When I waa a little boy I would draw every single day. I hated it when people say I waa gifted or had a talent for it or called me lucky. I wasn't lucky. I was just drawing everyday. Thank you for this video. Especially the Da Vinci part. He wasn't talented, he was industrious. Keep it up Antoniooo keep it up
Thanks Anthony, it's great to keep hearing these things over and over and over again. It takes just as much work to develop the mindset as it does to develop the actual work. Thanks very much for the vid & for all the reminders. Will be watching this again. Thank you.
This guy for me is the best ever! Thanks Anthony for being an inspiration for me and for too many people around the world! Your mindset and work ethic talks itself through your drawings!
Anthony Jones, you are my reference, I should watch this video every week to remember what I have to do to become to the person I want to be, thanks so much for this nice one. Let's work.
Hallelujah brother Jones :) You mentioned every single thought of my life as a musician and visual artist. Thank you for reminding me! All the best from Serbia!
“Talent is earned, not given.” Thank you so much for this quote 💕 I really dislike when others say “oh, it’s because that person is talented that they’re able to do something.” It makes others feel like if they aren’t good now, it’s because they’re not talented and they won’t be able to get there as much as a talented person. At least for me, I’ve felt that a lot. But all these “prodigies” and people with talent, are people who have worked hard on their art. I hope people realize that talent isn’t what they believe it to be (innate born skills), but something you *work* for.
My dad always told me that you don't want to just work hard, you also have to work smart. Meaning the more you work hard the more you will develop your skills which then helps you become smarter at what you do. By constantly practicing and exploring you will also learn naturally how to also work smart. Don't be cautions when it comes to learning, but be smart in how you apply your knowledge. Know the basics.Ask questions? Fail.Get back up.Find answers, but most importantly don't stop. Thanks Anthony.
Erase the word „Talent“ from all dictionaries and books and replace the empty spot with „Interest“. Cause that‘s all it is. The more you are interested in something the more you want to get better and understand what your thing of interest is about and how it works. It‘s as simple as that. I have so many people in my surrounding that do not believe me a word when i say there is no talent. It is so sad to know that every human being has an unlimited potential but they don‘t know they do.
That is talent, man. That strong, innate interest about something that inexplicably pushes us is a clue to an endeavour that person is well equipped to perform. Whether that affinity shows up from the get go or not, a natural connection in the brain is already there, waiting, it just needs to get brought to the surface.....
thank you for this. I get really depressed when my drawings turn out as failures and i start thinking and searching for what i did wrong and i start looking through youtube tutorials endlessly.
Not only do I see you as an Amazing Artist, you've also contributed a ton to this Industry, as pretty much the biggest motivator I've ever seen. Every article, video and picture you post has an impact on me, and keeps telling me the reason to push myself and Embrace the solitary Art extremist Lifestyle. Thank you. P.S. I'm usually not this cheesy. But you forced it out of me.
I love this video, this is exactly what every artist needs to hear! Hard work starts to become fun and rewarding when you see improvements- but people tend to give up when they don't get that instant gratification. Patience and diligence! :)
Thank you so much for this video. I have felt myself slipping for stupid reasons, always looking for an excuse to put off or not do what i love the most which is art. The worst thing is that i doubt myself because of not getting work but what i should be asking myself is what am i doing wrong that i am not and work on it. this video helped me realize some things that i have just overlooked. I hate hitting a wall and thinking i am not good enough or that I suck but i hope now i will accept it and work at it.
Thank you really much for sharing this with everybody! I just had the feeling that my art stagnated and I do not get better, I do studies of all the different painter I really admire, but on some days I just not feel like it and everything feels just as a pain in the ass :D But you are so right, it takes a lot of time to become a pro and I just started to take art seriously since 1 years ago and i am already 27 now... but I just think of painting all day long, and now the time to listen to other people try to talk sense into me is over, I want to show them that I want to to that. Thanks a lot for this positive imput, now back to work ;)
It is so clear how you guide the mental process, utilizing resilience and neuroplasticity, and helps to reframe the obstacles as what they more generally are - much appreciated :>
I appreciate the talk, Anthony Jones! Very inspiring and many of the words really ring true in life in general - It is much less the quantity of talent people have and much more how badly do they want it that really makes a difference. Talent I believe can likely be given over to a person's upbringing and environmental influences (those early conditions), but anyone who wants something bad enough for themselves can create the circumstances that will contribute to their growth in the direction they dream in with industry, solid work ethic, self discipline, determination, and persistence. Thank you again for your inspiring words which encourage others to keep going even when it seems tough and truck on through!
Hi! I really wanted to acknowledge you for the positive attitude you give through your videos! You're an awesome person! I really love how clearly you express your mind and thoughts. It really helps in the process of transmitting knowledge. I was wandering if you could add a thought here. I was already convinced about hard work, and I dont think there is a work around that to improve fast your skills. But I think there are approches that help to gain time from someone of experience too. The question I have I guess is, If you had to restart from scratch, what would be the notions you would start to study ? And why?
computer software like krita and blender and the internet art learning like this channel and scott roberts, proko, and a million others are art steroids.
Thank you for doing this vids Anthony! I hope you keep up with these tips cause they are tremendously helpful and most of all, really inspiring. You are awesome!
Awesome video, thank you! I have a follow up question about hard work, and it's to do with overworking - like overworking a painting. I know this is considered 'failing' and it's just a natural stepping stone to improvement, but I find myself overworking my paintings quite a bit when what I'm actually striving for is a very loose, painterly effect (or a gestural effect if we're talking about a drawing), and I'm having a lot of trouble working past this. When I try to work harder my paintings just wind up busier. By contrast, when I look at my favorite artists with a loose or painterly style I find myself saying 'well that's just their style,' kind of like how someone might say 'well they're just more talented than I am (or talented in a different way).' So would you have any suggestions as to how one can work hard and achieve their desired aesthetic without overworking their pieces? I understand in theory that working hard does not equal overworking something, but in practice for me they tend to merge.
I'm in a tricky situation. I've finished art school, I'm working for a small start up studio, but it's on simple models, texturing and illustration styles that aren't very challenging or interesting to me. I work long hours and have only a short time to practice before bed. Sometimes not at all depending on how long dinner takes. This means I often only end up working on improving over the weekends as my weekdays are just shot. I feel like I wasted a huge amount of time going to a college, and I can't quit working full time because of loans that need to be payed back. All I think about during the week is all the stuff I want to practice and paint, by the time weekends come around I'm so stressed out by trying to squeeze it all in and to decide what to do that I make little personal progress. Dunno, not sure how to get out of this funk. I plan what to work on but everything takes so long to complete because I essentially have only 8 or so days each month to actually do anything. Not sure how to get the most out of those short hours after work and the swiftly fleeting weekends to make any visible progress.
One other important note about Kobe if no one mentioned it already - his dad played pro ball too and Kobe grew up watching him play and mimicking all his moves. So pretty much the same story there as Mozart. And of course later we all know Kobe patterned himself after Jordan so you add in all the hard work and yeah: Hard work > "Talent". Now let's all go and work to be the Kobe's / Mozart's / Da Vinci's of art today, or whatever else it is we want to be better at :)
Okay see, I genuinely, really want to work hard at art, and become professional. But I'm really depressed as of late, and demotivated. I try to draw, every day, and I end up hating it. My brain shuts down, and the drawing goes to crap, I've been in this block for 4 months now, and I'm even having thoughts of just quitting. Which is stupid. All I want, is motivation. That's it. I want to be able to have the mind set, to read my art books for an extended period of time without getting distracted by my moods, and to learn without feeling crap. It's a vicious cycle, as due to that, I get even more down, which leads to even more depression, and so on. So... If you have any tips, to try and get motivated. To try and push through the block. I'd seriously appreciate it. I'm sick of being unable to complete anything.
Your problem is you are not allowing yourself to fail. Just fail. Just suck. And stop with the self doubt. Just realize that you must study and learn new things. If you are not studying, then it's making you run in circles. Imagine I asked you a question you didn't know the answer too. And I asked it again. And again and again. You would still have no idea right. Then I ask you to research so you do, you Google it watch videos talk to others, u til you understand it. Then I ask you the same question you will now have an answer. You see being bad at art has nothing to do with talent or creativeness. It's ignorance. You don't know answers and luckily for you you have the internet. And that my friend is why I have no sympathy for those who say they can't figure it out. How do you think I learned from no art background starting when I was 23. I went to school as a programmer. I thought I would have better chances at programing. Look at me now. Keep at it man sucking is temporary.
I also know that feeling and that kind of block. I can totally agree with Anthony here and from my experience, what I used to do when a block like that occured is to mix up studies with copying. Copying stuff is not as effective as really studying something, but here´s what its effect on the brain is: By copying you shut off your brain, get into a kind of meditative state and once you finish the drawing, your brain instantly gets a reward through achievment. And the brain subconcsiously remembers that. It´s kind of a neural conditioning by rewarding your brain and combine that rewarding feeling with drawing. Just don´t copy all the time (it´ll not get you anywhere), just use that to get those rewarding hormones into your brain, then go study a bit, copy something else, study a bit more and longer and so on until you are out of that block! That´s at least something that helps me to get out of a phase like that and to keep at it. Resilience really is key here! Hope that helps a bit and you get out of your block soon!
you might have some depression issues which is a chemical imbalance in the brain, doctors will prescribe you drugs by my advice would be to balance your alkaline/acidic condition by a good diet in your body which you can learn how to do in the book "alkalize or die" and start exercising which will boost your endorphins and over all happiness and your brain will get extra oxygen and will become more creative plus taking AJ's advice as far as learning art, just keep at it no matter what, we all go through the bummers when we learn, after 15 years I still do.
Danny Kundzinsh I was prescribed medicine, for clinical depression. But I thought I'd like. Try to over come it by myself. Plus I couldn't handle the month of super depression when the drugs kick in, I get way too low. And yeah, AJ's advice helps. Although I'm not ignorant to the help on the internet. It's the motivation to be able to stick at said learning.
Jamie Dyas As I suspected, if you want to be free from depression then you have to find a natural way, changing your diet is key, do what I suggested in my previous comment, the drugs doctors prescribe only treat the symptom and don't really treat the root of the problem, if you read that book I am sure you can treat your condition or at least improve it by 50%, natural ways is how people used to heal for thousands of years and it worked, why change something that works? I was there so I am talking from experience. good luck.
ey lemme warn y'all, don't sacrifice important pieces of your life to work hard, but you still work hard, like, around 3-5 hours is very good, but not a lot that it overtakes your life
Ok my question is this, lets say you don't have a studio you want to work at or don't really know what you want to do with your art but you still want to improve? Like my goal was to work at bandai namco games but to really be on the tekken team. I have since lost the drive because I realized what I personally love drawing and what was fun to me wouldn't fit the studio(or at least thats how I felt looking at it) and the games they work on. I consider changing my style up a little to fit but, then it didn't feel like me. My progress didn't slow down because of this. I realized I just want to be good and do what I like the most. Kinda with this hope that someone in the future would see my work an be like "hey your work is cool why not work for us." This isn't something I think about everyday because mainly i'm practicing for hours trying to improve but for whatever reason when a topic about work comes up or am alone with my thoughts, I really wonder how can I do this. I don't know if I really have an end goal for my art. I don't think I really need it to motivate myself to getting better because i'm doing things to improve like understanding anatomy, proportions, values, and other stuff I need to know to improve my art. Going on forums to get advice (mainly cubebrush) on my work and it has went greatly. Im improving a tons since my first post and i'm loving it. Yes loving the process. I'm not discouraged like I use to be when I was on the brink of quiting art. But the fact that my end goal is still a question mark kinda bugs me. You have to make money to live and pay bills. Not knowing where i'm going to be in the future is a little scary. I want to do lots of things like illustrations, concept art, be an character artist seeing as im already doing 3d (zbrush) which as help me improve fast as well. So I'm considering freelance. It might just be the best course of action in my position but its the risk im a little worried about. Are there any tips to doing freelance at the beginning of your career? I know getting yourself out there by posting a tons on sites an stuff. Artist say jobs will come as you improve but the amount of money you get probably wont be much in the beginning. Are there other things I or to anyone else considering doing freelance can do? I was thinking of doing a tutorials but I kinda dislike the idea of artist paying for stuff when everyone isn't in the same financial standing. So free stuff is best for them(this goes for me as well). Sorry for the long post but i hope ypu can anwser it in a video or on here. Love the way your breaking things down like this in your videos. There very insightful. Will be showing this to struggling artist friends of mine because what i've been doing to improve and me telling them its hard work hasn't help so maybe someone breaking it down to them will. Please do more like this. I kinda like these more than the stream videos because there more broken down. I remember the kobe reference from stream 9 or 8 I believe but I thought it was a good example. Anyway have a great day. This kinda motivates me a little more to keep doing what i'm doing to improve. To bad I don't have the money to get into your mentorships but will be picking up a few of your tutorial videos. Lastly, keep up the awesome work. :)
Short answer is don't stop! Long answer may be solved in the next video on motivation. I agree these are more thoughtful , because they are. Along side the 7 years of insight this video took me 2-3 hours compiling info and research, and the 10 minute rehearsing and then the 20 minutes of me talking. But I hope to help ya in the next video. if it's still not enough let me know. Also nothing wrong with making money with tutorials. As long as they are affordable and informative.
Thanks a lot. I won't stop. I have to much momentum to not stop. Won a recent competition and will try to win more. Learning from as much resources as possible. Thanks for your insight. Looking forward to your next video. Keep up the good work as always. Again looking forward to the next video of yours.
hey malcom, first of all, I am not here to discourage you or anything, but hey, you still have a LONG LONG LONG way to go in your art before you start having financial benefits out of it, I just checked out your youtube and deviantart, I am trying not to sound rude but still be truthful because someone has and needs to do it for your benefit and clarity, you said everything about what you want to do like concept art etc, so you need to really work hard, because industry standards are sooo HIGH and working hard is not hard enough, it also has to do with patience, just work hard and stay focussed......and it is not also about STYLE that you need to change in order for you to work for a particular company, you also need to get the fundamental stuff right.....which I can see your still very weak at....hope it helps ! keep working !
Anthony Jones Somewhat facing with the same problem, I'm just improving without like an end goal or a goal to where I want to work towards to. Can't wait to see your next video. (But little by little I'm thinking more towards illustration field, since one thing I want to do is inspire, motivate, inflict a thought into somebody else when they see my work)
Rishabh Goswami hey bro this isn't discouraging at all. I know i have tons more work to do. I've only been drawing for the past 5 months seriously. If you really look at first drawing and compare to my lastest, its a huge jump. I have a good idea to what the industry is looking for and stuff like that. Im just gonna keep doing what I gotta do to improve. Also if you can, check out my cubebrush sketchbook. It should be linked on my yt acc. More of my work is on that site.
+Kate Colvin do what you want in a free time. There is always a free time if you study hard enough. When I was in school, I was nearly always waiting for it to be over. Like, finishing the school. My idea was - I finish school and I finally get to do what I want! It turned out that the university - and later the job - do not give you more time than school. I am really sad now, looking back at school years, that I nearly wasted my free time on playing wow and other videogames and watching TV series. Only you can find and create time for you, and it is never too early (just like it's never too late).
thanks! i limit myself to 10 minutes a day of irrelevent things on the internet. another problem is that i still want to improve myself in other ways, learning things for fun. i wish there was more time in the day, more time in general. not to be disgustingly cliche but you only live once
If you want to dive deeper I recommend listening to the audiobook "Eat that Frog" by Brian Tracy. This book will learn you how to plan, make goals and take action. Listen to this audiobook if you want to become a better planner. Personally my work and learning has gone way up! Tip: if you listen to this audiobook make some notes during the chapters, you'll remeber it better.
I thought it was just me. Cause I really...hate it, when people tell me I'm talented. They don't realize that, yeah some people are naturally more inclined to draw, but when people say "talented" it's like they're not giving you credit for everything you put into being as good as you are.
See here is what I want to know though....if we have all of these like....If the industry is saturated with artists who are so good and have been working at art since they were kids, can someone who is say, 30, even really seriously consider trying? I mean like...sure they can get GOOD in like 3 - 6 years of really dedicated practice, but even then they will be like, a decade behind all the people who had that huge head start. How could they hope to compete for those jobs? It doesn't seem feasible....
I agree with most of what you say except that it's not fun. Things you want to become ( I believe) should be fun or else there is no reason you should be doing it.
I just want to make a pretty illustrations not even for others, for me so I could be good more than average at at least something that interests me...so, I failed at step one of CPR. :)
I thought it was just me. Cause I really...hate it, when people tell me I'm talented. They don't realize that, yeah some people are naturally more inclined to draw, but when people say "talented" it's like they're not giving you credit for everything you put into being as good as you are.
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Coming back to this video in 2020, Rip Kobe
When I waa a little boy I would draw every single day. I hated it when people say I waa gifted or had a talent for it or called me lucky. I wasn't lucky. I was just drawing everyday.
Thank you for this video. Especially the Da Vinci part. He wasn't talented, he was industrious.
Keep it up Antoniooo keep it up
Main point is discipline > motivation.
Thanks Anthony, it's great to keep hearing these things over and over and over again. It takes just as much work to develop the mindset as it does to develop the actual work. Thanks very much for the vid & for all the reminders. Will be watching this again. Thank you.
What brush are you using ?
Djebbari Yassine LMAO!
Djebbari Yassine HAHAHAHA
Simply tips for u just make or find brush that makes u feel it
True! 10% talent & 90% hard work! Great video/ thanks!
This guy for me is the best ever! Thanks Anthony for being an inspiration for me and for too many people around the world! Your mindset and work ethic talks itself through your drawings!
Anthony Jones, you are my reference, I should watch this video every week to remember what I have to do to become to the person I want to be, thanks so much for this nice one. Let's work.
Hallelujah brother Jones :)
You mentioned every single thought of my life as a musician and visual artist.
Thank you for reminding me!
All the best from Serbia!
“Talent is earned, not given.” Thank you so much for this quote 💕 I really dislike when others say “oh, it’s because that person is talented that they’re able to do something.” It makes others feel like if they aren’t good now, it’s because they’re not talented and they won’t be able to get there as much as a talented person. At least for me, I’ve felt that a lot. But all these “prodigies” and people with talent, are people who have worked hard on their art. I hope people realize that talent isn’t what they believe it to be (innate born skills), but something you *work* for.
My dad always told me that you don't want to just work hard, you also have to work smart. Meaning the more you work hard the more you will develop your skills which then helps you become smarter at what you do. By constantly practicing and exploring you will also learn naturally how to also work smart. Don't be cautions when it comes to learning, but be smart in how you apply your knowledge. Know the basics.Ask questions? Fail.Get back up.Find answers, but most importantly don't stop. Thanks Anthony.
Erase the word „Talent“ from all dictionaries and books and replace the empty spot with „Interest“. Cause that‘s all it is. The more you are interested in something the more you want to get better and understand what your thing of interest is about and how it works. It‘s as simple as that. I have so many people in my surrounding that do not believe me a word when i say there is no talent. It is so sad to know that every human being has an unlimited potential but they don‘t know they do.
That is talent, man. That strong, innate interest about something that inexplicably pushes us is a clue to an endeavour that person is well equipped to perform. Whether that affinity shows up from the get go or not, a natural connection in the brain is already there, waiting, it just needs to get brought to the surface.....
thank you for this. I get really depressed when my drawings turn out as failures and i start thinking and searching for what i did wrong and i start looking through youtube tutorials endlessly.
I miss this motivational videos of yours... truly inspiring.... re-watching them again this year aha..
Not only do I see you as an Amazing Artist, you've also contributed a ton to this Industry, as pretty much the biggest motivator I've ever seen. Every article, video and picture you post has an impact on me, and keeps telling me the reason to push myself and Embrace the solitary Art extremist Lifestyle. Thank you.
P.S. I'm usually not this cheesy. But you forced it out of me.
I love this video, this is exactly what every artist needs to hear! Hard work starts to become fun and rewarding when you see improvements- but people tend to give up when they don't get that instant gratification. Patience and diligence! :)
Thank you so much for this video. I have felt myself slipping for stupid reasons, always looking for an excuse to put off or not do what i love the most which is art. The worst thing is that i doubt myself because of not getting work but what i should be asking myself is what am i doing wrong that i am not and work on it. this video helped me realize some things that i have just overlooked. I hate hitting a wall and thinking i am not good enough or that I suck but i hope now i will accept it and work at it.
Please make more of these Mr. Jones!!!!!!
I just looked at my steam library and boom 971" hours played on Counter Strike, damn I wasted my high school free time. I cri
Nigga I have 7 thousand hours in dota
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i got a thousand in dota too and in both of my smurf and main acc xaxaxaxa
Best motivational, inspirational video i've seen and i believe 100% is true ! Thanks !!!
Just want to let you know that you inspired me to do better and to become and I believe I will become artist as great as you
AJ thanks for videos like this. I love listening to them while working.
awesome! thank you Anthony for all your videos, you are amazing!
No problem more to come
amazing video, you've reinforced my beliefs and values, i was starting to doubt myself in art until I came across your videos! thank you so much!
Thank you really much for sharing this with everybody! I just had the feeling that my art stagnated and I do not get better, I do studies of all the different painter I really admire, but on some days I just not feel like it and everything feels just as a pain in the ass :D But you are so right, it takes a lot of time to become a pro and I just started to take art seriously since 1 years ago and i am already 27 now... but I just think of painting all day long, and now the time to listen to other people try to talk sense into me is over, I want to show them that I want to to that. Thanks a lot for this positive imput, now back to work ;)
It is so clear how you guide the mental process, utilizing resilience and neuroplasticity, and helps to reframe the obstacles as what they more generally are - much appreciated :>
I appreciate the talk, Anthony Jones! Very inspiring and many of the words really ring true in life in general - It is much less the quantity of talent people have and much more how badly do they want it that really makes a difference. Talent I believe can likely be given over to a person's upbringing and environmental influences (those early conditions), but anyone who wants something bad enough for themselves can create the circumstances that will contribute to their growth in the direction they dream in with industry, solid work ethic, self discipline, determination, and persistence.
Thank you again for your inspiring words which encourage others to keep going even when it seems tough and truck on through!
Hi! I really wanted to acknowledge you for the positive attitude you give through your videos! You're an awesome person!
I really love how clearly you express your mind and thoughts. It really helps in the process of transmitting knowledge.
I was wandering if you could add a thought here. I was already convinced about hard work, and I dont think there is a work around that to improve fast your skills. But I think there are approches that help to gain time from someone of experience too.
The question I have I guess is, If you had to restart from scratch, what would be the notions you would start to study ? And why?
Awesme video Anthony :) Thanks a ton for making these kind of stuff ,keep doing more. Very much motivated !
An inspiration as always!
thanks man! have a nice day!
Thank you for this.
are there any art-steroids?
are there any fundamentaroids?
computer software like krita and blender and the internet art learning like this channel and scott roberts, proko, and a million others are art steroids.
This is great! thanks for this post.
Thank you for doing this vids Anthony! I hope you keep up with these tips cause they are tremendously helpful and most of all, really inspiring. You are awesome!
Hey man, really needed this pick me up. Appreciate the video :)
Dude, thanks for your inspirational videos. and damn, your works are amazing!
2020... RIP KOBE
Amazing video thanks
Your Pretty Industrious man, keep it up ^^
Thanks for making this video! really helps.
Awesome video, thank you!
I have a follow up question about hard work, and it's to do with overworking - like overworking a painting. I know this is considered 'failing' and it's just a natural stepping stone to improvement, but I find myself overworking my paintings quite a bit when what I'm actually striving for is a very loose, painterly effect (or a gestural effect if we're talking about a drawing), and I'm having a lot of trouble working past this. When I try to work harder my paintings just wind up busier.
By contrast, when I look at my favorite artists with a loose or painterly style I find myself saying 'well that's just their style,' kind of like how someone might say 'well they're just more talented than I am (or talented in a different way).'
So would you have any suggestions as to how one can work hard and achieve their desired aesthetic without overworking their pieces? I understand in theory that working hard does not equal overworking something, but in practice for me they tend to merge.
I come here every time i start drawing less than 8 hours a day. 12 hours a day here I come again.
I'm in a tricky situation. I've finished art school, I'm working for a small start up studio, but it's on simple models, texturing and illustration styles that aren't very challenging or interesting to me. I work long hours and have only a short time to practice before bed. Sometimes not at all depending on how long dinner takes. This means I often only end up working on improving over the weekends as my weekdays are just shot. I feel like I wasted a huge amount of time going to a college, and I can't quit working full time because of loans that need to be payed back. All I think about during the week is all the stuff I want to practice and paint, by the time weekends come around I'm so stressed out by trying to squeeze it all in and to decide what to do that I make little personal progress. Dunno, not sure how to get out of this funk. I plan what to work on but everything takes so long to complete because I essentially have only 8 or so days each month to actually do anything. Not sure how to get the most out of those short hours after work and the swiftly fleeting weekends to make any visible progress.
How did this turn out?
Amazing video and you are so right on!
Great video
One other important note about Kobe if no one mentioned it already - his dad played pro ball too and Kobe grew up watching him play and mimicking all his moves. So pretty much the same story there as Mozart. And of course later we all know Kobe patterned himself after Jordan so you add in all the hard work and yeah: Hard work > "Talent". Now let's all go and work to be the Kobe's / Mozart's / Da Vinci's of art today, or whatever else it is we want to be better at :)
you're a good man
Rip Kobe
Thank you so munch!
I believe that talent is the ability to learn sth fast compared to others
Okay see, I genuinely, really want to work hard at art, and become professional. But I'm really depressed as of late, and demotivated. I try to draw, every day, and I end up hating it. My brain shuts down, and the drawing goes to crap, I've been in this block for 4 months now, and I'm even having thoughts of just quitting. Which is stupid. All I want, is motivation. That's it. I want to be able to have the mind set, to read my art books for an extended period of time without getting distracted by my moods, and to learn without feeling crap. It's a vicious cycle, as due to that, I get even more down, which leads to even more depression, and so on. So... If you have any tips, to try and get motivated. To try and push through the block. I'd seriously appreciate it. I'm sick of being unable to complete anything.
Your problem is you are not allowing yourself to fail. Just fail. Just suck. And stop with the self doubt.
Just realize that you must study and learn new things.
If you are not studying, then it's making you run in circles.
Imagine I asked you a question you didn't know the answer too. And I asked it again. And again and again. You would still have no idea right. Then I ask you to research so you do, you Google it watch videos talk to others, u til you understand it.
Then I ask you the same question you will now have an answer.
You see being bad at art has nothing to do with talent or creativeness. It's ignorance. You don't know answers and luckily for you you have the internet. And that my friend is why I have no sympathy for those who say they can't figure it out. How do you think I learned from no art background starting when I was 23. I went to school as a programmer.
I thought I would have better chances at programing.
Look at me now.
Keep at it man sucking is temporary.
I also know that feeling and that kind of block. I can totally agree with Anthony here and from my experience, what I used to do when a block like that occured is to mix up studies with copying. Copying stuff is not as effective as really studying something, but here´s what its effect on the brain is: By copying you shut off your brain, get into a kind of meditative state and once you finish the drawing, your brain instantly gets a reward through achievment. And the brain subconcsiously remembers that. It´s kind of a neural conditioning by rewarding your brain and combine that rewarding feeling with drawing.
Just don´t copy all the time (it´ll not get you anywhere), just use that to get those rewarding hormones into your brain, then go study a bit, copy something else, study a bit more and longer and so on until you are out of that block!
That´s at least something that helps me to get out of a phase like that and to keep at it.
Resilience really is key here! Hope that helps a bit and you get out of your block soon!
you might have some depression issues which is a chemical imbalance in the brain, doctors will prescribe you drugs by my advice would be to balance your alkaline/acidic condition by a good diet in your body which you can learn how to do in the book "alkalize or die" and start exercising which will boost your endorphins and over all happiness and your brain will get extra oxygen and will become more creative plus taking AJ's advice as far as learning art, just keep at it no matter what, we all go through the bummers when we learn, after 15 years I still do.
Danny Kundzinsh I was prescribed medicine, for clinical depression. But I thought I'd like. Try to over come it by myself. Plus I couldn't handle the month of super depression when the drugs kick in, I get way too low.
And yeah, AJ's advice helps. Although I'm not ignorant to the help on the internet. It's the motivation to be able to stick at said learning.
Jamie Dyas As I suspected, if you want to be free from depression then you have to find a natural way, changing your diet is key, do what I suggested in my previous comment, the drugs doctors prescribe only treat the symptom and don't really treat the root of the problem, if you read that book I am sure you can treat your condition or at least improve it by 50%, natural ways is how people used to heal for thousands of years and it worked, why change something that works?
I was there so I am talking from experience.
good luck.
nice work =D
Thanks!
ey lemme warn y'all, don't sacrifice important pieces of your life to work hard, but you still work hard, like, around 3-5 hours is very good, but not a lot that it overtakes your life
INDUSTRIOUS !
Indeed!!
wut progrm u using pl0x
how long tell me
legends please!
Fired up
Ok my question is this, lets say you don't have a studio you want to work at or don't really know what you want to do with your art but you still want to improve? Like my goal was to work at bandai namco games but to really be on the tekken team. I have since lost the drive because I realized what I personally love drawing and what was fun to me wouldn't fit the studio(or at least thats how I felt looking at it) and the games they work on. I consider changing my style up a little to fit but, then it didn't feel like me. My progress didn't slow down because of this. I realized I just want to be good and do what I like the most. Kinda with this hope that someone in the future would see my work an be like "hey your work is cool why not work for us." This isn't something I think about everyday because mainly i'm practicing for hours trying to improve but for whatever reason when a topic about work comes up or am alone with my thoughts, I really wonder how can I do this. I don't know if I really have an end goal for my art. I don't think I really need it to motivate myself to getting better because i'm doing things to improve like understanding anatomy, proportions, values, and other stuff I need to know to improve my art. Going on forums to get advice (mainly cubebrush) on my work and it has went greatly. Im improving a tons since my first post and i'm loving it. Yes loving the process. I'm not discouraged like I use to be when I was on the brink of quiting art. But the fact that my end goal is still a question mark kinda bugs me. You have to make money to live and pay bills. Not knowing where i'm going to be in the future is a little scary. I want to do lots of things like illustrations, concept art, be an character artist seeing as im already doing 3d (zbrush) which as help me improve fast as well. So I'm considering freelance. It might just be the best course of action in my position but its the risk im a little worried about. Are there any tips to doing freelance at the beginning of your career? I know getting yourself out there by posting a tons on sites an stuff. Artist say jobs will come as you improve but the amount of money you get probably wont be much in the beginning. Are there other things I or to anyone else considering doing freelance can do? I was thinking of doing a tutorials but I kinda dislike the idea of artist paying for stuff when everyone isn't in the same financial standing. So free stuff is best for them(this goes for me as well). Sorry for the long post but i hope ypu can anwser it in a video or on here.
Love the way your breaking things down like this in your videos. There very insightful. Will be showing this to struggling artist friends of mine because what i've been doing to improve and me telling them its hard work hasn't help so maybe someone breaking it down to them will.
Please do more like this. I kinda like these more than the stream videos because there more broken down. I remember the kobe reference from stream 9 or 8 I believe but I thought it was a good example.
Anyway have a great day. This kinda motivates me a little more to keep doing what i'm doing to improve. To bad I don't have the money to get into your mentorships but will be picking up a few of your tutorial videos. Lastly, keep up the awesome work. :)
Short answer is don't stop! Long answer may be solved in the next video on motivation.
I agree these are more thoughtful , because they are. Along side the 7 years of insight this video took me 2-3 hours compiling info and research, and the 10 minute rehearsing and then the 20 minutes of me talking.
But I hope to help ya in the next video. if it's still not enough let me know.
Also nothing wrong with making money with tutorials. As long as they are affordable and informative.
Thanks a lot. I won't stop. I have to much momentum to not stop. Won a recent competition and will try to win more. Learning from as much resources as possible. Thanks for your insight. Looking forward to your next video. Keep up the good work as always. Again looking forward to the next video of yours.
hey malcom, first of all, I am not here to discourage you or anything, but hey, you still have a LONG LONG LONG way to go in your art before you start having financial benefits out of it, I just checked out your youtube and deviantart, I am trying not to sound rude but still be truthful because someone has and needs to do it for your benefit and clarity, you said everything about what you want to do like concept art etc, so you need to really work hard, because industry standards are sooo HIGH and working hard is not hard enough, it also has to do with patience, just work hard and stay focussed......and it is not also about STYLE that you need to change in order for you to work for a particular company, you also need to get the fundamental stuff right.....which I can see your still very weak at....hope it helps ! keep working !
Anthony Jones Somewhat facing with the same problem, I'm just improving without like an end goal or a goal to where I want to work towards to. Can't wait to see your next video. (But little by little I'm thinking more towards illustration field, since one thing I want to do is inspire, motivate, inflict a thought into somebody else when they see my work)
Rishabh Goswami hey bro this isn't discouraging at all. I know i have tons more work to do. I've only been drawing for the past 5 months seriously. If you really look at first drawing and compare to my lastest, its a huge jump. I have a good idea to what the industry is looking for and stuff like that. Im just gonna keep doing what I gotta do to improve. Also if you can, check out my cubebrush sketchbook. It should be linked on my yt acc. More of my work is on that site.
What do I do with school in the way??????
+Kate Colvin do what you want in a free time. There is always a free time if you study hard enough. When I was in school, I was nearly always waiting for it to be over. Like, finishing the school. My idea was - I finish school and I finally get to do what I want! It turned out that the university - and later the job - do not give you more time than school. I am really sad now, looking back at school years, that I nearly wasted my free time on playing wow and other videogames and watching TV series. Only you can find and create time for you, and it is never too early (just like it's never too late).
thanks! i limit myself to 10 minutes a day of irrelevent things on the internet. another problem is that i still want to improve myself in other ways, learning things for fun. i wish there was more time in the day, more time in general. not to be disgustingly cliche but you only live once
If you want to dive deeper I recommend listening to the audiobook "Eat that Frog" by Brian Tracy. This book will learn you how to plan, make goals and take action. Listen to this audiobook if you want to become a better planner. Personally my work and learning has gone way up! Tip: if you listen to this audiobook make some notes during the chapters, you'll remeber it better.
I loved getting clickbaited on this one.
Work and work, just that
Yep!!
Hello, Why this video does not have subtitles?
I thought it was just me. Cause I really...hate it, when people tell me I'm talented. They don't realize that, yeah some people are naturally more inclined to draw, but when people say "talented" it's like they're not giving you credit for everything you put into being as good as you are.
amen to that
See here is what I want to know though....if we have all of these like....If the industry is saturated with artists who are so good and have been working at art since they were kids, can someone who is say, 30, even really seriously consider trying? I mean like...sure they can get GOOD in like 3 - 6 years of really dedicated practice, but even then they will be like, a decade behind all the people who had that huge head start. How could they hope to compete for those jobs?
It doesn't seem feasible....
I agree with most of what you say except that it's not fun. Things you want to become ( I believe) should be fun or else there is no reason you should be doing it.
My key takeaway from this is that Anthony would beat Kobe Bryant 1v1
OK!
Ok indeed
I CAN DO IT. I AM GONNA WORK HARD. FUCK YEAH LOL
ops, I don't have the most important things artist need: talent.
The rest is understandable.
i worked my A** of study Chinese, 12 hours a day every day, only for people to tell me i am smart 😭
Anthony, I truly think you should work hard at playing basketball.
Just kidding, excellent video, man.
The How to Study video was pretty damn excellent as well.
Sleep? I don't know if this keep you speak of.
Ctrl+Z
This is wrong.
Work smart not hard.
stablizershock Work smart AND hard. :)
I just want to make a pretty illustrations not even for others, for me so I could be good more than average at at least something that interests me...so, I failed at step one of CPR. :)
I thought it was just me. Cause I really...hate it, when people tell me I'm talented. They don't realize that, yeah some people are naturally more inclined to draw, but when people say "talented" it's like they're not giving you credit for everything you put into being as good as you are.
yeah !!!