Advice for Starting your Art Journey
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- A video I've wanted to make for a long time to discuss the importance of prioritizing fun, enjoyment, and passion above all else when it comes to your artistic journey. Sorry for the shifting eyes, I was trying to check my notes often!
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This is fantastic advice, and I think you explained it brilliantly Sinix!
woooow blast from the past. I still use your coiling technique to this day. The ultimate foreshortening trick
Oh Sycra you helped me a lot on my art journey, I am forever grateful for your uploads.
Shout out to Sycra for getting me into art.
Aye sycras here
I thought you died
"my early sketchbooks when i was 19" is such a motivating sentence as someone who's picking up art at 20
There's an awesome artist I know of who started at 40 ^^
Even for someone like me (16) who only even could afford paper to draw on like 4 years ago as my parents came from cuba, now were really successful and i have a bunch of sketchbooks and a drawing tablet, but usually when i see my idols talk about art. They say theyve been drawing since they were 4 or so and sometimes it scares me. Especially with the development of AI art.
Exactly how I feel. I'm 19 myself and can't draw in the slightest, and it can be discouraging trying to learn when you hear so much of people who just always drew as a kid. It's nice to know it's not too late to build basics
honestly it comforted me and im 17, made me realise i have a whole lifetime to learn and improve my art and i dont have to be some child prodigy lmao
I'm 30. I'm picking it up now.
Frustratingly, I felt like I was starting to get so much more out of lessons and fundamentals once I was having fun with my art instead of worrying about studying. Loved the musical performance!
dude this is me now, gives you are oson to want to get better at it rather than form studying into the ether
for me, art isn´t fun when you are starting, but you need to keep grinding. If you are practicing the fundamentals, you are in the good way. Just take it with pacience (sorry for my bad english by the way :,D)
@stxrligxt same! I created a Pinterest board that’s just no stress drawing. Fun stuff that is hard to get wrong like huts, rocks. Stuff to get the hand moving. Also KIRBY! Kirby is my comfort drawing thing lol
Oh. That "playing covers are so wrong" hit me really hard and I realized how f**ked up our art learning mindset is compared to learning music instruments. 🤯
yeah. it's so messed up. what's making it worse are external opinions from people who are not even creating art. the classic "reference is cheating" or "digital art is not real art" kind of opinion from those who don't even draw.
03:01 me instantly singing Toxic in Britney voice - that's the power of our passionate art lord Sinix.
I took guitar and piano lessons as a young child with like 4 different teachers, and literally all of them did the boring approach teaching me all the technicalities of sheetmusic and such, completely killed my passion and I'm still salty about it 11/2 decades later.
I had an amazing guitar teacher as a child that would just teach us whatever popular songs we were into and slowly ramp up the difficulty of them over time. He would also sing every song, haha.
I thought you really meant 11 and 1/2 decades and I was so confused.
Looks like you also got bad math teachers since you could express that number as "1.5 decades".
11/2 decades so 5.5 decades?
Same here :) First played violin then piano as a kid. What I really wanted to do was play drums, but my parents didn't want that 😂 Started playing drums at 17 and now im a professional level drummer 10 years later and I've teached myself piano and guitar as well through good teachers on UA-cam, cause you can make your own music better in digital audio workstation which is a lot of fun! Much easier to do something when you like it. Follow your passion.
i think 2 things that have really helped me in my art journey (but also in life) were:
1. give yourself permission to fail, it's fun to make mistakes and laugh at yourself
2. break big goals down into little achievable ones, i think people tend to mistake the long-term goal as the only goal, so every attempt inevitably feels like failure
before you can be a good artist you have to be a bad artist. it's all part of the process, you're already doing it
This is exactly what I always try to tell artists, even professionals who have become burnt out on doing art for income or portfolio bolstering or studies for improving for career reasons etc. Don't forget the fun stuff -- you gotta do what you personally think is fun and it's OK to just ignore what others tell you is "the right/wrong way" for a while. Lately I've been finding and following more artists who have this "do what they want because it's FUN" approach to their work that in turn makes me more entertained by it, and thereby making me want to pick up my pen again and just do for the sake of myself and nothing else.
Nice comparisons to music, too, as someone who recently picked up guitar and have just been noodling because I find it FUN, not bogging myself down with practicing regimens to become a great and serious guitar player some day. (Though I do intend on learning how to get technically better -- that will just come with time. I am in no rush.)
Wow, that's amazing! Can you share who the artists you follow are, I would love to follow them!
What if I'm depressed and can't have fun with art unless my work is good? which it isn't, so we're back to square one and about to run in circles soon
@@velvetlovingtrash4862 i think it is a very important thing to accept that failing is inevitable. Learning to draw or learning to play an instrument is a bumpy road with lots of fails. What helps imo, is to see that everyone has these issues, or had on their journey. When you draw or paint a piece and realize that you see it as a failure, try to focus on what you have learned from it. There is no wasted practice imo, every fcked up drawing helps you to get better. Try to look at every fail as a step forward to the goal you want to achieve.
@@Szorosnyuszitappancs I'm going to keep hating myself either way, I've quit.
It's sad seeing people who are really good who choose to do nothing with their art skill because of burnout, jaded from doing art for money or whatever else. Also I notice pretty much 90% of the time someone gets an industry gig their personal art ends entirely. They just disappear into someone's NDA folder.
“What I thought was talent was really just the ability to trust your own intuition.”
Always out here spitting facts and life lessons for us artists, sinix!! Am not a beginner anymore, but hearing this message still helps me as an artist who sometimes gets insecure about not studying fundamentals as much as I should
That’s a mighty little sprout atop your head 🌱
I love art and my kids see me arting all the time, the eldest has finally started to show interest and is drawing all sorts of different styles. Im so proud of them and their growth. Makes me even happier when they share their proudest works with me - oh my goodness the improvement I’ve seen in this kid from their own initiative ❤️
I came to the comment section to see who else saw this. Is there a reason he is sprouting? 😂 (I’m new here, so wasn’t sure if that was something he does intentionally to see whose paying attention or something.)
I became aware of Sinix's sprout 🌱 at four minutes forty-eight seconds. 😄
Thanks.
I'm five years into doing art, but I needed this as a reminder.
I can’t imagine being a young aspiring artist in this age of the internet with the plethora of resources, ideas, advice, inspiration. It’s already started but you’re going to see a tsunami of incredible young artists. It’s a revolution similar to that of the 1400’s with the advent of the printing press.
THE PILLOWS. That made me really happy at the end, thank you.
This couldn't come in a better moment for me. I spent almost 3 last years on learning how to use digital tools to make illustrations, thinking that this is what I should learn about. Earlier I was just scribbling sketches on papers, and I started to write a long story in 2017. Deep in mind my biggest dream for many years was to just create my own story, my own characters but I thought it's too hard for me to acomplish. So I stuck with drawing some anime fanarts only, some people even liked them. But I was constantly feeling like this is not what I truly want, or I felt bad about myself for not wanting to draw these fanarts strong enough. Now I know that I had very little passion (and some health issues I discovered recently which were affecting my mood, energy etc) and I was burning out quickly. So I decided to "give up". On making illustrations. And I focused ONLY on drawing my story.
Now I can finally tell that I feel huge passion for this project. I will draw and publish it, no matter what. Even If I'll earn no money. Even if almost nobody will be interested to read it. Ofc I hope for the best but my worries don't stop me from trying anymore. Unlike before, when I was stressing out over my drawings and people's reactions and my expectations way too much.
Thanks a lot for this video, Sinix.
I've always liked to draw, but I never created much. I usually just copied some anime frames that I liked and got good at it, but when I made the decision of taking art "seriously" I started studying and discovered that I was not learning anything, jus copying without thinking. Then I started to do the basic studies, like geometric shapes, gesture, face anatomy and I got better but is almost a year and I still created almost nothing. I do tons of studies but don't apply, in a year and a half I just did one fan art and created one OC that is still just a face without a body. All of that cuz I learned a bunch of things that I didn't know, and now that I know how much I don't know is kinda overwhelming create anything without thinking it will be bad. This video was great to make me realize that is impossible to just learn all the basics and them BOOM draw everything I can
I have to apply and try to create more. Thanks sinix
As a beginner artist and a long time musician this video solidified a mindset shift for me. The simile between copying somebody's art and playing a cover should become a standard in art instruction.
I've only ever been stoked to learn a song by one of my heroes but when I think about using the art of others for studying, I always feel gross. Well no more!
Thank you for such a powerful mindset shift! I'm gonna go copy the shit out of your art ;)
I just got into a really hard to get into art school and it’s been really hard seeing me be so mediocre. Seeing your art at 19, seeing we had the same inspirations and hearing this advice really really helped me. I kept thinking about how unoriginal I am, how bland I was, but this, this helps. It feels like I came out of this deep depression, saw this video and came out at stronger. Thank you.
I'd apprectiate a video on how to study anatomy, as in, which way is the best to practice anatomy in order to be good enough at it to do it fro memory.
This is just one way- but as I’ve been going through the online program at Watts Atelier I’ve been committing anatomical information bit by bit as I do my figure drawing. Not going all in but the longer it’s done the bigger amount of anatomy you know. I hope that makes sense :)
@@gongorelocksmagiincommand I´m not a fan of the atelier method (at least online) since i felt the instructor doesn´t explain a lot of things in phase 2, but just by repetittion I´ve learned many things unconciously, so maybe that is the goal lol. As a response to the main comment, i think ergo josh has done some videos about anatomy there´s one that goes lvl by lvl, maybe it´s useful.
Use live models
@@DanielHernandez-xe8kx ah, to each their own :) but yeah repetition is the mother of skill haha. I eventually plan on going to Watts in person but so far it’s worked out for me online. Not for everyone which I totally get :)
@@TheMateoSpain drawing from life is great. But if you’re studying on your own, it’s highly unlikely you’ll be able to afford models on your own (at least for long) It’s great to get the opportunity to utilize models at a school or other place that has figure drawing for a decent price or free. From my unfortunately limited experience drawing from live models, myself, it’s awesome
I often catch my self thinking 'why bother' while trying to get good. Your advice makes sense. Thanks for sharing it.
I always thought about this when I was first starting out! "It's pretty cool that I can copy the things I like, but it would be even more fun to create it from my head."
And then I would hear the advice on just studying the boring stuff, and I'd think "there's no way I could last that long without drawing things that are fun".
You put it into words though. Lived the video!♡♡
As a young artist who’s only gotten serious about my art in the past couple of years, I struggle a lot with anatomy and perspective… however, I’ve improved greatly (overnight, even) by watching your videos.
In my opinion, you’re the best person for learning simplified anatomy and making drawings dynamic and appealing; I would definitely recommend you to any artists I know.
I hope you get the chance to read this comment!
Every now and then I remember this video and come back to watch it once again, this is truly the best advice I’ve heard to maintain a healthy and enjoyable journey while learning generally anything, thank you!
As someone who couldn't speak English before (let alone my own native tongue), have struggled with the question "Why can't I do it as easily everybody else?", and having to figure everything out myself, my own neurological difference included, I strongly believe in what you said in this video how it's all in one's upbringing; the kind of environment they grow in and such. My parents were the worst in nurturing a healthy and capable mind but as I grew old and endured, learned, I realized that everything I perceived as impossible for me to do, that I attributed to talent that you have to be born with, were actually the result of one's upbringing, journey and hard work. Ever since, I have been painting with confidence I can be as good as the people I look up to one day, and this video helped reinforced that confidence. : ) Thank you, Sinix.
Best part of the video starts at 9:51
You're so amazing!
Thank you so much Sinix, I really needed this video. For the past year or year and a half I realized I wanted to be an artist as my career. Since then, I’ve had a bad relationship with my art. Sure, I practiced pretty often because I’m good at self-discipline but it’s been really tough. All I’ve been doing is studies. You know the saddest thing about it, I haven’t made a single piece of ‘art’ for myself, all this time. I just realized it while watching your video. I haven’t had any fun with art since then, even though I like art and drawing a lot. Some days I really felt like drawing and my passion tank was full but then I would just sit down and do studies, and there went all my passion. It also left a negative aftertaste. Anyways, after watching your video, I’m going to start having fun with my art. I’m going to make fanarts and copy things I like. I have so many things I like, I can’t wait to have fun again.
I really needed this video. Thank you so so much. I’m going to start enjoying art again, which will actually help me towards my dream and help me improve. Thank you.
This is exactly what I need right now. I've been learning to draw again after a long time ignoring it, and honestly though.. the fundamental studies really make me doubt my ability. I know I have to be patient when it comes to art stuffs but man does it feel suck sometimes with self doubt and all that jazz..
Anyway thanks for the video man! Love your vids!!
me: has been drawing digitally for over two years and has even sold art online
also me: ah yes, the video I need
Thank you Sinix! I'm a beginner and learning on my own. I'm a professional worrier so I focused only on basics TO GET BETTER. But I wasn't allowing myself to have fun. It's really difficult as a human being not to be so hard on yourself. I knew about this from the beginning and months later I still found myself practicing joylessly. This is invaluable advice. Thank you so much!
You're actually the person that got me into art. I never knew why, but this is probably why. You always exude a great riptide (despite actually being kinda low energy LOL) of passion and joy in what you do. You make your tutorials and lessons so easy to follow. And your public facing art community is so amazing. I joined your Chroma Corps thing and learned so much just by following your example of being happy with my journey and being willing to be observant.
This is me exactly. I've been studying art for 10 years on the side and making very little progress and getting little joy out of it because I listened to people on reddit who said "Study the fundamentals first. . . . Start with gesture drawing . . . Don't learn any bad habits." So I would pick up drawing for a few months, get a little better but then get frustrated and bored with gesture drawing and studies above my level and then put it down for a few months. And now, just this past year, I'm drawing everyday and making tons of progress because I'm just doing it for fun and have a ton of passion driving my progress. I was so glad to hear the exact same advice in this video.
"It doesn't really matter if it builds bad habits" (to some extent) really helped me out, I've practically completely stopped doing art because I'm scared of doing it wrong.
Sinix you are one of my main source of inspirations on my art "career", I've learned a lot thanks to your videos, and this video was another one that teached me something valuable. Thank you, again.
"What i thought was talent was really just the ability to trust your own intuition". That's the most important thing i learned from this video. Sometimes it's just a matter of trying and let yourself have fun for a bit without any pressure. Thnx Sinix
This is the video that has become the light in the darkness for me, thank you!
Sinix--you're sprouting!
As a new artist who's almost in his 30's and just decided to pick up digital art I must say that your channel and these videos have helped me so much. I had so much anxiety about where to start and what I should be focusing on. This video and your video about what brush to use have changed my attitude so much!
I've never been more excited to draw in my life.
I just finished FLCL a week ago and have been struggling with an internal art crisis. Hearing a song from the soundtrack after solid advice really made my day!
Thanks for explaining one of the most complex subjects I have been dealing with in such simple words; now I can see how things work.
Great advice man! Straight to my heart. Great to hear it in a world of high-tension competition among artists
Thank you for these words, for more than 10 years I have been experiencing this discomfort and I feel stagnant for the reasons you mentioned, hearing this from you takes some of the weight off my back and gives space for many good things to carry
This isn't even what I was looking for but thank you so much for this video! Your disposition is so humble and genuine, I love it! Keep it up dude!
Sinix you probably don't even realize how many budding artists you have helped along the way, just simply by giving out encouraging words of advice along with fundamentals and good critique. Seeing your early art reminds me that people are not born with talent, only hard work and passion will get you there.
Hey, Sinix! I really enjoy watching your tutorials that are 10 years old! I literally always watch them. How to paint eyes and skin etc. So good. Please make more tutorials with your recent knowledge! New anatomy, new colour techniques that you have learnt. Thank you so much! I really love them a lot.
thank you, as someone who played piano for many years. your way of thinking is really helpful for me
It's not my first video on art, and I am not a beginner either, but this video is one that helped me the most in all the art videos I watched. Thank you very much.
Hard to miss the APC 3 Libras song you sprinkled in there. Been drawing since I was 3 and still love watching all your vids man.
This video is confidence booster- knowing my art sucks but my singing capability is closer to Sinix’s.
In my head, it feels like I already know all of this, its like I understand it. But as a novice musician and artist, when it comes to putting that mindset to practice It flies out the window. I have no idea how to have fun, and I guess this is the first thing I should do rather than perspective and anatomy. Thank you for reminding me to enjoy my crafts Sinix. God bless!
I always come back to this video when I feel demotivated, I don't know what about this just makes me instantly feel insanely better. Thank you Sinix!!
It's nice to hear this, also took me 5 mins to notice the little plant on his head 😆
Point 2 hit me as someone who’s been on an art journey for about 4 years now and as someone who put down his guitar one day and just never seriously picked it back up again. I think I did exactly what you said, launched into music theory, and eventually lost the fire I once had for it.
I don’t want that to happen with drawing. Yeah, I’ve only sort of given up on one thing is life really so far (though you may have given me the means to regain that passion for guitar), but I still feel like that’s far too many things to lay to rest.
Thank you, Sinix. From the bottom of my heart, God bless you, Sinix
I really needed to hear this, I've lost my passion for art and making videos about it, thanks for this @Sinix!
Thank you Sinix
i have been seeing this guys video since the time he started,,,nice to see that he has grown so much and even his advice has become so great .
3:20 - this reminds me of my first painting class when I was 10. I didn't got to learn theory or be a very good drawer/artist, but the teacher would let me choose what to paint among some arts that had, like cats and bunnies, but then she got out and another teacher took place, and he instead made me read about things that I found to be boring at that age (like da vinci biography) and we made a painting that took more time with him than with her, it was cartoonish but also realistic.
The sprout on your head gives me joy 😃
You are an artist whose knowledge I trust very much. I have been drawing for 8 years and I was recommending similar things to a friend who has just started drawing. I'm glad that I think same as you.
I love this video!
Thank you so much for making it.
I’m inspired.
However, I understand but inspiration isn’t everything.
This is work and I can’t wait to start.
Thank you so much for making this video Sinix, this is exactly what I needed to hear !
You made me realize i never liked learning because it was taxing except the art lessons back at elementary just do whatever and i did i enjoyed it now i wanted to get back to it and i have a goal i want to make a comic of my own so i started to learn the fundamentals and i understand its somewhat important but it just doesnt feel fun, or fulfilling
Unlike when i draw a character of my favorite artist i felt joy when they replied and praised me for it (even tho it wasnt really good) it still felt amazing
And i think you just made me realize what is fun about it
Thank you for creating this video. I started doing art because I enjoyed it & I loved that the learning process never stopped, but I forgot about it recently because of how objective I became with my perspective on my art & lately some people around me have been making it difficult for me to enjoy art because of their comments, despite the fact that they don't do art themselves lol
Now at the age of 19 seeing that you too made Fanart at that age makes me feel comforted & has rekindled that passion in me to learn & create art for myself, because I love it. Thank you so much, Sinix!
Hey man you are one the most genuine and honest artist on youtube. when you shared your abuse story, I had nightmares after listening to that, I felt like meeting you and helping you in every way possible.
UA-cam lately has become extremely pathetic with its algorithms, It never shows your/or any other subscribed channel's videos in my feed and I miss so many videos.
I was blown away when he was playing while he's talking
I like this, it's kinda just saying to have fun with art and you will learn to get better overtime with practice and reference material of things you love.
That's a great analogy. Such a warm pleasant feeling after watching this. And I like your singing btw
I just want to say cheers. I was having a rough day and a serious low point in my art journey and this has given me the boost I needed to keep plucking away at it today. So thank you .
What you said is true and I like that you actually used music to explain it all, great video and definitely motivating!
what a great video. What you say is so true. Real passion comes from joy and not from preasure
About 25 yrs ago, I seriously wanted to learn how to draw; being an engineer, I got this book "learn how to draw in 500 exercises" - all the tedious stuff you mentioned. I'm disciplined, so managed a few weeks until I quit exhausted and frustrated, convinced of my obvious lack of talent. Decades later, I took the "what the heck? let's have fun" route, and drawing took over and changed my life. Most important art lesson ever. Also, this video left me with a much needed smile on my face today, thank you!
Well Sinix, this relation to learning guitar made it for me. Copying other peoples picture is often frowned upon (as not being original); however, if it drives people into art and makes them keep going...great. Thanks for opening my eyes on that!
Hearing papa Sinix sing in japanese was a thing I didn't expect to hear but am I glad it happened
I was caught up in rendering and details (and the fact that those things never turn out the way I want it) that I almost lost fun in digital drawing... now I started making lots of messy sketches and anime fanart, and I have to say it's been a long time since I was that happy with my art 😊 seeing that video now makes me even more confident in continuing that hihi
Thank you so much for saying this!! It's so easy to think about all of the things we "should" be practicing and then just lose interest in pursuing art at all while focusing on the boring fundamentals! I think this might be the best art advice I've gotten!
Love Ahmed's expressions while you were singing.
in a few years i'll be 3 decades old and i still consider myself a beginner, we'll always be a beginner at something. once you understand EVERYTHING in art, you can only think of Halloween until you die.
You sir, are a teacher at heart. Thank you!
Sinix, as someone who paints and plays music; this video was so important. Thank you so much!!
I ran out of passion fuel quite a few months back. I learnt my lesson! I'm gonna take the tips from this video to use my passion fuel efficiently.
ive been drawing for 13 years but i still watch anything you upload pretty much
I wish I watched it five years ago when I started making art, because otherwise I wouldn't give up and try to quit drawing so many times :D
You are incredibly talented by the way and you (and all the amazing things you do) have been my biggest inspiration during all these years. Just wanted to thank you for your existence haha
I've been drawing for 4/5 years but I'm still a beginner lol
I'm 23, started at like 8, and am still a beginner :') (I'm okay, but I lack so much of important knowledge about... Everything. I'm good with composition. That's it.)
@@mialia15104 Art takes time, there's so much to learn 😅
Never quit... A beginner mindset will keep your art fresh and creative. Over time, we tend to grow dull and numb... Try to keep the excitement of being a beginner.
@@OMtNI Its hard to keep the excitement when your lack of fundamentals makes you hate your art and makes you not want to be creative because you know you can't do much anyway
@@didi7074 If you hate your art sometimes, you might want to focus on stuff you love and enjoy... Also, most artists are never truly satisfied with the result. It helps to practice to improve - observing and targeting areas in which you want better results.... I'm still a baby myself, I need to go back to the fundamentals.
the ending was something that i never knew ive always wanted
Sinix and Sycra are fucking legends
This was a really helpful video. This idea of passion being a fuel for art is really important and it’s something I forgot about for a while. I’ve been taking ti to heart and it’s made a difference already.
So this is the first video I have seen of yours. I'm 39, full time dad of a 10 year old. His birthday was last week. I got him a huion 13" 2k pen display. He's been drawing like crazy on his S6 tablet for over a year. I've been finding awesome resources like yours to help him just learn whatever he wants to about art. I try not to push him in any way other than just telling him to spend some time doing some kind of art every day even if it's hard for him just trace over a picture you like. You seem super amazing. Massive love from north of lake superior.
xoxo
Glad to see u around!
I will never get tired of saying you are a genius
This example was so clear compared to anything I tried to put into words. Fantastic.
Also, WEEB!
(I am too and enjoyed your singing at the end 😊)
The amount of positive energy you radiate is absolutely mind-blowing! 💛
Thanks a ton, been drawing all my life but really needed to surpass some mental hurdles to get back into art. Was so frustrating to draw for hours and have to correct every little thing because I couldn't settle for imperfect. I'm trying painting now to take art by a new angle that requires less precision that frustrated me so much before. I hope you have a good life and goodbye :)
Great advice and having parents who encourage your passion means a lot. I will do that with my kids when I get kids, cause I never had that! :)
I was waiting for singing the whole video, I'm glad you sang at the end
really needed this video as someone who’s gone beyond simply sketching to fully investing time into my skills. Thank you!
This video is not only about art but also life.
magnificent, my dad helped me become a musician while my passion for drawing was forgotten, I am excited to see what i do next, thank you
Thank you for this video. I have been drawing for a couple of years and everyone has their own philosophy of where to start that I get so confused that I practically become paralyzed. Hopefully I can enjoy the journey again and not be so worried about where I think I should be.
Good video, I tend to stress myself out, that I need create art in a consistent basis to be able to grow my skills inorder to work in this field. Without realizing my "passion" fuel is sucked almost dry from that mentality, and I don't end up drawing anything for 2 months straight. Thanks for the good reminder that I sometimes need to go back to the roots of why I liked drawing to begin with.
I've been studying for a while and this is really helpful, thanks
I created a gpts called B U " be yourself " and it gave me this link. The gpts helps people improve their chances of realizing their dreams. I like how this guy is so practical with his advice instead.
This what I NEEDED to hear.
Thank you