New Art Server: discord.gg/SNKeTqfhmg in celebration of me releasing my updated art journey video today, I did a quick sketch of a drawing I did when I first started my journey back in December to see how much I've learned & improved since then. Check it out here! twitter.com/wasabiato/status/1778464219781841165
Your rant really resonates with me. As somwho always admired art and tried to get into it time and time again, I end up quitting, because of this toxic mentality to constantly improve and compare myself to others instead of enjoying the process of drawing. It got so bad I ended up breaking down and crying. If this is the way people tell you to improve, I think it only makes you miserable. I'm getting back into it and currently work on a piece and just going back to what I wanted to do all along. Draw cartoon ponies without a care in the world =w=. Maybe someday I can achieve my ambitious goal of making a cool webcomic series, but for now, I'm just enjoying what I like, and what caused me to be interested in art in the first place.
yo ive been drawing since forever cause its smth im madly in love with and all i can say is youre right, having fun with it is the fundamental step that everyone seems to forget. follow ur dreams and passions everyone, forget all about learning if youre js starting out cause it works best if youre trying to get better at something you love :)
you're so right about how no beginner artist (or artist of any level, really) should ever feel like they HAVE to do any kind of studies! the reason we draw to begin with is because we find it fun and/or fulfilling, not because we immediately want to be some "god tier artist" with nearly perfect fundamentals lol. the #1 best way to study in art is to do it only when you feel like it or want to, otherwise there's really no point to it in my opinion by the way ur progress is so inspiring, it always makes me happy to see new people decide to pick up art and share their journey creating it!! keep up the awesome work, you're doing great 👍
As somebody who started recently and watched the first video, I can assure you it's pretty easy to follow. Everything you've said is exactly what I've been feeling. The tutorial hell you land in can be pretty demoralizing and the "just have fun" aspect made me realize that what I was doing up till now, isn't fun for me. So as a reminder for everyone reading, remember, doing everthing "optimally" is for most people the highway to burnout. So go offroad and enjoy the scenery on your way.
consistency and focusing on something for 3 weeks is helping me a lot, i don't draw whenever i don't feel like it, i used to worry about that hindering my progress but i just stopped giving a damn and just focusing on what was right for me, which is why I'm now able to draw decent looking faces!....but no facial features or hair yet, still getting to that, just need to learn perspective for the next few weeks now :)
Super agree on needing to have fun first to even understand why the fundamentals are important! You spit nothing but facts this vid man! Also very impressive progress on your artwork, keep going🔥🔥🔥
Could not agree more that finding motivation is one of the most important things first. Yes, eventually a person will need to learn the fundamentals but they need to build up the stamina and desire to just make art at first.
I thought there would be a lot more than 4 drawings shown and/or discussed in this 21 minute long video 😂 but yea man good sh1t keep drawing for you! Thats what its all about. And I totally feel ya about the tutorials, its funny but I can almost feel the motivation and passion get sucked away when I watch a tutorial video bc like you say, most of em are telling you you have to do xyz first or to only do something in a 123 pattern and I know I don't want to do that- so it just bums me out like 'well whats the point, might as well not bother if I'm "doing it wrong" anyway'. Its silly! People should do whatever they want and they will still improve anyway!
I've been a professional animator and i started hating drawing, so I went back to just drawing for fun after years of not drawing. But i feel you on draw for fun, i meet so many people that tell me i should get back into drawing for projects and I really want to keep the fun aspect so i'm doing lots of relearning and having patience with myself to draw in the styles i want (big tiddie anime gorls) lol but great video.
As someone who was doing art commissions on a daily basis I definitely lost my love of art because I was doing what others wanted and then just studying on the side to improve, I got stuck in a vicious circle of getting better but not loving it I've backpeddled now and am creating pieces that I love rather than just doing it for money
similar to how some video games don't just throw everything at the beginning, but instead make you go through the game as they teach you the mechanics one by one while applying it in real time.
still watching, but: "The core principle is *enjoying the art you do*" - I couldn't agree more. I've been screaming this from the roof tops for so long. If you don't find joy in it, then why are you even doing the art? Is it really worth the effort? And this is why I am very pro "drawing silly stuff in the beginning, instead of starting out with hard studying". If you love what you draw, studying to achieve your goals is going to be so much easier. I think the approach you take is 100% a good way to stay engaged and grow in your art! ... and on with the video 😂
I'm not remotely a new artist and I've been saying for AGES that shouting "LOOMIS" at a beginner is not the way. You need to build momentum and enjoy yourself a#1 and the desire to grind up skills will come from there!! Ive seen the anxiety around feeling like they need to grind out fundamentals or be perfect for fear of being cringe has kill more budding artists than anything else out there.
totally agree, but like, i dont know what art youtubers y'all are watching but most people i've been watching lately are really emphasizing the importance of drawing for fun, of not killing your love for art because the only way to lose at art is to stop drawing for example pikat (who's pretty new), or Scott Christian Sava (whose traditional art shorts seem to be everywhere)
i’ve noticed that a lot of people giving advice like “you HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS OR ELSE YOU SUCK AND ARENT LEARNING CORRECTLY! !” have kind of learned to fetishise suffering, whether their own, in general, or the suffering “inherent” in art, so if someone’s having fun to start and spurning advice to draw 22022930393 boxes required to be “good”, it’s seen as an affront to the suffering that more experienced artist went through to have the “privilege” to enjoy their craft. it’s a very late stage capitalist society kind of ailment imo. that “you have to suffer to be allowed to enjoy what you’re doing. you have to grind and prove your moral piety and work ethic to be seen as good” energy. it’s insidious and extremely pervasive
8:38 artists forget that the reason they even start doing art is because they're having fun. Like when you're a kid and you draw, ain't no kid is gonna be drawing 500 circles and lines to learn how to make your pencil more stable 😂 I've been drawing for 12 years and I still make sure I'm drawing for me, and not just drawing for the sake of studying.
Idk. I agree but also not? As a guy who thinks it's fun to draw but boring to "learn" so to speak, (Like I hate doing studies etc.) I feel being consistent and just setting up that 15 minutes of study warm up as a routine helps my motivation 10 fold. I feel like its just "Time to do it again." And not "Oh god it's time for this crap." Routines are not for everybody, but I do feel like if you look at these people who learn a new skill fast and then want to replicate SPECIFICALLY the speed of that progress, routine OR "innate talent" is a must. And even with "innate talent" can only get you a few steps on the way and not take you the entire length. I would say: "do what you want and HAVE FUN!" But remember, if you want to have MORE fun in the future, and less of the "Frustrations" that may come later on in your art journey (If you're like me, with little to no innate talent), then start practicing "Good Habits". They will help you find that "motivation" where you can learn at a good consistent pace. And once you improve at a relatively consistent pace, you'll feel less frustration and unwillingness to sit down and draw in the future. And it helps prevent the annoying feeling of never finishing your artworks, which plagues a lot of artists. Especially nowadays.
New Art Server: discord.gg/SNKeTqfhmg
in celebration of me releasing my updated art journey video today, I did a quick sketch of a drawing I did when I first started my journey back in December to see how much I've learned & improved since then. Check it out here! twitter.com/wasabiato/status/1778464219781841165
Your rant really resonates with me. As somwho always admired art and tried to get into it time and time again, I end up quitting, because of this toxic mentality to constantly improve and compare myself to others instead of enjoying the process of drawing. It got so bad I ended up breaking down and crying.
If this is the way people tell you to improve, I think it only makes you miserable.
I'm getting back into it and currently work on a piece and just going back to what I wanted to do all along. Draw cartoon ponies without a care in the world =w=. Maybe someday I can achieve my ambitious goal of making a cool webcomic series, but for now, I'm just enjoying what I like, and what caused me to be interested in art in the first place.
yo ive been drawing since forever cause its smth im madly in love with and all i can say is youre right, having fun with it is the fundamental step that everyone seems to forget. follow ur dreams and passions everyone, forget all about learning if youre js starting out cause it works best if youre trying to get better at something you love :)
you're so right about how no beginner artist (or artist of any level, really) should ever feel like they HAVE to do any kind of studies! the reason we draw to begin with is because we find it fun and/or fulfilling, not because we immediately want to be some "god tier artist" with nearly perfect fundamentals lol. the #1 best way to study in art is to do it only when you feel like it or want to, otherwise there's really no point to it in my opinion
by the way ur progress is so inspiring, it always makes me happy to see new people decide to pick up art and share their journey creating it!! keep up the awesome work, you're doing great 👍
thank you so much for the kind words, I appreciate it 😊
As somebody who started recently and watched the first video, I can assure you it's pretty easy to follow. Everything you've said is exactly what I've been feeling. The tutorial hell you land in can be pretty demoralizing and the "just have fun" aspect made me realize that what I was doing up till now, isn't fun for me.
So as a reminder for everyone reading, remember, doing everthing "optimally" is for most people the highway to burnout. So go offroad and enjoy the scenery on your way.
Hell yeah man, been drawing 12 years and i can guarantee Fun is exactly the key to keep going👍
consistency and focusing on something for 3 weeks is helping me a lot, i don't draw whenever i don't feel like it, i used to worry about that hindering my progress but i just stopped giving a damn and just focusing on what was right for me, which is why I'm now able to draw decent looking faces!....but no facial features or hair yet, still getting to that, just need to learn perspective for the next few weeks now :)
Super agree on needing to have fun first to even understand why the fundamentals are important! You spit nothing but facts this vid man! Also very impressive progress on your artwork, keep going🔥🔥🔥
thank you for the kind words! 🙂
Could not agree more that finding motivation is one of the most important things first. Yes, eventually a person will need to learn the fundamentals but they need to build up the stamina and desire to just make art at first.
I thought there would be a lot more than 4 drawings shown and/or discussed in this 21 minute long video 😂 but yea man good sh1t keep drawing for you! Thats what its all about.
And I totally feel ya about the tutorials, its funny but I can almost feel the motivation and passion get sucked away when I watch a tutorial video bc like you say, most of em are telling you you have to do xyz first or to only do something in a 123 pattern and I know I don't want to do that- so it just bums me out like 'well whats the point, might as well not bother if I'm "doing it wrong" anyway'. Its silly! People should do whatever they want and they will still improve anyway!
I've been a professional animator and i started hating drawing, so I went back to just drawing for fun after years of not drawing. But i feel you on draw for fun, i meet so many people that tell me i should get back into drawing for projects and I really want to keep the fun aspect so i'm doing lots of relearning and having patience with myself to draw in the styles i want (big tiddie anime gorls) lol but great video.
good luck with your journey, hope it goes well for you! 🙂
As someone who was doing art commissions on a daily basis I definitely lost my love of art because I was doing what others wanted and then just studying on the side to improve, I got stuck in a vicious circle of getting better but not loving it
I've backpeddled now and am creating pieces that I love rather than just doing it for money
@@Kira-kg4kl massive respect to you, keep it up!
similar to how some video games don't just throw everything at the beginning, but instead make you go through the game as they teach you the mechanics one by one while applying it in real time.
still watching, but: "The core principle is *enjoying the art you do*" - I couldn't agree more. I've been screaming this from the roof tops for so long. If you don't find joy in it, then why are you even doing the art? Is it really worth the effort? And this is why I am very pro "drawing silly stuff in the beginning, instead of starting out with hard studying". If you love what you draw, studying to achieve your goals is going to be so much easier. I think the approach you take is 100% a good way to stay engaged and grow in your art!
... and on with the video 😂
coming here straight after finishing the last vid lmao
me too lol
I'm not remotely a new artist and I've been saying for AGES that shouting "LOOMIS" at a beginner is not the way. You need to build momentum and enjoy yourself a#1 and the desire to grind up skills will come from there!!
Ive seen the anxiety around feeling like they need to grind out fundamentals or be perfect for fear of being cringe has kill more budding artists than anything else out there.
totally agree, but like, i dont know what art youtubers y'all are watching but most people i've been watching lately are really emphasizing the importance of drawing for fun, of not killing your love for art because the only way to lose at art is to stop drawing
for example pikat (who's pretty new), or Scott Christian Sava (whose traditional art shorts seem to be everywhere)
i’ve noticed that a lot of people giving advice like “you HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS OR ELSE YOU SUCK AND ARENT LEARNING CORRECTLY! !” have kind of learned to fetishise suffering, whether their own, in general, or the suffering “inherent” in art, so if someone’s having fun to start and spurning advice to draw 22022930393 boxes required to be “good”, it’s seen as an affront to the suffering that more experienced artist went through to have the “privilege” to enjoy their craft. it’s a very late stage capitalist society kind of ailment imo. that “you have to suffer to be allowed to enjoy what you’re doing. you have to grind and prove your moral piety and work ethic to be seen as good” energy. it’s insidious and extremely pervasive
Love ur art and ur mindset❤ i'm currently on my 32th day and quite ẹnoying it XD hope to see more of u in the future
Thank you for the kind words and good luck on your art journey! You got this! 🙂
8:38 artists forget that the reason they even start doing art is because they're having fun. Like when you're a kid and you draw, ain't no kid is gonna be drawing 500 circles and lines to learn how to make your pencil more stable 😂
I've been drawing for 12 years and I still make sure I'm drawing for me, and not just drawing for the sake of studying.
Idk. I agree but also not? As a guy who thinks it's fun to draw but boring to "learn" so to speak, (Like I hate doing studies etc.) I feel being consistent and just setting up that 15 minutes of study warm up as a routine helps my motivation 10 fold. I feel like its just "Time to do it again." And not "Oh god it's time for this crap."
Routines are not for everybody, but I do feel like if you look at these people who learn a new skill fast and then want to replicate SPECIFICALLY the speed of that progress, routine OR "innate talent" is a must. And even with "innate talent" can only get you a few steps on the way and not take you the entire length.
I would say: "do what you want and HAVE FUN!"
But remember, if you want to have MORE fun in the future, and less of the "Frustrations" that may come later on in your art journey (If you're like me, with little to no innate talent), then start practicing "Good Habits". They will help you find that "motivation" where you can learn at a good consistent pace. And once you improve at a relatively consistent pace, you'll feel less frustration and unwillingness to sit down and draw in the future. And it helps prevent the annoying feeling of never finishing your artworks, which plagues a lot of artists. Especially nowadays.
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