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As they say if you really want to be a starving artist just watch Schoolism everyday.

Most artists I know struggle to make a living without resources. I myself paint as a hobby and do other work to generate income. good luck everybody😶

So is the creative part just drawing what you want to draw? For example say you get into drawing because you have all these ideas of medieval time and want to see them actually put on paper, at that particular point you're very consumed in the creative part and actually need to learn to draw. So would not focusing enough on the creative part be never actually drawing the medieval illustrations you wanted to make and instead constantly practicing/studying? I just want to make sure i understand everything after watching the whole video. Love your work 👍👍

I am currently reading "drawing on the right side of the brain" and I have a feeling that my right side of the brain is completely asleep. When I started drawing an inverted picture, I only spent an hour redrawing the hands, and it took a lot of my strength and nerves, redrawing the entire picture in one session is out of the question, because I was constantly redoing and correcting everything, seeing that I was redrawing it incorrectly. At the same time, the book says that this process should cause relief and relaxation, but I just wanted to tear up a sheet of paper out of anger. How can I get rid of this feeling?

Interesting to hear about your journey. For me, style and aesthetics were my areas of interest. I never cared about fundermentals, copying from life or studying. I wanted to see if i could create something original that looked like the things I appreciate, but was at the same time not those things.. i often regret not studying more as my quality suffered as a result

A love of learning and teaching comes through strongly in your videos. It’s funny - nobody criticises the great masters for copying. Maybe you have the eye more of an artist who likes to capture the beauty of the real world, but the pressure to earn a living doing art pushed you into the concept art/imaginative direction. Learning, teaching, capturing the beauty of the world as you see it - those seem to be the through lines of this look back over your career. Thanks for sharing with us!

Training the technical brain vs the creative brain needs simultaneous development but this is tough no doubt. In my opinion, you should have considered FZD. One year investment but the outcomes are amazing! Feng is an amazing teacher.My 5 cents.

So are you suppose to go through each of the 50 books one by one? Rotate and do a different book everyday?

Do you think switching to abstract art (and perhaps visiting galleries with it) would help your burn out? Great video tho, loved your insight!

I feel very related to your story, man. I started my art journey three years ago, inspired by my friends, who are some of THE BEST concept artists in my country. I've always loved art and found it super fun and interactive, but the moment I discovered the fundamentals of drawing, it became bittersweet. It’s like: you study, try to apply what you’ve learned → fail → get depressed → try to study more to compensate. You end up consuming more information than actually drawing and having fun with it. I think it's similar to going to the gym-it's better to keep lifting consistently rather than overanalyzing exercises and lacking training intensity, problably the people we admire are drawing so much and having fun while at it than we can actually see

wait how can you become a concept artist if you only COPY?/ wow so lucky.

your art is beautiful keep trying and don't be afraid to fail, creating something from imagination comes down to what makes you feel inspired and combining the principles you have learned, art doesn't have to be perfect, get used to failure if art is what you love because we only live one time to experience the things we love, I'm sure that if everyone's soul is conscious after they die they would wish to have given all their time the things most loved to them, understanding is also art.

You probably don’t feel like an artist if I had to guess, despite all your technical skill. You haven’t found your voice. You should be made aware that sometimes, drawing or painting itself, is just the vehicle to express what it is you really want to achieve. An example could be someone wants to make stories but using drawing as the medium as comics. What is it that moves you? I battled with depression and jaded with my art because my whole self worth was tied up to it. I never worked in the industry despite strong desire to, as a storyboard artist, what worth am I or my art if it cannot bring in money. My instagram was full of sketches and studies and little to no illustrations or even storyboards, the thing I said I wanted to do. What was on my instagram didn’t represent me truly and I became jaded with it too. I wanted to delete it, I did but came back on it and then off again, and the world decided to do it for me by creating a situation that I can no longer access it lol. I’m in a place with it now where I realise I cannot escape from it despite how many years I left it alone. My moods are brighter when I engage creatively, it is something I would like to keep to myself and with it freedom to develop myself truly towards the direction I desire. Not chasing the industry. However the stress of not having a job I can at the least not mind working and being stable financially interferes with being able to engage with it fully. It means I cannot even entertain the thought of making money with it. I realise I think I want to make people FEEL, especially the feelings I feel. And connect with others through it. Art happens to be the vehicle for it. I think for you, perhaps you disliked the time you spent in the industry because you was drawing things that didn’t resonate with you. Your interest seems to be more in nature/wildlife and it’d be worth your time to explore perhaps photography of wildlife and documentaries

artist never quite they just draw at home lol it is part of us !

I always appreciate such videos. It is interesting to see how many artists come from different fields and actually studied something completely different before switching to art. It shows to me that there is still a need to express ourselves via such media, but also becoming good at making art is probably a lifelong journey. I work in IT (industrial solutions), so art is nowhere close to what I do for living. In my case, it is the opposite - I draw a lot from imagination. A simple flower or discarded candy wrapping is enough to give me ideas, but of course, it was a trap. I completely skipped fundamentals and eventually hit a wall. I am trying to learn them now 😂 Would I ever do art for living? The question always pops up when people ask me if I do commisions or sell prints, but I honestly don't know. It is a hard path, and given the current state of AI, it seems to be hopeless in many ways.

I love that you took the time to write about your personal journey arriving at the work you do today. I've been told that there are certain people who just have Concept Art brain, you look through their sketchbooks, and it's like a window into these weird odd worlds. Then there are others who just enjoy studies in and of themselves. I think the sort of art that you surround yourself with can also influence what winds up filling up your portfolio. I think, whatever approach you take it's important that you discover what it is that fuels your creative urges. What are your greatest, deepest, and all-encompassing interests. When I started taking my work more seriously, my teachers told me that if I wanted to be an illustrator than I would need to separate all of my studies out of my portfolio and fill it with things that were clearly images depicting stories. For me, stories and narratives were what made picture making so interesting. That's kind of what has led me to the portfolio that I have today and the kind of work that I always chase. www.alanatedmon.net/ If you're curious! In 2015-2017 I just dove into Schoolism work, drawing nonstop and trying to do all of the classes. I started understanding that just being able to draw wasn't enough if I wanted to create the type of work that I was passionate about, I would also need to understand values, composition, and color in order to put together the right body of work. I started taking illustration classes in private schools, but I was worried that those classes weren't teaching me how to build a career. Most of the students were just aiming to get a good grade and move on; so I asked around and learned about the Illustration Academy or nowadays it's called The Visual Arts Passage. I began taking illustration classes there with multiple mentors, including Edward Kinsella, Sterling Hundley, Lake Hurwitz, and a few Blizzard artists as well; Jon Neimeister! While taking these courses, I was always reaching out to art directors at 'The Big 5', the big publishing houses that most people think of when it comes to books. From there I worked to chat with artists regularly, people who would take the time to meet up a few times a week and discuss art and the projects that we were currently working on. It was important to me that even outside of class, I was thinking about art and avoiding creating my own tunnel vision or echo channel. I've reached a spot that I'm not altogether satisfied with; 70% of the art that I do is paid work for clients, which I've found online. The rest of the time I continue to chase my own personal pieces and continue sending work to ADs, hoping to break into the industry proper one day!

I'm kinda lost too, because aside from a big commission i got 2 years ago, i didn't get anything. I end up discovery more or less the things i want to do, but i still don't know how to connect the dots either. That being said, i don't believe in drawing from imagination. Imagination and memory are the same thing, said Aristotles. What your imagination do is do pick the images from your memory and mix it to get what you want. Drawing from imagination is just using low res references. As a teacher of mine said, the walls of those game studios a completely full of references. You need reference to each step or detail you want. Reference for objects, pallets, compositions, etc. Being incapable of drawing from imagination should not burden you.

I can't imagine how actually helpful your videos are for me. Thanks for your insights all this time

It's tough ... most people stick to copying. It is both a safe space and a trap ... because results are better than original artwork for a very long time. I was always the opposite and very afraid to copy, which is also not great because you hinder progress in terms of reference. So maybe you take comfort that there's people like me who regret not copying more. 😎

I'm very happy you're back!

Thanks for the video, it offers great insight. I had the opposite problem, wanting to do stuff from imagination without solid foundations. I also come from engineering, and I'm almost 30, but I never pursued art as a career, suffering much as I kept regretting it. But over the years I radically changed my mind! I cherish the privilege of drawing what I want, without a boss telling me what to do. I have a video on how I overcame negative emotion and I started loving art again. Maybe someone will find interesting. Cheers!

Cool video, thanks for sharing your perspective :)

Writing for the people who are at the start of their journey I hope it helps some: Breaking into especially the design industry (I don't know what illustrators do much) is one of the most complex things unless you're following FZD school or Tim Mathon mindset. It is a very complex set of skills and everyone tells which is which and every studio and Art Director or HR is looking for different things at the beginning. Reality is the first being communicating the ideas effectively by certain quality drawing or modeling good enough if you are a 3D utilizing concept artist. Then design and storytelling comes. And then the targeted portfolio comes, researching the IP's and Companies who are in the same mindset with you. And then you create your IP case studies after you have conducted your "good enough for the industry" style. Doesn't have to be flashy. It only has to show that you have done your research right. A decade back, only Feng Zhu was preaching what is the "real thing to focus on" It is not just how you draw. It is how can you speed up the process for the 3D artists. For example Fan Art is a no because it is not a design. Studies from gumroad or such is also a no. Because it is a study again not a design. For example only doing rendered illustrations and not showing character turnarounds or environments is also a no. Showing only your niche like sharing only props or only environments or only character is also a no no. You have to have your niche %70 but %30 must also show what else you can do as a generalist. So Art and design is like intertwined since both utilizes illustrational aspects and creative aesthetics with same tools. Take the flashy presentations out, the "design work" is only the same discipline with how architects or machine or product designers draw. It is looking flashy in the video game and film industries only for it is entertainment industry and we illustrate also, make lots of rendered stuff to show off and sell the projects. Therefore knowing making cool paintings is on point in the industry and still relevant but it is not necessarily what you get paid to do. It is only a presentational aspect and %10 of the job.

Are any of these book free and accessible online

Super insightful video :) I'm kind of in that limbo connecting the dots rn haha doing a masters in concept art trying to take this whole year to improve myself, practice more and see what I actually want to do in the future with regards to art, seeing more people have been in the same boat those make it a bit easier and makes it a bit less isolating, hope we can all land exactly where we wish to

In one of Feng Zhu videos, where he talks about student entrance portfolios, I think he mentions that they were looking for people who are trying to create their own worlds, characters, vehicles, etc. This was the first time I thought that concept design was not for me. I had no real interest in creating my own, unique worlds. No sketchbooks filled with my own superhero designs, fantasy worlds. It was just copies of real world, portraits, photographs. Now it's a second time, where I feel the same. Thank you for the video. 😊

The problem with an art career is that you must observe the other arts that inspire you to create your own unique art. This is similar to how an indie game developer can't make a fun game without playing the trending fun games in the market.

I'm an aspiring artist currently doing a major in fine arts, I thank you for this video, I just found our about your channel

Hi I love your video on the perspective study guide. I’ve been following the study guide, and it’s been a big help for the past year! Thank you for taking the time to create it. I’m nearing the end of the study guide, and I was wondering if you recommend studying the figure next or working on techniques. In the last step of the study guide, you recommend figure drawing, but in your “50 books for self taught artist” video you recommend studying techniques. Whichever comes first, do you think you can make a study guide on the subject? No pressure and thank again!

Loved the video, Luiz!!! Your content is so eye-opening and concise that it made me curious about the teaching path through universities in Brazil. Then, I would like to know which undergraduate courses do you recommend for the teaching pathway? Here in Brazil, I can only think of Fine Arts or Design as options to do a graduation course afterwards.

Thanks for this list man I really appreciate you making. Could you maybe share me the pdf file to this list?

Omg you´re back!!! :D Love your videos. 32:44 yes pleaseeee :D

Still loving the videos!

Hi I’m currently on the second book(Charles barque drawing course) I’m on plate 1, 66 but I’ve been at it for like 3 months to get to plate number 66 and I feel burn out sometimes, is it normal to take this long? I draw 2-3 hours a day for 4-5 days a week, should I increase the number of hours in drawing? Or should I just rush the book a bit? Like do the block in/ sketch only and revisit it once I really learn how to shade? Or should I just be patient? Thanks in advance for the reply! @sketchhabit

Thank you )

baita video, sintetizou bem

I really love your channel But what we need is a curriculum well organised curriculum that will help us through your experience and relations with other artists

i've been drawing for a long time, but was mostly learning from not very good tutorials online. somewhat recently i decided to fix it and to take a more systematic approach to my self education. this video is a huge help, definitely going to check out more content on your channel. many thanks!

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glad you're back to making these videos, they are so helpful

Thank yoy. I really want to improve drawing this year and this is a great resource

It's good to see you back

Great to see you back!

im 31 is it too late to become a concept artist from beginner stage

Thanks for providing this, really helpful as a guide for this amazing book. Quick question, you mention a nathan fowkes course at the beginning of the video, looking at schoolism he has quite afew classes there, do you know which of these covers this process? thanks again

I watched this video 3 months ago and honestly this has helped me so much I tried to reverse engineer FZD’s curriculum by watching a lot of Design Cinema from Feng and looked into the assignments the students have posted here on UA-cam So far I’m close to finishing all the Term 1 assignments and man they have improved my art I also read the books you recommended and have been going through them to help me understand the fundamentals thoroughly Thank you so much for this video! I wouldn’t have improved as much these past 3 months if this didn’t get recommended to me

That was a helpful walkthrough, thanks. It looks like a very good book!

This is so absolutely informative. I just realized i need to learn environment art, cause i just suck at it, and your video just gave me so many informations and tasks to do

Thank you very much ,so imformative