ive been drawing realism for ages now but ive always been jealous of those with a style that just flows through them. it gets really disheartening, but i think im gonna finally sit down and try to get my own. thanks for the vid, i really wouldn't have thought of using pintrest
Oh you see, for me it’s the exact opposite! I’ve been drawing with a very flowy kind of art style (I’m still figuring it out) that I just couldn’t make my own. I’ve always been amazed about my friend’s art style, which she changes at will and makes a difference in her drawings. I’m gonna try to learn how to draw in a style that I want and work to try to make it my own.. good luck in your art journey
Your " How to find your art style Fast, in 3 easy steps." is very impressive. I'm an artist and instructor of 66 yrs. Rarely do I come across an inspiring young person that hits the nail on the head. In artist terms, you fundamentally delivered a gem of information that informed, inspired and impressed. Live long and prosper my dear.🖖🏼
that’s amazing!! ive just started art in 2020 and have been taking online lessons ever since. 66 yrs is impressive, you must be a very talented artist!
1:20 Step 1: Collect inspiration. Collect art you love and gravitate towards. 2:27 Step 2: Create connections. Figure out what connects it all together. 5:30 Step 3: Make a plan. Take all these characteristics and make them into goals.
@@nylahginsky1425 how to make goals: if, for example you found the common threads in your collection were painting with light, exaggeration, and high contrast, you would have the goals of doing X # of works in the first 25% of the time you picked as your target time to find your style (so, if a year, first three months) to do three months of painting with light. The next 3 months focusing on exaggeration, the third 3 months on high-contrast, and the last 3 months putting first two, ( light and exaggeration, exaggeration and contrast, contrast and light,) then all three together. It is brilliant! I have always understood that it was just part of who you were as an artist. This concept is so liberating !
I created a "find my style" folder on Pinterest. I have about 4 styles I need to try out. It helped SO much to see it all right there in 1 spot. It showed me not only the styles, but the subjects as well!! Now, I can create and not sit and try to come up with ideas. I have something I can actually use now! TY!!!!
This helped me so much! I realized the art I've been struggling to create isn't even the kind of art that I like to look at. Anyways I'm crying because I watched this video maybe a month ago, followed the steps, and today I made a painting that I'm in LOVE with for the first time in a long time. 💗
I’ve always had a deep love for art for as long as I can remember. Once I had reached adulthood, my anxiety and ADHD has over taken my life, especially with being creative, the dwelling of my artwork to be “perfect” is overwhelming. I miss being a child and creating whatever came to mind and did it without over thinking it. Thank you for creating this video because for me it puts it into PERSPECTIVE! 😊
Something that has worked for me is actually copying some of the artworks I feel most attracted to. Obviously the intention is not to publish them, but just to use them as practice to “merge my mind with that style”. After copying and copying several times, turns out that my brain learns to decode the world in terms of that style and then it begins to flow naturally on my own art. The best part is that we can do that “copying practice” with more than one artstyle, so in the end we will have a brand new style derived from all of those things we really like, and that will result in our own unique style ✨
@@HazekSkirmix I actually do the same thing, but instead of fully copying the art pieces, I’ll follow a similar structure and throw my own little twist into it. So while I’m working on finding my type of style I can also remind myself of my own personal type of work so I don’t lose track of the kind of artist I am. If that makes sense.
Middle schoolers are amazing at this! A year or two after Undertale exploded, I remember sitting at a table with underclassmen in like 7th/8th grade and they had perfected a cartoony Undertale/Steven Universe type art style just because they loved the show and loved drawing it. I learned a lot about references and making my art what I want from just passively watching them make their silly, cute little OCS. Don't let your memes be dreams
It’s weird coming back to this video, which I remeber watching a year ago, when I had no clue what I wanted my style to be, now that I’ve completely found, and are happy with my style.
We think so much alike. 😁 This was very well explained, and similar to how I would lay it out to a new artist. I still think finding/discovering/aquiring a style takes some time. It's not something you can do over the weekend. But it certainly doesn't have to take years either. I guess it depends on where you are in your art journey and what your goals are. I probably started finding my style after around 6 months of roughly following your process here: gathering inspiration, trying a bit of everything, and deliberately practicing the stuff I gravitated towards. I'm a big fan of having a plan and a process and not just "waiting for something to happen". 😂 I also want to add that I don't think we have just one style. We can have several. And out style will change and evolve throughout our life. So, no need to stress about "finding the one". Art is allowed to take time and be a slow exploration. Everthing does not have to happen fast. And it's not like the clouds parts when we find our style and angels start singing and finally art is fun and everthing starts going great for us. Art can be just as fun and meaningful even if we don't have a personal style yet. Maybe even more fun. Heck, I almost miss those days.. 😌 Thanks again for a great video! 🖤
Pinning this comment so others can read your story about how this works! Absolutely agree with your point about having multiple styles, each concept requires a different approach, and even different mediums require vastly different ways of working that can present obstacles to having a consistent “look” to everything, not even counting the times where you might want to do this deliberately. It’s so so important to remember that we all started this because we loved it and had fun doing it, and to not get caught up in the details in a way that holds us back from creating 🥰
Totally agree with not having one specific style, but honestly, Kelsey turned a light on for me (I can't understand why I didn't put it all together until now) as to what my art is and where it is leading me. :)
Thank you Louise! Cause I have several artstyles myself and it made me question my identity as an artist... But nowadays, it feels like I can finally be myself nowadays through my art.
after teaching ppl art anatomy and art history THIS should be how the rest of the classes that teach art should revolve around and end with so then the students could be able to branch into a career that is best suited for their preferred style! iv heard too many sad art school graduates say they burned out in art school from not being able to draw what they loved and i think this would help with that!
Agreed! I'm tired of stiff realist/atelier approaches where everyone comes out painting beautifully, but their paintings are all identical. Foundational skills are obviously important but artistic growth and individuality even more so!
I’ve recently figured this out as well, a friend of mine kept sending me these goofy little cartoons she’d find online. I instantly fell head-over-heels in love with the art style. And what’s weird, is that after picking apart a few simple things (shapes posing expressions etc), my art almost immediately improved and my style which I had been trying to find for years came to the surface
Don't try hard for this. Practice is the key. Draw what you want. Draw a sketch, just make some scribble, draw a realistic piece, draw with watercolor. Just love your art and don't be a perfectionist. Try to draw constantly. With this way, You'll be much more comfortable and clear to finding your style. Also search for other artists. You can observe their style and make it your own with some differences too :)
« Don’t be a perfectionist » This.. I am a perfectionist and that the problem with me, because of my insatisfactions i’ve stopped art for 4 years but now I’ve restarted learning from the fundamentals.. Thank you for your advice it will help me to improve.
@@Eli-yn5zo I'm glad you're trying again :) I'm a perfectionist and I know how hard it is to maintain your love for what you're doing. Hope my advice works for you😊
Agreed. As someone with a bad habit of over-fixating on the goals. I keep falling into the trap of setting too many expectations and getting really demotivated when failing to meet them. "Trying too hard." -- overworking and losing sight of the reasons why I set out to learn in the first place. Getting impatient when "others are getting ahead". It's really important to strike a balance between deliberate practice and carefree experimentation. Establish a general goal, yet letting yourself explore other interesting things. Also, it doesn't always have to be about drawing and drawing nonstop... sometimes it's enough to just take your time looking at pieces or watching someone do art. Learning should not feel like a total chore, it should be fun as well
One way I'm teaching myself to draw realistic proportions in my art is by tracing over real animals and seeing how the different shapes and lines interact, which also helps me discover other things about perspective and such along the way! Thank you for this video, it really inspired me to start doing more art and shaping my style.
I had to quit art for 4 months due to some important exams to get into my desired college and finally found the time to get back into art and this helped me out so thank you kelsey! new sub XOXO
The space between the art I like looking at and the art I like making... hit the nail on the head. I love super stylized stuff with flat shapes a lot of the time, but that's not what comes out of my hand!
yes!! this video is 100% right!! the best thing ive ever learned in art is that everything that you see that inspires you becomes part of your brain, it literally becomes brain mass and neuron activations. everything that we see in the world is ours to interpret and translate into our own art, and we should never be afraid to let other artists inpire us! your style is just you picking things you like from the world and other art pieces you see and incorporate it into your own, and it happens naturally, but it happens sooo much faster when you do that actively and deliberately. great video! i subscribed right away!
thank you for this video! ive been trying this and i'm getting somewhere. although on that note, if you find an art style you enjoy and want to have and its like another group of artists' style, dont push yourself to be something more unique!!! it's okay to have an artstyle that is like others; what matters is your drawing what makes you comfortable and proud, you don't have to have a groundbreaking revolutionary and completely different art style to be a good artist. to add, one can have MULTIPLE styles! don't push your creativity into a tight little box. if your art style is inconsistent and changes with every piece, but your proud and like all of them.. so be it! art is messy, and it starts off, is, and ends messy. no matter how you look at it. :)
Fr like I saw so many people telling others it’s stealing when they have a similar art style like tf as long as they still draw their own stuff even with the same or similar art style it’s totally fine right?
take a clear group of artists who knew eachother and were given a style label. Remembering that labels are there only for organising convenience. Each artist within that group had their own style of mark making, preferred subject, approach to subject, colour palettes and so on. So you lean towards a particular group. Who are your favourites, and why? How does that compare to your favourites from another group? Themes will show up. Explore different methods of mark making - physically doing yourself - and ask yourself what/why you prefer one thing over another. All in black and white will force you to focus on marks. Then add colour and play with mediums. Even if you like to work in the style of X the way you literally make your mark will be unique to you and form the basis of your signature style across different style genres. Yes. Your signature without writing your name.
I really love and appreciate this video. I'm studying graphic design and I'm really struggling to find my style, what makes me unique, and I'm generally not enjoying my degree. Watching this has gotten me really inspired and slowly makes me realize why I like art again. Thank you. I'm going to do this immediately.
**notes** finding your style takes practice & isn’t that difficult. 1. finding inspiration find art that you really love & gravitate to the most. take notes about pieces & styles. 2. connecting what can you connect about these pieces? what are common themes of these art pieces? 3. making a plan take all the characteristics & make them into goals. think about it as a course for this style. then you have an actionable plan for your unique style. look at different things, find inspiration & collect it.
About 2 years ago I realized my desperate need to find my style so I undertook an identical approach to your Pinterest tracking. I created a board with 750+ of my favorite drawings, the goal was to sort each drawing into it's artist and what I liked about it(eg if I thought the lineart was good I'd put it in the lineart folder). I've spent over 50 hours on this project, and I'm still not done sorting every drawing. It has barely helped me as of now, it only made me more confused as there are so many styles there. I think my major mistake was not making the distinction between what I 'like to draw' and 'what looks good', the thing is that's extremely difficult because I inherently like and want to draw things that look cool/good, so an explanation on that aspect would be really interesting, without that, while the video is great, it doesn't hold much weight in my experience as of what I know now.
@@samytb_4697 if you like doing it then it doesn't matter how I comes out or whatever. The only cheating you can do in art is plagerisum which art styles aren't plagerisum :D
I think that's why she said 50. I have a number of Pintrest boards totally closer to 3000 images. There is also looking for the thread. She didn't mention it, but go back through your drawings as a kid, and see what thread joins your work, to the ones you have collected. Not just mark making, but colours, subject matter, and design layout. Also look for it in the art you have personally collected. Even if it is just the cards of paintings, (which all I could afford for many years). Even though I know what my style is, I think I will go back to my 3000 images, and see what I would pick if I could only pick 50, Hmmm
@@mudotter thanks for the reply but I didn't quite understand what you meant by thread, like do you mean I should take my drawings and see how they compare to my 750+ picture board?
Love, Love, LOVE this video! Trying to develop my style without restricting myself to copy-paste characters is a huge struggle, and this is an awesome way of reflecting on what I actually enjoy transferring from piece to piece. Thank you :)
Thank you so much for this! Anytime I draw I go on the Internet and draw what I like but I’ve never been able to find my style. I’ve always wanted to know at the top of my head what I want to draw without looking at something. This was extremely hard for me at first but with this I finally found it!
Yes, I am replying to my own comment don’t judge. I know it is OK to look at a reference when you draw but I want to be able to at least have an idea of what to draw.
I have aphantasia, so I find it hard to not directly copy something and get discouraged when it doesn’t turn out perfect. I’m also recovering from auDHD burnout (I was an architecture major) so creating art has some underlying trauma that has been a huge barrier. Thank you for making this video, it’s helpful for me to feel like I can have a starting place!
Gurl what? You just said every single thing I did! I was actually reconstructing dead art school of south India and I collected extremely rare archival plates of the murals which were destroyed or forbidden for spectators. Now I am finding consistency in my art and finding specific features I would like to add to my art.
This was such a helpful video! I love the way you explain this by breaking it down into steps and also giving your own examples for reference. Thank you!
This is a fantastic take on style. As an artist who has been through the drama of art school where I flopped around a lot to find my style, it feels to me that this is what my lecturers were trying to explain but put into an 'in a nutshell' perspective. I'm currently sitting with a style that I enjoy making, but it's not what I envision for myself as an artist in the future. I'm definitely going to go back to the drawing board with your advice in mind!
As someone who loves art it’s been a passion of mine for a while I’ve always been trying to find my an art style like I like and whenever people make tutorials like “how to draw in my style!” normally if I end up liking the style I end up somehow altering it in my own weird way and I’ve been happy with that for a while but now that I’m seeing this video it’s making me realize how much I’d like to have my own art style that did not come from someone else. (Once I finish with video I will be doing the 3 steps since I’m not quite finished watching yet)
Something I really gained from this video is that instead of making goals for yourself, try to make goals as if you’re teaching another person. Personally, I feel I can be too harsh and give myself unattainable goals. So much so, I’ll tire myself out and interpret it as “getting tired of art”. Art is a difficult sometimes, but it’s also your own process.
I absolutely love how you explained this, when I read the total, I thought, " no way". But you explained so simply, yet so detailed. Your truly underrated.
I've always had an idea of what I want my style to look like but I never sat down to organize my thoughts. This video helped out immensely. Thank you sm
This is quite possibly the most important video I have watched and/or will ever watch. This has absolutely changed my art style for the better and in all honesty, my life. It sounds dramatic, but after so long; hating my art and everything about it, it's so life altering to love what you make.
i know you talked specifically, but we can apply this to any art! Photography, collage, music... It's simple but effective. I've gathered inspiration in the past, but the idea of sitting down and actually writing what connected everything, what i liked the most etc, never occurred to me. Thank you for sharing it with us! UA-cam algorythm brought you to me and I'm so happy it did. Just subscribed. Have a lovely day 🖤
this was extremally helpful! I have thought a lot about that and realized that just because i enjoy LOOKING at it, doesn't mean i will enjoy CREATING with that style.
the day this clicks changes everything doesn't it? i realized it for music ages ago but for some reason my silly brain never thought "you know, self, it works that way with visual art too" like omg it makes so much sense
kelsey!!! how on earth do you constantly outdo yourself??!!! 😲😭💕💕 every time you upload something, your content gets so much better which i didn't even think was possible considering how talented you already are! you're doing absolutely amazing!! i'm so proud of you!!!!! 🥺
I've been feeling really overwhelmed lately when it comes to learning how to improve my art but these steps made me feel a lot better about it ☺️ Thank you for breaking it down into easy, manageable steps!!
I think I really needed this bc I was very confused for a while on how the hell I was gonna make art. I haven’t seriously drawn since middle school and I’m 23 now. This advice will definitely help me figure out what I want to draw. I definitely know I want to be into character art just bc of the people I follow and stuff now to figure out my style!
It is indeed true that an art style is within and those who don't try too to "construct" one and just blissfully create their arts are the ones who find it sooner than others. Even when they don't recognize their own style, they're not bothered as they're devoted to the art they're doing and not desperate to find their style and label.
I loved this Kelsey! And you opened my eyes. Truly there is a difference between art we simply like seeing and art we actually enjoy making. I think sometimes we think our style is about what we like seeing when I feel what's most authentic in developing that personal style is figuring out what we actually enjoy making. And then we go from there and add in some of what we like seeing if we feel like it applies and if it feels good to us! :) You really helped me with this video! I'm grateful!
Watching this video genuinely made me emotional- i just love the feeling of my art being MINE and knowing if no one else gets it i do like i really just love feeling my art pour out of me and this video really helped me understand what i love to create. I find a lot of inspiration from artists like Monet and Marie cassat but it never felt natural to just copy exactly how they painted but knowing this has helped a lot thank you
I love your productions Kelsey! Very inspiring! I love how your voice almost echoes in the room, and how confident you are on camera. Your explanations are so intelligent and make perfect sense 💗 Thank you for taking the time to create this video and all your others as well. 🤗🤗🤗
Same here! Just getting back into it and it feels so good it’s been a aching in my soul to get back into art. Life got so busy with career training etc etc and I dwindled off doing art! Glad to be getting back into it!!
This video helped me so much more than I’d anticipated!! I was feeling unmotivated and unsure of how to proceed with my art, and figuring out what I truly want to paint. But this plan you’ve laid out is just brilliant and makes so much sense! I can’t wait to do it and start finding my style.
I can't believe while i was watching this video i did brain storm and remeber all arts i was excited about and now i totally can imagine what my art style is . now i just need to practice how to actually sculpt it . You are angleeee 😍😍😍😍🍓
I've been painting for years and my style is always evolving but I keep the same principles, to develop style just keep an open mind to creating what isn't real, expose yourself to everything that life offers..everyone wants to imitate others work, and that's comes from trying to earn money off the art...if you truly paint for fun you'll grow style...but if you're always chasing niche art you will be coming and going...just create, you'll be amazed what you do when nobody is watching
I've always wanted to learn how to draw and use oil paints, but I've always been too intimidated to even start. This video was immensely helpful and encouraging! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
If you want to start with oils but don't want to deal with using solvents to clean up and want something faster drying to start with - water mixable oils could be a good medium to try! They aren't quite the same as "normal" oils when you're using them, but they're pretty close and I think having something easier to clean up helps get over that first hurdle of starting with oils 😊. Alkyds are another option similar to oils but they're less susceptible to yellowing & dry quite a bit faster (still not as fast as acrylics though). Any new medium can be intimidating, but the best thing to do is to just give it a go! Then at least you can get a feel for it 😊
Such a good video. I used to conflate what I appreciate with what I actually enjoy producing and it’s really impacted my desire to make art. Seeing this video really helps me reflect and follow what works for me and not what “high brow” artists consider to be the only “good” art.
I'm a retired teacher who left my career field to pursue new things and my passion for creating and art has developed more and more over the years. I really felt stuck in my abilities to improve. But the way you explained how to plan out how to tackle what you like bit by bit - duh!! I can't believe I never thought about it like that for myself. Lesson planning comes naturally to me so it makes so much sense and gives me an actionable plan to move forward with. Thank you for sharing such great insight!!
Wow! This makes more sense. I am at the point where I have some good foundational techniques and made any type of art for a few years but now I want to narrow down what I really want to make! Thank you. I am going to follow these steps.
I’ve always had a deep love for art for as long as I can remember. Once I had reached adulthood, my anxiety and ADHD has over taken my life, especially with being creative, the dwelling of my artwork to be “perfect” is overwhelming. I miss being a child and creating whatever came to mind and did it without over thinking it. Thank you for creating this video because for me it puts it into PERSPECTIVE!
FANTASTIC advice. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have kind of drifted towards these ideas, but hadn't even come close to identifying or organizing them. I like having a sense of direction!
Thank you. I’ve been so confused when it comes to art, I see all these amazing things and they bring me so much joy and I want to make that happen with my own art. I want my art to be my own and I don’t want to copy anyone else’s and this video just explains how to do that. People have been telling me for a LONG time that art takes time and practice, although they would never explain how I’m even supposed to make art in the first place. This video was SO helpful, so thank you for helping me feel less lost :)
Thank you for this. I've literally been mentally pulling this concept together over the last few months but this gives me a much more clear set of directions. It would have taken me ages to map this concept out in such a bullet point set of goals. Thanks a ton
This is such a great video! You've just articulated the fuzzy thoughts I've been having recently: "Can I be more deliberate, thoughtful and strategic with my illustration style?" I wish I'd seen this video years ago 😆
This is so helpful for me right now - I’m really trying to narrow down my style. I’ve painted in encaustic, collage, mixed media, acrylic abstract - I find myself asking myself, what do I want my studio practice to look like? I have a kitchen dining area to work in…so, watercolor? Gouache? Small paintings? Medium size - I don’t have to space for large scale abstract work. Just a tip: The circle light behind your head was very harsh on my eyes. Love this content! Thanks so much.
in all honesty, i have already found my artstyle through interest. and now and then it does change. my art leans more on cartoons and anime style (typical) I have always hated my anime artstyle even though there's nothing wrong with it I feel it to be perfect there's no changes needed other than some few anatomy practice for dynamic and weird poses that will take time to learn. but I soon realise I felt unsatisfied with my anime artstyle because it takes to long to just draw one character, and so I made a board in interest LOOOOONG LONG SO LONG ago of artstyles that are cartoony and just easy to sketch out in your history book or on the corner of your homework. so I eventually learned how to draw in that artstyles by looking at one reference then moving in a different reference photo to see how I could draw cartoon hands. eventually I just learned how to draw in that artstyle, but now I got two artstles and you probably might be wondering why did you want to have a new artstle an still keep the old one? well you see i never said i hated my old artstyle and i never really want to change that artstyle, i just wanted to find a new artstyle so i can draw comics in a more faster sense and i didn't even realize i had a type of plan and way to get my artstyle...it just happens
I have background in Marketing, Branding and Advertising and I can say, you are a real Brand Manager! It is the best way possible someone could explain it for me the way I could understand art!!!! You are a genius!!!
Your video is very practical Kelsey. Great resource for everyone. The way you said about art style being a summation of thousand little decisions makes so much sense. Most artists don't talk about this. They want everyone to believe that they create art with divine inspiration which is special to them only. Thanks so much for sharing.
It's very highly impressive of how you share your own way of finding something which is Rare in many minds ; Grateful to be finding this in my recommended videos since this is helping me a lot in finding my own style! Would consider taking notes and again , tysm! < 3
Well done! I’ve taught myself the style I wanted to achieve and always felt like a fraud and therefore “not a real artist” because I wasn’t bestowed with the godly inspiration that seems to be the accepted notion of a “true artist.” Thank you for sharing this message!! It gave me a boost of confidence ❤
for a year now i have been trying to do the same art style as everyone on tiktok that got the most views, and now i actually found what i enjoy doing. just wanted to say thank you for helping me find my art style and what i enjoy doing
This is honestly so helpful, I love this. I’ve always wanted to learn how to draw more of a cartoon style when I’m a realistic artist I’m definitely going to use ur tips, thank you.
Oh wow that’s awesome! I will definitely have to figure out what artworks inspire me & make a board. Thanks for sharing this wonderful informational video with us!
It took me years to find my style. I started with Manga/ Comic, changed to hyper realism (cause of my art teacher) I always compared myself to a friend who is an amazing artist. I always felt bad when I saw here realistic artworks. In 2020 I found Huta Chan here on UA-cam and she inspired me with her art style. Since then I love semi realism and I stopped comparing.
This makes so much sense. I'm always staring at a blank canvas wanting my own style but when I try I get overwhelmed and give up because I don't know where to start or what my style even is. This helped me know where to start so thank you!
I love this because it's applicable for so many things. I did this same thing when I was thinking about how I want the interior of my home to look. I had already collected the inspo photos for years and then sat down and found the common denominators of my favorites, as well as all the common denominators of all the statement pieces I had already collected through the years so that I could make sure they fit with my new space. I learned a lot about myself that wasn't exactly conscious knowledge, came up with a color story that I could use, and then took it with me while shopping. I hadn't ever considered using the same technique for discovering my art style. Great content! ❤
i watched this at the start of the year, trying to find inspiration to find my own art style cause i was beating myself up how all these other artists are so established with their style while i still didn't have mine. but today, i can finally say i have my own style where i can comfortably draw without having to overthink how it'll look cause i just now naturally draw the way that i want to, thank you ^-^
Thank you so much for this explanation. I've finally started branching out to discover my own style and I am baffled at the lack of resources there are to explain how to find it. Your video was incredibly inspiring and I'm excited to be able to take this information and finally move forward with using it practically.
I love your productions Kelsey! Very inspiring! I love how your voice almost echoes in the room, and how confident you are on camera. Your explanations are so intelligent and make perfect sense Thank you for taking the time to create this video and all your others as well.
the process really isn't this linear or neat. if you sit down with the mindset that you're going to "create" an art style you're going to be disappointed.
Finding you’re “style” is not something you search for… it’s something you embrace that your hands just do… don’t look at what others do and expect your hands to do the same… draw what you enjoy seeing with your own eyes, let your hands work intuitively and don’t have expectations of the outcome… dive into your own Imagination and make a small body of work without looking at references other then from real life… study what you do on your own and absorb as much as you can about what you enjoy from it and what you think needs more attention, after that you can look at how others may solve so,e of the issues you’re having with your own work… don’t copy their style, but you can use some of their tricks to accomplish what you’re seeking to realize with your own work… everyone has their style, it’s always there, you just have to reveal it to yourself by dissolving the filters you’ve created by looking at what others do…
Check out my latest video on finding your art style! ua-cam.com/video/Xln-LFcf00s/v-deo.html
@kelsey rodriguez i found my style with bonus i found the sunlight in the dark
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Truly, people like you are the best kind of people.
Thank you
ive been drawing realism for ages now but ive always been jealous of those with a style that just flows through them. it gets really disheartening, but i think im gonna finally sit down and try to get my own. thanks for the vid, i really wouldn't have thought of using pintrest
Oh you see, for me it’s the exact opposite! I’ve been drawing with a very flowy kind of art style (I’m still figuring it out) that I just couldn’t make my own. I’ve always been amazed about my friend’s art style, which she changes at will and makes a difference in her drawings. I’m gonna try to learn how to draw in a style that I want and work to try to make it my own.. good luck in your art journey
Same for me😭
Me too!!!! I can do near photo realism but you ask me to draw something without a reference and I'll totally just die :,)
SAME !!!
For me it´s the opposite, I’m jealous of those who can do realism!
Your " How to find your art style Fast, in 3 easy steps." is very impressive. I'm an artist and instructor of 66 yrs.
Rarely do I come across an inspiring young person that hits the nail on the head. In artist terms, you fundamentally delivered a gem of information that informed, inspired and impressed. Live long and prosper my dear.🖖🏼
you old
that’s amazing!! ive just started art in 2020 and have been taking online lessons ever since. 66 yrs is impressive, you must be a very talented artist!
@@fredericpesneau9594 Does that bother you?
What a lovely comment, Sharon. You sound like you’re a great instructor!
That was such a lovely and encouraging comment. Beautiful to see. Thank you so much for posting it. Wish I’d had more teachers like you! Fabulous. ❤
1:20 Step 1: Collect inspiration. Collect art you love and gravitate towards.
2:27 Step 2: Create connections. Figure out what connects it all together.
5:30 Step 3: Make a plan. Take all these characteristics and make them into goals.
Tks!👍👏👏
Thanks for this! 🙂
How do I make goals
@@nylahginsky1425 how to make goals: if, for example you found the common threads in your collection were painting with light, exaggeration, and high contrast, you would have the goals of doing X # of works in the first 25% of the time you picked as your target time to find your style (so, if a year, first three months) to do three months of painting with light. The next 3 months focusing on exaggeration, the third 3 months on high-contrast, and the last 3 months putting first two, ( light and exaggeration, exaggeration and contrast, contrast and light,) then all three together. It is brilliant! I have always understood that it was just part of who you were as an artist. This concept is so liberating !
I created a "find my style" folder on Pinterest. I have about 4 styles I need to try out. It helped SO much to see it all right there in 1 spot. It showed me not only the styles, but the subjects as well!! Now, I can create and not sit and try to come up with ideas. I have something I can actually use now! TY!!!!
I am SO so glad I was able to help!! Keep me posted on how it all turns out! 🥰
@@KelseyRodriguez I will for sure. Thank you!
@@ishikasingh5746 I'm also curious too. 👀
@@ishikasingh5746 Same
How you doing?
Don't leave us on edge... did you get positive results?
This helped me so much! I realized the art I've been struggling to create isn't even the kind of art that I like to look at.
Anyways I'm crying because I watched this video maybe a month ago, followed the steps, and today I made a painting that I'm in LOVE with for the first time in a long time. 💗
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congrats beautiful!🥹
Im so happy for you, i know that feeling
I’ve always had a deep love for art for as long as I can remember. Once I had reached adulthood, my anxiety and ADHD has over taken my life, especially with being creative, the dwelling of my artwork to be “perfect” is overwhelming. I miss being a child and creating whatever came to mind and did it without over thinking it. Thank you for creating this video because for me it puts it into PERSPECTIVE! 😊
Something that has worked for me is actually copying some of the artworks I feel most attracted to. Obviously the intention is not to publish them, but just to use them as practice to “merge my mind with that style”. After copying and copying several times, turns out that my brain learns to decode the world in terms of that style and then it begins to flow naturally on my own art. The best part is that we can do that “copying practice” with more than one artstyle, so in the end we will have a brand new style derived from all of those things we really like, and that will result in our own unique style ✨
I do this too.. this method really works
@@HazekSkirmix I actually do the same thing, but instead of fully copying the art pieces, I’ll follow a similar structure and throw my own little twist into it. So while I’m working on finding my type of style I can also remind myself of my own personal type of work so I don’t lose track of the kind of artist I am. If that makes sense.
@@AnnumAli0n i do this exact thing! its helped me so much with staying inspired and motivated to continue create my own fully
Middle schoolers are amazing at this! A year or two after Undertale exploded, I remember sitting at a table with underclassmen in like 7th/8th grade and they had perfected a cartoony Undertale/Steven Universe type art style just because they loved the show and loved drawing it. I learned a lot about references and making my art what I want from just passively watching them make their silly, cute little OCS. Don't let your memes be dreams
It’s weird coming back to this video, which I remeber watching a year ago, when I had no clue what I wanted my style to be, now that I’ve completely found, and are happy with my style.
that makes my day omg! so glad you found your style!
We think so much alike. 😁 This was very well explained, and similar to how I would lay it out to a new artist. I still think finding/discovering/aquiring a style takes some time. It's not something you can do over the weekend. But it certainly doesn't have to take years either. I guess it depends on where you are in your art journey and what your goals are. I probably started finding my style after around 6 months of roughly following your process here: gathering inspiration, trying a bit of everything, and deliberately practicing the stuff I gravitated towards. I'm a big fan of having a plan and a process and not just "waiting for something to happen". 😂
I also want to add that I don't think we have just one style. We can have several. And out style will change and evolve throughout our life. So, no need to stress about "finding the one". Art is allowed to take time and be a slow exploration. Everthing does not have to happen fast. And it's not like the clouds parts when we find our style and angels start singing and finally art is fun and everthing starts going great for us. Art can be just as fun and meaningful even if we don't have a personal style yet. Maybe even more fun. Heck, I almost miss those days.. 😌
Thanks again for a great video! 🖤
Pinning this comment so others can read your story about how this works! Absolutely agree with your point about having multiple styles, each concept requires a different approach, and even different mediums require vastly different ways of working that can present obstacles to having a consistent “look” to everything, not even counting the times where you might want to do this deliberately. It’s so so important to remember that we all started this because we loved it and had fun doing it, and to not get caught up in the details in a way that holds us back from creating 🥰
@@KelseyRodriguez So true. 😊🖤
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Totally agree with not having one specific style, but honestly, Kelsey turned a light on for me (I can't understand why I didn't put it all together until now) as to what my art is and where it is leading me. :)
Thank you Louise! Cause I have several artstyles myself and it made me question my identity as an artist... But nowadays, it feels like I can finally be myself nowadays through my art.
after teaching ppl art anatomy and art history THIS should be how the rest of the classes that teach art should revolve around and end with so then the students could be able to branch into a career that is best suited for their preferred style! iv heard too many sad art school graduates say they burned out in art school from not being able to draw what they loved and i think this would help with that!
Agreed! I'm tired of stiff realist/atelier approaches where everyone comes out painting beautifully, but their paintings are all identical. Foundational skills are obviously important but artistic growth and individuality even more so!
I’ve recently figured this out as well, a friend of mine kept sending me these goofy little cartoons she’d find online. I instantly fell head-over-heels in love with the art style. And what’s weird, is that after picking apart a few simple things (shapes posing expressions etc), my art almost immediately improved and my style which I had been trying to find for years came to the surface
Don't try hard for this. Practice is the key. Draw what you want. Draw a sketch, just make some scribble, draw a realistic piece, draw with watercolor. Just love your art and don't be a perfectionist. Try to draw constantly. With this way, You'll be much more comfortable and clear to finding your style. Also search for other artists. You can observe their style and make it your own with some differences too :)
Good advice. I support Israel
@@messiahspeople thank you. Also, you can support whatever you want I can't change it. It's just a reminder
« Don’t be a perfectionist » This.. I am a perfectionist and that the problem with me, because of my insatisfactions i’ve stopped art for 4 years but now I’ve restarted learning from the fundamentals.. Thank you for your advice it will help me to improve.
@@Eli-yn5zo I'm glad you're trying again :) I'm a perfectionist and I know how hard it is to maintain your love for what you're doing. Hope my advice works for you😊
Agreed. As someone with a bad habit of over-fixating on the goals. I keep falling into the trap of setting too many expectations and getting really demotivated when failing to meet them. "Trying too hard." -- overworking and losing sight of the reasons why I set out to learn in the first place. Getting impatient when "others are getting ahead".
It's really important to strike a balance between deliberate practice and carefree experimentation. Establish a general goal, yet letting yourself explore other interesting things. Also, it doesn't always have to be about drawing and drawing nonstop... sometimes it's enough to just take your time looking at pieces or watching someone do art. Learning should not feel like a total chore, it should be fun as well
When ur art style changes with ur mood so ur sketchbook is a mess 😎✌️
Having one consistant style is overrated, Picasso did "simple" line-art and cubism, anything is possible
@@lolsous that is so true tho lol
A mess, or a story and reflection of your life? 🥰
One way I'm teaching myself to draw realistic proportions in my art is by tracing over real animals and seeing how the different shapes and lines interact, which also helps me discover other things about perspective and such along the way! Thank you for this video, it really inspired me to start doing more art and shaping my style.
I had to quit art for 4 months due to some important exams to get into my desired college and finally found the time to get back into art and this helped me out so thank you kelsey!
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Glad to help, and I hope this exams went well! Wishing you a great holiday season 🎄🍂💗
The space between the art I like looking at and the art I like making... hit the nail on the head. I love super stylized stuff with flat shapes a lot of the time, but that's not what comes out of my hand!
yes!! this video is 100% right!! the best thing ive ever learned in art is that everything that you see that inspires you becomes part of your brain, it literally becomes brain mass and neuron activations. everything that we see in the world is ours to interpret and translate into our own art, and we should never be afraid to let other artists inpire us! your style is just you picking things you like from the world and other art pieces you see and incorporate it into your own, and it happens naturally, but it happens sooo much faster when you do that actively and deliberately. great video! i subscribed right away!
thank you for this video! ive been trying this and i'm getting somewhere. although on that note, if you find an art style you enjoy and want to have and its like another group of artists' style, dont push yourself to be something more unique!!! it's okay to have an artstyle that is like others; what matters is your drawing what makes you comfortable and proud, you don't have to have a groundbreaking revolutionary and completely different art style to be a good artist. to add, one can have MULTIPLE styles! don't push your creativity into a tight little box. if your art style is inconsistent and changes with every piece, but your proud and like all of them.. so be it! art is messy, and it starts off, is, and ends messy. no matter how you look at it. :)
Couldn't agree more!!
Fr like I saw so many people telling others it’s stealing when they have a similar art style like tf as long as they still draw their own stuff even with the same or similar art style it’s totally fine right?
take a clear group of artists who knew eachother and were given a style label. Remembering that labels are there only for organising convenience. Each artist within that group had their own style of mark making, preferred subject, approach to subject, colour palettes and so on. So you lean towards a particular group. Who are your favourites, and why? How does that compare to your favourites from another group? Themes will show up. Explore different methods of mark making - physically doing yourself - and ask yourself what/why you prefer one thing over another. All in black and white will force you to focus on marks. Then add colour and play with mediums. Even if you like to work in the style of X the way you literally make your mark will be unique to you and form the basis of your signature style across different style genres. Yes. Your signature without writing your name.
I really love and appreciate this video. I'm studying graphic design and I'm really struggling to find my style, what makes me unique, and I'm generally not enjoying my degree. Watching this has gotten me really inspired and slowly makes me realize why I like art again. Thank you. I'm going to do this immediately.
**notes**
finding your style takes practice & isn’t that difficult.
1. finding inspiration
find art that you really love & gravitate to the most. take notes about pieces & styles.
2. connecting
what can you connect about these pieces? what are common themes of these art pieces?
3. making a plan
take all the characteristics & make them into goals. think about it as a course for this style. then you have an actionable plan for your unique style. look at different things, find inspiration & collect it.
I feel like this process applies not just to drawing but also other forms of art like writing and film making. great stuff
What i love about that video that is different from most is that it is solved by realistic solutions, not just "feeling"
About 2 years ago I realized my desperate need to find my style so I undertook an identical approach to your Pinterest tracking. I created a board with 750+ of my favorite drawings, the goal was to sort each drawing into it's artist and what I liked about it(eg if I thought the lineart was good I'd put it in the lineart folder). I've spent over 50 hours on this project, and I'm still not done sorting every drawing. It has barely helped me as of now, it only made me more confused as there are so many styles there. I think my major mistake was not making the distinction between what I 'like to draw' and 'what looks good', the thing is that's extremely difficult because I inherently like and want to draw things that look cool/good, so an explanation on that aspect would be really interesting, without that, while the video is great, it doesn't hold much weight in my experience as of what I know now.
Hey just so you know, you don't need to have only 1 style, you can have multiple:)
@@Fayvor really? Because I draw differently sometimes and it make me feel like I don’t have my own style and I just kinda copy others styles :(
@@samytb_4697 if you like doing it then it doesn't matter how I comes out or whatever. The only cheating you can do in art is plagerisum which art styles aren't plagerisum :D
I think that's why she said 50. I have a number of Pintrest boards totally closer to 3000 images. There is also looking for the thread. She didn't mention it, but go back through your drawings as a kid, and see what thread joins your work, to the ones you have collected. Not just mark making, but colours, subject matter, and design layout. Also look for it in the art you have personally collected. Even if it is just the cards of paintings, (which all I could afford for many years). Even though I know what my style is, I think I will go back to my 3000 images, and see what I would pick if I could only pick 50, Hmmm
@@mudotter thanks for the reply but I didn't quite understand what you meant by thread, like do you mean I should take my drawings and see how they compare to my 750+ picture board?
Love, Love, LOVE this video! Trying to develop my style without restricting myself to copy-paste characters is a huge struggle, and this is an awesome way of reflecting on what I actually enjoy transferring from piece to piece.
Thank you :)
Thank you so much for this! Anytime I draw I go on the Internet and draw what I like but I’ve never been able to find my style. I’ve always wanted to know at the top of my head what I want to draw without looking at something. This was extremely hard for me at first but with this I finally found it!
Yes, I am replying to my own comment don’t judge. I know it is OK to look at a reference when you draw but I want to be able to at least have an idea of what to draw.
I have aphantasia, so I find it hard to not directly copy something and get discouraged when it doesn’t turn out perfect. I’m also recovering from auDHD burnout (I was an architecture major) so creating art has some underlying trauma that has been a huge barrier. Thank you for making this video, it’s helpful for me to feel like I can have a starting place!
Gurl what? You just said every single thing I did! I was actually reconstructing dead art school of south India and I collected extremely rare archival plates of the murals which were destroyed or forbidden for spectators. Now I am finding consistency in my art and finding specific features I would like to add to my art.
What!!! That sounds incredible!!
@@KelseyRodriguez I feel honored receiving a reply from the queen 🥲
Oh that sounds so intriguing. Are any of these things online now?
Thanks SOO much for this video. I can't say how much this has simplified finding my art style. I've been struggling with this for a while.
This is incredible advice - making my pinterest board was eye opening and not at all the road I was steering towards. You're a natural teacher!
6:57 Thank you Kelsey for this video. Finally I feel that I am closer to finding my art style. Your articulation was fantastic.
This was such a helpful video! I love the way you explain this by breaking it down into steps and also giving your own examples for reference. Thank you!
This is a fantastic take on style. As an artist who has been through the drama of art school where I flopped around a lot to find my style, it feels to me that this is what my lecturers were trying to explain but put into an 'in a nutshell' perspective. I'm currently sitting with a style that I enjoy making, but it's not what I envision for myself as an artist in the future. I'm definitely going to go back to the drawing board with your advice in mind!
I really love your body language on how you talk with your hands it really amazes me and more of understanding
ok but no one's talking abt howpretty she is
This comment deserves more likes
@@Kokichiswife maybe bc it doesnt matter (in a good way)
That's not relevant to the topic on hand
To men it does matter (in a good way)
As someone who loves art it’s been a passion of mine for a while I’ve always been trying to find my an art style like I like and whenever people make tutorials like “how to draw in my style!” normally if I end up liking the style I end up somehow altering it in my own weird way and I’ve been happy with that for a while but now that I’m seeing this video it’s making me realize how much I’d like to have my own art style that did not come from someone else. (Once I finish with video I will be doing the 3 steps since I’m not quite finished watching yet)
Something I really gained from this video is that instead of making goals for yourself, try to make goals as if you’re teaching another person. Personally, I feel I can be too harsh and give myself unattainable goals. So much so, I’ll tire myself out and interpret it as “getting tired of art”. Art is a difficult sometimes, but it’s also your own process.
I absolutely love how you explained this, when I read the total, I thought, " no way". But you explained so simply, yet so detailed. Your truly underrated.
I've always had an idea of what I want my style to look like but I never sat down to organize my thoughts. This video helped out immensely. Thank you sm
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This is quite possibly the most important video I have watched and/or will ever watch. This has absolutely changed my art style for the better and in all honesty, my life. It sounds dramatic, but after so long; hating my art and everything about it, it's so life altering to love what you make.
i know you talked specifically, but we can apply this to any art! Photography, collage, music... It's simple but effective. I've gathered inspiration in the past, but the idea of sitting down and actually writing what connected everything, what i liked the most etc, never occurred to me. Thank you for sharing it with us! UA-cam algorythm brought you to me and I'm so happy it did. Just subscribed. Have a lovely day 🖤
this was extremally helpful! I have thought a lot about that and realized that just because i enjoy LOOKING at it, doesn't mean i will enjoy CREATING with that style.
the day this clicks changes everything doesn't it? i realized it for music ages ago but for some reason my silly brain never thought "you know, self, it works that way with visual art too" like omg it makes so much sense
kelsey!!! how on earth do you constantly outdo yourself??!!! 😲😭💕💕 every time you upload something, your content gets so much better which i didn't even think was possible considering how talented you already are! you're doing absolutely amazing!! i'm so proud of you!!!!! 🥺
awwwwwww!!! your comments always have me all 🥺🥰💕🥺 I was thinking to myself while editing that this might be my best one yet! glad you agree hehe 💗
I've been feeling really overwhelmed lately when it comes to learning how to improve my art but these steps made me feel a lot better about it ☺️ Thank you for breaking it down into easy, manageable steps!!
I think I really needed this bc I was very confused for a while on how the hell I was gonna make art. I haven’t seriously drawn since middle school and I’m 23 now. This advice will definitely help me figure out what I want to draw. I definitely know I want to be into character art just bc of the people I follow and stuff now to figure out my style!
It is indeed true that an art style is within and those who don't try too to "construct" one and just blissfully create their arts are the ones who find it sooner than others. Even when they don't recognize their own style, they're not bothered as they're devoted to the art they're doing and not desperate to find their style and label.
I loved this Kelsey! And you opened my eyes. Truly there is a difference between art we simply like seeing and art we actually enjoy making. I think sometimes we think our style is about what we like seeing when I feel what's most authentic in developing that personal style is figuring out what we actually enjoy making. And then we go from there and add in some of what we like seeing if we feel like it applies and if it feels good to us! :) You really helped me with this video! I'm grateful!
Watching this video genuinely made me emotional- i just love the feeling of my art being MINE and knowing if no one else gets it i do like i really just love feeling my art pour out of me and this video really helped me understand what i love to create. I find a lot of inspiration from artists like Monet and Marie cassat but it never felt natural to just copy exactly how they painted but knowing this has helped a lot thank you
I love your productions Kelsey! Very inspiring! I love how your voice almost echoes in the room, and how confident you are on camera. Your explanations are so intelligent and make perfect sense 💗 Thank you for taking the time to create this video and all your others as well. 🤗🤗🤗
Awww thank you so much! This is so encouraging! 🥰💕
I needed this. Your videos appered right when I needed them the most and I'm really grateful for the way you teach and the content focus.
Thank you so much!!
I’ve had to quit art recently due to work piling up, this had gotten me inspired to get back into it!
Your videos are amazing!
I'm so happy to hear that!! Let me know how it goes!
Same here! Just getting back into it and it feels so good it’s been a aching in my soul to get back into art. Life got so busy with career training etc etc and I dwindled off doing art! Glad to be getting back into it!!
This video helped me so much more than I’d anticipated!! I was feeling unmotivated and unsure of how to proceed with my art, and figuring out what I truly want to paint. But this plan you’ve laid out is just brilliant and makes so much sense! I can’t wait to do it and start finding my style.
I can't believe while i was watching this video i did brain storm and remeber all arts i was excited about and now i totally can imagine what my art style is . now i just need to practice how to actually sculpt it .
You are angleeee 😍😍😍😍🍓
I've been painting for years and my style is always evolving but I keep the same principles, to develop style just keep an open mind to creating what isn't real, expose yourself to everything that life offers..everyone wants to imitate others work, and that's comes from trying to earn money off the art...if you truly paint for fun you'll grow style...but if you're always chasing niche art you will be coming and going...just create, you'll be amazed what you do when nobody is watching
I've always wanted to learn how to draw and use oil paints, but I've always been too intimidated to even start. This video was immensely helpful and encouraging! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
If you want to start with oils but don't want to deal with using solvents to clean up and want something faster drying to start with - water mixable oils could be a good medium to try! They aren't quite the same as "normal" oils when you're using them, but they're pretty close and I think having something easier to clean up helps get over that first hurdle of starting with oils 😊. Alkyds are another option similar to oils but they're less susceptible to yellowing & dry quite a bit faster (still not as fast as acrylics though). Any new medium can be intimidating, but the best thing to do is to just give it a go! Then at least you can get a feel for it 😊
Such a good video. I used to conflate what I appreciate with what I actually enjoy producing and it’s really impacted my desire to make art. Seeing this video really helps me reflect and follow what works for me and not what “high brow” artists consider to be the only “good” art.
I'm a retired teacher who left my career field to pursue new things and my passion for creating and art has developed more and more over the years. I really felt stuck in my abilities to improve. But the way you explained how to plan out how to tackle what you like bit by bit - duh!! I can't believe I never thought about it like that for myself. Lesson planning comes naturally to me so it makes so much sense and gives me an actionable plan to move forward with. Thank you for sharing such great insight!!
Wow! This makes more sense. I am at the point where I have some good foundational techniques and made any type of art for a few years but now I want to narrow down what I really want to make! Thank you. I am going to follow these steps.
I’ve always had a deep love for art for as long as I can remember. Once I had reached adulthood, my anxiety and ADHD has over taken my life, especially with being creative, the dwelling of my artwork to be “perfect” is overwhelming. I miss being a child and creating whatever came to mind and did it without over thinking it. Thank you for creating this video because for me it puts it into PERSPECTIVE!
FANTASTIC advice. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have kind of drifted towards these ideas, but hadn't even come close to identifying or organizing them. I like having a sense of direction!
I’ve worked with different artists for years and they are the most intelligent set of people I’ve ever come across. Thanks for the post.
Thank you. I’ve been so confused when it comes to art, I see all these amazing things and they bring me so much joy and I want to make that happen with my own art. I want my art to be my own and I don’t want to copy anyone else’s and this video just explains how to do that. People have been telling me for a LONG time that art takes time and practice, although they would never explain how I’m even supposed to make art in the first place. This video was SO helpful, so thank you for helping me feel less lost :)
Thank you for this. I've literally been mentally pulling this concept together over the last few months but this gives me a much more clear set of directions. It would have taken me ages to map this concept out in such a bullet point set of goals.
Thanks a ton
Thank you SO much. I have been struggling to find my art style for several months, until I saw this video. I am SO grateful! Again, thank you!
I'm really considering getting into art right now, traditional since my phone doesn't have a very fast response time to tapping.
I'm back to drawing again! This came back at a perfect time since I wanted my work to be more stylized!
Hey Zumperberg! Good to hear from you again! Always happy to help 🥰
This video is so cool it actually gives you a strategy instead of just telling you to copy from artists you like or just never stop practicing
This is such a great video! You've just articulated the fuzzy thoughts I've been having recently: "Can I be more deliberate, thoughtful and strategic with my illustration style?" I wish I'd seen this video years ago 😆
This is so helpful for me right now - I’m really trying to narrow down my style. I’ve painted in encaustic, collage, mixed media, acrylic abstract - I find myself asking myself, what do I want my studio practice to look like? I have a kitchen dining area to work in…so, watercolor? Gouache? Small paintings? Medium size - I don’t have to space for large scale abstract work. Just a tip: The circle light behind your head was very harsh on my eyes. Love this content! Thanks so much.
A former art professor of mine gave me this advice: you will find your style when you try to look for it =)
this is literally what I´ve been looking for, no one I´ve watched explained it so well THANK YOU SO MUCH!
in all honesty, i have already found my artstyle through interest. and now and then it does change. my art leans more on cartoons and anime style (typical) I have always hated my anime artstyle even though there's nothing wrong with it I feel it to be perfect there's no changes needed other than some few anatomy practice for dynamic and weird poses that will take time to learn. but I soon realise I felt unsatisfied with my anime artstyle because it takes to long to just draw one character, and so I made a board in interest LOOOOONG LONG SO LONG ago of artstyles that are cartoony and just easy to sketch out in your history book or on the corner of your homework. so I eventually learned how to draw in that artstyles by looking at one reference then moving in a different reference photo to see how I could draw cartoon hands. eventually I just learned how to draw in that artstyle, but now I got two artstles and you probably might be wondering why did you want to have a new artstle an still keep the old one? well you see i never said i hated my old artstyle and i never really want to change that artstyle, i just wanted to find a new artstyle so i can draw comics in a more faster sense and i didn't even realize i had a type of plan and way to get my artstyle...it just happens
Duuuuude, im actually a musician and i can already feel your tips affecting my perspective and helping me understand my expression ❤️
I'm a artist who really needed this. I have been struggling to find my style. Thanks!
I have background in Marketing, Branding and Advertising and I can say, you are a real Brand Manager! It is the best way possible someone could explain it for me the way I could understand art!!!! You are a genius!!!
This is such great information. Thank you for this strategy! 🙌🏽🔥 implementing it ASAP!
Glad it was helpful! You’ve totally got this 🥰
Your video is very practical Kelsey. Great resource for everyone. The way you said about art style being a summation of thousand little decisions makes so much sense. Most artists don't talk about this. They want everyone to believe that they create art with divine inspiration which is special to them only. Thanks so much for sharing.
It's very highly impressive of how you share your own way of finding something which is Rare in many minds ;
Grateful to be finding this in my recommended videos since this is helping me a lot in finding my own style! Would consider taking notes and again , tysm! < 3
Well done! I’ve taught myself the style I wanted to achieve and always felt like a fraud and therefore “not a real artist” because I wasn’t bestowed with the godly inspiration that seems to be the accepted notion of a “true artist.” Thank you for sharing this message!! It gave me a boost of confidence ❤
Dynamite! Your perspective on this topic goes directly against most other tutor's advice, but it makes a LOT more sense to me! Many thanks.
Artist and art business owner for years, I’m 64, very right on insights! Great job!
This definitely helped me! I love your content 😌✨
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching Marc
for a year now i have been trying to do the same art style as everyone on tiktok that got the most views, and now i actually found what i enjoy doing. just wanted to say thank you for helping me find my art style and what i enjoy doing
This is honestly so helpful, I love this. I’ve always wanted to learn how to draw more of a cartoon style when I’m a realistic artist I’m definitely going to use ur tips, thank you.
Oh wow that’s awesome! I will definitely have to figure out what artworks inspire me & make a board. Thanks for sharing this wonderful informational video with us!
It took me years to find my style. I started with Manga/ Comic, changed to hyper realism (cause of my art teacher) I always compared myself to a friend who is an amazing artist. I always felt bad when I saw here realistic artworks.
In 2020 I found Huta Chan here on UA-cam and she inspired me with her art style.
Since then I love semi realism and I stopped comparing.
I love Huta-chan too 💕
This makes so much sense. I'm always staring at a blank canvas wanting my own style but when I try I get overwhelmed and give up because I don't know where to start or what my style even is. This helped me know where to start so thank you!
so beautifully explained! Easy to understand while still being inspirational. Seriously thank you so much for making this video!!!
I love this because it's applicable for so many things. I did this same thing when I was thinking about how I want the interior of my home to look. I had already collected the inspo photos for years and then sat down and found the common denominators of my favorites, as well as all the common denominators of all the statement pieces I had already collected through the years so that I could make sure they fit with my new space. I learned a lot about myself that wasn't exactly conscious knowledge, came up with a color story that I could use, and then took it with me while shopping. I hadn't ever considered using the same technique for discovering my art style. Great content! ❤
"don't try to stick your self in a box" me who draws people with box heads
But yea! I can agree that inspiration is the most important step! Because maybe the art ur lookin for may explain the inner u and ur view
Love how well your videos are made 💕
🥺 thank you Pia!!
i watched this at the start of the year, trying to find inspiration to find my own art style cause i was beating myself up how all these other artists are so established with their style while i still didn't have mine. but today, i can finally say i have my own style where i can comfortably draw without having to overthink how it'll look cause i just now naturally draw the way that i want to, thank you ^-^
Thank you so much for this explanation. I've finally started branching out to discover my own style and I am baffled at the lack of resources there are to explain how to find it. Your video was incredibly inspiring and I'm excited to be able to take this information and finally move forward with using it practically.
I love your productions Kelsey! Very inspiring! I love how your voice almost echoes in the room, and how confident you are on camera. Your explanations are so intelligent and make perfect sense Thank you for taking the time to create this video and all your others as well.
the process really isn't this linear or neat. if you sit down with the mindset that you're going to "create" an art style you're going to be disappointed.
So I definitely needed this broken down in steps. I love to draw just to draw but I do think it takes work to create and maintain your own style
Finding you’re “style” is not something you search for… it’s something you embrace that your hands just do… don’t look at what others do and expect your hands to do the same… draw what you enjoy seeing with your own eyes, let your hands work intuitively and don’t have expectations of the outcome… dive into your own Imagination and make a small body of work without looking at references other then from real life… study what you do on your own and absorb as much as you can about what you enjoy from it and what you think needs more attention, after that you can look at how others may solve so,e of the issues you’re having with your own work… don’t copy their style, but you can use some of their tricks to accomplish what you’re seeking to realize with your own work… everyone has their style, it’s always there, you just have to reveal it to yourself by dissolving the filters you’ve created by looking at what others do…