How to fall in love with art again
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Lately I've been getting pretty jaded and tired of art. So I decided to try something that would bring back that spark and get me motivated again :)
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I just sent this to my two artist friends that are deep in the cycle of cynicism.
They’ll dismiss it as click bait.. But I hope maybe one day they might watch it.
Thanks for the inspiration!
u r too sweet
bruh its like only 5 mins
420th like!
You're a good friend.
you a true homie
“Somewhere along the way I forgot that I liked drawing” damn that sentence hit hard, I realized that myself not too long ago and I’ve been struggling since, I used to love drawing so much but I forgot why. I know I have my old sketchbook hidden somewhere around my house and I hope I can find them and try to remember what made me love art so much in the first place
I hope you’ve found it again
@@ratswithshivs wow this comment is old. In a way I have! I kinda figured out that I’ve always liked designing characters, even when that wasn’t consciously what I was doing I loved making up random characters, now I really love actually designing good characters with the proper knowledge I have
For me it was dog man. Called me a furry a lot in elementary but idc dog man is an international best seller
It's now 4 in the morning and I'm taking a break from studying. It's so nice to see an upload from you. It alleviated my stress for a bit.
hey !! i know its been like a week but make sure youre sleeping enough! i know school is stressful but make sure youre taking care of yourself when possible
Oh ur trying hard ♡
This world we're living in....it should be unacceptable to be like this being young
Hey, who made the art in your profile pic? I absolutely love it and want to see more of it
@@kanra4602 i love it!!! Is there anywhere i can see your stuff?
I’ve found myself in the loop of immediately posting the drawing on social media and then spending an hour or so checking constantly to the point that it turned me off drawing entirely and pushed me towards more arts and crafts (knitting, crochet, cross stitch, etc). It is such a frustrating feeling and I’m merely doing it as a hobby. So thank you for posting this, it does help to know it’s not just us amateurs that suffer from the cynicism.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. Doesn't matter if it's 200 or 200,000 followers; everyone's caught in this vicious cycle.
I watched this while knitting a blanket after disappointing in my own art, so... I RELATE YOU SO MUCH
I didn't even know someone can feel same way... after they did something that they suppouse to like but hate it so much and hate themselfs for allowing to do such mess in their opinion it's ... horiible
now I understand why artists are more prone to mental disorders :\
Oh my god, same. I straight up don't draw anymore. But I cross stitch, I make miniatures, I make jewelry.. at least it's something creative. And I do love arts and crafts, but I definitely do those arts and crafts as a way to avoid drawing.
Hey, I wanted to say a creative project doesn't have to involve drawing. I'm doing one currently that is very personal to me that no one is ever going to see apart from me (most likely) and it doesn't involve any drawing. It's pretty much just photography and writing (with some extra bits)
"When was the last time i drew, purely because i like drawing?" That hits the right spot.
I stopped making art when i started comparing my work to other people's work
so true.
0:10 Statistically heart disease
Yup-
I relate to this heavily. I personally am not a professional artist and I have no desire to be. Everyone tells me to make an Instagram. "Start an online portfolio! It'll attract the attention of businesses!" But I dont want to. I don't want an audience. I want to draw for the sake of making something. For myself. I want to draw, not because someone asked, but as an expression of love. Because I LOVE making hand drawn Christmas/birthday cards for people but NOT because they're my audience...it's just because I love them. As a teen my driving goal for art was to "get better" and to some degree it still is. But I want to make art (even bad art) not for the sake of it being attractive or even good, but just for the sake of expression. :)
It's not true nobody ever noticed me in 10+ years so now i am broke depress and want to end my life
Since the virus came in, I’ve done the same thing: dedicated a sketchbook specifically to do whatever I want without anyone seeing it. It’s been so good for my creativity
My best drawings have come from having no expectations. Telling myself I won't show anyone and allowing myself to make "bad" art. It always ends up being my favorite.
I need to give this a shot
@@Haphazard-Nugget same
Totally agree! ps love mini clip games !
Man, I’m crying while watching this. I’ve been feeling that cynicism, I hate drawing now. I lost that passion for drawing cause I simply loved it. I’m doing exactly what you talked about, I’m creating for others now, for those likes and job opportunities. It’s a self made hell. I think I need to get off social media and just create for myself again.
Good luck !!
I'm so glad more and more artists who have social media presence realise they don't have to post every drawing they make. Also it's so nice to have a place for yourself only, like a separate sketchbook, where you're free from the outside pressure.
You know, thank you. I had that feeling a year ago. I deleted instagram, spent more time for myself and try to find that kidd again. It worked. But i think i stopped doing that. I thought now were i can draw again- lets draw, get better and most important draw for friends! and yesterday i was sitting over my sketchbook and realizing that, that is all what i did. I coulndt remember drawing something for myself, for the process. Because that is what gives me joy. Obviously im happy when my friends are happy or when people give me feedback, but the process is actually everything. Dont rush yourself, Dont pressure yourself. Art is something to enjoy. And then i watched your Video and thought of all this. Im in love with your Art, jaden. But most important, im thanksful for your impact.
thank you for this. This time I was thinking "I just lost my love of art, time to move on" but really, the entire time I was wishing I could go back to when I would draw hot garbage and would be excited. Characters that now, would've pissed me off to look at design wise. I catch myself wishing I had the same childlike enthusiasm with my more adult skillset and focus.
It's so hard to come back. I wanna start to do art again, and i agree, this addiction of public admiration from people around the world. Approval, exposure, etc. It influences what we draw and we sacrifice what we actually want to make. At least, for me, when i draw for the purpose of "sharing it with my friends". It just doesn't come as loving towards our relationship with art. It's really exhausting to feel pumped up about something and i immediately stop because i suddenly thought that "oh this idea is trash, nobody is going to like it."
I hope you get out your rut, i hope all of us get out of it.
Start making what we actually want.. instead of what we think other people will ultimately like. :(( We should all have a "for our eyes only" sketchbook where we dont feel pressured to please anyone with our pieces.
absolutely, well said
Hoping to find my joy in drawing back as well. Different reason but this sounds like a nice step in the right direction.
"when was the last time i drew purely bc i liked drawing?"
dang... that's a darn diddly good question 👁️👄👁️
probably 2017 when i picked up drawing for the first time again in years?
Same haha
I just got into music, and since I’m starting in a late age where you do care about the success of what you’re making, as soon as I started composing I started disliking it, because as soon as I started I was not making it for my own enjoyment, thank you for this videos, it has been so helpful for this whole journey
what helps for me is to just simply ask myself "am i enjoying this?", but not trying to prove myself that i am enjoying it. its easy to get lost in an idea of how things should be in life, but at the end of the day if you're not having fun, why bother. also remember that there are many artforms not just drawing, and they all go together very well, you can only spend so much time in the day drawing, until you naturally start to become disinterested, then you can switch things up.
art college murdered my love for art :( but I'll get it back and that's a great idea
Im already halfway in the cynicism hole, and i don't even have an account. Im drawing mostly so that my parents and family don't think its a waste, that they like it, that my friends see that im good at something, for various types of validation from various people, and lots of times, im embarassed to draw certain things, because i fear that anyone who sees it will label me as weird, that this isn't good, or it isn't art and stuff. Im slowly trynna understand that art is art, and this video was very helpful, 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
draw whatever you like
if they call u weird don‘t listen art is like talking communication wxpressing feelings so don‘t listen
I‘m also scared ti draw some things but i feel so relieved once i drew them so dont listen just do it
last month a finally came back from an almost a year long artists block. i’m extremely happy about it, and now i finally get to feel the happiness of drawing for myself and getting better. one reason i had an artists block is because i kept overthinking my own art and thought it wasn’t good enough for me to even keep trying. now i’ve stepped over that and i’m finally at peace once again.
Uhhh that hit different. I'm at exactly that point right now. I'm so proud of myself, that I managed to finish Inktober this year and now, end of November, I'm just realising what that actually did to me. I feel drained and kind of hungover and I'm just drawing for the sake of posting on my scheduled days. Just today, I considered taking a real break for the first time and just draw, without showing anybody. I think this video came at the right time, thank's!
I totally relate! social media has ruined my relationship with art, now whenever I'm drawing I start wondering if the algorithm will like it... the most frustrating thing is that back when I wasnt even trying, when I was just posting mediocre drawings for fun, I used to be successful! now I have changed & improved my style , Im doing what I wanna do but people dont like it.. or the algorithm doesn't like it... and I constantly try so hard to draw something that will be successful again
During college, something happened that changed me altogether. I felt violated to the soul. I couldn’t draw without some therapy to get me to the finish line of my degree (BF in digital arts). I graduated with feeling like a fraud. The people around me loved art where as I felt burned. I couldn’t even bring myself to hold a pencil to draw, sketch, doodle. I didn’t just fall out of love, I felt relieved that it was over. The exhaustion of leaving a toxic relationship kind ruled my life after that. I got rid of everything, like art was a terrible ex. I destroyed almost everything.
Had no portfolio within 6 months of my degree, I wanted to start fresh and create a whole new set. That’s when I realized I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t bring myself to just sit there and draw. Any ounce of joy is just gone. It’s like making friends after leaving a toxic friendship, I couldn’t. Art therapy wasn’t helping, nothing was. Honestly, nothing has been, so I left.
I told myself it was over. Any ounce of love I had for this thing that brought me so much joy and safety was just gone. The person who I was when I entered the art world is not there. I’ll see people speed drawing, just sketching and I grew envious. I was and still am green with envy that their love for art wasn’t violated and tainted by the world. I couldn’t even talk about my degree without feeling shame and trauma. I decided to go down a different path.
As I go down this new path, many ask why I don’t even show the skill set I gained with my degree. I couldn’t. It was a struggle, it still is. I felt so alone. I couldn’t even bring myself to even show a small doodle. I have a friend who can vouch my skills, and have me be a set of eyeballs when she needs a set of them and I am grateful. I want to be in love with art, but I couldn’t. The joy, I can at least enjoy it vicariously.
I recently got assigned some tasks in the creative department. I am not going to lie, I’m a bit scared. So I looked up something like, “how to get back into digital art,” and found this video. How to fall back in love. For the first time, I don’t feel so alone. Of course my journey is unique, but I feel so less alone. For the first time, everything related to all of these deep and painful emotions were just so crystal clear. I had no idea I saw art like a terrible ex that makes you want to be single forever. Watching this video helped dawn about this clarity regarding these tough emotions and memories.
I want to fall in love with art again. I miss it. I miss it so much. That joy when I just draw something nice and I just liked it. That sketch where even if that arm looks off, it’s okay because you spent hours drawing it. I miss being that little girl who just did it. I now have a husband who is doing that. It’s so nice. I have a baby on the way and I want her to be able to find joy even after the world beats you down. I miss the me who saw light in the world when she was creating a digital art piece. It’s a tough journey, but I’m glad this video is here. It may just be 4:51 seconds but this was and is the most hopeful I have been in falling in love with art and my art again.
This comment became so much more emotional than intended. I hope that’s okay. I had a good cry and relief.
My biggest struggle has been to motivate myself to draw and post my art.
I never felt particularly bad about my drawings like other people do.
But ever since gaining more attention through fandoms and knowing what it's like to gain thousands of likes, the pressure of posting something that my followers will like makes me not post at all.
I feel like I'm not cut out to entertain a bigger following.
anyone else sitting here staring into a black sheet of paper with pencil in hand ready to draw but nothing seems to work
It helps to have a concept or idea in mind before you start drawing. If you don’t have one in mind, you can just doodle shapes and colors and words you like and not even try to make it look nice.
Sometimes i find the white colour of the canvas infuriating. It actually makes me feel sick and angry. Idk
I’ve disabled my Instagram for 6 months now and just been drawing for myself in my sketch book, its been the best! No plans of coming back haha
I- I literally just started my Instagram page for art...it hasn’t even been two days and I’m getting this😂😂
same! I’ve been thinking about starting one but I’m a little nervous😞
Remember to take breaks!
I’m not in this position but I’ve dug myself a hole where I don’t feel like drawing anymore because I don’t feel it’s good enough. I don’t post my art or anything but I compare it. For instance when I go on Pinterest I see so many amazing art works and feel like I’ll never be able to draw or paint like that.
I get exactly how you feel!! I’m not a artist but I understand. I got so caught up in the likes that I forgot that I started writing to help people not for fame or attention and I started losing motivation because of that.
Yes i want to draw for me not for other people ;) thx for the good video :) i have a art block but it breaks in the end of the year i want to do something but now sometimes it is very stressy in the day i want to chill and draw and play games
As a hobbyist in art this still helped so much in understanding how I was feeling this passed year.
You've given me the words for what I've been feeling this year. Thank you!
I feel wasted 3 years of my life trying to please people with my art, it got me nowhere. Only sadness and depression, thought about it a lot and now started to draw for myself
Im also right now in that dilemma
I really want to draw again like I drew as a kid. I literally drew comics COMICS?!! Today I would say meh I’m to lazy for it. Or in the past when a picture doesn’t looked good I said to myself “hey wae, u can do it better but now it looks really great go and color it like u want” and now when I do a little mistake on my art I get mad and throw it away . My mind keep saying „go and draw go and draw“ but where is my motivation? Where is my motivation which followed me everytime when I had great ideas for my pictures? I don’t know
I told myself its just me I’m getting older and art is going to be boring for me which isn’t right. I didn’t draw one year and it was the worst choice I ever did in my life. I forgot how to draw it was really confusing. And now I’m suffering I don’t like my art style and change it everytime but it don’t makes me happy..
If u read it thank u for ur attention I really appreciate it.
watching this at 4 am in Philippines 🇵🇭❤️❤️
@@kanra4602 gising pa hahqhhqha
Happy 8 in the morning
I’ve started trying to put myself out there more this year, posting regularly to IG, even made a Twitter and I wanna try making a UA-cam and opening an online store. I draw and study and sometimes enjoy the process but more and more I find myself making art that looks good but lacks.. soul? I feel empty looking at them once they’re done. I look through some of old sketchbooks from last year and while they’re not the best technique-wise, the concepts and love that went into them are so expressive and explorative... they have soul. Finding the balance between marketing and making art is my biggest struggle because these days I feel like an art machine pumping out art for profit and at times it just make me want to curl up cry...
Absolutely love the video and the idea. I feel like for a lot of artists there's an ugly mix of wanting to make art for yourself and wanting a sense of recognition from strangers. Like you may love the process of baking (and might be very proud of a cake you've made), but if no one eats it, it kind of feels like you're yelling into the void.
this makes me really sad because I just noticed that I´ve rarely drawn for me or enjoyed the process. I´m always stressed out about how the outcome will look like or if I´ve already messed up. And when I´m finished I crave for especially my mom´s praise and appreciaction, I just need someone to tell me that I did a good job or that I´ve met their expectations, because I have many self-doubts and am too hard on myself. And I absolutely hate it. But there was one time where I drew something out of my own interest, I just wanted to let my thoughts be captured on paper, and it was amazing! the outcome wasn´t perfect, but that didn´t bother me, I enjoyed every minute I spent on the sketch, I even liked the process more than the finsihed drawing itself and that made me fall in love with drawing all over again
Thank you for bringing this to light, its been at least more than 8-9 months since i took a photograph or made a video, and everytime I thought about either “gotta take pics to upload” or “gotta find jobs to make money “
And i forgot i love making art like that just cause. Thank you so much
This is part of why I'm usually fearful to post any of my artwork online (although I don't have much social media presence anyways, just a UA-cam comment every once in a while and I sometimes chat with friends on Discord, albeit rarely).
While taking classes for Graphic Design, I've already struggled to make art that catered to other people's wants/desires, and taking a break from college as well as not having much in the way of social media has been helping me get back into drawing freely.
My mother had gotten a scholarship to the art Institute but couldn't afford the last semester. She hasn't drawn since I was born. Its really sad because her art was really beautiful. Now she doesn't draw the same as she did.
My mother is very similar. After getting out of an abusive marriage, my mom has not painted. Somehow the pain of breaking free has blocked her ability to create what she wants to create. Maybe also, she no longer needs art to cope with hear pain and fear. But I have been encouraging her for years and little by little she is getting closer to painting. She recently set up a workshop for herself in our house. Keep encouraging her, maybe one day she will be able to revive that part of her heart :)
@@mchjsosde I'm glad you're mother is doing better. I think its wonderful that you're encouraging her. I draw myself as well. Ill keep pushing my mom too. ('; stay safe out there. ❤
Me, a person with NO artistic inclination whatsoever
*sees this video*
mmm yes, interesting.
This is a great video and im pretty sure im guilty of this mentality too.
i hope i can get motivation back again. it’s been 2 months from the last time i could draw something, it hurts so much and everytime i try to draw i end up crying and feeling hopeless. i want to try to get back the kind of joy art gave me, and getting out from this damn block that’s literally killing my creativity.
Im actually in the opposite situation, social media has destroyed my mental health and im now drawing w never or rarely posting it online. I gotta tell u the joy of personal drawing is irreplaceable & irresistible. I value my self worth now ;) sure posting is important but not as much as keeping it to urself
Recently I‘ve gotten most of the joy back :) For some time I only drew because I thought that is the thing I‘m relatively good at, get attention and appreciation. I was only drawing quite strictly from references and there wasn’t really anything creative about it anymore. But now for the most part I just draw what comes to my mind and though those don’t look as good, they are so much more fun and I don’t even care that I get less compliments for them :)
Because of this cynicism, I've thought about choosing a different career path and job (even though art has been my dream job for years) just so I'm not just making art for other people. I'm still not sure what I want to do.
Omg i feel the exact same! I really know that art is the only thing that brings me true happiness, but idk if I can deal with all the problems that come with putting your art out there. :(
Hi
i can definitely relate to drawing something in my sketchbook and wanting to post it. i even feel guilty when i don’t end up posting it because it looks so good, but art is an extremely personal thing. i think my best work is made when i don’t plan on posting it. i can mess up and no ones there to tell me “hey this looks off” or “x thing should be this way” im allowing myself to draw what _i_ want to see. it’s kind of f***ed up that we feel pressured to post everything that we make even when we don’t want to. we aren’t allowed to keep our art to ourselves.
AKA: Get and use a secret sketchbook
Was the solution to have a private sketchbook? Sorry I’m a bit unsure on “how to love art again” because it didn’t seem like there was an actual answer in the video
i realised i stopped liking art for a long while. i thought i always liked art and I do, but it's others people's art that I like. not my own. I have recently been going back to art, bought a new sketchbook, pencils just to draw but now I'm stuck again, now im thinking....why do I want to draw again so randomly and suddenly? is it because im jealous of other's achievements and how well they draw with details or is it because I want to be able to draw my fav characters in my yet to be discovered art style? im rambling but this video helped a bit in thinking so thanks! happy drawing :)
Loved this video and while I can relate to the feeling, I actually face quite the opposite problem. I don't post too much of my art online and I don't show it to my friends either. So because I am only doing it for myself I feel like it is becoming more and more meaningless. Usually when I'm not inspired by anything this feeling pops up, especially because I spent so much of my life drawing and I don't want to feel like all that effort was pointless.
I'm early and I am happy about it
I hate doing art so much, i do everything you do except crave Instagram likes, idk why, maybe because I always just say that my art is shit and no one likes it, but maybe I should try this
This is EXACTLY why I stopped enjoying art and my art became soo bad
I need to fix this ......
0:07 así me quedo con cada palabra que dice :)
i relate so much to this. i used to paint and draw because i found it fun, but when i started getting actually good at it in highschool, i got addicted to the validation. my self esteem was abysmal in high school, and art felt like the only thing i had going for me. so art became less fun and more about having to prove that i was still good at it, for the sake of my own self worth. because of that, it became a grind, a chore. i went into a mentorship to make fine art oils and halfway through discovered i like making comics, but wouldnt let myself because it was too "childish" and not impressive enough. but im getting back to my childhood passion slowly since then. good luck finding your childhood passion too
I really, really like your content. You have such a wonderful style and your art is so fantastic to look at..
Thank you very much!
i applied this to me as myself. i usually do my every day things expecting to tell someone about it, include them, let them join, but never just for myself. i started a diary with this concept in mind i suppose, and im not letting a soul read it
Your voice seems oddly familiar, you sound like Exotic Lair, U. I don't know if the three of are the same persons but geez
The thing you're talking about made me stop drawing for two complete years.
The dopamine that leaves the body takes the fun away from art
I'm kinda jealous at ya'll, at least you guys managed to draw something super decent. While here I am, I feel so God damn drained even though my art isn't that good. I feel like It's been so much of a waste of time. I can't stand one or more bad drawings, but can stand getting killed in Demon Souls 7 times is more manageable.
wow. I've been having the exact same feelings lately, and wondering why I even bother with making art in the first place. I want to make art just because I can, not because my friends will say "oh that's cool" or to get a couple likes or views on social media. It seems like an endless cycle, but maybe doing something like this will help me break it. thank you!
I wish I could. My cynicism is less centered towards whether or not something will be seen but rather whether I'm not in good enough. No matter what I draw I'm constantly infected by the idea that it's never going to be good enough. But no matter how hard I work there is just this inherent lack of quality that follows my every movement. Like the universe itself forbids me to be good at anything and being good just permeates my mind. I wish I could draw just to draw, that would be fun.
several days ago I thought about having a notebook where I can sketch whatever I want and this notebook should be a secret so nobody from my friends or family are not allowed to see it.
and now I see this video :)
everything you said is really relate to me.
even if I dont need to post my sketches, everytime Im thinking of its perfection and that I HAVE to make it PERFECT.
because of these things Im feeling tired of art and only draw when I got commission...
thank you so much for this video!
btw it gave me some food for thought
Ive never really posted my art anywhere and i rarely show it to my friends but i relate. I am cynical towards myself. In the old days i used to draw bc i liked, bc it was purely spontaneous and just simply enjoyable. The process of watching something come out if ur mind straight unto paper in fluidity was always something i cherished but now? Not so much. Everytime my pencil hits paper all i can think about is why? I am not a pro so i dont make money out of the time consuming craft and i am not necessarily "good" so what i put on paper isnt like those masterpieces bombing my Pinterest feed. So why bother? And mind u the process of 'getting better by practising' takes the fun out of it too. I never know i needed this video. I dont have to draw for a reason, and i dont have to be drawing all the time at least not as much as i was younger. I am cynical and pressured by myself FOR myself bc everyone online seems to be so productive its draining and art went from 'peace for the souls' to 'destruction of mind peace'
Oohhh u deserve sooo much moreeee
this video is really relatable, 😢 and I'm so grateful to found this. i want to find that kid again too.
what do i do if the process was never fun to me? i only ever did draw for likes, validation and being good at it. the finished piece being good is the only thing thats important but now im stuck and cant draw anymore.
Ironically though, he made a video about not showing the sketchbook. Looks like the little voice won.
personally, i never really cared about how many likes i got or how liked my art was. sure i do care a *little*, but at the end of the day i forget any compliments and if a piece has 10 or 100 likes. i still put my personal art out there if anyone wants to enjoy it, since i feel like i want to make others happy too. sure i get frustrated with my skill level every now and then, but let’s be honest, who doesn’t? i’ve got many years to go anyway
I've been struggling with this for a while now and I didn't realize that it was this. I'm definitely gonna start focusing on art for myself.
Exactly this. I've been feeling weird about my art for awhile now, I thought it was a never ending burnout but it felt more angry and like art was just a chore. I really thought there was something wrong with me and that I just wasn't an artist because Real Artist TM wouldn't just not want to make art. But seeing this really made me realize that I just don't have fun making art for myself anymore, I remember a few months back I made a piece solely for myself and felt so great afterwards but didn't connect that it could help me solve my problem! Thank you for this video, I really think this technique will help me find my love for art again.
Teared up watching this...fuck man
my situation is different bc im not a famous artist. im getting tired of doing drawing studies, it looks like im not improving and im starting to lose interest. if i'll draw a personal art, i dont like it because it doesn't look good, i still lack of practice. i miss the days that my eyes doesn't know what's wrong and what's right with drawing
I don't know what I'm drawing for anymore
I've been drawing since i was like 5
And i did like drawing
I wanted to and still wanna do this professionally because that's what I always i thought i would be doing
But now I just can't seem to draw anything. It's like everything i draw turns out to be bad and i just give up .
I don't know what am I even drawing for
I don't know how do I practice or should I even cause I don't know if i enjoy it anymore
I see your video without sound cause it's 4 in the morning... But let me tell you something I still can understand the video even without sound
This.. I've been like this for more than a year. Because of posting online. Because everything I draw has to be for getting better or a mini milestone of sorts. I barely draw in this time so there's even more pressure to each piece. To make something meaningful. That shows study. That isn't trash. That is creative. To post. To get a job. To find myself a specialisation and great style. Maybe I really should take a break from posting and just draw for myself. Prioritise that and studying. I have plenty of time to start posting. I'm not ready for proper work anyway since I've barely had any want to draw or study/practice art lately. I had set into my head that I would be ready to meet the industry when uni ended, to catch up with these important artists I look up to, and I think that has done more harm than good. Thanks
yeeeewwss
i have the same problem, but with my youtube channel. i generally figured something like this out already, but you put it in words that i never could have come up with. thank you for helping me remember to try and break this cycle!
This really resonated with me. I’ve been going through the same thing lately. I can’t remember the last time I’ve just drawn for fun. Thank you for video. You’ve inspired me to make a similar video. Keep it up!
Ok woah you summed up the past five months of my art journey perfectly
Wow this video really hits different. Different as in the truth.
Separating art from money is even more difficult. Good luck folks
Yupppp
I’m already so cynical even though I hardly do much hhhh 😫
Hell yeah, dude. Having a sketchbook that you know 10000000000000% you will never show is so liberating. I make a point of drawing in mine for at least an hour a day. And I just scribble shit and do quick figure drawing studies, but they are scribbly and some come out nice, but most of them just look like I'm loosening up my shoulder and wrist lol.
Dude. I love being in college and studying art but it’s draining. I’m still in the “building up my skills” stage so all my classes are geared towards that. Winter break has been me just drawing whatever I want and enjoying it lol. I don’t think I’ve made a single finished thing since I’ve gone home for the holidays and it’s been so nice??? I went back into character drawing bc that was what I loved to do the most. Probably doesn’t rlly connect with this video tho haha.
I've been thinking about this so much, and I think it relates to your idea of "honesty" fromy our previous video. How can you develop the difficult, inner dialogue that it takes to get to/sustain that honesty when there's always other people in that conversation? How are you supposed to make anything new as an artist when always at play is what other people already like? I'm so happy for you in this decision you've made (I like the eye in the front -- usually we look at your sketchbook but now it looks at us, opaque and mysterious). Best of luck, I hope you find some interesting things in your journey!
Waited for a new vid all month. Love your videos
Best of luck recapturing your enjoyment! Your personal sketchbook is a lovely idea!
Beyond being a great artist you are also a great storyteller. What you do in videos like these is way harder than people who haven't tried to create on youtube could ever imagine. And the lessons you convey are thoughtful. A lot of respect
you're one of my favorite small channels, and your videos feel like a really warm and tasty cup of coffee. the growing up playing the flash games and stumbling across deviantart, dazzled by the amazing talent there really resonated with me and it brought me back to my childhood self. this was a really nice chat, and can't wait to see and hear more from you. :) ✿
This was so damn spot on. Cynicism and self-criticism just took over the past months. I deleted my twitter app yesterday, I just want to re-discover drawing purely for myself again before I go back to sharing it with everyone!
I can absolutely relate, I've been drawing for more than over 50 years. I have been on and off with my feelings for art. But, thanks to your video Chroma Moma, I fucking love art baby!!
awww thats great to hear!
Love the video. Helped me realize I don’t draw for myself ever anymore. It’s always to post somewhere else, for someone else. While that isn’t always a bad thing, it most certainly is draining seeing the ‘like’ comparison of your own artwork from post to post. I haven’t just created something ‘just for fun’ in a long time.
I like the idea of having a sketchbook that nobody will see or even know about, thanks a lot! now I know what to do with my new sketchbook :)❤