Hey guys, I just want to clarify that when I say that I think my art is “mediocre” I’m not trying to say my art is BAD! I’m just talking about in the grand scheme of things, when compared to some really technically skilled artists my art is considered mediocre. Do I think I exhibit some forms of good technical skill? I know do! But I still see room for improvement, as I should! Does that mean I think my art is bad? No. But I didn’t do the best in communicating that thought. Also, maybe because I follow a lot of artists who make work very similar to mine that I believe my work is not terribly unique. I just don’t want anyone to think I’m suggesting that my work is somehow “better” than theirs. I make these videos simply because I want to express my world views and opinions, and I want others to do the same. Not because I think I’m “better” than anyone else. Maybe instead of saying that I believe my work is “mediocre”, a better word I could have used would have been that I believe I’m at an “intermediate” skill level.
You know, I don't think it's a great idea to decide how good your art is by comparing yourself to other artists, even artists who explore similar themes, have similar techniques, etc. I know a lot of people who gave up that way. Your art is yours, you're on your own trajectory. I think the kind of criteria you should use to mesure how good you art is are things like : how good is my anatomy ? Did I improve ? Did I use a good color selection ? Does it look like I imagined it (I kinda suck with the internal eye)? If not, why ? I would suggest comparing to your past works too, it helps me a lot
Women tend to be too humble even in our modern times ... But mostly people love it when someone thinks big 😉! An artist actually has to 'just' express something. And for what you are able, many of our artist stars can't even do a little glimpse of your ability! You are so great and unique !!!!! And a very great important inspiration for me - thank you soo much that I can see you here 🙏 😘❤️
@@amortlepsg Well said! We should all have our own styles. I don't want to be the next (name any artist/person of any career you like). I want to be me! Maybe the next me, a better me, but ME!
I thought everyone learned that as a kid... people are really that stupid that they think nobody else matters but them? Wow, talk about shitty parenting
This thread is exactly why that kind of snobbish comment is toxic, not just for Emily herself but for her viewers who I'm sure for the most part are not as skilled as she is yet. It's a shame cause I'm sure you guys do great stuff!
This is what happens. Someone pays thousands of dollars to goto art school and sees your video has A TON of engagement and you are self taught. It makes them jealous and angry that anyone can practice and become good at what we do. People think the comments are only for the viewers pleasure but alas the creator is the one it is always for. I love you and your work so much.!
I believe they mentioned going to art school in our back-and-forth! Seems like you hit the nail on the head. Who gatekeeps art? That’s so silly! I don’t want anyone to feel like they can’t do art because they haven’t had proper lessons or schooling. Art is for everyone!
@@emilyartful It's even more silly when you realize that it's basically like saying that you shouldn't even attempt to communicate with people from a certain country, unless you learned their language in college. It's so frustrating to see people present art school as the only real way to learn art, when it's really just a fun addition.
Professional LITERALLY means to be paid for your work. You are no longer an apprentice or journeyman and people are paying YOU for the work rather than your Master. You never said you were a Master artist, it a professional, and while I think you COULD sell at a Master level (not THE Masters, different category there) if you tried, there is always room for improvement even at a professional or master level. Speaking of THE Masters, DaVinci always changed things up, yriex new techniques and sometimes fucked it up horribly...because LEARNING is life long, even after you can draw a circle. The peanut gallery is adorable.
Im concerned if that human is walking around with that much ignorance to think people have to be perfect, or stay silent in what they do. God i feel bad for his spouse friends and family.
This reminds me of a tweet I saw that said something along the lines of "artists who draw for themselves are so selfish. You are one of the lucky people who was born with that skill. If you dont share your work with other people, why do it in the first place?" People are dumb
@@lililangtry1881 I think it stems from being overly paranoid about being watched. I don't really know much about why I decided to draw such things, no one else really likes looking at them, I've even been sent to counselors for drawing those kind of things in high school. Something about it not being proper or some shit.
@@eriikaampora1179 I don't think art has to be proper.. Maybe actually the opposite, I like a little bit of shock value. Like Emily's Artful video where she uses her grandma's ashes to paint a portrait? Yes it is weird /a little creepy, but also beautiful and touching and magic! There 's always going to be people who will want you to fit in a little box, don't let them put you there! ❤️
Lili Langtry yessss I loved that video. I tried to tell a few people about it and i wasn’t able to communicate how meaningful it was. If someone used my ashes to make art I would be so honoured.
I remember there was once a tumblr blog dedicated to posting the "worst Transformers fanart ever" and honestly? It was filled with a bunch of doodles from kids on deviantart trying their best. Imagine publicly trashing on someone's style when they're obviously a beginner. :|
Im sure someone has said this already but the definition of professional is "engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as a pastime". So people who say you aren't a professional just don't know what they're talking about. And tbh they're probably just mad that you have more followers or get more interaction than them. No one is above criticism of course, but that's not criticism.
@@recoveringsoul755 Yes. Everyone has to complete chores. This isn't their profession, they are unemployed. Meaning, they aren't a 'professional'. That doesn't mean it's bad, or effortless, just that this isn't a career.
@@recoveringsoul755 No, that's not at all what I'm thinking. If you are keeping the house clean for someone, or nanny their children, that is your profession because you are being paid for it. Doing it yourself is not a profession because you aren't doing it for someone else. Either you are doing it in private, in which case you are by definition not a professional, or you do it as a service for someone else in which case you are doing it as a job. That's all I'm saying. I'm not against stay-at-home folks. At all.
@@recoveringsoul755 I never said it's no effort or that you shouldn't stay at home. How did you manage to make this entire debate about you in the first place? Noone was attacking you specifically or stay-at-home folks in general and you still made it about yourself. The whole argument was "Emily earns money by being an artist so she is by definition a professional artist", that's all it was. So would you stop feeling offended for things that have nothing to do with you and twisting people's words in their mouth please? Because I'm done here.
Recovering Soul I think that this is talking more of doing a job that you can get money and support yourself off of. A homemaker can’t necessarily pay bills by taking care of their kids
Once I told someone I was an artist, but they said I was not because I didn’t sell it, and that’s just.. insane really. I’m going to guess he meant I wasn’t a professional, but that’s just so odd
I think it's stupid for people to gatekeep art. I would consider myself an artist, I don't paint as much anymore but occasionally I break out the acrylics.
I always have a hard time with whether I could consider myself any artist or not especially when I tell others. I do realistic portraits but I don’t sell or do commissions for others but I know that my skills are decent and not crazy professional. But I don’t know if im considered an artist or not. Most of the time if I say that I’m an artist people would be like “oh so you do art for a living” and I’m like no that’s just my hobby. So I just tell people that I do art.
To tell you the truth, I don't like seeing everyone's perfectly polished work on UA-cam. I like seeing the progress an artist makes. I like see his/her mistakes and how they fix or cope with them. It gives me hope that I can improve as well. If I watched a bunch of videos and every one was freakin' DaVinci, I'd be discouraged and probably give up. And for what its worth, my definition of a professional is someone who does - or could if they wanted - support themselves doing whatever it is they are doing. For example, say someone works painting houses. They are good at it and make money. That makes them a professional house painter. That same person regularly sculpts and sells those sculptors for good money. Or they at least get regularly offered money or other valuable things for their work. Then he is also a professional sculptor.
That person was probably jealous. Art is a journey. There's literally people who thought a banana left at a museum was art. Your art is so unique and I love how it mixes darkness. Side note: You quoted Little Miss Sunshine *subscribed*
I completely and whole-heartedly disagree with your statement that your work is mediocre. All of your drawings are spectacular and far FAR better than mediocre. You don't give yourself enough credit. ❤️
I have a funny feeling that people with that kind of “don’t post unless you’re an expert” mentality are just bitter either because they want to reach a certain “standard” in their art before they consider themselves to be a “professional” or they’ve overworked themselves to reach that point and believe people need to also slave away their days like they did. Either way you cut it it’s toxic as hell. At the end of the day labels don’t even matter, Art isn’t brain surgery it’s a form of self expression and as long you’re expressing yourself (in a manner that isn’t toxic obviously) then who the hell are you to say if I’m a professional or not. Not my fault you want to over work yourself to be the next Pablo Picasso before realizing you’ve run your mental health into the ground
Emily is one of my inspirations; I love her quirky ideas that mix skulls and flowers and/or horror concepts in a light view. I love the almost surreal feel to it while still leaning more towards an illustration style. It’s cool to see those blended
"Professional" literally means that you do that thing as YOUR PROFESSION. There's no argument there, like that's literally what the word means. It has nothing to do with being the "best" or "top" in your field, it just means that it's what your career is and it's what you get paid to do. Anyone trying to debate that is an idiot.
Ahh, I can't wait!! I'm trying to be more positive about my art, so instead of saying "This is bad, it should burn in a hole" I tell myself that I tried my best, and I am proud of it. It's only been a few weeks since I started doing this, but it has really helped me.
As someone also in this journey, I reccomend writing yourself a note on the back of the drawing/painting you didn't like. I typically write something along the lines of "This concept didn't work on paper but it is still beautiful and I can try again some other time." It helps when you're looking back on art and still struggling to like it.
This video really spoke to me. I used to post on deviantart when I was a young teen. (I wasn’t a great artist and was learning how to use a drawing tablet). One of my pictures was posted on a blog called Fuckyaterribleart with a title that was “what the f** is this!?” I was 13, and I quit drawing. I only decided to pick up a pencil to draw again ten years later with the encouragement of my partner. I feel so bad for people still facing what I faced, keep drawing everybody! Regardless of what it looks like
Everyone can always improve, with anything. Even the “best” can improve. Art music, organization, socialization, EVERYTHING. Everything is fluid, everything is infinite. No best, on,y better. We live, we learn.
I have had more than a few laughs over the years from people who scoffed at me being an Artist! I have described myself as a professional artist, even when I barely made enough to pay my rents! I believe that you are a professional! I am not going to create videos anytime soon, but I do think you are very brave person and artist to put your videos and artworks online! Oh and you are a professional and your attitude is as well ! You might have a more casual demeanor but that has no relevance to your professionalism! Thank you for sharing this with us, I hope you continue to create and enjoy bringing us some entertainment and quite lovely artwork!
Your so right! People say my art is not worth anything because I’m 10 , and say I need more practice, but does my age really matter , I know I definitly need practice, but if you like my work and think that it is t worth anything just because of my age, well that’s ur opinion and I respect it but don’t go around calling anybody’s art worth less because of their age
I mean, let's put it this way. I'm a software dev. I make my living programming. No one will question that I'm a professional software developer. So why do people warp the definition when it comes to art? You make your living doing a thing you are a professional. Being a pro isn't as magical as some people seem to think it is. So I fail to understand the ambiguity in art. Also, professional does not automatically mean good. You can be a pro, but you can still be bad!
There was one UA-cam video i saw that was very inspiring to me in that video a woman was just expressing herself freely without worrying about the judgement of others. In that video she said to make a bad peice of art and that you are allowed to take up space. Even if the art is bad if you love the process of creating it shouldn't matter if its good or bad because you feel free making something meaningful without the validation of others. Art is all about expression. And it doesn't have to be 100% perfect in order to be appreciated.
Wtf isn’t art subjective, how can there be a “wrong” way to create artwork? Imagine if every artists work looked the same.... zzzzzzzz 😴 sorry I just fell asleep at the sound of that!! I love your art and part of your art is the process of the production and your story telling that goes along with it. If someone doesn’t like it, GREAT! They’re not your target audience.
YES! THIS! You may admire other artists, but you want your own style. You want people to recognize your work as yours. They may see that you clearly have notes from your favorite artists in your work, but your work is unique to you, as it should be!
I hate when people who aren't artist think that it's super easy, that there's no work involved. I'd like to see them struggle to draw hands and other parts of anatomy but mostly hands.
Me: I really need to do some art today. It's been two days too long but I'm lacking inspiration. Emily: *uploads some awesomeness and advice* Inspiration: *BUSTS THROUGH THE WALL LIKE THE KOOL-AID MAN*
Right?! This made me really want to bust out my acrylic paints! (I personally enjoy painting vibrant night scenes with contrasting blues and black, so super bright blue mixed with super almost black blue, it makes a really cool effect
One of the definitions of "professional" in the Cambridge Dictionary literally says: used to describe someone who does a job that people usually do as a hobby. One of the examples given is a "professional dancer". Therefore I completely agree when you describe yourself as a professional artist. Of course everyone's definition is different and there are also other official definitions of this word but as long as people are understanding that that is the case, there shouldn't even be fights about this to begin with.
Even tho I do a series called Drawsome, I always say "this is just how I do it" since it's more of a challenge than a tutorial. I don't want to give off the vibe of " I know everything and do it my way or your wrong"... My father always says "a professional is anyone who gets paid for their work, even once"... Even if you don't think your work is of the highest quality, there's always going to be someone out there who just has to have it lol.. There was a two year old throwing paint at canvas and most would say it's just hot garbage but those paintings sold for over 10k each! Would you call a 2 year old a "professional" just because she was getting paid for throwing paint? Not really but here we are lol.. Great video, Emily!! So glad your back! 💖
I'm excited to hear what you have to say! I make art that I feel ashamed of all the time. I feel good in the moment but just a bit after I don't like it anymore. I still post it on my channel because I have put a lot of effort into editing and doing the art and so on, but sometimes I feel bad that I'm not giving my best to the audience. I'm trying to keep my channel as just a way to track my progress, but it's hard to keep that mindset when I don't seem to be making any 😅💗 can't wait for this 😄
Minty I’ve seen your videos and I think you need to study anatomy maybe try figure drawing and poses and learn how to encorporate the right anatomy into your art style and you will start seeing a difference
You know Practice, Perseverance, and Pride is going to be my new motto when facing my art. Ive been drawing for 5 years and feel like I'm at a level that I'm unhappy with. But hearing those words really comforted me. Thank you! Plus the Babes is so cute! 🤗
Well even when he was alive, Van Gogh wasn’t recognized as a genius. He was self taught and really only sold two paintings in his life. Doesn’t matter if you’re a “professional” or just doing it because you have a passion for it, everyone can be an artist, and that commenter was an a**hole for saying otherwise
Wow can totally relate to this entire video. I always get a few hate comments online from people saying that I shouldn't show any of my urban sketches, before I learn how to draw a straight line- or that my drawing is bad, etc. I've been channeling that into encouraging more people to sketch often, because that's how we get better. :) And it's ok to feel pride in your work, and share it online if you want, even if it isn't "perfect"!
This 👏🏻👏🏻 That person definitely watched that one Spongebob episode and expects us all to go through the same steps as Spongebob to get a perfect circle in order to be a good artist
I find circle drawing by eye not that bad, actually. I think the issue is that most people overthink it. In truth, it doesn't need to be perfect. You don't need a circle, you just need an illusion of a circle. No one (I hope) is going to come out with a ruler and check it. But yeah, no way on Earth do I use circles as a measure of an artist. I tend to look at anatomy, composition, colour theory and rendering. Those may/may not be the most important things, those are just the things that stand out to me.
You make a great point. There are abstract artists who paintings go for millions. While it looks "easy", you cannot discredit them as a professional over your personal opinion their work doesn't constitutes as art simply over the assumption (I stress the word assumption) that it looks " simple" to create. The point is: they make living professionally through their commissions.
Hearing your baby making noises and crying reminds me back when my brothers were babies and it makes me all warm inside. Also thanks for saying what you said in the video, I'm always overthinking what people think of my art, but am slowly learning to love and learn more about what I can do better towards my art.
As someone who grew up drawing those janky ass "Learn how to draw anime!" type drawings... thank you XD I have yet to fully grow out of that style with humans, though animals are are improving! "References are your friend" is such a true statement.
People who post comments like that need to re-evaluate their life and go find something better to do than leave spiteful comments on the interwebs. That said, I like your trick to do glow, so I learned something from this video, so thank you! :)
I would argue that you are not a professional artist; you are a professional entertainer. The quality of your art is less important than the enjoyablity of your videos and your main goal is to be entertaining rather than to produce art for sale. Totally valid career choice. People love your content.
the editing and little doodles in this video are super cute, her editing style is one of my favorites! not to mention her art is always so nice to look at! i aspire to be able to work with watercolors as well as her, such a pretty medium.
This video. I worked as an art assistant to a professional artist and the whole argument about what is professional goes across the gamut. It isn't one field even in the comics community, people who are and aren't creatives deem their opinions to matter. While both arguments are legitimate in thought from an academic side. People can't learn without doing. They can't grow with out drive. Everything in this video is pretty accurate. But you are not mediocre. It takes a lot of skill to render skin in that manner, to make such a pop of color transition. Mediocre downplays your skill. One thing that I have tried to remember was someone is always watching you and when you are harsh or mean to the thing people love about what you do, you are insulting them. I don't think you are doing that here at all. Btw. Just something to think about when people get so harsh on their own work. Keep doing what you do
I'm a professional artist, I have an MA in fine art, but because I do abstracts I feel stunned by the online art community and society in general, so I don't post art much. Your work is lovely and you deserve to be proud of it, its obvious you've put in the hours and I'm proper jealous of your fine motor skills!
"Don't post your art if you are mediocre or less!" Hmmm yes, yes, okay I see what you're saying and raise you "Please post your work no matter what level you are at because having that archive of your progress and growth is very inspiring to many people!" Seriously, when I feel down about my work I pull out some of my old stuff to see how far I've come. Sometimes I'll do a deep dive into an artist's gallery that I admire to see how far they have come. It really helps remotivate me to keep on going.
I'm so glad UA-cam recommended your videos to me! You're not only a great artist, but a very talented storyteller (as an English teacher - I'm Brazilian -, I usually tell students to use videos to practice their listening skills, and I've been sharing your channel with them a lot lately)! I don't make a living out of art, but I've been trained in all that formal stuff... And after making some realistic drawing for a couple of clients I just realized I didn't want to work with that because is booooooooring as hell!
I found your channel to be my comfort & my emotional support system whenever I feel bad about my art & almost giving up...most of the time I couldn't really see it until you pointed out some facts in your videos...now I feel whole lot better & wanna keep doing what I love 😊
@emilyartful I find you to be both a professional artist and somewhat a professional speaker, writer etc. The voiceovers are just as moving as the art x
I definitely loved this and this helped me so much in my rut. I feel as though so many artists that undermine themselves just because they think they're mediocre and having to be professional means having to be at godly, extreme technical skills. It hinders the way I used to see art at so many times - the most entertaining, best expression of myself, even if it's the worst or my best.
Oh man I used to think that if I can't draw like kim jung gi, where he put down his pen with no sketches/refences and the end result is in perfect anatomy and perspective then I shouldn't draw at all. The man is extremely, immensely, incredibly good and well versed in his techinical skills in art. I was dumbfounded when I first watched a sketchbook tour of him where he displayed said techical skills. Oh well Im over it now and realized that he spent decades in effort of drawing and learning consistently over the years that made him that good.
I LOVE how you cut off the arms of your characters and how you choose to fade away the edges of your pieces. Like the shirt of the girl in this painting. So cool!
I bet what that person meant was "I'm having a bad day so since your art is not up to my standards I'm going to make it so you have a bad day too". There's nothing more subjective than art.
This video boost my serotonin levels. Even if I don't have an art channel, I like to draw. But my style is drawing people with big eyes(mostly girls) but not like anime. And I have people around me saying they look scary, and that made me sad, because to me, their big eyes are expressing so many emotions. But this video has the message that I needed. Thank you :3
Can I just say that Emily is a great artist in my eyes but what I love the most is that she is so supportive of everyone in the art community and that’s just amazing!!
It's absolutely stunning how toxic some artists can be. To the point where I believe some of these toxic artists are actually feeling threatened by new and up-coming artists. So they lash out at these up-coming stars to take them down a peg, make them second guess themselves and feel bad about their accomplishments. Ultimately protecting the fragile pedestals these toxic artists have put themselves on. I love ya, Emily! Never stop being you! :)
A resentful comment like that should’ve been just ignored, but I’m glad you made this video anyway. Young people and beginners may be put off of really going places with their art because they think they’ll never be good enough to share their work! They need to hear this, so thanks!
I havn’t watch the video yet but wanna say: I love drawing and watercolor, but I am really bad at it. And I don’t care. Like, am really not good at it but I will keep doing it as long as I enjoy it. I might improve with time, I might not, who cares, I live my life
If it makes you happy, that's all that matters. As far as whether it's good or not, that's a matter of opinion, and you know what those are like. 😉 While your own happiness is what matters as far as if you should do it, if it makes someone else happy (including children), that's a bonus!
Wow coming back to that comment I posted three months ago feels weird cause now I can look back to what I was feeling then. I can say I have improved un three months!
In honesty, at my art uni we've been going over the business side of art. And it's honestly put a huge perspective into the professional business side of the art industry. Some artists deserve huge followings, because their work is amazing or has really good themes or meanings behind them. But they don't, because they don't know how to *sell*... unfortunate fact is, if you know how to sell and handle your art brand as a business correctly. It really shows... regardless, this is ONE example on the spectrum and I'm not at all saying this is what makes a professional haha. Just making a sad point I noticed while watching this and while in my workshop class
I completely agree. I know many artists on ig that although they're not bad, there's sooo many smaller artists with better skills that deserve those numbers more than them but the only reason that doesn't happen is because they don't know how to market themselves and it hurts to see😳
Exactly! I personally just went through a whole business workshop with my uni focused on the business of illustration and just. It's hard when you have to accept that some artists you genuinely love, you can't emulate them no matter how much you really admire them, because, from a business standpoint, they really aren't doing well in that regard. You can still admire and pull certain things from them, in terms of perhaps they inspire you to draw, but otherwise, you have to find artists who have a good business brand and following built around that, if you want to give yourself a better chance to stand out. It sucks, but really, it all comes down to how well you can sell your product at the end of the day...
@Indigo Rodent Not to mention the intense discouragement for artists to value themselves. Being in this workshop really proved to me just how much my artwork is worth, for the time, effort, and skill level artists provide. The internet has a huge discouragement towards artists charging higher than $300 for a finished illustration piece. So many artists are being brainwashed to think charging anything above $10 is a lot of money. Industry-standard off of freelancing is WAY MORE THAN THAT as I've come to discover. And in order for myself personally, to make any actual living (this is just an example) to make what I'd need to to make ends meet, my commissions would basically be around $40 an hour, which obviously makes a "hefty" cost to flat-sale prices. It's sad so many people don't realize their worth because they're too scared to try anything or push things due to the internet's "free-content" culture.
Totally agree-- i am late on this comment but people who don't know what it is like to be a genuine artist, don't realize that they (said artist) puts pride into their work. You should definitely expressed and show off what do know, because thats the best to your ability. Love your content
none of the artists that person considers “professionals” are critique-proof and i’m sure they all work to improve every single day. it’s an ambiguous standard that’s ENTIRELY subjective.
You really help me see myself as an artist and not just a doodler. I am always so hard on myself and feel like my art is never good enough as it seems like no one is even interested. But I will continue to draw what I feel and enjoy doing it regardless of the lack of response to my art.
i want to point out something that made me happy... EMILY ADDED A HUMP TO THE NOSE! I AM SO HAPPY BECAUSE I HARDLY SEE IT AND I FIND IT SO ADORABLE WTFKHVSG;KHV
If I could throw in my 2 cents on this...I looked up 'professional' in 2 or 3 different dictionaries...ya, it says nothing about an 'expert' or 'the best' in any of those definitions. Pay it no mind, Emily...haters gon' hate...and you still gon' do you!!!
There are artists who have UA-cam channels, and UA-camrs who are artists, a subtle difference and I believe there is room for everyone. I love listening to your commentaries and watching you paint ❤️
You don't have to be able to draw photorealistic things in order to call yourself an artist. Beginner artists are still artists. Whatever brings you joy, whatever you want to share with the world, just put it out there. Don't let other people dictate what you can and can't do
Oh god I feel so called out, the throwing anatomy out the window and going gung-ho with anime style was definitely me when I was younger and discovered the genre! This was a wonderful video and message, thank you. Those kind of comments are a large reason I don’t share my art although I want to. Unlike you I’m overly squishy with no backbone lol
I constantly feel bad about my work... Impostor Syndrome! I run my own business and I am a grown up (apparently ...) but I still feel foolish and childish pitching ideas or going to meetings! Thanks for this Emily 🎨💜
Im a pretty new artist and hearing people say what they said to you worries me. Because I'm not that skilled and I started an art Instagram last night. I haven't received any hate yet but that's cause it's new and most likely cause I'm just a teenager. I'm not making money. And I can tell that when it's someone's job in art it can get scary
Don't do it for the money. Do it because you love it. Making money at art takes time, and not everyone does. I don't mean to discourage you, and when you're just learning the basics is not the time to feel like you can't sell your work. You have to practice. It's a good idea to learn about selling art and managing money in the meantime. Don't feel intimidated by that; you don't have to learn everything at once.
@@EclecticGreyWitch oh I'm not planning on doing it for money I do it for fun. I completely see where you're coming from. My point is when people make money that's when people seem to get a but salty
Wouldn’t be surprised if that horrible comment is from Sh*nnon Anyway amazing video Emily. I always watch your videos whenever I feel like I can’t draw and it cheers me up!!! Your art is absolutely beautiful
I have to tell you..... my mother was a rad artist.... and always strived to teach me... yearned for me to be passionate about it. I never was at a young age.... but...... im 38 now... and about a year ago i had this overwhelming desire...this burning in me to make art.... i did only one painting when i was in my early 20's... which was banging...of coarse got destroyed in a hurricane flood.... but...i seen ur videos... and you were my inspiration to start again. and life has blossomed..internal happiness from depression and alcoholism...so thank you. you're stellar from your art to the gift of speaking with verbology i dig. so thank you for you! ~~carleen
I have been practicing for 15 years no joke and I still have no idea how to draw. I also take drawing classes...I like to blame my shitty drawing skills on my ADHD impatience and OCD where i obsess over something so hard that I don't notice the drawings gone wrong
Can we just talk about how pretty this painting is?!?!?!?!?!? Emily, your art is amazing and your way of conveying "niceness" on the internet is DA BEST!!! ♥
There is no such thing as "bad" art. If structure and Technique and classes were all that made art "good" then explain why Basquiat who was self taught, and lived to say 'fuck your rules i do me" is consider a Icon? Art is art. And I love yours too.
I think that art of all skill levels should be posted, because it’s a learning opportunity for the artist who made the work and other artists who may have the same problems. Constructive criticism is super important imo and I love getting constructive criticism, as long as it’s actually constructive and not straight up hate.
Hey guys, I just want to clarify that when I say that I think my art is “mediocre” I’m not trying to say my art is BAD! I’m just talking about in the grand scheme of things, when compared to some really technically skilled artists my art is considered mediocre. Do I think I exhibit some forms of good technical skill? I know do! But I still see room for improvement, as I should! Does that mean I think my art is bad? No. But I didn’t do the best in communicating that thought.
Also, maybe because I follow a lot of artists who make work very similar to mine that I believe my work is not terribly unique.
I just don’t want anyone to think I’m suggesting that my work is somehow “better” than theirs. I make these videos simply because I want to express my world views and opinions, and I want others to do the same. Not because I think I’m “better” than anyone else.
Maybe instead of saying that I believe my work is “mediocre”, a better word I could have used would have been that I believe I’m at an “intermediate” skill level.
So much understatement! 😉❤️
You know, I don't think it's a great idea to decide how good your art is by comparing yourself to other artists, even artists who explore similar themes, have similar techniques, etc. I know a lot of people who gave up that way. Your art is yours, you're on your own trajectory. I think the kind of criteria you should use to mesure how good you art is are things like : how good is my anatomy ? Did I improve ? Did I use a good color selection ? Does it look like I imagined it (I kinda suck with the internal eye)? If not, why ? I would suggest comparing to your past works too, it helps me a lot
Women tend to be too humble even in our modern times ... But mostly people love it when someone thinks big 😉! An artist actually has to 'just' express something. And for what you are able, many of our artist stars can't even do a little glimpse of your ability! You are so great and unique !!!!! And a very great important inspiration for me - thank you soo much that I can see you here 🙏 😘❤️
There was at one time a canvas with a dot and it was called art, I believe.
@@amortlepsg Well said! We should all have our own styles. I don't want to be the next (name any artist/person of any career you like). I want to be me! Maybe the next me, a better me, but ME!
"you shouldn't be posting your art if I don't like it" Jesus Christ the world doesn't revolve around you
XxAesthetic CocoxX it literally doesn’t revolve around you, kid
Doesn’t have to it’s already surrounded you 😊🙃☺️
@@tatumschuett6700 Woooooooooooooow.
I thought everyone learned that as a kid... people are really that stupid that they think nobody else matters but them? Wow, talk about shitty parenting
@@tatumschuett6700 I'm hoping you don't understand the meaning of that phrase, otherwise... wow.
if YOUR art is j u s t mediocre then i dont wanna know what mine is considered
Ikr.
Same tho
Clown vomit.... that's what my art would be considered.........
Well..... shit......
This thread is exactly why that kind of snobbish comment is toxic, not just for Emily herself but for her viewers who I'm sure for the most part are not as skilled as she is yet. It's a shame cause I'm sure you guys do great stuff!
mine would be somewhere between roadkill and radioactive waste... good thing i love making art.
"sis clearly your waist is snatched but WHERE ARE YOUR ORGANS" had me dying for longer than I'd like to admit that was great and so just yes lol
Yes!
they've all migrated to her chest - obviously :P
@@LizGridleyArtist Just what I was thinking! 😂
im glad im not the only one-
I think all one piece characters are deformed in some way
My dad thinks because I'm an artist that I can magically do realism... I'm a weeb... He has NO idea...
@flower Yeah, I understand... Wanna quick charge?
I hear the Cartoonists crying 👍 yEh
Denki denki
I mean , it does take a little bit of realism to draw weeb
Welcome to the "you draw anime? Can you draw me in anime?" Club hahaha
im excited for what our watercolour mother has to say😼
lol
This is probably the most accurate comment I’ve ever seen
Yes!
This is her new nickname now.
ViWoof Kasey golden who? Lololol
This is what happens. Someone pays thousands of dollars to goto art school and sees your video has A TON of engagement and you are self taught. It makes them jealous and angry that anyone can practice and become good at what we do. People think the comments are only for the viewers pleasure but alas the creator is the one it is always for. I love you and your work so much.!
I believe they mentioned going to art school in our back-and-forth! Seems like you hit the nail on the head. Who gatekeeps art? That’s so silly! I don’t want anyone to feel like they can’t do art because they haven’t had proper lessons or schooling. Art is for everyone!
Emily Artful Seriously! What’s next, kids can’t draw unless they goto school for it?
That's exactly what I was thinking 😅
@@emilyartful It's even more silly when you realize that it's basically like saying that you shouldn't even attempt to communicate with people from a certain country, unless you learned their language in college. It's so frustrating to see people present art school as the only real way to learn art, when it's really just a fun addition.
Ravenna McIan yup you can never be 100% done learning :)
Professional LITERALLY means to be paid for your work. You are no longer an apprentice or journeyman and people are paying YOU for the work rather than your Master.
You never said you were a Master artist, it a professional, and while I think you COULD sell at a Master level (not THE Masters, different category there) if you tried, there is always room for improvement even at a professional or master level.
Speaking of THE Masters, DaVinci always changed things up, yriex new techniques and sometimes fucked it up horribly...because LEARNING is life long, even after you can draw a circle.
The peanut gallery is adorable.
Noice
Claudia’s Atelier I just discovered your channel. Sis your art is amazing it is popping
Claudia’s Atelier Hope you have better friends now 👀👀
@Claudia’s Atelier I love your art!
I cannot express how much I despise people who can't tell the difference between professional and expert
Im concerned if that human is walking around with that much ignorance to think people have to be perfect, or stay silent in what they do. God i feel bad for his spouse friends and family.
Bold of u to assume they have a spouse lol
Bold of you to assume they have friends
Lolol well IF they had people who could stick around long enough, then I feel bad that they are wasting their time 🤣
They probably don't have any
If you think about they are far from perfect them selves.
This reminds me of a tweet I saw that said something along the lines of "artists who draw for themselves are so selfish. You are one of the lucky people who was born with that skill. If you dont share your work with other people, why do it in the first place?" People are dumb
Like, I do draw for myself, bc I'm focusin' on improvin' smfh.-.
"Every piece of art you create is a healthy expression of something internal "Is it okay if I get a tattoo of this quote?🥺😭♥️
I don't think drawing tall, emaciated figures with eyeballs for heads is a healthy expression of the shit that goes on inside my head...
@@eriikaampora1179 it prolly is tho! It's healthy as in not harmful to you or anyone else.. and maybe big eyeballs mean something more than you think?
@@lililangtry1881 I think it stems from being overly paranoid about being watched. I don't really know much about why I decided to draw such things, no one else really likes looking at them, I've even been sent to counselors for drawing those kind of things in high school. Something about it not being proper or some shit.
@@eriikaampora1179 I don't think art has to be proper.. Maybe actually the opposite, I like a little bit of shock value. Like Emily's Artful video where she uses her grandma's ashes to paint a portrait? Yes it is weird /a little creepy, but also beautiful and touching and magic! There 's always going to be people who will want you to fit in a little box, don't let them put you there! ❤️
Lili Langtry yessss I loved that video. I tried to tell a few people about it and i wasn’t able to communicate how meaningful it was. If someone used my ashes to make art I would be so honoured.
Emily's videos gave me the ability to say: ''Actually screw you, i'll do what i want'' and i'm grateful for that.
Everyone starts off somewhere, people are always improving in their skills. Unpolished work doesn’t always mean crappy work.
I remember there was once a tumblr blog dedicated to posting the "worst Transformers fanart ever" and honestly? It was filled with a bunch of doodles from kids on deviantart trying their best. Imagine publicly trashing on someone's style when they're obviously a beginner. :|
Im sure someone has said this already but the definition of professional is "engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as a pastime".
So people who say you aren't a professional just don't know what they're talking about. And tbh they're probably just mad that you have more followers or get more interaction than them.
No one is above criticism of course, but that's not criticism.
@@recoveringsoul755 Yes. Everyone has to complete chores. This isn't their profession, they are unemployed. Meaning, they aren't a 'professional'. That doesn't mean it's bad, or effortless, just that this isn't a career.
@@recoveringsoul755 that sounds like a personal problem
@@recoveringsoul755 No, that's not at all what I'm thinking. If you are keeping the house clean for someone, or nanny their children, that is your profession because you are being paid for it. Doing it yourself is not a profession because you aren't doing it for someone else. Either you are doing it in private, in which case you are by definition not a professional, or you do it as a service for someone else in which case you are doing it as a job. That's all I'm saying. I'm not against stay-at-home folks. At all.
@@recoveringsoul755 I never said it's no effort or that you shouldn't stay at home. How did you manage to make this entire debate about you in the first place? Noone was attacking you specifically or stay-at-home folks in general and you still made it about yourself. The whole argument was "Emily earns money by being an artist so she is by definition a professional artist", that's all it was. So would you stop feeling offended for things that have nothing to do with you and twisting people's words in their mouth please? Because I'm done here.
Recovering Soul I think that this is talking more of doing a job that you can get money and support yourself off of. A homemaker can’t necessarily pay bills by taking care of their kids
Once I told someone I was an artist, but they said I was not because I didn’t sell it, and that’s just.. insane really. I’m going to guess he meant I wasn’t a professional, but that’s just so odd
Yes, true. You are still an artist if you don't sell, you're just a hobbyist artist, and nothing wrong with that :)
You don't need to be professional to be an artist tho
You don't need to be professional to be an artist tho
I think it's stupid for people to gatekeep art. I would consider myself an artist, I don't paint as much anymore but occasionally I break out the acrylics.
I always have a hard time with whether I could consider myself any artist or not especially when I tell others. I do realistic portraits but I don’t sell or do commissions for others but I know that my skills are decent and not crazy professional. But I don’t know if im considered an artist or not. Most of the time if I say that I’m an artist people would be like “oh so you do art for a living” and I’m like no that’s just my hobby. So I just tell people that I do art.
thumbnail is the most gorg art ive ever seen
most likes ive ever gotten😳
@@cherubzbaby 64?
They are confusing "professional" with "expert"
To tell you the truth, I don't like seeing everyone's perfectly polished work on UA-cam. I like seeing the progress an artist makes. I like see his/her mistakes and how they fix or cope with them. It gives me hope that I can improve as well. If I watched a bunch of videos and every one was freakin' DaVinci, I'd be discouraged and probably give up.
And for what its worth, my definition of a professional is someone who does - or could if they wanted - support themselves doing whatever it is they are doing. For example, say someone works painting houses. They are good at it and make money. That makes them a professional house painter. That same person regularly sculpts and sells those sculptors for good money. Or they at least get regularly offered money or other valuable things for their work. Then he is also a professional sculptor.
That person was probably jealous. Art is a journey. There's literally people who thought a banana left at a museum was art. Your art is so unique and I love how it mixes darkness.
Side note:
You quoted Little Miss Sunshine *subscribed*
I completely and whole-heartedly disagree with your statement that your work is mediocre. All of your drawings are spectacular and far FAR better than mediocre. You don't give yourself enough credit. ❤️
I have a funny feeling that people with that kind of “don’t post unless you’re an expert” mentality are just bitter either because they want to reach a certain “standard” in their art before they consider themselves to be a “professional” or they’ve overworked themselves to reach that point and believe people need to also slave away their days like they did. Either way you cut it it’s toxic as hell.
At the end of the day labels don’t even matter, Art isn’t brain surgery it’s a form of self expression and as long you’re expressing yourself (in a manner that isn’t toxic obviously) then who the hell are you to say if I’m a professional or not. Not my fault you want to over work yourself to be the next Pablo Picasso before realizing you’ve run your mental health into the ground
Reminds me of Bakugo's attitude towards Deku
Yes!! Love this comment
@@Narusasu98 Same
I am of that menatlity but I would never tell someone the same tbh.
That comment seems to me like its author was trying to mask their jealousy, plain and simple.
I’ve never heard Björk, Yoko, and Mr Doodle in the same sentence before lmao
Same lmao 😂
Hi sara..can you see my drawing too...hope you will like it...
Emily is one of my inspirations; I love her quirky ideas that mix skulls and flowers and/or horror concepts in a light view. I love the almost surreal feel to it while still leaning more towards an illustration style. It’s cool to see those blended
I love that you said "horror concepts". I literally wrote "chopped off body parts" 😅 I didn't have words for it, but now I do.
Chante Mack lmao I honestly didn’t have a word for it either but “horror concepts” seems fitting 😂
"Professional" literally means that you do that thing as YOUR PROFESSION. There's no argument there, like that's literally what the word means. It has nothing to do with being the "best" or "top" in your field, it just means that it's what your career is and it's what you get paid to do. Anyone trying to debate that is an idiot.
Ahh, I can't wait!! I'm trying to be more positive about my art, so instead of saying "This is bad, it should burn in a hole" I tell myself that I tried my best, and I am proud of it. It's only been a few weeks since I started doing this, but it has really helped me.
noice! OwÓ
Well done keep doing it ^-^
As someone also in this journey, I reccomend writing yourself a note on the back of the drawing/painting you didn't like. I typically write something along the lines of "This concept didn't work on paper but it is still beautiful and I can try again some other time." It helps when you're looking back on art and still struggling to like it.
@Kaiyo that is a great idea, I'll try and remember that.
Olivia Bailey (Student) That is a great mindset, good job!!
This video really spoke to me. I used to post on deviantart when I was a young teen. (I wasn’t a great artist and was learning how to use a drawing tablet). One of my pictures was posted on a blog called Fuckyaterribleart with a title that was “what the f** is this!?” I was 13, and I quit drawing. I only decided to pick up a pencil to draw again ten years later with the encouragement of my partner. I feel so bad for people still facing what I faced, keep drawing everybody! Regardless of what it looks like
I’m sorry u had to go through that! I’m glad you started doing what you live again!
Rewatching this after the Creepshow Art drama makes me wonder if this was Anthony trolling like the discount troll under the dilapidated bridge he is
Or Creeps herself
I wondered as well!
Everyone can always improve, with anything. Even the “best” can improve. Art music, organization, socialization, EVERYTHING. Everything is fluid, everything is infinite. No best, on,y better. We live, we learn.
I have had more than a few laughs over the years from people who scoffed at me being an Artist! I have described myself as a professional artist, even when I barely made enough to pay my rents! I believe that you are a professional! I am not going to create videos anytime soon, but I do think you are very brave person and artist to put your videos and artworks online! Oh and you are a professional and your attitude is as well ! You might have a more casual demeanor but that has no relevance to your professionalism! Thank you for sharing this with us, I hope you continue to create and enjoy bringing us some entertainment and quite lovely artwork!
Happy for you that you can earn from your art 😊 may that grow to the extend you can pay your bills with ease 😊🙏🏻
Your so right!
People say my art is not worth anything because I’m 10 , and say I need more practice, but does my age really matter , I know I definitly need practice, but if you like my work and think that it is t worth anything just because of my age, well that’s ur opinion and I respect it but don’t go around calling anybody’s art worth less because of their age
I mean, let's put it this way. I'm a software dev. I make my living programming. No one will question that I'm a professional software developer. So why do people warp the definition when it comes to art? You make your living doing a thing you are a professional. Being a pro isn't as magical as some people seem to think it is. So I fail to understand the ambiguity in art. Also, professional does not automatically mean good. You can be a pro, but you can still be bad!
There was one UA-cam video i saw that was very inspiring to me in that video a woman was just expressing herself freely without worrying about the judgement of others. In that video she said to make a bad peice of art and that you are allowed to take up space. Even if the art is bad if you love the process of creating it shouldn't matter if its good or bad because you feel free making something meaningful without the validation of others. Art is all about expression. And it doesn't have to be 100% perfect in order to be appreciated.
Wtf isn’t art subjective, how can there be a “wrong” way to create artwork? Imagine if every artists work looked the same.... zzzzzzzz 😴 sorry I just fell asleep at the sound of that!! I love your art and part of your art is the process of the production and your story telling that goes along with it. If someone doesn’t like it, GREAT! They’re not your target audience.
YES! THIS! You may admire other artists, but you want your own style. You want people to recognize your work as yours. They may see that you clearly have notes from your favorite artists in your work, but your work is unique to you, as it should be!
I hate when people who aren't artist think that it's super easy, that there's no work involved. I'd like to see them struggle to draw hands and other parts of anatomy but mostly hands.
Me: I really need to do some art today. It's been two days too long but I'm lacking inspiration.
Emily: *uploads some awesomeness and advice*
Inspiration: *BUSTS THROUGH THE WALL LIKE THE KOOL-AID MAN*
Hahahahahahaha yeeessss! I'm about to bust out the paints today
@Claudia’s Atelier I would honestly love to have an art buddy!
Right?! This made me really want to bust out my acrylic paints! (I personally enjoy painting vibrant night scenes with contrasting blues and black, so super bright blue mixed with super almost black blue, it makes a really cool effect
4:16 lmao yeah, that image in that episode freaked me out too rewatching it when I got older
One of the definitions of "professional" in the Cambridge Dictionary literally says: used to describe someone who does a job that people usually do as a hobby.
One of the examples given is a "professional dancer".
Therefore I completely agree when you describe yourself as a professional artist.
Of course everyone's definition is different and there are also other official definitions of this word but as long as people are understanding that that is the case, there shouldn't even be fights about this to begin with.
Even tho I do a series called Drawsome, I always say "this is just how I do it" since it's more of a challenge than a tutorial. I don't want to give off the vibe of " I know everything and do it my way or your wrong"... My father always says "a professional is anyone who gets paid for their work, even once"... Even if you don't think your work is of the highest quality, there's always going to be someone out there who just has to have it lol.. There was a two year old throwing paint at canvas and most would say it's just hot garbage but those paintings sold for over 10k each! Would you call a 2 year old a "professional" just because she was getting paid for throwing paint? Not really but here we are lol.. Great video, Emily!! So glad your back! 💖
I'm excited to hear what you have to say! I make art that I feel ashamed of all the time. I feel good in the moment but just a bit after I don't like it anymore. I still post it on my channel because I have put a lot of effort into editing and doing the art and so on, but sometimes I feel bad that I'm not giving my best to the audience. I'm trying to keep my channel as just a way to track my progress, but it's hard to keep that mindset when I don't seem to be making any 😅💗 can't wait for this 😄
Minty I’ve seen your videos and I think you need to study anatomy maybe try figure drawing and poses and learn how to encorporate the right anatomy into your art style and you will start seeing a difference
Potato Man thanks for the tips! Yh i agree anatomy is kinda hard for me and my art is rlly stiff 💗
Wait not again!!
Jk!..I love seeing you everywhere lol😂😂
@@oliviabonnot hehe😂😂
We all are going in different directions and at different rates of growth! Don’t forget your Art journey is YOUR journey !
You know Practice, Perseverance, and Pride is going to be my new motto when facing my art. Ive been drawing for 5 years and feel like I'm at a level that I'm unhappy with. But hearing those words really comforted me. Thank you! Plus the Babes is so cute! 🤗
Here's what I have to say to that commenter: We can't all be DAMN VAN GOGH
e x a c t l y
Or BOB FRICKEN ROSS
Isabella uhhh we don’t do that here now say sorry to the master!
@@Vincybond pardon?
Well even when he was alive, Van Gogh wasn’t recognized as a genius. He was self taught and really only sold two paintings in his life. Doesn’t matter if you’re a “professional” or just doing it because you have a passion for it, everyone can be an artist, and that commenter was an a**hole for saying otherwise
Wow can totally relate to this entire video. I always get a few hate comments online from people saying that I shouldn't show any of my urban sketches, before I learn how to draw a straight line- or that my drawing is bad, etc. I've been channeling that into encouraging more people to sketch often, because that's how we get better. :) And it's ok to feel pride in your work, and share it online if you want, even if it isn't "perfect"!
2:12 this comment is funny because any artist knows that drawing a circle is damn hard and not at all a measure of how much of an "artiste" you are
This 👏🏻👏🏻 That person definitely watched that one Spongebob episode and expects us all to go through the same steps as Spongebob to get a perfect circle in order to be a good artist
I find circle drawing by eye not that bad, actually. I think the issue is that most people overthink it. In truth, it doesn't need to be perfect. You don't need a circle, you just need an illusion of a circle. No one (I hope) is going to come out with a ruler and check it.
But yeah, no way on Earth do I use circles as a measure of an artist. I tend to look at anatomy, composition, colour theory and rendering. Those may/may not be the most important things, those are just the things that stand out to me.
This is like the conversation of what activities are and are not "sports". Cheerleading, dance, gymnastics, golf, etc.
Wow 🥺 I'm actually dazzled, as #creepshowart not Only STALKED you for many years, she Also hijacked your video style. She's one FOUL individual IMO
You make a great point. There are abstract artists who paintings go for millions. While it looks "easy", you cannot discredit them as a professional over your personal opinion their work doesn't constitutes as art simply over the assumption (I stress the word assumption) that it looks " simple" to create. The point is: they make living professionally through their commissions.
Hearing your baby making noises and crying reminds me back when my brothers were babies and it makes me all warm inside. Also thanks for saying what you said in the video, I'm always overthinking what people think of my art, but am slowly learning to love and learn more about what I can do better towards my art.
As someone who grew up drawing those janky ass "Learn how to draw anime!" type drawings... thank you XD I have yet to fully grow out of that style with humans, though animals are are improving! "References are your friend" is such a true statement.
People who post comments like that need to re-evaluate their life and go find something better to do than leave spiteful comments on the interwebs. That said, I like your trick to do glow, so I learned something from this video, so thank you! :)
I would argue that you are not a professional artist; you are a professional entertainer. The quality of your art is less important than the enjoyablity of your videos and your main goal is to be entertaining rather than to produce art for sale.
Totally valid career choice. People love your content.
the editing and little doodles in this video are super cute, her editing style is one of my favorites! not to mention her art is always so nice to look at! i aspire to be able to work with watercolors as well as her, such a pretty medium.
The way I see it is that no one can make you feel worse about your art than you can yourself as an artist.
Same energy: ua-cam.com/video/vlXyj3lthmc/v-deo.html
This video. I worked as an art assistant to a professional artist and the whole argument about what is professional goes across the gamut. It isn't one field even in the comics community, people who are and aren't creatives deem their opinions to matter. While both arguments are legitimate in thought from an academic side. People can't learn without doing. They can't grow with out drive. Everything in this video is pretty accurate. But you are not mediocre. It takes a lot of skill to render skin in that manner, to make such a pop of color transition. Mediocre downplays your skill. One thing that I have tried to remember was someone is always watching you and when you are harsh or mean to the thing people love about what you do, you are insulting them. I don't think you are doing that here at all. Btw. Just something to think about when people get so harsh on their own work. Keep doing what you do
I'm a professional artist, I have an MA in fine art, but because I do abstracts I feel stunned by the online art community and society in general, so I don't post art much. Your work is lovely and you deserve to be proud of it, its obvious you've put in the hours and I'm proper jealous of your fine motor skills!
"Don't post your art if you are mediocre or less!" Hmmm yes, yes, okay I see what you're saying and raise you "Please post your work no matter what level you are at because having that archive of your progress and growth is very inspiring to many people!"
Seriously, when I feel down about my work I pull out some of my old stuff to see how far I've come. Sometimes I'll do a deep dive into an artist's gallery that I admire to see how far they have come. It really helps remotivate me to keep on going.
I'm so glad UA-cam recommended your videos to me! You're not only a great artist, but a very talented storyteller (as an English teacher - I'm Brazilian -, I usually tell students to use videos to practice their listening skills, and I've been sharing your channel with them a lot lately)!
I don't make a living out of art, but I've been trained in all that formal stuff... And after making some realistic drawing for a couple of clients I just realized I didn't want to work with that because is booooooooring as hell!
I found your channel to be my comfort & my emotional support system whenever I feel bad about my art & almost giving up...most of the time I couldn't really see it until you pointed out some facts in your videos...now I feel whole lot better & wanna keep doing what I love 😊
@emilyartful I find you to be both a professional artist and somewhat a professional speaker, writer etc. The voiceovers are just as moving as the art x
I definitely loved this and this helped me so much in my rut. I feel as though so many artists that undermine themselves just because they think they're mediocre and having to be professional means having to be at godly, extreme technical skills. It hinders the way I used to see art at so many times - the most entertaining, best expression of myself, even if it's the worst or my best.
Oh man I used to think that if I can't draw like kim jung gi, where he put down his pen with no sketches/refences and the end result is in perfect anatomy and perspective then I shouldn't draw at all.
The man is extremely, immensely, incredibly good and well versed in his techinical skills in art. I was dumbfounded when I first watched a sketchbook tour of him where he displayed said techical skills.
Oh well Im over it now and realized that he spent decades in effort of drawing and learning consistently over the years that made him that good.
I LOVE how you cut off the arms of your characters and how you choose to fade away the edges of your pieces. Like the shirt of the girl in this painting. So cool!
I bet what that person meant was "I'm having a bad day so since your art is not up to my standards I'm going to make it so you have a bad day too".
There's nothing more subjective than art.
I used to see Mr Doodle on the train all the time and yes he really wears his doodle outfits everywhere!!
Emily Artful?
More like Emily SKILLful!
:D
(seriously. She's got SKILLS)
This video boost my serotonin levels. Even if I don't have an art channel, I like to draw. But my style is drawing people with big eyes(mostly girls) but not like anime. And I have people around me saying they look scary, and that made me sad, because to me, their big eyes are expressing so many emotions. But this video has the message that I needed. Thank you :3
Hate is just jealousy in most cases
aaaaaahhh, i love it when the babies make a slight appearance!!! (by appearance i mean the little baby noises) its adorable
Can I just say that Emily is a great artist in my eyes but what I love the most is that she is so supportive of everyone in the art community and that’s just amazing!!
It's absolutely stunning how toxic some artists can be. To the point where I believe some of these toxic artists are actually feeling threatened by new and up-coming artists. So they lash out at these up-coming stars to take them down a peg, make them second guess themselves and feel bad about their accomplishments. Ultimately protecting the fragile pedestals these toxic artists have put themselves on.
I love ya, Emily! Never stop being you! :)
The definition of a professional artist is a artist that can draw hands and horses.
A resentful comment like that should’ve been just ignored, but I’m glad you made this video anyway. Young people and beginners may be put off of really going places with their art because they think they’ll never be good enough to share their work! They need to hear this, so thanks!
I havn’t watch the video yet but wanna say: I love drawing and watercolor, but I am really bad at it. And I don’t care. Like, am really not good at it but I will keep doing it as long as I enjoy it. I might improve with time, I might not, who cares, I live my life
Lemon Wedge that an interesting point haha I’ll think about it
If it makes you happy, that's all that matters. As far as whether it's good or not, that's a matter of opinion, and you know what those are like. 😉 While your own happiness is what matters as far as if you should do it, if it makes someone else happy (including children), that's a bonus!
Wow coming back to that comment I posted three months ago feels weird cause now I can look back to what I was feeling then. I can say I have improved un three months!
I'm here binge watching Emily Artfuls videos in 2020. Haha. You have a way with words. Very engaging. Great editing!
I like your art,it’s actually really fun listening to you talking while painting.
Well, I can't wait until you restock your etsy store! I'm looking forward to buying a watercolor from you.
In honesty, at my art uni we've been going over the business side of art. And it's honestly put a huge perspective into the professional business side of the art industry. Some artists deserve huge followings, because their work is amazing or has really good themes or meanings behind them. But they don't, because they don't know how to *sell*... unfortunate fact is, if you know how to sell and handle your art brand as a business correctly. It really shows... regardless, this is ONE example on the spectrum and I'm not at all saying this is what makes a professional haha. Just making a sad point I noticed while watching this and while in my workshop class
I completely agree. I know many artists on ig that although they're not bad, there's sooo many smaller artists with better skills that deserve those numbers more than them but the only reason that doesn't happen is because they don't know how to market themselves and it hurts to see😳
Exactly! I personally just went through a whole business workshop with my uni focused on the business of illustration and just. It's hard when you have to accept that some artists you genuinely love, you can't emulate them no matter how much you really admire them, because, from a business standpoint, they really aren't doing well in that regard.
You can still admire and pull certain things from them, in terms of perhaps they inspire you to draw, but otherwise, you have to find artists who have a good business brand and following built around that, if you want to give yourself a better chance to stand out. It sucks, but really, it all comes down to how well you can sell your product at the end of the day...
@Indigo Rodent Not to mention the intense discouragement for artists to value themselves. Being in this workshop really proved to me just how much my artwork is worth, for the time, effort, and skill level artists provide. The internet has a huge discouragement towards artists charging higher than $300 for a finished illustration piece. So many artists are being brainwashed to think charging anything above $10 is a lot of money. Industry-standard off of freelancing is WAY MORE THAN THAT as I've come to discover. And in order for myself personally, to make any actual living (this is just an example) to make what I'd need to to make ends meet, my commissions would basically be around $40 an hour, which obviously makes a "hefty" cost to flat-sale prices. It's sad so many people don't realize their worth because they're too scared to try anything or push things due to the internet's "free-content" culture.
Totally agree-- i am late on this comment but people who don't know what it is like to be a genuine artist, don't realize that they (said artist) puts pride into their work. You should definitely expressed and show off what do know, because thats the best to your ability. Love your content
none of the artists that person considers “professionals” are critique-proof and i’m sure they all work to improve every single day.
it’s an ambiguous standard that’s ENTIRELY subjective.
You really help me see myself as an artist and not just a doodler. I am always so hard on myself and feel like my art is never good enough as it seems like no one is even interested. But I will continue to draw what I feel and enjoy doing it regardless of the lack of response to my art.
I like how someone has already disliked this.
ikr maybe cuz it says our art is bad? she always explains the titles tho.
How the hell was this video posted 2 hours ago and this comment was posted 4 hours ago 😐?
@@astroatst3607 Much thank
Damn I must be brain dead today xD.
@@whitesandwolf5546 Don't feel bad. I didn't know that. 🙂
i want to point out something that made me happy...
EMILY ADDED A HUMP TO THE NOSE! I AM SO HAPPY BECAUSE I HARDLY SEE IT AND I FIND IT SO ADORABLE WTFKHVSG;KHV
If I could throw in my 2 cents on this...I looked up 'professional' in 2 or 3 different dictionaries...ya, it says nothing about an 'expert' or 'the best' in any of those definitions. Pay it no mind, Emily...haters gon' hate...and you still gon' do you!!!
There are artists who have UA-cam channels, and UA-camrs who are artists, a subtle difference and I believe there is room for everyone. I love listening to your commentaries and watching you paint ❤️
now that i know what happened with shannon, do you think this hate comment was shannon? 🤨 seems like something she would say
i may not be an artist but i really love drawing on my own way ^-^ i just appreciate and support every artist!
Anyone else find it super cute when Emily went: "You don't agree? You don't agree." She sounds like such a good mom 😊
You don't have to be able to draw photorealistic things in order to call yourself an artist.
Beginner artists are still artists.
Whatever brings you joy, whatever you want to share with the world, just put it out there. Don't let other people dictate what you can and can't do
Yoko Ono didn't even break up The Beatles. The Beatles, and bad management, broke up The Beatles.
Oh god I feel so called out, the throwing anatomy out the window and going gung-ho with anime style was definitely me when I was younger and discovered the genre! This was a wonderful video and message, thank you. Those kind of comments are a large reason I don’t share my art although I want to. Unlike you I’m overly squishy with no backbone lol
I couldn't breathe when she started talking about anime and how it wasn't realistic. I'm still crying from laughing
I constantly feel bad about my work... Impostor Syndrome! I run my own business and I am a grown up (apparently ...) but I still feel foolish and childish pitching ideas or going to meetings! Thanks for this Emily 🎨💜
Im a pretty new artist and hearing people say what they said to you worries me. Because I'm not that skilled and I started an art Instagram last night. I haven't received any hate yet but that's cause it's new and most likely cause I'm just a teenager. I'm not making money. And I can tell that when it's someone's job in art it can get scary
Don't do it for the money. Do it because you love it. Making money at art takes time, and not everyone does. I don't mean to discourage you, and when you're just learning the basics is not the time to feel like you can't sell your work. You have to practice. It's a good idea to learn about selling art and managing money in the meantime. Don't feel intimidated by that; you don't have to learn everything at once.
@@EclecticGreyWitch oh I'm not planning on doing it for money I do it for fun. I completely see where you're coming from. My point is when people make money that's when people seem to get a but salty
@@GlitchyElf I understand. You're right. Just remember what your goal is, and don't let anyone stop you. 😊
Wouldn’t be surprised if that horrible comment is from Sh*nnon
Anyway amazing video Emily. I always watch your videos whenever I feel like I can’t draw and it cheers me up!!! Your art is absolutely beautiful
“where are your organs?” made me laugh way too much 😂
I have to tell you..... my mother was a rad artist.... and always strived to teach me... yearned for me to be passionate about it. I never was at a young age.... but...... im 38 now... and about a year ago i had this overwhelming desire...this burning in me to make art.... i did only one painting when i was in my early 20's... which was banging...of coarse got destroyed in a hurricane flood.... but...i seen ur videos... and you were my inspiration to start again. and life has blossomed..internal happiness from depression and alcoholism...so thank you. you're stellar from your art to the gift of speaking with verbology i dig. so thank you for you!
~~carleen
I have been practicing for 15 years no joke and I still have no idea how to draw. I also take drawing classes...I like to blame my shitty drawing skills on my ADHD impatience and OCD where i obsess over something so hard that I don't notice the drawings gone wrong
Can we just talk about how pretty this painting is?!?!?!?!?!? Emily, your art is amazing and your way of conveying "niceness" on the internet is DA BEST!!! ♥
There is no such thing as "bad" art. If structure and Technique and classes were all that made art "good" then explain why Basquiat who was self taught, and lived to say 'fuck your rules i do me" is consider a Icon? Art is art. And I love yours too.
I think that art of all skill levels should be posted, because it’s a learning opportunity for the artist who made the work and other artists who may have the same problems. Constructive criticism is super important imo and I love getting constructive criticism, as long as it’s actually constructive and not straight up hate.