself and your lil art baby like hide and seek, your art baby is just very good at hiding. Love to all who struggle with art and never give up
Man im currently in that state of "getting so frustrated that i stopped drawing" and i thought it was just because of me being bad at art, definitely proud that i stumbled upon this video because i'll try to improve the way i aproach art this year.
yo marc, I feel like your hairflow in this video share the same vibe like the japanese illustrator "Rolua". Really appreciate it if you do art studies on more Japanese illustrators cuz their methods are just too godly
i think instead of trying to please others with your art its better to do it for yourself. years ago i gave up quick because i wanted to get likes and followers and whatever but now i find it just something fun and relaxing to do. 6 months ago i got back into art, although most of the time i may hate the outcome of my drawings, the end goal is just to do something to unwind a rough day and eventually get better with my skills. ive even turned my ig account into something i can post once in a while to share my progress with people (mostly my online friends). if people want to follow then thats cool, it doesnt affect me and my art much anymore and im honestly glad because its something that dragged me down and made drawing a chore and just a thing to please people with.
Yeah, social media sucks, especially when people seem to value art blogs/artists only when they are characters/machines that post aesthetic things and perfect finished art(I think the worse is that this treatment come from the own artists too💢), i think all of us sometimes get stuck on the wish of others approval/admiration, but in the end our social medias is our place, our wish to share our art/passion and see our own improvement
I'm definitely seeing the influence of modern anime-style art and internet artists on your work compared to even just a few years ago, when your work was still lingering more heavily on game design work. It's really cool to see how a variety of influences can evolve a person's style and range of output over time!
Loved it Marc, as you have been giving back hope for me and my art path with your videos! Could you make a video or just some tips how to get back your passion if you have managed *successfully* kill it?
Good timing for this video! For me, relying on art as a means to make money causes me to experience burn out from time to time. I like to think all working professionals stumble across these feelings; especially when working with a client's or audience's vision in mind. Deadlines too. If producing art for a living was that easy, everybody would do it! With this, I take a short break if I can to feel refreshed and resume working. I'm sure all jobs, not just art, come with periods of burn out too Maybe Marc has also had these feelings at some point too? I've heard of other professional artists experiencing burn out or injury from time to time and still enjoy art. It's easy to confuse frustration with a lack of passion.
I spent a whole day trying to draw a face for a png tuber model Im working on. The first draft sucked the second was better, the third was awful. I felt so bad after the third try I havent been motivated all week. Thanks to you I understand why.
Oh god, talking about negative and envy, dude, half a year ago this was a pure madness. Nothing but anger and frustration, in addition, I forced myself to draw everyday and do the same studies. Terrifying time for sure
The negative association advice is the STRONGEST out there, thank you so much for reminding me of that. Funny enough this is exactly the type of stuff you see in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
@@syntax2679 The way Cognitive Behavioral Therapy works is that it tries to create positive associations between your thoughts and your patterns of behavior. When you step off drawing because you get too frustrated with it, it creates a negative feedback loop in the brain where you associate drawing with frustration. If you apply the principles of CBT (not the meme one) to this, the solution would be to change your behavior when you are frustrated from leaving (fleeing the situation) to something more fun (draw something different/less stressful) which helps break the negative feedback loop and creates a positive association in the brain. Really sorry if this sounds a bit too convoluted, but to boil it down it's literally just changing your behavior in a way that influences your thoughts to be more positive. (The reverse can work too btw, it all depends on the situation and individual in the end). This is something that you see outside of drawing ofc. As I said, it's literally part of the principles of CBT.
I remember having so much fun learning and drawing all day, since I got on the world of commissions in 2020-2021, slowly I just become to lose interest in drawing bcause it was starting to be an obligation for the money, I always remember been doing fanarts, I love that, but once I started on paid works, I didn't do a single fanart or something that I like till this day, so I'm still on that "phase" of trying to recover that love that I had on making illustrations
I'm at a point where I can no longer enjoy "the process" because my mind just focuses on the "end result" therefore I end up frustrated and unmotivated 😢. And this happens automatically. My passion has burnt, due to so many hours working as an illustrator and a RUclips Animator. The only thing that can "cure" now is just... Stop. I still LOVE to draw, but my mind needs to rest.
Im im 11th grade now at an art school. Ive lost my passion around the second half of the 9th grade. Since then i was struggeling with my drawings, sometimes I enjoyed them, but never finished. Before this, my life was nothing but art and createing and i was expecting much more. Recently i started recovering from this, but i needed this help. Thank you so much for your advices!❤
7:15 - The problem here, for me is that it becomes extremely hard to avoid that, every time i have to draw a torso; it comes out wrong, which leads to increased frustration, but if I avoid doing it, then it won't improve, but each time the hand won't play along or a finger comes out wrong in inking it just leads to more frustration, meaning you are.forced into a negative loop of bad experiences, but not engaging in the loop mean dropping art entirely, so its impossible to escape it, even after trying every effing method out there!
That part is the hardest part for me, taking breaks. i usually end up buring myself out during my practice drawing basic shapes for anatomy references ill spend 3+ hours just focusing on that
@greiwrowthoeiqhsakfrytoelp5713 Yeah, the funny thing is i can barely put that much focus into anything else, like reading a book or writing any of the short stories that I'm trying to draw 😅
I have been a part of the art school program for a while and just doing studies, it hadn't been too fun and my passion was dwindling. I got inspired again after PewDiePies 30 day drawing video and decided to try it for myself. I would draw something I wanted every day for myself and it helped me so much to regain my love for art. And it wouldn't be that much time every day either, but it was enough.
Hey Marc! I am currently on Term 7 in your art program and working on the worldbuilding project, very epic. I'm just wondering if you'll do more of chroma Island any time soon or is that project ended? I just loved that series so much back when it strated and I rewatch it from time to time as well (:
Your advice on keeping the fun in art WILE ALSO taking time to study is sounds like a game changer to me. I'm trying to learn art since like...more or less 4 years now. Without much success. Because I'm putting too much pressure on myself. I just thought "I need to practice more! I need to do exercises, again and again until I get good enough to draw my personal art!" Even though I found quite good structured courses on Internet (I started "Draw a box" for example) the exercices TRAUMATISED me. It was not fun. It was scary, difficult, I failed a lot and with the pressure I put on myself, I almost traumatised me from drawing and I drew less and less through the years (especially since I had also less and less time with my first job, etc). The funny thing is that draw a box actually tell students to take 50% of their time drawing to draw for the pleasure of it. But since at that that I was really, really bad and didn't know how to draw anything correctly, well I failed. It turned out horrible. And I was ashamed. So I thought I needed to exercise more and...I totally forgot the 50% rule : my logic was to train until I get good enough to draw my own stuff without being ashamed of myself and of how bad it turns out. Sadly, this prevented me from 1) go outside of my comfort zone and draw things I don't know how to draw (that's how you learn, sadly! You need to go outside of your comfort zone and try stuff) and 2) it made me dislike art, since 90% of my time drawing were exercices that aren't fun and didn't really helped me draw what I wanted to draw, characters. So I almost was disgusted by drawing and didn't draw for a long time. But your tutorials, the energy and the fun you put in it and the exercise you propose really resonated with me and helped me slowly but surely getting back to draw and search for the fun and peace in it, even on pure exercises or study. It was still hard to get to work because I'm falling easily in the "I need to train before drawing what I want" trap, but I'm trying. But now, with the solution you give, I truly think you unlocked something in me. Now, I can do studies AND ALSO use them directly for "fun art" / pleasure ? So I don't start the fun part scared of the uknown as if I was starting from a blank canvas, not knowing what to do, but also it would allow me to directly use my study and directly see some kind of use to them in my need to draw my personal stuff! It sounds PERFECT for me, I will definitely try that! EDIT: and same goes for the trace advice! That's actually what I'm doing to reconcile myself with drawing, because it's easier for me to build pride in what I do, because it turns out "less" bad and it's easier for me! I fear that I need to do a lot of that now to build the confidence I need, but I guess it's better than nothing! My only question would be about learning the basics first. Because sure, it sounds logical. But does that mean I need to study let's say perspective before trying to learn how to draw then head? Because, in the end, even after some time of studying and even if I understand perspective better, I will still be unable to draw any character, not even a little bit. So it will be hard to stat motivated. That's why I think it should be both : try to learn what you truly want (like drawing characters) WHILE ALSO learning the basics. That way you stay motivated by trying to draw what you want while also practicing the basic in the right order.
I think for me it was a mix of my spending more time doing art I don't wanna do at my internship, over focusing on learning and listening to "you gotta be practicing at every free moment everyday" that made me dread doing art, and not really knowing why I want to do it besides, "its the thing I've spent the most time in so its the thing I'd need to make money in." But I don't have a clear goal or clear idea of what it is I actually like making, just the act of learning and doing. So there's no real satisfaction. I've been wanting to make a small project each week to aim my studies to that thing I may like, but then I get tired from school, internship, and work, and onine creators saying you gotta HUSTLE you're not being good enough- it's a lot of internal overwhelm. I found the most fun I had was the following day learning something, and then just flowing into whatever came from my brush without worrying about other crap or peoples' expectations. Though Its hard to find those times nowadays. I'm gonna try and shorten time drawing to 15-30 minutes and just focus on one art program for now. Instead of doing timed gestures all the time I'll actually observe what I'm doing and the why and how of what I do. Then yeah still try and make those practice sessions towards a small project or even the practice into a final piece. I want to enjoy drawing. I don't want it to be a pastime that I despise because of internship, I wanna allow it to be enjoyable again.
is the answer "Work in graphic design for 14 years and have customers destroy your work by submitting changes that make it unrecognizable and objectively bad, then cover that objectively bad art in oversized text, logos and copy."?
My problem is a complex mixture of "wonderlust" (especially for action), desire for creative expression, envy and plenty of insecurities like fear of failure and me being jaded. When i decide to draw something, i picture action scenes, which i'm especially not good at drawing, i envy the people who can, and for those reasons and more, i keep stopping myself before i even tried. What do i do, when my passion has already been killed? How do i build it up again after i've lost it?
~The first thing I remember my mom teaching me, was art and it's always been something that I adored doing. However, with time, I just lost my passion as I wasn't good enough in class. I still like it but I'm afraid to keep on doing it now.
I DEFINETLY study too much because it's been a childhood hobby of mine. Reading study books for hours, watching hours of video a week......ANNND then maybe a 1/10th of what I studied is actually remembered......
Yes... perfectionism, low self-esteem, comparisson. All the 3 horsemen of "I wanna quit art" all in my garden waiting for me to quit. I really stopped for a long time... I am trying to get better again... :( All these 3 things follow me since I was little child. Idk why tho...
I've been drawing for 11 years and I still don't understand how shading works ( im probably just slow ). But That fact really kills my passion for art and now I have a "sunk cost fallacy" relationship with drawing.
Taking your passion to the buissness field without the right knowledge of what a buissness implies may lead to a lost of it too, because of the worries of making the income. I suggest to make some time to structure your buissness part b/c it will keep you up to create more of what you want to do. Great class as always Marc
i couldn't have a passion for art, since i started to draw only because i wanted to have value in myself that i can do at least something and not being loser/mediocrity, but ended up only creating more pain for myself, now i'm suffering from not being able to draw good and enjoy the process as well, not thinking creatively and not having an artistic brain, i'm just nothing and isolated myself completely from art world to not suffer and to not remind myself anymore about this
i still very much enjoy drawing but i really REALLY hate studying. it is just so boring for me and i have a hard time trying to make it fun. and because ive my hatred for studying, i feel like (no, im sure actually lol) that it is the reason why my progress is sooooo slow. i try to enjoy it i really do, but i honestly never know what im doing and not understanding anything pisses me off and makes me not wanna do it and just draw whatever i want instead.
This is very important, and I'm still working on undoing the negative associations after a couple of years of grinding too hard with unrealistic expectations and having negative work experiences Important advice, find the fun and hold on to it! Thanks Marc!
I lost my passion for art because of clients; between getting "pixel fxxked", having to work on crappy ideas, collecting money, trying to market services, explaining things to clients, etc.... felt like i wasted my talent and passion developing clients ideas for money. I just wanted to have fun creating something wonderful, now im lost
My passion died years ago. I've sold all my equipment as it was never a career path for me, just a hobby. I don't have time for it anymore. I still watch your videos because they are fun and informative and I wish I had you as a teacher back in school, I would have stuck with it.
I don't know, i started to hit the reset button for me to relearn the art again, cause i always get unsatisfied on my art last year, so im currently re-learning art like from head to feet, and doing it in different angles im currently on the body and so far i felt like more driven than ever cause rn im actually learning more than before, and that is all pure study, and im not getting that brag feeling for it actually its a opposite cause when im not doing something then it becomes a brag so i guess that helps a lot, but you know what im not afraid to try things, so im gonna slowly add some sort of freestyle.
I'll be honest, I usually try to edit myself in these comments I make because I know I am too negative. This video just felt like trying to dodge rain, all of these are harsh truths that just one after another landed and man, I'm tired after such a short video.
The intro is inaccurate to me because most of my friends are artists I met online. I also have two childhood friends, but they are both pursuing their respective passions (engineering and architecture) in college. If anything, I feel like I’m the one without a passion because I have numerous hobbies but do them as a means to an end product.
Hi Marc hi have one question I’m trying to get commissions of freelance sites but ai artists are beating me every single time I can’t compete with them they can generate art in seconds which also looks great and I barely get any commission. I’m really frustrated and annoyed why AI had to get popular when I started learning art 😢
Hello, love your videos. Can anyone help find a video from this channel I watched recently.? I can’t find it. It was Marc going over the 80 20 rule and I thought it was really done. I’m a high school teacher and I want to show it to my students and have them write a little response journal to it. I think I just don’t know the right title of his video on this.
Another thing that kills the fun in art (and what I combat it) are the audience trying to INTENTIONALLY walk over the artist. Those who are into NSFW or any dead dove content will face so much backlash from audiences who will suddenly do "moral policing." art is about creative freedom and expression. Be passionate in whatever you do because the RIGHT people will come to you. I stood my ground in making things that I enjoy.
I got so caught up in drawing art for money that I lost the fun in it. Now, I only want to improve to justify charging more, It kinda sucks.
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THIS. My family pushed me to do commissions as a way to make extra money. They turned my passion into a "job". Over the years it has withered away until I finally broke. Now I stare at a blank canvas for nearly an hour before just closing the program. I never have ideas of what to draw for myself anymore, I ended up closing my commissions because I could no longer meet deadlines because I took too long to complete the work because I hated working on it. I want to get back into art, to improve so I can get more commission and get more people to notice me. But at the same time, I don't.
@@Crazy_Sue yeah, friend of mine has always expressed how annoying it is that their family keeps pushing them to try and make money off of their passion for art. A lot of folks out there just don’t understand that not everything in your life has to be inherently attached to your bank account
how can I earn money using art where do I have to sell how does it work if read this please reply I need those answers please
I needed this. I've been depressed and been thinking about quitting art for good because I can't make any artwork that I can consider "great" in my eyes. I end up comparing my old works and telling myself how I downgraded so much over a year.
In addition to that, I put so much pressure on myself by seeing how much my peers are improving in a short amount of time. I'm not mad at them, I'm mad at myself for not being able to catch up and with the rise of a.i. and artist getting layed off by big industries like riot, I sometimes think what the point.
Art is all I have, I love making art but it's just so difficult. But I'll keep trying and I won't stop. Thank you, Marc.
I know it's difficult but please don't give up! Do what you can, respect and don't be cruel to yourself. Your effort will be rewarded! Even if I don't know you, I believe in your potential! :)
Man, I'm currently in this situation too. Not only do I compare my latest drawings with my older ones, but I also keep comparing them to my peers', and it's depressing because mine look so trashy. My posts also never perform well. I wanna quit so bad, but then I'll lose the only skill I have then I'm gonna be even more useless as a human being
I feel you, i got too sick of feeling so stressed out by how far behind I feel after studying art for so long, so I ended up quitting for two years. Now I feel im so behind everyone my age so what’s the point in starting again
I'm this as well.. i feel so hopeless:')
Why don't you guys experiment with a different medium of art instead of just doing your primary art style. You can use what you already know to help you learning. If you draw, you could paint, if you paint you could sculpt, if you sculpt you could spray paint. Idk you get the idea, art is such a broad topic. Maybe take some classes to help you get started
Yeah drawing has become a chore to me, it's a drag now, and I'm trying to regain the fun I had with drawing, but I'm having a hard time with it cause of my perfectionism and mild depression
Hey due I hope you didn't quit on your passion it's life , what ever you do if you start doing it daily it becomes burden , and on top of that when you are following your passion and have Goals set to it,I would just say get " crazily obsessed with arts " like it's your oxygen you think about it make it your lifetime regime and if you fail never get depressed try again and again and again until you succeed , it's never easy for anything, the things that person is saying is TRUE but I would say I have started to like arts as passion , I do it daily like my life depends on it , I think about it only and to progress work smartly also , like if anything goes wrong you have second plan, like I am in fine arts batchelors, I have lectures which are great but I still do Drawing for 2 hours everyday and even if I feel like I am not progressing I have whole class to discuss, I have a supporting parents and one of the most coolest professors , just in case if you are doing arts alone find a company , if you will do it alone you are going to only find regret , pressure and competition unhealthy, so I will suggest invest in your passion either find a degree or diploma or anything online or just start teaching or maybe make it a youtube channel , invest your time and money , even if you can't invest money just start to go outside meet with different people hang out your artwork in libraries or maybe just find a circle you will find fun in that hustle , only if you are motivated enough nothing is bad , even I say all time I hate this that but I never do it's just to tell me that I am doing some hardworking but inside I am enjoying everybit of it
Currently going through this as well, except with adhd thrown into the mix. There are a lot of ideas I'm excited to do at first but then once I'm actually drawing them it feels so draining and not worth finishing. I long for being able to draw frequently and enjoy it again so that I can actually see my ideas and be proud instead of them being stuck in my head...
@@swiss6616It would be nice to be able to just be able to *will* your depression away but that isn’t how the human brain works. I’m glad you are happy and fulfilled though.
the negative associations have become so bad for me. i completely trained my brain to unleash every negative feeling i have in my body while i am drawing, without realizing it. i cannot study, i cannot doodle, i cannot simply draw because i immediately feel angry and frustrated. it felt so good to have these few minutes of marc talking about it. I'll try and re-wire my brain into associating art with positive feelings again. i hope it'll work and it's not too late. i miss drawing from my heart so much and i want nothing more then improving but it's tough. it is so tough.
You can do this ; I believe in you! :>
Take care!
Your art class videos are one of the main components for keeping my art passion strong for over 2 years
20yo, stopped drawing and started sculpting in blender, but i lost all the passion, there's no creativity... im trying to go back to this "creative path" and to drawing
What bums me out most when it comes to drawing is not knowing how certain things are done by other artist relating to the drawing program.
Anatomy can be learnt, perspective can be learnt. But how does this or that artist draw the lineart lines this way? Am I using the wrong pen? Maybe the good looking pens I can't use because of the drawing program I use? What about this kind of colour and shading? Did they use a tool or specific pen again? Maybe a setting or a blur? So many things that I feel like I will never understand just because I didn't see a certain setting or don't have the right pen. I'm also worried about not being able to draw in the style that I want to draw in. It makes me want to give up knowing my artstyle doesn't look like the artstyle that I want it to look like.
I get wanting to use the right brushes and programs but it shouldn't discourage you from making what you want. And I'm sure a lot of good artists experiment with what they got and just found something that worked for them. I'd say explore your options and see what you vibe with. Art is all about exploring you and your potential. It'll take a few tries but as long as you're patient with yourself, you got this!
I take my art very seriously and I have never improved more in the last two years than in almost 13 years.
I simply stopped caring about social media and stuff and just doing it for myself, for fun. Completely changes the way I see art today.
People like Marc really helped me in that process and I kept discovering so many great artists that way, so thank you so much. ❤
Same, I practiced all of the wrong things, and only now am I finally understanding perspective after 15 years. Marc is a great teacher.
Expanding your knowledge is key and it all links back to life and it doesnt matter what style you have
Never did anything apart from studying in the last two years XD. I dont really know why but I can't bring myself to draw for "fun"; I instinctively prioritise learning.
I'm a new artist but a relatively experienced guitarist and violinist, and I spend 20-30 minutes noodling around and just enjoying the sound of the instrument before I practice basically every time I pick it up
That's definitely the reason I'm still playing, if I didn't do that I'd have given both up years ago
@@aaaaaa-ts3rw fellow musician I see XD. I'm not very good but I learned the basics of guitar, bass, drums and piano at school (I'm persuing a "degree" in music production).
I'd love to learn how to play the violon and the luth (though I guess I'll begin with the luth considering I have at least of expérience with the guitar 😅).
Lute will be pretty easy I bet, I can fake my way on a bass, mandolin, and uke without any issues. Violin has a pretty rough learning curve I won't lie, but if you've got music in you you can do whatever ^_^
we just gotta keep enjoying what we're doing, who cares how good we are
@@shard5159
This came at the right time 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I've been hitting wall to wall recently and I've felt like I could never improve. My heads look wrong, my gesture drawings barely resemble a human, and my god, my line confidence is just blegh
I keep thinking that the moment I learn a new skill I should be able to do it that instant but I need to remember I need to have both the knowledge and the skill, it's something I need to do repetitively esp since I'm still around the beginning. I almost lost the fun in drawing so ty for this video
Yeah, it is very important to cherish the small victories. Over time, I became more and more passionate about drawing, but that wasn´t always the case.
My first drawings were so bad that even my dad rejected a manga I wanted to gift him lmao. And also, he being more realistic but with more touch, told me many times I should be getting my stuff together and get more money.
Right now, more skilled, taking classes and making SOME money, my dad is now very positive with me, and that also made me love drawing more. In a perfect world you shoudn´t care what people say, and I now know the things he said were to push me to improve, but it really did help me like art more.
About the observation thing... Interesting point since I think working out helps you understand aspects of anatomy like muscle and movement better
I remember making the mistake of focusing only on getting better without a specific goal. I always told myself that I wasn’t good enough. This lead to me to stop drawing pictures and only doing anatomy studies (my weakness at that time). Whenever I had time I sat down and drew human mannequins. And because I am a perfectionist I never made any progress. I was never happy with my results. One day I was about to continue my studies. I looked at them. But before I could begin drawing I emotionally felt something tearing apart and even a bit of panic? And that was the moment I stopped my studies and just wanted to have something in front of me, that I can be proud of. I was driven by the stress that had built up inside me these past weeks. But this time I resisted the urge to make every single line perfectly. „Perfectionism is the enemy of progress.“ When I finished I looked at my drawing. I felt something like breaking free from chains. The pressure was gone. I will never forget, how happy I felt in that moment.
Do you have any advice as to how you break through perfectionism? Kind of struggling on that as well
@@infiniteraide1642 I rushed myself a bit and tried to ignore lines I didn’t consider as perfectly straight. I tried to just move on and focus on finishing it. Hope that helps!
@@YourFriendNeaphy Thanks for that
6:42 i wish i saw this video sooner, what you said here is absolutely true. I stopped drawing completely for half a year bc I got frustrated and quit and refused to go back bc I remember the negativity associated with drawing. Literally today I got back into drawing and it was fun but I feel I missed out on too much for skipping 6 months. Like, I would look at amazing art during those 6 months and feel like attempting what they do and even feel a bit inspired to draw, but I simply never did bc of how frustrated I once was. It really halted my progress. I appreciate your tip here about ending it on a good note. This is an old video but if this comment ever reaches you, thank you
Drawing became such a task for me recently. I usually did draw a lot for online currency, I never finished the commissions on time or even at all sometimes because my commisioners gave me such boring ideas that I never wanted to do them. I gave up on doing commisions since I just hated it. Also because of my art teacher not liking my character design drawings which is what I like doing the most. I usually hated art class whenever we'd get a project because my teacher barely gave me any freedom in it. She even said one of my drawings that I liked was a waste of my talent.
When I start to draw as a kid, I find it fun and wonderful, because it cheering me up and let my fantasies became true like a cute monsters or animals or characters
But after grew up, having a depression, I cant draw so cheerful as I was a kid. You looking to your own art and thinking how bad it is, when other artists became more and more good and enjoy every work. You know that a lot of study needed, but don't have a mental or physical strength for it while working for non-art profession or half of it.
Thanks for the video, I will take this tips to make my passion burn again inside.
what a nice video.. when I got serious abt art 10 yrs ago, I was often discouraged due to vids & teachers saying that there were certain "right" and "wrong" ways to do [start] things.. constantly shaming, rather than giving constructive criticism. while there are good and preferred things considering properties/structure, anatomy, etc.. beginner artists with new passion shouldn't be told this!! they should be given help-meaning everything this video went over! like how to start their journey in studying art in a way that's fun, suitable to you, and tips on how to pace oneself, and so on!
what got me going, was remembering that I'm doing this for me. for fun, and for everything else. I always try to keep myself encouraged and going! I love art.. 💗
needed this video! I was only questioning my love for art a few days ago and this video came at the perfect time. Art has been my passion for as long as i could remember but ive been so burnt-out of it that its started feeling like a chore, or a race i cannot win against my peers in (im in school for 2d animation). This video will help me rekindle my passion for art, thank you!
that bass before each point is hillariously ominous :P :)
Wow! That has to be the most extraordinary and unique pose I have witnessed in a space setting.
Excellent job on the overall execution of this artwork, which effectively conveys its ✨meaningful message✨
I have great respect for your talent. This art is truly beautiful.
I'd never manage to get myself doing a study but that would mean being stuck in the same level forever. So what I do is combine a full art project and a study of some sort. That project will inevitably involve something I am not good at so I try focusing on that and experimenting. This seems to be working well so far
Man, watching these timelapses is the most satisfying thing ever. It makes me so inspired to try and draw again, and this video was great for me since I sometimes tell myself negative things about my art!! Thanks teach 🎉
I draw things that i like, i barely donstudies but i turn each piece into a study where i have goals lile making more compelling poses or better rendering etc.
I usually get so bummed out by people’s skill. But recently instead of telling myself. “Wow, they’re so much better than me” to : “I wonder how they drew like that!” That’s helped my mindset a little. Also deleting instagram really helped 😂 I am a hobbiest but I would love to be a famous comic book artist and story teller could be fun!
I studied art too much and being perfectionistic made it worse, by repeating the same thing over and over and forgot my goal. Yeah i burned out majorly and forgetting so many things. I still struggle even after getting past burnout and honestly it's not as fun and sparkly as before HOWEVER I know that my love for art is still there, somewhere hidden deep inside, injured and just needs a bit of time and love, but you can rekindle or rediscover it. Just dont give up hope and have compassion towards yourself and your lil art baby like hide and seek, your art baby is just very good at hiding. Love to all who struggle with art and never give up
ok now please make a tutorial on reviving the passion
Man im currently in that state of "getting so frustrated that i stopped drawing" and i thought it was just because of me being bad at art, definitely proud that i stumbled upon this video because i'll try to improve the way i aproach art this year.
yo marc, I feel like your hairflow in this video share the same vibe like the japanese illustrator "Rolua". Really appreciate it if you do art studies on more Japanese illustrators cuz their methods are just too godly
how did you know i needed this
i think instead of trying to please others with your art its better to do it for yourself. years ago i gave up quick because i wanted to get likes and followers and whatever but now i find it just something fun and relaxing to do. 6 months ago i got back into art, although most of the time i may hate the outcome of my drawings, the end goal is just to do something to unwind a rough day and eventually get better with my skills.
ive even turned my ig account into something i can post once in a while to share my progress with people (mostly my online friends). if people want to follow then thats cool, it doesnt affect me and my art much anymore and im honestly glad because its something that dragged me down and made drawing a chore and just a thing to please people with.
Yeah, social media sucks, especially when people seem to value art blogs/artists only when they are characters/machines that post aesthetic things and perfect finished art(I think the worse is that this treatment come from the own artists too💢), i think all of us sometimes get stuck on the wish of others approval/admiration, but in the end our social medias is our place, our wish to share our art/passion and see our own improvement
you got us in the first half
I'm definitely seeing the influence of modern anime-style art and internet artists on your work compared to even just a few years ago, when your work was still lingering more heavily on game design work. It's really cool to see how a variety of influences can evolve a person's style and range of output over time!
Loved it Marc, as you have been giving back hope for me and my art path with your videos! Could you make a video or just some tips how to get back your passion if you have managed *successfully* kill it?
Good timing for this video!
For me, relying on art as a means to make money causes me to experience burn out from time to time.
I like to think all working professionals stumble across these feelings; especially when working with a client's or audience's vision in mind. Deadlines too.
If producing art for a living was that easy, everybody would do it! With this, I take a short break if I can to feel refreshed and resume working. I'm sure all jobs, not just art, come with periods of burn out too Maybe Marc has also had these feelings at some point too? I've heard of other professional artists experiencing burn out or injury from time to time and still enjoy art. It's easy to confuse frustration with a lack of passion.
I spent a whole day trying to draw a face for a png tuber model Im working on. The first draft sucked the second was better, the third was awful. I felt so bad after the third try I havent been motivated all week. Thanks to you I understand why.
Oh god, talking about negative and envy, dude, half a year ago this was a pure madness. Nothing but anger and frustration, in addition, I forced myself to draw everyday and do the same studies. Terrifying time for sure
The negative association advice is the STRONGEST out there, thank you so much for reminding me of that. Funny enough this is exactly the type of stuff you see in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Could you elaborate a little bit on this? This really resonates with me and it'd be cool to know more
@@syntax2679 The way Cognitive Behavioral Therapy works is that it tries to create positive associations between your thoughts and your patterns of behavior. When you step off drawing because you get too frustrated with it, it creates a negative feedback loop in the brain where you associate drawing with frustration. If you apply the principles of CBT (not the meme one) to this, the solution would be to change your behavior when you are frustrated from leaving (fleeing the situation) to something more fun (draw something different/less stressful) which helps break the negative feedback loop and creates a positive association in the brain.
Really sorry if this sounds a bit too convoluted, but to boil it down it's literally just changing your behavior in a way that influences your thoughts to be more positive. (The reverse can work too btw, it all depends on the situation and individual in the end). This is something that you see outside of drawing ofc. As I said, it's literally part of the principles of CBT.
@@SCOBT thanks!
I remember having so much fun learning and drawing all day, since I got on the world of commissions in 2020-2021, slowly I just become to lose interest in drawing bcause it was starting to be an obligation for the money, I always remember been doing fanarts, I love that, but once I started on paid works, I didn't do a single fanart or something that I like till this day, so I'm still on that "phase" of trying to recover that love that I had on making illustrations
The tips are great, but I just wanted to say that the drawing is AMAZING
I'm at a point where I can no longer enjoy "the process" because my mind just focuses on the "end result" therefore I end up frustrated and unmotivated 😢. And this happens automatically. My passion has burnt, due to so many hours working as an illustrator and a RUclips Animator.
The only thing that can "cure" now is just... Stop. I still LOVE to draw, but my mind needs to rest.
Im im 11th grade now at an art school. Ive lost my passion around the second half of the 9th grade. Since then i was struggeling with my drawings, sometimes I enjoyed them, but never finished. Before this, my life was nothing but art and createing and i was expecting much more. Recently i started recovering from this, but i needed this help. Thank you so much for your advices!❤
I feel like someone has put holes in my Passion Jar... It never stays filled after the rare moments that I can get any true inspirational drive back.
7:15 - The problem here, for me is that it becomes extremely hard to avoid that, every time i have to draw a torso; it comes out wrong, which leads to increased frustration, but if I avoid doing it, then it won't improve, but each time the hand won't play along or a finger comes out wrong in inking it just leads to more frustration, meaning you are.forced into a negative loop of bad experiences, but not engaging in the loop mean dropping art entirely, so its impossible to escape it, even after trying every effing method out there!
Thats why sometimes i just draw without reference and just let my mind roam cuz that keeps it fun
That part is the hardest part for me, taking breaks. i usually end up buring myself out during my practice drawing basic shapes for anatomy references ill spend 3+ hours just focusing on that
That's crazy, i can never focus and only spend like 20 minutes on and off most of the time
@greiwrowthoeiqhsakfrytoelp5713 Yeah, the funny thing is i can barely put that much focus into anything else, like reading a book or writing any of the short stories that I'm trying to draw 😅
I have been a part of the art school program for a while and just doing studies, it hadn't been too fun and my passion was dwindling. I got inspired again after PewDiePies 30 day drawing video and decided to try it for myself. I would draw something I wanted every day for myself and it helped me so much to regain my love for art. And it wouldn't be that much time every day either, but it was enough.
Hey Marc! I am currently on Term 7 in your art program and working on the worldbuilding project, very epic. I'm just wondering if you'll do more of chroma Island any time soon or is that project ended? I just loved that series so much back when it strated and I rewatch it from time to time as well (:
I stopped for 10 years. Beat that.
Waaay ahead of ya
Your advice on keeping the fun in art WILE ALSO taking time to study is sounds like a game changer to me. I'm trying to learn art since like...more or less 4 years now. Without much success. Because I'm putting too much pressure on myself. I just thought "I need to practice more! I need to do exercises, again and again until I get good enough to draw my personal art!" Even though I found quite good structured courses on Internet (I started "Draw a box" for example) the exercices TRAUMATISED me. It was not fun. It was scary, difficult, I failed a lot and with the pressure I put on myself, I almost traumatised me from drawing and I drew less and less through the years (especially since I had also less and less time with my first job, etc). The funny thing is that draw a box actually tell students to take 50% of their time drawing to draw for the pleasure of it. But since at that that I was really, really bad and didn't know how to draw anything correctly, well I failed. It turned out horrible. And I was ashamed. So I thought I needed to exercise more and...I totally forgot the 50% rule : my logic was to train until I get good enough to draw my own stuff without being ashamed of myself and of how bad it turns out. Sadly, this prevented me from 1) go outside of my comfort zone and draw things I don't know how to draw (that's how you learn, sadly! You need to go outside of your comfort zone and try stuff) and 2) it made me dislike art, since 90% of my time drawing were exercices that aren't fun and didn't really helped me draw what I wanted to draw, characters. So I almost was disgusted by drawing and didn't draw for a long time.
But your tutorials, the energy and the fun you put in it and the exercise you propose really resonated with me and helped me slowly but surely getting back to draw and search for the fun and peace in it, even on pure exercises or study. It was still hard to get to work because I'm falling easily in the "I need to train before drawing what I want" trap, but I'm trying.
But now, with the solution you give, I truly think you unlocked something in me. Now, I can do studies AND ALSO use them directly for "fun art" / pleasure ? So I don't start the fun part scared of the uknown as if I was starting from a blank canvas, not knowing what to do, but also it would allow me to directly use my study and directly see some kind of use to them in my need to draw my personal stuff! It sounds PERFECT for me, I will definitely try that!
EDIT: and same goes for the trace advice! That's actually what I'm doing to reconcile myself with drawing, because it's easier for me to build pride in what I do, because it turns out "less" bad and it's easier for me! I fear that I need to do a lot of that now to build the confidence I need, but I guess it's better than nothing!
My only question would be about learning the basics first. Because sure, it sounds logical. But does that mean I need to study let's say perspective before trying to learn how to draw then head? Because, in the end, even after some time of studying and even if I understand perspective better, I will still be unable to draw any character, not even a little bit. So it will be hard to stat motivated. That's why I think it should be both : try to learn what you truly want (like drawing characters) WHILE ALSO learning the basics. That way you stay motivated by trying to draw what you want while also practicing the basic in the right order.
I think for me it was a mix of my spending more time doing art I don't wanna do at my internship, over focusing on learning and listening to "you gotta be practicing at every free moment everyday" that made me dread doing art, and not really knowing why I want to do it besides, "its the thing I've spent the most time in so its the thing I'd need to make money in." But I don't have a clear goal or clear idea of what it is I actually like making, just the act of learning and doing. So there's no real satisfaction. I've been wanting to make a small project each week to aim my studies to that thing I may like, but then I get tired from school, internship, and work, and onine creators saying you gotta HUSTLE you're not being good enough-
it's a lot of internal overwhelm. I found the most fun I had was the following day learning something, and then just flowing into whatever came from my brush without worrying about other crap or peoples' expectations. Though Its hard to find those times nowadays.
I'm gonna try and shorten time drawing to 15-30 minutes and just focus on one art program for now. Instead of doing timed gestures all the time I'll actually observe what I'm doing and the why and how of what I do. Then yeah still try and make those practice sessions towards a small project or even the practice into a final piece. I want to enjoy drawing. I don't want it to be a pastime that I despise because of internship, I wanna allow it to be enjoyable again.
Brilliant tips! I’d also add - don’t try to draw when you’re ill, it never turns out good!
i already lost it trying to draw after 9 painful years
Yessss, artist studies are happening 🎉🎉🎉
is the answer "Work in graphic design for 14 years and have customers destroy your work by submitting changes that make it unrecognizable and objectively bad, then cover that objectively bad art in oversized text, logos and copy."?
This video uploaded the moment my deadline to submit my art portfolio is getting shorter and closer. Lord have mercy on my soul.
My passion was destroyed thanks to hoe really bad my ADHD is but thankfully I've been getting back into it recently thanks to your videos
My problem is a complex mixture of "wonderlust" (especially for action), desire for creative expression, envy and plenty of insecurities like fear of failure and me being jaded. When i decide to draw something, i picture action scenes, which i'm especially not good at drawing, i envy the people who can, and for those reasons and more, i keep stopping myself before i even tried. What do i do, when my passion has already been killed? How do i build it up again after i've lost it?
~The first thing I remember my mom teaching me, was art and it's always been something that I adored doing. However, with time, I just lost my passion as I wasn't good enough in class. I still like it but I'm afraid to keep on doing it now.
I DEFINETLY study too much because it's been a childhood hobby of mine. Reading study books for hours, watching hours of video a week......ANNND then maybe a 1/10th of what I studied is actually remembered......
i did everything in this video and now I try to get my passion back. wish me luck :(
Yoneyama Mai?? lezzgo!
Yes... perfectionism, low self-esteem, comparisson. All the 3 horsemen of "I wanna quit art" all in my garden waiting for me to quit. I really stopped for a long time... I am trying to get better again... :(
All these 3 things follow me since I was little child. Idk why tho...
I got married, that killed my passion quick.
I've been drawing for 11 years and I still don't understand how shading works ( im probably just slow ). But That fact really kills my passion for art and now I have a "sunk cost fallacy" relationship with drawing.
Taking your passion to the buissness field without the right knowledge of what a buissness implies may lead to a lost of it too, because of the worries of making the income. I suggest to make some time to structure your buissness part b/c it will keep you up to create more of what you want to do. Great class as always Marc
I speedran killing my passion for art. Crushed it.
Draw art for money, you may as well strangle the passion out of yourself.
well isn’t this something i needed!
How did you ad that grainy/Static Noise texture to your drawing? You can see it in the flesh and light emanating out from the planet.
I almost gave up art because i study too much
i couldn't have a passion for art, since i started to draw only because i wanted to have value in myself that i can do at least something and not being loser/mediocrity, but ended up only creating more pain for myself, now i'm suffering from not being able to draw good and enjoy the process as well, not thinking creatively and not having an artistic brain, i'm just nothing and isolated myself completely from art world to not suffer and to not remind myself anymore about this
My biggest dream? To one day, be as good as you
Good advices sir ❤❤
i still very much enjoy drawing but i really REALLY hate studying. it is just so boring for me and i have a hard time trying to make it fun. and because ive my hatred for studying, i feel like (no, im sure actually lol) that it is the reason why my progress is sooooo slow. i try to enjoy it i really do, but i honestly never know what im doing and not understanding anything pisses me off and makes me not wanna do it and just draw whatever i want instead.
This is very important, and I'm still working on undoing the negative associations after a couple of years of grinding too hard with unrealistic expectations and having negative work experiences
Important advice, find the fun and hold on to it!
Thanks Marc!
I lost my passion for art because of clients; between getting "pixel fxxked", having to work on crappy ideas, collecting money, trying to market services, explaining things to clients, etc.... felt like i wasted my talent and passion developing clients ideas for money. I just wanted to have fun creating something wonderful, now im lost
I love all your classes but maybe this is the first time i got very distracted by your illustration! xDDD
I like this composition
6:44 “wuahhaah?!?!?”
How many of those mistakes are you making?
Me: Yes.
"art is just like working out"
Neutron activated 🤯
My passion died years ago. I've sold all my equipment as it was never a career path for me, just a hobby. I don't have time for it anymore. I still watch your videos because they are fun and informative and I wish I had you as a teacher back in school, I would have stuck with it.
I don't know, i started to hit the reset button for me to relearn the art again, cause i always get unsatisfied on my art last year, so im currently re-learning art like from head to feet, and doing it in different angles im currently on the body and so far i felt like more driven than ever cause rn im actually learning more than before, and that is all pure study, and im not getting that brag feeling for it actually its a opposite cause when im not doing something then it becomes a brag so i guess that helps a lot, but you know what im not afraid to try things, so im gonna slowly add some sort of freestyle.
THANK YOU !
I listen to music when drawing so i can ignore the voices in my head.
I'll be honest, I usually try to edit myself in these comments I make because I know I am too negative. This video just felt like trying to dodge rain, all of these are harsh truths that just one after another landed and man, I'm tired after such a short video.
The title is so dangerous, I'm not sure I want to know how to do that 😆
Hey can you do a video of construction of a body. Have been having trouble with the torso. If sowmone has advice plz tell me.
Hello there!! :D
when youre a failure but the title of this video tells you youve succeeded
The intro is inaccurate to me because most of my friends are artists I met online. I also have two childhood friends, but they are both pursuing their respective passions (engineering and architecture) in college. If anything, I feel like I’m the one without a passion because I have numerous hobbies but do them as a means to an end product.
Hi Marc hi have one question I’m trying to get commissions of freelance sites but ai artists are beating me every single time I can’t compete with them they can generate art in seconds which also looks great and I barely get any commission. I’m really frustrated and annoyed why AI had to get popular when I started learning art 😢
I have a question, can I learn in your art program without a tablet (you know by pencil and paper?)
Step 1: Unreasonable Goals
Goal: Draw a straight line.
Mission status: Impossible!
hell yeah i've always wanted to kill my passion for art, thanks marc brunet
i gotchu
Hello, love your videos. Can anyone help find a video from this channel I watched recently.? I can’t find it. It was Marc going over the 80 20 rule and I thought it was really done. I’m a high school teacher and I want to show it to my students and have them write a little response journal to it. I think I just don’t know the right title of his video on this.
Another thing that kills the fun in art (and what I combat it) are the audience trying to INTENTIONALLY walk over the artist. Those who are into NSFW or any dead dove content will face so much backlash from audiences who will suddenly do "moral policing."
art is about creative freedom and expression. Be passionate in whatever you do because the RIGHT people will come to you. I stood my ground in making things that I enjoy.
Great tips. Such cool piece tho
Passion??? My drawing been sucks for many years now, but i still love drawing 😂
Is it possible to regain yiur passion?