my mentor always used to say to me "art is your way out!" - and even today, when I am disgusted with the "real world", .... I simply take out my paints and brushes and create my own world where I can escape from everyone and everything for hours ---- oddly, when viewers see the work, they have told me that they experience the escape in the very same way I do ---- so art, is doing its job, saving the human spirit of humanity once again - and it will do so every time, .... if we let it
I think art is a great “escape” but also a amazing tool to make people act. Through art we can express mediums words can’t fathom. I’m not an artist. In fact I’m in the opposite spectrum as a student in analytics. But I’ve always found that art is the catalyst we sometimes need to move the immovable, to describe the indescribable. Art to me..is not as much as an escape but a dance with reality.
My buddy in middle school used art as an escape. This was in the 90s but what he used to do was make sure no one was looking. Then he would draw a giant penis on the wall. Step back a bit then say “hey who drew that”. Then he would bail like Snuffkin and peace out. Art truly is a great escape.
Adam my friend, you are that opra singer, your voice has reached us, all the way across the globe, and gave us hope and comfort...Thank you and please stay safe.
@@AdamDuffArt the thing is getting paid as an artist since yeah its a comfort for them but is artwork really more important than spending your money on food and things you actually need because that is my biggest concern as a freelance artist
@@GiGiTheCatjoy This is so true. As we see in our world today, as sad as it is, some people lose hope and their will to live anymore, even people who seem to have lots of material things. Art and emotional expression are very important, and they are certainly what keeps me going and gives me hope.
Its not something to pursue, Art is part of us.. Its inside of you.. Part of you. I can not survive on the art I create. But I make it form me.. Not for money, not for fame, just for Art... for loving and growing a part of myself , helping to inspire those who see it... And be inspired by others... Art is part of you , do it for yourself . that's were you will find comfort. Find satisfaction with your work...
@@vegatronld Yeah, I agree with everything but that's a different conversation. Pursuing art as a career because I wanna do it full time and convincing your family that it is a good choice will get you some more support in achieving such a career
@@RoopaDudleyPaintings That's what I'm doing. Lmao, I feel like there s too much drama in this little comment section, I'm grateful for. your tips but I left that comment with a hint of humour
I've never understood one thing about those who can do art (people who make drawings/paintings or those who play musical instruments extremely well), why throw away something that makes you "you"? It is such a waste of humanity to discard or halt an ability that others struggle or do not have the right or privilege to partake in. If only you people witnessed what I have seen where I would do my job and deliver food to those who are paraplegic or those missing arms and legs. What they would do to have what you have. Never stop doing things that bring hope to humanity. Never stop doing art. Never stop learning. Only stop when you die.
Isn't that true to artists in general. Chuck Jones (the director or Looney Tunes) completed huge murals only days before his passing - it's not something we ever "retire" from - it's who we are, not just our career choice
I fucking love drawing and I don't ever wanna stop but what you're saying sounds a little like "how can you not eat all of the food in the store when there is people starving" sometimes people no longer enjoy drawing or writing or cooking, even if they are really good at it, but that is entirely their decision, why should they sacrifice their happiness just to possibly make somebody else happy
When I was young, I lived and breathed art, and then I let life's turmoil come between me and my passion. Fast forward 30 years...this summer I started drawing again. I can't imagine giving it up again, it's a precious gift and I enjoy it so much. With hard work and patience I know my skills will continue to grow, but I don't think I will ever stop learning more. Thank you for this video, it made me feel all kinds of things.
yeah... only if my cintiq didn't spontaneously died for no reason... here in Italy is hard, don't have money to repair it, work is closed... i hope it passes soon stay safe Adam
I can see that the wound is very fresh for you my friend - fret thou not, maybe you could order a cheaper tablet or are you stuck with a sketchbook at the moment?
@@AdamDuffArt i got my old wacom pro tablet but the timing was just evil... first world problems i suppose tho once this hellhole passes i will treat myself with a new one, ofc after i put away some money, was thinking of getting the 24" pro one i just want to get back to work, and i want my daily routine back
This one of the reasons why I always say classic tablets don't bite. Is best if mastering its usage. ALSO, if doing line art stuff, comics, another option would be to grab an old school pencil and paper, draw to perfection the lines, scan it later with even a cheapo printer, or make a photo with the cell. I tell u, is a weirdly rewarding amazing experience. Edit: Oh, have a wacom. Time to sharpen those classic tablet skills, they come super handy for these situations.
I hope you'll have a chance to get a new tablet soon! Meanwhile, thinking of sports, many people these days discover new ways of working out at home (including myself), we probably can apply that approach to art supplies too if circumstances don't leave other choice... Stay safe!
As many other are coming and commenting, I to have had this feeling alot. Being someone with extremely low self esteem and told by family at times that my art endeavors were "useless" something alot of use have to deal with. Right now im talking about visual artist, but all artists matter. Anyway; one day i was thinking about how sad it is for artist and their representation. The animated movies that send such powerful messages, make millions of dollars and are praised for their alluring graphics, the artists that work their ass of in the studios get no recognition for the magnificent work they do. Just a thought. But what i want to say, particularly in this corona virus times, is that - those doctors, nurses, patients, truck drivers, and all the ppl who are doing the important things we need, that make us feel like we are useless. When they are on the verge of burnout, and they get a break, the games they play for a release, the songs they listen to to motivate them, the websites they visit to get information, the anime they watch to get a good laugh - and so much more - is conceptualized, and brought into fruition - by artists. Just a thought.
I’m just a random person on the internet but you’re art endeavors aren’t useless at all. Art is a way to express yourself without the use of words, it’s beautiful seeing completed artworks. It’s also a way to let off some steam, reduce anxiety, or even just make you happy. Every piece of art is a reflection of the artist mindset and views. When art is viewed more deeply it can bring out emotions in the viewer. That we otherwise wouldn’t of felt. Me personally I can’t express my feelings or emotions well. But when see a piece of art whether it’s music, a painting, drawing, sculptures whatever it is it makes me actually feel something.
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." - John Keating (Robin Williams), Dead Poet's Society. Art, beauty, gives us hope and a reason to keep on living. Our art can reach farther than pur own arms can reach.
I remember watching that movie in Creative Writing class...funny enough he was saying how we dont remember what people say... *But we remember what they made us feel* I distinctly remember feelings of disdain, for the ignorant, hatrid for the manipulative and a grandeur purpose for individualism. *People should NEVER use fate against others for their own benefit- especially if it's a career, passion love...* You get the gyst. Alright...peace.
I have been struggling with myself and my own art and my motivation for ... years. I had pretty severe burnout from a poor workplace environment, and then I got pretty severely sick. It's hard to fight back from that. But looking at my twitter timeline lately ... everyone is so afraid. Everyone is so scared, and angry, and feeling lonely, and I've honestly not felt so driven to create in a long time. I feel this overwhelming desire to offer something bright to distract people, give an outlet, give a reason to focus on something that makes people feel better. It's a struggle against my own body, still, and my skill isn't as comfortable as I wish, but I know how much comfort I've taken from other people's work in the hardest times of my life. I just want to offer that outlet to someone else, despite my own current failings and weaknesses. But I want to start that conversation, between myself, and my art, and someone else, more than ever.
People thinks art it’s about painting and drawing but more that everything is art like animations, t shirt design, manga,comics stories crafts,dancing, film making, building houses,speech and even video games is art, writting book is art, Japanese animators animating animes is art, directing and screenplay film is art,stray paint on street walls is art etc I always wanted become a animator/ manga artist and also Adam you learn my new sub cuz of this beautifully video as artist I can relate I hope this videos news 1 million views people pls shared this videos to your artist friends
When you said "even video games is art" I couldn't help but to tell you that video game, in my point of view, is the ultimate art form. It has world building, story telling, character design, soundtrack, voice acting, sound design, animations... Its honestly the culmination of what art is because it is the result of artists uniting and creating one cohesive piece of art that we call a "video game"
@@BlackStarXx11xX A video game has the potential to be the best artform. All the points you listed are true. But sadly most games take the more commercial approach. But there are absolute gems like Nier Automata. The heartbraking story, amazing world building and soundtrack surpassed almost every movie I ever watched.
@@darreideamos2309 to elaborate, other video games example that prove how games are the ultimate art-form: uncharted which blurred the lines of video games and movies. Telltale product-line and how they excelled at bringing comic strips to life and how they incorporate the player as the weaver of the story he's experiencing rather than a bystander audience (also games by quantic dream did that at a live-action level with games like heavy rain). Or something like to the moon where the story simply shatters you although the art is of simple pixels. Games now exceeded the notion of jumping from one platform to the next and collecting coins to attain the highest of scores. Games transcended to a sublime level of beauty that one can't help but to be left in awe. Cheers
I had similar doubts myself. I thought that i should do something "more" important for people like being a doctor but then I thought "what is actualy important? what do people really live for?". Actualy what would life be without art - theaters, movies, books, stories? Every job and passion is as important
I can't believe this video is recommended to me just when I started to think of giving up art since I didn't have any hope it could be more than just some hobby. I haven't drawn anything for 2 months because I just felt so down, but thank you for this, I didn't think I needed it. (I'm currently doing a science degree at the moment but its not what I want )
Of the victory is eternal , but if you stop walking forward the loss is only temporary. The longer you are in the battle the longer you win Don't you dare to give up after all the things you have passed succesfully.
Im not very good at art but i dont care. I Dive into it, very relaxing, the focus, the wildness... inspiration come and shine by itself. Ego get lost. Add some blue there some red there. Carefull! respect the rock.. the rock yes yes.. Why is the drawing talking to me? No idea. WHo am i? No idea, THere is a painting being done.
No ones good at anything at first ,including the exceptional ones. They might do it relatively well then "others" but that's the end point for anyone if they don't keep at it. So, if you keep at it then you'll eventually get there strictly keeping your focus on what it's rather then what you could become as its just a natural learning process like any others. its nothing special or 've to be / makeu'r self it to be like any other out there. Its just's as simple as that
Wow, I don't know why I never thought about that in that way. Thank you for the powerful statement, and the further ideas that can be taken from this. Take care and God bless
In the coming era when the major jobs are replaced by AI, art is the only thing that cant be replaced (at least in the near future) because art comes from human’s feelings.
@@PRODUCEDBYAD i have seen it too. They can capture human feelings and process those feelings so they can create their own. Thats why i said at least in the near future, human still cant be replaced. But what i fear most is the distant future, in our descendant's era, where AI will be ridiculously so advanced.
@@FerryPatrix93 If it so happens that robots can do everything that humans can, then i think it might lead to a great lesson. By giving all the power to the robots, we would exclude ourselves out of life possibly. If we do not partake in the creative actions, have close relationships etc. then what's left for us in the world? Just watch robots do everything? Hedonism can't bring long lasting happiness, and the body would become tolerant to it at some point and then the numbness and meaninglessness creeps in. Kinda gives me inspiration for some art, this thought.
This reminded me of my inicial drive to make art. To ispire or to make person feel certain way. Its easy to forget your drive when you trying to get your technical skills to a certain level and you can get demotivated just because you forgot what you were trying to do in a 1st place. Thank you for posting this video, it really helps in these difficult times.
When I’m older, I want to work for a game studio, or eventually making a game of my own. I want to share my creations as an artist, specifically an illustrator/concept artist/designer.. I would like to make people happy with the products I work on. That, in its self is the most important thing to me in my life. It would be amazing if I died, knowing something I created brought joy to someone. Thank you.
As someone who has almost never picked up a pencil with the intent of making an artpiece, art has always been one of my most desired skills, but I've always been afraid to actually learn to do it. Why was/am I afraid? For many reasons and all of them are typical of someone in my shoes, but this video and other recent events has made me want to pick up the pencil and do something with it. Now that school is out for the rest of the year and nearly every social event has been canceled, I finally have the opportunity to learn what I want to. This video was just the push I needed. Thank you for this, Adam.
In my six year long journey of being an artist like Maciej Kuciara, I've always felt "Why bother doing this?" "Nobody appreciates art anyways." "I'm not going to make enough money doing this." Despite me being significantly higher than the average skill level of an artist. I've been told that I was talented at art, but at the same time artists really do not make enough money to survive hence the infamous term "Starving artist." After this video I founded it inspirational and kept going instead of permanently stopping my journey to become like Maciej Kuciara for good. *_Thank you for this video._*
Art helps ❤ We had few spots available in the hospitals so I was very sick at home having trouble breathing. For me the art of movies and series helped me not to panic and distracted me from my fear of dying. And it helped me not getting depressed, it kept my heartrate calm, comforted me and gave me something to focus on. And when I felt a little better, but still weak, youtube videos about drawing made me feel a litte more normal and like myself. Helped me not forget who I am and loose myself to sickness. And drawings about corona made me feel connected and not feel as alone in my struggle. And some made me laugh and others made me connect with the hate of and fightingspirit against the disease. Art helps when sick ❤ And this video helped me feel greatful :)
I don't usually talk about this stuff anymore but, here goes. Everything has a meaning. Even if you have no clue what it is, what's the function of something or someone, I believe that everything has a meaning. If you're lucky or blessed enough, you might find out, but all in all, it doesn't matter if you know or not, if it's what you love doing, then do it. So if ever you don't know what your purpose is on Earth, just know that nobody really does. The things that you see online about people being successful, it's not them knowing who they really are. It's just people living and doing the things that they love.
Whoever disliked the video.. I’m sorry you didn’t like the content.. For others its very emotional and thank you Adam Duff LUCIDPIXUL.. This is the best❤️
Great point. Connection is important, especially when in front of the feeling of sudden and abrupt isolation. Artists spend a good degree of their life tackling isolation head on, and breaking through it by giving a voice to voiceless emotions. A lot of people do not know how to feel at the moment for a variety of reasons. Many people will be working from home not just at present time, but well into the future after current events. Artists will be vital for so many people who will feel lost on their own.
I couldn't agree more - we're starting to see around the world how artists are stronger than ever under the circumstances, because simply existing is sufficient to being able to do what we do best.
... this moved me as an artist... i recently see a lot of people, artists like us who are more concerned about 'why you cannot have free art'... to me, that's not it... that's not what an artist should be and that's not the heart an artist should have... "as an artist, we are masters of making people feel!" In our situation right now, where people are getting sick, what better way to give people hope than to make them feel hope through arts? It's for this functions, we artists exist, because when everything falls to the ground and every money has been spent and everything is burned to the ground, this is what will be left of us! We as artists could care less about what we get... how bout now we start to give people hope through our arts eh? How bout now we stand for our dear humanity and our own kind? This is the greatest thing we can do together!!!
Since studio ghibli movies have been out on Netflix, i’ve never felt more connected to my inner child. Artists, animators ect, are important, they help us connect more to each other, than ever before. Without art, our lives would lack meaning, authenticy, adventure or fun.
My like does not express the ammount of gratitude and even this comment. So I REALLY thank you for supporting and comforting people. This community will be the one that remembers what to say to hopeless workers, because many more people feel the same way. We Love your art!
i always have on my mind that my goal on life was touching people trough art, being animation, paiting, music, voice and the list go on. but i always fell into this topic about me being a useless person to society, like, when i said to my parents that i wanted to be a artist (i grew up being told by them to be a life-guard (by my dad) or a doctor (my mom) my father couldn't think no more than money and that i wouldn't be paid well yara yara yara. this thing got bigger when my parents divorced and they always used me like a messenger to their fights for who got the divorce better, in that time i stopped drawing/ painting because i though my art sucks and i would never do something like air a show or game with good messages and creativity. but this video came out, i see now that i must hold this dream in me and really start doing art again. thanks for the video adam you're the best! (sorry for the bad grammar, english isn't my native language)
I think artists are essential for society not in that they assist in its literal function, but that they help us to catalog, quantify, or qualify the human experience into something more understandable. It serves as an escape both to the artist and the viewer who would choose to abandon-if only for a brief moment- their day to day operations and worry to view or do something that is the reflection of an observation of a single or small grouping of human out of billions. Art is many things to many people, and by its very nature is extremely subjective, and people partake in it for a plethora of reasons. As for myself, I like to paint and write. That is how I serve the soul of the world through my inclination to jot down my life experience. I like to create reflective works that not only reveal my naked self (of the soul; the essence not the body), but help others in understanding/coping with this absolute madness that is existence. But that’s all it does, and I don’t admit to or desire that these pieces do anything more or that the world would crumble without them. I think art in general has earned itself an interesting reputation in the past few decades, as it’s becoming more and more scrutinized as a whole as people with less skill from a broader range within the population are able to pick up a paint brush and lay down a scene, or pick up a pen and form fantasy with words. But it’s just cataloging. It’s a way of cataloging everything about humanity in a single instance of it’s timeline from multiple different individuals living it. There’s religious paintings, political ones, fantasy ones, landscapes, portraits, still life’s, etc. There’s fantasy novels, political and religious ones, epics, free verse, science-fiction, etc. Now there’s movies, video games, sculpture work is still around as well. There’s dancing, plays, speeches. They all take a slice of humanity from a certain point in time and essentially freeze dry it and throw it in a vacuum. Anytime someone wants to or comes across a work of art, a dual feature is present in that it provides you maybe with some insight into yourself or the world around you, as well as with an inkling of what life was like during the time of it’s creation (socially, culturally, technologically). These are just the opinions of one person, however. One drop in the ocean, if I may. I’m sure there are those who think different, but we all die eventually. 300 years from now-providing humans are still around and have access to all of our artwork-our descendants may look at our emotion and love and religion through these pieces of art and call us imbeciles, morons, blind. Life could be totally different from how it is now. But they’d surely have a very great idea of not only why we experience love and religion but how and when we did. There may be no more monogamous relationships in the future, and they’d read or view our world and wonder how we did it, or ask why we did it. Time travel will become more of a prevalent thing, but not the time travel we know of in science-fiction. They’d have science to explain the neuroscience behind it as well, but that is presumed.
Adam, the exact opposite happened to me. I am way more serious than I ever have been as an Artist KNOWING that I only have limited amount of time left to serve my purpose. I don't want to go to my deathbed with regrets that I "should have", "could have" and "would have" made more art. Just doing my best and enjoying my self-quarantine time making something beautiful to cope with something really ugly that is going on and there is NOTHING I can do to stop it.
The woman who felt like her art was useless, like she should have been doing something "greater," gave me chills. I have felt that exact way and put it in those words. Thank you for this video!
@@AdamDuffArt This hit very close to home... The question the girl had has been on my mind since the time I started drawing and spending time with art, had to actually cry a bit after listening to you. So thanks. I am sure others will find similiar value in your message
I am a doctor ,a pediatrician to be more specific, and I work at my own clinic in Pakistan. Trust me ever since corona endemic started I have been doing just 2 things. Going to my clinic and once I'm home watching art videos and trying out different stuff like watercolor and line and wash. It keeps me sane after looking at worried and severely ill patients all day. Tell your artist friend that we doctors heal people but you artists are one step further. You can even heal us doctors. Heal our spirits which are riddled by death, disease and misery each and every day of the year. So thank you so much for being a ray of hope in this otherwise doomed world. You people are awesome. Regards Dr. Tariq
As an artist and human myself, I understand and appreciate how we feel. I remember a point in my life where I felt and questioned my purpose in this life and even my identity which I have found another very well respected artist do. As artists, we express and portray feeling through the creation of our pieces which is brought forth from our soul often.. During this time and crisis we more than ever need light and love and as a human being with a soul and passion, I know sometimes we can feel empty and purposeless and that's where he comes in saying whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst, the water i give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life and that's where the tiredness and endless hunger ends. I'm speaking figuratively, God wants to become a father to those who receive the gospel of his son, called the gospel of grace and of peace.i know as men we tend to be convinced that he doesn't care or convince ourselves he is not real, due to situations of life and hardships and also other times our upbringing but He is loving towards us and that's why we hear so much about his son who died on a cross 2000 years ago to reconcile us to him.. if we believe in him and come to the light the blood of his son cleanses us from all sin and from having an evil conscience I.e a conscience that is judgemental towards you and others and hateful towards God. Many people walk around with a sin-debt in their conscience towards God and it is not healthy and only destroys the soul and to some it is even a normal way of life. If you believe in his son, all your sins are forgiven and you're received as a son by the holy spirit and sealed for the day of redemption. It is time to escape the tragedy that befell us and the doors of the church are wide open... I know you may have heard some say that God is judging or condemning but the Lord himself said that he was sent not to judge the world but to save it for this is the day of salvation...
I'm grateful 🎙️👌 for Admin Duff - I love these points Why the world needs artists more than ever right now The more you work on your ability, then you come back and express better Nobody will remember what you say, but they will never forget how you make them feel As an artist, you are a master of making people feel. Art transcends, language, boundaries, culture, connects us as human beings, feeling human being It takes a sensitive person Capture personality Learn to feel with our hearts Learn to express with our heart In the effortless act To bring other people joy.
Thank you for reminding me why I started doing art in the first place. I never really forgot. It's just... nice to hear, that something I figured out few years ago and kept me going forward despite everything I had to deal with, reached bigger audience and got understood :*) Once you realize art can keep people from giving up life you get mad respect for it and people who create
im a young artist myself, but my understanding of art before this was "make something cool" or "make an aweseome artwork" but i never thought of what i wanted, like, the emotions you emphasize into a drawing. i didnt expect to get sappy (sad happy) listening to this but wow you really helped me alot. honestly, thank you so so so much for bringing this video here! i hope all of you guys stay safe. good luck.
This is the video I needed. I only recently (as of the last week) started getting back into digital art. After 14 years, I am... incredibly rusty. But in a time like this, it's brought some joy to my stressed and nearly burnt mind. I work as what a laymen would consider to be a nurse. The stress we're experiencing in the health care field is so palpable you could cut it with a knife. I'm not sure if things will get as bad in my area as say... New York, Wuhan, or Italy... but I know that at the very least, I can turn back to art. I've always been a creative person... always found joy in it's creation. I hope it can see us all through this pandemic. Thank you for the video.
Our lives as artists and free individuals is fundamentally what all of those medical professionals out there are fighting for. If we couldn't be happy and expressive in this way, preserving the human race would mean very little to them.
Hi Adam, Greetings from fellow FromSoft fans. I was introduced to you a couple months ago by my friend who gave me a link to your Dark Souls art book review. It immediately resonated with me and thus I decided to take a peek onto your channel, and I've been a subscriber since. I'm a professional artist too (just a small-time freelancer though haha), I started learning digital art 10 years ago but have only been doing it for the living for the last 4 years. I really like how gentle your talks are and how you (as how I see it at least) always tried to relate to beginner artists and never forgetting how it feels to be starting for the first time, something that I think a lot of other veteran artists often forgot. I suppose it's because you are also a teacher, but again, not every art teachers remembered that part. Nowadays I often worked on my commissions while listening to you (although that often means I don't actually see your painting process hahaha sorry about that), you gave a lot of insights (I hope it doesn't make me start to see Amygdalas perched on buildings!) about art and what it means to be an artist, and it really gives me a lot of energy and motivations to put more of my feelings into my artwork. So thank you so much for your hard work! Regarding the current topic, I think artists, be it visual, music, or dance artists, have this unique skill that enables any kind of messages to be more easily noticed by people, so I think this is one of the best time to put our craft to practical use by raising awareness about relevant topics, for example like using your drawings to communicate to people about how important physical distancing is, or portraying medical staff's plight on the frontline and how we should support them as best as we can, etc....
The palette changes between three, primary colors; yet the painting is none of these colors. The elegance of this pattern of three still blows me away. Thanks for sharing.
you made me cry man, I'm trying my best to shre this around, i live in italy and times are hard, many people around me are getting affected, this video made me feel a lot better and inspired me to bring my art, my music, my everything, forward, listening to you was the most beautiful thing I have experienced in a while. I'm only a kid but you made me feel better about the whole situation, were not alone, were surrounded by people that may not prefer to stay in their homes either and thats the beauty of it, the italian man, going on his porch and singing, he brought out many people from theyre windows, making everyone feel so much better, just like you did with a simple less than 20 minute video. I have to thank you for the help and support that oyu are giving to fellow artists.
Wonderful message Adam. Thank you. I listened to this as I sat here in isolation in Dublin, Ireland, working on a webcomic that I hope will make people laugh for a moment during all this darkness. Stay safe. Best wishes to you and yours throughout all this. We will prevail
It’s actually really haven’t been touched by anything like this before. As an artist this really this the core of the soul. Honestly thank you so much beautiful message. As artists we all needed to hear this and to be reminded for why we a so important in live. (This made my want to cry)
I'm at work in a warehouse, it's 8am, and I'm practically sobbing. Damn, this was beautiful, Adam. I'm 3 years late to hearing this, haaah, but it still hits that spot. I'm feeling all sorts of things, but most of all I just wanna go home and do more work and share it. Goddamn it, just share it. Thank you.
This honestly hits me. I’m 15 and I’m working my way to become an illustrator. I feel like that to sometimes and what you have said really stuck with me. I’ll try harder and I won’t give up. When I see a illustration that makes me happy it makes my day. Sometimes something like a small doodle makes me want to try harder to become someone who can make others smile with my work. :0 Adam stay safe and thank you this made me sob omg 🥺❤️
This video makes me realize that I have one of the best dad in the world. Since my mom is a bitch, He always never compare us to others, never argue about how our grade. Just let us be US. "If you really interested in something go pursue it" find a teacher and have them teach you. I've always interested in art and my dad is very supportive and always try to tell me to find a capable teacher. When I said I want to learn piano. He always have a smile on his face , and said "sure, you can, But just remember one thing okay, once you decided to pursue or do something, don't give up halfway through."
Hi there, Thank you for making this. As an artist. It’s nice to know someone appreciates artists/art of any kind, when society doesn’t encourage it. I really needed to hear this.Thanks!
Your voice is so soothing and understanding. It feels genuine and not forced. Thank you so much for your kind words to everyone struggling with art. It's not easy. Art was my escape. But my wrists have been giving out and not many people noticed my works so I am not so sure if I should continue art anymore, and with all the people already posting art everyday I feel my art is not making anyone happy. But sometimes I get people saying that they felt something from it. I even did this 1 sad piece that I put my very heart into, and someone said it hit them hard with sadness. But I put my heart in almost all my works and it's only a few that get that response. I crave to have my art be noticed, mainly because I want my heart to be noticed.
I reccomend looking into marketing And how to build an audience There's some books on the topic Once you reach and gain 100 or a thousand hardcore fans things shoot up from there That's the most i recall.
The emotions your friend went through was something I was experiencing as well during this outbreak, but your words have brought me a lot of comfort and were said very beautifully. I'll remember this whenever a fellow artist questions their purpose and I hope to bring them comfort as well. Thanks so much
I love your soul, brother. I’m 38 and even though I am usually getting along with people very well by listening to them attentively, I don’t have friends to talk to who would understand me. It doesn’t matter. I know that everyone of us is unique in some way and people just need to find their type to feel free and understood. I found your channel couple of days ago and I immediately knew I found that rare kind of personality. Honest, brave, generous, loving. This is the true power of tech. Without it so many human-gems like you would stay hidden from lonely souls. All we have to do is seek and don’t forget who we really are. You have a good hart Adam. Thank you for sharing it with us. World is a better place thanks to you.
Thank you for saying all of this. The past week or two has been very difficult for me emotionally, but the three videos of yours I have watched in that time have genuinely brought me perspective and hope.
Ever since quarantine started I haven’t had enough motivation to do art. I honestly don’t know what happened, I just didn’t feel good enough or like anything good would come out. This video reminded me of why I make art, why I want to be an artist and why I love it so much. Thank you, truly.
Adam dear.... you reached my inner soul! thank you so much for the most amazing message you answered all my questions ! i know who i am right now and i know what i wanna be in this difficult time ... you are not just an artist ! you are a hero ... god bless
I find it almost scary to see how well the themes of your videos correspond with the fears and emotions that are currently going on inside me. Just a few days ago I had the same thoughts as the person who wrote you. I felt really selfish for pursuing art because it is not crucial to our physical survival and I seem to be doing it mainly just cause it brings me joy. When I look at it superficially, art just seems like a luxury item that one could do without. Thank you for reminding me that art simply goes far beyond our materialistic needs. I am very, very grateful for your work. It's like medicine for the artist's soul :)
This highly sensitive soul has been struck with a deep truth that I have always innately known, yet have downplayed as a simple fixation to others who don't innerstand.. This is literally the only art-related video that has brought me to cathartic tears because I know I'm not alone, and never will be. The force we creatives bring to the world is within the realm of the whole climate of humanity, the very essential co-creators of energy in motion.
it's almost as if you can read my mind sometimes.... I've been questioning the value of finishing my third year animation to graduate university in the middle of all of this, but if anything I should be doubling down so that I can show it to people and bring them joy and escape. I'ts hard to go through a world changing event and just... do art about it, but you made me realise how important it is, for me and for others, to keep creating. Thank you, Adam.
Maybe some think that an artist isn't important, more in this situation where people just thinks in survive. But when you put your thoughts on, you see that we, like humans, need express and feel. Just wonder how would be the world without music, painting, movies; it would be awful. Art is the way that the people conect, feel, express. Like I say: ''Art is the humans being their self'' and in this case, we need being our self more tahn ever. If you are an artist, be pround about what you are; you can bring light to others and yourself. Thank you for that message. It's very usefull to artist like that girl that you mention at the begining, and for all the artist in general.
Thank you for the incredible videos you share. Your insight and championing of art and the artists who work to bring it to life is such a breath of fresh air. I stumbled upon your channel this morning as I had my coffee and then hours later, found myself still listening to your videos in my studio as I carried out the tedious, but seemingly involuntary, act of drawing which has been my calling and profession for many years. In those years, and particularly the past three, I have grappled with some existential turmoil and a stalling in my momentum and desire to create, feeling myself drifting in a bit of a void. Recently, to find my footing again, I have begun a search in earnest for the purpose of art, especially old-fashioned traditional art, in today's day and age. By default, this means searching for and questioning my own purpose and reason for this compulsion and the nagging visions that swim behind my eyes that beg to be born. Your videos have quickly become a beacon in this void, and a nudge in the direction I need.
Thank you for this like almost tears was almost falling from my eyes like I swear Everytime I look at my drawings I just see agressiveness and just hearing this made me really appreciate the art or anything I look up or even going to my roots again and really teaching down from the soil and making sure that everything is going to be okay, and knowing that energy that us artists of all types can make a difference, this really moved me and I continue to draw til this very day and I'm so grateful to have listened to this, like I wanted to draw more while listening but this was a moment to just listen and really feel and hear what you were saying, this Is worth the audible to go in the vault for everyone to listen to.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Alot of people really needed that, including me. How lucky am I to have found this gem in my recommended page? Truly, I thank you and I hope more artist find this. Whether it be a few years later or tomorrow, you have most definitely have saved someone.
First time viewer here. I just want to say thanks for the incredibly thoughtful and hopeful message. I used to be that guy everybody thought would grow up to be an artist but life got in the way and I had to be someone else to survive. It's been years since and with the recent events forcing me to sit down and reevaluate my life, I realize how life is way too short and nothing is ever certain. Thank you for helping me remember how badly my soul yearns to make art. Bless you sir and I hope you keep inspiring more people in the darkest of days.
Wow ! It's the first time I see a video on your channel and I don't really know why, but when I started hearing your video... I started to cry. You touched my soul with what you said. That's beautiful and horrible at the same time for me because, I want to create worlds like when I was a little kid and when I do that in my head. I feel so much emotions ! But when I try to draw or write a story, I... I can't ! I put too much pressure on me ! I want to satisfy me with something "I" judge good and I want other people to appreciate what I do (I know that's stupid but I overthink that). But I'm too impatient when I try to train drawing and when I want to put my feelings in something I'm always disappointed with the result... Your video touched me because how you define artist is what I love about them ! Somebody who has cried
Well, between this video and a couple others of yours, I've been carefully reminded why I got into doing what I do. And that's because Iove it, even if it's frustrating at times. I'll come back to it because it's in me, a part of me. I may have become too obsessed with learning and reaching out, or making music other people might like. But at the end of the day, my music is in me, and to be reminded of that, is kinda comforting. I don't know how I forgot, but it's been here for me this whole time
Beautifully put. I dedicated much of my life to art, yet as the fates rolled out I was not to become an artist professionally. Most of my time these days is spent doing what a lot of people refer to as contributing to society, which although fulfilling in its own way, does not quite compare to the act of creation found in art. One of the things that keep this new reality from becoming a mill of tax forms and insurance applications is to see artists elsewhere flourish; who make the most out of what our society enables them to do, and who creates astonishing work in any medium. When I find a painting process video on RUclips, it is like taking in the rays of the sun through a window; even though you can only enjoy it briefly, you know it shines bright on a whole world outside, and makes everything grow. Everyone might not like your style, or medium, or genre, or message, but *never* doubt the value you bring into the world as an artist.
I have been on the edge of homelessness for a time well before this pandemic... In the last three years I have lost everything and everyone I ever loved... In response I have done what I have always done. Made art and wrote poetry. It is the only way to deal with a life that has been traumatizing since I was a toddler, and it is the only thing I could ever do. This video made me cry. I very often ask myself these same questions. Thanks for steeling my resolve, even if it only lasts a day. I sometimes forget your channel exists, and then joyously rediscover it via a youtube recommendation. I am nowhere near the artist you are, but you continue to be an inspiration. I will keep an eye on your channel, and hope to be around to continue to watch. Beautiful. Keep up the heart.
I know my response to this video is a little late, but thank you for this video. As someone who used to draw on a daily basis, I sometimes feel that my artistry is slowly becoming a wasted talent. Working, school, and real world issues have distracted me for the longest and it's hard getting back to doing something I loved. Now when I try to draw, it just seems frustrating and I keep reminding myself that there are more important things I could be doing such as preparing for my future. It's also hard when people remind you that it's difficult making a living just doing art, especially if you're not one of the best. Again, thank you for creating this video and inspiring other artists to keep following their dreams and using their gift.
my mentor always used to say to me "art is your way out!" - and even today, when I am disgusted with the "real world", .... I simply take out my paints and brushes and create my own world where I can escape from everyone and everything for hours ---- oddly, when viewers see the work, they have told me that they experience the escape in the very same way I do ---- so art, is doing its job, saving the human spirit of humanity once again - and it will do so every time, .... if we let it
@Eriko. Oy you always have that choice - as Bob Ross used to say " it's your world, you can paint it any way you want"
I think art is a great “escape” but also a amazing tool to make people act. Through art we can express mediums words can’t fathom. I’m not an artist. In fact I’m in the opposite spectrum as a student in analytics. But I’ve always found that art is the catalyst we sometimes need to move the immovable, to describe the indescribable. Art to me..is not as much as an escape but a dance with reality.
I’m sorry for asking you this, but I’d really like to see your work
@@SpawnOfYogSothoth2387 www.jmdfineart.com/
My buddy in middle school used art as an escape. This was in the 90s but what he used to do was make sure no one was looking. Then he would draw a giant penis on the wall. Step back a bit then say “hey who drew that”. Then he would bail like Snuffkin and peace out. Art truly is a great escape.
Adam my friend, you are that opra singer, your voice has reached us, all the way across the globe, and gave us hope and comfort...Thank you and please stay safe.
Awh, thank you
@@AdamDuffArt the thing is getting paid as an artist since yeah its a comfort for them but is artwork really more important than spending your money on food and things you actually need because that is my biggest concern as a freelance artist
Oysters have pearls, humans have ideas. We also have art, but art is in service to ideas. Ideas have their own version of light, tone, contrast, etc.
@@GiGiTheCatjoy This is so true. As we see in our world today, as sad as it is, some people lose hope and their will to live anymore, even people who seem to have lots of material things. Art and emotional expression are very important, and they are certainly what keeps me going and gives me hope.
I ll use this as an argument to convince my parents that pursuing art is good
Its not something to pursue, Art is part of us.. Its inside of you.. Part of you.
I can not survive on the art I create. But I make it form me.. Not for money, not for fame, just for Art... for loving and growing a part of myself , helping to inspire those who see it... And be inspired by others...
Art is part of you , do it for yourself . that's were you will find comfort. Find satisfaction with your work...
@@vegatronld Yeah, I agree with everything but that's a different conversation.
Pursuing art as a career because I wanna do it full time and convincing your family that it is a good choice will get you some more support in achieving such a career
Don't waste your time and breath on convincing anyone. Just do it. Eventually they WILL SEE. Do your duty as an Artist. The rest will follow suit.
@@RoopaDudleyPaintings That's what I'm doing. Lmao, I feel like there s too much drama in this little comment section, I'm grateful for. your tips but I left that comment with a hint of humour
@@dyetaa well did you do it?
*gives super emotional, wholesome speech about art and humanity and the importance of life*
*also draws a demon warlord skeleton, destroyer of worlds*
I've never understood one thing about those who can do art (people who make drawings/paintings or those who play musical instruments extremely well), why throw away something that makes you "you"? It is such a waste of humanity to discard or halt an ability that others struggle or do not have the right or privilege to partake in. If only you people witnessed what I have seen where I would do my job and deliver food to those who are paraplegic or those missing arms and legs. What they would do to have what you have. Never stop doing things that bring hope to humanity. Never stop doing art. Never stop learning. Only stop when you die.
Thank you so much I really needed to hear that today
Isn't that true to artists in general. Chuck Jones (the director or Looney Tunes) completed huge murals only days before his passing - it's not something we ever "retire" from - it's who we are, not just our career choice
@@AdamDuffArt this is why you are my art King adam
@@AdamDuffArt you were by my side all along, my true mentor, my guiding moonlight
I fucking love drawing and I don't ever wanna stop but what you're saying sounds a little like "how can you not eat all of the food in the store when there is people starving" sometimes people no longer enjoy drawing or writing or cooking, even if they are really good at it, but that is entirely their decision, why should they sacrifice their happiness just to possibly make somebody else happy
When I was young, I lived and breathed art, and then I let life's turmoil come between me and my passion. Fast forward 30 years...this summer I started drawing again. I can't imagine giving it up again, it's a precious gift and I enjoy it so much. With hard work and patience I know my skills will continue to grow, but I don't think I will ever stop learning more. Thank you for this video, it made me feel all kinds of things.
yeah... only if my cintiq didn't spontaneously died for no reason... here in Italy is hard, don't have money to repair it, work is closed... i hope it passes soon
stay safe Adam
I can see that the wound is very fresh for you my friend - fret thou not, maybe you could order a cheaper tablet or are you stuck with a sketchbook at the moment?
@@AdamDuffArt i got my old wacom pro tablet but the timing was just evil... first world problems i suppose tho
once this hellhole passes i will treat myself with a new one, ofc after i put away some money, was thinking of getting the 24" pro one
i just want to get back to work, and i want my daily routine back
This one of the reasons why I always say classic tablets don't bite. Is best if mastering its usage.
ALSO, if doing line art stuff, comics, another option would be to grab an old school pencil and paper, draw to perfection the lines, scan it later with even a cheapo printer, or make a photo with the cell. I tell u, is a weirdly rewarding amazing experience. Edit: Oh, have a wacom. Time to sharpen those classic tablet skills, they come super handy for these situations.
I indeed work 8-12 hours a day with a Wacom Intuos 4 XL. Just as if I had a cintiq... :)
I hope you'll have a chance to get a new tablet soon! Meanwhile, thinking of sports, many people these days discover new ways of working out at home (including myself), we probably can apply that approach to art supplies too if circumstances don't leave other choice... Stay safe!
As many other are coming and commenting, I to have had this feeling alot. Being someone with extremely low self esteem and told by family at times that my art endeavors were "useless" something alot of use have to deal with. Right now im talking about visual artist, but all artists matter. Anyway; one day i was thinking about how sad it is for artist and their representation. The animated movies that send such powerful messages, make millions of dollars and are praised for their alluring graphics, the artists that work their ass of in the studios get no recognition for the magnificent work they do. Just a thought. But what i want to say, particularly in this corona virus times, is that - those doctors, nurses, patients, truck drivers, and all the ppl who are doing the important things we need, that make us feel like we are useless. When they are on the verge of burnout, and they get a break, the games they play for a release, the songs they listen to to motivate them, the websites they visit to get information, the anime they watch to get a good laugh - and so much more - is conceptualized, and brought into fruition - by artists. Just a thought.
I’m just a random person on the internet but you’re art endeavors aren’t useless at all. Art is a way to express yourself without the use of words, it’s beautiful seeing completed artworks. It’s also a way to let off some steam, reduce anxiety, or even just make you happy. Every piece of art is a reflection of the artist mindset and views. When art is viewed more deeply it can bring out emotions in the viewer. That we otherwise wouldn’t of felt. Me personally I can’t express my feelings or emotions well. But when see a piece of art whether it’s music, a painting, drawing, sculptures whatever it is it makes me actually feel something.
You are an artist at how to make people feel, with just your words alone. Thank you.
Thank you my friend - and protect yourself and your loved ones while we wait out this storm :)
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." - John Keating (Robin Williams), Dead Poet's Society.
Art, beauty, gives us hope and a reason to keep on living. Our art can reach farther than pur own arms can reach.
That line is soo good, fills my heart with such hope and enthusiasm. I love that movie
I remember watching that movie in Creative Writing class...funny enough he was saying how we dont remember what people say...
*But we remember what they made us feel*
I distinctly remember feelings of disdain, for the ignorant, hatrid for the manipulative and a grandeur purpose for individualism.
*People should NEVER use fate against others for their own benefit- especially if it's a career, passion love...*
You get the gyst. Alright...peace.
Great film! Saw it in the theatre when it came out. Robin Williams was a genius!
'I hate to break it to you but.. you're just as beautiful'
Thank you, I cried
I have been struggling with myself and my own art and my motivation for ... years. I had pretty severe burnout from a poor workplace environment, and then I got pretty severely sick. It's hard to fight back from that. But looking at my twitter timeline lately ... everyone is so afraid. Everyone is so scared, and angry, and feeling lonely, and I've honestly not felt so driven to create in a long time. I feel this overwhelming desire to offer something bright to distract people, give an outlet, give a reason to focus on something that makes people feel better.
It's a struggle against my own body, still, and my skill isn't as comfortable as I wish, but I know how much comfort I've taken from other people's work in the hardest times of my life. I just want to offer that outlet to someone else, despite my own current failings and weaknesses. But I want to start that conversation, between myself, and my art, and someone else, more than ever.
thank you for being so caring.
I wish you luck in your journey!
People thinks art it’s about painting and drawing but more that everything is art like animations, t shirt design, manga,comics stories crafts,dancing, film making, building houses,speech and even video games is art, writting book is art, Japanese animators animating animes is art, directing and screenplay film is art,stray paint on street walls is art etc I always wanted become a animator/ manga artist and also Adam you learn my new sub cuz of this beautifully video as artist I can relate I hope this videos news 1 million views people pls shared this videos to your artist friends
When you said "even video games is art" I couldn't help but to tell you that video game, in my point of view, is the ultimate art form. It has world building, story telling, character design, soundtrack, voice acting, sound design, animations... Its honestly the culmination of what art is because it is the result of artists uniting and creating one cohesive piece of art that we call a "video game"
@@BlackStarXx11xX A video game has the potential to be the best artform. All the points you listed are true. But sadly most games take the more commercial approach. But there are absolute gems like Nier Automata. The heartbraking story, amazing world building and soundtrack surpassed almost every movie I ever watched.
Darrei Deamos hollow knight is also a good example , you don't even need to play it to know is art
Yeah man Im into that sweet sweet visual story telling.
@@darreideamos2309 to elaborate, other video games example that prove how games are the ultimate art-form: uncharted which blurred the lines of video games and movies. Telltale product-line and how they excelled at bringing comic strips to life and how they incorporate the player as the weaver of the story he's experiencing rather than a bystander audience (also games by quantic dream did that at a live-action level with games like heavy rain). Or something like to the moon where the story simply shatters you although the art is of simple pixels. Games now exceeded the notion of jumping from one platform to the next and collecting coins to attain the highest of scores. Games transcended to a sublime level of beauty that one can't help but to be left in awe. Cheers
I had similar doubts myself. I thought that i should do something "more" important for people like being a doctor but then I thought "what is actualy important? what do people really live for?". Actualy what would life be without art - theaters, movies, books, stories? Every job and passion is as important
Glory to mankind
Miiko most definitely. EVERY job is essential for this society .
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@@redtomato7980 YoRha?
I can't believe this video is recommended to me just when I started to think of giving up art since I didn't have any hope it could be more than just some hobby. I haven't drawn anything for 2 months because I just felt so down, but thank you for this, I didn't think I needed it. (I'm currently doing a science degree at the moment but its not what I want )
J G its a sign my friend
Of the victory is eternal , but if you stop walking forward the loss is only temporary.
The longer you are in the battle the longer you win
Don't you dare to give up after all the things you have passed succesfully.
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WUTAE what?
Marion Pastor umm I just I hope you take something away from my poem that’s in the link sir ~ ruclips.net/video/L6AFC5U3qUU/видео.html
Im not very good at art but i dont care. I Dive into it, very relaxing, the focus, the wildness... inspiration come and shine by itself. Ego get lost. Add some blue there some red there. Carefull! respect the rock.. the rock yes yes.. Why is the drawing talking to me? No idea. WHo am i? No idea, THere is a painting being done.
No ones good at anything at first ,including the exceptional ones. They might do it relatively well then "others" but that's the end point for anyone if they don't keep at it. So, if you keep at it then you'll eventually get there strictly keeping your focus on what it's rather then what you could become as its just a natural learning process like any others. its nothing special or 've to be / makeu'r self it to be like any other out there. Its just's as simple as that
Glory to mankind
I didn't come here to cry, stop making me cry ;-; Your words hit deep with me in this one. Thank you for this.
Gay...
T is being emotional gay to you? Lmao get a life
God is an artist, he painted this world. Be proud of your hands, they are a gift from God
Wow, I don't know why I never thought about that in that way. Thank you for the powerful statement, and the further ideas that can be taken from this. Take care and God bless
In the coming era when the major jobs are replaced by AI, art is the only thing that cant be replaced (at least in the near future) because art comes from human’s feelings.
Robots can do art. I've seen it. Seriously But no robot can replace human works of art
@@PRODUCEDBYAD i have seen it too. They can capture human feelings and process those feelings so they can create their own. Thats why i said at least in the near future, human still cant be replaced. But what i fear most is the distant future, in our descendant's era, where AI will be ridiculously so advanced.
@@FerryPatrix93 If it so happens that robots can do everything that humans can, then i think it might lead to a great lesson. By giving all the power to the robots, we would exclude ourselves out of life possibly. If we do not partake in the creative actions, have close relationships etc. then what's left for us in the world? Just watch robots do everything? Hedonism can't bring long lasting happiness, and the body would become tolerant to it at some point and then the numbness and meaninglessness creeps in.
Kinda gives me inspiration for some art, this thought.
@Erik The Existor Agree. Basically the only thing to do in such situation is to find and express one's individual purpose/desire.
This reminded me of my inicial drive to make art. To ispire or to make person feel certain way. Its easy to forget your drive when you trying to get your technical skills to a certain level and you can get demotivated just because you forgot what you were trying to do in a 1st place. Thank you for posting this video, it really helps in these difficult times.
Too true!
When I’m older, I want to work for a game studio, or eventually making a game of my own. I want to share my creations as an artist, specifically an illustrator/concept artist/designer.. I would like to make people happy with the products I work on. That, in its self is the most important thing to me in my life. It would be amazing if I died, knowing something I created brought joy to someone. Thank you.
As someone who has almost never picked up a pencil with the intent of making an artpiece, art has always been one of my most desired skills, but I've always been afraid to actually learn to do it. Why was/am I afraid? For many reasons and all of them are typical of someone in my shoes, but this video and other recent events has made me want to pick up the pencil and do something with it. Now that school is out for the rest of the year and nearly every social event has been canceled, I finally have the opportunity to learn what I want to. This video was just the push I needed. Thank you for this, Adam.
In my six year long journey of being an artist like Maciej Kuciara, I've always felt "Why bother doing this?" "Nobody appreciates art anyways." "I'm not going to make enough money doing this."
Despite me being significantly higher than the average skill level of an artist. I've been told that I was talented at art, but at the same time artists really do not make enough money to survive
hence the infamous term "Starving artist." After this video I founded it inspirational and kept going instead of permanently stopping my journey to become like Maciej Kuciara for good. *_Thank you for this video._*
Art helps ❤ We had few spots available in the hospitals so I was very sick at home having trouble breathing. For me the art of movies and series helped me not to panic and distracted me from my fear of dying. And it helped me not getting depressed, it kept my heartrate calm, comforted me and gave me something to focus on.
And when I felt a little better, but still weak, youtube videos about drawing made me feel a litte more normal and like myself. Helped me not forget who I am and loose myself to sickness.
And drawings about corona made me feel connected and not feel as alone in my struggle. And some made me laugh and others made me connect with the hate of and fightingspirit against the disease.
Art helps when sick ❤ And this video helped me feel greatful :)
I don't usually talk about this stuff anymore but, here goes. Everything has a meaning. Even if you have no clue what it is, what's the function of something or someone, I believe that everything has a meaning. If you're lucky or blessed enough, you might find out, but all in all, it doesn't matter if you know or not, if it's what you love doing, then do it. So if ever you don't know what your purpose is on Earth, just know that nobody really does. The things that you see online about people being successful, it's not them knowing who they really are. It's just people living and doing the things that they love.
Whoever disliked the video.. I’m sorry you didn’t like the content.. For others its very emotional and thank you Adam Duff LUCIDPIXUL.. This is the best❤️
Great point. Connection is important, especially when in front of the feeling of sudden and abrupt isolation. Artists spend a good degree of their life tackling isolation head on, and breaking through it by giving a voice to voiceless emotions.
A lot of people do not know how to feel at the moment for a variety of reasons. Many people will be working from home not just at present time, but well into the future after current events. Artists will be vital for so many people who will feel lost on their own.
I couldn't agree more - we're starting to see around the world how artists are stronger than ever under the circumstances, because simply existing is sufficient to being able to do what we do best.
Art is keeping people sane right now.
... this moved me as an artist... i recently see a lot of people, artists like us who are more concerned about 'why you cannot have free art'... to me, that's not it... that's not what an artist should be and that's not the heart an artist should have... "as an artist, we are masters of making people feel!" In our situation right now, where people are getting sick, what better way to give people hope than to make them feel hope through arts? It's for this functions, we artists exist, because when everything falls to the ground and every money has been spent and everything is burned to the ground, this is what will be left of us! We as artists could care less about what we get... how bout now we start to give people hope through our arts eh? How bout now we stand for our dear humanity and our own kind? This is the greatest thing we can do together!!!
Since studio ghibli movies have been out on Netflix, i’ve never felt more connected to my inner child. Artists, animators ect, are important, they help us connect more to each other, than ever before. Without art, our lives would lack meaning, authenticy, adventure or fun.
Your words made me cry man I'll be coming back to this the next day I doubt my purpose on this planet. Thank you so much for sharing!
My like does not express the ammount of gratitude and even this comment.
So I REALLY thank you for supporting and comforting people.
This community will be the one that remembers what to say to hopeless workers, because many more people feel the same way.
We Love your art!
i always have on my mind that my goal on life was touching people trough art, being animation, paiting, music, voice and the list go on. but i always fell into this topic about me being a useless person to society, like, when i said to my parents that i wanted to be a artist (i grew up being told by them to be a life-guard (by my dad) or a doctor (my mom) my father couldn't think no more than money and that i wouldn't be paid well yara yara yara. this thing got bigger when my parents divorced and they always used me like a messenger to their fights for who got the divorce better, in that time i stopped drawing/ painting because i though my art sucks and i would never do something like air a show or game with good messages and creativity. but this video came out, i see now that i must hold this dream in me and really start doing art again. thanks for the video adam you're the best! (sorry for the bad grammar, english isn't my native language)
I've been an artist, mentor and teacher all my life..THANK YOU...your words speak volumes for Humanity.
"We love you too with all our heart."
Just thought it needed to be said. Wishing you the best, stay healthy
I think artists are essential for society not in that they assist in its literal function, but that they help us to catalog, quantify, or qualify the human experience into something more understandable. It serves as an escape both to the artist and the viewer who would choose to abandon-if only for a brief moment- their day to day operations and worry to view or do something that is the reflection of an observation of a single or small grouping of human out of billions.
Art is many things to many people, and by its very nature is extremely subjective, and people partake in it for a plethora of reasons.
As for myself, I like to paint and write. That is how I serve the soul of the world through my inclination to jot down my life experience. I like to create reflective works that not only reveal my naked self (of the soul; the essence not the body), but help others in understanding/coping with this absolute madness that is existence. But that’s all it does, and I don’t admit to or desire that these pieces do anything more or that the world would crumble without them.
I think art in general has earned itself an interesting reputation in the past few decades, as it’s becoming more and more scrutinized as a whole as people with less skill from a broader range within the population are able to pick up a paint brush and lay down a scene, or pick up a pen and form fantasy with words. But it’s just cataloging. It’s a way of cataloging everything about humanity in a single instance of it’s timeline from multiple different individuals living it. There’s religious paintings, political ones, fantasy ones, landscapes, portraits, still life’s, etc. There’s fantasy novels, political and religious ones, epics, free verse, science-fiction, etc. Now there’s movies, video games, sculpture work is still around as well. There’s dancing, plays, speeches. They all take a slice of humanity from a certain point in time and essentially freeze dry it and throw it in a vacuum.
Anytime someone wants to or comes across a work of art, a dual feature is present in that it provides you maybe with some insight into yourself or the world around you, as well as with an inkling of what life was like during the time of it’s creation (socially, culturally, technologically).
These are just the opinions of one person, however. One drop in the ocean, if I may. I’m sure there are those who think different, but we all die eventually. 300 years from now-providing humans are still around and have access to all of our artwork-our descendants may look at our emotion and love and religion through these pieces of art and call us imbeciles, morons, blind. Life could be totally different from how it is now. But they’d surely have a very great idea of not only why we experience love and religion but how and when we did. There may be no more monogamous relationships in the future, and they’d read or view our world and wonder how we did it, or ask why we did it. Time travel will become more of a prevalent thing, but not the time travel we know of in science-fiction.
They’d have science to explain the neuroscience behind it as well, but that is presumed.
Adam, the exact opposite happened to me. I am way more serious than I ever have been as an Artist KNOWING that I only have limited amount of time left to serve my purpose. I don't want to go to my deathbed with regrets that I "should have", "could have" and "would have" made more art. Just doing my best and enjoying my self-quarantine time making something beautiful to cope with something really ugly that is going on and there is NOTHING I can do to stop it.
Roopa Dudley your comment is emotional and make me try force myself to finish my art do you have ig I like to see your art and support
The woman who felt like her art was useless, like she should have been doing something "greater," gave me chills. I have felt that exact way and put it in those words. Thank you for this video!
Art is everywhere, we love to create, even Nature is art in itself, i love drawing more than anything.
Thanks for this Adam...Seriously, thanks, this exactly what i needed right now
You're very welcome my friend, stay safe :)
Thank you... for a chance to finally cry and acknowledge my previously neglected emotional pain.
The world needs humanity.
Kaneki the world already has humanity, its just, some are wrong, and some are right.
*more
Thanks so much for uploading your precious content Adam!I've been binging your videos since I found you. Every upload is much appreciated
My pleasure, I hope it brings you some comfort :)
@@AdamDuffArt This hit very close to home... The question the girl had has been on my mind since the time I started drawing and spending time with art, had to actually cry a bit after listening to you. So thanks. I am sure others will find similiar value in your message
I'm working in a video game studio and I was wondering what I was bringing to the world, seeing all of this.
Thank you so much, Adam :)
I am a doctor ,a pediatrician to be more specific, and I work at my own clinic in Pakistan. Trust me ever since corona endemic started I have been doing just 2 things. Going to my clinic and once I'm home watching art videos and trying out different stuff like watercolor and line and wash. It keeps me sane after looking at worried and severely ill patients all day. Tell your artist friend that we doctors heal people but you artists are one step further. You can even heal us doctors. Heal our spirits which are riddled by death, disease and misery each and every day of the year. So thank you so much for being a ray of hope in this otherwise doomed world. You people are awesome.
Regards
Dr. Tariq
As an artist and human myself, I understand and appreciate how we feel. I remember a point in my life where I felt and questioned my purpose in this life and even my identity which I have found another very well respected artist do. As artists, we express and portray feeling through the creation of our pieces which is brought forth from our soul often.. During this time and crisis we more than ever need light and love and as a human being with a soul and passion, I know sometimes we can feel empty and purposeless and that's where he comes in saying whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst, the water i give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life and that's where the tiredness and endless hunger ends. I'm speaking figuratively, God wants to become a father to those who receive the gospel of his son, called the gospel of grace and of peace.i know as men we tend to be convinced that he doesn't care or convince ourselves he is not real, due to situations of life and hardships and also other times our upbringing but He is loving towards us and that's why we hear so much about his son who died on a cross 2000 years ago to reconcile us to him.. if we believe in him and come to the light the blood of his son cleanses us from all sin and from having an evil conscience I.e a conscience that is judgemental towards you and others and hateful towards God. Many people walk around with a sin-debt in their conscience towards God and it is not healthy and only destroys the soul and to some it is even a normal way of life. If you believe in his son, all your sins are forgiven and you're received as a son by the holy spirit and sealed for the day of redemption. It is time to escape the tragedy that befell us and the doors of the church are wide open... I know you may have heard some say that God is judging or condemning but the Lord himself said that he was sent not to judge the world but to save it for this is the day of salvation...
Well, a budding self taught artist here. Thanks!
I'm grateful 🎙️👌 for Admin Duff -
I love these points
Why the world needs artists more than ever right now
The more you work on your ability, then you come back and express better
Nobody will remember what you say, but they will never forget how you make them feel
As an artist, you are a master of making people feel.
Art transcends, language, boundaries, culture, connects us as human beings, feeling human being
It takes a sensitive person
Capture personality
Learn to feel with our hearts
Learn to express with our heart
In the effortless act To bring other people joy.
Thank you for reminding me why I started doing art in the first place. I never really forgot. It's just... nice to hear, that something I figured out few years ago and kept me going forward despite everything I had to deal with, reached bigger audience and got understood :*)
Once you realize art can keep people from giving up life you get mad respect for it and people who create
Thank-you...just thank-you. Hearing this two years later, means a lot. So, just thank-you.
im a young artist myself, but my understanding of art before this was "make something cool" or "make an aweseome artwork" but i never thought of what i wanted, like, the emotions you emphasize into a drawing. i didnt expect to get sappy (sad happy) listening to this but wow you really helped me alot. honestly, thank you so so so much for bringing this video here! i hope all of you guys stay safe. good luck.
This is the video I needed. I only recently (as of the last week) started getting back into digital art. After 14 years, I am... incredibly rusty. But in a time like this, it's brought some joy to my stressed and nearly burnt mind. I work as what a laymen would consider to be a nurse. The stress we're experiencing in the health care field is so palpable you could cut it with a knife. I'm not sure if things will get as bad in my area as say... New York, Wuhan, or Italy... but I know that at the very least, I can turn back to art. I've always been a creative person... always found joy in it's creation. I hope it can see us all through this pandemic.
Thank you for the video.
Our lives as artists and free individuals is fundamentally what all of those medical professionals out there are fighting for.
If we couldn't be happy and expressive in this way, preserving the human race would mean very little to them.
Hi Adam,
Greetings from fellow FromSoft fans. I was introduced to you a couple months ago by my friend who gave me a link to your Dark Souls art book review. It immediately resonated with me and thus I decided to take a peek onto your channel, and I've been a subscriber since.
I'm a professional artist too (just a small-time freelancer though haha), I started learning digital art 10 years ago but have only been doing it for the living for the last 4 years. I really like how gentle your talks are and how you (as how I see it at least) always tried to relate to beginner artists and never forgetting how it feels to be starting for the first time, something that I think a lot of other veteran artists often forgot. I suppose it's because you are also a teacher, but again, not every art teachers remembered that part.
Nowadays I often worked on my commissions while listening to you (although that often means I don't actually see your painting process hahaha sorry about that), you gave a lot of insights (I hope it doesn't make me start to see Amygdalas perched on buildings!) about art and what it means to be an artist, and it really gives me a lot of energy and motivations to put more of my feelings into my artwork. So thank you so much for your hard work!
Regarding the current topic, I think artists, be it visual, music, or dance artists, have this unique skill that enables any kind of messages to be more easily noticed by people, so I think this is one of the best time to put our craft to practical use by raising awareness about relevant topics, for example like using your drawings to communicate to people about how important physical distancing is, or portraying medical staff's plight on the frontline and how we should support them as best as we can, etc....
Another thing I love about these videos is the juxtaposition of the relaxing, encouraging narration and the sheer nightmares he is painting.
The palette changes between three, primary colors; yet the painting is none of these colors. The elegance of this pattern of three still blows me away. Thanks for sharing.
you made me cry man, I'm trying my best to shre this around, i live in italy and times are hard, many people around me are getting affected, this video made me feel a lot better and inspired me to bring my art, my music, my everything, forward, listening to you was the most beautiful thing I have experienced in a while. I'm only a kid but you made me feel better about the whole situation, were not alone, were surrounded by people that may not prefer to stay in their homes either and thats the beauty of it, the italian man, going on his porch and singing, he brought out many people from theyre windows, making everyone feel so much better, just like you did with a simple less than 20 minute video. I have to thank you for the help and support that oyu are giving to fellow artists.
Wonderful message Adam. Thank you. I listened to this as I sat here in isolation in Dublin, Ireland, working on a webcomic that I hope will make people laugh for a moment during all this darkness. Stay safe. Best wishes to you and yours throughout all this. We will prevail
simon prunty good man Simon.I am also an artist and now RUclipsr in Dublin.Keep going- where’s your webcomic to be found?👍🦉🦉👌🇨🇮🎨☘️
Stay positive, don't give up, even if it seems overwhelming.
This is why you stand out above most, you open up and pour out love and beauty. Thank you Mr. Duff!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't often cry. But when i do. It means something really hit me. And this. This is it.
It’s actually really haven’t been touched by anything like this before. As an artist this really this the core of the soul. Honestly thank you so much beautiful message. As artists we all needed to hear this and to be reminded for why we a so important in live.
(This made my want to cry)
I'm at work in a warehouse, it's 8am, and I'm practically sobbing. Damn, this was beautiful, Adam. I'm 3 years late to hearing this, haaah, but it still hits that spot. I'm feeling all sorts of things, but most of all I just wanna go home and do more work and share it. Goddamn it, just share it. Thank you.
This honestly hits me. I’m 15 and I’m working my way to become an illustrator. I feel like that to sometimes and what you have said really stuck with me. I’ll try harder and I won’t give up. When I see a illustration that makes me happy it makes my day. Sometimes something like a small doodle makes me want to try harder to become someone who can make others smile with my work. :0 Adam stay safe and thank you this made me sob omg 🥺❤️
We're the same age! Hope ya get there 😊
@@riran6636 thank you :0 ㅠ ㅁ ㅠ
Thank you for the words friend, take care you too!
This video makes me realize that I have one of the best dad in the world. Since my mom is a bitch, He always never compare us to others, never argue about how our grade. Just let us be US. "If you really interested in something go pursue it" find a teacher and have them teach you. I've always interested in art and my dad is very supportive and always try to tell me to find a capable teacher. When I said I want to learn piano. He always have a smile on his face , and said "sure, you can,
But just remember one thing okay, once you decided to pursue or do something, don't give up halfway through."
Danny Lok this is one amazing dad lol✨
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Wow..neither of my parents approve lol l draw secretly
Hi there,
Thank you for making this. As an artist. It’s nice to know someone appreciates artists/art of any kind, when society doesn’t encourage it. I really needed to hear this.Thanks!
My pleasure :)
Your voice is so soothing and understanding. It feels genuine and not forced. Thank you so much for your kind words to everyone struggling with art. It's not easy.
Art was my escape. But my wrists have been giving out and not many people noticed my works so I am not so sure if I should continue art anymore, and with all the people already posting art everyday I feel my art is not making anyone happy. But sometimes I get people saying that they felt something from it. I even did this 1 sad piece that I put my very heart into, and someone said it hit them hard with sadness. But I put my heart in almost all my works and it's only a few that get that response. I crave to have my art be noticed, mainly because I want my heart to be noticed.
I reccomend looking into marketing
And how to build an audience
There's some books on the topic
Once you reach and gain 100 or a thousand hardcore fans things shoot up from there
That's the most i recall.
Quiet honestly I had exactly same questions. Thanks a ton mate. Really appreciate this 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My pleasure - stay safe my friend :)
Thank you Adam, you´r a prince among men. I´m so impressed by the quality of your channel and your generosity with it.
I dont know what to say, so I wont say much. You'll probably never see this, but on the off chance you do. Thank you. Thank you so so much for this
The emotions your friend went through was something I was experiencing as well during this outbreak, but your words have brought me a lot of comfort and were said very beautifully. I'll remember this whenever a fellow artist questions their purpose and I hope to bring them comfort as well. Thanks so much
I love your soul, brother. I’m 38 and even though I am usually getting along with people very well by listening to them attentively, I don’t have friends to talk to who would understand me. It doesn’t matter. I know that everyone of us is unique in some way and people just need to find their type to feel free and understood. I found your channel couple of days ago and I immediately knew I found that rare kind of personality. Honest, brave, generous, loving. This is the true power of tech. Without it so many human-gems like you would stay hidden from lonely souls. All we have to do is seek and don’t forget who we really are. You have a good hart Adam. Thank you for sharing it with us. World is a better place thanks to you.
Thank you Adam, i needed that good cry... Love from France
Thank you for saying all of this. The past week or two has been very difficult for me emotionally, but the three videos of yours I have watched in that time have genuinely brought me perspective and hope.
Thank you Adam. You've healed a lot of artists today who really, really needed this.
Ever since quarantine started I haven’t had enough motivation to do art. I honestly don’t know what happened, I just didn’t feel good enough or like anything good would come out. This video reminded me of why I make art, why I want to be an artist and why I love it so much. Thank you, truly.
Adam dear.... you reached my inner soul! thank you so much for the most amazing message
you answered all my questions ! i know who i am right now and i know what i wanna be in this difficult time ... you are not just an artist ! you are a hero ...
god bless
WOW. Just wow. Two years later your profound words reverberate even more powerfully. Thank you
I find it almost scary to see how well the themes of your videos correspond with the fears and emotions that are currently going on inside me. Just a few days ago I had the same thoughts as the person who wrote you. I felt really selfish for pursuing art because it is not crucial to our physical survival and I seem to be doing it mainly just cause it brings me joy. When I look at it superficially, art just seems like a luxury item that one could do without. Thank you for reminding me that art simply goes far beyond our materialistic needs. I am very, very grateful for your work. It's like medicine for the artist's soul :)
This highly sensitive soul has been struck with a deep truth that I have always innately known, yet have downplayed as a simple fixation to others who don't innerstand.. This is literally the only art-related video that has brought me to cathartic tears because I know I'm not alone, and never will be. The force we creatives bring to the world is within the realm of the whole climate of humanity, the very essential co-creators of energy in motion.
it's almost as if you can read my mind sometimes.... I've been questioning the value of finishing my third year animation to graduate university in the middle of all of this, but if anything I should be doubling down so that I can show it to people and bring them joy and escape. I'ts hard to go through a world changing event and just... do art about it, but you made me realise how important it is, for me and for others, to keep creating. Thank you, Adam.
You are a lightworker who brought light to peoples Heart
This was a great talk and a reminder to everyone who isn't a creative to still find what makes you show emotion.
Maybe some think that an artist isn't important, more in this situation where people just thinks in survive. But when you put your thoughts on, you see that we, like humans, need express and feel. Just wonder how would be the world without music, painting, movies; it would be awful. Art is the way that the people conect, feel, express. Like I say: ''Art is the humans being their self'' and in this case, we need being our self more tahn ever.
If you are an artist, be pround about what you are; you can bring light to others and yourself.
Thank you for that message. It's very usefull to artist like that girl that you mention at the begining, and for all the artist in general.
Thank you for the incredible videos you share. Your insight and championing of art and the artists who work to bring it to life is such a breath of fresh air. I stumbled upon your channel this morning as I had my coffee and then hours later, found myself still listening to your videos in my studio as I carried out the tedious, but seemingly involuntary, act of drawing which has been my calling and profession for many years. In those years, and particularly the past three, I have grappled with some existential turmoil and a stalling in my momentum and desire to create, feeling myself drifting in a bit of a void. Recently, to find my footing again, I have begun a search in earnest for the purpose of art, especially old-fashioned traditional art, in today's day and age. By default, this means searching for and questioning my own purpose and reason for this compulsion and the nagging visions that swim behind my eyes that beg to be born. Your videos have quickly become a beacon in this void, and a nudge in the direction I need.
I wanna save that drawing to my gallery so that I can remember all the beautiful things you said on this video every time I see it
Thank you for this like almost tears was almost falling from my eyes like I swear
Everytime I look at my drawings I just see agressiveness and just hearing this made me really appreciate the art or anything I look up or even going to my roots again and really teaching down from the soil and making sure that everything is going to be okay, and knowing that energy that us artists of all types can make a difference, this really moved me and I continue to draw til this very day and I'm so grateful to have listened to this, like I wanted to draw more while listening but this was a moment to just listen and really feel and hear what you were saying, this Is worth the audible to go in the vault for everyone to listen to.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Alot of people really needed that, including me. How lucky am I to have found this gem in my recommended page? Truly, I thank you and I hope more artist find this. Whether it be a few years later or tomorrow, you have most definitely have saved someone.
Thank you Adam. This Video made me tear up. I completely agree Art (any kind of art) is very important in these Dark Days. Thank you
You're very welcome Faith, take care of yourself
@@AdamDuffArt Thanks you
is that the pepega himself lol
First time viewer here. I just want to say thanks for the incredibly thoughtful and hopeful message. I used to be that guy everybody thought would grow up to be an artist but life got in the way and I had to be someone else to survive. It's been years since and with the recent events forcing me to sit down and reevaluate my life, I realize how life is way too short and nothing is ever certain. Thank you for helping me remember how badly my soul yearns to make art. Bless you sir and I hope you keep inspiring more people in the darkest of days.
This talk really made me feel, and make me understand what art is, what being human is.
Melancholy Black Cat and what existance is.
Wow ! It's the first time I see a video on your channel and I don't really know why, but when I started hearing your video... I started to cry. You touched my soul with what you said. That's beautiful and horrible at the same time for me because, I want to create worlds like when I was a little kid and when I do that in my head.
I feel so much emotions ! But when I try to draw or write a story, I... I can't ! I put too much pressure on me ! I want to satisfy me with something "I" judge good and I want other people to appreciate what I do (I know that's stupid but I overthink that).
But I'm too impatient when I try to train drawing and when I want to put my feelings in something I'm always disappointed with the result...
Your video touched me because how you define artist is what I love about them !
Somebody who has cried
I am CRYING FROM THIS, MAN.
SOBBING.
Thank you ❤
I have no words to say how thankful i am for this.
You make me cry by mere words... and I'm thankful for each and every one.
Well, between this video and a couple others of yours, I've been carefully reminded why I got into doing what I do. And that's because Iove it, even if it's frustrating at times. I'll come back to it because it's in me, a part of me. I may have become too obsessed with learning and reaching out, or making music other people might like. But at the end of the day, my music is in me, and to be reminded of that, is kinda comforting. I don't know how I forgot, but it's been here for me this whole time
Beautifully put. I dedicated much of my life to art, yet as the fates rolled out I was not to become an artist professionally. Most of my time these days is spent doing what a lot of people refer to as contributing to society, which although fulfilling in its own way, does not quite compare to the act of creation found in art. One of the things that keep this new reality from becoming a mill of tax forms and insurance applications is to see artists elsewhere flourish; who make the most out of what our society enables them to do, and who creates astonishing work in any medium. When I find a painting process video on RUclips, it is like taking in the rays of the sun through a window; even though you can only enjoy it briefly, you know it shines bright on a whole world outside, and makes everything grow. Everyone might not like your style, or medium, or genre, or message, but *never* doubt the value you bring into the world as an artist.
I have been on the edge of homelessness for a time well before this pandemic... In the last three years I have lost everything and everyone I ever loved... In response I have done what I have always done. Made art and wrote poetry. It is the only way to deal with a life that has been traumatizing since I was a toddler, and it is the only thing I could ever do.
This video made me cry. I very often ask myself these same questions. Thanks for steeling my resolve, even if it only lasts a day.
I sometimes forget your channel exists, and then joyously rediscover it via a youtube recommendation.
I am nowhere near the artist you are, but you continue to be an inspiration. I will keep an eye on your channel, and hope to be around to continue to watch.
Beautiful. Keep up the heart.
Thank you so much for these words... I did not know I needed to hear them so badly. You lifted up my spirit and I'm endlessly grateful for that!
I know my response to this video is a little late, but thank you for this video. As someone who used to draw on a daily basis, I sometimes feel that my artistry is slowly becoming a wasted talent. Working, school, and real world issues have distracted me for the longest and it's hard getting back to doing something I loved. Now when I try to draw, it just seems frustrating and I keep reminding myself that there are more important things I could be doing such as preparing for my future. It's also hard when people remind you that it's difficult making a living just doing art, especially if you're not one of the best. Again, thank you for creating this video and inspiring other artists to keep following their dreams and using their gift.