When I learn something new it normaly goes in this order: -Hey I want to learn X -Now that I started I feel like I have talent for X -looking at internet at others that do X for inspiration -Realise i'm not as good as them, and I need to study fundamentals/basics of X -Try to practise those fundamentals and fail miserably -Realise that I suck at X -Drop X for Y and repeat
I just don't look at others at all if they say hey come check this out then maybe but I personally don t look at others just for looking at others.however if that's the way ya do it then hey you do it like that
I didn't like being a beginner because I don't like being the dumbest person in the room (basically comparing myself to everyone else who's done this longer). But it's okay, knowing less than others isn't something to be ashamed of, and you can definitely close that gap between you and others at some point with practice and time, if catching up to them is that important.
Even as a beginner, I still hate trying to learn new things as artist. Not because I care what anyone else thinks, just that whenever I pick up my pencil, I know what I'm drawing won't turn out as good as how it looks in my head. I refrain from anatomy because I'm bad at it, and looking at my practice sheets in my sketchbook make me want to throw it out into a fire they're so terrible. I wish that I could detach myself from the outcome, and just say to myself, "I am going to draw" and then just do it and not care if it's terrible. I want to still be able to recognize faults in my work so I know what I need to improve, I just don't want to think that EVERYTHING about what I do is terrible. I want to be able to look at what I do objectively, not with my own skewed perspective. I just want to be able to draw without expectations about the outcome.
Hey bro, I know that feel when what your image doesnt turn out the way you envisioned it, but what really helped me was starting with referenced drawing. If you instead draw something thats already there it really helps to see what it is exactly that youre doing "wrong". Just 1 referenced figure drawing a day helped me so much! After 3-4 days they looked actually pretty cool imo. Give it a try, cheers and keep trying! Btw, "line of action" is a really helpful + free figure drawing page. i suggest you give it a try
Literally, I'm procrastinating finishing a drawing by scrolling through the comments section because it took me five minutes to draw the letter 's' in the size, shape, and consistency I wanted. Having your brain not be able to make your hands do the thing you want them to do absolutely sucks.
this happens to me with a 3d software called blender... i just have a folder that i add everything i want to re do or improve on later. When i come back to it months and about 50 youtube videos later i feel satisfied that i made it better than before
I really can't stop thanking you for these videos. All over the internet, no one really tackles the existential or emotional aspects of art and wanting to be an artist, but you do. There's obviously no real vice-grip this genre has on you because your other videos are just as entertaining, it's that these videos stand out the most because you're one of the very few people to even give it attention publicly. Thank you for another well crafted video!
I think forever being a beginner is one of the wonderful gifts of being an artist. I've found the more I learn the more I realize I don't know. Truthfully, I know very little despite my years. Trying a new medium completely unfamiliar to me is one of the easiest ways, I have found, to rediscover that youthful energy and joie de vivre of the beginner!
I just wanted to say that this video and channel is something I always come back to every now and then when I sit there looking at the paper and stare. I love art and drawing but, big surprise, art is a difficult craft, and I often find myself lacking the motivation, patience, or self confidence in myself to sit down and make something I can love regardless of its flaws. In short, these videos remind me that what I make doesn't have to be perfect, or even good for that matter. All that does matter is that I'm looking to improve my craft and enjoy it along the way.
The condition of pre-requisites has always been the number one killer of the desire to learn. School modules and jobs have a list of prerequisites so that you won't be a "beginner". That, I feel, is the main reason why most people do what they do to "perform" and "win". I'd aced exams that I'd been embarrassed to talk about because I'd learned almost nothing except to get that distinction. I'd received promotions and awards at work despite knowing I'd done nothing more than to make lesser mistakes (and doing lesser) than the people around me. The low point came during one time when I was struggling during a training course and doing something for the very first time. One of the instructors commented, "how could someone in such a senior position make such a rudimentary mistake?". That was the breaking point for me. Someone in a "senior role" are expected to not make mistakes in anything? And "rudimentary" is relative, not universal. At the same time, I also realised that I was a partner in my own suffering. I was in that position because of the environment. I needed to leave everything behind and start life anew. This would be the only way to go on without the senseless and life-draining external expectations eating away at me.
How is it, whenever I'm feeling like complete crap and worthless of my art skills, you've made a video on these struggling topics. I found your channel not too long ago and relieved that I did. You, sir, always make my perspective on the situation more calming and better. Thank you, for making me as well as plenty other strangers in the world, feel better about ourselves. I truly appreciate the advice you give.
This video actually spoke for me on how I feel about my own art. Especially the ego topic, is actually very true. I have been through it many time, I got depressed and anxious because of it, but I somehow learned to get this ego maintained while I genuinely praise the artists about their amazing art and stop being a sissy about it. And I actually learned to focus on my own art and try get better at it. Try to be the person I want to be in the future.
Daaaamn. I really needed to see this. I've been in that really frustrating stage of drawing where you're technically not a beginner but still not very good, and this really spoke to me and helped me feel a little less hopeless. Thank you.
This hit my soul... Especially the part where you were talking about drawing not being fun anymore and just feeling like a job where I just criticize myself. I think that point is the bridge where discipline becomes a necessity!
Very nice video. This lesson can be applied to things outside of art too. I learned this exact lesson when I was trying to get better at playing Smash Bros a few weeks ago. I kept sticking to most of the same ways of fighting without realizing it and I felt like there wasn't much to improve upon. Though I was just having the wrong mindset because I felt like I knew how to play the game well so I subconsciously cut off a lot of areas I could improve upon. Instead of experimenting to learn new ideas and not being afraid if something fails, because mistakes are how you learn.
Thanks for the great vid! This explains a lot for me, in terms of the feelings I feel, in a field (computer science) where I feel like I need to know so much to be on the same page as everyone. The humility taught in this video is something I’m interested in emulating.
I’ve always had low expectations for myself so every time I did something correctly I’m amazed at what I did at any level. I haven’t disappointed myself in years as a result.
I think this is now my favorite video on RUclips, i've noticed this though never understood why, or how it could be resolved.Its enlightening to hear you speak about this.Never stop drawing cute goirls.
As a musician, I experience this exact same problem. It’s not about losing things to learn. It’s that the things we need to learn are much more specified. I find myself doing the same fundamentals I did a year ago, but they are harder now than they were then. It’s about requiring for yourself a higher standard of the same thing I’ve been doing, make what you’re doing better instead of doing more things. Part of learning is doing more things, but that also can’t be all that you do, and that is partially what separates professionals from amateurs. It reminds me of the Bruce Lee quote, “I fear not the man who has practiced 1000 kicks, but the man who has practiced one kick 1000 times” Over the course of your life, you want to practice the same thing or section of your field at a higher and higher standard. Get it perfected. Alongside that do other things, use the lessons you learn doing those other things to help you get better at perfecting the one you have chosen.
This applies to more than just art: I've been trying to adopt an open curiosity about the world and myself a lot more this year, and it changes the game when you nudge away from expectations and identity
When we start drawing it's usually because we have outside influences, we want to explore the things we like, interests, and hobbies and use art as a tool to communicate those ideas. When we get older and get confused about drawing, it's usually because we are focusing too much on art itself, we focus on the medium of drawing and painting what is wrong and what is right, then we think looking at other drawings and other artists will solve that problem. My advice is, focus less on the medium of art and focus more on what you like so you can use art as your tool to bring out what really excites you. Art is communication and art is a tool; art itself is not the end destination.
This is the video I've needed to see for the past 10 years. Not in regard to drawing...but to writing. I always resisted writing because it was the only thing I was ever good at. Trying to improve made me admit I wasn't good at it. But what I needed to accept was that I was never a great writer. I was a storyteller. I've spent my whole life telling stories, throwing them away and recreating new ones. I've grown as a storyteller, but not as a writer. Its time I start writing. Drawing will come with time. I needed to see this to help me do what I've been afraid to do for a long time. Be a beginner at writing again. (And eventually to be a beginner at drawing.) Thank you so much.
As a person who has been practicing art for a long time (not professionally), I always find these videos fitting the "nail on the head" analogy, and always make a point to share them with other artists and art friends. Please keep up the great work, it's truly something I enjoy watching and look forward to watching!
I have no quality filter, some days my art is a vivid image of a rubber duck, other days i a beautiful white rose. I do what i want when i want because i do art for fun, keeping it separate from money has really let my hobby thrive and i am still learning new art styles and then mimicking them.
Your art videos are fantastic! They apply to anything really, not just art. For example, I'm not artist, but I love mathematics and I would consider myself an aspiring mathematician, and this is exactly what I needed to hear. I've been putting a lot of pressure on myself for a major math project coming up, which I think is actually holding me back. It's a big paper, and I'm terrified that I can't find a topic good enough to live up to everyone's expectations. But hearing this makes me feel much better! Thank you so much!
Your videos have taught me how to love drawing. Every time i let loose and experiment like a beginner, I make the best drawings that are the most fun. Keep doing what you do, man! :D
Applies to life too. My naive arrogance has been recently exposed to me. So now I find myself lost and unsure of what to do next without a solid plan that grants me confidence for my future. Oh, I don't know why I'm ranting. Good video though.
This has really brought some clarity to my thoughts. I super appreciate this video. I'm definitely not a great artist. I wouldn't even consider my self good but a lot of people around me think I'm really good at art. Having other people tell me that I'm good at art has made me stagnant in my improvement. I need to study the basics more and not care if other people think my drawings aren't good. I have to stop caring how other people perceive me so that I can start to improve my own abilities. Thanks for uploading, I always love these videos.
Wow! I never thought of it like that. And it definitely saved me. I was always scared of drawing something because i didnt want it to suck, but because that i was always stuck in my tiny comfort-zone. Thank you so much for this ^-^
So true. It's always unfortunate to see hugely popular artists receiving nothing but praise and shutting out criticism, since the only result of that is an inflated ego and unwillingness to improve. After all, if a hundred thousand people say your art's good, it must be an objective fact, right? This is why I try to do something I've never done before with each piece I create, and why I welcome criticism, even from less-experienced artists. Even if they don't have the same knowledge I do, they might catch something I missed. A little humility works wonders for creative evolution.
Thank goodness I've stumbled upon this video. ☹️ I've been really feeling bad about my art and that has led me to wanting to be better - but the more I realize that I actually don't know that much yet, the more terrible I feel. But this video completely changed my thinking and how I see learning. Of course it's not a quick-one-video-change but this definitely planted some good seeds. Thank you, Mattias. :)
Your videos are really soothing. I've been watching most of them and I feel great afterwards. And I'm not even an artist ! I think that you little animations are filled we keys we can use to break some of our inner locks to carry on feeling better. Being better. At creating thinks as well as living among the others. Thank you for sharing that with use. Much love from a nobody
Thanks for making stuff about the stuff I think about every day. Your videos are motivating because theyre realistic. Pro artists seem to forget how hard arting is and portray it that way too.
Although your videos and your experiences are in drawing I benefit from them in things far different from drawing , the concept is always related to all of us , and the meaning is clear and on point. I love this channel more and more with time.
In art, I feel like there are so many variations of it that you can often get overwhelmed by it. I feel like I’m in a rush to find my own style and try all of the types of art that I can’t really focus on one that I can call my own or develop. I just do some stuff and think “yep I’m done with this on to the next”
Sometimes i think that we are a toad in other toad well and that toad is also a toad in other toad "well " as well. So whenever you say some one that he/she like a toad inside a well keep in mind that there is always toad that exist outside your "well" as well
I would think you learn more slowly as you go along because laying the foundation is not only a huge step up from nothing at all, but also that it's easier than the detail work that comes later.
and if you think you can draw a thing perfect enough draw a new thing like a dog, cat or object. you'll often find you're still the absolute beginner there
Same, I never learned the basics of music theory and I’ve grown to be disappointed in my music. I used to enjoy it a lot but now I’ve developed an expectation that really shouldn’t exist. I never bothered to learn the fundamentals, but for some reason I expected to be better than I currently am without any guidance. Stupid isn’t it? All I’m really doing is fumbling in the dark.
Hands, anatomy, cute girls, always in that order
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Always in that order
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Never forget the Feet.
Older guy: "I should.. draw.. cute girls holding hands." I ADORE THE clumsily real way you describe thought processes, dude.
THIS IS ME FR BUT IM NOT EVEN THAT OLD
"I really need to know how to draw girls better"
I feel called out
I'm the exact opposite lol
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I really appreciate your thoughts
Hell yeah m'Gundla
Oof
Omg ur not dead
Well hello there Gundla
Great. Now he will be afraid of thinking.
When I learn something new it normaly goes in this order:
-Hey I want to learn X
-Now that I started I feel like I have talent for X
-looking at internet at others that do X for inspiration
-Realise i'm not as good as them, and I need to study fundamentals/basics of X
-Try to practise those fundamentals and fail miserably
-Realise that I suck at X
-Drop X for Y and repeat
Thats my whole lifestory and i feel violated
TheCivildecay Almost me with archery
Push through X with passion till you make it.
I just don't look at others at all if they say hey come check this out then maybe but I personally don t look at others just for looking at others.however if that's the way ya do it then hey you do it like that
@Kank OG expect yourself to suck at stuff for longer
You made a thing. Good job.
my new theme :D
I think you make good videos
*FEEL THE PRESSURE TO MAKE VIDEOS!!*
*scared*
i am the person that asks you what's up?
@@k2_x376 Hello the person that asks you what's up?, I'm Mr. Bear.
I didn't like being a beginner because I don't like being the dumbest person in the room (basically comparing myself to everyone else who's done this longer). But it's okay, knowing less than others isn't something to be ashamed of, and you can definitely close that gap between you and others at some point with practice and time, if catching up to them is that important.
Being least skiller or 'dumbest' in the room only means you have the most learning to gain from being in that room ;)
it's okay because *Every.one.is.a.beginner.*
i am not a beginner per say but i still think i'm the dumbest there ever was
Even as a beginner, I still hate trying to learn new things as artist. Not because I care what anyone else thinks, just that whenever I pick up my pencil, I know what I'm drawing won't turn out as good as how it looks in my head. I refrain from anatomy because I'm bad at it, and looking at my practice sheets in my sketchbook make me want to throw it out into a fire they're so terrible. I wish that I could detach myself from the outcome, and just say to myself, "I am going to draw" and then just do it and not care if it's terrible. I want to still be able to recognize faults in my work so I know what I need to improve, I just don't want to think that EVERYTHING about what I do is terrible. I want to be able to look at what I do objectively, not with my own skewed perspective. I just want to be able to draw without expectations about the outcome.
Hey bro, I know that feel when what your image doesnt turn out the way you envisioned it, but what really helped me was starting with referenced drawing. If you instead draw something thats already there it really helps to see what it is exactly that youre doing "wrong".
Just 1 referenced figure drawing a day helped me so much! After 3-4 days they looked actually pretty cool imo. Give it a try, cheers and keep trying!
Btw, "line of action" is a really helpful + free figure drawing page. i suggest you give it a try
Awesome! Thank you, I'll go check out line of action.
Cheers
Literally, I'm procrastinating finishing a drawing by scrolling through the comments section because it took me five minutes to draw the letter 's' in the size, shape, and consistency I wanted. Having your brain not be able to make your hands do the thing you want them to do absolutely sucks.
this happens to me with a 3d software called blender... i just have a folder that i add everything i want to re do or improve on later. When i come back to it months and about 50 youtube videos later i feel satisfied that i made it better than before
I may not be an artist but these videos have helped me clam down form my stress and all that so keep it up👍 ps love the art style
Thank you, glad they still help!
Same! He talks slow and encouragingly, something I'm always down for.
I really can't stop thanking you for these videos. All over the internet, no one really tackles the existential or emotional aspects of art and wanting to be an artist, but you do. There's obviously no real vice-grip this genre has on you because your other videos are just as entertaining, it's that these videos stand out the most because you're one of the very few people to even give it attention publicly. Thank you for another well crafted video!
I agree, these videos are awesome and full of hope
I think forever being a beginner is one of the wonderful gifts of being an artist. I've found the more I learn the more I realize I don't know. Truthfully, I know very little despite my years. Trying a new medium completely unfamiliar to me is one of the easiest ways, I have found, to rediscover that youthful energy and joie de vivre of the beginner!
I got my art rejected for the first time today, I needed this video. Thanks Pilhede! C:
yo i want to learn how to draw cute girls holding hands,will you teach me senpai?
brother same
Someone or maybe it’s the embodiment of straight.
"I really should be drawing cute girls holding hands." how did my brain get into your script???
I just wanted to say that this video and channel is something I always come back to every now and then when I sit there looking at the paper and stare.
I love art and drawing but, big surprise, art is a difficult craft, and I often find myself lacking the motivation, patience, or self confidence in myself to sit down and make something I can love regardless of its flaws. In short, these videos remind me that what I make doesn't have to be perfect, or even good for that matter. All that does matter is that I'm looking to improve my craft and enjoy it along the way.
i dont even draw, but i feel this can also be applied to other hobbies/interests/areas in life too, so thank you!
Best advice from this video: *Stop thinking that you know how things work and you re gonna become open into learning and exploring things more*
The condition of pre-requisites has always been the number one killer of the desire to learn. School modules and jobs have a list of prerequisites so that you won't be a "beginner". That, I feel, is the main reason why most people do what they do to "perform" and "win". I'd aced exams that I'd been embarrassed to talk about because I'd learned almost nothing except to get that distinction. I'd received promotions and awards at work despite knowing I'd done nothing more than to make lesser mistakes (and doing lesser) than the people around me.
The low point came during one time when I was struggling during a training course and doing something for the very first time. One of the instructors commented, "how could someone in such a senior position make such a rudimentary mistake?".
That was the breaking point for me. Someone in a "senior role" are expected to not make mistakes in anything? And "rudimentary" is relative, not universal.
At the same time, I also realised that I was a partner in my own suffering. I was in that position because of the environment. I needed to leave everything behind and start life anew. This would be the only way to go on without the senseless and life-draining external expectations eating away at me.
How is it, whenever I'm feeling like complete crap and worthless of my art skills, you've made a video on these struggling topics. I found your channel not too long ago and relieved that I did. You, sir, always make my perspective on the situation more calming and better. Thank you, for making me as well as plenty other strangers in the world, feel better about ourselves. I truly appreciate the advice you give.
This video actually spoke for me on how I feel about my own art. Especially the ego topic, is actually very true. I have been through it many time, I got depressed and anxious because of it, but I somehow learned to get this ego maintained while I genuinely praise the artists about their amazing art and stop being a sissy about it. And I actually learned to focus on my own art and try get better at it. Try to be the person I want to be in the future.
So glad to know that constantly feeling like a beginner despite improving drastically over the years is not a bad thing
Daaaamn. I really needed to see this. I've been in that really frustrating stage of drawing where you're technically not a beginner but still not very good, and this really spoke to me and helped me feel a little less hopeless. Thank you.
This hit my soul... Especially the part where you were talking about drawing not being fun anymore and just feeling like a job where I just criticize myself. I think that point is the bridge where discipline becomes a necessity!
Very nice video. This lesson can be applied to things outside of art too. I learned this exact lesson when I was trying to get better at playing Smash Bros a few weeks ago. I kept sticking to most of the same ways of fighting without realizing it and I felt like there wasn't much to improve upon. Though I was just having the wrong mindset because I felt like I knew how to play the game well so I subconsciously cut off a lot of areas I could improve upon. Instead of experimenting to learn new ideas and not being afraid if something fails, because mistakes are how you learn.
This laugh your video allowed me have was truly priceless. Thank you. The humor is ridiculous and subtle. I really appreciate it.
Thanks for the great vid! This explains a lot for me, in terms of the feelings I feel, in a field (computer science) where I feel like I need to know so much to be on the same page as everyone. The humility taught in this video is something I’m interested in emulating.
God this video was great
I’ve always had low expectations for myself so every time I did something correctly I’m amazed at what I did at any level.
I haven’t disappointed myself in years as a result.
I think this is now my favorite video on RUclips, i've noticed this though never understood why, or how it could be resolved.Its enlightening to hear you speak about this.Never stop drawing cute goirls.
Too bad you can't regress your knowledge at the flick of a switch
what're you doing here
Wtf you are too quick
Justin Y. Stop pls
Aye aye
So you re interesting in drawing ???
"A true master is an eternal student" ~some old dude
"I really should be drawing cute girls."
-Every artist on Instagram ever
As a musician, I experience this exact same problem. It’s not about losing things to learn. It’s that the things we need to learn are much more specified.
I find myself doing the same fundamentals I did a year ago, but they are harder now than they were then. It’s about requiring for yourself a higher standard of the same thing I’ve been doing, make what you’re doing better instead of doing more things.
Part of learning is doing more things, but that also can’t be all that you do, and that is partially what separates professionals from amateurs.
It reminds me of the Bruce Lee quote, “I fear not the man who has practiced 1000 kicks, but the man who has practiced one kick 1000 times”
Over the course of your life, you want to practice the same thing or section of your field at a higher and higher standard. Get it perfected. Alongside that do other things, use the lessons you learn doing those other things to help you get better at perfecting the one you have chosen.
This applies to more than just art: I've been trying to adopt an open curiosity about the world and myself a lot more this year, and it changes the game when you nudge away from expectations and identity
Every art is beautiful. somebody liking it is a bonus. after all, being passionate of what you are doing is all that matters
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The journey as a artist is like the journey to know ourselves. It´s for life.
mattias pilhede is probably one of the most underrated youtubers out there
Thank you!
LOL. That unraveled into personal fantasy unexpectedly.
01:55 IMPORTANT...human fragility and insecurity in a nut shell. "I am...who I think, you think I am" - some smart guy
I was having so much fun drawing when I was a kid...
Nowadays It sometimes feel like homework :( Any help ?
When we start drawing it's usually because we have outside influences, we want to explore the things we like, interests, and hobbies and use art as a tool to communicate those ideas.
When we get older and get confused about drawing, it's usually because we are focusing too much on art itself, we focus on the medium of drawing and painting what is wrong and what is right, then we think looking at other drawings and other artists will solve that problem.
My advice is, focus less on the medium of art and focus more on what you like so you can use art as your tool to bring out what really excites you.
Art is communication and art is a tool; art itself is not the end destination.
This is the video I've needed to see for the past 10 years.
Not in regard to drawing...but to writing.
I always resisted writing because it was the only thing I was ever good at.
Trying to improve made me admit I wasn't good at it.
But what I needed to accept was that I was never a great writer.
I was a storyteller. I've spent my whole life telling stories, throwing them away
and recreating new ones. I've grown as a storyteller, but not as a writer.
Its time I start writing. Drawing will come with time. I needed to see
this to help me do what I've been afraid to do for a long time.
Be a beginner at writing again.
(And eventually to be a beginner at drawing.)
Thank you so much.
Part of it is bc you get comfortable with what skill you already have and don't ever leave your comfort zone.
As a person who has been practicing art for a long time (not professionally), I always find these videos fitting the "nail on the head" analogy, and always make a point to share them with other artists and art friends. Please keep up the great work, it's truly something I enjoy watching and look forward to watching!
0:48 this part just feels me with joy
I try to live like I don't care and I succeed in not caring about what people think about me, but like everyone I feel like I have to fit in
thanks for keeping me in this journey, the art one
There are always new, beautiful ideas to be discovered.
I have no quality filter, some days my art is a vivid image of a rubber duck, other days i a beautiful white rose. I do what i want when i want because i do art for fun, keeping it separate from money has really let my hobby thrive and i am still learning new art styles and then mimicking them.
True not only for art, but for any subject.
Your art videos are fantastic! They apply to anything really, not just art. For example, I'm not artist, but I love mathematics and I would consider myself an aspiring mathematician, and this is exactly what I needed to hear. I've been putting a lot of pressure on myself for a major math project coming up, which I think is actually holding me back. It's a big paper, and I'm terrified that I can't find a topic good enough to live up to everyone's expectations. But hearing this makes me feel much better! Thank you so much!
Your videos have taught me how to love drawing.
Every time i let loose and experiment like a beginner, I make the best drawings that are the most fun.
Keep doing what you do, man! :D
I can't count how many arrows are on me right now because of how on point this video was about my insecurities.
Applies to life too. My naive arrogance has been recently exposed to me. So now I find myself lost and unsure of what to do next without a solid plan that grants me confidence for my future. Oh, I don't know why I'm ranting. Good video though.
“A man who knows something, knows he knows nothing at all.”
This has really brought some clarity to my thoughts. I super appreciate this video. I'm definitely not a great artist. I wouldn't even consider my self good but a lot of people around me think I'm really good at art. Having other people tell me that I'm good at art has made me stagnant in my improvement. I need to study the basics more and not care if other people think my drawings aren't good. I have to stop caring how other people perceive me so that I can start to improve my own abilities. Thanks for uploading, I always love these videos.
Wow! I never thought of it like that. And it definitely saved me. I was always scared of drawing something because i didnt want it to suck, but because that i was always stuck in my tiny comfort-zone. Thank you so much for this ^-^
Funny timing since i really was beating myself due to self expectations and ideals.
Always nice to hear things like that and be back on earth!
So true. It's always unfortunate to see hugely popular artists receiving nothing but praise and shutting out criticism, since the only result of that is an inflated ego and unwillingness to improve. After all, if a hundred thousand people say your art's good, it must be an objective fact, right? This is why I try to do something I've never done before with each piece I create, and why I welcome criticism, even from less-experienced artists. Even if they don't have the same knowledge I do, they might catch something I missed. A little humility works wonders for creative evolution.
This channel is so compelling
Damn I really needed this
Thank goodness I've stumbled upon this video. ☹️ I've been really feeling bad about my art and that has led me to wanting to be better - but the more I realize that I actually don't know that much yet, the more terrible I feel. But this video completely changed my thinking and how I see learning. Of course it's not a quick-one-video-change but this definitely planted some good seeds. Thank you, Mattias. :)
Your videos are really soothing. I've been watching most of them and I feel great afterwards. And I'm not even an artist ! I think that you little animations are filled we keys we can use to break some of our inner locks to carry on feeling better. Being better. At creating thinks as well as living among the others. Thank you for sharing that with use. Much love from a nobody
Thank you!
Thanks for making stuff about the stuff I think about every day. Your videos are motivating because theyre realistic. Pro artists seem to forget how hard arting is and portray it that way too.
It's always revitalizing to hear your essays.
It is strange that i find this more motivational than many TED talks i've watched
This goes for more than just art, it goes for life as well
I love how this channel simultaneously teaches good life lessons while inspiring me to keep doing art
Heck, given that I'm stuck in general in my life now this feels incredibly helpful. Hope this feeling sticks around.
2:48 love the accidental afro
rewatched this video, thought "haha funny clown afro", scrolled down and realized I had already thought the exact same thing.
Although your videos and your experiences are in drawing I benefit from them in things far different from drawing , the concept is always related to all of us , and the meaning is clear and on point.
I love this channel more and more with time.
And bonus points for your videos being short.
I have always wanted to articulate these concepts just like you said it in this video but you said it so much better than I could have.
Law of diminishing returns is a thing. I see it being hit often with music, but I'm not sure how well it applies to art
In art, I feel like there are so many variations of it that you can often get overwhelmed by it. I feel like I’m in a rush to find my own style and try all of the types of art that I can’t really focus on one that I can call my own or develop. I just do some stuff and think “yep I’m done with this on to the next”
so true... i think that it not only is a good tip for art only, but can be implemented in other aspects of life. such as sports, study etc etc
Art is a never ending series of road blocks. But I guess if they weren't there the satisfaction wouldn't be there either.
this is so right omg.. i feel so begineer and still have to improve my self
In life, no one stops learning. I prefer to learn more, and use what I know to apply to my work (it should be second nature, especially for artists).
Despite not being passionate about drawing, this still helped me.
Sometimes i think that we are a toad in other toad well and that toad is also a toad in other toad "well " as well. So whenever you say some one that he/she like a toad inside a well keep in mind that there is always toad that exist outside your "well" as well
Oh fuck that's how I'm feeling right now, I'm in that phase of not showing a lot of stuff, thinking it's just not enough and it's so frustrating wtf
Added this one to favorites. Love the way this was articulated. Great work!
Ugh my sister always complains that she isnt improving but never cares to try to learn new things
This explains a lot why i gave up things half a way 😭☹️ its always about ourselves 😭 not others
Thanks. Great Scott!
Overly desiring approval of others is a sign of low self-esteem.
that's just how a learning curve works
Hey man, you’re amazing. I have one thong to tell you though. Try to make sure to say “th” and not replace it with “ff” or “Fv”. Love your work!
I would think you learn more slowly as you go along because laying the foundation is not only a huge step up from nothing at all, but also that it's easier than the detail work that comes later.
and if you think you can draw a thing perfect enough draw a new thing like a dog, cat or object. you'll often find you're still the absolute beginner there
As a musician/ content creator, I can relate to so many aspects of this video. Great job Mattias!
Same, I never learned the basics of music theory and I’ve grown to be disappointed in my music. I used to enjoy it a lot but now I’ve developed an expectation that really shouldn’t exist. I never bothered to learn the fundamentals, but for some reason I expected to be better than I currently am without any guidance. Stupid isn’t it? All I’m really doing is fumbling in the dark.
I'm coming here every year
SO TRUE thank you so much for this!!!
I mean, you can know something that puts you out of the beginner zone, and dont know other things that would make you an expert
I haven't finished watching the video and I can relate so hard. Mattias... Are you me? Are you secretly channelling my thoughts??!
that's why some drivers keep the shoshinsha mark, even with lots of experience
Learning is exponential
i'm just going to make a very long jump to a conclusion
basically create like nobody's gonna judge your creations
Im beginning to understand, I love your insights along your journey