MEDCAST 38 - Conversation on Self Doubt for Jobs and Portfolios
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- This was an impromptu/unplanned conversation on Discord answering someone's question, which turned into an hour long discussion on self doubt and how to make a portfolio for your dream scenario.
As I mentioned in the video, this Discord is limited to Patrons.
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Hey Ahmed a long time follower here! This is so amazing and im actually grateful for this video! I hate how underrated the views for this are and the amazing insight people are missing out on. We're seriously lucky to have you on here and i wish you all the best!
Thanks for the nice comments down here, also been a pleasure to talk to Ahmed one on one, hearing people going through a similar thing and rationalising that sort of mental block from different perspectives was quite the ride, my solution usually was just push through it and ignore the mental state which now seems borderline self destructive, Ahmeds solution is a bit more subtle ,going back and analyzing your life and finding the root of the problem.
Keep doing drawing dude, love your art!!!
Ahmed is my Art Dad
He's your dad too???
"I'm in control of my destiny? Goddammit."
Concerning the first part of this video, I recently was gifted a book on Norman Rockwell where Rockwell explains his creative flow. It's titled "Rockwell on Rockwell" (How I make a picture by Norman Rockwell). Back in his day (I would pair it with concept art for video games, movies, graphic novels, etc today) he would have to provide art for magazines, advertisements, etc. The same idea applies for any concept art, and one of his techniques for creative flow is just to do a sketch of an idea I.E. a sailor leaning on a lamp post, and he does more sketches that stem from that original idea. From the book, "I draw a lamp post, with a sailor leaning on it drunk... I know that sailors have to sew their own clothes, how about I draw a sailor that cant sew, having his mother sew his clothes. Lets add a dog to the sketch, well next I could do a kid with a sick dog giving him medicine..."
I was in a rut for a while, couldnt come up with a decent idea for a painting. I tried this technique and it helped me get out of my comfort zone. Helped me force myself to be creative. Another thing that helped me get back into creating art was to force myself to spend at least 30 minutes sketching. Some of it studies of other artist's work, some of it just basic still life, some just anatomy studies.
The best thing you can do is make sure that you see artwork constantly. Online, from your peers, from entertainment. I found that social media addiction kept me from staying involved with art. I counteracted that by following a lot of art groups so my feed is filled with art. Ive been trying to get into art communities where there are contests. Healthy competition will help you improve. Being open to critiques will help. Ive found that the most harsh critiques will be a stronger push to better yourself. I know this is a pretty long comment. Ive been artistically blocked for at least 2 years. Prior to that ive been painting for 13 years constantly. I hope this comment helps some of my fellow artists get out of their funk.
Im not a great artist, im okay, but in the words of Michelangelo, "I am always learning."
Damn, this cuts right to the core of my art issues. Good discussion.
To the guy you was talking to: Have some confidence in yourself, your arts looks absolutely amazing to me.
Great discussion. I actually started writing more in my sketchbook ever since you first mentioned it and it is for sure a great way to clear yourself from negative thoughts or anxiety.
I just started drawing and this is what I need to listen to
heck yes, i support you with every fiber of my being
I randomly found this while looking at some other digital art tutorials, and it's as if the universe just dropped it in to my lap because it KNEW how horrible I was feeling about my career and products. Granted I do NOT have the portfolio like the guy you're talking to and I'm NOWHERE near this good. But it gives me hope. Thank you so much for being this inspiring.
Seriously you are one of the single greatest RUclipsrs on this site, and I dont believe that to be an exaggerating. You provide so much help and amazing lessons for artist, free of charge. You actually give a shit about people who are trying to find their happiness in an artistic career, and even better youre showing that you're right along with us on that journey. Thank you so much for everything, and when I have a good source of income, I will donate to you, and thats a promise. You deserve it.
Thank you, this has encoured me so much. I'm currently on a path that has nothing to do with art, but i will try my best making it my profession.
Recently stumbled apon your channel because i have a hard time drawing digitally as opposed to the traditional way, and i really love your channel. You’re so kind and motivating and you teach well. I’ll keep on trying to improve eventhough it feels like i’m not improving. Thanks.
ahh its so nice to binge a supreme channel XD TYVM, really helped me on many levels
Loved this talk man your casts are always amazing! I defo need to get you on the podcast! (It's Gordon Neill from FB) Also i'm now a patreon to your patreon page think i'm on the $15 a month plan. Thanks man love the video as always!
Man, just as I'm planning to move to LA to pursue my career! Real good insight here
Maybe I could start slaying the dragon of doubt by cleaning my room.
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Would you like to make a public discord to your RUclips followers? Btw you don't have to be active on it at all, so artists can meet there and have some stuffs to talk about.
Or make a separate one for RUclips subs if he doesn't want too many people on his Patreon discord server. If not, one of us could make one and hand out the link in the comments, if he wouldn't mind, of course.
That's exactly what I was trying to say Lolo, actually it won't take from him a min to create one.
+Be You I’ll consider it
That would be wonderful! I would like to talk to people with similar interest while drawing, and getting critiques and stuff from other people.
On discord you can also lock channels to certain roles, i know you can do it with twitch subs but im not sure if theres a way to do it with patreon patrons where you dont have to do it all manually, then you could use the same discord but lock non patrons out of certain patron only channels... actually a separate discord is probably better
the best hour of he week
Pls Ahmed you gotta tell the music in the intro
Great discussion and tips! thanks for sharing!
This video came just when I needed it 😊 Thanks a lot Ahmed, you're doing great 😁😁
So helpful. Thank you as always Ahmed!
Amazing medcast! Keep up the awesome job man.
I wasnt around for that, but glad that u recorded this convo. Interesting stuff as always 😘
Hey Med! Thanks for these, they really do help
I would appreciate if you answer this, cause I don't know what to do with it. So whenever I have a cool idea in my mind and its like picture perfect clear and detailed and all that cool stuff inside my head and I "see" it and I'm going like "Holy this is awesome I gotta draw this!" but when it comes to actually drawing it my brain just deletes this image entirely or I'm trying to imagine the details again and they're just vanishing. Long story short do I teach my hand to draw what I imagine? XD I know its a pretty dumb and basic question but it doesn't go away with practice either. It's been with me for several years already and I just don't know what to do.
yeah I tried that, didn't really help at all.
Right there with you buddy. It's so discouraging.
Oh, that's a tough question... but also a very good one^^
I'd say, whenever you have an idea, just start doing really really rough sketches just to pin down the idea. Don't get to concerned with detail or anatomy/ perspective. That's at least what I would do, i often have really cool ideas whilst knowing I won't be able to draw it the way I want it to be. At least that way you'll have your ideas "saved" and can maybe come back to them later. Didn't really answer your question, hope this'll helps anyway
You should try a process called thumbnailing. Basically, once you get an idea, immediately just sketch out the gist of the composition, any major colors, that stuff. It's very quick and easy to do, especially if you have trouble remembering ideas. Then, once you're ready to actually draw it, do several more thumbnails of the same concept to work out what does and does not work. Don't stress over tiny details that you may end up forgetting - after you do a couple iterations of a composition, you develop a strong idea for a piece anyway, and it becomes stronger because you've already imagined it so many times.
Anyway, that's my two cents. Hope you find something that works for you! xx
Thanks for sharing Ahmed. This subject was helpful. Peace
I can barely hear him and than you are much louder
Thanks Ahmed, i liked this very much, just discovered your channel! is awesome!.do you think even if im 31 years old, is a good time to start on this?, i mean like a serious concept artist?
Cool cool
Hey Med, this question/request might be off topic for your channel, heck, you might be tired of hearing about it. But I was wanting to know what your thoughts would be on the whole Battlefront 2 fiasco, insight from someone who has worked in the industry. Are micro transactions justified or is it just to exploit human flaws for more gains to the higher ups? Would a raise in price to video games be justified? Like I said, I’m not sure if this would be on topic, but how would all this effect an artist? I assume you would look at this matter through the eyes of a gamer and an employee of the industry.
Thanks, man.
Can you please address the following issue because I think me and many other would-be artists face it. Is practicing art supposed to be fun? For example, learning anatomy is not fun. Trying and failing to make beautiful art is not fun. How do you know if you're cut out to be an artist if you're feeling the pain that comes with artistic growth vs. just going through a phase that's painful? I'm worried that because I'm not enjoying the hard work that goes into being an artist and I'm not sure whether I'm more in love with the idea of being an artist than actually being an artist. I would say that creating good art is gratifying but it's not fun. Please tell me, if that's the case, should I be spending my life doing something else? I'm at a crossroads where I really need to give up and do something I truly love, or whether toiling away at art (and suffering) is part of the process... that art isn't always supposed to be fun and enjoyable?
if you want to ascend as an artist you need to love the process. I think that is the core of what drives passion. I hate making landscapes but i do it anyway because I love the process of trying to get better. There are lots of ways to game yourself into doing what you dont love but is necessary. JP talks about planning out your day. You do not have to design your days doing nothing but things you hate. Design a day you will like and sprinkle in some necessities. You can apply this towards art. Make most of what you like and make yourself do something for future you. If you truely -truely find nothing about the arts enjoyable other then the end result then save yourself some suffering, and apply that same grit towards something else. Beleive me that type of grit is useful, in many fields, and youll get paid more.
I think I have an answer to that, and hope it helps.
Basically, to fall in love with art, try to remember why you got into art to begin with. Are you trying to create stories? Awesome characters? Awesome landscapes? Crazy monsters? Basically, let's say you want to make a cool robot, Mega Man or whatever (it can be anything, but let's use Mega Man as an example for now). Draw them out the best way you can from your head. It's going to look bad, but knowing it looks bad is a Good start. Now it's on paper, and you see it, it's shit. But at this point, think of your inspirations. Think of other "robot" type other characters and check them out, think "well, how was astro boy drawn? what shapes are being used" etc etc.
The more you try to fix your character, the more you're gonna want to learn. All these anatomy books you're reading might feel pointless to you. But, if you're attempting these "robot character" I mention, you may ask yourself simple stuff like "well, how will the neck of my robot connect to the shoulders of his torso", and thus you'll actually rush back to those anatomy book and WANT to learn more even re-reading chapters you've already read but this time with glee. You will turn One Hour of struggling to learn, to "wtf, I wish I had more time to fix my character with this hour!!" in this processes
Draw what you love. Draw what you love. Draw what you love.
Find out what challenges you, tackle those problems first. If you try to learn things for the sake of learning, you'll never obtain anything that way.
Artistry Artistry well dont just study boring stuff. Study it for a while and then draw what ever you want. 50% practice 50% fun
Im wondering something similar, ive allways wanted to make things, its allways been all about the product, i might have enjoyed the process in class cause i was bored but im not getting away from anything now.
I honestly most of the time find the process quite boring, but i really care about the thing im trying to make, people allways say to focus on enjoying the process not the product, but the product is all i care about... if i didnt focus on the end goal i dont feel id really be the same person and i dont know how to do both... enjoy thinking, but the doing is just time between thinking it and making it(well hopefully making it, not allways very perfect)
Art as a hobby is fun, art as job is hard and like, a lot of suffering. If you want art to be fun do it as hobby in your free time without pushing yourself.
We are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death. Is this a curse? Or some kind of punishment? I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle...and wonder if we'll ever get the chance to kill him. - YoRHa No.2 Type B
want to hear more of your discordchats :D go on with it
Do a video about how you draw clothes
Kristin K. Google clothes and draw them
Drawin Stuff Ah seriously people asking others to search for it when they ask for tutorials... Maybe they like Ahmed’s style, I’m also curious I want to see clothes of different materials tutorial from him.
I’m just not good with coming out with ideas for them amd also I love Ahmed’s style
Malak M so instead of properly learning something , like Ahmed did by studying stuff like that by himself , you would rather just watch someone do it because he already has an accomplished way of doing it. I understand you wanna see the artists you like in action , but thats not the point of tutrials. You have two options 1.learn it the hard way by actually doing it by yourself
2.pretend like trying to learn the thing by just watching a video instead of actually looking at it and slow down your learning process and the quality of your work
Drawin Stuff Okay slow down. How would you know the people asking for tutorials DON’T learn the “hard way” or whatever you want to address it? Do you have a solid proof that they just watch tutorials to give them the sense of accomplishment without doing a single job done? Okay sure maybe some people, maybe you used to be like that, but not all people are like this you know? To be honest I really don’t have the need to prove myself to you giving you evidence of hard work, but don’t just go around judging people bashing them assuming they don’t do studies and they don’t put hours and hours of work every day to get better. I merely was curious about how Ahmed came up with this style. So anyway, basically what you’re saying is “don’t ever ask others! Only learn it the HARD way. Because asking is CHEATING. Tutorials are HACKS and that’s cheating.” Well then why you’re here in a channel that do tutorials.. it’s cheating right? He give us “shortcuts”, we just watch him draw all day and we don’t work.
I WAS THEWRE
And i missed it. 😢
me too
XD Cyan told me about it afterwards XD
Yo Acolus, could you put me in touch with the Ana that is mentioned in the video?
Rofflll at the squeaky voicee XD
Dying at 29:20 XD
I was just doing design requests without much knowledge in design, made me feel miserable about myself. Lol my fault for not even studying about it before
I WANNA JOIN THAT SERVER!!!
My motto is, if you feel satisfied with yourself, you may never grow to be as good as you ever can be.
I am sad :)
Ahmed you definitely watch Jordan peterson videos :D
+KaiK96 you bet bucko
He is great, really motivational without really trying to be. By the way, how old are you Ahmed? If you don't mind answering of course :D
29
what brushes do you use?
whoa.. i'd really like to be on this discord server... how to get in?
I didn't get the name of the other RUclipsr you mentioned can someone link him?
Will Terrell! +גיא שחר
the fuckin angrysausage
sad
Sorry but out of video subject, I want to ask you a question, where are you from? Because y’ know your name is Ahmed and your family name starts with "al" so i was wondering
+i luv your art and tutorials keep going
I'm a mix of Iraqi/White and a little bit of Native American
Ahmed Aldoori oh i see! Thx for answering me
Oh teacher! Where can I find your discord!!!
Patreon
How to draw animu pls
ONE study mangas and stylize realism , there you go
So weird to listen to angry sausage here
ALGOTS FUCKING MIC HAHA
Angry Switched sides
Ronin PehO im a spy man dont blow my cover
Can you link the artist??
potatomaster 111 im on Instagram conmaart ,cheers.
Yo , so , got a question, are you from Romania ? xD
close, Moldova but yeah i speak romanian :)
Minunaat ! Tocmai ti-am dat follow pe instagram xD
multumesc :)
This guy has to be able to find work somewhere though right? Like is he just not putting his stuff out there? Maybe he wouldn't get into naughty dog, but he's pretty dang good
How common do you think this is? People have pretty strong work and can't find employment?
I could see him get illustration jobs.
ONE I would hope so. Well that's good to know. Yeah this guy is improving he knows how to grind obviously. If he's just not applying broadly enough I hope he starts. Even maciej started at some smaller jobs before crytek and naughty dog right? I am excited to see what this guy is doing in a year or two
Wobbie XD XD XD