Useless Art Advice I'm Tired of Hearing
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- A list of the actual worst art advice I have received. Here is today's Temi's Tirade, a series where I come on here on a Tuesday to rant about different art topics.
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1. Draw everyday
when she said "Who do you think has time for that?!" I felt that.
yeah same!
You see i barley have any time to draw these days
you see were moving in a few weeks or days and since were packing i really dont have that much time .
LOL Me too!!
Well, I have time for drawing everyday. It's all about dedication and confidence to draw every day and have the heart to do it. That's an artist for you.
@@UnknownPerson-ti3gn
Well, that's different; if you're moving or you're doing something.. of course you don't have time to draw 'cause you're doing something.
............
Right! I ain’t got the time. I work 😤
*"Oil Pastels are childish"*
My ex art teacher who draws really good with oil pastels 👁👄👁💧
I could never use oil pencils. I'm pretty sure I would suck at it and I really don't like getting my hands dirty with it
@@janaiafavors Ahh don't worry same I also don't like Oil pastels lol
Oil pastel is the only thing I'm good at ...and I love playing with vibrant colors ...if someone talks harshly about it ( childish , not real art etc), it breaks my heart 😢. ( Im not even an artist ...really .)
They aren’t c h i l d i s h and what idiot told you that? (Agreeing)
Me who still paint w oil pastels : 🙃
Seriously drawing fanart is like the only way to get people to even look at your art these days
Exactly!!
True
Lol yeah, it's that or draw pastel anime yandere characters.
Yeah...
That's true, but even with that it's really based on luck if people will keep enjoying your work :(
And then the repost pages show up and steal your work. Gotta love being a fandom artist!
“Just keep practicing!” For a beginner what KIND of “practicing” is this?
Exactly!! This isn't helpful for beginners at all
And if you read this Temi... thank you so much you have explained to me how to draw dark skin colours I’ve started using ohuhu markers and my art has been a WHOLE lot better thank you 🙏
As a design/art teacher, I never ask anyone to just practice either. If they don't know what's wrong and how to fix it, they'll go on practising what they're doing wrong. As she mentioned, the best I could do is tell them what they need to practice.
It’s also the “ Art is easy” when your a beginner
@@Fionaapppple what video did she teach you that?
"Draw everyday." Ugh THANK YOU. I'm so sick of being guilted into drawing every day! When you work full time and people tell you that you can't be successful unless you draw everyday, it's a great way to feel like you're a failure. I draw as much as I can, but it sure isn't everyday!
Omg i always feel bad when i procrastinate or cant pick up the pase with other artists. Cause artists are always busy and productive. But i get too burnt out from drawing so much.
I prefer, doodle all day. You shouldn't push yourself to draw full pieces every day, cuz thats gonna lead to burnout.
I like to doodle eyes. A lot of eyes.
i draw everyday and it's helped me drastically (mostly just sketches and doodles), but i get a lot of people don't have the time or just don't want too, but it does help for some people like me
That would burn me out and make me give up drawing for 3 months.
Frequency aside, telling someone to just draw is a such no-brainer. Thanks for assuming that I'm not already doing that.
I tried to go to art school when I was in my late 30s. I was drawing a happy mummy/ghost, and the teacher said, “You need to do darker, deeper art. Why are you doing happy stuff? There’s no meaning behind it.” I never even looked up and just said, “Artists at American Greetings and Hallmark make a good living.” She just walked away. 🤣
Moriah Elizabeth is one of my favorite RUclips art & crafters... because as an adult she has a beautiful, optimistic, rainbow and glitter, cartoon art style. My other favorite is Dollightful, for the same reason. (SuperRaeDizzle and Temi are my favorite artists on RUclips because they're so positive about their art, skills, etc. They're not down on their talents!)
Love SuperRaeDizzle, BayleeJae, Temi, Mattias Adolffson, ChloeRose, Jazza all for same reasons. They just have such great attitudes and talents.
DUDEEEEE
So this thing with "only dark art -and other stuff for that matter- is meaningful" has been bugging me for some time now.
I personally don't think only dark stuff is meaningful, even if it's displayed in many acclaimed works.
I believe that showing the bright side through art, (and trying to be a good person) and having a reason for this is much more meaningful than only showing the dark side of things.
And after all, sad and dark stuff is all around us, and I'm personally fed up with this, maybe its just me.
So keep making playful/"childish" art, if that makes you happy. Who knows, if you show it publicly, you might also make someone smile.
Really? I got the exact opposite advice in art class! I was always reprimanded by my art teacher because my art was "too dark," and I was even told that some of my inspirations, such as Tim Burton, didn't count as real artists.. If only we could have switched our teachers out lol.
@@thebookwyrmslair6757 WOW! I love watching Moriah Elizebeth's videos and was NOT expecting to find someone else who did😂
People: realism isn't art
The Mona Lisa: 👁️👄👁️
Literally almost every famous painting: 👁👄👁
PEOPLE REALLY SAY THAT!?
What a weird statement... I've seen my classmate draw realistic things, and the results are just amazing. She once invited me to see her draw, and the whole process of the drawing seemed very interesting to me. It really takes to observate your subject closely. Sorry, realism is just my favorite thing haha
“Stop drawing realism”
“Stop drawing anime”
LIKE EXCUSE ME?! MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
@@marinettedupaincheng4749 it's as if you're not allowed to draw at all '-'
Like fr, to them almost everything is something you shouldn't draw
@@marinettedupaincheng4749FR LIKE WTF DO YALL WANT FROM US 😭 😭 😭
"Stop drawing celebrities!" Why? It worked for all those artists during the Renaissance... They were Bible celebrities and Popes but think about it. How different was that for their time?
Or "stop drawing fan art" has the same basis as this
Thank you!!!!! Exactly!!! How does no one else understand this. I mean the Mona Lisa for goodness sakes.
European Christians invented Toxic Fandoms
@@jeng6786 Pretty sure she was not famous at the time...
It’s almost like saying “stop using reference, never get inspiration”. Like what, should I draw from thin air then?
"Get a real job"
Cartoon animators: are we a joke to you?
Like seriously who do that think made disney and what do they think he did and hw made millions
This is so true
Also mangaka
"Don't beat yourself up for not drawing everyday" is the thing I had no idea I really needed to hear
me too 😔✋🏼
Same
😅 glad I'm not the only one
for art hobbyists this advice makes sense
s a m e
I hate the stop drawing popular people advice! My art teacher told me that in class recently, I enjoy drawing popular people! So I’m not going to stop! 😂
Oh yikes. I’m an art teacher. While I don’t draw fan art anymore, if I encourage my students to draw what makes them happy! Especially if they feel they are improving in the skill set
@@jocelynstephens7591 I'm in school for art education and will be student teaching this fall. What grade levels do you teach?
Drawing popular people basically taught me everything about proportions. Plus, like you said, it makes me happy! Your art teacher sounds like a real grouch.
I don’t think it’s so much about drawing popular people that is the issue but more to do with copying from a highly photoshopped or stylised image can make it difficult to capture skin textures, tones and colour accurately and all the little ‘imperfections,’ that can make a human face more interesting and unique. That is something you should be learning to do when you are just starting out and helps train your brain to be more observant.
I also find that many of the young people I teach tend to draw popular things because it gets them more praise and acclaim from their peers or on social media, which isn’t always the best reason to start drawing, people who do that tend to give up quickly the first time they receive criticism.
Other than that I see no issue with celeb photos, I use them all the time in my classes, they are handy for grid drawings and help students get a sense of facial proportions and tone drawings. Draw what you love but do it for your own reasons and don’t be afraid to get out your comfort zone.
yes!!!!
Everyone told me the “don’t be an artist, artists don’t make money” thing through my entire childhood... now at 22 I hate my engineering major and just wanna be an artist
This is so true and i feel like I'm gonna go through this😩
It’s the same with music, my mum wishes she continued with music rather than science.
But, honestly, internet stranger to internet strange to everyone in this thread, make the transition! You can do it slowly but I honestly think you'll be more successful pursuing what you love than not. And you can always use your engineering experience to influence your art.
Oh boy.... Im so sorry for you, i had the same things and till now they say art don't make a money or job, i got accepted at engineering school (architecture) and i dropped out the 3rd week of entering it lol..
But my mom really supports me thats why XD other than that I'm maybe now studying some shit stuff and struggling...
@@somethingelse928 good luck with whatever u choose to do, there are lots of artists who have good careers and lots of artists who have other jobs! I think we can do it
"Artists don't make money!"
NSFW furry artists: *malicious laughing*
yup just start an nsfw patreon and done
Even non-NSFW artists still make good money.
You are not wrong! 💀💀💀
I don’t even know where furries get all that money from but they’re loaded.
Mangaka: oh sorry im allergic to some bullsh*t
There is so much art advice that I got soo tired of hearing, I hope some of those are in here!!
Oooh share some of yours too!
I find it interesting that she felt pressured to draw anything other than pop culture references, because everyone else around me suggested as a way of promoting my art, but I feel like it's not valued enough these days when someone makes something unique. I draw with great meeting behind my art, and I rarely draw pop culture characters or celebrities. I one time added saitama to an old drawing, which wasn't even manga in the first place, it was some form of blue pen and realism, but I dropped that in there because I thought it was funny. Other than that, I am an aspiring mangaka who is working on her own works, and I feel that personally made artwork is not valued enough. Overall, in general, all art should be valued and no one especially to the artist's face should critique them, it's something they put their heart and soul into. I know that a lot of people have come up to me and tell me that I should really draw popular characters and such, but that's not my thing. I have a very specific way of drawing, and I'm working on multiple stories that will take a few years before they're published, but nonetheless I'm going to draw the characters from those stories, up until they are published. I feel like people should appreciate art for what it took, the meaning behind it, not just because it shallowly portrays some person they like. I'm not saying to under appreciate the artist that do do that, there's always some sort of passion tied to that, but a lot of times, if you usually post art that is only of your own interests, of your own characters, and then you make something that is slightly of reference to something in pop culture, people are like oh wow! That reminds me of blah blah blah so and so or whatever. Sometimes it's a compliment, other times it's insulting, or just plain sad, because either that character doesn't have anything to do with what they're talking about in the first place, and also it's sad because they are only into art that portray what they like in pop culture, everything seems to be about pop culture these days. I appreciate artists and other people who appreciate art for the sake of it being art, what is behind it, not just because it's their favorite character. I guess I feel like sometimes some of these people are the same people that will give you drawing advice when they barely have any knowledge, or it's just not their place and it's inappropriate. I know I recently had someone critique my art for not supposedly having clean enough of lines, and that's not very important, just as long as it's understandable what you're drawing, and in fact I think sometimes I should be embraced as an art style. You see people won't critique Picasso for making funky looking colorful people, but apparently my lines need to be as straight as an architect drawing. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I learned those basically from my dad, who was wearing architectural engineering in college. He said that straight clean lines were very very important, as they were illustrating designs for buildings and such. It was very very important, to help the other designers understand exactly exactly where the wall and the floor meet, and what shape everything is. In general art, this is not necessary, unless you decided it. If you want to go down that route, that's fine, but don't go around critiating other people because their lines aren't straight enough for you. It does not need to be as straight as a strip of washi tape, we are all human, it's okay to make mistakes, or to just have a different art style. I recently had someone telling me that my art had too many squiggly lines, but I didn't even ask for their advice on my art. Again, I personally feel it's inappropriate to give someone art advice if they do not explicitly ask. They did ask if I was up for constructive criticism, but I specified that I would be open to constructive criticism when it comes to posting or promoting my RUclips channel places, although I did not directly say anything about my art, because that tends to come off wrong. A lot of people think that artists who are not willing to take constructive criticism or just brash and over proud and not willing to improve, but it's usually exactly the opposite. In fact, they might have some insecurities, due to their families not really accepting them as a person or being critiquing of everything they do, especially in art, because it's not what they expected of them, or they just think they're bad at everything. Not all of us have this experience, but many of us have, and it's important that outsiders understand this. They're not being selfish, they likely either just have issues or they just never ask you in the first place. Don't give advice if no one asked specifically for what you are suggesting. Sorry, I guess I'm still upset about it, because for a long time, I felt insecure about the lines in my art not being clean enough, and it actually really helped me when one of my friends explicitly told me that she loved how my art wasn't all clean line, because it reminded her 90s manga, prior to when digital manga drawing was standard were used at all. She seemed to have liked the more organic, handmade feeling, rather than everything looking so straight and cleanlined. For background, and her own art, she's obsessive about clean lines, but she genuinely enjoyed my art for not being that way, being a bit rebellious and open and free-spirited. So, that did help me a little bit, but I still feel like generally speaking, people shouldn't be telling other people how they should do art, unless it was asked specifically
@@otakumangastudios3617 ummmm I didn’t really read all of it since it’s pretty long, but from the first couple sentences I got what your saying and I totally agree
@@otakumangastudios3617 YoOOoOo boi- what do u think we are on here? Lecture class? :000000 damnnn thats so muchhh to readdd :000
@@dabroccolihead6817 yo you are in a comment section, whether you might find literally anything, so it's your choice whether you want to read my comment or not. If it's too long for you, good for you then.
As an artist who uses mainly colored pencils it was nice to hear some validation i sometimes feel like i should stop and do "real art" with paints but i love colored pencils and i'm not gonna stop using them
Don't stop, when it comes to art, the medium is not that important, it matters what you are drawing with it. If you feel good drawing with colored pencils, go on!
Don't stop. I find it amazing how it's possible to create a drawing that looks like a photograph with colored pencils. It IS real art and an awesome looking one
You’re valid but if you want it to be more real, maybe you can put watercolor under it.
@@keepyourshoesathedoor that's not more real that's just different
I prefer colored pencils, they’re so much easier and less messy
Another one:
" Isn't looking at a 'reference' cheating "
JSJJSJSJND
no
For me it's the opposite, I learned that not looking at reference makes your art flow even more, but this works if you are a cartoon/abstract artist.
@@hyperfr3k114 exactly 👾✨
BRUH. I feel so lost without a reference 😭
Exactly! I can’t remember what colour socks a character has? I need a reference. I can’t figure out how to draw a pose or angle? I use a reference or pose doll. I’m having trouble drawing something I haven’t in a while? Then dangit I’m using my own art as a reference to remind myself how.
@@starlighttheorist2683 OML SAME 💗💕
Its true that my friend used to say that "digital art is cheating" and it made me feel a bit bad about myself for like a hour but when I started drawing I noticed that the only reason why she said that is because she's never tried it.
Moral of the st- I mean comment: no matter who it is, your teacher your friends a random human, don't let anyone say that your art is bad or horrible or your "cheating" as long as you think its good, then thats good
Im a digital artist and i find it as hard as traditional art. One is not better than the other, they are just rlly different. I use krita and i dont have a lot of avantages. Yes i have every single color and ctrl + z but thats kinda it..
@@morax_art7623 ooo ur a digital artist? Imma go see ur drawings, later, and also that us very true 👍 like im not even THAT good at making colours-
My good ol’ mother who thinks the same and it just kinda puts me down a bit saying the same thing, digital art doesn’t suddenly give you the ability to draw perfect people,landscapes or stuff like that, you still have to figure out colors and anatomy :,) some people just don’t seem to get that sometimes
I think what people think is "cheating" is that digital art can really streamline the sketching process where traditional mediums take longer and more effort to work a sketch. It's much quicker and simpler to shift and rework sections in digital. I think people who don't know better subconsciously link art and suffering, so when something appears easy or care free it's deemed not artsy enough (same reason why crafts get overlooked as an art too)
@@delicateghoul oh, i actually don't streamline or fix my art like that- I actually just keep drawing it- but thanks for showing me a better way :D! But my friend thought it was cheating and being cheap bc u get the blending tools and filters and a tint of stabiliser but sometimes stabiliser ruins my art and makes it look stiff- but yes u r right ✅
"Draw every day, at least a sketch."
Me: Draws circle and some lines, yeets the sketchbook out the window.* "There, a sketch."
I know this is a ironic comment, but actually that's the base for do a portrait or the face of someone/something
The sketch doesn’t need to be elaborate can be a hand or anything your struggling to do. Hands, face/face shape(s), body types/poses, etc but you do you and sorry for late reply
ah same, my sketchbook is just filled with rough sketches most of the time
The humor is wow
But it is true
Ironically
@@vihakhanolkar8294 mine has lots of "shitposting".... so I sometimes show it to someone, a beautiful drawing, another one.... and then there is Saddton tm.
"Get a real job...." ouch. I had to give up my freelance art career I had built or be homeless. As per my family, it was not a real job if I didn't leave the house and go to a 9-5. Now I'm back to trying to rebuild my art from nothing. It's so frustrating.
It makes me so sad that art isn't considered important & being an artist isn't considered a 'real' job. Here's the thing about work, we essentially all do the same thing, regardless of whether you're a doctor or a cleaner, when you work you are exchanging your time/skill/knowledge for their money. Every job is simply that. If you are getting paid for your time, it's a job! Regarding art, the current pandemic has really highlighted the importance of it. Many people around the world have been locked down..imagine being stuck at home with no TV, no films, no books, no music, no images....art is what has got most people through the lockdowns!
I'm so sorry that you had to give up your art career & that your family were unsupportive of you following your passion. I wish you all the best with rebuilding it & hope that you have a successful future.
Same.. I hear this almost everyday. But I practice everyday and I'm not gonna give up. Once I decided, I will do it.
I am in a similar situation currently ... I have been doing my art fulltime for 3 years when the pandemic hit I stopped getting as many commissions. My pay is just enough to get by but my wife told me she does not support me not working from home anymore and I need to get a 9-5 or move out. I love my wife but I also have put my heart and soul into my art passion. She has told me she never saw my art as a real job and that she was just being patient. It hurts to hear especially from a loved one, but being realistic making a living from doing art takes way more effort than any 9-5 and can be very difficult to support yourself on.
This is why I major in graphic design sadly. I don’t love or hate it but it’d be great to do actual drawings and illustrations. Logos trends nowadays are so simplistic and basic. I like intricacy and detail which is quite the opposite.
I entered university when I was 16, I tried to follow my parents steps and choosed an engineering career but I wasn't happy with the first year, now I'm 18 and I've tried multiple times to tell my parents that I'm not happy with what I'm doing but they just say "When you graduate and get a job you're going to thank us" so I know they're not gonna support me for now
The biggest most useless advice I was ever given for art advice was being told that I should know anatomy so well that I know every single name of the human muscle so I can never forget how to draw it. To this day I still barely know the names but I know how to make a basic figure look good.
Another one was when I was told they I shouldn’t be using certain art brushes to make art. There is no real limit on what you can use to make your art.
It doesn't work that way. What bs advice. I know the names of every single muscle , bones and nerves and I'm terrible at drawing humans😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 HALP.
The names are for talking about the body with others who know what it takes. If you want to remember how to draw them and, most, importantly, shade the connection points correctly....you have to "Draw the muscles and then draw them again until its not fun and then continue to draw them some more." -Jim Lee
i used to stress over human anatomy, then i remember that my artstyle is supposed to be cartoony and now anatomy isnt really important to me. i mean i still try to get basic details and with harder poses i sit/stand in front of a mirror to get an idea, but there's no pressure to get it accurate for me anymore
@@Monochrome2004 leeme tell you something... Ive been studing anatomy for the last 2-3 years. For 12 or so hours a day...everyday. These days, when I start to construct the arm, using basic block in shapes and. Begin adding correct shading from the "cartoony" stage on through the crosshatching david finch style stage, I get a sudden rush of satisfaction like you wouldn't believe. Saying the names as I draw the forms... quadruples the affect.
@@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems ok? personally i dont prefer a realistic artstyle, tho? i mean i respect it cuz it seems like much more work but it just doesnt fit my style
What stop me from doing art was always my family trying to control what I draw and after I grew up now I barely have time to draw because of work.🤷♂️
Oh that’s sad 😕 hope ur doing good now :)
Hope you do have a way to get those creative idea's out! I personally have been colouring a lot, as i have no time for other creative things right now.
i'm sorry to hear. my family expects me to draw amazing landscapes and portraits meanwhile my style is very abstract and cartoon-y so i understand that pressure. you should of seen their faces after giving me permission to paint my walls when they realized i wasn't bob ross.
Ttwtwt
I felt this. My mom always expects me to draw her face and scoffed at me when i drew something i'm comfortable to draw. It seems like not a big deal, but it hurts so much. I have to draw sneakily without my mom knowing. Now i'm scared to continue my own project bcs she made me feel embarrassed abt myself for being "disobedient" child. What makes me hate this more is that, she probably just wants to show off to her friends (she's surrounded with ppl who love bragging about their children, i grew up ashamed for not being "brag-able")
When I first started, I tried to draw every day. It was my goal for every sketchbook. It got to the point where I would STAY UP to late hours trying to complete a drawing. Looking back, I was under a lot of stress. I remember one day we were watching a movie kinda late, and my heart was telling me to chill and just watch, but my brain was telling me that if I miss a day then I’m going to stop altogether. Now, it’s my goal to take my time. It’s a lot less stressful and I find myself a lot more carefree.
Sorry for this, I’m rambling 😂 love this Temi!
MelonDoodle!!! Hi how’s it goin? Wouldn’t expect to find you here tbh you’re so underrated ;^; your art is really great!
i’m wondering, did you draw that night, i’m guessing not but just wondering
When people say ‘draw every day’ I thought they mean draw at least a little sketch or something, to get the habit going but you took it to a whole other level and did a complete illustration every day? Holy hell, mad respect
Hey, it's good to rest once in awhile. It's fine. For me though, I draw everyday, every single day. Hey, an that's great you do so because it have to have a lot of effort drawing it with meaning by having time drawing, an dedication to do so with promise. But ya, it's good to rest once in awhile.
Well at least that made off. One day i wanna have good enough drawing skill to draw my own profile picture.
I can relate to the drawing every day one 😒🤚. Literally every art video I could find said “drawing every day improves your art” and when I pressured myself into doing that, my art became rly sloppy and 10x worse bc of the stress of trying to become a better artist
Yeah it’s a load of nonsense. I say draw when you have spear time
I 100% agree. It's not about quantity. There have even been these "slam" challenges that want you to draw ridiculous amounts each month in like hundreds of pages...it can actually be better to spend more time on a single drawing than draw 20 quick, bad ones.
@@beexv8857 warm up sketches also help you Improve
the only time i draw everyday is when i want to, i used to do that a lot because i LOVED IT SO MUCH. but now i have like this game i play or this manga i wanna read so i just have other things. i obv dont draw everyday anymore XD.... like do your own pace :) and just enjoy and loev doin art!
also i just ran out of ideas and my creativity went down to the level where i got art block lol and to this day im still recovering
You had me at, “How ‘bout you mind your business!” 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I love how real you keep it Temí.
Aha thank you!
I lost it on that one. So much sass in one sentence 😆😆😆
It was the *✨thank you✨* that really got me lmao 😂
I really like your point about "your art has to have meaning", one of my art teachers really disliked it when I asked "can't I just make stuff to look cool?" Personal art for me is very cathartic, but I'm aiming to be in advertising, book illustration, greeting cards, really whatever, I'm really great when someone tells me "I want this this and this", that stuff doesn't have meaning, it just needs to be what the client wants. I don't need to make my art mean something to make it in the art world, if I want people to feel something I'll make something like that, but if I don't, I'm allowed to.
Im 100% sure that people also write up old works more meaning they they meant to have. Whenever I draw or paint a skull people are like "Oh its vanitas" and Im like "Nope, I just like skulls". People read into art too much. Art doesnt have to have a meaning, its cool if it does, but it can be just cool visually. My favourite painter is Beksiński, hes a polish (Im Polish too) painter and he's artwork look very symbolic which in reality they arent. He didnt like symbolism and said that u could not be more wrong then try to interperet his works by what is on them. He just painted his dreams.
"Get a real job, artists don't make money" Oh my god this one grinds my gears. I used to have a friend who always said "A drawing with your name on it will not pay your bills", he is not my friend anymore.
“Artists dont get money”
Animators, Architects, Painters etc: Oh no, anyways
Hello, I’m 13 and I’ve been drawing all my life, but recently I’ve had so much stress for “no reason” turned out it was because I was told that character design, art, and all that stuff NEEDS meaning, I had so much stress because I wanted a story behind EVERYTHING. I would have so much anxiety from this small thing, I would shake because i thought if there is no meaning behind my art people would hate me, thank you for helping me realize this. ❤️
Not all art has meaning
Honestly, just draw what makes you happy. If it makes you happy to draw, nameless, story-less characters in cute poses and with cute clothes, do it! If it makes you happy to draw characters with intricate backstories and personalities, do it! If it makes you happy to draw deep, surrealist, metaphorical pieces, do it! If you like all of those things, do them all! Your art is for you my friend, it takes the joy out of art to stress about what people expect of it.
Doing art has meaning upon itself without story behind it, character behind it; it could be a meaning to anything without having those things behind it.
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Amen
@@zytotempol8154 That’s deep man
i showed my painting of a woman to my mom once and she was like “it’s pretty, but you only draw faces though. You should draw flowers!!!” and it was so annoying ugh. especially bc my last painting was a woman sitting in nature
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Draw everyday has been the best art advice I've ever received. The peice I'm the most proud of was produced on a day when I wrote in huge letters in my art journal: "I don't wanna draw today, but I must." I wrote that around 11pm & what I wrote a 2:20am is "I feel so much better working on this peice was very healing." I knew I had the capability of producing semi-realistic art, but that was the 1st time I'd come closest to drawing exactly what I saw. I have Sickle Cell Anemia & struggle with depression. That night was so special because I was in both physical & emotional pain, but I was able to tackle & complete a challenge that I wouldn't have if I hadn't forced myself to draw everyday.
Thank you for reminding me to draw everyday again. I just got out of the hospital & came home to news that my beloved cat died. I haven't picked up a pencil since the 10th of March. I think drawing may help to deal with this pain.
It's great that you kept going. It's quite inspiring.
It's a fine balance between pushing oneself and tipping oneself over the edge. Knowing where to draw the line matters.
Best wishes to you.
That’s really interesting and heartfelt. Your pets deaths are an incomparable death because they trust you the moment you take them in your house and don’t work like people who hold grudges and keep to the good memories that’s happened. I really hope it doesn’t hit you to the ground but it’s understandable if there’s some days you want a break because of it. As someone said, it’s important to know when to draw the line. :,) Really wishing you can create more realistic drawings! I didn’t draw anything realistic but I did draw something really good a week ago with color pencils and since I don’t have a good mind when it comes to the medium, I was satisfied. We can do this, good luck to you!!!
First I want to say I’m so sorry about your cat :( I can’t imagine how devastating that must be:( and also I completely agree with this comment, and it goes to show what is the worst art advice for some is the best advice for others. I think also even taking “draw everyday” loosely works too, because if that doesn’t work, then taking the message behind that would be to make time for drawing/your art in a scheduled manner
“Draw everyday” THANK YOU. I always got so annoyed when my art teachers or art channels say this, it’s completely not true. If you force yourself to draw everyday you won’t be motivated to draw more. You’re just doing it because you’re forcing yourself. You art will come out good but you wont feel as proud.
EXACTLY, When I force myself to draw every day, it gets so much complicated and sometimes I just had no idea how I can continue when I'm stuck at something, so that's why I only draw when I'm motivated, inspired, or bored sometimes. xD
Same. I did that for a while and got burned out and then didn’t practice for like a year and lost all the progress I made. Do it when you have the time and energy for it.
Truer words have never been spoken!! I always felt guilty when I don’t draw everyday 😭😭
That's correct
I don't like when people just say "Just keep practicing!" As an Artist who has been drawing ever since I could pick up a pencil I suggest to others explaining what they need to practice at and not just saying they need practice.
Also I draw everyday, that doesn't mean everyone else has to draw everyday.
I like realism too. I'm more of an artist with good technical skills rather than one with much imagination, so the more realistic style suits me. I also think practice the kind of art that inspires you, otherwise you focus on subjects or styles that don't interest you and then you lose interest in doing the art! And that's the worst outcome. Hone the skills and use the subjects you really enjoy.
"Get a real job." I have one of those "real" jobs. I no longer belong to myself, i belong to the company that wears me out, eats my waking time, pays too little to support me... art *IS* a real job and now I'm stuck trying to find a way back to it without losing a roof over my head in the meantime.
I was told that adult coloring childish and to grow by my parents I ignored them and kept going out buying supplies and coloring books getting better and posting my artwork picture and I already sold one picture and got $10s for it. And people encouraged me to keep going with my adult coloring. To the point where people were gifted me supplies and adult coloring books and asked me what I needed. It's thanks to everyone that helped me get my career going I found something I loved.
I am a public school art teacher and I appreciate all of this so much! I love that you are an engineer and artist! People don't have to be one or the other!
I know so many art teachers who look down on their students who like to draw anime and it boils my blood! Whatever gets people excited to do art is what people should be practicing in their own time!
I’ve only heard the first one and I am sooo glad someone else knows how I feel.
Yesss it's soo annoying
@@TemiDansoArt it is!
I think the main problem with art groups these days, is that they act like it's some sort of strict thing that you must abide by, there's only one way and one path, and that you should not just follow your own whims, you should follow their commands. This is not a healthy attitude towards anything, especially when you are doing something that is related to something so intimate into yourself and art is a huge journey within yourself. I know this from experience, I've been drawing since I was very little, and I only got some art advice from family members when I was little, and sometimes from my art teacher, but that's it. My art teacher was very very supportive, and my family members thankfully did not see the flaws in my art at the time LOL. I'm very thankful for my art teacher though, she is so sweet and fun and happy and bubbly, she is definitely one of those good boomers. She wanted to help nurture the artist within all of us, which meant she acknowledged each and every one of us had her own art journey. She would definitely encourage certain things, but not force them. If you explicitly said you didn't want to do something she will try not to mention it again, unless you bring it up. She would basically hand us materials that were oftentimes not totally accessible an hour homes, as many of them were a little too expensive to adventure with at home, and we had this opportunity to try them out in a classroom environment. She would also introduce to us newer techniques, but again, it was very much like Bob ross, all of them were obviously suggestions, not straight up advice. By the way, about the drawing everyday thing, it's definitely beneficial, as I drew every day for years. I don't drive anymore, but I was drawing everyday because of my desire to, not because I was thinking oh I got to practice! One should never ever have that mentality when it comes to art, you should only only do art that day because you want to. If it feels annoying or begrudging, possibly rethink the reasons why you started drawing. It should purely be something that you enjoy, and if you decide to make a career out of it, then it will be one of those jobs that is so fun but you somehow make money. Basically, the most important thing is, draw on your own whims, so if drawing every day feels gratuitous but you normally have fun drawing, then just do that. Although, uncomfortable and you start hearing voices in your head pushing yourself down, especially if they sound like your friends or family or teachers, then reanalyze why you started drawing the first place. Was it to satisfy them and their desires of what they saw on you? Or was it for your own pure self enjoyment, something that helped ground you, a way to express yourself, was it something purely out of your own benefit? Or was it to make the people around you happy? I don't mean that it's wrong to make others happy with your art, I mean that shouldn't be you're so reason for it. I'm talking about if your teacher/parents push art upon you, especially a certain method of learning it, then it's time to rethink your reasons. You could also reclaim it by telling yourself no, this is my journey, they have no right to put into it. If I want to draw, I want to draw, and if I want to draw, I'm going to do it in my own way, my own journey, my own style. I only take advice if I really truly desire it, not because I feel like I should. This will lead you to greatness, following your own gut feelings. We were all built with the purpose, and whoever created this universe and put you on this Earth does not want you to do something that makes you miserable, or at the expense of your mental health. Whoever created this universe, only wants you to love yourself, love what you do, and not do it for the sole reason of the adults around you. You should be proud of yourself, your art, as a reflection of your inner self, as a fun hobby, you can turn into good money. It all boils down to basically, please do art for fun purely, for your own pleasure, make sure it's enjoyable, don't sacrifice yourself too much.
I didn’t read the whole thing but thanks for writing this
Excellent rant. I'm no artist, just someone who enjoys being creative, just as a way to relax. I enjoyed your list which even someone like me can take advantage of.
Thank you!
"Get a real job..." I hate it when people say this cause what they dont realise is that ART. IS. PART. OF EVERYONE'S. DAILY. LIVES- like they need someone to design the house they live in, That video game they playing need concept ART, that shirt they wearing- *NEEDS A SKETCH DESIGN*- it makes me so mad cause people are able to make BANK with art-
ART IS SUBJECTIVE!!! never beat yourself up for others opinions, you can pick and choose what you want to take and not take. an artist is constantly evolving. great video!
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it's funny how the people who say, "use a muse! study what you want to draw!" are the same people who discourage artists from drawing fan art (celebrities or influencers)
Okay so this came form my mum
“Be good at traditional before you start digital”
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I... right now I’m better at digital then traditional I’m so tired of my mum telling me thisss
Is she an artist or work in the field? Perhaps show her how demanding it is and examples of other artist's who are successful. Show her how lucrative it's becoming. Digital is the future... NFT's. There are fundamentals you need whether it's traditional or digital. Maybe she doesn't understand this.
she probably doesn’t know how very challenging digital is. Ask her to draw digitally on your device then she’ll get it and have more respect for what you do.
@@gardeniainbloom812 NFTS are bullshit.
@@kyaschafer7357 You sure?
@@gardeniainbloom812 Sorry I replied to the wrong comment. But yes NFTs are bullshit. Not only are they harmful to the environment, but with how they are structured. You have to already be successful to make an nft work.
That's what my mother says when I say I want to go to art school and become an artist btw I'm 12 and she's said and my older brother said "that can't be your full-time job artists don't make much money for a living" and that puts me down for the rest of the day
As a counter point; drawing everyday could just mean a 10 minute sketch. I think it helps to build muscle memory.
The thing about art is, everyone’s a critic. I think having confidence in yourself, your abilities, knowledge and experience of your chosen art style helps loads. One thing you learn if you go on to study an art field is which advice is worth listening to and which advice you can ignore.
That’s the great thing about advice, you don’t always have to listen to it 😁.
One of the most useful advice I ever heard was drawing on egg. I always struggled with drawing face from different angle but when I draw on egg structure of face(for example eye line and nose line ect) and looked at it from different angle. It helped me a lot.
With the first one of you hit a period of art block sometimes it's good to have a break from creating art in general and usually after being on a break for a while inspiration comes back
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‘’Stop drawing like this’’ OMG JUST LEAVE ME ALONE I HEAR THIS SO MUCH I hear that so much I can have a style
She’s an engineer 👩💻👀 C’mon! Preach it! 🙌🏾❤️🤣 Finna be me too when I graduate college.
@@artsketch756 Found the party pooper.
She definitely made a lot of great points in video. But sis, I just checked out your page and your art is amazing! 😍
@@artsketch756 leave then
I'm kidding I'm the only one here who SUCKS at drawing :(
What does "Finna" mean?
I'm 55. I've had periods sometimes of months without drawing but it helps. I find I come back fresher and I haven't magically forgotten any skills.
sometimes I really doubt I'm going anywhere with my art, I mean I'm still relatively young and currently doing amateur works because I don't have the patience to make art that takes longer than 5 minutes- I love art but people saying if I love it, then I'm going to improve. Which makes sense, but when I see my art it's just ~no~
I think this applies to most people starting with drawing, so I desperately hope we'll get there one day folks!
p.s. I just love the other comments, they're just wholesome
You got this!!
I really love this channel, and your personality. I also love the touch that you added one of your pieces of art in the background because I can look at it the entire video and still listen to you and it adds a really nice touch.
Thank you so much
"Your art has to have meaning." Non-representational art, art with meaning in the eye of the beholder. Or none at all. We're not all fluent in sounding like art professors, or pulling smart-sounding nonsense from our backsides.
I have a niece and nephew who are artists. My nephew is into realism, and my niece non-representational and abstract. She is always being asked, "What is it?" of her pieces and I found her one day altering her work to add features so people would stop asking her. Shapes she had found pleasing suddenly grew feet and beaks, turned into birds she wasn't as happy with. Her brother said that her work "never means anything", .but because of his young age he phrased it less politely. "She just does stupid stuff". No harm meant, just honest as he saw it. I got them a couple of books from the library, one suited to each of them. Hers was a book on great abstract and non-representational art. When I told them how much these paintings are valued at, and the museums showcasing them, the brother told his sister, "Keep making stupid stuff!"
So, a lot of my family members ( aka all of them) say that thing that art isn't a real job and stuff like that. They really got me in that point that I didn't want to do it anymore. But after hearing this I got a LOT more better, so thank you so much 🙂❤️
Idk why this was recommended to me but I'm not complaining haha. You're cool. I used to draw as a kid but lost motivation and practice after I got depression. Also on an unrelated note, it's 4.41am and I woke up to my cat trying to escape my home. I almost had a heartattack. He's safe now. (There are stray dogs outside that attack cats).
Also my favourite artist was Vincent van Gogh. I wish I could go back in time and give him a hug and tell him he's amazing and his art is not a failure as he died not knowing how good his art was. Broke my heart when I heard his story.
I love how this is therapy at the same time😂
Teacher: GET A REAL JOB ARTIST DON’T MAKE MONEY
Me: Tell that to Bob Ross
"How 'bout you mind your business" Instant subscribe. I can feel that energy.
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My art teacher once said only some people are good at watercolor and others are good at acrylic so on and so forth. And I absolutely no matter how much I try am not a watercolor person and I was labeled as a “watercolor person” and she would get mad at me for not wanting to do or enjoy watercolor (I’m an acrylic/marker person) so I’m so glad she moved schools
i think with the drawing everyday, i just say draw little sketches in the margins of paper, or casually drawing while watching something. you dont need to finish every single picture, a sketch is still art
This is what I do
I always interpreted "draw everyday" as sketching tbh. Making an entire finished piece everyday is very harsh for anyone tbh, and personally i think the value of sketching/quick doodles is underappreciated. Some days I can make like 3 finished illustrations. Some days I just doodle on the corners of my notes, or sketch a little drawing in my free time. I personally think its good for artists to try to doodle when they can/make non serious little sketches whenever they can.
I am SO HAPPY your very first one was “draw everyday”!!!!! I cannot STAND when people say that! It’s so privileged honestly. Like you said, not everyone has that time. It doesn’t mean you’re not an artist.
im always asked ''can you teach me to draw?''
"Don't trace. It's cheating." I taught myself how to draw without ever once tracing, and it took me years to overcome the "tracing is cheating" mentality, even knowing how artists of antiquity had tricks to do exactly that. You know what I finally figured out? I end up erasing all those lines before I do the actual work, which (for my style) consists of delicate shading. Actually, I have a distaste for contour lines and use them as little as possible. Tracing can be a helpful tool in prepping your work. It is NOT the work itself. Make the work your own and all that, don't steal, approach it however you want and own it.
I'll get hell for saying that, but I'm far enough along to not give a damn.
TRUE. Sometimes I just wanna practice my watercolour painting, and simply can't waste so much time trying to sketch the proportions right. Now I just trace it so that I have more time to focus on the actual painting.
thank you so much temi for advising me to become a better artist 🥺💖
You're so welcome!🥰
The amount of times my family has said to me "it's a nice hobby but when will you get a real job?"
I have a "real job".... it sucks, that's why I want to make artwork on RUclips. Also, I appreciate your take on "draw every day"... Sometimes I'd beat myself up if I wasn't able to draw every day. Thank you for sharing!
my favorite kinds of artists are the kinds who master styles from animated works. those are the kinds of people who eventually get hired to do the very thing they've spent a lifetime perfecting!
Omg!! I can totally agree with this absolutely useless advice, Especially the "draw everyday" one, once someone said this to me and I thought I can draw good drawings but i was stressing myself out for no reason and i thought i could never draw....these are so discouraging😤
I love your videos, it's obvious that you are both talented and intelligent, and also pretty 😊. One advice I didn't take but I wish I had done it sooner: invest not only in good pencils, but also in good paper. I was telling myself that paper is not that important until I found hot pressed watercolour paper and it totally changed the game for me. It's never too late for anything, tho 🤭
Yesss you're so right! The paper is a very underrated art supply
I can kinda relate to the second one. I'm so sick of being told that in order to "really get better" I have to draw with just pen. Ihate hatching, I like being able to smudge my graphite and I primarily draw digitally. INFURIATING MYSELF WITH A PEN WILL NOT HELP ME
"digital art isn't real art because the computer draws it ."
As a digital artist what?
Same
Who said that😂
@@pastelpinksparrow9436 my parents did 😂😂
I've been binging your videos for the past hour and it makes me feel so inspired to go for the art major at my uni i was hesitating to go for before. So thank you so much! Your art is so beautiful and your words are so inspiring!
I love the idea of exposing yourself to things that inspire you rather than force yourself to create everyday! Really great advice for good real life art experiences 👍 My standard grade art exam was done in pencils twenty years ago- they really didn't like it! Now I prefer to paint 😂😂
Just what I needed to hear!! It's hard to combine studying 100% and the pressure of having to draw every day. You are really inspiring, great video!🤩
You just gained a new sub! I fell in love with the advice you gave and it’s motivating me to take my art to the next level without having to pressure myself about being “a good artist”. Love it!
Love the art behind you in the video
Thank you!
I’m living for Temi’s Tirade Tuesdays!!
I agree drawing every day isn't practical. even if you have the time it would be exhausting and most people don't. and I think color pencils are a difficult medium to work with as they take more time to finish a piece, nearly impossible to correct any mistakes, takes a lot of patience and skill. Honestly, I'm terrified of this medium because I'm crappy at it.😅
I didn't know you're an engineer that really inspiring. It's good to know I'm not the only one, though I'm still studying. and for this, I'm getting a lot of weird questions mostly from family and friends.
LOVE your tirades! "Get a real job".... that is the worst advice ever! You're absolutely right, there are so many opportunities out there which you'll never see if you keep getting advice like that!!
I feel bad when people ask me how I got good at drawing and I say “practice”
LIKE ITS NOT LIKE I WANT TO BUT IM NOT CAPABLE OF GIVING YOU ADVICE- I LITERALLY DIDNT HAVE ADVICE GROWING UP. I ACTUALLY PRACTICED AND THATS IT
1. Draw everyday
"Who do you think had the energy for that ?"
Lmao 😂😂 but so true ..
gurl you're a fantastic artist
Love your ART ♥️
Me who drew everyday once and my art improved cause I discovered some things:
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It's just not for everyone
@@Tahcia ye I know
Okay?
It's not like draw everyday,but I think it's like stop pressuring yourself
@@Ishouldnthavebeensopublic Okay and get rid of that attitude
I really needed to hear this. I've been in a funk lately, but you've inspired and encouraged me to start art again. Thank you.
This was so refreshing thank you for this. I have been so discouraged with art for the past year.
I started out my artwork drawing shapes, and stuff as shapes put together. My friend said "If you really want to be good at art, you shouldnt start off with shapes." "Draw the real thing, youre not a child."
Like huhhhh????? This literally makes no sense..
What? How is that advice? That makes like no sense 💀💀💀
That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, most really good artists tell you to break things down into the simple shapes.
Smh what horrible advice
Every art book/video about developing a more 3d look advises starting with shapes. Your friend was clearly misinformed. It's so important to get advice for the proper sources. I doubt Temi will see my comment, but I hope she'll do a video on the best on the best advice & how to know who's trustworthy.
I feel like this isn’t really on topic but I have been having a really hard time writing characters so instead I decided to draw a “character sheet” of the things I wanted the character to represent and be and it has been going very well!
Omg the first one, thank you so much for that! I always felt bad about how I didn't draw or paint everyday and when I did I always got burnt out in seconds.
This is the first video I have watched of Temi, and I am already in love with her! I have always been passionate about art and now I have this collection of paintings that just take up room. I am a supervisor at a manufacturing company and it's so stressful. Painting helps! I have wanted to try to sell my artwork but I am stuck on how to put a price on a piece, what website I should post them on, and how to properly photograph them. I will be watching more videos to see how else I can do this! I love that this video is straight to the point, not boring, and very informative!
I also kept catching myself staring at the painting in the left corner. It is beautiful!!! 💙
My best advice? Become a furry. I’m only semi-joking, furries improve their art so fast and idk why.
Hahaha no for real, but it’s probably cause they’re focusing on both animal and human physical traits at the same time 😭😭
Haha good one
But it's true, they improve as fast as I blink
Preach! WOO! love this
Omg, the first tip... I always strive to draw everyday and I've struggled so hard with that. I ended up realising ot doesn't have to be that way. Thank you for saying it.
Oh my goodness... This was sooooooo helpful I can't even tell you. Its like you've taken words out of my mouth.
More power to you! Love your art! I love realism too!!
Cheers!
Okay painting can really help you improve your art even if you do like oil pastels or colored pencils you can still help you improve
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Thank you for making this video. It can be so hard to sparse through all the “tips and tricks” of art when you first begin. This video made me feel more at ease and become more patient with myself and my art because of your advice. Keep up the great work! 🥳
Thanks a lot. You just threw my burden away these advices are something I thought may work. But now I know what to do. Thanks a lot again. ☺☺
First time watching, and just subscribed. This was amazing art advice. I’ve been drawing for years, and I would have loved to have known this earlier. Thank you!