That's the problem your comparing your age /skill to other people. If you want to be good at drawing it has to be for yourself not so you can be better than someone who is younger.... absurd statement in itself what you said. If you want to be good at darwing your focus is how much have you improved from the previous days, weeks. compare and practice to excel so that you can reach a level art that you desire. Based on the art not the age of the artist.
@@RocoPwnage It isn't so. The list of reasons would be longer than the estimated size of the universe (93000000000 light years), so I won't bother. Stop projecting, and additionally you're talking as if I never tried drawing at all. That's simply not true. I have tried and "I can't draw" is the *conclusion* I reached after many attempts. As for excuses... gotta go, I still have to read my 3 chapters of "C von A bis Z". Coding is simpler for me than learning how to draw: Read the book, learn the syntax, write an example script to test it. Perhaps even intentionally make errors to examine the error(s) given by the compiler. Drawing is... Well, where do I even start? Perhaps the most difficult "skill" to pick up.
One note: In this video I say "Don't use pure black and pure white", but I've changed my mind since. Use it where appropriate, it's going to be very stark and bring a lot of attention. The idea of never using pure black and white comes more from digital design than digital art and illustration.
If you are drawing anime-style characters, then that is when you use black lines and white shines in the eyes. If you are going chibi-style characters then no black makes sense since it is softer and more pleasing for your eyes since it is meant to be cute and happy, you can also add transparency to a white eye shine (which obviously no longer makes it white) depending on what you want to go for. Rule of thumb though is black is very rarely ever acceptable to use in most cases, while white is usually fine, but also depends on what you are going for. Lots of the time when white is used, it is followed up by shadows and lighting which are usually some kind of colour to it.
You know I only draw because I get a drawing when I drawn. No joke that is not true. I don't play video games for the virtual points either. I do it because it makes me feel good and that's the only reason. So if drawing is boring for you you shouldn't draw and if gaming is entreteing for you feel free to do it. And I don't think gaming is bad for you, it could be if you spend all your time doing so but so do every other things except for breathing probably.
@@LuxiferreArt actually fun part only comes after you have completed it , and only if ur not too self critical otherwise its hell for u always no matyer what u do ( personal experience)
Won't be fun until you achieve a certain amount of skills to be able to draw what you want. You gotta bear with bad drawings until you git gud when starting out.
"If you draw characters who stand up straight like a robot , then it will just look odd, real people don't actually stand like this" me who wants to draw robots: **heavy sweating**
Order of importance: 1.) Gesture. 2.) Proportion 3.) Construction (including perspective) 4.) Broad details (including blocking in 2 values , lightest and darkest areas squint your eyes to make it easier to group everything into two groups) 5.) Fine detail (general rendering) There is also only one single way to fully fail drawing: Quitting. Otherwise, to reach any level you want, you have to always have a goal, this can be as small as you want, and an approach to that goal. It is also incredibly important to not bite off more than you can chew and do incremental things. For example, don't draw boxes if you can't draw straight lines. First draw lines until you can do them in your sleep, only then move to boxes, and so forth. Always master the simpler thing before tackling the next thing, this will free your mind and you don't have to go "Uhhh, how would a box look from this angle" while trying to study some simplified anatomy construction. And to illustrate on the power of mileage and keeping at it, and the fact that ANYONE can be an artist: Consider this fictional example. You're in a time dilation chamber where you don't feel hungry or sleepy as long as you draw at least one single line per "day" and you can live inside it forever, thing is, it's really boring aside from that and you want out. The only way out is to do a 1:1 reproduction of an incredibly complex lineart piece that is the size of a football field. You have to reproduce it perfectly. Can you do it? Yes, of course, anyone can. How? Simple, you look at the very first stroke of the drawing, and you practice this single stroke, over and over and over again, until you can do it in your sleep without thinking. Then you go to the next stroke. Since you can draw the first stroke in your sleep, you can fully concentrate on the next stroke. Practice it until you can do the second stroke in your sleep. You get where I'm heading here, right? And yes, it's true. You would inevitably be able to replicate such a crazy daunting piece. But that's fictional, real life returns are much quicker. You don't need a time dilation device to get good result comparatively quickly...if you follow the advice of mastering the simple stuff, the fundamentals first. From straight lines and good curves, to construction, to fine detail. You can do it if you keep at it. Everyone can. If you have all the bodyparts required for drawing, and the minimal mental capabilities, then you'll be able to become a great artist. Only mileage (and a good approach for practice) stands between you...but even if you only scrawled aimlessly, even that would improve you...just not with very good returns. You can become a decent amateur artist in a year if you treat it seriously and draw every day for 20 minutes. 20 Minutes is a great timeframe, you'll find out why if you do it. And you should. You can be an artist. Anyone can. I don't even have to wish anyone luck here, there is no luck involved, only mileage and practice.
You should not wait to draw boxes until you can draw perfectly straight lines. Learning to draw doesn't happen linearly, and trying to do it linearly will slow down your progress a lot.
I really should send this video to my friend. She wants to be able to draw and constantly asks me for advice. She has potential. I saw her trying to draw a girl based on what she observed what I do when I draw a girl. And while it has every description of a beginner artist (scratchy lines, anatomy problems, stiff position) I would say it's better than average for someone who never draws. She's been improving everytime I point out something. She's also a very organized person and if she has enough determination, she could easily pass my lazy and unorganized butt (who has started drawing 3 years ago) in about a year or even a couple of months. The only problem is: She believes that a person is born into art and drawing, no matter how much I've told her "My art started as a stickman too." I'll have to translate this video for her to understand, so wish me luck.
"Start in any age" thing always reminds me of how I wanted to find vocal teacher. So I found one. She said I'm 16 and teenagers can't learn a thing or it will take years so she accepts kids only. And all that just because of one her student who couldn't understand how to hit notes. JUST. ONE. STUDENT. Offtop stuff yea
--finished a long art piece-- "Phew, that was fun" --posts on social media-- "OH NO I FORGOT" "OH NO I MERGED THE SKETCH LAYER IN" "SHIT IT'S THE WRONG SHADE" "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WATERMARK"
Biosystem Studios don't work "hard", work effectively. Actively work to correct the mistakes you identify instead of working a lot to improve but always repeating those mistakes
Drawing makes me go crazy. I've been drawing since I was a young loser, I use to enjoy it a lot. Now whenever I make mistakes I beat myself up over it.
Yeah, I've been trying to think like him, I'm actually a fan of Bob Ross. I just have high standards of myself so I end up beating myself up over things I know I could've done better.
Sounds less like high standards and more like low self-worth, based on my experience. Treat yourself like you'd treat anyone else, your art and someone else's included, and you'll hopefully find yourself seeing your improvements and successes a lot more than your mistakes. Helps a lot if you learn to just let the mistake exist and finish the piece anyway, with it in tact whether or not you work it in. Better for practice pieces, obviously, but it's a good way of learning to let go of them when they happen.
Zeke Ogburn the reason I said high standard is because I like for my art to be "perfect." For example, I drew my profile picture but I know I can do better and then I get annoyed at myself. But i should try to be more calm about it, and to accept mistakes.
Mysteriously You You will never reach a point of perfection, you will always be able to do better. It's a process until the Day you die, there is no maximum stage to reach. Accept that you can and will do better in the future piece by piece and cherish it.
Me, not putting any work and effort whatsoever in my art and therefore it ends up looking like a 9 year old’s school project: **surprised pikachu face**
I feel like people don't necessarily understand what they are doing "wrong" when they try to draw. Learning from drawing isn't just drawing over and over again hoping something will eventually click and build you into this amazing artist. Practice is key to learning to draw don't get me wrong, but you also have to critique your own work. If your first thousand pieces of art make you step back and say "It looks like shit", don't just leave it at that, find your strengths and find your weaknesses. People develop style by finding what they are good at and exaggerating it over the weaknesses. I'm excellent at making gestures, but terrible at rendering, so I use perspective to exaggerate a gesture and keep the shading to a simple Cel shading. Style is grown from this way of thinking. So instead of saying "it's shit", ask "why do I think it's shit? what is causing it to be shit? What can I do as an artist to prevent these overlaying symptoms from ruining the whole piece?".
This! I couldn't draw something somewhat realistic looking if my life depended on it. But then I looked at the stuff I consider "good" myself and BEHOLD #1: I like the oatmeal, xkcd etc. which are all super basic drawings, but with awesome "content". So I started to think about "What to draw" and not "How to draw" and BEHOLD #2: People look at it and laugh or smile or get sad or give me a kiss (I draw a lot for my wife) and NOBODY cares about the "childish" style. In my mind, a lot of "bad drawings" are not bad because of a lack of skill, but because of a lack of story.
Nieve Very true, also that people shouldn't mix up a self-critique with self deprivation. Just because a drawing is looked at critically (either by the artist or another party) doesn't mean that it's a judgement call on the artist themselves, rather just that there's ways to improve on an art piece for the next time, which is why lots of artists practice and present with thumbnails and preliminary sketches or various concept art that gets turned down a billion times, until there's a piece that's settled on. Awareness and self-control of an artists' mindspace can be half the battle, it just takes some self-assessment and mindfulness techniques to help. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The only problem is that some artists like me are unable to point out what's wrong with our drawing, like we know there's something wrong with it but can't point out what. This in turn prevents us from improving..
Thanks! I actually searched the fundamentals of art just recently in Google (I didn't even know what a fundamental is!) I wanted to be good at drawing. When I was a kid, I used to draw a lot of stuffs from my imagination and it was really fun even though I had no idea that my drawings were so bad, because I didn't care, enjoyment was the only thing I was after. Then I grew up, didn't even realize I wouldn't draw anymore after we moved in the city. My classmates in elementary school were good at drawing and I was not, I was frustrated, I tried but I couldn't really draw good. Even today in highschool, I envy a lot of people who are so incredible. Thought it was only just a talent because I had none, then I read a manga about art, the protagonist mentioned that the other character was so good at art because she had natural talent, but the other character didn't agree. She said that it made her mad because she did work hard on it, and that saying it was because of talent means dismissing her efforts. I realized after that it wasn't just a talent after all, because they earned what they deserve and now I want to work hard too. I saw one of your video earlier, it taught me a lot! Thank you.
i loved how real and honest and sincere you are about drawing and your journey with it, it doesnt look like those motivational videos that doesnt take you anywhere, thank you!!
how come no one ever talks about the principles of art? i never even heard of them and i’ve seen countless “art advice for beginners” videos, you’d think people would talk about that more
Well many people are good at drawing but bad at teaching. Also many people who practice for years are forgetting their beginning and how lost they were
@@crystalclears6945 digital artists did not "learn" to art, they "brute force" art. Redraw redraw redraw and redraw until looks good, there is no need to learn the substance, and most of them are people that usually draws since young, or only in that medium, they do understand the theory in a very pragmatic way, but not in "theory", they kinda dont know why, what they have found to work, works, hence they cant explain it... Can you imagine a digital artist using some copic markers... Bot analog and digital mediums are different beasts, that do need a different set of skills, and that is also a factor...
@@christiangonzalez6945 This is completely untrue and every like you got for it is utterly unjustified. You cannot "brute force" art by redrawing it. If you don't know the fundamentals, then you might be able to see that something about your art is off, but you almost surely will be completely unable to tell what in the name of God it is. It will bother you, but you won't be able to fix it, because you have no clue what exactly is broken. It's the same with coffee machines: Everyone can tell that a coffee machine is broken if there's no coffee coming out of it or the coffee that is coming out of it tastes like tar. But if you don't know how a coffee machine works, then good luck repairing one. All great digital artists I know are also great with other media, because almost all of them started out with other media. There's simply no hope that going digital will magically make you better, because you can brute force it. Because you can't. That's not how it works.
@@lonestarr1490 you just have to watch a tutorial in digital art and go and watch someone doing it on real oil. whose of the 2 did 9384574992837465859393874775858584 times his painting pressing and pressing rhe backspace key, cuting pieces, deforming shit, lassoing stuff, mirroing the draw. whose one of the two will be better at just using just a pencil. riddle me that...
God my mom always tells me that detail is the most importang thing even tho ive said like 50 times that 'no mom detail isnt everything, do you start construction on your house with all the walls already painted and floors already furnished, no. You start with the foundation.' She never learns and i swear everytime she sees me draw she talks about detail and how important it is...
I found love for art in middle school. We had an assignment where we had to take a photo from a magazine and try to recreate it, i picked a bathroom advertisement with tiles and a sink. Towards the end of the class i realized that i loved doing this and wanted to become an artist. But as I grew older i thought art won't pay so i should look for a high paying job and do art as a side thing. I stopped for a long time, went to university and dropped out 3semesters in because i hated everything about it. Now that i worked for 8years i realize that art is what I need to be doing so I'm starting over. Thank you Mattias
I drew a lot between 2008-2013, but never bothered to learn the fundamentals for whatever reason. I still aced art class in 8th grade, even by straying from what my teacher said to do. That boosted my ego to the fucking top. When that died down I was full on "oh no I can't draw for shit!" So to avoid a crash and burn in your artistic endeavors, LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS!! People I know who learned that are still drawing and making amazing stuff!
Love that you show your "beginner drawing" from when you were 23 years old. I often feel like such a loser because I've been drawing for so long, but never worked hard on fundamentals, so I am not as far along as I should be now that I'm in my 20s.
10 months ago i watched this and i said to myself why not try to draw for the first time and now i am doing really good at drawing 💃 Edit:Holly shit there is so many likes on my comment for some ressons 😂
GUYS LISTEN! You are NEVER to late to draw! Drawing is an art than anyone can do! Whether your 8 or 90 years old just draw!! Also never give up because if you draw a line and it turns out horrible DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN till that line becomes straight! Point is... dont draw with your hand draw with your heart and enjoy it! LOVE YOU ALL❤️❤️
I am trying to learn to draw for my fashion course, I've been finding it incredibly frustrating and my lectures are completely useless at guiding me and teaching me as I've never drawn in my life and they don't care, they just keep demanding sketches and giving me crap about them. Im focusing on plus size mens clothes and getting anything to look even remotely like I visualise in my head has been impossible. I've resorted to literally tracing photos and dumbing down my ideas and concepts to the clothing that the person in the pic is wearing because I can't draw clothes let alone people no matter how hard I try. I honestly feel most times I'll never get it and I've not made an inch of progress in 2 yrs of study at least not in my eyes. I tried freehand drawing today only using the very basic outline of a person's image and I still can not do it. I fear it will never happen so bad was my attempt that that it sent me into a rage at myself and I just broke down. But I want to thank because your video calmed me down. I still don't think I'll ever be able to draw without tracing and that is not good cause I'll never be able to convey my ideas to buyers or bosses at this rate but at least I feel calmer thanks to you. I appreciate this video and I'll keep trying. I hope I've not made a huge mistake changing to this career.
Hey! Hope this answer is not coming too late. I was also a fashion student and couldn't draw. Actually after finishing the courses I find that my drawing skills just got better and better since I started to draw for fun again. While university the drawings were always connected with a lot of time pressure and stress for me, and went quite bad. Now I started drawing again. Simply by outlining a nice fashion drawing figure and "dressing her" myself by looking at lots of photos of street style photography or runways and mixing them together. For example: I like this silhouette, this collar with this pair of jeans and this shoe = all different pictures I got as inspirations and adding them all together to make a new design. So I learn to draw fabric/ shades/ shapes/.. step by step and the more I make these mixes the more confident I feel by drawing these figurines and clothes as I get used to it and that's my new trick that I really enjoy it!! Hope this helps!
I don't draw, and I probably won't, but this video really applies to any skill you want to learn. Getting better at doing anything involves this same journey.
I used to think that I would never be good at drawing, and everyone was better than me. I used to think that good artists (or even halfway decent artists) had some magical talent. I stopped drawing because I was a perfectionist and thought I could never be good. However, I came back to it. And now I'm proud of my drawing abilities and am improving every day. So a message to people who think they're bad at art: everyone starts somewhere. Nobody is naturally amazing at art. Keep practicing and you will improve.
This really is the best drawing video ever. No sugar coating, no bs. Watching this video broke down what I needed to know better than any other I’ve ever watched.
0:00 Intro 1:12 Perception 1:45 Construction 2:10 Gesture 2:37 Anatomy 2:50 Color theory 3:09 Rendering (shading) 3:24 Perspective 3:40 Composition 4:03 You don't need to attack all of this at once 4:39 Some advises... 4:59 ...use reference 5:25 ...confident lines 5:41 ...details 6:13 Quick questions... 6:20 ...What do I need to draw? 6:39 ...How long does it take to get good? 7:00 ...Am I too old to draw? 7:08 ...Why should I draw? 7:22 ...Can I make money from art? 7:31 ...Where do I start now?
you start because u want to be an idiot? This piece of shit tells us that any idiot can learn to draw. Is the type of video who makes you quit drawing.
I'm an experienced drawer, I've been practicing to draw 3 years now. I can say that I've improved a lot. In this video I've learned some tips! Thank you for making this video for beginners and the experienced!
It improves a lot during the years, I've noticed such a difference in the 10-9 years I've been drawing, and it's one of my go to things when I'm bored, I began from a small perfectly straight diamond to full on cars with extreme detail.
THANK YOUUUU!!! I REALLY NEEDED THAT "FUNDAMENTALS" COS I FELT LIKE I WAS AIMLESSLY DRAWING ALL THESE TIME EVEN THO I'VE BEEN DRAWING SINCE 2009 (but never got into art school etc) YOU'RE A LIFESAVER
To those doubting yourself It takes years of practice to start making what you want. You also have to let go of your self doubt. You may only be able to draw a lopsided circle, so keep drawing that lumpy oval and slowly improve on the way you draw that oval. One tip, hold your pencil or stylus vertical, and guide the pencil with your elbow. Not your wrist. This goes with anything, you have to have confidence in yourself or you will hinder your progress. It takes time, and you may not ever get recognition for what you do. Be proud of yourself when you manage to finally learn that difficult technique. Be your own cheerleader because there are millions of others that can be your hater.
I'm 24, and I spent somewhere around 18 years dismissing things like shapes and skeletons and stick figures that are part of constructing the image. I thought it wasted time, and it was completely pointless. The last 18 years I've been drawing, my art has been... alright. I spent most of those 18 years using bases, or tracing. It wasn't until recently that I finally got tired of bases. I'd been telling myself for 6 years that enough was enough, but I couldn't let go. Even when I didn't use bases, though (since you can't use bases on paper), I still didn't construct. It wasn't until 2016 that I finally started constructing the head, and I went through a severe emotional breakdown from the lack of understanding what I was doing. I took art class in high school, but I have no memory of learning things like this, no memory of ever properly learning the basics. It didn't help that my teacher hated anime, so I was being given no direction in how to not draw like cheap trash, only being told I wasn't allowed to draw what I was familiar with, and all heads were just circles like in western comics and cartoons. Anyway, I eventually got the hang of it, somewhat, but it wasn't enough. November, I moved from drawing on bases to tracing over bases. It was a little better, I could adapt the base to my desires, but when I tried to draw without it for a request, I couldn't. I had to find pieces of other things to trace. It made the result look strange. Finally, February of this year, I said enough. No more bases. I would finish whatever base-using projects I had left, and then no more. I tried roughly tracing things, and then redrawing over the rough trace. It was better, but things still weren't forming right. Then, just a week ago, I did it. After much nagging from my girlfriend, just to get her to shut up, I did it, I did a line-and-circles skeleton over the base, and deleted the base. Then, I added ovals. Then I drew my final shapes over the full skeleton with ovals. Halfway into it, I had to stop and stare. This couldn't be my work. It looked too good. I didn't have to fight the drawing to make it work. I didn't have to draw and redraw the limbs over and over again. It came out looking exactly like the image in my head, something I had never been able to do. I'm still in shock when I see it. It's really hard to believe that such ability was locked within me, waiting for me to just put the key in the damn door and turn it. You can't open a locked door without using the key. All it takes is a couple steps to pick it up.
I've been drawing for 3 years and I never stopped to think about it, you made me think of new things, man, I'm going to start practicing and if I remember this comment 1 year later I'll talk about my result again sorry for the Google translator english ;-;
Tarr I’ve been drawing for three years, and I have never stopped to think about the fundamentals of drawings. You made me think of new things. I will start practicing with what you said, and if I recall this comment one year later, I will talk about how it went. Cleared up your translation a bit (:
I've been stuck in one spot with my art for a while, but after watching this I think my art will finally progress. I wasn't sure how to actually put a piece together, but after you explained the fundamentals of art, I understand what I need to do to get better. Thank you.
I have a friend that always, when she sees my drawings, she be like: "OH MY GOD! THIS IS SO PRETTY. I wish I could draw like that... but I'm just talentless and dumb..." Then I try to tell her, that I also started with weird drawings and just drew and drew until I was happy with my drawing and that's how I improved. I know that she can draw! But she does not want to just start and draw simple things, I think that she thinks that she has to be perfect and draw over-complex body’s. But then she doesn’t accept my little motivation and just rejects it... I mean when she does not want to start drawing, even tho she really wants to, then it's her loss. I think I will send her this... but the other problem is: She doesn’t really understand English, even tho we have English as a subject in school, but she isn’t that good in it. I don’t how to help her start drawing, because she really wants to.
"But she does not want to just start and draw simple things, I think that she thinks that she has to be perfect and draw over-complex body’s. But then she doesn’t accept my little motivation and just rejects it.." Sounds familiar... Does she have (an) ASD?
She may well want to learn to draw but not be able to cope with the shame of being bad, so can't bring herself to get past that bit. Some don't seem to understand that different folk think and feel differently to themselves. One can only encourage her to try, nonjudgementally. It's her choice whether to overcome her disappointment at not being amazing from the start. No one needs to see one's attempts until one feels ok with them.
I was just like your friend a couple of years ago. I one day decided that I wanted to doodle something and two years later now I draw, paint and I'm trying digital art. Of course I'm not the best at it, but I am not even close to what i was before. My skills have increased, I have better self esteem and I can take me time doing what I always loved but never had the courage to try out. It has taken tears and hours of practice. It is totally worth it.
3:16 this little part struck me and kinda gave me an epiphany, I've heard similar stuff before but for some reason this made me pick up my pencil for the first time in 2 months and stared at my previous drawings for a while, flipped the page and for the first time i drew a face I'm proud of without looking back and forth and copying something. Thank you man
noone I’m not a believer of that theory. Drawing for years at a atelier with no improvement. Hours and hours of practice with no results. When I was 12 years old (I drew since 7) Me and my nephew decided to draw from a picture of Rambo we saw, my nephew NEVER picked up a pencil in his life back then unless for writing, well he drew me under the table. Drawing is TALENT, some more, some less, some nothing. Some discover their talent for drawing early in life, some late in life but it is talent. Same thing as you cannot learn to have the feeling for producing good music. You can learn the notes or play music from someone else, you can. But it’s talent to come up with your own music rhythms that sounds good. If you could learn it, everyone would be a Beethoven.
@@bennyvermeulen7255 I respect your opinion but your story represents just your experience with Art. Everyone can write their story and what we all talk about are not facts.
Mohammed Abbas He brings up his anecdote because, like many many other people, practice does NOT improve anything. Some are talented and can draw and some are not.
I had been looking for this vid for the longest time, alot of beginner vids say to learn fundamentals but never really mention them and what they are so this helps and gives me a road map i can finally work with
I'm crying rn cause when he said to draw the duck from memory I stopped the video to draw it and I drew a fucking seagull I don't know how I mixed them up and I'm incredibly ashamed of this
I fully disagree with something said here... things DO NOT get easier the better you get, it gets harder because you raise your own standards and need to at least, if not do better, for the next piece than the one before. So my advice is embrace being bad at art and enjoy it, do strive to get better, but you are only bad once so make sure you are enjoying the ride along the way and take in that moment and do not feel rushed to "get good" at drawing. The better you get, the harder it is to find improvements, because when you first are starting out it is very easy to find one thing to fix and improve on. The mistakes get fewer and fewer if you are actively improving over HUNDREDS and THOUSANDS of drawings and the mistakes get A LOT less obvious so they are harder to find. Another thing to do is remember to LOOK AT YOUR ART, a lot of people forget to do this and especially important to look back over large chunks of time and see how much you have improved. This grants a huge boost to your self esteem and showcases to yourself that, yes, you are indeed getting better! Wrapping this up, there is one thing that is true with "making things easier over time" is that you are innately going to do things better, more efficiently, and faster which means you have the time for more details and complex artwork since the simpler / more basic stuff gets easier for you, but then you end up doing the really hard and difficult work since you are looking for constant improvements after every piece. Just remember burn out is a thing, so pacing is in order! Very hard to over come burn out fatigue, so make sure you are still creating variety in other activities as you are on your drawing quest!
Thank you so much, man! This is really what I need as a beginner. Not just a sprinkle on those thousands of "guide" to drawing in RUclips. btw, you're wrong abt giving up after watching this video because it truly inspired me. again, THANK YOU!
Back in middle school I used to draw quite a lot. They were extremely bad, but recently (10 years later) when I happened to stumble upon them again, I noticed that I had actually improved a little bit. Sure they still sucked compared to many other artists, but there was the slight hint of improvement: more expressiveness, better color usage... I don't know why I stopped, but I'm really thinking of going back into it. This video helped quite a lot :) Thank you!
Yeah, I'm gonna have to go somewhere else. See, I'm no ordinary idiot. I'm an _advance_ idiot + That drawing at 0:40 looks better compared to mine tbh.
If you have to compare, then compare the current you with your previous you. Why bother focusing on others' progress, when you can focus on your improvement?
Using the finite amounts of hours I have as a mortal, to master the fundamentals of art, just to draw booba... That seems like something I'd do, for sure
no but seriously, thanks for this video. so glad to have found your channel. I'm one of those "artsy" kids who was always expected to be creative from within without thinking about it too much. and its pressuring and its just a recipe for burning out and hating everything i create. but now that I've learned about it more and studied why some things work and why some techniques have different results, I've rediscovered my love for art.
Art is very social. Go be around other creative people. Invite some people over, brings some snacks, watch tutorial vids and do some art jams. I invite people over and we just color, paint, draw and make stuff, it's really fun and we give each other valuable feedback. I went to art school so I just pass on what I learned.
Christopher Moore The funny thing is I try to draw everyday and it never gets easier. Probably because I only do it late at night where i'm tired as fuck, but that's besides the point.
I thought Drawing Is Something you get Born with and if you grow up its Impossible To learn it but now am 40% Good At Drawing Even Know 5 Years A Go i was 19 Years Old and Really Bad At Drawing i was Absolutely horrible and Now i got so much better But still I Keep Studying and Learning everyday and am Watching your video now and i wrote down every word you Said , Doing it like i learned Nothing Before Cuz 40% Is Not Enough ... know that 90% For Me is Drawing anything i want and think of the way i want it and any Style i think Of and the 100% Is Just the Same But after doing it and get it Done Thank You So Much
Well said and what a great flow. I love you, bro, and really appreciate you and your videos. The one thing that has helped me become a better artist is getting into a good state than taking action and relaxing my way through challenges instead of forcing anything. It has made a massive difference in my art.
I always wanted to visually express the people, places, and things I'd see in my dreams and drawing was my first attempt. Started practising drawing back in 08 bought a couple of expensive art books and attempted to study them, I found it extremely frustrating and the fact that my friends who could draw better criticised me for starting my drawing with constructions made things more frustrating because they could draw cool stuff from scratch. I gave up and tried everything else from pixel art, sculpting, 3D rendering, carving marionettes, and knitting stuffed animals, I wasn't magically good with any of these. I'm inspired to try drawing again, I figured if everything is going to take practice I might as well start at square one.
0:08 thank you *sniffle* for saying that. My friends always act like I was born drawing anime girls perfectly but they don’t realize how much time I put into drawing anime girls.....12 years. You know how cringey my art looked 12 years ago???????
I've always personally struggled with having the process and finished product in mind, but no idea where or how to start. I dated a girl who's an artist, and she'd always tell me "not to rush it". I never really understood what she meant until I was trying to draw something tonight, had no idea how to start, and figured I'd look up a guide or something on how to actually start. I found this, and it finally clicked with me what she meant.
Three dimensional looking balls, cylinders, and squares... I’ll be practicing this week, along with being more observant and seeing balls, cylinders and squares in nature and people, buildings, and animals. Thank you for a great drawing lesson for a beginner!
I also want to get good at it. While also having given up on it due to frustration, cognitive dissonance and no logical reason to try a 33rd time. At least attempt 33. It could also be more, not entirely sure.
i have been drawing for about 7 years and this video still taught me some stuff. just about 2 years ago i started to learn about these fundamentals and perspective is the one i have barely picked up, what does this teach us? first of all, the time an artist has spent drawing could mean nothing, ive met people who are far more knowledgable and far better than me but have been drawing for a far shorter time and secondly, i have never ever stopped to learn, at least not until i drop the pencil.not literally but you get my drift, the most i have left aside drawing has been about 2 months and must i say i feel like theyre the most i have waisted in my life. you got this, dont give up yall,,,
Your first drawings are beautiful. They are the very first steps on your hopefully long and wonderous journey as an artist. I would give almost anything to have my first drawings back.
"a cute anime girl"
The anime girl:
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@@theothertonydutch Dr. Stone?
cute
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"You failed at drawing the duck"
I'm on my phone in bed _stop hurting my feelings_ :(
Just Another Nobody same
Same
same
Same
Hah, same!
A master has failed more times then you have ever tried
just pay 5 $ on a fiverr and the master will draw it
Maradona & Messi disagree.
There was a quote like this I forgot what it exactly was
“ *There are no mistakes” -Master Oogway*
@@crapcantbeholy1389 It was-
"The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried"
"If you can draw a square, a cylinder, a ball, then you can basically draw anything"
Well jokes on you the only basic shape i can draw is eggs
Then practice. ik this comment is a joke, but for a start just draw tons of these basic shapes in varying perspective. I promise it'll help
@@maksimcho. And if you need to draw a circle, just imagine that you're looking at the egg from the top and draw that
I can't even draw an egg properly ._.
Now you can draw heads
Well an egg is almost like a sphere and pyramid
Seeing your art from 23 makes me feel much better about being a beginner, usually I feel like shit seeing people at 18 drawing near-masterpieces
Im 16 and i draw like guy from the vid haha
@@TaskMasterNL Not a flex mate
Yeah great @TaskMasterNL2004 I'm 20 and I draw like a tree...
I just don't.
That's the problem your comparing your age /skill to other people. If you want to be good at drawing it has to be for yourself not so you can be better than someone who is younger.... absurd statement in itself what you said. If you want to be good at darwing your focus is how much have you improved from the previous days, weeks. compare and practice to excel so that you can reach a level art that you desire. Based on the art not the age of the artist.
He just started drawing before you
“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.”
NoroNoro the Traveller Worthy of being on an actual inspirational poster.
Thank you confused wisdom dog.
I wish that were so.
@@DelayRGC It is so. Stop making excuses and start practicing, you'll see for yourself.
@@RocoPwnage It isn't so.
The list of reasons would be longer than the estimated size of the universe (93000000000 light years), so I won't bother.
Stop projecting, and additionally you're talking as if I never tried drawing at all. That's simply not true. I have tried and "I can't draw" is the *conclusion* I reached after many attempts.
As for excuses... gotta go, I still have to read my 3 chapters of "C von A bis Z".
Coding is simpler for me than learning how to draw: Read the book, learn the syntax, write an example script to test it. Perhaps even intentionally make errors to examine the error(s) given by the compiler.
Drawing is... Well, where do I even start?
Perhaps the most difficult "skill" to pick up.
its not a ball inside a ball, its a... _THING_
@@Mintypeets It's not even a ball is like a... Idk
it's actually a good description if you think about it.
No it's a donut
it's like a loopty loop
@@Mintypeets no, its a sphere
One note: In this video I say "Don't use pure black and pure white", but I've changed my mind since. Use it where appropriate, it's going to be very stark and bring a lot of attention.
The idea of never using pure black and white comes more from digital design than digital art and illustration.
If you are drawing anime-style characters, then that is when you use black lines and white shines in the eyes. If you are going chibi-style characters then no black makes sense since it is softer and more pleasing for your eyes since it is meant to be cute and happy, you can also add transparency to a white eye shine (which obviously no longer makes it white) depending on what you want to go for.
Rule of thumb though is black is very rarely ever acceptable to use in most cases, while white is usually fine, but also depends on what you are going for. Lots of the time when white is used, it is followed up by shadows and lighting which are usually some kind of colour to it.
no technique is inherently wrong, as long as you use it in a purposeful or meaningful way
Deep blacks and whites really enhance the contrast of illustrations.
You just got a new subscriber
You know I only draw because I get a drawing when I drawn. No joke that is not true. I don't play video games for the virtual points either. I do it because it makes me feel good and that's the only reason. So if drawing is boring for you you shouldn't draw and if gaming is entreteing for you feel free to do it. And I don't think gaming is bad for you, it could be if you spend all your time doing so but so do every other things except for breathing probably.
"If you need a reason to draw, then the reason is it's fun and that is enough." :)
Actually drawing is not as fun as they say
@@LuxiferreArt actually fun part only comes after you have completed it , and only if ur not too self critical otherwise its hell for u always no matyer what u do ( personal experience)
What if an irrational fear kills the fun someone used to have?
from my experience, this is... sometimes not true. the fun part.
Won't be fun until you achieve a certain amount of skills to be able to draw what you want. You gotta bear with bad drawings until you git gud when starting out.
"If you draw characters who stand up straight like a robot , then it will just look odd, real people don't actually stand like this"
me who wants to draw robots: **heavy sweating**
Literally what I draw.
@@supercomputer0448 XD!
Have a great day ahead of you! 😄
God Bless! Stay strong, stay safe and take care of yourselves! Wishing everyone the best! 😇
A really emotional robot? 😂 Idk- I understand your struggle 😂
"Does your art look like THIS?"
Nope, it looks much worse.
Well, he doesn't care, does he?
Śàmè
my art doesn't even exist
@@ataino same
Mine isn't even art
Order of importance:
1.) Gesture.
2.) Proportion
3.) Construction (including perspective)
4.) Broad details (including blocking in 2 values , lightest and darkest areas squint your eyes to make it easier to group everything into two groups)
5.) Fine detail (general rendering)
There is also only one single way to fully fail drawing: Quitting.
Otherwise, to reach any level you want, you have to always have a goal, this can be as small as you want, and an approach to that goal.
It is also incredibly important to not bite off more than you can chew and do incremental things.
For example, don't draw boxes if you can't draw straight lines. First draw lines until you can do them in your sleep, only then move to boxes, and so forth.
Always master the simpler thing before tackling the next thing, this will free your mind and you don't have to go "Uhhh, how would a box look from this angle" while trying to study some simplified anatomy construction.
And to illustrate on the power of mileage and keeping at it, and the fact that ANYONE can be an artist:
Consider this fictional example.
You're in a time dilation chamber where you don't feel hungry or sleepy as long as you draw at least one single line per "day" and you can live inside it forever, thing is, it's really boring aside from that and you want out.
The only way out is to do a 1:1 reproduction of an incredibly complex lineart piece that is the size of a football field. You have to reproduce it perfectly.
Can you do it?
Yes, of course, anyone can. How?
Simple, you look at the very first stroke of the drawing, and you practice this single stroke, over and over and over again, until you can do it in your sleep without thinking.
Then you go to the next stroke. Since you can draw the first stroke in your sleep, you can fully concentrate on the next stroke. Practice it until you can do the second stroke in your sleep.
You get where I'm heading here, right? And yes, it's true. You would inevitably be able to replicate such a crazy daunting piece.
But that's fictional, real life returns are much quicker. You don't need a time dilation device to get good result comparatively quickly...if you follow the advice of mastering the simple stuff, the fundamentals first.
From straight lines and good curves, to construction, to fine detail. You can do it if you keep at it. Everyone can. If you have all the bodyparts required for drawing, and the minimal mental capabilities, then you'll be able to become a great artist.
Only mileage (and a good approach for practice) stands between you...but even if you only scrawled aimlessly, even that would improve you...just not with very good returns.
You can become a decent amateur artist in a year if you treat it seriously and draw every day for 20 minutes. 20 Minutes is a great timeframe, you'll find out why if you do it.
And you should.
You can be an artist. Anyone can. I don't even have to wish anyone luck here, there is no luck involved, only mileage and practice.
Thank you for such an informative comment. Know that your words are doing good for us beginners.
You should not wait to draw boxes until you can draw perfectly straight lines. Learning to draw doesn't happen linearly, and trying to do it linearly will slow down your progress a lot.
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Thank you 💛
But nobody can draw straight lines lol use a ruler
I really should send this video to my friend. She wants to be able to draw and constantly asks me for advice. She has potential. I saw her trying to draw a girl based on what she observed what I do when I draw a girl. And while it has every description of a beginner artist (scratchy lines, anatomy problems, stiff position) I would say it's better than average for someone who never draws. She's been improving everytime I point out something. She's also a very organized person and if she has enough determination, she could easily pass my lazy and unorganized butt (who has started drawing 3 years ago) in about a year or even a couple of months. The only problem is: She believes that a person is born into art and drawing, no matter how much I've told her "My art started as a stickman too."
I'll have to translate this video for her to understand, so wish me luck.
So how did it go?
Yeah I want to know too, dude tells us
hope it's going well with her
You and ur imaginary friends
@@dhaisa dude wtf
Perception
Construction
Gesture
Anatomy
Colour theory
Rendering
Perspective
Composition
@Haze The Space Commie That's in extras :-D
Haze The Space Commie UR PFP AND BACKGROUND- CURSED 💀
Wrong, they are
1. Hands
2. Anatomy
3. Cute girls
@Haze The Space Commie I believe theirs an artist named PhilOtitties that should be able to help you.
PCGACRPC
Like in music :'D
"Start in any age" thing always reminds me of how I wanted to find vocal teacher.
So I found one. She said I'm 16 and teenagers can't learn a thing or it will take years so she accepts kids only. And all that just because of one her student who couldn't understand how to hit notes.
JUST. ONE. STUDENT.
Offtop stuff yea
She seems like a big douchebag. How comes she is still a teacher?
She seems like a big douchebag. How comes she is still a teacher?
That teacher sucks
100% you are better off not studying under that vocal coach
The fact she thinks hitting high notes is all it needs to be a good singer is enough to tell that she's not a good vocal coach
*finishes artwork*
WOW I'M VERY PROUD OF IT
*posts it in every social media I know*
OH NO
I FORGOT TO COLOR HER EYEBROWS
Me:
*Fineshes artwork*
Damn, I must be somewhat good
*Posts it on social media*
Oh no, I still suck
But I guess it's just a matter of time and effort
SAME I START TO SEE WAY TO MANY MISTAKES IN MY ART AFTER I POST IT
--finished a long art piece--
"Phew, that was fun"
--posts on social media--
"OH NO I FORGOT"
"OH NO I MERGED THE SKETCH LAYER IN"
"SHIT IT'S THE WRONG SHADE"
"WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WATERMARK"
Does Jumin Han is Gay? [WitterCritter] *cough* iss my style shuddup.
You idiot! eyebrow doesn't need to be colored.
Make this a book (you already got the title, that's like 90% of the work)
hahha so true!
Awesomepedia ha ha good point
How to draw for dummies
Buyanaa i believe thats taken.
I'd buy it! I tend to learn better from books than videos anyway
this is so true! I wish people stopped saying "but I have no talent"
you just have to work hard on it!
What if I have been working hard and trying to learn for 8 years and my drawings have done nothing but degrade in quality?
Biosystem Studios don't work "hard", work effectively. Actively work to correct the mistakes you identify instead of working a lot to improve but always repeating those mistakes
people say that without even trying, sure someone can have more talent than another but like, that doesnt mean they start out painting the mona lisa
Dante Inugami 'just' ... 😟
why do you guys keep commenting on this
it happened 1 month ago
“Does your art look like this?”
Me: I wish...
ThAtS wHy YoU neEd tHe FuNdAmEntAlS
Me:😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ocealot P same
F
Rudy and bonnie
Kuma Adamafio what?
I felt that too..........
2:22 "real people don't stand like this"
bold of you to assume in 2019
Wasn't 2019 though.
T-posing
Of course 2020 its couch potato trend, who wants to stand in this era😂
@@velbezarius497 without contex, we sound like the people from Wall-E
Fortnite 😂
Thank you RUclips trending. This is something really worth getting attention.
♂oh hi there♂
diccus maximus hi
That cute anime girl was horrifying. .-----.
Prakharex "cute"
Your horrifying , jk , she is scary
******"cute"******✌✌**finger quotations intensify**
I got jump scared🙀
@@siidraws4027 you're*
Drawing makes me go crazy. I've been drawing since I was a young loser, I use to enjoy it a lot. Now whenever I make mistakes I beat myself up over it.
Mysteriously You
You need to get a Bob Ross menthality, when drawing there are no mistakes, just happy little accidents.
Yeah, I've been trying to think like him, I'm actually a fan of Bob Ross. I just have high standards of myself so I end up beating myself up over things I know I could've done better.
Sounds less like high standards and more like low self-worth, based on my experience. Treat yourself like you'd treat anyone else, your art and someone else's included, and you'll hopefully find yourself seeing your improvements and successes a lot more than your mistakes.
Helps a lot if you learn to just let the mistake exist and finish the piece anyway, with it in tact whether or not you work it in. Better for practice pieces, obviously, but it's a good way of learning to let go of them when they happen.
Zeke Ogburn the reason I said high standard is because I like for my art to be "perfect." For example, I drew my profile picture but I know I can do better and then I get annoyed at myself. But i should try to be more calm about it, and to accept mistakes.
Mysteriously You You will never reach a point of perfection, you will always be able to do better. It's a process until the Day you die, there is no maximum stage to reach. Accept that you can and will do better in the future piece by piece and cherish it.
Me, not putting any work and effort whatsoever in my art and therefore it ends up looking like a 9 year old’s school project: **surprised pikachu face**
I love when I find these ridiculously precise relatable stuff on the Internet
What's the difference between me and a line?
No matter the circumstances, with enough tries you can make the line straight.
I laughed so damn hard at this. I snorted like a pig haha.
Gæ
@@yundroid7158 *yaoi*
Pffffffff man wtf, im steling ur joke, Jesus jajajajaja fucking clown u did made me laugh
Hue hue, gay joke
I feel like people don't necessarily understand what they are doing "wrong" when they try to draw. Learning from drawing isn't just drawing over and over again hoping something will eventually click and build you into this amazing artist. Practice is key to learning to draw don't get me wrong, but you also have to critique your own work. If your first thousand pieces of art make you step back and say "It looks like shit", don't just leave it at that, find your strengths and find your weaknesses. People develop style by finding what they are good at and exaggerating it over the weaknesses. I'm excellent at making gestures, but terrible at rendering, so I use perspective to exaggerate a gesture and keep the shading to a simple Cel shading. Style is grown from this way of thinking. So instead of saying "it's shit", ask "why do I think it's shit? what is causing it to be shit? What can I do as an artist to prevent these overlaying symptoms from ruining the whole piece?".
This! I couldn't draw something somewhat realistic looking if my life depended on it. But then I looked at the stuff I consider "good" myself and BEHOLD #1: I like the oatmeal, xkcd etc. which are all super basic drawings, but with awesome "content". So I started to think about "What to draw" and not "How to draw" and BEHOLD #2: People look at it and laugh or smile or get sad or give me a kiss (I draw a lot for my wife) and NOBODY cares about the "childish" style.
In my mind, a lot of "bad drawings" are not bad because of a lack of skill, but because of a lack of story.
Yes agreed
i mostly draw a random line and that is where my ideas come from.
Nieve
Very true, also that people shouldn't mix up a self-critique with self deprivation. Just because a drawing is looked at critically (either by the artist or another party) doesn't mean that it's a judgement call on the artist themselves, rather just that there's ways to improve on an art piece for the next time, which is why lots of artists practice and present with thumbnails and preliminary sketches or various concept art that gets turned down a billion times, until there's a piece that's settled on.
Awareness and self-control of an artists' mindspace can be half the battle, it just takes some self-assessment and mindfulness techniques to help. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The only problem is that some artists like me are unable to point out what's wrong with our drawing, like we know there's something wrong with it but can't point out what. This in turn prevents us from improving..
*looks at title* ah, finally a video that speaks to me.
Rimess so you name is idiot
Hugo Ventura you don't get the joke do you
too much shit to do these days. i want to drop everything and just do hobbies.
I've started de-cluttering my life. Feels great and your creativity can breath more when you get rid of all the unnecessary crap.
T-Zay how did you start decluttering your life?
^
Same. I have a lot of school work I just want it to end so that I can draw and learn languages.
@@thatoneradicalizedprussian225 Same, feel like I'm trapped in education for way too long.
Thanks! I actually searched the fundamentals of art just recently in Google (I didn't even know what a fundamental is!) I wanted to be good at drawing. When I was a kid, I used to draw a lot of stuffs from my imagination and it was really fun even though I had no idea that my drawings were so bad, because I didn't care, enjoyment was the only thing I was after. Then I grew up, didn't even realize I wouldn't draw anymore after we moved in the city. My classmates in elementary school were good at drawing and I was not, I was frustrated, I tried but I couldn't really draw good. Even today in highschool, I envy a lot of people who are so incredible. Thought it was only just a talent because I had none, then I read a manga about art, the protagonist mentioned that the other character was so good at art because she had natural talent, but the other character didn't agree. She said that it made her mad because she did work hard on it, and that saying it was because of talent means dismissing her efforts. I realized after that it wasn't just a talent after all, because they earned what they deserve and now I want to work hard too. I saw one of your video earlier, it taught me a lot! Thank you.
i loved how real and honest and sincere you are about drawing and your journey with it, it doesnt look like those motivational videos that doesnt take you anywhere, thank you!!
how come no one ever talks about the principles of art? i never even heard of them and i’ve seen countless “art advice for beginners” videos, you’d think people would talk about that more
Well many people are good at drawing but bad at teaching. Also many people who practice for years are forgetting their beginning and how lost they were
Most art youtubers who try to teach art haven’t studied art lol I won’t say names
@@crystalclears6945 digital artists did not "learn" to art, they "brute force" art. Redraw redraw redraw and redraw until looks good, there is no need to learn the substance, and most of them are people that usually draws since young, or only in that medium, they do understand the theory in a very pragmatic way, but not in "theory", they kinda dont know why, what they have found to work, works, hence they cant explain it...
Can you imagine a digital artist using some copic markers...
Bot analog and digital mediums are different beasts, that do need a different set of skills, and that is also a factor...
@@christiangonzalez6945 This is completely untrue and every like you got for it is utterly unjustified. You cannot "brute force" art by redrawing it. If you don't know the fundamentals, then you might be able to see that something about your art is off, but you almost surely will be completely unable to tell what in the name of God it is. It will bother you, but you won't be able to fix it, because you have no clue what exactly is broken.
It's the same with coffee machines: Everyone can tell that a coffee machine is broken if there's no coffee coming out of it or the coffee that is coming out of it tastes like tar. But if you don't know how a coffee machine works, then good luck repairing one.
All great digital artists I know are also great with other media, because almost all of them started out with other media. There's simply no hope that going digital will magically make you better, because you can brute force it. Because you can't. That's not how it works.
@@lonestarr1490 you just have to watch a tutorial in digital art
and go and watch someone doing it on real oil.
whose of the 2 did 9384574992837465859393874775858584 times his painting pressing and pressing rhe backspace key, cuting pieces, deforming shit, lassoing stuff, mirroing the draw.
whose one of the two will be better at just using just a pencil.
riddle me that...
“Any idiot can draw” well I’m not just any idiot
God my mom always tells me that detail is the most importang thing even tho ive said like 50 times that 'no mom detail isnt everything, do you start construction on your house with all the walls already painted and floors already furnished, no. You start with the foundation.' She never learns and i swear everytime she sees me draw she talks about detail and how important it is...
its only importand for full pieces of art or digital paintings
@@TheCubecrafer I have an artstyle that is super simple and so i dont need alot of detail. The only time I do is if im practiceing specific things.
Thumbnail: "Any idiot can learn to draw"
Me: *finally something for me*
I found love for art in middle school. We had an assignment where we had to take a photo from a magazine and try to recreate it, i picked a bathroom advertisement with tiles and a sink. Towards the end of the class i realized that i loved doing this and wanted to become an artist. But as I grew older i thought art won't pay so i should look for a high paying job and do art as a side thing. I stopped for a long time, went to university and dropped out 3semesters in because i hated everything about it. Now that i worked for 8years i realize that art is what I need to be doing so I'm starting over. Thank you Mattias
I drew a lot between 2008-2013, but never bothered to learn the fundamentals for whatever reason. I still aced art class in 8th grade, even by straying from what my teacher said to do. That boosted my ego to the fucking top. When that died down I was full on "oh no I can't draw for shit!"
So to avoid a crash and burn in your artistic endeavors, LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS!! People I know who learned that are still drawing and making amazing stuff!
"Anatomy"
*Most of the deviantart artists left the chat.*
lmfao
recommended list : "why your art teacher hates your anime art"
me : "but i don't go to art class"
Love that you show your "beginner drawing" from when you were 23 years old. I often feel like such a loser because I've been drawing for so long, but never worked hard on fundamentals, so I am not as far along as I should be now that I'm in my 20s.
10 months ago i watched this and i said to myself why not try to draw for the first time and now i am doing really good at drawing 💃
Edit:Holly shit there is so many likes on my comment for some ressons 😂
Holly sht this got me motivated
@@deadbush9417 😳♥️i am glad
@@deadbush9417 its been a year since i started drawing and it fuckn amazing 😳♥️i feel confident and i did 2 videos on my youtube channel about art
How did you start?
How did You Start?
GUYS LISTEN!
You are NEVER to late to draw! Drawing is an art than anyone can do! Whether your 8 or 90 years old just draw!! Also never give up because if you draw a line and it turns out horrible DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN till that line becomes straight! Point is... dont draw with your hand draw with your heart and enjoy it! LOVE YOU ALL❤️❤️
That didn't motivated me at all
Belu Jacks
Its ok!! Have fun drawing❤️☺️
Krshma Miakheyl thanks a bunch:3
Tamás Pál
Np❤️ keep being awesome
Krshma Miakheyl
You are too late to draw when youre dead and too early if youre not born yet
I am trying to learn to draw for my fashion course, I've been finding it incredibly frustrating and my lectures are completely useless at guiding me and teaching me as I've never drawn in my life and they don't care, they just keep demanding sketches and giving me crap about them. Im focusing on plus size mens clothes and getting anything to look even remotely like I visualise in my head has been impossible. I've resorted to literally tracing photos and dumbing down my ideas and concepts to the clothing that the person in the pic is wearing because I can't draw clothes let alone people no matter how hard I try. I honestly feel most times I'll never get it and I've not made an inch of progress in 2 yrs of study at least not in my eyes. I tried freehand drawing today only using the very basic outline of a person's image and I still can not do it. I fear it will never happen so bad was my attempt that that it sent me into a rage at myself and I just broke down. But I want to thank because your video calmed me down. I still don't think I'll ever be able to draw without tracing and that is not good cause I'll never be able to convey my ideas to buyers or bosses at this rate but at least I feel calmer thanks to you. I appreciate this video and I'll keep trying. I hope I've not made a huge mistake changing to this career.
Hey! Hope this answer is not coming too late. I was also a fashion student and couldn't draw. Actually after finishing the courses I find that my drawing skills just got better and better since I started to draw for fun again. While university the drawings were always connected with a lot of time pressure and stress for me, and went quite bad. Now I started drawing again. Simply by outlining a nice fashion drawing figure and "dressing her" myself by looking at lots of photos of street style photography or runways and mixing them together. For example: I like this silhouette, this collar with this pair of jeans and this shoe = all different pictures I got as inspirations and adding them all together to make a new design. So I learn to draw fabric/ shades/ shapes/.. step by step and the more I make these mixes the more confident I feel by drawing these figurines and clothes as I get used to it and that's my new trick that I really enjoy it!! Hope this helps!
Have you pursued your dream?
@@capsulamental Doing it as we speak :)
I don't draw, and I probably won't, but this video really applies to any skill you want to learn. Getting better at doing anything involves this same journey.
The only thing that actually helped me: " just start drawing whatever's on your desk."
Finally! An Infinite source of Imagination!
"I watched the video"
"Now I am going to paint the next Mona Lisa."
"There's no magical thing that will make your work better" - stares nervously at his CTRL and Z buttons.
*sweats nervously after seeing the layer feature*
Lol if you keep pressing those you'll never press ENTER . . .i.e. to save your art.
Traditional artist be like: 🙃
‘Any idiot can learn to draw’ me: *clicks
I used to think that I would never be good at drawing, and everyone was better than me. I used to think that good artists (or even halfway decent artists) had some magical talent. I stopped drawing because I was a perfectionist and thought I could never be good. However, I came back to it. And now I'm proud of my drawing abilities and am improving every day. So a message to people who think they're bad at art: everyone starts somewhere. Nobody is naturally amazing at art. Keep practicing and you will improve.
This really is the best drawing video ever. No sugar coating, no bs. Watching this video broke down what I needed to know better than any other I’ve ever watched.
0:00 Intro
1:12 Perception
1:45 Construction
2:10 Gesture
2:37 Anatomy
2:50 Color theory
3:09 Rendering (shading)
3:24 Perspective
3:40 Composition
4:03 You don't need to attack all of this at once
4:39 Some advises...
4:59 ...use reference
5:25 ...confident lines
5:41 ...details
6:13 Quick questions...
6:20 ...What do I need to draw?
6:39 ...How long does it take to get good?
7:00 ...Am I too old to draw?
7:08 ...Why should I draw?
7:22 ...Can I make money from art?
7:31 ...Where do I start now?
Would you mind if I copied this to the description?
@@MattiasPilhede Not at all :)
This video is the reason I started to draw, and while I am not that good yet I'm improving. So thank's
Lenovo Empire I don't consider myself an idiot but I'm not that far from that
you start because u want to be an idiot? This piece of shit tells us that any idiot can learn to draw. Is the type of video who makes you quit drawing.
@N1pah how are you doing now? i'd love to see your improvement!
I'm an experienced drawer, I've been practicing to draw 3 years now. I can say that I've improved a lot. In this video I've learned some tips! Thank you for making this video for beginners and the experienced!
It improves a lot during the years, I've
noticed such a difference in the 10-9 years I've been drawing, and it's one of my go to things when I'm bored, I began from a small perfectly straight diamond to full on cars with extreme detail.
"They worked for it. They practiced every single day."
Huh. Maybe that's why my art sucks?
HMMMMMMMMMMM
that's the point of the video hmm
THANK YOUUUU!!! I REALLY NEEDED THAT "FUNDAMENTALS" COS I FELT LIKE I WAS AIMLESSLY DRAWING ALL THESE TIME EVEN THO I'VE BEEN DRAWING SINCE 2009 (but never got into art school etc) YOU'RE A LIFESAVER
To those doubting yourself
It takes years of practice to start making what you want.
You also have to let go of your self doubt. You may only be able to draw a lopsided circle, so keep drawing that lumpy oval and slowly improve on the way you draw that oval.
One tip, hold your pencil or stylus vertical, and guide the pencil with your elbow. Not your wrist.
This goes with anything, you have to have confidence in yourself or you will hinder your progress. It takes time, and you may not ever get recognition for what you do. Be proud of yourself when you manage to finally learn that difficult technique. Be your own cheerleader because there are millions of others that can be your hater.
2:09
I still dont know to draw a triangle tho
what is triangle tho
Can you eat it?
Is it an instrument?
You can buy them at the store, they are made from corn. I recommend nacho cheese.
Doritos are better
I'm 24, and I spent somewhere around 18 years dismissing things like shapes and skeletons and stick figures that are part of constructing the image. I thought it wasted time, and it was completely pointless. The last 18 years I've been drawing, my art has been... alright. I spent most of those 18 years using bases, or tracing. It wasn't until recently that I finally got tired of bases. I'd been telling myself for 6 years that enough was enough, but I couldn't let go. Even when I didn't use bases, though (since you can't use bases on paper), I still didn't construct.
It wasn't until 2016 that I finally started constructing the head, and I went through a severe emotional breakdown from the lack of understanding what I was doing. I took art class in high school, but I have no memory of learning things like this, no memory of ever properly learning the basics. It didn't help that my teacher hated anime, so I was being given no direction in how to not draw like cheap trash, only being told I wasn't allowed to draw what I was familiar with, and all heads were just circles like in western comics and cartoons.
Anyway, I eventually got the hang of it, somewhat, but it wasn't enough. November, I moved from drawing on bases to tracing over bases. It was a little better, I could adapt the base to my desires, but when I tried to draw without it for a request, I couldn't. I had to find pieces of other things to trace. It made the result look strange.
Finally, February of this year, I said enough. No more bases. I would finish whatever base-using projects I had left, and then no more. I tried roughly tracing things, and then redrawing over the rough trace. It was better, but things still weren't forming right. Then, just a week ago, I did it. After much nagging from my girlfriend, just to get her to shut up, I did it, I did a line-and-circles skeleton over the base, and deleted the base. Then, I added ovals. Then I drew my final shapes over the full skeleton with ovals. Halfway into it, I had to stop and stare. This couldn't be my work. It looked too good. I didn't have to fight the drawing to make it work. I didn't have to draw and redraw the limbs over and over again. It came out looking exactly like the image in my head, something I had never been able to do. I'm still in shock when I see it. It's really hard to believe that such ability was locked within me, waiting for me to just put the key in the damn door and turn it.
You can't open a locked door without using the key. All it takes is a couple steps to pick it up.
The fundamentals are like learning a language and drawing a full shaded colored picture is like writing a book.
I'm 27 yo. I am procrastinating art since so many years.
You can do it. We will do it
I've been drawing for 3 years and I never stopped to think about it, you made me think of new things, man, I'm going to start practicing and if I remember this comment 1 year later I'll talk about my result again
sorry for the Google translator english ;-;
Tarr
I’ve been drawing for three years, and I have never stopped to think about the fundamentals of drawings. You made me think of new things. I will start practicing with what you said, and if I recall this comment one year later, I will talk about how it went.
Cleared up your translation a bit (:
Good luck to you! You can do it!
Its been 1yr 👾
I've been stuck in one spot with my art for a while, but after watching this I think my art will finally progress. I wasn't sure how to actually put a piece together, but after you explained the fundamentals of art, I understand what I need to do to get better. Thank you.
I have a friend that always, when she sees my drawings, she be like: "OH MY GOD! THIS IS SO PRETTY. I wish I could draw like that... but I'm just talentless and dumb..."
Then I try to tell her, that I also started with weird drawings and just drew and drew until I was happy with my drawing and that's how I improved.
I know that she can draw! But she does not want to just start and draw simple things, I think that she thinks that she has to be perfect and draw over-complex body’s.
But then she doesn’t accept my little motivation and just rejects it... I mean when she does not want to start drawing, even tho she really wants to, then it's her loss.
I think I will send her this... but the other problem is: She doesn’t really understand English, even tho we have English as a subject in school, but she isn’t that good in it.
I don’t how to help her start drawing, because she really wants to.
"But she does not want to just start and draw simple things, I think that she thinks that she has to be perfect and draw over-complex body’s.
But then she doesn’t accept my little motivation and just rejects it.."
Sounds familiar...
Does she have (an) ASD?
She may well want to learn to draw but not be able to cope with the shame of being bad, so can't bring herself to get past that bit. Some don't seem to understand that different folk think and feel differently to themselves. One can only encourage her to try, nonjudgementally. It's her choice whether to overcome her disappointment at not being amazing from the start. No one needs to see one's attempts until one feels ok with them.
I was just like your friend a couple of years ago. I one day decided that I wanted to doodle something and two years later now I draw, paint and I'm trying digital art. Of course I'm not the best at it, but I am not even close to what i was before. My skills have increased, I have better self esteem and I can take me time doing what I always loved but never had the courage to try out. It has taken tears and hours of practice. It is totally worth it.
2:22 i doubt
T-posers are a common thing now
LOL
3:16 this little part struck me and kinda gave me an epiphany, I've heard similar stuff before but for some reason this made me pick up my pencil for the first time in 2 months and stared at my previous drawings for a while, flipped the page and for the first time i drew a face I'm proud of without looking back and forth and copying something.
Thank you man
1:05 "once you have learned this stuff, you don't have to relearn it."
Me watching this video 5th time in a year...
''any idiot can learn to draw'' except for me apparently
no,ANY idiot can draw,so do you
Maybe because you’re not not an idiot
noone I’m not a believer of that theory. Drawing for years at a atelier with no improvement. Hours and hours of practice with no results. When I was 12 years old (I drew since 7) Me and my nephew decided to draw from a picture of Rambo we saw, my nephew NEVER picked up a pencil in his life back then unless for writing, well he drew me under the table. Drawing is TALENT, some more, some less, some nothing. Some discover their talent for drawing early in life, some late in life but it is talent. Same thing as you cannot learn to have the feeling for producing good music. You can learn the notes or play music from someone else, you can. But it’s talent to come up with your own music rhythms that sounds good. If you could learn it, everyone would be a Beethoven.
@@bennyvermeulen7255
I respect your opinion but your story represents just your experience with Art. Everyone can write their story and what we all talk about are not facts.
Mohammed Abbas He brings up his anecdote because, like many many other people, practice does NOT improve anything. Some are talented and can draw and some are not.
FUNDAMENTOS:
1:14 *Percepção*
1:47 *Estrutura*
2:14 *Pose/Gestual*
2:39 *Anatomia*
2:51 *Teoria das cores*
3:10 *Renderização*
3:26 *Perspectiva*
3:40 *Composição*
*a n a t o m i a*
Me:*sees the word idiot
Also me:lets watch
Omg im actually crying I struggle so much and always blame myself for my bad art.. tysm for this, I have more motivation now!
I had been looking for this vid for the longest time, alot of beginner vids say to learn fundamentals but never really mention them and what they are so this helps and gives me a road map i can finally work with
I'm crying rn cause when he said to draw the duck from memory I stopped the video to draw it and I drew a fucking seagull I don't know how I mixed them up and I'm incredibly ashamed of this
I fully disagree with something said here... things DO NOT get easier the better you get, it gets harder because you raise your own standards and need to at least, if not do better, for the next piece than the one before. So my advice is embrace being bad at art and enjoy it, do strive to get better, but you are only bad once so make sure you are enjoying the ride along the way and take in that moment and do not feel rushed to "get good" at drawing.
The better you get, the harder it is to find improvements, because when you first are starting out it is very easy to find one thing to fix and improve on. The mistakes get fewer and fewer if you are actively improving over HUNDREDS and THOUSANDS of drawings and the mistakes get A LOT less obvious so they are harder to find.
Another thing to do is remember to LOOK AT YOUR ART, a lot of people forget to do this and especially important to look back over large chunks of time and see how much you have improved. This grants a huge boost to your self esteem and showcases to yourself that, yes, you are indeed getting better!
Wrapping this up, there is one thing that is true with "making things easier over time" is that you are innately going to do things better, more efficiently, and faster which means you have the time for more details and complex artwork since the simpler / more basic stuff gets easier for you, but then you end up doing the really hard and difficult work since you are looking for constant improvements after every piece. Just remember burn out is a thing, so pacing is in order! Very hard to over come burn out fatigue, so make sure you are still creating variety in other activities as you are on your drawing quest!
WOW! Thank you so much for the tips and the motivation! Hope you have a good luck!
Loved this video - thank you!
Hey! It's you!
Thank you so much, man! This is really what I need as a beginner. Not just a sprinkle on those thousands of "guide" to drawing in RUclips.
btw, you're wrong abt giving up after watching this video because it truly inspired me.
again, THANK YOU!
Back in middle school I used to draw quite a lot. They were extremely bad, but recently (10 years later) when I happened to stumble upon them again, I noticed that I had actually improved a little bit. Sure they still sucked compared to many other artists, but there was the slight hint of improvement: more expressiveness, better color usage... I don't know why I stopped, but I'm really thinking of going back into it. This video helped quite a lot :) Thank you!
This is actually more helpful than any other stuff that I've watched
Yeah, I'm gonna have to go somewhere else. See, I'm no ordinary idiot.
I'm an _advance_ idiot
+ That drawing at 0:40 looks better compared to mine tbh.
Not gonna make it
...you mean "advanced" right?
If you have to compare, then compare the current you with your previous you. Why bother focusing on others' progress, when you can focus on your improvement?
When you have photographic memory but still can't draw the duck yikes
Using the finite amounts of hours I have as a mortal, to master the fundamentals of art, just to draw booba... That seems like something I'd do, for sure
no but seriously, thanks for this video. so glad to have found your channel. I'm one of those "artsy" kids who was always expected to be creative from within without thinking about it too much. and its pressuring and its just a recipe for burning out and hating everything i create.
but now that I've learned about it more and studied why some things work and why some techniques have different results, I've rediscovered my love for art.
Good shit man. Problem is I just need to get motivated.
Art is very social. Go be around other creative people. Invite some people over, brings some snacks, watch tutorial vids and do some art jams. I invite people over and we just color, paint, draw and make stuff, it's really fun and we give each other valuable feedback. I went to art school so I just pass on what I learned.
No you don't. You need to get off your ass and start doing it.
HassouTobi Bad day?
Christopher Moore Pretty sure the hardest thing is drawing. For me anyways.
Christopher Moore The funny thing is I try to draw everyday and it never gets easier. Probably because I only do it late at night where i'm tired as fuck, but that's besides the point.
When you get an art block and you start to doubt yourself
"With practice you will be amazed at what you can do, But it takes practice"
- Glenn V. Vilppu
Holy duck. This feels more less insulting and more helpful than my irl friends who can draw. Thanks to you I’m not discouraged.
Perfekt explanation!! I am truly tired of people saying "you've born with the gift to draw" thank you for this video.
Ive been drawing for 17 years.
I thought Drawing Is Something you get Born with and if you grow up its Impossible To learn it but now am 40% Good At Drawing Even Know 5 Years A Go i was 19 Years Old and Really Bad At Drawing i was Absolutely horrible and Now i got so much better But still I Keep Studying and Learning everyday and am Watching your video now and i wrote down every word you Said , Doing it like i learned Nothing Before Cuz 40% Is Not Enough ... know that 90% For Me is Drawing anything i want and think of the way i want it and any Style i think Of and the 100% Is Just the Same But after doing it and get it Done Thank You So Much
“ OOP its gone noe try again, see you cant YOU FAILED”
me: JOKES ONYOUICANREPLAYTHEVIDEO
You don't need talent, just hard work, that's why i can't draw xD
I always wished to draw good but im just lazy
@@lacramioaraag8123 Oh yeah yeah me too. I want to draw my own -yiff- fursona
@@birb9147 Crossing that out didn't make the rest better
@@birb9147 What the actual fuck
Name umm...
Well said and what a great flow. I love you, bro, and really appreciate you and your videos. The one thing that has helped me become a better artist is getting into a good state than taking action and relaxing my way through challenges instead of forcing anything. It has made a massive difference in my art.
i can't believe that i have been drawing since 2017 and still watching the same beginner videos
your voice is so calming. its really nice to listen to
I always wanted to visually express the people, places, and things I'd see in my dreams and drawing was my first attempt. Started practising drawing back in 08 bought a couple of expensive art books and attempted to study them, I found it extremely frustrating and the fact that my friends who could draw better criticised me for starting my drawing with constructions made things more frustrating because they could draw cool stuff from scratch. I gave up and tried everything else from pixel art, sculpting, 3D rendering, carving marionettes, and knitting stuffed animals, I wasn't magically good with any of these. I'm inspired to try drawing again, I figured if everything is going to take practice I might as well start at square one.
0:08 thank you *sniffle* for saying that. My friends always act like I was born drawing anime girls perfectly but they don’t realize how much time I put into drawing anime girls.....12 years. You know how cringey my art looked 12 years ago???????
I've always personally struggled with having the process and finished product in mind, but no idea where or how to start. I dated a girl who's an artist, and she'd always tell me "not to rush it". I never really understood what she meant until I was trying to draw something tonight, had no idea how to start, and figured I'd look up a guide or something on how to actually start. I found this, and it finally clicked with me what she meant.
Three dimensional looking balls, cylinders, and squares... I’ll be practicing this week, along with being more observant and seeing balls, cylinders and squares in nature and people, buildings, and animals. Thank you for a great drawing lesson for a beginner!
MP: "...cute anime girls…"
Me: _gah!_
Thanks for the lesson and the motivation, i really want to try to get somewhat good at drawing!
I also want to get good at it.
While also having given up on it due to frustration, cognitive dissonance and no logical reason to try a 33rd time.
At least attempt 33. It could also be more, not entirely sure.
Thumbnail : any idiot can learn to draw..
Me : How do youtube know..that i'm idiot😑..
i have been drawing for about 7 years and this video still taught me some stuff. just about 2 years ago i started to learn about these fundamentals and perspective is the one i have barely picked up, what does this teach us?
first of all, the time an artist has spent drawing could mean nothing, ive met people who are far more knowledgable and far better than me but have been drawing for a far shorter time
and secondly, i have never ever stopped to learn, at least not until i drop the pencil.not literally but you get my drift, the most i have left aside drawing has been about 2 months and must i say i feel like theyre the most i have waisted in my life. you got this, dont give up yall,,,
Your first drawings are beautiful.
They are the very first steps on your hopefully long and wonderous journey as an artist.
I would give almost anything to have my first drawings back.