I heard the "digital art isn't real art" in college and a wise guy student (I wish it was me.) got up and asked "Are we going to use the blood of our enemies to paint on cave walls because oil painting isn't real art"
Oh man, a friend got that bullshit from her high school teacher, she's now a digital animator in the industry. She took that bullshit and turned it into spite to show her teacher up.
It does sound silly because those teachers think in absolutes and traditionalism. However the pencil does give you the possibility to tilt it in order to shade in such a way that you can fill in the paper's pores. A mechanical pencil helps a lot for technical drawings and yes, while you can shade with it, the texture comes out different unlike a pencil, where the latter blends in with the paper. They have different purposes.
The "no black shadows" refers to oil paint where you mix your own dark shades for the shadows, which gives you richer shadows than if you just used a pre-mixed tube of black. There's GOOD art tips that are BAD when removed from context.
It could also mean what I see often with beginning artists, which is just taking straight black, diluting it/ setting the layer to a lower opacity or multiply, and shading with that. In most cases it looks like the character got dirty and it'd be better to shade with a desaturated color that's not straight black
Unfortunately the "perspective is only for buildings, so I'll draw only humans so that I won't need to learn perspective" is pretty common among beginner artists :/ I don't know how many times I saw people say that and how aggressively they attacked anyone who dared to say that you need perspective in drawing humans too
they teach that in high school as well... like yall dumb if you can think you can construct anything 3d without persepctive. these teachers seem to think just beacuse youre not drawing a perpsektive grit along with it theres no persepctive.
i guess some genuinely believe perspective doesn't matter with drawing characters, but some people choose to ignore the fact that every form needs to sit in space to be considered a form because drawing a body in perspective is a lot harder than a building. I mean a lot of the time you just draw a box and call it done, but with a person, you have to deal with tapers in perspective, foreshortening that overlaps itself, a smile that gets turned upside down when the head is looking up. It's all really intimidating for beginner artists, which is why 3d mannequins are getting popular.
@@salty_3k506 not just boxes - understanding all the basic shapes and how to manipulate/twist them just opens up so much freedom when it comes to designing shapes
for my fellow instagram artists: there's this neat feature where you can save posts to collections :) that includes!! any cool piece of art you see, easy to get to when you need a quick reference, you can make different groups to save them in too
It's a great tool, but make sure to organize your folders. Otherwise you might end up like me with years of saved posts, and no way to effectively find them, lol
the worst art advice i had must be that one time while i was sketching for my manga, minding my own business when suddenly my professor came up to me and said “if you want to make better art, you have to ditch these childish cartoons” needless to say I ditched his class, got an F, and had to repeat a year just for this specific class ironically called “illustration” but with a different professor
@@2fortsmostwanted apparently he was teaching figure drawing and painting before our dean made him teach illustration because the professor who was supposed to teach died of natural causes. anyways that was years ago i havent heard from him ever since
@@schemesthefox1255 waaaaayy better. his critiques were kinda harsh but was overshadowed by his immense passion for art, and he also personally checks on students who are newbies in art school, including my old self
Bruh, naw, I feel ya. That's literally my family to me, where they're like "No more Anime"... first off, it'd be called Manga, except for the fact that IT'S NOT. Sorry you were told that, fam, my condolences 🥺
I've done some professing in my life in concept art and previsualization and I got one student who uses the "but this person is a specialist in this" excuse a bit. There is nothing wrong with specialization. However there is something wrong with specialization to the detriment of your foundation. One kid in question drew absolutely beautiful faces and hands but couldn't draw a box to save his soul and didn't even want to learn anything else. I had given him an assignment to draw an abandoned temple in the desert. He could easily make it out of heads and hands. He didn't do the assignment as it wasn't character design. Later when we got to character design he got mad he had to draw the entire character and make model sheets and then place The character in poses in 3d space (we've even let him use clip studio paint! So he could literally have the software do the pose!) Being diverse is great, having a specialization is also good, but hyper specialization is for incects. You can learn many lessons stepping outside your comfort zone in art and can improve your craft even more by refreshing your knowledge in fundamentals.
I saw that quick Pic of Kooleen when you were mentioning your favorite artists lol. This pretend rivalry is fun. Also not me overthinking which 5 artists I should choose cuz there's so many talented ones out there and I wanna draw like all of them even though they're completely different styles from each other. haha 😬
try starting with the ones most similar to your current style and experiment😊 as you practice you will learn more and start to create your own style. don't get limited by "style" when you're not sure. I suggest studying many different styles you like
The worst art advice I've gotten was from my art teacher: '' You are just copying those anime shows, you have to quit doing that aand start drawing real art, once you apply for art schools nobody will actually accept you'' I was drawing CATS, never watched anime in my life and I am not even planning to go to an art school.
THIS JUST BROUGHT BACK A HIDDEN MEMORY, ok so in like. Elementary school?? I had this friend who i sat next to on the bus and one time she caught me drawing (i mainly drew cats/wolves/general furry things back then, hadnt figured out humans yet) and my baby art style back then was very referenced from a lot of furry or warriors art and animations id seen. So she started going off about how that was anime, it was an anime style, she just knew it when she saw it. Which had me so confused cuz like?? I really wasnt an anime watcher back then and if had to describe my style back then itd be like 2008 deviantart furry which i GUESS?? Could qualify as having anime vibes but it certaintly wasnt what i was going for lmao
Also if you want to study anatomy for art you can literally call a muscle Dave instead of Vastus Lateralis. Dave is also easier to remember and sounds cooler
For years, I always thought you were supposed to eyeball reference character model sheets. It wasn't until my animator friends told me about how Trace and Shift worked recently. I no longer worry about my style(which tied into eyeballing your model sheet references) as a result and just go with the flow.
I am not a hundred percent sure about the whole process, but I think you take your reference and trace over it on a new layer. Not line for line, but the important shapes, so you got the proportions and relations down. Then you hide the reference picture (or scoot it to the side) and use your trace as a new reference. This time you eyeball it, but since you only have basic shapes without colors, shading, details, etc., you can just focus on the proportions and the form itself
@@themindeclectic9821 it is stealing if you take someone elses artwork, trace over it and present that as your own. But using references is a very common practice. 'References' usually refers to photographs or other real life imagery, though.
you know what is funny ethan, exactly as you were reading the guidelines dm you face matched EXACTLY with my phones cracked glass and made PINPOINT perfect guides for the angle of your nose brigde eyebrow slant and chin/cheek bone, absolute insanity
both my high school art teachers told me to stop drawing anime, because I "won't improve" drawing it and wanted me to draw only realism instead. One of them had us drawing and painting vases with flowers in them and fruit for almost a whole semester and that's the only thing she ever painted
@@alabaster3535 that is not what they were telling me, they were basically telling me to never draw anime ever again and they treated me badly bc they did not see it as real art.
There’s two teachers one telling you bad and realism and the other telling you to learn realism so you could implement what you learned into the stylized drawing style
Ethan: idk how to say this but if kooleen got the uglier audience then I might be stuck with the stupids Me: welp guess I’m ugly and stupid then lmao ( 10:01 )
Ahahaha I've had that "Digital Art is easy, it ain't a big deal" flung at me when I started learning digital art by drawing backgrounds. I felt so shitty at that time but 4 years later, here I am laughing about how stupid that person was. Fr, switching from traditional to digital is a BIG hurdle but once you get past the initial thing, it's fun & interesting but it still ain't easy lol
Had to pretty much relearn how to do everything when I switched. That was a little over a year ago and I’m still learning. 0 cares what anyone says, I think digital is 100x harder than traditional. Ofc it does make some things a lot easier too.
coming back to this video im enjoying this almost laughing ethan but serious topic, i miss this type of mood, i need to draw more. i enjoyed ethans voice in the back of my drawing sessions for hours in the summer, cant wait to have some of this maximum creativity and quality production time
I love how he says 'you'll know all the steps to get to the goal' and I'm over here like 'okay, so here's a goal, and to get there.... is a mystery.' I have no experience with goal-making. I never expected to live this long to be able to realize goals.
Edit: this applies to animation specifically. -I think when he says don’t use guide lines he meant “just jump straight into the final line and don’t use structure or line of action or directional lines because real artists just KNOW. They don’t need to erase anything bc they draw it perfectly the first time every time!” If I told this person I start with a circle for the head they’d say “oh, I just draw the ACTUAL drawing first!” They also probably draw chicken scratch lines
There is some merit to roughly drawing without guidelines or erasing. It’s a good drawing exercise (especially if you struggle at rough drawing), go up to a statue or something and only draw the darkest parts
LMAAAOOO IKR??! I couldn't believe it it was too freaking good i had to go to the comments immediately looking for this remark... gosh, as crazy as it sounds, i even feel like this vid ONLY NOW got recommended to me JUST BECAUSE of that because it's relevant again 😆
The fact that whenever I'm stuck on art I always go to Ethan Becker's videos makes me really happy- He's helped me grow as an artist and I just love his content in general
That darn stupid intro made me tear up. Lol, had been feeling like shit about my art for a month or two now. Thanks, Ethan. Also, I think for beginner artists, it's best to just listen to what you see repeated by professional artists. Sometimes, listening to advice made by other fellow amateur artists could hamper your improvement. Or atleast double-check if that advice has some grounds to stand on.
If you are going to do another video about using references like u said at the end, I'm also asking for a new tablets review video since I have no idea what should I buy and you are the best person to answer that question imo 🙏
After I start using guidelines my whole drawing changed and i can achieve everything. Basically I took your advice, reshape it and spitting it on the canvas. You should be proud.
completely off topic, but I love how Ethan seems to enjoy his little "word stutters and jumbles" a lot more in his videos (idk the term for it but an example is @ 8:12 )
"change your art style cuz it's not very good" Meanwhile, on Cartoon Network: *Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and The Problem Solvers* "you need quality art materials to make art" SuperRaeDizzle: *makes masterpieces out of Crayola colored pencils*
MAAAANN I am so happy, I have been watching your content since I didn't even know that I had to draw to learn to do art, btw, I am carloselcolombiano, I feel so honoured to appear in this video maaaaan
I would love help understanding the different jobs for artists who love to draw portraits. Looking at all the job titles is so daunting, and I struggle with figuring out how to specialize my portfolio for them. Please help, Ethan.
I'd love to hear more about that, too, actually. I've branched out to full body characters since then but portraits are still my comfort zone. If you are open to expanding to half body and more elaborate setups, you could easily use that skill for card art or book covers.
I don't wanna put a damper on your dreams and ambitions, but if you only wanna draw portraits, you're probably best suited to become an independent commissions artist
I'm pissin my pants laughin each time with your vids (alongside learning new stuff) (and changing my pissed pants), we love u Ethan. Oh btw, please someone make an out of context compilation of Ethan's moments.
11:15 that remaind me of my art professor ( He was awesome) each of as approach art differently ,my friends was always measuring everything ,her Art was flawless but I never done that ,i was drawing with the flow ,and I started to imitate her and my professor told me to stop , and do how I was doing this ,i think he was able to see and understand that we all are different and he was trying to encourage me to do it my way because it was working for me better ❤️ remember guys we all have different brains and some are more intuitive artist and some need more structure and both is fine. Of course intuitive need a little bit of structure too and thinkers need some more flow but that can be studied separately
Amazing video Ethan! Thanks for sharing your experience and tips with us! It certainly is a cutthroat community out there but it doesn't have to be that way. Why can't artists just support each other instead of trying to pop each others bubbles every time they post something they are proud of.
Every time you talk about having an overarching art goal, you start with the assumption that we all wanna get a job at some studio, but what does somebody like me who is uninterested in working as an artist make my target? I guess maybe I just need to look inside myself and figure out why I'm trying to get better at art, but I'd love some examples to help me along that process
same! I love art and want to improve but I'd like to keep it as a hobby. I still think that gathering your favorite artists, studios and comics is very helpful even if my goal is as vague as "I wanna get gud." Sometimes thinking about what I want to use my art for (like I want to make comics and short animations) help.
Ethan's got experience in the animation industry and that's just what most of his advice is oriented around. It's not necessarily helpful for other goals.
I am just like you and my goal is to make a comic. Merely because I want to really, not for any kind of personal gain. Having a long term goal like a comic has been incredibly helpful and has pretty much singlehandedly fueled my passion and love for art so far.
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I heard the "digital art isn't real art" in college and a wise guy student (I wish it was me.) got up and asked "Are we going to use the blood of our enemies to paint on cave walls because oil painting isn't real art"
Well said👏😤
Imagine if everyone started chanting in excitement. Let's be real, painting the walls with blood of your enemies sounds rad af
👑
Amazing
Oh man, a friend got that bullshit from her high school teacher, she's now a digital animator in the industry. She took that bullshit and turned it into spite to show her teacher up.
One pet peeve of mine when it comes to art teachers is when they tell me that a mechanical pencil isn't a real pencil. Like, what is it then? A gun?
How do they define a pencil then?? That's such an odd take
Art school teachers are fucking jokes man
okay then paper isn't real paper, that's how ridiculous these sounds 💀
It does sound silly because those teachers think in absolutes and traditionalism. However the pencil does give you the possibility to tilt it in order to shade in such a way that you can fill in the paper's pores. A mechanical pencil helps a lot for technical drawings and yes, while you can shade with it, the texture comes out different unlike a pencil, where the latter blends in with the paper. They have different purposes.
@@letym2271 they could've said that instead of saying it's not a real pencil 💀 That's how you know their pride matters more than teaching.
The "no black shadows" refers to oil paint where you mix your own dark shades for the shadows, which gives you richer shadows than if you just used a pre-mixed tube of black.
There's GOOD art tips that are BAD when removed from context.
It could also mean what I see often with beginning artists, which is just taking straight black, diluting it/ setting the layer to a lower opacity or multiply, and shading with that. In most cases it looks like the character got dirty and it'd be better to shade with a desaturated color that's not straight black
They say the same for watercolor painting as well
Unfortunately the "perspective is only for buildings, so I'll draw only humans so that I won't need to learn perspective" is pretty common among beginner artists :/ I don't know how many times I saw people say that and how aggressively they attacked anyone who dared to say that you need perspective in drawing humans too
Buildings can be simplified into boxes, just like humans. And you need to be able to draw boxes in perspective.
they teach that in high school as well... like yall dumb if you can think you can construct anything 3d without persepctive. these teachers seem to think just beacuse youre not drawing a perpsektive grit along with it theres no persepctive.
I’m still scared of this ”perspective” and ”anatomy” thing, but I’m slowly going after them. Kinda
i guess some genuinely believe perspective doesn't matter with drawing characters, but some people choose to ignore the fact that every form needs to sit in space to be considered a form because drawing a body in perspective is a lot harder than a building. I mean a lot of the time you just draw a box and call it done, but with a person, you have to deal with tapers in perspective, foreshortening that overlaps itself, a smile that gets turned upside down when the head is looking up. It's all really intimidating for beginner artists, which is why 3d mannequins are getting popular.
@@salty_3k506 not just boxes - understanding all the basic shapes and how to manipulate/twist them just opens up so much freedom when it comes to designing shapes
for my fellow instagram artists: there's this neat feature where you can save posts to collections :) that includes!! any cool piece of art you see, easy to get to when you need a quick reference, you can make different groups to save them in too
It's a great tool, but make sure to organize your folders. Otherwise you might end up like me with years of saved posts, and no way to effectively find them, lol
the worst art advice i had must be that one time while i was sketching for my manga, minding my own business when suddenly my professor came up to me and said “if you want to make better art, you have to ditch these childish cartoons”
needless to say I ditched his class, got an F, and had to repeat a year just for this specific class ironically called “illustration” but with a different professor
wtf... what did your professor teach? That doesn't even apply to "art"-art. Murakami hangs in world class museums!
As long as the new one’s better.
@@2fortsmostwanted apparently he was teaching figure drawing and painting before our dean made him teach illustration because the professor who was supposed to teach died of natural causes. anyways that was years ago i havent heard from him ever since
@@schemesthefox1255 waaaaayy better. his critiques were kinda harsh but was overshadowed by his immense passion for art, and he also personally checks on students who are newbies in art school, including my old self
Bruh, naw, I feel ya. That's literally my family to me, where they're like "No more Anime"... first off, it'd be called Manga, except for the fact that IT'S NOT. Sorry you were told that, fam, my condolences 🥺
I've done some professing in my life in concept art and previsualization and I got one student who uses the "but this person is a specialist in this" excuse a bit.
There is nothing wrong with specialization. However there is something wrong with specialization to the detriment of your foundation.
One kid in question drew absolutely beautiful faces and hands but couldn't draw a box to save his soul and didn't even want to learn anything else. I had given him an assignment to draw an abandoned temple in the desert. He could easily make it out of heads and hands. He didn't do the assignment as it wasn't character design. Later when we got to character design he got mad he had to draw the entire character and make model sheets and then place The character in poses in 3d space (we've even let him use clip studio paint! So he could literally have the software do the pose!)
Being diverse is great, having a specialization is also good, but hyper specialization is for incects.
You can learn many lessons stepping outside your comfort zone in art and can improve your craft even more by refreshing your knowledge in fundamentals.
How could he draw hands if he couldn't draw boxes?
@@yourparalysisdemon1936 he was a fan of the sausage method
@@NameIsDoc You are dead right.
@@NameIsDoc whats that method?
I saw that quick Pic of Kooleen when you were mentioning your favorite artists lol. This pretend rivalry is fun.
Also not me overthinking which 5 artists I should choose cuz there's so many talented ones out there and I wanna draw like all of them even though they're completely different styles from each other. haha 😬
try starting with the ones most similar to your current style and experiment😊 as you practice you will learn more and start to create your own style. don't get limited by "style" when you're not sure. I suggest studying many different styles you like
I saw it too , kooleen dp was there 😂
ethan's rivalry makes me know about rly good artists that i never thought for a single second that they would have a yt channel
The worst art advice I've gotten was from my art teacher: '' You are just copying those anime shows, you have to quit doing that aand start drawing real art, once you apply for art schools nobody will actually accept you''
I was drawing CATS, never watched anime in my life and I am not even planning to go to an art school.
Do people forget that throat punching exists?
MY CLASSMATES EVEN TOLD ME IF I WATCH ANIME CAUSE I DRAW TYPE OF STYLE, LOL I NEVER ACTUALLY WATCHED ANY
@@kork1035 PPL WHO SEE ME DRAW ASK'S ME İF IM WATCHİNG ANİME AND I WASN'T DRAWİNG ANİMEEEE
THIS JUST BROUGHT BACK A HIDDEN MEMORY, ok so in like. Elementary school?? I had this friend who i sat next to on the bus and one time she caught me drawing (i mainly drew cats/wolves/general furry things back then, hadnt figured out humans yet) and my baby art style back then was very referenced from a lot of furry or warriors art and animations id seen. So she started going off about how that was anime, it was an anime style, she just knew it when she saw it. Which had me so confused cuz like?? I really wasnt an anime watcher back then and if had to describe my style back then itd be like 2008 deviantart furry which i GUESS?? Could qualify as having anime vibes but it certaintly wasnt what i was going for lmao
I love how Ethan laughs while roasting Kooleen or anyone 😂
still when he says (0:48) "top 5 favourite artists" he quickly shows koleen
same, that's what I've always loved about him
Ethan forgetting halfway through what his own video was about is relatable
You can tell how deeply animation has seeped into Ethan's being, because at 0:45 he turns his goal timeline into a slow out timing chart.
Also if you want to study anatomy for art you can literally call a muscle Dave instead of Vastus Lateralis. Dave is also easier to remember and sounds cooler
I like how Ethan is just getting more and more insane as time goes on
For years, I always thought you were supposed to eyeball reference character model sheets. It wasn't until my animator friends told me about how Trace and Shift worked recently. I no longer worry about my style(which tied into eyeballing your model sheet references) as a result and just go with the flow.
Can you tell me about Trace and Shift?
Fr what's that? I'm still eyeballing my references. There at tutorial or more info on this?
I am not a hundred percent sure about the whole process, but I think you take your reference and trace over it on a new layer. Not line for line, but the important shapes, so you got the proportions and relations down. Then you hide the reference picture (or scoot it to the side) and use your trace as a new reference. This time you eyeball it, but since you only have basic shapes without colors, shading, details, etc., you can just focus on the proportions and the form itself
@@fuzzyapple THAT'S ALLOWED???? I WAS TOLD THAT'S STEALING
@@themindeclectic9821 it is stealing if you take someone elses artwork, trace over it and present that as your own. But using references is a very common practice. 'References' usually refers to photographs or other real life imagery, though.
you know what is funny ethan, exactly as you were reading the guidelines dm you face matched EXACTLY with my phones cracked glass and made PINPOINT perfect guides for the angle of your nose brigde eyebrow slant and chin/cheek bone, absolute insanity
both my high school art teachers told me to stop drawing anime, because I "won't improve" drawing it and wanted me to draw only realism instead. One of them had us drawing and painting vases with flowers in them and fruit for almost a whole semester and that's the only thing she ever painted
Ew
Tbf, in order to draw anime style correctly, it's very important to practice and learn the realistic structure of the face, and then stylize it
@@alabaster3535 that is not what they were telling me, they were basically telling me to never draw anime ever again and they treated me badly bc they did not see it as real art.
There’s two teachers one telling you bad and realism and the other telling you to learn realism so you could implement what you learned into the stylized drawing style
...no nobody told me that you weren't there bud lol
I think what people mean by 'guidelines' is a one of those star doohickey's you use to get the vanishing point right for perspective
I have *never* seen anyone use doohickey in text. Ever. I didn’t even know how to spell it.
@@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art bruh lmao
@@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art same
"Look at me, don't look at me, shut your eyes, now open them" a success routine for every artist
Protect Ethan Becker at all costs. He is a national treasure.
And international also.
@@carlmig and intergalactic, but that's classified
I just woke up I don’t wanna shut my eyes
Same
I just slept I don't wanna open my eyes
Same man
id love for ethan to cover the referencing topic again, cos it helps me a lot
I have commited a sin. I did not close my eyes. Rest in peace to all the others who kept them open. You will be forgotten.
Oh crap i will be forgotten
🤣🤣🤣
damn, sorry you had to go through that.
didn't close my eyes on the first one but i did on the second, praying i'm forgiven...
Ethan: idk how to say this but if kooleen got the uglier audience then I might be stuck with the stupids
Me: welp guess I’m ugly and stupid then lmao
( 10:01 )
“Art is life. Art is everywhere. Guh-“ - Ethan Becker 2022
ok ethanos becker
hi girly😇
😭
no way it's koolaid 🧃🧃
Methane Becker, because he is the fart that Sam does
Yes Ethan I can imagine myself being good at art. 😥
What I took from this is that I gotta start mountain climbing to make it in the art industry
Ahahaha I've had that "Digital Art is easy, it ain't a big deal" flung at me when I started learning digital art by drawing backgrounds. I felt so shitty at that time but 4 years later, here I am laughing about how stupid that person was.
Fr, switching from traditional to digital is a BIG hurdle but once you get past the initial thing, it's fun & interesting but it still ain't easy lol
Had to pretty much relearn how to do everything when I switched. That was a little over a year ago and I’m still learning. 0 cares what anyone says, I think digital is 100x harder than traditional. Ofc it does make some things a lot easier too.
The fact that I actually did try to imagine the things in the last part and I just see a bunch of artists in red shorts 😭
"don't be stupid and draw willy nilly"
Me an r34 artist: that's everyday bruh
Dude 😳
I need to see them . Sauce
A y o ?
You know who also didn't use reference for their art? Renaissance pieces with cats. Those "cats" man... nightmare fuel.
what about medieval art and horses?
my art leveled up so much when i started to apply perspective to figures, holy shit
I really shouldn't watch Ethan when I'm doing my mascara. I fuggin burst out laughing and end up in Smudge city.
Ethan: Don't look at me!
*looks away
Ethan: how dare you look away from me!
coming back to this video im enjoying this almost laughing ethan but serious topic, i miss this type of mood, i need to draw more. i enjoyed ethans voice in the back of my drawing sessions for hours in the summer, cant wait to have some of this maximum creativity and quality production time
I love how he says 'you'll know all the steps to get to the goal' and I'm over here like 'okay, so here's a goal, and to get there.... is a mystery.' I have no experience with goal-making. I never expected to live this long to be able to realize goals.
Edit: this applies to animation specifically. -I think when he says don’t use guide lines he meant “just jump straight into the final line and don’t use structure or line of action or directional lines because real artists just KNOW. They don’t need to erase anything bc they draw it perfectly the first time every time!” If I told this person I start with a circle for the head they’d say “oh, I just draw the ACTUAL drawing first!” They also probably draw chicken scratch lines
There is some merit to roughly drawing without guidelines or erasing. It’s a good drawing exercise (especially if you struggle at rough drawing), go up to a statue or something and only draw the darkest parts
@@itisinternet1282 if your doing a contour or value study yeah, absolutely. For animation tho it’s not the best idea
@@aris1869 should have mentioned that in your first comment 🤡
@@professorxavier9692 Ethan Becker focuses on animation techniques, so I thought it was assumed
@@aris1869 you could still add that into your comment, just to specify
1:55 xd this aged like good vine
LMAAAOOO IKR??! I couldn't believe it it was too freaking good i had to go to the comments immediately looking for this remark... gosh, as crazy as it sounds, i even feel like this vid ONLY NOW got recommended to me JUST BECAUSE of that because it's relevant again 😆
the intro is literally "Becker says"
Yes sir.
The fact that whenever I'm stuck on art I always go to Ethan Becker's videos makes me really happy-
He's helped me grow as an artist and I just love his content in general
I can't take this anymore. He can't keep lying to us. He can't keep getting away with it!!!!! THIS HAS TO STOP!
I can definitely relate on Ethan’s fanboying on Laura Brouwer’s art.
Haven’t watched Ethan in so long. Still this man never fails to make me laugh and actually learn something. Just touch yourself 😂
That darn stupid intro made me tear up. Lol, had been feeling like shit about my art for a month or two now. Thanks, Ethan. Also, I think for beginner artists, it's best to just listen to what you see repeated by professional artists. Sometimes, listening to advice made by other fellow amateur artists could hamper your improvement. Or atleast double-check if that advice has some grounds to stand on.
Dude same 🤣😭 I pressed play and didn't know why I didn't expect pure comedy gold in the first 3 seconds
If you are going to do another video about using references like u said at the end, I'm also asking for a new tablets review video since I have no idea what should I buy and you are the best person to answer that question imo 🙏
After I start using guidelines my whole drawing changed and i can achieve everything. Basically I took your advice, reshape it and spitting it on the canvas. You should be proud.
^^ honestly I feel so good after seeing your videos Ethan. This is good humor and advice. Just pure inspiration to me
completely off topic, but I love how Ethan seems to enjoy his little "word stutters and jumbles" a lot more in his videos (idk the term for it but an example is @ 8:12 )
"change your art style cuz it's not very good"
Meanwhile, on Cartoon Network: *Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and The Problem Solvers*
"you need quality art materials to make art"
SuperRaeDizzle: *makes masterpieces out of Crayola colored pencils*
best advice - “you just got to touch yourself” (ethan becker 2022)
"life is art.. art is everywhere.. gouh!"
The fact that he included Kooleen in the "favorite artists" bit
MAAAANN I am so happy, I have been watching your content since I didn't even know that I had to draw to learn to do art,
btw, I am carloselcolombiano, I feel so honoured to appear in this video maaaaan
I would love help understanding the different jobs for artists who love to draw portraits. Looking at all the job titles is so daunting, and I struggle with figuring out how to specialize my portfolio for them. Please help, Ethan.
I'd love to hear more about that, too, actually. I've branched out to full body characters since then but portraits are still my comfort zone. If you are open to expanding to half body and more elaborate setups, you could easily use that skill for card art or book covers.
I don't wanna put a damper on your dreams and ambitions, but if you only wanna draw portraits, you're probably best suited to become an independent commissions artist
I'm pissin my pants laughin each time with your vids (alongside learning new stuff) (and changing my pissed pants), we love u Ethan. Oh btw, please someone make an out of context compilation of Ethan's moments.
thank you ethan, i couln't stop smiling watching this video, thank you
11:15 that remaind me of my art professor ( He was awesome) each of as approach art differently ,my friends was always measuring everything ,her Art was flawless but I never done that ,i was drawing with the flow ,and I started to imitate her and my professor told me to stop , and do how I was doing this ,i think he was able to see and understand that we all are different and he was trying to encourage me to do it my way because it was working for me better ❤️ remember guys we all have different brains and some are more intuitive artist and some need more structure and both is fine. Of course intuitive need a little bit of structure too and thinkers need some more flow but that can be studied separately
How weird would it be to describe you as the respectful dominatrix of art teachers?
I say this with the most respect BTW.
I agree. Thanks to him I have splecific clear goals, and I no longer produce polypocket stinkle dinks
Here’s Ethan with his another great advices and comedy, thank you Ethan!
Glad you're adding comedy back into your videos it really keeps me watching entertained and I end up staying focused longer and learning more.
Ending is killing me....lol😂😂🤣🤣
000 seconds in, HECK YESS!!!
I missed this Ethan the energy the humor and everything 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you so much!!!! I tried too many tutorials but this is the only o
YES NEW ETHAN BECKER VID
Amazing video Ethan! Thanks for sharing your experience and tips with us! It certainly is a cutthroat community out there but it doesn't have to be that way. Why can't artists just support each other instead of trying to pop each others bubbles every time they post something they are proud of.
I have no idea what Ethan is saying half of the time but I love it
"in all honesty you just gotta touch yourself" this resonates with me
"Just practice." It's common but awful. "Focused, purposeful, and deliberate practice" only helps.
Very spesplific, thank you
you tried HARD holding laughter. And failed) Good vid
He reminds me a lot of one of my illu professors at art school! Same advice too
Every time you talk about having an overarching art goal, you start with the assumption that we all wanna get a job at some studio, but what does somebody like me who is uninterested in working as an artist make my target?
I guess maybe I just need to look inside myself and figure out why I'm trying to get better at art, but I'd love some examples to help me along that process
same! I love art and want to improve but I'd like to keep it as a hobby. I still think that gathering your favorite artists, studios and comics is very helpful even if my goal is as vague as "I wanna get gud." Sometimes thinking about what I want to use my art for (like I want to make comics and short animations) help.
Ethan's got experience in the animation industry and that's just what most of his advice is oriented around. It's not necessarily helpful for other goals.
ooh you need to check out the fine artists community here on youtube then Ethan is heavily concept artist focused
Just have your own personal project I think! I want to make a particular type of comic so I have specific goals towards that
I am just like you and my goal is to make a comic. Merely because I want to really, not for any kind of personal gain. Having a long term goal like a comic has been incredibly helpful and has pretty much singlehandedly fueled my passion and love for art so far.
I think its great that old spice makes art tutorials now
My goal is to scour ever inch of that mountain before inevitably reaching the top. Fuq getting to the top quick, I want more than that.
Ethan this video was so funny 🤣 this is why I love ur stuff
Just started the vid already a banger tip
this art advice video kicks ass
Thank you for all of the stinkers and tippers. I almost went and made a polypocket stinkle dink.
Youre way too funny and give great advice. I love it
This was such a funny video 😭 I was genuinely laughing out loud while watching, which is pretty rare for me! Had a lot of great tips too 😎 thanks king
Ethan Becker is the reason i have emotional trust issues.
ok but can we just all agree that when ethan did the "gueh" and laughed that it was wholesome asf 4:19
When you watch both Ethan and Koleen:
I guess I'm ugly and stupid
You shouldn't say that stuff even jokingly y'know. A lot of artists, hell people, need to work on that self-talk
i'm dying for the poo story
I have a professor who doesn't even do art, tell all the art students in the class that "you're only a true artist when you stop using references"
I can't express enough how much I love you
Kml the kooleen draw ugly people had me 🤣🤣 the menace herself!
Looking good Ethan ✨
love your beard/mustasch
I had an art professor tell me you cant ever draw anyone you love because it will always be trash
DANG
ah yes the king is back
I fucking love this guy!!! He gets me so pump to draw.
your videos unironically saved my life
Best video I've seen in my life. I took notes.
Mr Becker we all are dying to know about the stinky story 💩☺️
Polly Pocket is the OG 80's icon. These were some of the BEST toy designs of my childhood.
Man that last part, that conclusion got me., now I'm gonna do shit arts again.
I like this Rick Sanchez style ramblings you got going on
This video made me reach the mountain top within 0.0000000069 seconds. Thanks Ethan 👍👍👍