@@CatPawns but the train is painful. watching your hand draw this awful shit while comparing yourself to the refferences you're learning from HURTTTTTTTTS.
@@iAmNothingness dw my dude we all go through it! If you make sure to practice the right things, correct the errors and repeat (while balancing enthusiasm) your guaranteed to improve! Side note: The pain of regret is usually way worse than the pains of practice, my guess is because in one you improve while in the other you get worse🤔😁
I often get discouraged by this thing I see, that only the best communicative and talkative people or having a charming personality can get actual success on the art industry, I'm not like a bad person and I can take advices and critiques to my artwork for good, but I don't have that kind of enthusiasm to talk with people, I grew all my life being a complete introvert and now I wish I could learn those social skills more than this art skills :(
I am an introvert too. I don't want to give you the whole sad story, but I never had friends, and always stuck my foot in my mouth. (still do sometimes). You can ABSOLUTELY develop this skill! And if you do, it will benefit you in ALL aspects of life. The key... is to understand that almost everyone feels nervous about meeting new people, or public speaking. It's okay to admit it. In fact, once you admit that you're "trying to come out of your shell", others will admire you for it, or at least it will make it easier to get over it. Another key is to talk with people about what THEY are interested in. The less you think about your own thoughts/wants/needs, and think of others' interests, the more they will love being around you. Just make others feel great, and they will enjoy your company. I hope that helps. I wish someone told me those things when I suffered from paralyzing social awkwardness!
@@TrentKaniuga thanks for your reply! You're totally right, I'm gonna take your advice very seriously and see what happens! Hopefuly good things, you and KNKL are such a great reference to build my art mentality, really glad having epic artists that do help people, anyways thanks very much!
@@ianalexanderreyes5890 as Trent said if you make a point to try you will get better at it. I used to be massively socially awkward, never going out, spending all my time behind my computer. At some point I decided that I wanted to learn to be able to be around people without feeling horrible and so I decided to say yes when I would receive an invitation, even from someone I barely knew ( I mean like parties not dating). I would try to have conversation with people there and not stay alone in a corner all the time. It was tough, sometimes I would feel so overwhelmed being around people that I would go hide in some place and cry. I'm not kidding. But then I would wait 30 min to 1 hour and go back to the party. And I did it again and again and again. Now when I meet new people and tell them I am an introvert they think I am joking because I don't have any issues talking to strangers (though I don't think this will ever be something that I love doing). This is a skill and like all skills you have to work on it to master it.
Hi, there. The good new is that I just finished my 19-point perspective painting. Unfortunately, however, my eyes are now permanently unfocused, and everything looks spherical. Any tips for treatment?
I've been drawing for 11 years, but I still consider myself a beginner because I never properly learned the art fundamentals. I drew things that I saw on TV for my entire time drawing XDD
I feel like beginners should be wary of where they post their art and ask for advice. Especially if you go to twitch you can get some really bad advice about not using reference and meet some very hostile artists who happen to be very good but have poor social skills and conduct and are definitely not there to help you. Those same artists also do not have industry jobs and are just streaming on twitch, and have NO IDEA how an industry artist actually works. Or if you join a discord full of miserable people they will just be way too hard on you and are really just taking out their own failures and frustrations on you rather than helping you.
@@ripples1072 yeah,like atleast refer me to a tutorial or a reference sheet, or draw it yourself what i am supposed to know,not everyone learns the same way or are in the same level
damn that discord thing is so true, i submitted my drawing in a new channel and not even ten seconds there was a person who gave critics in a bad way and not friendly at all, and when i scrolled up this person looks like very enjoying itself to commenting on every drawing of other members. supportive they said...
Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking for a while how to get back on my feet, and every one of your videos just fills me with so much insipiration to practice. I’m a freshman fine arts major and it’s been rough not having time to practice my own stuff, but I’m gonna make a way! Once again, thank you for being so inspirational to us!
Finding commissions from fangroups also a good way. I found myself stuck on getting recognition / fans and commissions cause I don't like to draw fanarts ;/ even on things I like.
Trent: ‘I must have a great personality because, i mean, look at my art. How else do you explain that?’ *beautifully designed characters, excellent storytelling, detailed pieces, interesting and gorgeous layout/compositions, funny commentary, relatable struggles * Me: ... ... ... bitch where??? Classic artist hating on themselves but actually they’re extremely relatable and fun to listen to. Amazing arts.
You say artists love fanart, but also: I learned recently celebrities do as well. Like if you draw a celebrity in their cool character, they seem to LOVE when it's an either an amazing piece and makes them look awesome, or even if it's just basic, because they love that someone honored them and many think, "WOW THAT'S STILL BETTER THAN WHAT I CAN DO!"
@@Gleichtritt it makes the artist who is drawing the celebrity feel happy some artist who draw celebs do not do it for attention they mostly do it because it is their passion and they love drawing
Hey Trent I’ve been drawing all my life but just took it seriously recently and I’m a junior in high school, now I’m working on my portfolio for art school but I realized I’m missing a lot of the fundamentals. Your videos have been helping me a lot and I really want to draw like you and the pros sometime in the future.
@@henrysteketee3059 Well haha I ended up studying Comp Sci and I barely draw now I did make my portfolio and got accepted but I realized it just wasn't for me. I enjoy more doing my own thing when it comes to drawing.
Man you are rocking the art world. Like what you are doing on this channel. You've been so helpful and insightful my man. This channel has really given me some motivation as a self-taught artist and the struggles that follow along with that. I wish you the best of luck with your own adventure as an artist man. I'll be checking in here now and again.
I've always wondered how many professionals quietly hope for someone to notice and praise the finer points of their work, and not just throw the faults into emphasis. Even pros need to know when their work is effectively conveying their intent. When they're doing good. If that isn't so, I don't think I want to be a professional.
The Correct Spelling of Skilful That’s a fair point. Although I think that means even amongst professionals, one is going to choose who best to associate with for their own sake. Personalities that don’t mesh shouldn’t feel forced to remain in a working or associative relationship. The professional and corporate world is by no means a paradise.
@@Hibernial Not all professionals are good judges of character, and less still possess the required extroversion to draw a selection. And I sense a good 80% of employed professionals, especially those in companies, don't actually get that choice. It's why I think the review and break-down and analytical channels for creative work here on youtube might be something of a lifeline to pros.
@@dgas5904 "draw as if it was already the job you're doing" I don't remember which guy said that on youtube but it's one of the best advice i've heard. And Want to do character design? Go ahead and design one, research the texture, expression, turnaround.... Environment art? Do it. Throw yourself into it wholeheartedly and create some environnement, explore it, make something that the pro would make... Something like that. I hope this will help you and good luck :) Edit : forgot to add, if you cant find feedback, judging by the "industry standard" will help you determine what are your strength/weaknesses
Hello Trent! I wanted to thank you for everything you do. I just recently discovered your channel at the perfect time in my life where I am realizing art needs to be a part of it. I went to school for art but then followed money into the corporate world that is quickly swallowing me up. Your channel has inspired me to dedicate an hour a day to my passion and reignite my creativity. You're the man and I wish you the best! Jeff
Thank you for taking the time to comment on and share up and coming artist's work, you did for my Fiance and she just about passed out from excitement! (She's a big fan)
Title: art platforms for beginners Me being an intermediate artist who can't get socials and my over sensitive self saying people are going to hate my art: *i n t e r e s t I n g*
Literally just stopped my own taekwon-do clubs during the pandemic and started watching you to get better at my art. Did not expect to hear the word taekwon-do come from you. 🤣
Great Vid, as usual, my dude! I tell all my artist friends to check out your channel and, man, they always say that your channel/vid inspires them to draw! Keep the dope content coming!
Man. Even with endless tags, I get absolutely no traction on my art and I went from drawing several things a day to just a drawing or two in a week. I'm so discouraged. There are no good art sites. I'm nearly ready to give up.
Yup, I've been on DA 7 years now, 220 watchers but they're not really worth anything XD. I now post maybe once a month, otherwise I'm just drawing for myself nowadays.
So how exactly do we tell if we're a beginner then? What's the level for "I'm not about to get hired at a AAA game company or be on the front page of artstation but I'm doing pretty well in my B.F.A and can get enough commissions to supplement most of my living expenses"?
Hey Trent! Just wanted to say that I watched several tutorials from you and I applied to further my studies in art. They accepted me - and while I had to reject it in the end - I have to thank you. Your advice is very solid and I appreciate all your videos. Thanks!
Great video again! I don't know if you covered that already, but lots of artists just throw around this term "fundamentals". Learn the fundamentals, study the fundamentals, get your fundamentals down. But what are those exactly? Anatomy? Perspective? Does colour theory count into that? What exactly are those fundamentals in your opinion? And what's the best way of learning them? So, yeah, would love to watch a video about that sometime! :)
Really great video, I myself am doing my last year of publicity and illustration and I would like to start going a bit more professional I have been doing a lot of insta and that sort but was not so sure where I should post my stuff for more professional advice. This helped me a lot
Some good sites I go to that are for commission artists or used just for people to show their art: FurAffinity Furry Network DeviantArt Tumblr Twitter Instagram I don’t use Amino much especially for art but lots of people use it. FurAffinity is good not just cuz it focuses on different types of art (music, drawing, costuming, stories), but also there’s little sections on your profile where you can put “accepting commissions” or “accepting art trades”. FA is by and for furries but plenty non furs go there, especially commission artists. There’s plenty of bases, tutorials, etc and with sites like FA, DA, and FN, the way it’s set up is almost like a portfolio and can keep things organized, which I really like. You also get to rate your work like PG, PG13, etc so that people who want to filter that out can.
Hi! I'm looking for a suitable place I can post my art. I don't really care about making money through my art. I only wish to share my art to those who will like it and interact with other artist Any recommendations on what media's will fit me?
Could you talk about the process of trying to transition from being an intermediate to skilled artist trying to transition into professional? This one was great, but also sounded like it was aimed at the beginning level criticism. I'm currently looking for pro level feedback. :p
Not a beginner, I'm actually drawing for more than 15 years now, but I'm still a hobbyist. I used to (and still do actually) post on DeviantArt, so obviously I don't have pretty much any followers. I'm sick tired of DA right now though, it's pretty much a dead page for years now, and now it's gotten even worse because 70-80% of main page is AI art. I'm against the way it was implemented, by art theft, and it's just so annoying when those don't even have to be tagged, so I cannot know for sure whether I'm about to fave an actual drawing that had work put into, or just automatic, generated picture. This makes me not want to visit DA at all and after being hesitant before faving anything for some time, now I'm not looking at any "drawings" there at all. It's time to change and go to a different site I think, and just leave that dead ass bottom. Just don't know where to go. I just want to casually continue posting my art, I don't want a huge following, but it would be nice to have at least someone to do it for, after those 7 quiet years on DA :/.
Hey Trent! As always love the work ^^. Im applying to some Game Dev studios soon and wondered if you could give me any tips? I mainly do monsters and environments so any help appreciated! Must go, cats are staring me down for their food!
I'm not sure about posting art on Tumblr. That site is very heavily based on Fanart and Fan communities, but most of the art I make isn't fanart, it's really more original stories and my own characters, so I'm not sure I would gain as much of a following there. Anyone who has posted non-fan art on Tumblr, do you recommend giving it a try?
i don’t personally have the confidence to post my art, BUT i use tumblr and follow lots of non-fandom artists! honestly if you try tumblr without fandom if might take a bit longer or be a bit harder to get a following, but there’s a good artist community and there have been plenty of non-fandom artists who are REALLY successful. imo i would say that if you’re already making art to post somewhere, you may as well cross-post between another place in addition to tumblr just to try it out! aside from the effort of starting the account it wouldn’t be any harm in trying your luck
Hey Trent! This video was incredibly valuable to me. I began going after art last year and I haven't yet gotten around to presenting my work for the sake of being critiqued. You mentioned that if your desire as a beginner is to become like a professional then you should present it before the pros and have it critiqued (though you'll need tough skin). I was wondering, where would I go to present it before professionals to be critiqued? Thank you for the content, and just purchased the Perspectives + Environment Tutorial on your Gumroad. Looking forward to giving it a go!!
You won't get a response from professionals until you pay them, or are good enough at the fundamentals of painting to be taken seriously. Anyone at any skill level can pay to go to the career pavilion of GDC (game developers conference) and wait in line with other artists to have portfolios reviewed. But it's expensive to do so. You'd be better off going to an art school and getting critique from a paid teacher, or hiring a mentor. Very few working professionals have time to critique beginners without some incentive for them.
Trent Kaniuga Will definitely check that video out. I’ve seen artists have prints go either way so I wondered if I was missing something. Thanks the response. Really love your vids
Hey trent is there any way you could go over where to find indie game developers specifically? I wouldn't mind building up a game company's reputation from the get go. But they're difficult to track down. Thanks! Love your work and my work has leveled up a thousand times because of your videos.
Go on Steam, look for projects you'd like to do similar work for, find the developers, search for their website. Greenlight and itch.io work for in-progress and smaller projects. Same for app stores for mobile games. Get involved in Game Jams. There's heaps of devs on Twitter too. You're probably not going to be able to get in on a studio from its founding without already being active in the community, since you'd have to be involved from its earliest seed before it's even a formal project yet = not findable since it doesn't fully exist. Again game jams can be good for that since you're matching with a group of people and you're making something from scratch that you might continue after.
me : I've been into sketching from kids to 20's then realized I can't afford it, no one gave me feed back, living in remote village, then I gave up for 4 years, also me: been saving for 2 in 1 laptop, is it the time for me to go back
Thank you for this video! You rock at delivering inspiration! If you're gonna keep art stay exciting for people, then keep art exciting with some passion! XD
Effectively, your only protection is to build your name and recognition through your skills as an artist. So quit this nonsense and focus on learning. Any watermarks can be easily removed, anyway.
Unfortunately there will always be internet theft. I've seen my drawings on shirts, mugs etc... It just comes with the territory. If you never post, you never grow an audience, or get work. So you might as well just keep coming up with new stuff and post and try to protect yourself when someone tries to steal it.
Sign your signature on a low opacity and make it so it covers part of your art and make another signature hidden inside your art. As you post more and more, you'll be more recognized and people will be able to spot your art being used by a scammer
This video was great. I am okay at art. But want to share my progress in art. I draw just for fun, but I am not afraid to suck at something at first, it makes me work harder. I look at art alot on Facebook and other sites and give encouragement to the artist. Art should be fun.
Hi trent, i was wondering if you could advise me on whether or not buy a tablet for digital painting or not. I started to learn drawing some weeks ago and im still on the basics like portrait figure shading and still life. Should i learn this first on physical medium or learn both of them at the same time ? I mean, most of the concept art nowadays is digital. At the same time i dont want to just drop physical medium, it just has something magical. Thank you
If you're just digging into fundamentals (perspective, shading, anatomy), I recommend just sticking with pencil and paper (low cost) until you're sure that you're ready to get serious. It's like learning to play guitar. When you start out, just buy a cheap piece of junk till you start to get the basics down and see that you're using it all the time.
Hey Trent, I bought your brushes and the Photoshop cheat package. It's really helping me a lot thanks. Do posting on Instagram counts as a Portafolio for an employer?
Me personally Instagram is a great way of building up a portfolio but it’s not a great way to show and employer your work, if you build a website you can have all your best work right there in front of you rather than scrolling through hundreds of art works and some being decent and others great. So build a website for your professional portfolio but keep posting to Instagram to build it up 🙌🏻
I am depressed because my art is not getting any attention and not making any money at all. I can't get a job as well because maybe I'm not doing those fundamental stuff you have mentioned and I don't know. I am creating my own children's book so I would like to see it. I will follow you on twitter as well as tag you later. Thanks for this video. It's very helpful.
@@ultrakoichi definitely have a unique style, ever thought of doing shirts? But also, whenever possible hit those fundamentals, I know it's hard, but you'll be able to produce even more solid work. Keep it up and don't be discouraged..
first place where i posted my "beginners" artwork was on deviant, and yes i say "was" because im no longer there just because nobody cared what i posted. wasnt really fanart what i did, so i stayed there for about year? I dunno now and when i posted last one there was 0 likes and 0 comments (feedback), its not that i crave for likes i would prefer to get comments and i got none so i said to myself okay im done with this place.
Have you gotten better response anywhere else? If you're not getting any interaction you have to study the fundamentals more. Sometimes getting no feedback IS in ITSELF feedback. Get the fundamentals down and you'll get more interaction.
@@TrentKaniuga believe me i'm studying every day. Buying all kinds of books and online courses. What i understood from deviant unless you know how to paint on mediocre level no one will give rats a.s.s about it and what im doing is sketching only on beginners level also doing digital from time to time (i prefer traditional atm) Answer to your question, yes (sort of), i have gotten response from random people on instagram, that is place where i only post now. No comments of course (as it is expected) just likes - but at least i know people notice what im doing and that is good start.
I don't really have someone to ask about this so could someone please help me Is it healthy if I'm being forced to join art competitions even though i'm not that enthusiastic about it? What am I supposed to do? And why do I feel like my art isn't getting better even though I've been learning how to make better art? (sorry for my bad english)
Who is forcing you? And the necessary skills to make good art always takes very long to master. Plus art changes and has a vast range of different style and techniques so as an artist, you'll never really stop learning.
@@TrentKaniuga Just wondering if it's bad in the case where a staff finds my art online that matches some in my portfolio (if I apply for a job position, or register for art school)
back in what was it 2009-2012? Devinatart used to seem like a really pro place. And they had a thing where you could make a portfolio. Now I guess they've gone way down in quality for portfolios?
@@dragonlorestudios2013 I think there's still a stigma attached to it though. If you're a pro and looking to show your portfolio, most people aren't sending deviant art portfolios, they're sending art station portfolios or a custom folio from WIX or Squarespace.
@@Hobopaladin As a furry I can agree that many furry and other fandom artists gave DA a bad stereotype. Don't knock one group though; there's artists who happen to be furries, but also do art for Magic the Gathering for example! :)
@@TrentKaniuga I agree with you from an industry standpoint but from a freelancers, standpoint DA can be a valid option. which is a grey area as a professional anyways. is it the best? depends on the type of clients you work with tbh. But if you do want to look for a job It's most likely best to just make a personal web page.
20 point of perspective? that's so what a beginner think he knows, the TRUE perspective is UNLIMITED points of perspective, no one can beat that or even better, NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVE
I used to post my art all the time but then by brain got all stupid and now I haven’t for at least a year and am trying to get back into posting especially because I need more practice and feedback
My main platform is pixiv just because the algorithm is so good unlike IG .Your post on pixiv is timeless and there's always some people watching and loving your artwork whether it's post 1-3 years old .The only problem is if you draw your OC or unknown character there's almost no engagement on your post .But still it's better than Devianart or Ig
Dude when you're winging objects into perspective - I've noticed you're not using any perspective grids, yet it still comes off technically sound - is it just the experience or do you just draw that way? What you did there with the bed, for example, I would've dragged in a grid, measured and sketched everything up the wazoo before committing to the final lines...
It's like driving a stick shift car. When you're learning, you have to be very thoughtful of every single action, check your signals, make sure you're in the right gear etc. After a few years, you don't even think about it. I "wing it" a lot, but when something is off I always go back and find a way to fix it by checking those fundamentals of perspective and scale. Once you go pro, you can't be paralyzed by the rules, they should be automatic by that point. If you're not a pro yet, you should always draw your perspective grids and block out your objects in guides until it becomes second nature. It's like a language or any other skill. Eventually you only have to think about it when something goes wrong.
I started on deviant art and have been on there for about 4 years. during that time I received no attention, average of 1 like on every other piece, maybe scraping 20 followers and overall no feedback from anyone. My friends told me I had to draw fan art to get noticed and I did, still nothing. I eventually figured that my art sucked so I stopped posting. moral of the story? I saw 10 year olds with 1000 followers who drew hanky ms paint ferries (I did that as well so no hate for my dudes tryina make a business) so you'll probably do pretty good on DA? compared to how I did anyway, it just left me hating my art
Judging by your single upload, I'd say your self-hate is not warranted. Remember there's not necessarily any correlation between skill and online fame.
I'm seeking to go PRO but I know I'm a beginner since I've just started in Jan2020. But the lions run is usually my way to get to goals xD - anyone an idea of an discord server or something other plattform to get ripped (hopefully with constructive feedback) - pls tell me!
I remember how much fun I had when starting to draw... Then the f*cking ART FUNDAMENTALS hit me like a train.
all you had todo its follow the damn train
@@CatPawns but the train is painful. watching your hand draw this awful shit while comparing yourself to the refferences you're learning from HURTTTTTTTTS.
@ *kneel before the fundamentals*
"But then everything changed,
*When the Anatomy Nation attacked"*
@@iAmNothingness dw my dude we all go through it! If you make sure to practice the right things, correct the errors and repeat (while balancing enthusiasm) your guaranteed to improve!
Side note: The pain of regret is usually way worse than the pains of practice, my guess is because in one you improve while in the other you get worse🤔😁
I often get discouraged by this thing I see, that only the best communicative and talkative people or having a charming personality can get actual success on the art industry, I'm not like a bad person and I can take advices and critiques to my artwork for good, but I don't have that kind of enthusiasm to talk with people, I grew all my life being a complete introvert and now I wish I could learn those social skills more than this art skills :(
I am an introvert too. I don't want to give you the whole sad story, but I never had friends, and always stuck my foot in my mouth. (still do sometimes). You can ABSOLUTELY develop this skill! And if you do, it will benefit you in ALL aspects of life. The key... is to understand that almost everyone feels nervous about meeting new people, or public speaking. It's okay to admit it. In fact, once you admit that you're "trying to come out of your shell", others will admire you for it, or at least it will make it easier to get over it. Another key is to talk with people about what THEY are interested in. The less you think about your own thoughts/wants/needs, and think of others' interests, the more they will love being around you. Just make others feel great, and they will enjoy your company. I hope that helps. I wish someone told me those things when I suffered from paralyzing social awkwardness!
@@TrentKaniuga thanks for your reply! You're totally right, I'm gonna take your advice very seriously and see what happens! Hopefuly good things, you and KNKL are such a great reference to build my art mentality, really glad having epic artists that do help people, anyways thanks very much!
@@ianalexanderreyes5890 as Trent said if you make a point to try you will get better at it. I used to be massively socially awkward, never going out, spending all my time behind my computer. At some point I decided that I wanted to learn to be able to be around people without feeling horrible and so I decided to say yes when I would receive an invitation, even from someone I barely knew ( I mean like parties not dating). I would try to have conversation with people there and not stay alone in a corner all the time.
It was tough, sometimes I would feel so overwhelmed being around people that I would go hide in some place and cry. I'm not kidding. But then I would wait 30 min to 1 hour and go back to the party. And I did it again and again and again.
Now when I meet new people and tell them I am an introvert they think I am joking because I don't have any issues talking to strangers (though I don't think this will ever be something that I love doing).
This is a skill and like all skills you have to work on it to master it.
There are lots of introvert artists, the key is to complain about it ^^
You know you can hire someone to do the talking for you?
How did he know about my secret 20-point perspective research...
you know what's better than 20 point perspective? 21 point perspective!
@@TrentKaniuga This changes *everything* ...
Trent Kaniuga I really needed that Spongebob reference right now, thanks
Years of research into 15-point perspective, wasted!
Hi, there. The good new is that I just finished my 19-point perspective painting. Unfortunately, however, my eyes are now permanently unfocused, and everything looks spherical. Any tips for treatment?
Me: *Have been doing art for 5+ years and been posting it to instagram for 3 years*
Also me: Mm perfect video beginner I am
I've been onto this for 5 years too into creature concept art I use Google photos xd
I've been drawing for 4+ years and I just got into digital now. I'm bad with technology, to say the least.
I’ve been drawing for 2 days lmao
I've been drawing for 11 years, but I still consider myself a beginner because I never properly learned the art fundamentals. I drew things that I saw on TV for my entire time drawing XDD
And then there's me who's 14 and can't draw symmetrical eyes :>
I feel like beginners should be wary of where they post their art and ask for advice. Especially if you go to twitch you can get some really bad advice about not using reference and meet some very hostile artists who happen to be very good but have poor social skills and conduct and are definitely not there to help you. Those same artists also do not have industry jobs and are just streaming on twitch, and have NO IDEA how an industry artist actually works. Or if you join a discord full of miserable people they will just be way too hard on you and are really just taking out their own failures and frustrations on you rather than helping you.
Dogar Doogin that is true, some devianart communities suck 😅
Oddly specific anatomy critiques are probably the least helpful imo
@@ripples1072 yeah,like atleast refer me to a tutorial or a reference sheet, or draw it yourself what i am supposed to know,not everyone learns the same way or are in
the same level
damn that discord thing is so true, i submitted my drawing in a new channel and not even ten seconds there was a person who gave critics in a bad way and not friendly at all, and when i scrolled up this person looks like very enjoying itself to commenting on every drawing of other members. supportive they said...
Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking for a while how to get back on my feet, and every one of your videos just fills me with so much insipiration to practice. I’m a freshman fine arts major and it’s been rough not having time to practice my own stuff, but I’m gonna make a way! Once again, thank you for being so inspirational to us!
Finding commissions from fangroups also a good way. I found myself stuck on getting recognition / fans and commissions cause I don't like to draw fanarts ;/ even on things I like.
Trent: ‘I must have a great personality because, i mean, look at my art. How else do you explain that?’
*beautifully designed characters, excellent storytelling, detailed pieces, interesting and gorgeous layout/compositions, funny commentary, relatable struggles *
Me: ... ... ... bitch where??? Classic artist hating on themselves but actually they’re extremely relatable and fun to listen to. Amazing arts.
You say artists love fanart, but also:
I learned recently celebrities do as well. Like if you draw a celebrity in their cool character, they seem to LOVE when it's an either an amazing piece and makes them look awesome, or even if it's just basic, because they love that someone honored them and many think, "WOW THAT'S STILL BETTER THAN WHAT I CAN DO!"
But thats also not really bringing you anywhere. Its a pathetic crave for attention.
@@Gleichtritt it makes the artist who is drawing the celebrity feel happy some artist who draw celebs do not do it for attention they mostly do it because it is their passion and they love drawing
Hey Trent I’ve been drawing all my life but just took it seriously recently and I’m a junior in high school, now I’m working on my portfolio for art school but I realized I’m missing a lot of the fundamentals. Your videos have been helping me a lot and I really want to draw like you and the pros sometime in the future.
Yo man I know you posted this comment 2 years ago but I’m in a very similar situation right now, and wanted to ask, how did things turn out?
@@henrysteketee3059 Well haha I ended up studying Comp Sci and I barely draw now I did make my portfolio and got accepted but I realized it just wasn't for me. I enjoy more doing my own thing when it comes to drawing.
@@ximenaflores2013 Good to hear! I wish you the best of luck.
Man you are rocking the art world. Like what you are doing on this channel. You've been so helpful and insightful my man. This channel has really given me some motivation as a self-taught artist and the struggles that follow along with that. I wish you the best of luck with your own adventure as an artist man. I'll be checking in here now and again.
I've always wondered how many professionals quietly hope for someone to notice and praise the finer points of their work, and not just throw the faults into emphasis. Even pros need to know when their work is effectively conveying their intent. When they're doing good. If that isn't so, I don't think I want to be a professional.
The Correct Spelling of Skilful That’s a fair point. Although I think that means even amongst professionals, one is going to choose who best to associate with for their own sake. Personalities that don’t mesh shouldn’t feel forced to remain in a working or associative relationship. The professional and corporate world is by no means a paradise.
@@Hibernial Not all professionals are good judges of character, and less still possess the required extroversion to draw a selection. And I sense a good 80% of employed professionals, especially those in companies, don't actually get that choice. It's why I think the review and break-down and analytical channels for creative work here on youtube might be something of a lifeline to pros.
@@dgas5904 "draw as if it was already the job you're doing"
I don't remember which guy said that on youtube but it's one of the best advice i've heard.
And
Want to do character design? Go ahead and design one, research the texture, expression, turnaround....
Environment art? Do it. Throw yourself into it wholeheartedly and create some environnement, explore it, make something that the pro would make...
Something like that. I hope this will help you and good luck :)
Edit : forgot to add, if you cant find feedback, judging by the "industry standard" will help you determine what are your strength/weaknesses
Hello Trent!
I wanted to thank you for everything you do. I just recently discovered your channel at the perfect time in my life where I am realizing art needs to be a part of it. I went to school for art but then followed money into the corporate world that is quickly swallowing me up. Your channel has inspired me to dedicate an hour a day to my passion and reignite my creativity.
You're the man and I wish you the best!
Jeff
Thank you for taking the time to comment on and share up and coming artist's work, you did for my Fiance and she just about passed out from excitement! (She's a big fan)
Title: art platforms for beginners
Me being an intermediate artist who can't get socials and my over sensitive self saying people are going to hate my art: *i n t e r e s t I n g*
Literally just stopped my own taekwon-do clubs during the pandemic and started watching you to get better at my art. Did not expect to hear the word taekwon-do come from you. 🤣
man, THANK YOU FOR THIS GEM!! really enjoy your work and respect your word so this is great advise!
Great Vid, as usual, my dude! I tell all my artist friends to check out your channel and, man, they always say that your channel/vid inspires them to draw! Keep the dope content coming!
Man.
Even with endless tags, I get absolutely no traction on my art and I went from drawing several things a day to just a drawing or two in a week.
I'm so discouraged. There are no good art sites. I'm nearly ready to give up.
Have you tried interacting with the community?
Yup, I've been on DA 7 years now, 220 watchers but they're not really worth anything XD. I now post maybe once a month, otherwise I'm just drawing for myself nowadays.
Your videos are always so encouraging, thank you for making this
As always amazing. Thank you for the beautiful material and the drawing and sharing the positive energy.
Awesome video Trent, I always learn something with your videos honestly- thank you!!
So how exactly do we tell if we're a beginner then? What's the level for "I'm not about to get hired at a AAA game company or be on the front page of artstation but I'm doing pretty well in my B.F.A and can get enough commissions to supplement most of my living expenses"?
If you can earn money with your work, you're not a beginner anymore, I'd say.
You may have mentioned this and I missed this but where is a good place for people to tear my art apart?
Thanks
Hey Trent! Just wanted to say that I watched several tutorials from you and I applied to further my studies in art. They accepted me - and while I had to reject it in the end - I have to thank you. Your advice is very solid and I appreciate all your videos. Thanks!
wow... i am amazed by your shading on that doctor Oo
I am always concerned about overworking my paintings and here is Trent always turning chaos into order
yooo your art is so cool! I subbed :DDD
Thanks for subbing!
Deviant art is still a thing?
Great video again! I don't know if you covered that already, but lots of artists just throw around this term "fundamentals". Learn the fundamentals, study the fundamentals, get your fundamentals down. But what are those exactly? Anatomy? Perspective? Does colour theory count into that? What exactly are those fundamentals in your opinion? And what's the best way of learning them? So, yeah, would love to watch a video about that sometime! :)
You should watch the RUclips video called Bring your drawings to life by Mohammad agabadi it’s a great video for beginners who are kind lost.
Thanks dude
Till now I’ve only been posting on YT but these are really good suggestions
Really great video, I myself am doing my last year of publicity and illustration and I would like to start going a bit more professional I have been doing a lot of insta and that sort but was not so sure where I should post my stuff for more professional advice. This helped me a lot
Some good sites I go to that are for commission artists or used just for people to show their art:
FurAffinity
Furry Network
DeviantArt
Tumblr
Twitter
Instagram
I don’t use Amino much especially for art but lots of people use it. FurAffinity is good not just cuz it focuses on different types of art (music, drawing, costuming, stories), but also there’s little sections on your profile where you can put “accepting commissions” or “accepting art trades”. FA is by and for furries but plenty non furs go there, especially commission artists. There’s plenty of bases, tutorials, etc and with sites like FA, DA, and FN, the way it’s set up is almost like a portfolio and can keep things organized, which I really like. You also get to rate your work like PG, PG13, etc so that people who want to filter that out can.
On deviantart so many people are posting, that it feels like your art is popping up for exatly 1 ms and then it's gone :D
You can try new platforms that has less uploads something like Ayewind
Hi!
I'm looking for a suitable place I can post my art.
I don't really care about making money through my art.
I only wish to share my art to those who will like it and interact with other artist
Any recommendations on what media's will fit me?
Thanks Trent! Appreciate the advice!
I Actually study product design engineering so getting my work turned to shreds is my lifestyle now
Could you talk about the process of trying to transition from being an intermediate to skilled artist trying to transition into professional? This one was great, but also sounded like it was aimed at the beginning level criticism. I'm currently looking for pro level feedback. :p
Not a beginner, I'm actually drawing for more than 15 years now, but I'm still a hobbyist. I used to (and still do actually) post on DeviantArt, so obviously I don't have pretty much any followers. I'm sick tired of DA right now though, it's pretty much a dead page for years now, and now it's gotten even worse because 70-80% of main page is AI art. I'm against the way it was implemented, by art theft, and it's just so annoying when those don't even have to be tagged, so I cannot know for sure whether I'm about to fave an actual drawing that had work put into, or just automatic, generated picture. This makes me not want to visit DA at all and after being hesitant before faving anything for some time, now I'm not looking at any "drawings" there at all.
It's time to change and go to a different site I think, and just leave that dead ass bottom. Just don't know where to go. I just want to casually continue posting my art, I don't want a huge following, but it would be nice to have at least someone to do it for, after those 7 quiet years on DA :/.
Great video thats really came at the perfect time! Keep it up!
The 20 point perspective got me laughing so hard haha
Hey Trent! As always love the work ^^. Im applying to some Game Dev studios soon and wondered if you could give me any tips? I mainly do monsters and environments so any help appreciated! Must go, cats are staring me down for their food!
Have you seen my videos about portfolios? I have a bunch of them here on YT.
@@TrentKaniuga good shout, ill have a look at those. Have a good rest of day :^)
I'm staring at you now ...
*GIMME FOOD !!!*
4:00 that's a fact. Thank you for sharing. Keep up the Good work. Subscribed
Thank you, I really needed this today 🙂
I watch this video twice becoz first time I was concentrated on the bird drawing then listening .
but isnt deviantart is kinda a scary place , just judgig by its front page...
Deviantart eclipse made a new update where you can default to the front page being based on the art that you like and not constant.... other things.
@ZaqueHunzahua I mean if your into it....you do you.
yeah I try to avoid it, is a nest pool of furries, pedos and weird crap.
what about judging it by its name, "DEVIANT" art???
@@javsama1 please don't compare furries to pedos.
I'm not sure about posting art on Tumblr. That site is very heavily based on Fanart and Fan communities, but most of the art I make isn't fanart, it's really more original stories and my own characters, so I'm not sure I would gain as much of a following there. Anyone who has posted non-fan art on Tumblr, do you recommend giving it a try?
i don’t personally have the confidence to post my art, BUT i use tumblr and follow lots of non-fandom artists! honestly if you try tumblr without fandom if might take a bit longer or be a bit harder to get a following, but there’s a good artist community and there have been plenty of non-fandom artists who are REALLY successful.
imo i would say that if you’re already making art to post somewhere, you may as well cross-post between another place in addition to tumblr just to try it out! aside from the effort of starting the account it wouldn’t be any harm in trying your luck
Gorgeous work!
Hey Trent! This video was incredibly valuable to me. I began going after art last year and I haven't yet gotten around to presenting my work for the sake of being critiqued. You mentioned that if your desire as a beginner is to become like a professional then you should present it before the pros and have it critiqued (though you'll need tough skin). I was wondering, where would I go to present it before professionals to be critiqued? Thank you for the content, and just purchased the Perspectives + Environment Tutorial on your Gumroad. Looking forward to giving it a go!!
You won't get a response from professionals until you pay them, or are good enough at the fundamentals of painting to be taken seriously. Anyone at any skill level can pay to go to the career pavilion of GDC (game developers conference) and wait in line with other artists to have portfolios reviewed. But it's expensive to do so. You'd be better off going to an art school and getting critique from a paid teacher, or hiring a mentor. Very few working professionals have time to critique beginners without some incentive for them.
@@TrentKaniuga Thanks for taking your time to respond Trent! Valuable insight.
This video is THE BEST video for anyone starting out.
I love these videos. Can you give advice for opening your shop for prints and for people to buy your art for the 1st time? Xo
Check out my video on getting paid to draw. I haven't had much success with selling prints online. But maybe it's a thing that you could do.
Trent Kaniuga Will definitely check that video out. I’ve seen artists have prints go either way so I wondered if I was missing something.
Thanks the response. Really love your vids
If you're going to watch Trent Kaniuga on RUclips, watch Trent Kaniuga on RUclips with some passion!!!
Hey trent is there any way you could go over where to find indie game developers specifically? I wouldn't mind building up a game company's reputation from the get go. But they're difficult to track down. Thanks! Love your work and my work has leveled up a thousand times because of your videos.
Go on Steam, look for projects you'd like to do similar work for, find the developers, search for their website. Greenlight and itch.io work for in-progress and smaller projects. Same for app stores for mobile games. Get involved in Game Jams. There's heaps of devs on Twitter too.
You're probably not going to be able to get in on a studio from its founding without already being active in the community, since you'd have to be involved from its earliest seed before it's even a formal project yet = not findable since it doesn't fully exist. Again game jams can be good for that since you're matching with a group of people and you're making something from scratch that you might continue after.
me : I've been into sketching from kids to 20's then realized I can't afford it, no one gave me feed back, living in remote village, then I gave up for 4 years,
also me: been saving for 2 in 1 laptop, is it the time for me to go back
Hey Trent! Could you do a video on painting mechs for artists who usually paint organic subjects?
I have a video like that both on RUclips and in my box set of tutorials volume 4
@@TrentKaniuga Thank you Trent! You are awesome.
Thank you for this video! You rock at delivering inspiration! If you're gonna keep art stay exciting for people, then keep art exciting with some passion! XD
Even PENUP for Android SAMSUNG(ONLY) users is a good platform, install that on ur tab or mobile, draw artwork, post it and earn feedbacks♡ i use it
Hey Trent, are you planning on doing more iPad Pro art videos? I loved that video and it’s how I found this channel! Would li. If you did some more :)
Yes. I've just been traveling this week so this was the video that I had ready:) More procreate videos coming next week!
Trent Kaniuga greattt, I’ll be looking forward to them :) thanks Trent!
Even though i'm not very good, how can i protect my art on the internet? Just signing in the corner doesn't seem that reliable...
Effectively, your only protection is to build your name and recognition through your skills as an artist. So quit this nonsense and focus on learning. Any watermarks can be easily removed, anyway.
Unfortunately there will always be internet theft. I've seen my drawings on shirts, mugs etc... It just comes with the territory. If you never post, you never grow an audience, or get work. So you might as well just keep coming up with new stuff and post and try to protect yourself when someone tries to steal it.
smaller size or low resolution ? still not full proof but its something
Sign your signature on a low opacity and make it so it covers part of your art and make another signature hidden inside your art. As you post more and more, you'll be more recognized and people will be able to spot your art being used by a scammer
This video was great. I am okay at art. But want to share my progress in art. I draw just for fun, but I am not afraid to suck at something at first, it makes me work harder. I look at art alot on Facebook and other sites and give encouragement to the artist. Art should be fun.
I wanna get into art communities but i am nervous about DA as i have heard it's got a lot of dodgy stuff on it
@Vader Gamer thank you so much for replying :) and sharing your experience. whats your name on DA
@Vader Gamer What do you mean with "Phantom specific"?
@Vader Gamer You mean "fandom"?
That bird looks like one of those Blackwing cards.
Whats a blackwing card?
Hi trent, i was wondering if you could advise me on whether or not buy a tablet for digital painting or not. I started to learn drawing some weeks ago and im still on the basics like portrait figure shading and still life. Should i learn this first on physical medium or learn both of them at the same time ?
I mean, most of the concept art nowadays is digital. At the same time i dont want to just drop physical medium, it just has something magical.
Thank you
If you're just digging into fundamentals (perspective, shading, anatomy), I recommend just sticking with pencil and paper (low cost) until you're sure that you're ready to get serious. It's like learning to play guitar. When you start out, just buy a cheap piece of junk till you start to get the basics down and see that you're using it all the time.
Hey Trent, I bought your brushes and the Photoshop cheat package. It's really helping me a lot thanks. Do posting on Instagram counts as a Portafolio for an employer?
Me personally Instagram is a great way of building up a portfolio but it’s not a great way to show and employer your work, if you build a website you can have all your best work right there in front of you rather than scrolling through hundreds of art works and some being decent and others great. So build a website for your professional portfolio but keep posting to Instagram to build it up 🙌🏻
Ive never heard of anyone getting hired from instagram. Have you seen my videos about building a portfolio?
So thankful for your reply! I will build a website then. 👍
@@TrentKaniuga no, I haven't I gonna watch it. Thanks for the videos.
I am depressed because my art is not getting any attention and not making any money at all. I can't get a job as well because maybe I'm not doing those fundamental stuff you have mentioned and I don't know. I am creating my own children's book so I would like to see it. I will follow you on twitter as well as tag you later. Thanks for this video. It's very helpful.
Do you have a link to your art?
@@Chaz1871 instagram.com/ultrakoichi/
@@ultrakoichi definitely have a unique style, ever thought of doing shirts? But also, whenever possible hit those fundamentals, I know it's hard, but you'll be able to produce even more solid work. Keep it up and don't be discouraged..
Ipad,/App Store, WTF? Where did you found those communities?
u r de best
first place where i posted my "beginners" artwork was on deviant, and yes i say "was" because im no longer there just because nobody cared what i posted. wasnt really fanart what i did, so i stayed there for about year? I dunno now and when i posted last one there was 0 likes and 0 comments (feedback), its not that i crave for likes i would prefer to get comments and i got none so i said to myself okay im done with this place.
Have you gotten better response anywhere else? If you're not getting any interaction you have to study the fundamentals more. Sometimes getting no feedback IS in ITSELF feedback. Get the fundamentals down and you'll get more interaction.
@@TrentKaniuga believe me i'm studying every day. Buying all kinds of books and online courses. What i understood from deviant unless you know how to paint on mediocre level no one will give rats a.s.s about it and what im doing is sketching only on beginners level also doing digital from time to time (i prefer traditional atm)
Answer to your question, yes (sort of), i have gotten response from random people on instagram, that is place where i only post now. No comments of course (as it is expected) just likes - but at least i know people notice what im doing and that is good start.
Oh! Is it a Tangara? (the bird in reference)
Cool stuff, as always.
I don't really have someone to ask about this so could someone please help me
Is it healthy if I'm being forced to join art competitions even though i'm not that enthusiastic about it? What am I supposed to do? And why do I feel like my art isn't getting better even though I've been learning how to make better art? (sorry for my bad english)
Who is forcing you?
And the necessary skills to make good art always takes very long to master. Plus art changes and has a vast range of different style and techniques so as an artist, you'll never really stop learning.
@@kristelsouthpark1 my mom is and thanks for that
Trent i'm feeling this luckily i just invest over $100 in your Gumroad to try and find that begin point!
What if when I build a portfolio using some of the art in my deviantart website, and they some how find my account??
No one will seek you out to find your art. You have to be active.
@@TrentKaniuga Just wondering if it's bad in the case where a staff finds my art online that matches some in my portfolio (if I apply for a job position, or register for art school)
Thank you
Why you hide the opacity and flow setting while record :(
back in what was it 2009-2012? Devinatart used to seem like a really pro place. And they had a thing where you could make a portfolio. Now I guess they've gone way down in quality for portfolios?
you can make a portfolio with core membership and they look really nice on esclipse mode
@@dragonlorestudios2013 I think there's still a stigma attached to it though. If you're a pro and looking to show your portfolio, most people aren't sending deviant art portfolios, they're sending art station portfolios or a custom folio from WIX or Squarespace.
@@Hobopaladin As a furry I can agree that many furry and other fandom artists gave DA a bad stereotype. Don't knock one group though; there's artists who happen to be furries, but also do art for Magic the Gathering for example! :)
@@TrentKaniuga I agree with you from an industry standpoint but from a freelancers, standpoint DA can be a valid option. which is a grey area as a professional anyways. is it the best? depends on the type of clients you work with tbh. But if you do want to look for a job It's most likely best to just make a personal web page.
20 point of perspective? that's so what a beginner think he knows, the TRUE perspective is UNLIMITED points of perspective, no one can beat that or even better, NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVE
I used to post my art all the time but then by brain got all stupid and now I haven’t for at least a year and am trying to get back into posting especially because I need more practice and feedback
i love you
I sometimes feel like my artskills are just waste of time
Me who feels it everytime I hold a pencil--
Lmao i forgot twitter existed ive been posting on Instagram and reddit. Thanks
I started on miiverse with art academy.
I have been drawing for 5 years now, and I'm just on FurAffinity due to all the hate I got from Instagram and all these other platforms.
Pixiv.net is one of the biggest sites for all stages of art weather you’re a beginner or pro
But kinda sucks if you dont speak japanesse or dont have premium
My main platform is pixiv just because the algorithm is so good unlike IG .Your post on pixiv is timeless and there's always some people watching and loving your artwork whether it's post 1-3 years old .The only problem is if you draw your OC or unknown character there's almost no engagement on your post .But still it's better than Devianart or Ig
Dude when you're winging objects into perspective - I've noticed you're not using any perspective grids, yet it still comes off technically sound - is it just the experience or do you just draw that way? What you did there with the bed, for example, I would've dragged in a grid, measured and sketched everything up the wazoo before committing to the final lines...
Looks like he drew it freestyle. Try just drawing things first, even if it takes a few attempts before relying on aids. Experience has no substitute.
It's like driving a stick shift car. When you're learning, you have to be very thoughtful of every single action, check your signals, make sure you're in the right gear etc. After a few years, you don't even think about it. I "wing it" a lot, but when something is off I always go back and find a way to fix it by checking those fundamentals of perspective and scale. Once you go pro, you can't be paralyzed by the rules, they should be automatic by that point. If you're not a pro yet, you should always draw your perspective grids and block out your objects in guides until it becomes second nature. It's like a language or any other skill. Eventually you only have to think about it when something goes wrong.
A good art community fore beginners is art amino
I use Mostly Instagram. I love using the platform and way more easier to communicate with other artists.
Where did you get these fanarts?
which art software do you use?
6:35 Yep, exactly me...
I started on deviant art and have been on there for about 4 years. during that time I received no attention, average of 1 like on every other piece, maybe scraping 20 followers and overall no feedback from anyone. My friends told me I had to draw fan art to get noticed and I did, still nothing. I eventually figured that my art sucked so I stopped posting. moral of the story? I saw 10 year olds with 1000 followers who drew hanky ms paint ferries (I did that as well so no hate for my dudes tryina make a business) so you'll probably do pretty good on DA? compared to how I did anyway, it just left me hating my art
Judging by your single upload, I'd say your self-hate is not warranted. Remember there's not necessarily any correlation between skill and online fame.
Anyone has any Discord / comunity suggestion? Would love to get some place to get feedback and stuff tbh 😅
Am a traditional and digital glow effects artist and I feel discouraged
What if i want to show original work? ;-;
as soon as the intro starts i wanna swing that boooty
I'm seeking to go PRO but I know I'm a beginner since I've just started in Jan2020. But the lions run is usually my way to get to goals xD - anyone an idea of an discord server or something other plattform to get ripped (hopefully with constructive feedback) - pls tell me!
Lmao and here I was thinking of posting speedpaints on yt
Speedpaints or time-lapse?
@@TrentKaniuga Uh.. Speedpaints
subtitles?
I really want CC english subtitles so bad. I can not understand your english by hearing only.
that 20 point perspective hits too close lol
to bad I am not a fan artist. fan of art made by artist.