I think hobbies are important for getting ideas. I recently got licensed as a scuba diver, and now I understand how that equipment works and how to draw it, and opens up new doors.
"Don't forget what you made" just rang REALLY true to me since this afternoon I was looking back at old content, drawings, and videos that I've made and thought to myself "wow...I MADE THAT?... Can I do it again? Just like that! Cause I'm proud of it." Loved your video!
For me Fixing broken things is a way of expanding your creative bank account..i dont want to consider it stealing but influencing your self from the creative things other people share.. 😅😊😊😀
I went on a weekend trip to Tucson AZ and saw some wonderful muras downtown! I'm from AK so it was a major culture leap and so good for fueling creativity!
I get fresh ideas by going outside and deconstructing the color combinations I see. If I take the colors from some trees, some grass, and the sky, then use them on something completely different, the colors will be a pleasant combination while also being something unique that maybe someone else wouldn't have used in that context. I like using sunset colors for character outfits, dead tree/grass colors for my antihero, etc. It just works really well for me.
I like to do TV studies. Doing quick drawing off film and tv to get the composition down. I recommend starting with the Big Combo. Great film noir and a great way to beef up your black and white composition.
This is originally from a book I read - Steal like an Artists; I'm sure you might have read it, but basically there is this advice I follow which is, follow someone you admire, learn about them, like do deep research. Its like, you're a journalist of the person you admire. You get all the information related to him/her, so you understand how they came to where they at. And then you branch out one more step, who did they admire? Repeat the process. So I guess in a way, this is more of learning who the person behind the work you admire is, than improving creative bank account.
This will probably sound strange but I like to check how my filter is doing by using my dreams. I fill drink a glass of water before going to bed so I wake up in the middle of the night to jock down ideas. Some times I'll get some fantastic ideas for future work. -cheers!
I don't understand the three thumbs down...this is very sound advice and I love finding inspiration not only on the sites you mentioned but also ones like sketchdailies...which is just awesome usually. Been watching a lot of your videos and they (you) are very helpful. So thanks.
Love your idea of having a image bank of inspiration. One thing that has helped me is to use that folder as my rotating desktop image. It allows me to continually digest the images that i have come across that spoke to me or were simply fun images. It has saved me numerous times as that spark pops up at the right time in an ideation stage.
your videos are the best! I don't think you should worry about how long your videos are. Well for me, the longer the better, cause I paint while listening to art talk, and I like these talk to be long ;)
Gosh, this gave me a lot of ASMR. It was nice to see you drawing, and as someone who struggle with sci fi and mechanical stuff, this served as inspiration as well. I'm trying to get better at it, because I always draw characters (very organic stuff) and I find robots and vehicles to be an extremely difficult thing to do. I always thought that this kind of things must be very "hard surfaced", but it's so refreshing to look at people that can achieve a great sci fi look just with pen an paper, an even wiggly lines. Also, I'm starting to understand that looking at things that are not actually "art" (like a motorcycle) can help a lot getting out of your confort zone. So, in a nutshell, thanks :)
thanks for the video!! videos in this style is my favorite because i can practice drawing along with you as well as learn various information of being in artist as well as just so visually pleasing to watch!
Jake Parker You mentioned several social media sites but I prefer Instagram. I follow family, friends, and other artists almost exclusively and I get lots of inspiration from that feed in a scroll down format.
Levi's Sketchbook INstagram is great too. I actually set up a thing where my instagram favorites are automatically saved in a dropbox folder of mine. It's pretty helpful.
I wish I had found you earlier. I have been wanting to do Inktober, so I looked you up and have been watching your videos. I am also enrolled is SVS to keep on learning. I am 65 and have been doing some kind of art all my life. I am self taught except for a watercolor class I took in community college. I love your work, your tips on just being an artist, are very inspiring. Please never stop creating.
Oh, cool! Hey, let us know if you (or someone else) get(s) to make'm. Even if it is through Kickstarter, using those 3D printers that make super highly detailed prints! That'd be really awesome.
Jeez this is late, but could I use some of your drawings as references for 3d models? i'm an 3d artist looking for designs to bring to life cause of my lack of creativity XD (shouldn't say that, i'm just not all that good at making my own designs)
I have been struggling lately to be able to draw different heads and machines, after watching this video I decided to fill my "bank account" by filling an entire sketchbook with different hands and basic parts of machines and the human body
My ideas come from tv or news..example they were talking about drones in paris so I thought what about maybe like a wiz kid with a little drone army.. than throw something on paper ...FINISHED NOT PERFECT! Cant wait for my book
Would definitely like to see the marker process video as well, all the more to help us all steal from you (as you did indeed recommend)! Thanks for these, Jake! Really loving the channel!
My first job, where I actually got paid, I was 14 or 15 I think, it was at a car repair shop, I cleaned and washed the cars after they were fixed, and I don't know what it is about blue collar people, but they've got a ton of character :D
what i suggest is to use a medium that is very different from your norm. i spent most all my life so far (im only 19) just drawing, pen/pencil, but now in college im taking various sculpture classes, and they really widen your perspective to little details, especially if you find a medium which really sparks your interest, because when you start using that medium you'll start seeing everyday object in a whole new light thinking of what you can do with this new medium. mine was wire, then watercolor. with wire you start to notice things like baskets, knots and ropework, that bit of wire that's been flattened on the road that has formed some weird jumbled shape, hair; then since i like it when i can make something that does something, i learned to make hinges and sliders, you should look up kinematic wire sculptures (kinematic kineomatic kinetic something like that) there's some interesting stuff, kind of like the straandbeasts. watercolor was also enlightening but i think this comment is long enough :P side note, taking a sculpture class and a drawing class works decent, as most of the time you can only really sculpt in class,so there's no real work outside of class(aside from the obligatory essay of course) so then you have time for all the drawings you have to do.
Thanks Jake, you have some helpful suggestions for creative bank accounts but you didnt mention music. I am a music freak and recieve lots of inspiration from it. Lyrics and sound gets my imagination flowing and if you havent tried it, listen to different types of music while drawing.
I look at _a lot_ of "cool stuff" in general: people whose art I admire, sites that post cool things regularly, comics, movies, etc. But to fill my creative bank account, I have to draw. I have to study those things, or art pieces or whatever it is. Otherwise I just don't keep that information. If I need to draw something specific, I do research. I'll google that particular subject, read about it on Wikipedia, sometimes going from link to link to link, which can take me to different subjects, just barely related to that first one but that will influence what I'm going to draw, or just stay there, to be used some other day. In this case it is not necessarily imagery, sometimes it's a concept, or history, or philosophy, or a different culture, etc.
Thanks Jake I love your videos, and I'd really love to see you color this drone. Thanks for all your videos I love Skull Chaser and all your characters, you've been a huge inspiration and I can't wait for Drawings II and your next video. Thanks again Jake.
I like to go on Wikipedia and browse the random mode, thereby exposing myself to stuff I've never seen before. Same goes for dictionaries, I often scroll through latin, greek, arabic, norwegian etc. dicts gather inspiration through free association, e.g. “Zikkurat“ -> a babylonian temple but maybe a tank class... Those online services serve me pretty well. Thanks for your advice!
Thanks again Jake! Great advice. I remember an interview you had a while back and you were talking about Missile Mouse and Indiana Jones. Haha, I used that method with a couple things and it really worked. Maybe you could talk more on that? or how you go about it now with Rocket Racoon. but as for the creative bank, I know I use to practice by looking at comics from all over the world after a while I start filling my bank with panels, angles, draftsmanship but I actually wanted to try and rearrange the characters and the panels around. Its like a puzzle everything is there just tell it differently with everything thats on the page already, you know? I hope this didn't confused you. Stay awesome Jake!
Great video again Jake. I enjoyed the field trip video too. How about making a video where you are out making a deposit into you're creative bank account? I've also recently been really inspired by your fanart pieces on your website so maybe a video of you making a fanart piece? It's up to you what fandom to draw from but I'd love to see your take on a Final Fantasy character.
I am really enjoying your videos and I admire everything you did. I love your style and your videos and how you talk about certain things is so inspirational and it really helps me to keep going forward! Thank you and keep up the good work! ;)
Nothing fuels my creative bank account like reading history. It's like they say, "History is stranger than fiction." So true! People can make stories up, but they can't make up history. History is too crazy to make up, it's amazing. But I think this applies to all fields. Science is stranger than fiction, too. Just go out and learn. Your art will be much better that way than if you're just influenced by pure entertainment.
Bryce Christian Lowry Great comment. I love history as well. Do you follow Dan Carlin's Hard-Core history project? It's been scratching my history itch for the last few years.
Loved this drawing and would be really glad to see a video on how it gets colored: I can't name any other artists who use the copic and colored pencil technique but it makes your colored pieces really interesting.
These are really inspiring ideas thank you! im moving soon and I'll have my own room and I can't wait to put up a ton of things on the walls. your art will definitely be up there :)
Some observations: first, he seems to have a light, light touch on the fineliner. Considering the fact that these gave a really limited range of pressure sensitivity, that would seem really reasonable. I keep pressing too ruddy hard. Second: he only ever seems to ink a line ONCE - from what I've seen, and I may be wrong, he doesn't go over his lines over and over. This keeps them clean and crisp?
I really admire the detail in your robots! The question that comes to my mind is since your creative bank account is filled with robot stuff and the like....do all the details of your robots actually make sense mechanically? Because to me it seems that you put those details down way too quickly and yet very naturally. For example at 12:33 when you decided to add another thing to the arm. What made you do that? Did you think there has to be more detail for the drawing to improve or rather for the mechanical sense of the robot itself? Either way, I am amazed!
The field trip was pretty cool and thx for informing me about my idea bank. Please make another missile mouse, those were the best (skull chasers still up there though). Alright bye😊
Oh wow, you actually responded to that. Thx man for everything you do for us fellow artists. You inspire us everyday to try and get better. So thank you so much😊
i like the idea but i think in presentation that would be difficult. but if say the people controlling said drone racers, were in like vr helmets or like a "Gamer" (movie) type situation, that could make for a good story arc and building a sense if connectivity with your pilots and the race..
I want you to draw more technical/ robotic/machinery drawing, they all are so insanely cool and i also want to see other drawings such as dinosaurs , aliens , goblins and all kinds of characters
I really need use my Pintrest boards more. I'm often on Tumblr, I like things, and then move on. I would really like to see the marker coloring part of the video, even if its without commentary.
hello, I tried scribble n I can't do it. I have to copy somebody to be able to draw. I have a lot problems with metal. i am trying prospective I never draw before I think I am doing ok. I don't know what is my style. I am still figuring it out. thz. love all your videos n draws.
I think It would be cool for you to draw/talk about some Star Wars stuff I think I remember you saying you really like the series. You could give your opinion about the new or old episodes. P.S. Love your stuff keep up the awesome videos.
Love your classes on SVS by the way haha, would really enjoy watching one about coloring technics with markers or maybe a youtube video of you explaining the coloring process!
Can I copy your art? For learning of course!! I'm still a beginner in art and your style really inspires me. If I ever post it online I'll sure give full credit to you and maybe even link the original. So can you give me the permission to copy?
It's an Orange Prismacolor Col-Erase Erasable Colored Pencil Jake mentioned it on another video. He uses the orange just because he likes the color. There's a "My Tools" page on his website: shop.mrjakeparker.com/pages/tools He linked everything to Amazon, so it's easy to find if you want to try out something you see on the videos.
How is he sketching that so quickly?! It takes me forever to draw lines while constantly erasing them over and over! Yes, I have been having too much trouble figuring out what pictures to draw. But how can I draw my own characters if I don't even know what they're going to look like?! I don't know anything about pinterest, no matter how many times I tried to see that site without having to register! Architecture! Children's book illustrations! All different kinds of things! I love variety, but I never realized my interests were so limited until now!! Not connected?! Why didn't I ever think of that before?! I've been trying to make my drawings as unique and original as I can, and that's a reason why I'm having too much trouble! I don't have a Twitter account because I don't need one! I've barely done a single thing on Diviantart! What was the point signing up for that?! And what's flicker? Other artists?! Like who?! How is he inking those sketches so perfectly?! I can't do that without making tons of mistakes ruining my drawing!! So I really do have to go to the library and read tons of books to get inspiration?! No wonder my mind lacks so much! But reading long chapter books makes me sleepy to the point where I'm not even paying attention to myself! I hate reading long chapter books which take me months to finish!! There must be millions of movies that I've never heard of! But I don't watch movies because my ears are sensitive to yelling! I'm always dreading that! Why was I born with Asperger syndrome?! Watch genres that are exactly different from the genre you're into?! Why didn't I ever think of that before?! I'm always trying to look up stuff that are what exactly what I'm looking for, which usually isn't much help! No kidding there's a ton of crap on TV! In fact there's nothing but crap on TV! And it does pull me in every time, distracting me from doing my chore! And it totally wastes my time, sometimes the entire night!! Fill my head with books and films?! I never do that! My head really is empty! I never thought about getting any inspirations from museums or shops. I'm an indoor person. Video games are what I'm all about! But I've never seen enough of them, so I barely know anything about all those thousands of video game franchises out there!! What's Ratchet & Clank?! What's Persona?! What's Chrono Trigger?! What's Final Fantasy?! I could watch walkthroughs of video games, but that'll take too long and I don't have time! I'll never be able to make my own video games if I don't know anything about others!! So I really am allowed to copy others' stuff? I've been trying not to take anyone else's ideas for my drawings, which is why I've been trying to make mine original, which is still a reason why I'm having too much trouble! No one takes my ideas!! So I don't take anyone else's. I don't have a sketchbook at home or an idea book. If I did, do I really have to carry them all over the place? Like your drawing?! I'm jealous! Your drawing is perfect while none of the pictures I've ever made in my entire life can even compete!! I'm never going to draw as good as you or anyone else! I thought I was a smart, talented artist, but after seeing yours, I'M A TOTAL IDIOTIC FAILURE!! I'll never have a job in drawing or video game designing!! All my ideas are failures!! I'll always be a failure for the rest of my life!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I watched this video in class on 6-9-2016. I couldn't comment while I was there, so I forgot what I was exactly going to type.
if you work hard you will become a better artist then you are now, it takes a lot of time and practice. Try not to compare your drawings to others, because it will not do you any good, just keep practicing and doing the best you can and day by day you will get better (you may not see it but if you look back at older drawings you will see the improvement) :)
+Artist Sam there's a fine line between stealing/copying and paying homage, or being inspired/influenced. It's hard to define, but people know it when they see it.
Mentioning romcoms, I was suprised to spot a drawing of Skull Chaser on the background of a scene in the movie Sex Tape. Not actually a romcom but still..
***** Wow.. I did had a pretty solid mental image of jason segel in his study room standing in front of it. Good visual perception with poor memory is an annoying perk I have.
so I hear you like to draw mechas and robots the challenge is to draw 100 pictures in 2 weeks so fill your imagination and get ready for the best challenge for you ;)
To this day, this video is still so medicinal to the brain. I come back to this video whenever I'm in a creative slump. Thanks Jake!
I think hobbies are important for getting ideas. I recently got licensed as a scuba diver, and now I understand how that equipment works and how to draw it, and opens up new doors.
Caleb Voisine-Addis Great idea. I started raising chickens and it's also opened my mind to creative avenues I didn't know existed.
One thing I would add is kids. I get a ton of ideas just talking to kids about what they think about, what they're doing etc.
"Don't forget what you made" just rang REALLY true to me since this afternoon I was looking back at old content, drawings, and videos that I've made and thought to myself "wow...I MADE THAT?... Can I do it again? Just like that! Cause I'm proud of it." Loved your video!
For me Fixing broken things is a way of expanding your creative bank account..i dont want to consider it stealing but influencing your self from the creative things other people share.. 😅😊😊😀
I went on a weekend trip to Tucson AZ and saw some wonderful muras downtown! I'm from AK so it was a major culture leap and so good for fueling creativity!
I get fresh ideas by going outside and deconstructing the color combinations I see. If I take the colors from some trees, some grass, and the sky, then use them on something completely different, the colors will be a pleasant combination while also being something unique that maybe someone else wouldn't have used in that context. I like using sunset colors for character outfits, dead tree/grass colors for my antihero, etc. It just works really well for me.
Books on history are great sources, WW2, Civil War etc. Lots of great artwork in the past.
I do lots of camping. That hooves me a lot of ideas. Camping in mn, wi and wv
I like to do TV studies. Doing quick drawing off film and tv to get the composition down. I recommend starting with the Big Combo. Great film noir and a great way to beef up your black and white composition.
This is originally from a book I read - Steal like an Artists; I'm sure you might have read it, but basically there is this advice I follow which is, follow someone you admire, learn about them, like do deep research. Its like, you're a journalist of the person you admire. You get all the information related to him/her, so you understand how they came to where they at. And then you branch out one more step, who did they admire? Repeat the process.
So I guess in a way, this is more of learning who the person behind the work you admire is, than improving creative bank account.
Brian Hermelijn Love that book. And yes, that's super good advice.
+Jake Parker but who do you admire? ive got a few and i would love to get to know where you got your motivation
This will probably sound strange but I like to check how my filter is doing by using my dreams. I fill drink a glass of water before going to bed so I wake up in the middle of the night to jock down ideas. Some times I'll get some fantastic ideas for future work.
-cheers!
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MAD idea dude.
Thanks for the share. :}
jody hughes That's pretty amazing.
Jonathan Fernandes haha thanks man. Glad it was helpful
Jake Parker thanks, hope it helps!
Hey.. It's not stupid if it works :p
I don't understand the three thumbs down...this is very sound advice and I love finding inspiration not only on the sites you mentioned but also ones like sketchdailies...which is just awesome usually.
Been watching a lot of your videos and they (you) are very helpful. So thanks.
Love your idea of having a image bank of inspiration. One thing that has helped me is to use that folder as my rotating desktop image. It allows me to continually digest the images that i have come across that spoke to me or were simply fun images. It has saved me numerous times as that spark pops up at the right time in an ideation stage.
Brian Reed Oh that's a great idea! I do the same.
Great video Jake! I'm always excited when RUclips tells me you've uploaded a new video!!!
Just what I needed this morning. Thanks!
your videos are the best! I don't think you should worry about how long your videos are. Well for me, the longer the better, cause I paint while listening to art talk, and I like these talk to be long ;)
Fynch Long = good. Noted.
me too
Gosh, this gave me a lot of ASMR. It was nice to see you drawing, and as someone who struggle with sci fi and mechanical stuff, this served as inspiration as well. I'm trying to get better at it, because I always draw characters (very organic stuff) and I find robots and vehicles to be an extremely difficult thing to do. I always thought that this kind of things must be very "hard surfaced", but it's so refreshing to look at people that can achieve a great sci fi look just with pen an paper, an even wiggly lines. Also, I'm starting to understand that looking at things that are not actually "art" (like a motorcycle) can help a lot getting out of your confort zone. So, in a nutshell, thanks :)
Mario Manzanares You're the first person to mention ASMR with my videos. I didn't think I had the voice for it! Glad the video was helpful.
thanks for the video!! videos in this style is my favorite because i can practice drawing along with you as well as learn various information of being in artist as well as just so visually pleasing to watch!
Jake Parker You mentioned several social media sites but I prefer Instagram. I follow family, friends, and other artists almost exclusively and I get lots of inspiration from that feed in a scroll down format.
Levi's Sketchbook INstagram is great too. I actually set up a thing where my instagram favorites are automatically saved in a dropbox folder of mine. It's pretty helpful.
I'm binging on your videos right now whilst practicing drawing. Your videos are amazing man!
I wish I had found you earlier. I have been wanting to do Inktober, so I looked you up and have been watching your videos. I am also enrolled is SVS to keep on learning. I am 65 and have been doing some kind of art all my life. I am self taught except for a watercolor class I took in community college. I love your work, your tips on just being an artist, are very inspiring. Please never stop creating.
These are so cool, Jake. I wish someone will make toys from of your designs.
allluckyseven Me toO! It's something I'm looking into.
Oh, cool! Hey, let us know if you (or someone else) get(s) to make'm. Even if it is through Kickstarter, using those 3D printers that make super highly detailed prints! That'd be really awesome.
Jeez this is late, but could I use some of your drawings as references for 3d models? i'm an 3d artist looking for designs to bring to life cause of my lack of creativity XD (shouldn't say that, i'm just not all that good at making my own designs)
Incredibly inspiring. I might go back and rewatch this video again just to remember everything that was talked about.
I'd totally love to see the longer version! I just started using copics so any advice or tips would be cool! :)
I have been struggling lately to be able to draw different heads and machines, after watching this video I decided to fill my "bank account" by filling an entire sketchbook with different hands and basic parts of machines and the human body
Thanks for sharing this!
My ideas come from tv or news..example they were talking about drones in paris so I thought what about maybe like a wiz kid with a little drone army.. than throw something on paper ...FINISHED NOT PERFECT! Cant wait for my book
Would definitely like to see the marker process video as well, all the more to help us all steal from you (as you did indeed recommend)!
Thanks for these, Jake! Really loving the channel!
Completely agree with everything with the exception of Soul sucking TV... Love your Art, messages and channel Jake 👊😉🎨
My first job, where I actually got paid, I was 14 or 15 I think, it was at a car repair shop, I cleaned and washed the cars after they were fixed, and I don't know what it is about blue collar people, but they've got a ton of character :D
what i suggest is to use a medium that is very different from your norm. i spent most all my life so far (im only 19) just drawing, pen/pencil, but now in college im taking various sculpture classes, and they really widen your perspective to little details, especially if you find a medium which really sparks your interest, because when you start using that medium you'll start seeing everyday object in a whole new light thinking of what you can do with this new medium.
mine was wire, then watercolor. with wire you start to notice things like baskets, knots and ropework, that bit of wire that's been flattened on the road that has formed some weird jumbled shape, hair; then since i like it when i can make something that does something, i learned to make hinges and sliders, you should look up kinematic wire sculptures (kinematic kineomatic kinetic something like that) there's some interesting stuff, kind of like the straandbeasts. watercolor was also enlightening but i think this comment is long enough :P
side note, taking a sculpture class and a drawing class works decent, as most of the time you can only really sculpt in class,so there's no real work outside of class(aside from the obligatory essay of course) so then you have time for all the drawings you have to do.
WadMizard ZOL I'd love to try sculpting. Great suggestion. Switching up medium can be great for you're creativity. Thanks!
My ideas come from things I see or think about on my daily life and sometimes some dreams.
Give me all the wisdoms! Thanks for another great vid!
I'm going to the Dallas Museum of Art tomorrow with my art class!
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Thanks Jake, you have some helpful suggestions for creative bank accounts but you didnt mention music. I am a music freak and recieve lots of inspiration from it. Lyrics and sound gets my imagination flowing and if you havent tried it, listen to different types of music while drawing.
you look like a crazy nuts kpop
I look at _a lot_ of "cool stuff" in general: people whose art I admire, sites that post cool things regularly, comics, movies, etc. But to fill my creative bank account, I have to draw. I have to study those things, or art pieces or whatever it is. Otherwise I just don't keep that information.
If I need to draw something specific, I do research. I'll google that particular subject, read about it on Wikipedia, sometimes going from link to link to link, which can take me to different subjects, just barely related to that first one but that will influence what I'm going to draw, or just stay there, to be used some other day. In this case it is not necessarily imagery, sometimes it's a concept, or history, or philosophy, or a different culture, etc.
Thanks Jake I love your videos, and I'd really love to see you color this drone. Thanks for all your videos I love Skull Chaser and all your characters, you've been a huge inspiration and I can't wait for Drawings II and your next video. Thanks again Jake.
I like to go on Wikipedia and browse the random mode, thereby exposing myself to stuff I've never seen before. Same goes for dictionaries, I often scroll through latin, greek, arabic, norwegian etc. dicts gather inspiration through free association, e.g. “Zikkurat“ -> a babylonian temple but maybe a tank class... Those online services serve me pretty well.
Thanks for your advice!
Great advice. Never thought of that. Thank You
This is great Jake!! Thanks a lot for the advice, it really helped.
Thank you again for another awesome video!
Games/movies. Destiny 2 star wars and steven universe really inspires me.
Those 10,000 images I have saved on my computer because they look cool I can now say I have a "Large creative bank account".
Please post the longer video. I'd love to see a color theory video. I struggle with making the right color choices.
Thanks again Jake! Great advice. I remember an interview you had a while back and you were talking about Missile Mouse and Indiana Jones. Haha, I used that method with a couple things and it really worked. Maybe you could talk more on that? or how you go about it now with Rocket Racoon.
but as for the creative bank, I know I use to practice by looking at comics from all over the world after a while I start filling my bank with panels, angles, draftsmanship but I actually wanted to try and rearrange the characters and the panels around. Its like a puzzle everything is there just tell it differently with everything thats on the page already, you know?
I hope this didn't confused you.
Stay awesome Jake!
Jeff Munoz Very cool idea.
Also that looks crazy good
Great video again Jake. I enjoyed the field trip video too. How about making a video where you are out making a deposit into you're creative bank account?
I've also recently been really inspired by your fanart pieces on your website so maybe a video of you making a fanart piece? It's up to you what fandom to draw from but I'd love to see your take on a Final Fantasy character.
CWS23 Next fan art piece I do, I'll record it.
Jake Parker Coool! I look forward to it. I would like to see you finish a drawing digitally too.
I am really enjoying your videos and I admire everything you did. I love your style and your videos and how you talk about certain things is so inspirational and it really helps me to keep going forward! Thank you and keep up the good work! ;)
Nothing fuels my creative bank account like reading history. It's like they say, "History is stranger than fiction." So true! People can make stories up, but they can't make up history. History is too crazy to make up, it's amazing. But I think this applies to all fields. Science is stranger than fiction, too. Just go out and learn. Your art will be much better that way than if you're just influenced by pure entertainment.
Bryce Christian Lowry Great comment. I love history as well. Do you follow Dan Carlin's Hard-Core history project? It's been scratching my history itch for the last few years.
Yes! He is amazing. He puts forth so many things to think about and to continue researching. His podcasts definitely leave me hungry for more history.
Loved this drawing and would be really glad to see a video on how it gets colored: I can't name any other artists who use the copic and colored pencil technique but it makes your colored pieces really interesting.
These are really inspiring ideas thank you! im moving soon and I'll have my own room and I can't wait to put up a ton of things on the walls. your art will definitely be up there :)
Some observations: first, he seems to have a light, light touch on the fineliner. Considering the fact that these gave a really limited range of pressure sensitivity, that would seem really reasonable. I keep pressing too ruddy hard.
Second: he only ever seems to ink a line ONCE - from what I've seen, and I may be wrong, he doesn't go over his lines over and over. This keeps them clean and crisp?
Yeah, totally post the longer version.
My drawings will never be as good as yours!!! 😭
.........They don't have to be as good as yours. I suddenly realized that now. 😮
Go Jake go! Good stuff!
Thanks so much Jake✨✨✨
Do you know Steal Like an Artist? I'm pretty sure it's by Austin Kleon. it's a super good book and its based off the quote you used.
This is great. Do you take photographs when you are out and about and use them for reference when you draw?
I really admire the detail in your robots! The question that comes to my mind is since your creative bank account is filled with robot stuff and the like....do all the details of your robots actually make sense mechanically? Because to me it seems that you put those details down way too quickly and yet very naturally.
For example at 12:33 when you decided to add another thing to the arm. What made you do that? Did you think there has to be more detail for the drawing to improve or rather for the mechanical sense of the robot itself?
Either way, I am amazed!
Great stuff, as always!
That was awesome advice ! :) I just discovered your channel and I'm going to watch more videos :)
The field trip was pretty cool and thx for informing me about my idea bank. Please make another missile mouse, those were the best (skull chasers still up there though). Alright bye😊
akili williams Awww, thanks. Glad you like MM!
Oh wow, you actually responded to that. Thx man for everything you do for us fellow artists. You inspire us everyday to try and get better. So thank you so much😊
i like the idea but i think in presentation that would be difficult. but if say the people controlling said drone racers, were in like vr helmets or like a "Gamer" (movie) type situation, that could make for a good story arc and building a sense if connectivity with your pilots and the race..
Great video, I enjoyed It. Thanks.
I want you to draw more technical/ robotic/machinery drawing, they all are so insanely cool and i also want to see other drawings such as dinosaurs , aliens , goblins and all kinds of characters
Awesome video.
I really need use my Pintrest boards more. I'm often on Tumblr, I like things, and then move on. I would really like to see the marker coloring part of the video, even if its without commentary.
nice video :D great tips jake!!
Hands up! I gonna rob your creative bankaccount!
hello, I tried scribble n I can't do it. I have to copy somebody to be able to draw. I have a lot problems with metal. i am trying prospective I never draw before I think I am doing ok. I don't know what is my style. I am still figuring it out. thz. love all your videos n draws.
You know , Today i decided a very big and great thing about my future
I will give the world the next jake parker
I was not used to use references (other people's art) but instead i try to tell a story or a reason
When you said "raise your hand if you're into romcoms"
I slowly raised my hand. lol.
Do you have any strategy to build a visual library?
So good
YES PLEASE POST COLOURED PART
I think It would be cool for you to draw/talk about some Star Wars stuff I think I remember you saying you really like the series. You could give your opinion about the new or old episodes.
P.S. Love your stuff keep up the awesome videos.
I would like to see this too ^^
He did draw the new speeder... Did you see it?
allluckyseven I saw that. Was cool. Would like to seem some 'classic' Star Wars tho xD
Jake Bogusz I should do a Star Wars video before the new movie comes out. Good idea.
I bring my phone everywhere I go so that I can take pictures of things I want to use as reference. Clothes, plants, clouds
Mostly clouds
I read that as "clothes, pants, clouds", haha.
If i wanted to give a more rough look to my drone racer like flaws on the painting, scratches all over it, what would you recommend?
Love your classes on SVS by the way haha, would really enjoy watching one about coloring technics with markers or maybe a youtube video of you explaining the coloring process!
ive enjoyed all these on instagram
Please post the longer version.
Can I copy your art? For learning of course!! I'm still a beginner in art and your style really inspires me. If I ever post it online I'll sure give full credit to you and maybe even link the original. So can you give me the permission to copy?
You have my permission.
what pencil do you use for sketching? the orange one with eraser
It's an Orange Prismacolor Col-Erase Erasable Colored Pencil
Jake mentioned it on another video. He uses the orange just because he likes the color.
There's a "My Tools" page on his website: shop.mrjakeparker.com/pages/tools
He linked everything to Amazon, so it's easy to find if you want to try out something you see on the videos.
Hey Jake, what are the pieces of your work that you've got up on the wall?
Neato!
i want to see some marker work!!
What kind of colored pencils do you use for your sketches?
How is he sketching that so quickly?! It takes me forever to draw lines while constantly erasing them over and over!
Yes, I have been having too much trouble figuring out what pictures to draw. But how can I draw my own characters if I don't even know what they're going to look like?!
I don't know anything about pinterest, no matter how many times I tried to see that site without having to register!
Architecture! Children's book illustrations! All different kinds of things! I love variety, but I never realized my interests were so limited until now!!
Not connected?! Why didn't I ever think of that before?!
I've been trying to make my drawings as unique and original as I can, and that's a reason why I'm having too much trouble!
I don't have a Twitter account because I don't need one! I've barely done a single thing on Diviantart! What was the point signing up for that?! And what's flicker?
Other artists?! Like who?!
How is he inking those sketches so perfectly?! I can't do that without making tons of mistakes ruining my drawing!!
So I really do have to go to the library and read tons of books to get inspiration?! No wonder my mind lacks so much! But reading long chapter books makes me sleepy to the point where I'm not even paying attention to myself! I hate reading long chapter books which take me months to finish!!
There must be millions of movies that I've never heard of! But I don't watch movies because my ears are sensitive to yelling! I'm always dreading that! Why was I born with Asperger syndrome?!
Watch genres that are exactly different from the genre you're into?! Why didn't I ever think of that before?! I'm always trying to look up stuff that are what exactly what I'm looking for, which usually isn't much help!
No kidding there's a ton of crap on TV! In fact there's nothing but crap on TV! And it does pull me in every time, distracting me from doing my chore! And it totally wastes my time, sometimes the entire night!!
Fill my head with books and films?! I never do that! My head really is empty!
I never thought about getting any inspirations from museums or shops. I'm an indoor person.
Video games are what I'm all about! But I've never seen enough of them, so I barely know anything about all those thousands of video game franchises out there!! What's Ratchet & Clank?! What's Persona?! What's Chrono Trigger?! What's Final Fantasy?! I could watch walkthroughs of video games, but that'll take too long and I don't have time! I'll never be able to make my own video games if I don't know anything about others!!
So I really am allowed to copy others' stuff? I've been trying not to take anyone else's ideas for my drawings, which is why I've been trying to make mine original, which is still a reason why I'm having too much trouble!
No one takes my ideas!! So I don't take anyone else's.
I don't have a sketchbook at home or an idea book. If I did, do I really have to carry them all over the place?
Like your drawing?! I'm jealous! Your drawing is perfect while none of the pictures I've ever made in my entire life can even compete!! I'm never going to draw as good as you or anyone else! I thought I was a smart, talented artist, but after seeing yours, I'M A TOTAL IDIOTIC FAILURE!! I'll never have a job in drawing or video game designing!! All my ideas are failures!! I'll always be a failure for the rest of my life!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I watched this video in class on 6-9-2016. I couldn't comment while I was there, so I forgot what I was exactly going to type.
if you work hard you will become a better artist then you are now, it takes a lot of time and practice. Try not to compare your drawings to others, because it will not do you any good, just keep practicing and doing the best you can and day by day you will get better (you may not see it but if you look back at older drawings you will see the improvement) :)
ashley hamilton Well, actually, this was before I realized that my drawings don't have to be as good as his. That's positive...um, isn't it?
Yes very positive :) keep staying positive :)
ashley hamilton Thank you. {:)
TBH AFTER AWTCHING 12:02 I LITERALLY DOWNLOADED RANSFORMERS THE LAST KNIGHT MOVIE
I have a question Is it ok to take stuff from other artist for example I like the feet to that robot what if it was some ones feet?
+Artist Sam there's a fine line between stealing/copying and paying homage, or being inspired/influenced. It's hard to define, but people know it when they see it.
and remember draw small or do what is comfortable ok
Hey may you show us your room ?
hey man I have an idea or challenge for you if you would like to do it
what sketchbooks do you use?
Always post more lol
Mentioning romcoms, I was suprised to spot a drawing of Skull Chaser on the background of a scene in the movie Sex Tape. Not actually a romcom but still..
***** Sex Tape? Or was it Wish I Was Here? Because I signed a release for the latter.
Sorry my bad! You are right, the scene was in the Wish I Was Here. Watching films consecutively in one day is bad when you are tired :D
***** Wow.. I did had a pretty solid mental image of jason segel in his study room standing in front of it. Good visual perception with poor memory is an annoying perk I have.
so I hear you like to draw mechas and robots the challenge is to draw 100 pictures in 2 weeks so fill your imagination and get ready for the best challenge for you ;)
Sounds like a great challenge! But I've got my own challenge I'm doing this year: Draw a graphic novel in six months. Wish me luck!
+Jake Parker good luck man hope u can get to it later oh and keep up the good work :)
Subscribed. And pls, i like long videos, i'll draw while listening to artists. So pls only 15 min- 3 hours videos. :)
What's your favorite artists?