I was afraid at first when I read the title, but then this video helps me to remind myself to enjoy drawing even though I can't fulfil my own expectation. Thankyou for this video
@@ripper9112 Art is a journey, you can't be happy/enjoying it all the time. There's a lot of effort, patience and energy poured in each piece you create and sometimes we'll have those bad days, a lot and consecutively, lose it, love it, it has its ups and downs just like any passion you decide to pursue be it singing, dancing, acting etc.
I don’t hate drawing, I just hate the fact that I have a hard time motivating myself to draw because whenever I see other people’s art, I get demotivated, and then when I look at my art, it doesn’t look like I want it to look, and then I get demotivated even more, and I try to force myself to draw to at least try and improve some or because I saw something I want to try and draw, and I can only draw a singular line before wanting to give up because I don’t have any motivation
I don’t know if this will help you but it helped me. I used to be the same. I would look at other people’s art and get demotivated and think “I’ll never be as good as that.” But then I watched a video, I forget the name of it though, that said to look at the art of people you admire and study from it, take from it, and learn from it. So I did. I collected a bunch of art from artists I’m a fan of and studied them. I zoomed in on the line art and looked at how this did their lines, studied how they used color, studied how they draw faces, studied how they draw eyes. And then when I did that I started to feel motivated again and started getting excited to draw. Eventually I ended up creating something that I was genuinely proud of.
You shouldn't feel pressured to draw, art doesn't work like that. My only advise it to -wherever you go- bring a sketchbook. Whatever can inspire you. And study from what inspire you. There's a good looking tree/dog/poster in front of you? Try draw it without thinking. Shut down your mind. Like when your in school and you're bored and draw. In school you don't care what will come out, you just let your hand do whatever it wants to do. An artist I know said: When you look at someone else's drawing, don't envy them, you'll never be them. You can't, cause you're you. Instead study their drawing and ask yourself "What I really like about this drawing? Why this is so good looking for me?" and answer yourself. Is it the way they draw eyes? Or maybe hands? Good, try copy their work. You wont wake up one day and immediately draw like Leonardo da Vinci. Not even him did it. Cause drawing is a skill and you need to work on it in order to improve. Also close Instagram, pinterest, twitter or whatever makes you feel like shit. It helps, it really does.
When one develops this habit over many years, I would say that it's probably one of the hardest habits to break free from. Very relatable in many, if not all aspects of personal life. It's like when a kid learns to like soda as a toddler and then continues to have it all the way into adulthood with no checks from an adult, then you or anyone else tries to tell him/her/it to not abuse it or consume it because it affects their health badly and then they either blow you off or lash out at you for "daring to say that to them". Until that person finds a way to change that habit or drop it, voluntarily, it's damn-near impossible for anyone else to help them or even show them the light, much less guide you there. It requires tons of self-worth, self-love, and self-brutal-honesty and determination to get out of that destructive lifestyle.
Same. Sometimes I wish I was in an art school. At least then I would be forced to do the art. I am very bad at managing stuff for myself. I love art. I love learning it too. But I am so lazy and procrastinate a lot.
@@sel4205 I too am terrible at time management. But at least I'm actually going to be in Art school after next month. I took a gap semester cuz COVID, I planned to do some self-study by reading some of the books and some online lessons that I bought but turns out that I haven't progressed at all and my gap semester is already almost gone. I'm sad that my "holiday" is gonna be over soon but at least I will be able to stop procrastinating. (Hopefully. Or at least do it less)
I dont understand how people can "improve little by little." My mom put me in an art-focused class since she knows I like drawing. But the constant pressure of people being better than you makes me loose motivation and I get stressed when drawing. Unlike those days I could just grab my pencil and start drawing whatever. I cant seem to do that anymore.
You improve little by little by consistently drawing and learning new things. These people aren't better than you so much as further ahead in their journey. And generally they'll be very happy to help you improve! The thing with art is there will almost always be some one you see as better than you. It needs to be motivating not scary. You can get better. Don't be afraid of drawing bad pictures. Drawing bad pictures is good. How are you meant to learn how to be better if you don't know what skills you need to work on?
I get your mom probably thought: “kid likes art! kid go to art school no more math just art, kid happy.” when in reality, art school is teaching you stress and the more technical, unfun way of drawing. Something I learned from an anime was to accept “defeat” and take the opportunity to learn from people who are on a higher level than you. Don’t just get frustrated and get mad at the people around you, but ask them what and why they took a certain approach to what they did. If you can absorb those techniques and etc., your art will improve and so will the quality of it. Practice mediums if you’re stuck too. One of my favorite stress relievers is drawing with a BIC ballpoint because you can’t erase and beat up your sketchbook with it with all of your frustration. It takes a lot of pride in yourself to admit you can take new things to make your art better from other people but it’s all part of the process. I don’t draw everyday, but I take minutes a day to look at techniques and analyze other people’s art process most days to keep my creativity going and absorb the information. That’s my “improving little by little” go-to. Every drawing I do, is drastically better than the one I did half a week ago.
Hobbies stop bringing fun and enjoyment when they become a responsibility. "Want" turns into a "must" or a "should". Hope ya told your mom about your pressure so she could understand.
// how people can "improve little by little// very simple. You learn foreign language: today you learned 5 new words, the next day more 5 new words... - and so you improve your foreign language little by little. It works for everything. Drawing isn't something special.
So much this. I’ve been an illustrator for more than 20 years and I’ve literally worked in nearly every industry. I’ve been an inker in the comic book industry. I painted book covers, board game and tabletop game illustration. Illustrations for RPGs, concept design, murals, I’ve even done technical illustration for the US military. This message is one of the hardest things to learn as a career illustrator. Especially someone like me who became very adept at adjusting my style to fit any situation / client. At one point was even a ghost penciler for a fairly famous comic book artist who was way behind on a deadline because I could mimic his style so well even he had trouble telling my pages from his own. BUT, I fell into a trap. I was so focused on getting the next gig and convinced I had to completely push aside the styles I wanted to experiment with to keep those clients, I realized one day, I had no style. In fact after a 15 year career, my ability to draw had suffered because I no longer knew what or how to draw without a client telling me do this and we want it to match this artist or this style (like Art Nuveau) Once I realized that, I was working for the Navy at the time, I quit doing commercial illustration. It was scary. Then I became a tattoo artist. In the 4 years since I’ve done that I began rediscovering my personal style and slowly I’m not only getting more and more tattoo clients who search out me for how I do things but I’m starting to get more and more illustration work based on my post-commercial art style choices. If you hate what your doing sometimes you just have to step back and make sure your not trying to artistically shove your round peg into a square hole.
Thanks for the story, man. Well, I don't think it was necessarily a bad thing. It just took a long detour for you to realize what you wanted, but at the same time, can you honestly say you didn't have any fond memories of the whole journey ? Congratulations on opening your own tattoo shop.
Just you bringing it back around to the point of "Focus on why you started in the first place" really sent me back to when I was a kid and just loved drawing for the sake of drawing, genuinely brought me back to wanting to draw again.
Dang. I feel that! I used to be into Automotive Design & Stock Car racing while I found out I knew how draw (almost) a replica of the Chrysler 300M. I still wanna be too
I miss those days when I just draw something that I can laugh at and not care about improving at all. Then everything changed when I actually try to improve and have been feeling like crap for the last 4 years.
I'm in the same boat: back when I started drawing and could barely create anything I was having a blast, drawing 5 hours a day and I made so many drawings. Now that I have reached a level way beyond anything I was hopping for when I first started, the fear of failure and of the white page is real. But when I get in the zone, I can stay there for quite some time, thinking "no, I won't stop now. 10 more minutes, I just want to polish this". And suddenly, one hour went by, just like that.
Not really looking at art as an career, but one thing that makes me quite mad is when I have an creation in my mind I wanna depict on paper, than right as I hold the pen or pencil my vision just keeps getting blurrier I create something that isn’t as satisfying as the thing in my mind.
Whatever you have in mind, just do really really dirty pencil sketches of its most basic structure/figure. That's what I do. It should never start as perfect. If it starts to be quite close to the thing on your mind, then you just add details little by little. There's no shame in Googling references for any object. You can only draw straight from imagination when you have already built a wide image vocabulary. If you haven't yet, then Google is your friend.
I used to be like you, but now it's piece of cake just to draw precisely in vision, I just draw alot, but now I'm learning some other ways to draw, but my style
i wish i had this advice earlier. I was obsessed with training for art school that it really drained me mentally. My teacher and mother were both coming from the creative industry. They had expectations too high but offer too little guidelines for me. I really wanted to get experimental but was anxious about whether or not i might be accepted into my university. After quitting, i really got better and finally tried to pursue mechanical engineering as something i truly enjoyed. It's ok if you decide art isn't your thing.
I know there is no chance of anyone seeing this, but dude you saved my life. Thinking your future opportunity is gone because you “lost” your skill, is almost enough to make someone suicidal. I appreciate the video, and the way you spoke. Not a lot of people have a magnetic charisma.
@Mario L.-S. I like your answer. I definitely think God gives some people the talent for art to touch people. It will not always appear "Godly", but God doesn't sugar coat life. Glad you shared your experience with someone else.
This video made me realize that the thing holding me back isn’t the fact I don’t like drawing it’s just the longing for approval I’ve posted nearly every drawing I’ve made online for about five years and I think it’s time to maybe take a long break and just draw for myself
I remember I was drawing almost all the time in school, suddenly stopped when I graduated high school and had to find my first job. I was out for all day, leaving for job at 7 a.m only to be back around 10 p.m I didn't last there for more than six months but I can see that from that moment I started losing my passion for art. It started when I was 18, now I'm 27 and I'm almost not drawing at all, with every year I draw less and less and I can't help it. In the meantime of this almost 10 years gap I've got my visual art diploma, I used to draw while being at university but not as much as while being in high school. My mental health problems started because I could't find a job in art industry, I couldn't find any job that was satisfying for me. Depression started slowly killing my joy and passion foreverything. I've lost most of the time playing games and procrastinating. and for what? For nothing. It sucks, I hate myself for that, I cannot help but think that it's my fault. It's my fault I couldn't find a job in art industry, it's my fault to chicken out about even trying to find it. It's my fault I was too scared to lazy to stay focused and work on my skill. I was always like "I'll start next week, next month, next year" and guess what? I never did. By now I'm still struggling with my depression, I wasn't feeling good on meds (which is not the reason you should not take them, talk to your doctor) and I had to quit them, now due to Covid it's very hard, almost impossible to get free therapy here in Poland and the private one is to expensive for me to afford. I've lost my job and I thought about trying drawing again but still struggling. It's like I've lost all my interest and it breaks my heart because I don't want to give up, not yes. I don't want to admit I won't be an artist one day, I don't want to admit I won't draw ever again. I don't want to admit I do not like drawing. Somehow I just cannot find a joy in it anymore and I don't know why. I miss the feeling when I had this urge to draw something back in school, I got bad grades due to that but man, that made me so happy back then.
I'm the same. But i force myself to create nearly everyday. Doesn't mean its better, just a different way to keep hold of that dying dream or idea of what my life should be. We are just detached from this world and thinking that creating will give us acceptance from this world. Truth is, there are many many things we could be doing in life. Not just being labelled as an artist.
I think I needed this. Not because I don't enjoy drawing/creating (I'm about to do my Bachelor of Design soon) but because now I feel grounded. You just need to come down into reality and then keep encouraging yourself. If you're good, you'll know and you'll appreciate the good AND bad artworks - it's all part of your improvement.
I just wanna say thank you, I always heard from my college lecturers that I have to give up the art style I like because it's generic and they kept saying you won't work well in the industry if you have to keep drawing the art style you like, so I got lost from there because I always like drawing since young. It hurt to hear those words from lecturers, thank God for the internet if not I would be a frog in a well not knowing there are other knowledge and infos on art out there. Thank you, my love for art was reminded through your video and advice, it motivated me so much more.
Thank you for making this. I've always felt the need to learn 3d and and draw realistically because that's what the industry needs and ive felt bad trying to learn it. I'm gonna focus on what I enjoy drawing as opposed to what I feel I should draw.
The great thing about being an amateur artist (and knowing I always will be) is that I don't have to force myself to do art. I can enjoy improving whenever I want to do art.
I am barely starting -actually- trying to put out my drawings out there, instead of just secretly posting them, and I admit I was like "Oh noo! Am I making a mistake!?" when I read the title haha but I've been having SO much fun sharing and using that to drive myself into actually trying to get better at drawing, which I never did before! :) Awesome video! Thanks!
I love drawing so much, but there are alot of requirements so society just accepts you as one like getting into artschool or what ever they have there which you can sometimes learn on your own ;-;
I hate to start, but love when I actually get to it. It´s the fear of pure failure that kicks me back all the time. But in the end I am always proud of what I created, especially when I go and look back at the others I´ve drawn and I see improvements. That´s what I love about it the most.
I was a science student who went into an art college. I had never done art in my life (if you're wondering how I got in there, the entrance didn't judge you by art but by logic and creativity). I was bored with studying so I decided to take this decision, it was quite reckless. It was like a new world to me. Everybody there was into art some way or other. The first year was about basics in art and I was terrible at it. I'd look at other people and felt so bad about my art. I became hell depressed. Then pandemic came.. and i spent most of my time in art tutorials online. My art improved a lot, better than some people in my batch. As a studious person I am good at working hard and sitting in a place so I was able to improve. I started dreaming of becoming a fine arts artist and I loved what I did. But there was a problem... I couldn't do art for more than 3 hours a day maximum. In fact many days I'd just binge watch series and do nothing. Art burned me out like hell. If I did art regularly for a month, I'd take 2 months break after that. It was very unstable. I was tired most of the time or I was lazing out, unable to do anything. Soon it became clear to me I can't do this professionally. It was a pain to accept it, it took me another year to realize this. I still sometimes look at other artists and their arts and go into deep thinking and sad thoughts that I can't pursue this commercially but I think I don't really *love* art that way. Plus I can always do this in my free time which, ironically, is very therapeutic, especially inking.
it's been over a month since I finished a personal project. I only draw on the sides so I can't make as much art as most artists do, so the longer I don't draw, the more frustrated I become as to why i'm not drawing enough, which is true apparently. But then you said something like "focus on something that you popped open your laptop because you want to look at it again, 'cause 'aww man, I can't believe I did that'..", which I did just a couple of days ago, looking at that fanart I did that I still can't freakin believe that I pulled off no matter how simple it is, and it hit me.. I guess I should just really chase that feeling I get on finishing something rather than worrying if people will even like it or even see it.. It's a really nice thing to think about. Thank you.
in all honesty this channel is so incredibly underrated, i feel like before hearing some of your tips i didn't really know what i wanted to do. i just, knew i liked doing art and kind of mindlessly thought "oh well i guess I'll do art related stuff or something in the future" but i realized... that's so incredibly vague it almost isn't even a real goal. i belive i managed to find a more "proper" goal, and that's thanks to you. dunno if you'll read this but keep up the good work.
Man I had a mate who was absolutely jet set on getting into the fashion industry. She moved to New York and worked 60 - 80 hour weeks only to be bullied by those who had already gone through rising through the ranks. After years she moved back home and decided that (in her words) pieces of cloth were not worth the misery of a cruel and toxic industry. She now works in retail in a job she actually likes and lives with her supportive partner. You get one life and you have to weigh up what really matters to you. Creative careers are not for everyone but nothing stops it becoming a side gig or hobby.
thing is; after you grind and learn all the fundamentals, drawing suddenly becomes a very relaxing and fun experience. the grind is pretty hard, miserable even, but now I am really excited to work in art.
i really needed to hear this man. i constantly belittle myself because the style im happy with is not mainstream and your just telling me that its ok to keep going down the path i want the way i enjoy it, thanks dude :)
i agree i had a friend that would just complain about his art and even worse bashing people that were levels above him and blamed it on himself being a failure at life, jesus i wish i told him to give up but man i just couldn't take it i just ignored him
Just wanted to say thank you for this video. I was trying to do stuff that would be accepted by the masses. But that's not my style. Thanks for saying what I needed to hear.
Recently, it took me a week and half to draw something that could've been done in a day (and that was two weeks after coming up with the idea) not because of difficulty but because of want. I once read somewhere that Jason Fabok (DC Artist) practiced 12 hours a day for years BEFORE getting his shot in comics. Lol. Yep...I'm definitely not doing anything like that. Art isn't my vocation but my avocation. When I'm inspired, I'll crank out something and post it on Instagram. It is what it is and I'm content.
bro fr, ive been practicing 1hr a day, sometimes more. But I also dont see it as my ultimate vocation, its something that i like and you can work from it. I get tired of feeling im in the wrong for not feeling it as my vocation. The things I most enjoy doing, theres simply few jobs for it. Rn I think im finding the area i most enjoy in art, and trying to find that balance. Next year im changing careers and im scared tho
Amazing 👏 👏 I cannot tell you how many times I've been stuck in that rut of, "I hate everything that I've done", or "why is it that my art isn't getting liked/noticed/etc." then just realizing I need to have my art please myself and just trace back to where I first picked up a pen. It's crazy how getting in a bad mindset can just tear apart everything.
I was watching this as I was working on a passion project, as you spoke it hit every cord and made me look back and remember why I love this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart thank you.
Depression hit me hard while I was working a day job and only getting an hour or two of practice each day if that. Took me 6 year to get to a place where I was happy with my progress. Im still depressed and broke, but hey at least I can draw now.
Truth. Glad to say I love art no matter what and I admire the styles of all. I may not do em but I acknowledge the beauty of the style because it’s art.
I can relate to this deeply on some levels. I think this is an experience you start to encounter as a sort of intermediate artist when you already have some years of art experience under your belt but maybe your not quite there yet. you feel like you've already invested so much time into art and your thinking, wheres my return on investment? why do I still suck? why arent people appreciating me yet. i think you gotta learn to be comfortable with 'failure' and not being 100% happy with your work because no matter how good you are that isn't going to change.
Personally I think that peoples skill fluctuates, and I don’t think it’s fair to tell people to quit if their just in a hole. Most people will be able to get out of that hole and start to feel good about themselves and their art. I kind of agree with you I just think you just need to stress hating it vs just being in natural progression.
I'm new at digital art and I'm struggling... A LOT but even though it's difficult to adjust, I enjoy making art. There are times where we are challenged to something new and we reached to the point where we want to give up but we remembered the reason why we want to do it and continuing to struggle until we reached the goal and the cycle goes by. I want to switch into semi-realism but I'm struggling because I'm not used to semi realism. I want to give up but everytime I remember that drawing is all I have and the only thing that I want to do for the rest of my life, I'm continuing to struggle and hoping that it was all worth it in the end.
I draw because I have some problems. And I am a addicted to drawing and art has saved me. But I think I would never be able to work in art career. Thanks you for making this video
I'm a software engineer and the highlight of my day is being able to get 20 min to an hour making amazing stuff on my iPad. People ask why I didn't become an artist and sell prints. Thing is I have a feeling that if my livelihood depended on it, the joy would lose some luster for me.
software dev @ banks here, mate that's kinda how it goes for everything really, I coded whenever I could all waking hours for almost a decade and I loved every step of it because I was building the stuff I felt like building, til I got my 1st job at 20, it's been 2 years now and I only code at work I don't dare touching any of it afterwards nor think about it(i used to tho, but that's something you learn, how to detach and live your personal life), and aye don't get me wrong, I bloody love my job, the teams, the different projects, building something for so many people to use, but specially AND REALLY SPECIALLY the process of just me and the pc, the pc and me, and let's write some code all day straight, mate I live for that shit, and yet? there's still sometimes that I don't feel all that great, I've talked to many co-workers about this and yeah, we all love what we do BUT a job is a job, and no matter how much you enjoy it it's still a job, you build what your clients want, you have to follow tight schedule, and aye that's actually cool, but not exactly relaxing and fun. You do have some bonus points going for you if you naturally enjoy what you do of course but you'll still feel meh sometimes, but that's much better than hating the process of what you do and having to do it anyway! so I feel blessed about it, after work I get home, chill, work on my paintings, learn some more drawing techniques and practice, I do interpretations of environments from worlds like runeterra drawing demacia, ionia, whatever I feel like and I love the process of it but I swear to god, I can see it from a fucking mile away, if I had to do draw what clients told me to, also do it on a literal schedule, and sell it to get money for my bills, big yikes mate I would instantly lose all the appetite for it 100%. I keep it as a hobby for now, and later when I'm better I can maybe do a side hustle selling stuff here and there but always for fun, at my own pace and drawing what I want, but I'd never take that as a career I know it would absolutely hands down kill it for me too
thanks for the vid. i procrastinate, feeling anxious, keep finding tutorial or book ( tutorial hell), i'm excruciating. But, I won't give up. I believe these are the problems i need to conquer. every one can draw, but not every one can bare the mass amount of information that artists need to learn. um.....i know i might not have chance in this industry, but i have to keep going cuz i promise my mom i won't give up and will success buying foods for her. now she pass away, i still won't give up. i don't want all these efforts i do and my mom provide me food, i don't want these in vein. If i give up, i lost every effort my mom gave me. so......i am going to give it a try and try and try until i die hard cuz you know digital artists sit all the time. besides tons of mangaka died due to cancer or overworked. Indeed give up is an option, but I don't want to hurt my mom even she is dead. the reason that learning is painful is because the hipp.... whatever organ in brain, learning is next to fear. i still love drawing, but the 'improving yourself everyday' part is ... well, idk, every artists go through it?
I remember when I started drawing for real just on paper and I would love everything I did even if it was not clearly perfect, then I started digital art and I became maybe too critic of it and I get tired very easily but I got so proud of every drawing I would finish and just see my imagination come to life. Maybe that's why I draw in the end, because I want to express my imagination
I remember on the first day of my inktober journey, i tried to do... realism... not a good idea... it wasted my time... i submitted my art really late... why? I tried to do something that... isn't me... Realism isn't what i do, it's not my artstyle... another memory is when i tried to force myself to learn how to color from grayscale, but i then realized that i only wasted my efforts trying to understand something that i wasn't yet ready to understand... i love what i do, i love drawing... and no matter what, i don't think I'd be ever so frustrated enough to give up that passion... it means a lot to me... and so, I'm going to take my pace and learn by my own pace! I gave up a stable future ahead for a future filled with passion, it's up to me to make sure i don't regret it!
I always love drawing since i was a little i always made my own story and then drawing them with that beautiful feeling , plz be proud of who u r , u can draw if ur happy with it , not just for praise or job
Thanks. I draw for myself as a side thing, personal fun. Not as a career. So I feel like I’m doing this because I want to and I enjoy and feel accomplished when I sit down. Even learning and breaking through a wall feels so amazing!
Sometimes not liking creating art is more of a frustration at not being able to. I hated art when I had no idea where to start making a character. Once I learned some fundamentals and workflow, I started enjoying it so much more
I always challenge the subject by asking myself do I truly want to do this, and I spend time thinking about. I would answer honestly. Then if the answer was yes; then you always knew yourself, but if it was a no then you know something more about yourself. Continue to explore yourself.
For me, I LOVE the process, like When you are drawing and you get a pretty line or a pretty shape or a pretty color or whatever, it feels good, sometimes you do something you didn't know you could do or discover a something that makes you feel great It's when I get out of that zone and see at the result when I get the.... eeh.... nyeh... I also get the "like" stuff, but hey I like what you said, it's not a hard to swallow pill, it actually made me feel better You are a miracle worker
Got something after you telling me this... I draw one of my OC of my stories with a Xmas theme, the thing about that is i loved so much what i did that i put it as a screen on my phone, then wathever i look at my phone, i got the feeling of my own character told my try to do my best, if i made him like the way he is, i can make more like that... I am a lonely person, so is hard to love yourself all the time, big true what you said in the video... What i can recommend the people who started as an artist is some time, look in the past yourself and look at you know, you will never be the same person as yesterday
There’s a weird limbo stage with learning drawing or painting where you know what you want to do but don’t have the technical skills. You’re so close but so far in a way I think that causes a lot of frustration.
Oh my god! Thank you for this! Since spring I have done a lot of artudies to improve my skill, even trying to be popular in social media (portrait photostudies of girls for instagram). Then I started studying Environment Art for a few months, I had so much fun with it. And now I'm sitting here, organizing my early concepts for a new project and I have an inner joy in creating something again. Perhaps my illustrations will have some art flaws, but I will give everything to fill it with a soul. Let's goooooooo!
Can we just talk bout how awesome this character is? Like damn dude! Love it ! And i dont get how ppl living the illusion to become an artist without doing art at all...i do have my art-down-phases here n there due to everyday/family/peersonal/mental stress but thats ok! Once everythings calming down i love my craft and what i produce....but thos ppl...r probably thos like „i want to be an artist and gonna buy the most expensive artstuff to instantly become pro“
Subscribed because of your great advice and it’s from a loving place. I like the point about doing what you love but not to the detriment of building relationships with family, friends etc..
Sick drawing! People tell me I'm good (mostly people who don't draw a lot) but I still wanna learn how to use the tools. Like look at all the stuff you use in PS.
SOLID advice!!! I firmly believe that being in love with the idea of being someone who does something, instead of being in love with doing the something itself, usually comes from some form of ego driven desire. Not necessarily in a way that makes someone a bad person... I mean... Maybe so... But people are often driven to desire being something by what societal ideas do for their ego. Almost like it seems that it's really about what people can tell other people about themselves and I think that it ends up being something that destroys the inspiration of great artist in the end. We have to get ourselves to a point where we can say it's about what we love. And you're right! Don't do the art that you think the industry wants you to do if you don't enjoy it! An artist in my life who has always been an inspiration of mine once told me that my best art will always be the art that I personally like the most. Having gone back and forth between what is real to me and what is accepted by others, has really shown me just exactly how correct that advice was! This was a great video. And you're gonna help people grow with this kind of content!
where were you 10 years ago when I bailed on art, graphic design and more? I just picked it all up again when I just drew a little stupid drawing at the worst emotional point of my life a year ago... it's been a long road, but I finally found my style of art and I'm loving it. it's not your style, which I admire... but it's my style, and I'm proud
I myself don't particularly enjoy or hate doing art, but the concept of being able to create and tell a story, creating amazing artworks are the reasons why I practiced everyday. It's just something that you have to do, like brushing your teeth. Is it wrong to create art like this??
I think you are fine. No one is being super happy drawing everyday. If one does it seriously it's more a rutine, like a job. Some days are special, the rest is more doing what you need to do. But maybe you can shake things up a little to add something new and fresh to the rutine. Maybe try collaboration, making a print, working in another room or outside, doing another style or theme or making a product. Since storytelling is your thing, honor that! :) Try to involve story in your practise drawings. And make books or cartoons or anything where your storytelling can be involved too :)
@@nattinattson9562 I know I'm late but... thank you very much for that! It took me so long to realize that and even now, I'm just doubting myself yet again. So... Thanks again 💖
Doing art is like a spark, sometimes it’s there sometimes it is not but you can only feel the burning fire when you have something going for you and hoping it last, it for the love of art that makes you happy
I saw the title i was like "oh god oh jeez dont let it be me,i love my dream" annnnnnnnnnd thankfully it wasnt me 😂not even a bit ...anyway thanks trent♥️
You remind me so much of one of my college professors. He wasnt an art professor he was a philosophy professor but heck you remind me so much of him. This was a really nice video! I didnt realize how much I needed this video.
Hey I want to share how I overcame hating doing art haha. Back in April I was starting with this and I just couldn’t do what I wanted to do, I hated my drawings, but most important I felt so much stress while drawing. So I basically stopped doing any “personal job” to do only studies, learn the basics. I’m still on that, but damnn I enjoy so much being hours every day doing this stuff, and eventually in a couple months wel I’ll start doing all that stuff I want to do I did it with AngelGanev's patreon, but that was my way. My point is that if u r hating the process it could be because of you don’t actually know what you’re doing and you just have to learn the basics, learn how to actually do the thing, cuz this “art” thing is made up by a lot of concepts and skills u have to develop, and if you want to do it all at once, well it’s stressful as hell
Draw and Paint for you, yourself, have fun, laugh at your crap and not so crap their still beautiful 💕.... I realised that whenever I got an art paying job, I feel stressed out, tired and no fun cause am trying to paint right and please the customer and the mistakes I make only makes me feel worse... I stopped doing it, whenever they ask me again I simply tell them I don't have time for that...
Thank you so much for this video, I really needed this today. I just started a full time job that leaves me very sore and tired, and I have very little time or motivation to draw anymore. My dream has always been to make a living off of my art, and today it felt like it just wasn't going to happen. This video made me open my eyes that while I draw things I enjoy, I'm also more focused on trying to get them out there to build clout, and getting disappointed when it doesn't happen. The part where you say something along the lines of make something you want to open your laptop and look at resonated with me. I really need to stop focusing on trying to gain traction with my art, especially if all I'm doing is running on ice. Thank you again, here's to hopefully finding solace and more peace of mind with my art!
Thanks for speaking about this! I definitely don’t fit in that category of the ppl you mentioned so that enlightening! I do love drawing! I like your advice it was perfect! Thanks again for sharing!
Dude thank you, the things you said really were useful to me, it's amazing how a video on youtube really changed my head, I'll listen to that same video and see this beautiful art more often not to forget what I just learned
i feel more comforted after watching this video. ive been insecure about not being able to make a living out of my drawings, but i love doing it anyways. thank you for this!
Wow great advice. I had an art teacher that was harsher with this same advice. I’m dyslexic and I have a hard time on perspective and he told me off after 2 hours I would start a new page. But I never told him about my disabilities and I was a flower designer at the time too. And yeah it was hard to hear (and I was about to cry) but it open my eye to keep on going to take more classes with him. His an art teacher that never give A on your first take you would be lucky to get a C.
I wish I could go back to doing art just for me, but I can't stand the idea of working a normal job, and I couldn't handle the risk in the middle of this virus hell. So I continue to suffer.
I am not a good artist but I draw for kids and few guys who loves anime. And man the feeling that you made them smile and appreciate the little thing you did for them is soo amazing...that's when I realize that with the simpliest thing you do there is always something to be thankful for, that is why I have a youtube channel now...it's not for fame or whatever I just want to do something for those people who loves anime like me and besides I just love drawing though I'm not that good...i don't care if it doesn't have views , the right people will find it soon and I hope it would put a smile in their face.
I've been drawing the styles I've found that are and most trending/Standard and what I thought everyone must like. Funny thing is I don't enjoy drawing this way and have been pretty miserable and unmotivated to carry on drawing. so that comment you said about "Fall in love with drawing, The way you want to draw." totally changes my thoughts and thinking about how I want to draw. Thank you :)
I was afraid at first when I read the title, but then this video helps me to remind myself to enjoy drawing even though I can't fulfil my own expectation. Thankyou for this video
No responses? Guess I’ll be the first- Hell yeah! Keep enjoying the process!
you art looks a lot like the Warhammer and or World Of Warcraft art I see
If you have to remind and force yourself to enjoy it, then you obviously dont.
@@ripper9112 Damn, didn't know YOU were an expert on Windia Nata.
@@ripper9112 Art is a journey, you can't be happy/enjoying it all the time. There's a lot of effort, patience and energy poured in each piece you create and sometimes we'll have those bad days, a lot and consecutively, lose it, love it, it has its ups and downs just like any passion you decide to pursue be it singing, dancing, acting etc.
I don’t hate drawing, I just hate the fact that I have a hard time motivating myself to draw because whenever I see other people’s art, I get demotivated, and then when I look at my art, it doesn’t look like I want it to look, and then I get demotivated even more, and I try to force myself to draw to at least try and improve some or because I saw something I want to try and draw, and I can only draw a singular line before wanting to give up because I don’t have any motivation
I don’t know if this will help you but it helped me. I used to be the same. I would look at other people’s art and get demotivated and think “I’ll never be as good as that.” But then I watched a video, I forget the name of it though, that said to look at the art of people you admire and study from it, take from it, and learn from it.
So I did. I collected a bunch of art from artists I’m a fan of and studied them. I zoomed in on the line art and looked at how this did their lines, studied how they used color, studied how they draw faces, studied how they draw eyes.
And then when I did that I started to feel motivated again and started getting excited to draw. Eventually I ended up creating something that I was genuinely proud of.
@@ChamberK-1 true
damn i feel your frustration about this same.
You shouldn't feel pressured to draw, art doesn't work like that. My only advise it to -wherever you go- bring a sketchbook. Whatever can inspire you. And study from what inspire you. There's a good looking tree/dog/poster in front of you? Try draw it without thinking. Shut down your mind. Like when your in school and you're bored and draw. In school you don't care what will come out, you just let your hand do whatever it wants to do. An artist I know said: When you look at someone else's drawing, don't envy them, you'll never be them. You can't, cause you're you. Instead study their drawing and ask yourself "What I really like about this drawing? Why this is so good looking for me?" and answer yourself. Is it the way they draw eyes? Or maybe hands? Good, try copy their work. You wont wake up one day and immediately draw like Leonardo da Vinci. Not even him did it. Cause drawing is a skill and you need to work on it in order to improve. Also close Instagram, pinterest, twitter or whatever makes you feel like shit. It helps, it really does.
I feel the same..
I like to draw, but I like to procrastinate more. Sigh.
Relatable
When one develops this habit over many years, I would say that it's probably one of the hardest habits to break free from. Very relatable in many, if not all aspects of personal life. It's like when a kid learns to like soda as a toddler and then continues to have it all the way into adulthood with no checks from an adult, then you or anyone else tries to tell him/her/it to not abuse it or consume it because it affects their health badly and then they either blow you off or lash out at you for "daring to say that to them". Until that person finds a way to change that habit or drop it, voluntarily, it's damn-near impossible for anyone else to help them or even show them the light, much less guide you there. It requires tons of self-worth, self-love, and self-brutal-honesty and determination to get out of that destructive lifestyle.
Same. Sometimes I wish I was in an art school. At least then I would be forced to do the art. I am very bad at managing stuff for myself. I love art. I love learning it too. But I am so lazy and procrastinate a lot.
@@sel4205 I too am terrible at time management. But at least I'm actually going to be in Art school after next month. I took a gap semester cuz COVID, I planned to do some self-study by reading some of the books and some online lessons that I bought but turns out that I haven't progressed at all and my gap semester is already almost gone. I'm sad that my "holiday" is gonna be over soon but at least I will be able to stop procrastinating. (Hopefully. Or at least do it less)
@@sel4205 Also, as a fellow procrastinator, I wish u goodluck in your art journey.
I dont understand how people can "improve little by little." My mom put me in an art-focused class since she knows I like drawing. But the constant pressure of people being better than you makes me loose motivation and I get stressed when drawing. Unlike those days I could just grab my pencil and start drawing whatever. I cant seem to do that anymore.
Flip the script on that and look at those great artists as teachers that you can learn from. It should be exciting, not intimidating.
You improve little by little by consistently drawing and learning new things. These people aren't better than you so much as further ahead in their journey. And generally they'll be very happy to help you improve! The thing with art is there will almost always be some one you see as better than you. It needs to be motivating not scary. You can get better. Don't be afraid of drawing bad pictures. Drawing bad pictures is good. How are you meant to learn how to be better if you don't know what skills you need to work on?
I get your mom probably thought: “kid likes art! kid go to art school no more math just art, kid happy.” when in reality, art school is teaching you stress and the more technical, unfun way of drawing. Something I learned from an anime was to accept “defeat” and take the opportunity to learn from people who are on a higher level than you. Don’t just get frustrated and get mad at the people around you, but ask them what and why they took a certain approach to what they did. If you can absorb those techniques and etc., your art will improve and so will the quality of it. Practice mediums if you’re stuck too. One of my favorite stress relievers is drawing with a BIC ballpoint because you can’t erase and beat up your sketchbook with it with all of your frustration. It takes a lot of pride in yourself to admit you can take new things to make your art better from other people but it’s all part of the process. I don’t draw everyday, but I take minutes a day to look at techniques and analyze other people’s art process most days to keep my creativity going and absorb the information. That’s my “improving little by little” go-to. Every drawing I do, is drastically better than the one I did half a week ago.
Hobbies stop bringing fun and enjoyment when they become a responsibility. "Want" turns into a "must" or a "should".
Hope ya told your mom about your pressure so she could understand.
// how people can "improve little by little//
very simple. You learn foreign language: today you learned 5 new words, the next day more 5 new words... - and so you improve your foreign language little by little.
It works for everything. Drawing isn't something special.
So much this. I’ve been an illustrator for more than 20 years and I’ve literally worked in nearly every industry. I’ve been an inker in the comic book industry. I painted book covers, board game and tabletop game illustration. Illustrations for RPGs, concept design, murals, I’ve even done technical illustration for the US military. This message is one of the hardest things to learn as a career illustrator. Especially someone like me who became very adept at adjusting my style to fit any situation / client. At one point was even a ghost penciler for a fairly famous comic book artist who was way behind on a deadline because I could mimic his style so well even he had trouble telling my pages from his own. BUT, I fell into a trap. I was so focused on getting the next gig and convinced I had to completely push aside the styles I wanted to experiment with to keep those clients, I realized one day, I had no style. In fact after a 15 year career, my ability to draw had suffered because I no longer knew what or how to draw without a client telling me do this and we want it to match this artist or this style (like Art Nuveau)
Once I realized that, I was working for the Navy at the time, I quit doing commercial illustration. It was scary. Then I became a tattoo artist. In the 4 years since I’ve done that I began rediscovering my personal style and slowly I’m not only getting more and more tattoo clients who search out me for how I do things but I’m starting to get more and more illustration work based on my post-commercial art style choices. If you hate what your doing sometimes you just have to step back and make sure your not trying to artistically shove your round peg into a square hole.
That is very beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this,
Thanks for the story, man.
Well, I don't think it was necessarily a bad thing. It just took a long detour for you to realize what you wanted, but at the same time, can you honestly say you didn't have any fond memories of the whole journey ?
Congratulations on opening your own tattoo shop.
Wow thats one kind of a ride
This was a great read! Thanks for sharing.
do you have insta?
Just you bringing it back around to the point of "Focus on why you started in the first place" really sent me back to when I was a kid and just loved drawing for the sake of drawing, genuinely brought me back to wanting to draw again.
Same. Oh the memories
Dang. I feel that! I used to be into Automotive Design & Stock Car racing while I found out I knew how draw (almost) a replica of the Chrysler 300M. I still wanna be too
I miss those days when I just draw something that I can laugh at and not care about improving at all. Then everything changed when I actually try to improve and have been feeling like crap for the last 4 years.
Let go of the desire for approval, and embrace the pure love of drawing friend.
I'm in the same boat: back when I started drawing and could barely create anything I was having a blast, drawing 5 hours a day and I made so many drawings.
Now that I have reached a level way beyond anything I was hopping for when I first started, the fear of failure and of the white page is real. But when I get in the zone, I can stay there for quite some time, thinking "no, I won't stop now. 10 more minutes, I just want to polish this".
And suddenly, one hour went by, just like that.
just quit
@@benchoddept.3857 thanks
@@benchoddept.3857
Ah, thank you so much! I feel so accomplished now
Not really looking at art as an career, but one thing that makes me quite mad is when I have an creation in my mind I wanna depict on paper, than right as I hold the pen or pencil my vision just keeps getting blurrier I create something that isn’t as satisfying as the thing in my mind.
Whatever you have in mind, just do really really dirty pencil sketches of its most basic structure/figure. That's what I do. It should never start as perfect. If it starts to be quite close to the thing on your mind, then you just add details little by little. There's no shame in Googling references for any object. You can only draw straight from imagination when you have already built a wide image vocabulary. If you haven't yet, then Google is your friend.
Try thumbnailing to get the general idea down super quick!!
I used to be like you, but now it's piece of cake just to draw precisely in vision, I just draw alot, but now I'm learning some other ways to draw, but my style
@@friedchicken3242 wait how does that work?
i wish i had this advice earlier. I was obsessed with training for art school that it really drained me mentally. My teacher and mother were both coming from the creative industry. They had expectations too high but offer too little guidelines for me. I really wanted to get experimental but was anxious about whether or not i might be accepted into my university. After quitting, i really got better and finally tried to pursue mechanical engineering as something i truly enjoyed. It's ok if you decide art isn't your thing.
I know there is no chance of anyone seeing this, but dude you saved my life. Thinking your future opportunity is gone because you “lost” your skill, is almost enough to make someone suicidal. I appreciate the video, and the way you spoke. Not a lot of people have a magnetic charisma.
@Mario L.-S. I like your answer. I definitely think God gives some people the talent for art to touch people. It will not always appear "Godly", but God doesn't sugar coat life. Glad you shared your experience with someone else.
This video made me realize that the thing holding me back isn’t the fact I don’t like drawing it’s just the longing for approval
I’ve posted nearly every drawing I’ve made online for about five years and I think it’s time to maybe take a long break and just draw for myself
I remember I was drawing almost all the time in school, suddenly stopped when I graduated high school and had to find my first job. I was out for all day, leaving for job at 7 a.m only to be back around 10 p.m I didn't last there for more than six months but I can see that from that moment I started losing my passion for art. It started when I was 18, now I'm 27 and I'm almost not drawing at all, with every year I draw less and less and I can't help it. In the meantime of this almost 10 years gap I've got my visual art diploma, I used to draw while being at university but not as much as while being in high school. My mental health problems started because I could't find a job in art industry, I couldn't find any job that was satisfying for me. Depression started slowly killing my joy and passion foreverything. I've lost most of the time playing games and procrastinating. and for what? For nothing. It sucks, I hate myself for that, I cannot help but think that it's my fault. It's my fault I couldn't find a job in art industry, it's my fault to chicken out about even trying to find it. It's my fault I was too scared to lazy to stay focused and work on my skill. I was always like "I'll start next week, next month, next year" and guess what? I never did. By now I'm still struggling with my depression, I wasn't feeling good on meds (which is not the reason you should not take them, talk to your doctor) and I had to quit them, now due to Covid it's very hard, almost impossible to get free therapy here in Poland and the private one is to expensive for me to afford. I've lost my job and I thought about trying drawing again but still struggling. It's like I've lost all my interest and it breaks my heart because I don't want to give up, not yes. I don't want to admit I won't be an artist one day, I don't want to admit I won't draw ever again. I don't want to admit I do not like drawing. Somehow I just cannot find a joy in it anymore and I don't know why. I miss the feeling when I had this urge to draw something back in school, I got bad grades due to that but man, that made me so happy back then.
I relate too hard to too much stuff you said but…
Has it gotten any better? I hope ur okay
I'm the same. But i force myself to create nearly everyday. Doesn't mean its better, just a different way to keep hold of that dying dream or idea of what my life should be. We are just detached from this world and thinking that creating will give us acceptance from this world. Truth is, there are many many things we could be doing in life. Not just being labelled as an artist.
@@andyjart5063 “just an artist”? There are many things I could be doing but I’d be most proud to call myself an artist
I feel like this too. Procrastinating and self destructive behaviors
I think I needed this. Not because I don't enjoy drawing/creating (I'm about to do my Bachelor of Design soon) but because now I feel grounded. You just need to come down into reality and then keep encouraging yourself. If you're good, you'll know and you'll appreciate the good AND bad artworks - it's all part of your improvement.
I just wanna say thank you, I always heard from my college lecturers that I have to give up the art style I like because it's generic and they kept saying you won't work well in the industry if you have to keep drawing the art style you like, so I got lost from there because I always like drawing since young. It hurt to hear those words from lecturers, thank God for the internet if not I would be a frog in a well not knowing there are other knowledge and infos on art out there. Thank you, my love for art was reminded through your video and advice, it motivated me so much more.
Thank you for making this. I've always felt the need to learn 3d and and draw realistically because that's what the industry needs and ive felt bad trying to learn it. I'm gonna focus on what I enjoy drawing as opposed to what I feel I should draw.
You will probably find more satisfaction in your life.
The great thing about being an amateur artist (and knowing I always will be) is that I don't have to force myself to do art. I can enjoy improving whenever I want to do art.
Hey I'm not even an artist, but a composer and music producer. This video perfectly applies to that kind of art too, thank you very much sir!
But isn't composing art as well? Maybe not visual art, but imo all creation can be art
I am barely starting -actually- trying to put out my drawings out there, instead of just secretly posting them, and I admit I was like "Oh noo! Am I making a mistake!?" when I read the title haha but I've been having SO much fun sharing and using that to drive myself into actually trying to get better at drawing, which I never did before! :) Awesome video! Thanks!
Being an artist and the idea of being one
I love drawing so much, but there are alot of requirements so society just accepts you as one like getting into artschool or what ever they have there which you can sometimes learn on your own ;-;
I came in to feel sad, left feeling happier and more content. Thank you.
You : stop, get some help
The artist that asked u for advice: I like ur funny words, magic man
The title made me lose self esteem but I then feel like fighting for what I love to do
Scary seeing RUclips send me a notif that just says "signs you should give up on an art career" ,not so scary watching the video.
I hate to start, but love when I actually get to it. It´s the fear of pure failure that kicks me back all the time. But in the end I am always proud of what I created, especially when I go and look back at the others I´ve drawn and I see improvements. That´s what I love about it the most.
I was a science student who went into an art college. I had never done art in my life (if you're wondering how I got in there, the entrance didn't judge you by art but by logic and creativity). I was bored with studying so I decided to take this decision, it was quite reckless.
It was like a new world to me. Everybody there was into art some way or other. The first year was about basics in art and I was terrible at it. I'd look at other people and felt so bad about my art. I became hell depressed.
Then pandemic came.. and i spent most of my time in art tutorials online. My art improved a lot, better than some people in my batch. As a studious person I am good at working hard and sitting in a place so I was able to improve. I started dreaming of becoming a fine arts artist and I loved what I did.
But there was a problem... I couldn't do art for more than 3 hours a day maximum. In fact many days I'd just binge watch series and do nothing. Art burned me out like hell. If I did art regularly for a month, I'd take 2 months break after that. It was very unstable. I was tired most of the time or I was lazing out, unable to do anything.
Soon it became clear to me I can't do this professionally. It was a pain to accept it, it took me another year to realize this. I still sometimes look at other artists and their arts and go into deep thinking and sad thoughts that I can't pursue this commercially but I think I don't really *love* art that way. Plus I can always do this in my free time which, ironically, is very therapeutic, especially inking.
it's been over a month since I finished a personal project. I only draw on the sides so I can't make as much art as most artists do, so the longer I don't draw, the more frustrated I become as to why i'm not drawing enough, which is true apparently. But then you said something like "focus on something that you popped open your laptop because you want to look at it again, 'cause 'aww man, I can't believe I did that'..", which I did just a couple of days ago, looking at that fanart I did that I still can't freakin believe that I pulled off no matter how simple it is, and it hit me.. I guess I should just really chase that feeling I get on finishing something rather than worrying if people will even like it or even see it.. It's a really nice thing to think about. Thank you.
in all honesty this channel is so incredibly underrated, i feel like before hearing some of your tips i didn't really know what i wanted to do.
i just, knew i liked doing art and kind of mindlessly thought "oh well i guess I'll do art related stuff or something in the future" but i realized... that's so incredibly vague it almost isn't even a real goal.
i belive i managed to find a more "proper" goal, and that's thanks to you.
dunno if you'll read this but keep up the good work.
I read every comment. Thank you!
Man I had a mate who was absolutely jet set on getting into the fashion industry. She moved to New York and worked 60 - 80 hour weeks only to be bullied by those who had already gone through rising through the ranks. After years she moved back home and decided that (in her words) pieces of cloth were not worth the misery of a cruel and toxic industry. She now works in retail in a job she actually likes and lives with her supportive partner. You get one life and you have to weigh up what really matters to you. Creative careers are not for everyone but nothing stops it becoming a side gig or hobby.
thing is; after you grind and learn all the fundamentals, drawing suddenly becomes a very relaxing and fun experience. the grind is pretty hard, miserable even, but now I am really excited to work in art.
i really needed to hear this man. i constantly belittle myself because the style im happy with is not mainstream and your just telling me that its ok to keep going down the path i want the way i enjoy it, thanks dude :)
I sketch as therapy you are right, there is a great therapeutic value in art, when you get in the zone and the world melts away.
I got scared on the title... But I loved this so much since this is so true omg thank you for this.
i agree i had a friend that would just complain about his art and even worse bashing people that were levels above him and blamed it on himself being a failure at life, jesus i wish i told him to give up but man i just couldn't take it i just ignored him
Just wanted to say thank you for this video. I was trying to do stuff that would be accepted by the masses. But that's not my style. Thanks for saying what I needed to hear.
Recently, it took me a week and half to draw something that could've been done in a day (and that was two weeks after coming up with the idea) not because of difficulty but because of want. I once read somewhere that Jason Fabok (DC Artist) practiced 12 hours a day for years BEFORE getting his shot in comics. Lol. Yep...I'm definitely not doing anything like that. Art isn't my vocation but my avocation. When I'm inspired, I'll crank out something and post it on Instagram. It is what it is and I'm content.
bro fr, ive been practicing 1hr a day, sometimes more. But I also dont see it as my ultimate vocation, its something that i like and you can work from it. I get tired of feeling im in the wrong for not feeling it as my vocation. The things I most enjoy doing, theres simply few jobs for it. Rn I think im finding the area i most enjoy in art, and trying to find that balance. Next year im changing careers and im scared tho
Amazing 👏 👏
I cannot tell you how many times I've been stuck in that rut of, "I hate everything that I've done", or "why is it that my art isn't getting liked/noticed/etc." then just realizing I need to have my art please myself and just trace back to where I first picked up a pen. It's crazy how getting in a bad mindset can just tear apart everything.
Every time i look at my art i feel a little satisfaction, but i also feel like i can do better, and that always brings me back to make more and more.
I was watching this as I was working on a passion project, as you spoke it hit every cord and made me look back and remember why I love this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart thank you.
Depression hit me hard while I was working a day job and only getting an hour or two of practice each day if that. Took me 6 year to get to a place where I was happy with my progress.
Im still depressed and broke, but hey at least I can draw now.
The moral of the story is this shit takes time and dedication.
Truth. Glad to say I love art no matter what and I admire the styles of all. I may not do em but I acknowledge the beauty of the style because it’s art.
I can relate to this deeply on some levels. I think this is an experience you start to encounter as a sort of intermediate artist when you already have some years of art experience under your belt but maybe your not quite there yet. you feel like you've already invested so much time into art and your thinking, wheres my return on investment? why do I still suck? why arent people appreciating me yet. i think you gotta learn to be comfortable with 'failure' and not being 100% happy with your work because no matter how good you are that isn't going to change.
im not an artist and i dont want to be one, but that timelapse was so sweet i watched the entire video :D
Personally I think that peoples skill fluctuates, and I don’t think it’s fair to tell people to quit if their just in a hole. Most people will be able to get out of that hole and start to feel good about themselves and their art. I kind of agree with you I just think you just need to stress hating it vs just being in natural progression.
This is some POWERFUL wisdom! Thank you so much for this!
I'm new at digital art and I'm struggling... A LOT but even though it's difficult to adjust, I enjoy making art. There are times where we are challenged to something new and we reached to the point where we want to give up but we remembered the reason why we want to do it and continuing to struggle until we reached the goal and the cycle goes by. I want to switch into semi-realism but I'm struggling because I'm not used to semi realism. I want to give up but everytime I remember that drawing is all I have and the only thing that I want to do for the rest of my life, I'm continuing to struggle and hoping that it was all worth it in the end.
I draw because I have some problems. And I am a addicted to drawing and art has saved me. But I think I would never be able to work in art career. Thanks you for making this video
I'm a software engineer and the highlight of my day is being able to get 20 min to an hour making amazing stuff on my iPad. People ask why I didn't become an artist and sell prints. Thing is I have a feeling that if my livelihood depended on it, the joy would lose some luster for me.
software dev @ banks here, mate that's kinda how it goes for everything really, I coded whenever I could all waking hours for almost a decade and I loved every step of it because I was building the stuff I felt like building, til I got my 1st job at 20, it's been 2 years now and I only code at work I don't dare touching any of it afterwards nor think about it(i used to tho, but that's something you learn, how to detach and live your personal life), and aye don't get me wrong, I bloody love my job, the teams, the different projects, building something for so many people to use, but specially AND REALLY SPECIALLY the process of just me and the pc, the pc and me, and let's write some code all day straight, mate I live for that shit, and yet? there's still sometimes that I don't feel all that great, I've talked to many co-workers about this and yeah, we all love what we do BUT a job is a job, and no matter how much you enjoy it it's still a job, you build what your clients want, you have to follow tight schedule, and aye that's actually cool, but not exactly relaxing and fun. You do have some bonus points going for you if you naturally enjoy what you do of course but you'll still feel meh sometimes, but that's much better than hating the process of what you do and having to do it anyway! so I feel blessed about it, after work I get home, chill, work on my paintings, learn some more drawing techniques and practice, I do interpretations of environments from worlds like runeterra drawing demacia, ionia, whatever I feel like and I love the process of it but I swear to god, I can see it from a fucking mile away, if I had to do draw what clients told me to, also do it on a literal schedule, and sell it to get money for my bills, big yikes mate I would instantly lose all the appetite for it 100%. I keep it as a hobby for now, and later when I'm better I can maybe do a side hustle selling stuff here and there but always for fun, at my own pace and drawing what I want, but I'd never take that as a career I know it would absolutely hands down kill it for me too
thanks for the vid. i procrastinate, feeling anxious, keep finding tutorial or book ( tutorial hell), i'm excruciating. But, I won't give up. I believe these are the problems i need to conquer.
every one can draw, but not every one can bare the mass amount of information that artists need to learn.
um.....i know i might not have chance in this industry, but i have to keep going cuz i promise my mom i won't give up and will success buying foods for her. now she pass away, i still won't give up.
i don't want all these efforts i do and my mom provide me food, i don't want these in vein.
If i give up, i lost every effort my mom gave me.
so......i am going to give it a try and try and try until i die hard cuz you know digital artists sit all the time.
besides tons of mangaka died due to cancer or overworked.
Indeed give up is an option, but I don't want to hurt my mom even she is dead.
the reason that learning is painful is because the hipp.... whatever organ in brain, learning is next to fear.
i still love drawing, but the 'improving yourself everyday' part is ... well, idk, every artists go through it?
I remember when I started drawing for real just on paper and I would love everything I did even if it was not clearly perfect, then I started digital art and I became maybe too critic of it and I get tired very easily but I got so proud of every drawing I would finish and just see my imagination come to life. Maybe that's why I draw in the end, because I want to express my imagination
I always fantasized about drawing with anime inspiration. However, I'm always demotivated to draw. I'm probably going to be a writer.
I remember on the first day of my inktober journey, i tried to do... realism... not a good idea... it wasted my time... i submitted my art really late... why? I tried to do something that... isn't me... Realism isn't what i do, it's not my artstyle... another memory is when i tried to force myself to learn how to color from grayscale, but i then realized that i only wasted my efforts trying to understand something that i wasn't yet ready to understand... i love what i do, i love drawing... and no matter what, i don't think I'd be ever so frustrated enough to give up that passion... it means a lot to me... and so, I'm going to take my pace and learn by my own pace! I gave up a stable future ahead for a future filled with passion, it's up to me to make sure i don't regret it!
"If you find yourself off-course; going towards icebergs, take a look at the stars again and remember where you were headed." 🤯
I always love drawing since i was a little i always made my own story and then drawing them with that beautiful feeling , plz be proud of who u r , u can draw if ur happy with it , not just for praise or job
Thanks. I draw for myself as a side thing, personal fun. Not as a career. So I feel like I’m doing this because I want to and I enjoy and feel accomplished when I sit down. Even learning and breaking through a wall feels so amazing!
ok i am just gonna like this video and skip it.......i don't trust how my brain is gonna take this truthful advice
Fantastic advice. Very insightful, truthful and informed. Thanks for it!
Sometimes not liking creating art is more of a frustration at not being able to. I hated art when I had no idea where to start making a character. Once I learned some fundamentals and workflow, I started enjoying it so much more
Opened this video low key scared to hear what you had to say. Happy to know I agree 100%
I always challenge the subject by asking myself do I truly want to do this, and I spend time thinking about. I would answer honestly. Then if the answer was yes; then you always knew yourself, but if it was a no then you know something more about yourself. Continue to explore yourself.
I will now give up hyper realism.Its really stressful to achive. Now Im returing back to line art the way I really like my portraits to look like.
For me, I LOVE the process, like
When you are drawing and you get a pretty line or a pretty shape or a pretty color or whatever, it feels good, sometimes you do something you didn't know you could do or discover a something that makes you feel great
It's when I get out of that zone and see at the result when I get the.... eeh.... nyeh...
I also get the "like" stuff, but hey I like what you said, it's not a hard to swallow pill, it actually made me feel better
You are a miracle worker
Got something after you telling me this... I draw one of my OC of my stories with a Xmas theme, the thing about that is i loved so much what i did that i put it as a screen on my phone, then wathever i look at my phone, i got the feeling of my own character told my try to do my best, if i made him like the way he is, i can make more like that... I am a lonely person, so is hard to love yourself all the time, big true what you said in the video... What i can recommend the people who started as an artist is some time, look in the past yourself and look at you know, you will never be the same person as yesterday
There’s a weird limbo stage with learning drawing or painting where you know what you want to do but don’t have the technical skills. You’re so close but so far in a way I think that causes a lot of frustration.
Oh my god! Thank you for this! Since spring I have done a lot of artudies to improve my skill, even trying to be popular in social media (portrait photostudies of girls for instagram). Then I started studying Environment Art for a few months, I had so much fun with it. And now I'm sitting here, organizing my early concepts for a new project and I have an inner joy in creating something again. Perhaps my illustrations will have some art flaws, but I will give everything to fill it with a soul. Let's goooooooo!
Can we just talk bout how awesome this character is? Like damn dude! Love it ! And i dont get how ppl living the illusion to become an artist without doing art at all...i do have my art-down-phases here n there due to everyday/family/peersonal/mental stress but thats ok! Once everythings calming down i love my craft and what i produce....but thos ppl...r probably thos like „i want to be an artist and gonna buy the most expensive artstuff to instantly become pro“
Subscribed because of your great advice and it’s from a loving place. I like the point about doing what you love but not to the detriment of building relationships with family, friends etc..
cant lie saw that title and i get scared but this truly make me love even more drawing
I love the brushes you were using! Thanks for sharing.
It's therapeutic watching you paint. I love your videos.
Sick drawing! People tell me I'm good (mostly people who don't draw a lot) but I still wanna learn how to use the tools. Like look at all the stuff you use in PS.
SOLID advice!!! I firmly believe that being in love with the idea of being someone who does something, instead of being in love with doing the something itself, usually comes from some form of ego driven desire. Not necessarily in a way that makes someone a bad person... I mean... Maybe so... But people are often driven to desire being something by what societal ideas do for their ego. Almost like it seems that it's really about what people can tell other people about themselves and I think that it ends up being something that destroys the inspiration of great artist in the end. We have to get ourselves to a point where we can say it's about what we love. And you're right! Don't do the art that you think the industry wants you to do if you don't enjoy it! An artist in my life who has always been an inspiration of mine once told me that my best art will always be the art that I personally like the most. Having gone back and forth between what is real to me and what is accepted by others, has really shown me just exactly how correct that advice was! This was a great video. And you're gonna help people grow with this kind of content!
I love doing art and the process for it but after staring at my work for too long, I end up hating it :(
where were you 10 years ago when I bailed on art, graphic design and more?
I just picked it all up again when I just drew a little stupid drawing at the worst emotional point of my life a year ago... it's been a long road, but I finally found my style of art and I'm loving it. it's not your style, which I admire... but it's my style, and I'm proud
I myself don't particularly enjoy or hate doing art, but the concept of being able to create and tell a story, creating amazing artworks are the reasons why I practiced everyday. It's just something that you have to do, like brushing your teeth. Is it wrong to create art like this??
If you don't hate to brush your teeth it seem okay? 🤔
@@nattinattson9562 i guess???
I think you are fine. No one is being super happy drawing everyday. If one does it seriously it's more a rutine, like a job. Some days are special, the rest is more doing what you need to do.
But maybe you can shake things up a little to add something new and fresh to the rutine. Maybe try collaboration, making a print, working in another room or outside, doing another style or theme or making a product.
Since storytelling is your thing, honor that! :) Try to involve story in your practise drawings. And make books or cartoons or anything where your storytelling can be involved too :)
@@nattinattson9562 I know I'm late but... thank you very much for that! It took me so long to realize that and even now, I'm just doubting myself yet again. So... Thanks again 💖
Doing art is like a spark, sometimes it’s there sometimes it is not but you can only feel the burning fire when you have something going for you and hoping it last, it for the love of art that makes you happy
true, like some days it feels like magical and times flies by
Honestly this is one of the best advices I've heard... 😁 I'm fired up
Enjoy the process more so than the end product. Great video 👍
I dunno know man
This makes me even more motivated to draw for myself actually
I was holding my breath at the title but when I listened I sighed with relief. I love art, I live and breath it.
I saw the title i was like "oh god oh jeez dont let it be me,i love my dream" annnnnnnnnnd thankfully it wasnt me 😂not even a bit ...anyway thanks trent♥️
You remind me so much of one of my college professors. He wasnt an art professor he was a philosophy professor but heck you remind me so much of him. This was a really nice video! I didnt realize how much I needed this video.
Hey I want to share how I overcame hating doing art haha.
Back in April I was starting with this and I just couldn’t do what I wanted to do, I hated my drawings, but most important I felt so much stress while drawing. So I basically stopped doing any “personal job” to do only studies, learn the basics. I’m still on that, but damnn I enjoy so much being hours every day doing this stuff, and eventually in a couple months wel I’ll start doing all that stuff I want to do
I did it with AngelGanev's patreon, but that was my way. My point is that if u r hating the process it could be because of you don’t actually know what you’re doing and you just have to learn the basics, learn how to actually do the thing, cuz this “art” thing is made up by a lot of concepts and skills u have to develop, and if you want to do it all at once, well it’s stressful as hell
That’s the truth thanks man you really touched me with your sweet talking 🤘🤘
lowkey scared at the start of the video but I'm glad to know that I am on the right path and do enjoy the process and what I've made
Wise words indeed. Thank you for sharing.
Draw and Paint for you, yourself, have fun, laugh at your crap and not so crap their still beautiful 💕.... I realised that whenever I got an art paying job, I feel stressed out, tired and no fun cause am trying to paint right and please the customer and the mistakes I make only makes me feel worse... I stopped doing it, whenever they ask me again I simply tell them I don't have time for that...
Thank you so much for this video, I really needed this today. I just started a full time job that leaves me very sore and tired, and I have very little time or motivation to draw anymore. My dream has always been to make a living off of my art, and today it felt like it just wasn't going to happen.
This video made me open my eyes that while I draw things I enjoy, I'm also more focused on trying to get them out there to build clout, and getting disappointed when it doesn't happen. The part where you say something along the lines of make something you want to open your laptop and look at resonated with me. I really need to stop focusing on trying to gain traction with my art, especially if all I'm doing is running on ice.
Thank you again, here's to hopefully finding solace and more peace of mind with my art!
Extremely good advice. As a fellow artist, could not agree more.
Thanks for speaking about this! I definitely don’t fit in that category of the ppl you mentioned so that enlightening! I do love drawing! I like your advice it was perfect! Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks for warning us of the Catch 22s and keep our Art Journey Healthy. I feel like Trent is the Artistic Uncle I never had. Lol
Dude thank you, the things you said really were useful to me, it's amazing how a video on youtube really changed my head, I'll listen to that same video and see this beautiful art more often not to forget what I just learned
i feel more comforted after watching this video. ive been insecure about not being able to make a living out of my drawings, but i love doing it anyways. thank you for this!
Wow great advice. I had an art teacher that was harsher with this same advice. I’m dyslexic and I have a hard time on perspective and he told me off after 2 hours I would start a new page. But I never told him about my disabilities and I was a flower designer at the time too. And yeah it was hard to hear (and I was about to cry) but it open my eye to keep on going to take more classes with him. His an art teacher that never give A on your first take you would be lucky to get a C.
I wish I could go back to doing art just for me, but I can't stand the idea of working a normal job, and I couldn't handle the risk in the middle of this virus hell.
So I continue to suffer.
Finally someone trying to get to those "waaa waaa im so bad compliment me and tell me im perfect" artists
I am not a good artist but I draw for kids and few guys who loves anime. And man the feeling that you made them smile and appreciate the little thing you did for them is soo amazing...that's when I realize that with the simpliest thing you do there is always something to be thankful for, that is why I have a youtube channel now...it's not for fame or whatever I just want to do something for those people who loves anime like me and besides I just love drawing though I'm not that good...i don't care if it doesn't have views , the right people will find it soon and I hope it would put a smile in their face.
I've been drawing the styles I've found that are and most trending/Standard and what I thought everyone must like. Funny thing is I don't enjoy drawing this way and have been pretty miserable and unmotivated to carry on drawing. so that comment you said about "Fall in love with drawing, The way you want to draw." totally changes my thoughts and thinking about how I want to draw.
Thank you :)
This is very enlightening, thank you. This makes my goal clearer. Enjoyed your content man
yo how does he keep track of his layers?