YEAH i am good at drawing but I dont find the good way to draw clothes like the only thing i draw the clothes is Turtle neck clothes and hoodies and some cute shirts THATS WHAT I do It feels like i am such a bad artist it makes me sad TwT
that was me when i started art. My two comic characters both wear grey hoodies. Over time i changed things very very slightly. Now the MC wears a french grey zip up with a simple hood and his brother wears a cool grey sweatshirt with a fluffy hood.
Oh, well I guess every artist has there specialties and there weaknesses. Practise helps, so maybe start a sketch book to try drawing people. Hope you can improve your art skills!😀
@Chenle gave the egg to Felix I'm sure you are great at some form of art. It took me a couple of years to find mine and its all up to what you are most willing to practise and most meager to learn about. I chose people and character, which I am trying my best to perfect. Good luck finding your area of expertise!😃
I have scoliosis so the unbalanced character’s torso actually looks pretty similar to mine. Maybe if the torso you draw turns out uneven you can just say the character has scoliosis.
Here are some beginner’s artists problem: 1.trying to draw the other eye 2.hands 3.the feet and legs 4.the body shape 5.wait this kinda every artist’s problem but there art block too :/
Another weakness a lot of artists have are color values. You have picked colors, but if you turn the image gray, you can see that everything is the same value which makes the drawing very flat. You might also wanna check your values now and then, Towne.
@@violetlife7607 You just have to know. Observe the reference (if it's a real-life model) and you just have to eye it and figure out if it looks right.
Character design tip I do: When I make a character, I start with a defining feature. Ex: If I can't figure out clothing, I'll move on to hair. How can the hair define them? Then I'll conclude: oh, they have neat pigtails, it gives a cutesy vibe so I'll go with kawaii themed clothes!. Hope it makes sense and helps
Great tip! I do that sometimes. But lately I tend to think of colors before I figure out the character's style. I wanted the character to look simple and semi professional. So I thought of the colors first instead of the outfit and hair.
@@Galena949 that's great! I need to take more time considering colors, because I like having meaning in small details sometimes (depending on the work) haha.
@@itz_cinnabon9963 I try to do a percent when it comes to coloring. Like the semi professional character I did recently. She was 5% or 10% pink 40% light blue and 50% grey. It helps me when I try to make one color stand out the most without using to much of it.
Lavendertowne: "you can ask your family to pose for you." Me, on my hands and knees on the bathroom floor staring at myself in the mirror: Yea, that sounds like a good idea.
Woah there... So you are telling me... That you are what... You are what's been keeping me from getting better all this time...? ... *Insert woman yelling at cat meme here (with me being the woman and you, weakness, being the cat)*
Me: denies interest in fashion Also me: draws characters with incredibly detailed outfits of various kinds depending on what the character would actually wear
I am the complete opposite. I say I am interested in fashion. Then I realize that I am the least fashionable human being over. I always wear the same band shirts, jeans and combat boots. 😅 My characters are the same.
when im drawing real people thats the one thing that always messes me up. i literally cant tell what color peoples eyes are, i try to fond good pictures of their eyes and its always like shadows on JUST the eye so i cant tell if its a dark blue or a brown and its so awkward to ask lol
i thought i was alone on this, it was so strange that i never heard someone do this as well but is just way easier when you throw something together when you have no idea what to draw.
yeah me too, not to mention the rpg part is pretty cool and you can go into studio mode to imagine you characters interacting kind of like a storyboard
Tip for when you cant draw the other eye: Dont go into detail to much with the first eye before you made the other one! Working in small steps with both eyes really helps.
if your a digatal artist you can copy and flip the good eye, them posision it proprly. (i only reccomend this is your are seorious struggling with the outher eye)
I don't have this problem since I mostly draw myself and my eyes are different shapes lol, but now I noticed I find it difficult to draw them differently because sometimes they end up looking symetrical ;-;
yep! I can't do human feet too well, so I just do lol chunky nubbins with the two lines in the middle ahah. Remember, don't give up!!! I'm trying my hardest to get it right, so I believe in you, you can do it too!!!
About the flipping canvas thing. Im not a digitalist, I'm primarily traditional, so flipping my sketchpaper/canvas isn't an option for me, but one tactic I do use is taking a picture of my drawing and flipping the image, it really helps to see the smaller flaws that my eye cant really pick out sometimes. Another method Is just, holding the picture in front of a mirror, i use this more often, it works the same way, and I'm usually closer to my mirror than my phone.
Ahaha I struggle with all of these to different degrees, so that's fun. :') The clothing design one was so spot on that I felt personally called out, which honestly makes me feel a little better because if my specific experience was described by someone who probably doesn't even know I exist, then it means I'm not alone in my weaknesses, and that's a comforting thought. Also, anyone else out there suffer from mountains of ideas and inspiration but extreme lack of motivation to actually finish said ideas/make them as intricate and detailed as you wanted?
I can definitely understand having mountains of ideas and inspiration but no motivation- I started a lot of personal projects that were mixture of writing and art, namely, comic ideas. I feel like I kinda got artblock and writers block in the middle of em and eventually abandoned them and deleted them from existence aside from characters I was fond of- so ya def not alone there, dont worry!
i feel like a big weakness of mine is leaving my sketch really messy/ambiguous, which really makes my life harder when i'm trying to render. everything is coming out well until i'm trying to figure out "what is this line?? why is her arm one big scribble?" yet, i never learn lol.
I needed this, especially that last part about anatomy, I'm always so focused on making things proper looking that I will ignore the praise for what I do get right.
LavenderTowne: 5 PROBLEMS EVERY ARTIST HAS Me: Mostly draws cats to avoid so of these problems, not all of them can be avoided but hands and fashion can certainly be avoided :p
NoOoOo, why did this have to come out while I’m in school? T-T Also, did anyone else notice the girl on the right (thumbnail) looks like Kaminari’s “Yay-Mode”…?
Samee it's hard to find outfits that fit the character i have in mind I'm struggling to find what's the style of fashion i like and for characters it's even harder
@@mcskeet No problem. Everyone's artstyle is really just their way of seeing the world and everyone's view is different so you shouldn't sweat it. Even if you look at Haley's work it's pretty inconsistent but still recognizable
one thing ive noticed that has helped me with anatomy and proportions is taking old vogue issues, and breaking down the models into basic drawing skeletons (shapes and lines, etc) of course, since vogue is more focused on "the ideal female body type TM", I make it a point try to look up refs for other body types (and genders lmao) so I can learn more than just that body type.
9:56 I recently had a life drawing class at school and I was surprised by how much I loved it, as I usually get really frustrated when I'm using references and my drawing still doesn’t turn out right. Seeing something in real life compared to a picture does make a huge difference!
I love how diverse the characters you draw are! You also give pretty good advice on how to improve art. As a young artist who is often asked how to draw by my friends I often share advice that I gain from watching your videos. Your a really big source of inspiration for me and I enjoy your voice overs. It’s so relaxing 🙏🏼 thank you very much for existing❤️
Have any of yall noticed that she uses colored linereart now? And little shading? Everyone? Ok Edit: omg, wtf?! 900 likes?! Thanks yall 😚 seriously thank you 💖
Also, the contrasting colors! I mean her art was always few steps from monochromatic, I'm glad to see some bolder, braver colors here. Not that I didn't like the pastel-y drawings, but I do enjoy this too. More exciting to the eye I would say.
I love seeing the overlap in hobbies/niches in art and other things. Like when she says to look up cosplays, fashion stuff, or use video game houses. It's so nice to see how everything is connected :)
The big thing I have trouble with: Coloring. I’m more of a traditional artist, and my main utensils are pens and watercolor pencils. The only problem is that I have trouble shading, and making the picture eye-catching and vibrant. If you wanna see an example of this, look at my profile picture. Even if it’s changed, I have sworn to draw my pfp so that I have a unique image that represents my style. Any advice for this?
Coloring? Yeah me too. But a way to make it vibrant is to press hard on a color pencil and keep doing it to make it bright and vibrant. U can also trace it with sharpie. It will make it pop out! But... u might need to sharpen ur pencil ALOT. So I use markers (I don’t recommend it though)
Memes are a m a z i n g, I love my crappy two page comic I drew, colored, and inked in like 3 days, idk two years ago 🥰 It's awful and I could've done so much better even at the time but it's mine and hilarious to look back on
Fun fact: I was never interested in fashion itself but I liked drawing different kinds of clothes that I was more interested in drawing that than what I wear Especially when mom won't let me wear comfy things then I can atleast give my drawings the freedom to be comfortable ;u; Edit: and yes, motivation running out is also big problem-
That’s a problem for me too. My parents question my fashion choices but they’re literally the ones that buy my clothes- At least my drawings will have all the cottagecore, academia, and lolita clothes they will ever want (I don’t know if I spelt those right)
@@thesteelsquid863 Wrong kind of loli! Lolita is a nice category of fashion. It’s p popular in places like Japan but it’s getting more popular in the west too. It’s got many subcategories but they’re all really cool. Loli is another thing that I’m not a big fan of but eh
I'm convinced no one can ever be equally good at backgrounds and characters. Or human characters and vehicles/mechs-you can always tell which one they feel more comfortable drawing.
5:19 Ibis paint eye tip: make an layer of that eye then press add special layer then press duplicate layer then press the button which makes it go left or right then boom you got it! I hoped this helped for ibispaint artists!
Two things you missed out. (1) When someone asked if you can draw them. I started a couple days ago looking at anime characters and drawing them on paper and my friends are all w8eebs I was surprized at myself and I've already had a request to draw someone as well as some of my friends wanting copies and I've only been drawing a couple days and it gets really stressy. (2) When one part of the drawing doesn't look the same as in the photo. Most people would leave it but I'm staring at it for ages fighting temptations to fix it and I give in and since I like to draw on paper and the paper almost rips AND IT STILL DOESN'T LOOK RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! *side note I like to draw anime not realistic stuff*
Oh- oof I know how you feel. I felt like that when I first started (I still feel like that sometimes). When drawing from a reference and it doesn’t look right I’d recommend just taking a break from your drawing. Like when you hit a trouble area and you feel “oh no I’m gonna have so much trouble with this” take a break it’s a good way to freshen your brain and try to not be super strict with yourself it’s okay if it doesn’t look right. With the having people wanting to draw you problem you either say “okay that’ll be 5 bucks” they usually leave you alone after that (and if they don’t leave you alone you can just be persistent and they’ll leave eventually and if your lucky you might end up with 5 bucks) If it’s a friend and you don’t wanna hurt their feelings say “I’m sorry it’s kinda overwhelming if I take requests from everyone so I’m trying to limit the amount of people I’m gonna draw” if they are a good friend they should understand that art can be hard and time consuming
When this video gets posted: 99% of comments : Talkin about how early they are. 1% of comments : Actually talks about the art in the video, and how intresting it is. Edit 1: wtf??? Thank you for 300 likes this is actually the most I’ve ever gotten Edit 2: if you do or don’t agree with my comment you don’t have to reply with “not really or something” it’s just a sarcastic comment on how I see so many early comments when my favorite UA-camr posts! this applies for many UA-camrs.
2:41 yeah, whenever I want to choose a casual outfit for a character, leggings/jeans/skirt, turtleneck/hoodie/long sleeved shirt That's why I only make fanart of already existing characters with already existing outfits--
My biggest struggle with costume design is wrapping the fine details in perspective/foreshortening especially if my references don't share the same pose as my work.
I find the technically and rules involved with drawing environments in perspective comforting, and it involves a lot of shapes that are much easier to understand like cubes, so I feel like I'm more confident in my ability to draw something like that
The first one is actually the exact opposite for me, I love drawing buildings and perspective and all that stuff but drawing people and natural stuff is really a PAIN.
Me: *is listening to a student talk about how hellish architecture is at uni* Also me: *clicks on video* Haley: Their problem is *ARCHITECTURE* Me: *chugs holy water*
The best tip that I’ve learned for anatomy (like you said in the video) is to think of things in shapes! That arm that you can’t draw? Simple shape! Especially if you’re just sketching, I like to start with literally rectangles, circles, etc. etc. and then I like to add on details slowly later ☺️
I used to have problems with drawing clothes to my characters and I guess, I still have a little, but watching others' drawings has helped me a lot. Thank you and other artists who know how to draw clothes! :)
4:33 Oh my god, that is my little sister with her art. She looks up to me for art advice but sometimes I really don't know how to help her because it's like she can't even see when something is really asymmetrical, and something I'm naturally good at is spotting asymmetry so I don't know how to fix the problem. This video was super helpful in that regard. I'll tell her "well, make the arms the same width" and she'll just be confused like "what do you mean, they look the same" Maybe I should encourage her to sketch digitally so she can flip her canvas and grow to see the asymmetry better Side note: I feel really happy because I have less of these issues than I would've expected. I used to think I was just a terrible mess and I had so many art weaknesses but this kinda helped my confidence. :D
I have been thinking about going to an art school but I don’t know a lot about them, could you possibly make a video on your experience? Thank you if you can.
I’ve finally started to get better at anatomy, and you really helped me with it! I’ve been slowly moving from just headshots to halfbodies too! I’ve also been getting way better at hands as well, thanks to both you and my older sibling.
I remember in 7th grade i was drawing a skeleton in class and someone asked me why I was feeling my side like i was, I answered honestly "counting my ribs"
I feel like it's not that background are hard to draw (which they are), but also that I never quite know how to tie the background and the illustration together and that's something I need to work on 😅
for the clothing one, i found that playing dress up games like gacha life help inspire more interesting designs. there's lots of cool and fun accessories to play around with and that really helped me (:
00:50 you are right i have only had one art lesson about prespective and like 100000000 in math class (gotta point out that we have about random stuff in art
The first two got me. I can get the hang of drawing more varied fashion in my characters but buildings and landscape might take some time. However, looking up interesting looking buildings was a good tip!
LavenderTowne Postes me:*Get to the comment section as fast as possible Also me: Oh wait I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO COMMENT Lavender Townes minutes of the video increases me: Starts having an emergency Crises Edit: wowie ty for all the likes its the most I've ever had :D
Hi, I just wanted to say that I like to listen to your videos while I draw make edits or stories, your voice is so calming and gentle it helps me focus! You're my idol for drawing.
This was actually very helpful for me to reflect on what I need to focus on improving in my art. Though It’s scary to tackle something that I know I won’t be immediately good at, it will lay off in the end if I show dedication
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The best part of being a hobbyist who isn’t a perfectionist is that I can just kinda be like “I guess that looks cool. We’re going with that”
that’s great !! 🌈
Lucky
Ahhhhh, the care-freeness of not having to re-draw something 21 TIMES AND IT STILL LOOKS HORRIBLE. I envy youuuuuuu. 😭😭
@@_halo_694 oh things can still look horrible to me. I just hide them away instead of redrawing them. I have *a folder* for those.
@@ris8065 I draw in pen despite all this and I need to stop. Will I? Probably NOT.
I was about to sleep but Lavender said “art advice” and in Sheldon’s best words;
*I don’t need sleep, I need answers*
I guess your profile picture explains everything
(Btw, it looks soo cutee)
@@HawShule I was about to eat dinner when-
Is this some kind of American joke? I'm to Asian to understand it
@Luna Moon in my place it's 6:17 AM
@Luna Moon it's from a show called The Big Bang Theory
Me: *is a fashion design major*
Also me: *only ever creates characters with black hoodies and jeans*
My problem is that they ALL LOOK LIKE THEY ARE FROM A VICTORIAN ERA FASHION MAGAZINE
YEAH i am good at drawing but I dont find the good way to draw clothes like the only thing i draw the clothes is Turtle neck clothes and hoodies and some cute shirts THATS WHAT I do It feels like i am such a bad artist it makes me sad TwT
that was me when i started art. My two comic characters both wear grey hoodies. Over time i changed things very very slightly. Now the MC wears a french grey zip up with a simple hood and his brother wears a cool grey sweatshirt with a fluffy hood.
how was fashion design eheh
Mine just wear oversized jeans and shirt-dresses
She started with perspective and architecture when over here that’s literally the only part of art I’m good at
You should consider yourself lucky then, I suck at that
@@croissant874 I’m not lucky because I can’t draw anything resembling a character or human at all
Oh, well I guess every artist has there specialties and there weaknesses. Practise helps, so maybe start a sketch book to try drawing people. Hope you can improve your art skills!😀
lucky - most artists (including myself-) struggle with that lmao
@Chenle gave the egg to Felix I'm sure you are great at some form of art. It took me a couple of years to find mine and its all up to what you are most willing to practise and most meager to learn about. I chose people and character, which I am trying my best to perfect. Good luck finding your area of expertise!😃
Why drawing gloves is impossible:
1. I can't draw hands
2.I also can't draw folds
Oof
Danm.... I've never considered gloves with hands..... Time to torture myself even more :)
sometimes the hands look too wonky, so i put black gloves (no folds-) so it looks better 😭
my 2 biggest fears combined together
Who cares about folds
I have scoliosis so the unbalanced character’s torso actually looks pretty similar to mine. Maybe if the torso you draw turns out uneven you can just say the character has scoliosis.
ART HACK DANG. I just have proportion problems. The legs are UGLYYYYY. 😭
Me too even tho i just started TwT
now that is a big brain move
I have for head proportion issues- there always 2/3 the face! Thanks for the hack
I also have scoliosis, this is literally so smart. 😂
The lace at [4:06] looks like little “:o” faces, and I just find it adorable.
GASP SEAL BABY
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Lavender town : anything an artist is bad at,
Me: *everything* ( btw I’m talking about me)
With ya on that
Mood-
You just took the words ringt out of my mouth.
@pai pai you're a helpful pal my man
Ur also talking about me 👍🏼
“I only knew how to draw jeans and a T-Shirt”
ALL I CAN DRAW IS POOFY SKIRTS AND BASIC CORSETS, please send help.
I cant EVEN DRAW MESH, VEIL MATERIAL STUFF, POOF FLOOF AND ANYTHING THAT IS TRANSLUCENT
All I can draw are cute girls in poofy dresses with flowers-
I MAINLY DRAW THAT
SAMEEEEE!!!
I CAN ONLY DRAW DRESSES HELP ME AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME
Here are some beginner’s artists problem:
1.trying to draw the other eye
2.hands
3.the feet and legs
4.the body shape
5.wait this kinda every artist’s problem but there art block too :/
That keeps happening to me but the most irritating is when you try to make the art perfect but end up with a paper full of eraser smudge
Hands and body HARDEST THINGS EVER
@@cryptidrats_art5862 Somewhat debatable depending on the art style but yeah I mostly agree
The realistic nose, my man/girl
The realistic nose
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola I’ve actually mastered the realistic nose! Can’t do realistic eyes though 😅
Another weakness a lot of artists have are color values. You have picked colors, but if you turn the image gray, you can see that everything is the same value which makes the drawing very flat. You might also wanna check your values now and then, Towne.
That is true...same thing happens to me too X)
How would you check if it’s traditional?
I love your animations!
@@violetlife7607 Take a picture of it, and there should be a filter that makes the drawing on a grey color scale when you go to edit the photo
@@violetlife7607 You just have to know. Observe the reference (if it's a real-life model) and you just have to eye it and figure out if it looks right.
Character design tip I do:
When I make a character, I start with a defining feature. Ex: If I can't figure out clothing, I'll move on to hair. How can the hair define them? Then I'll conclude: oh, they have neat pigtails, it gives a cutesy vibe so I'll go with kawaii themed clothes!.
Hope it makes sense and helps
Thanks for the tip! :)
@@lexlovesblondsz np!
Great tip! I do that sometimes. But lately I tend to think of colors before I figure out the character's style. I wanted the character to look simple and semi professional. So I thought of the colors first instead of the outfit and hair.
@@Galena949 that's great! I need to take more time considering colors, because I like having meaning in small details sometimes (depending on the work) haha.
@@itz_cinnabon9963 I try to do a percent when it comes to coloring. Like the semi professional character I did recently. She was 5% or 10% pink 40% light blue and 50% grey. It helps me when I try to make one color stand out the most without using to much of it.
Oml you have no idea how many times i’ve tried to draw a straight line with a ruler and it being bendier than how i draw without one
Lmao same 😂
honestly me too it always slips and makes some weird slope ; - ; or like you slightly change the angle of your pencil and it gets all messed up
Rulers don't exist to me
I just use my sheer hand power
And that never works anyway lol
(T_T)
i just use the stabilizer on procreate ;-;
A good tip I learned is to look at where the line will end while you draw the line. More often than not, you’ll come up with a straight line :)
Lavendertowne: "you can ask your family to pose for you."
Me, on my hands and knees on the bathroom floor staring at myself in the mirror: Yea, that sounds like a good idea.
You can probably find a website for poses if that helps. I know my friend used one of those cites before and that seemed much easier
Ik this is much later, but definitely try out easypose. Its free on iOS and is only like 10 dollars on steam
I will be sketching and talking to my mom then be like, "Can you turn your head a little? I need it for a pose."
And you forgot the;
“The other frikking eye looks like a eggplant” cuz we all have that problem...
Yep
Yea
draw the eyes at the same time and alternate between them, instead of drawing an eye then trying to copy it. helps a ton.
*Laughs in copy and paste*
@@art1stwannabe **cries in paper drawings**
"if you just focus, and slow down-"
Me as someone who has ADHD: "oh what a concept" 😶
Same
HELP WHY IS THIS SO TRUE
oml yes 😅 I'm actually going to get tested for adhd after I get out of quarantine ( don't worry I'm doing fine)
@@zhongli9073 good 🙂
@@morimoney6270 girl your pfp is 👍👌
Lavender towne: Every artist has a weakness
Me: Ha, I AM the weakness
😮 w o a h 😮
Woah there...
So you are telling me...
That you are what...
You are what's been keeping me from getting better all this time...?
...
*Insert woman yelling at cat meme here (with me being the woman and you, weakness, being the cat)*
😂
@@luffeevee yes, yes I am
@@rosealya7230 ಠ︵ಠ
Me: denies interest in fashion
Also me: draws characters with incredibly detailed outfits of various kinds depending on what the character would actually wear
I am the complete opposite. I say I am interested in fashion. Then I realize that I am the least fashionable human being over. I always wear the same band shirts, jeans and combat boots. 😅 My characters are the same.
Lend me some skills, master 😭😭
Me: **imagines character to draw**
**Me drawing the character's face**
Me: *wait what was their eye color*
im not alone!
YES 😂 i always put so little detail into the eyes. Lately, i've just started giving all my newer charcters black eyes.
when im drawing real people thats the one thing that always messes me up. i literally cant tell what color peoples eyes are, i try to fond good pictures of their eyes and its always like shadows on JUST the eye so i cant tell if its a dark blue or a brown and its so awkward to ask lol
@@fartinfpooping8801 SAME! I give all my drawings black eyes
I just make it the complementary color of the of their clothes (the dominate color of their clothes)
Something that has helped me a whole lot with clothing design for characters is Gacha Club.
i thought i was alone on this, it was so strange that i never heard someone do this as well but is just way easier when you throw something together when you have no idea what to draw.
Ikr
Same! I always use it for references-
yeah me too, not to mention the rpg part is pretty cool and you can go into studio mode to imagine you characters interacting kind of like a storyboard
Me too,it's really good for character design since it's technically a dress up game
Lavendertowne: **posts**
Me: **clicks as fast as I can** Clickity clackity Haley is backity
*backity
lmao!!! XD
haley*
Yes that is def me too!
@@nuggetnougat but that's the same way Haley is spelled
Tip for when you cant draw the other eye:
Dont go into detail to much with the first eye before you made the other one! Working in small steps with both eyes really helps.
if your a digatal artist you can copy and flip the good eye, them posision it proprly. (i only reccomend this is your are seorious struggling with the outher eye)
thank you ! 🎀
I don't have this problem since I mostly draw myself and my eyes are different shapes lol, but now I noticed I find it difficult to draw them differently because sometimes they end up looking symetrical ;-;
Cover it with hair :/
Or just copy and paste for digital artist!
Me, the engineering student that can only draw buildings and straight lines like:
👁👄👁
You can draw straight lines!?
@@corinnebloom7005 with a ruler
@@izael6918 now engineer us some art.
(Meet the engineer theme starts)
Imagine a show about art where the characters are drawn in a way that reflects the lesson.
I want that-
"you will eventually get there"
no one:
me waiting for eventually to happen already:
When you don't know which clothes to give your characters:
*Well, another nude drawing it is!*
lol i can relate
Relatable!!
And don't know how to draw clothing 😂
“It’s a bikini and swim shorts kind of day” 😂
Me: Oh well, dress or hoodie?
"I only knew how to draw jeans and t-shirts"
Dude. That is the story of my life
I can draw hands and clothes even buildings some what well but who's in CAN'T DRAW FEET gang!!!! I know I'm not the only one !
Same. I can't draw feets and shoes.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY SHOULD BE SO EASY 😭
yep! I can't do human feet too well, so I just do lol chunky nubbins with the two lines in the middle ahah.
Remember, don't give up!!! I'm trying my hardest to get it right, so I believe in you, you can do it too!!!
they always end up looking like potatoes!!
I drew feet yesterday and was honestly surprised that it turned out well instead of looking like ginger roots 🌝
One of my big artists struggles is drawing anything realistically, I have never drawn anything that looks real, only cartoons.
I can draw realistic but only if I have time to prefect it and I can’t color realistic drawings
I just refuse to color.
Straight up hate it with a passion. I don't know why ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Toondoublooncool! I can’t even think about doing that!
About the flipping canvas thing. Im not a digitalist, I'm primarily traditional, so flipping my sketchpaper/canvas isn't an option for me, but one tactic I do use is taking a picture of my drawing and flipping the image, it really helps to see the smaller flaws that my eye cant really pick out sometimes. Another method Is just, holding the picture in front of a mirror, i use this more often, it works the same way, and I'm usually closer to my mirror than my phone.
Lavendertowne: posts
Everyone: QUICK THINK OF A JOKE!
And then everything I’ve ever thought just leaves the chat
That was me
so t r u e 💘
Amen.
Ahaha I struggle with all of these to different degrees, so that's fun. :')
The clothing design one was so spot on that I felt personally called out, which honestly makes me feel a little better because if my specific experience was described by someone who probably doesn't even know I exist, then it means I'm not alone in my weaknesses, and that's a comforting thought.
Also, anyone else out there suffer from mountains of ideas and inspiration but extreme lack of motivation to actually finish said ideas/make them as intricate and detailed as you wanted?
I can definitely understand having mountains of ideas and inspiration but no motivation-
I started a lot of personal projects that were mixture of writing and art, namely, comic ideas. I feel like I kinda got artblock and writers block in the middle of em and eventually abandoned them and deleted them from existence aside from characters I was fond of- so ya def not alone there, dont worry!
Yes, definitely. That's the main reason I stopped drawing
I really struggle with that inspiration with no motivation issue, it's painful
@@-ix-3152 same
You'd described me.
That first one is painfully relatable :”-] I suck at buildings +backgrounds
THAT SECOND ONE TO SHDHKDJFIF
i feel like a big weakness of mine is leaving my sketch really messy/ambiguous, which really makes my life harder when i'm trying to render. everything is coming out well until i'm trying to figure out "what is this line?? why is her arm one big scribble?" yet, i never learn lol.
samee
I needed this, especially that last part about anatomy, I'm always so focused on making things proper looking that I will ignore the praise for what I do get right.
LavenderTowne: 5 PROBLEMS EVERY ARTIST HAS
Me: Mostly draws cats to avoid so of these problems, not all of them can be avoided but hands and fashion can certainly be avoided :p
Omg I did the same thing for like 6 years
Cats in tuxedos
Well for me i'm having trouble with drawing anotomy and fashion, my art is becoming bad thats why im encourage not to draw-
Oh if you aren't drawin *hella fashionable kitty cats than-*
i’m trying to draw better, so i’ve been watching LavenderTownes vids & practicing
NoOoOo, why did this have to come out while I’m in school?
T-T
Also, did anyone else notice the girl on the right (thumbnail) looks like Kaminari’s “Yay-Mode”…?
Oof ur in school? The most i can say is *good luck*
In my timezone it's already night
Watch it, watch it during class, y=mx+b means nothing anymore, the world os only lavendertowne
@@Heli-draws Same
@@Heli-draws same lol
Her: "Was your art weakness listed in this video?"
Me: Yes. All of those. And more. *Help.*
I fecking feel that
"start getting into fashion"
me who is very interested in fashion : "ah yes... i still can't make character outfits..."
Samee it's hard to find outfits that fit the character i have in mind
I'm struggling to find what's the style of fashion i like and for characters it's even harder
story of my life, i love extravagant clothing designs yet all my OCs wear like hoodies and jeans
i used to be really bad at outfits and accessories, but I got SUPER into fashion design and how different accessories go together
Lavenders style is so unique I love it!
Y a s
Can agree 😎
Yea like when you see it, you can immediately tell who drew it
love her style so much
Ikr 💕💕💕💕
AGAJDKDJD YOU UPLOADED THIS WHILE I WAS PANICKING ABOUT HOW MY ART STYLE KEPT CHANGING
BRO SAME
Art styles aren't important trust me. If you have a style that limits you then it's ok to change it
@@ghostchowder2367 woah damn never thought of it like that
@@mcskeet No problem. Everyone's artstyle is really just their way of seeing the world and everyone's view is different so you shouldn't sweat it. Even if you look at Haley's work it's pretty inconsistent but still recognizable
SAMEE-
Unus Annus: *channel end livestream is live*
LavenderTown: *posts*
Me: I... I’ll come back i promise... *goes and sobs at the livestream*
Yeah
Same
THIS IS A MOOD- I'LL COME BACK IN 3 HOURS--
Yeah
Welp, it's deleted now...
one thing ive noticed that has helped me with anatomy and proportions is taking old vogue issues, and breaking down the models into basic drawing skeletons (shapes and lines, etc) of course, since vogue is more focused on "the ideal female body type TM", I make it a point try to look up refs for other body types (and genders lmao) so I can learn more than just that body type.
9:56 I recently had a life drawing class at school and I was surprised by how much I loved it, as I usually get really frustrated when I'm using references and my drawing still doesn’t turn out right. Seeing something in real life compared to a picture does make a huge difference!
Me after watching the whole video:
*”After all these years,,, I still have them all.”*
I love how diverse the characters you draw are! You also give pretty good advice on how to improve art. As a young artist who is often asked how to draw by my friends I often share advice that I gain from watching your videos. Your a really big source of inspiration for me and I enjoy your voice overs. It’s so relaxing 🙏🏼 thank you very much for existing❤️
Have any of yall noticed that she uses colored linereart now? And little shading? Everyone? Ok
Edit: omg, wtf?! 900 likes?! Thanks yall 😚 seriously thank you 💖
The colored lineart was always there tho
Omg sae
I think she meant not shading....but if not then im scared cause I really like her shading style ;-;
Also, the contrasting colors! I mean her art was always few steps from monochromatic, I'm glad to see some bolder, braver colors here. Not that I didn't like the pastel-y drawings, but I do enjoy this too. More exciting to the eye I would say.
ahh i just noticed- ✨ it looks amazing 💗
I love seeing the overlap in hobbies/niches in art and other things. Like when she says to look up cosplays, fashion stuff, or use video game houses. It's so nice to see how everything is connected :)
The big thing I have trouble with:
Coloring. I’m more of a traditional artist, and my main utensils are pens and watercolor pencils. The only problem is that I have trouble shading, and making the picture eye-catching and vibrant.
If you wanna see an example of this, look at my profile picture. Even if it’s changed, I have sworn to draw my pfp so that I have a unique image that represents my style.
Any advice for this?
Coloring? Yeah me too. But a way to make it vibrant is to press hard on a color pencil and keep doing it to make it bright and vibrant. U can also trace it with sharpie. It will make it pop out! But... u might need to sharpen ur pencil ALOT. So I use markers (I don’t recommend it though)
I’m nine BTW
Oh my god same, I HATE coloring with a passion.
Probably because I draw smol and don't work well with large canvasses 😅
Me: has every problem on the list
Also me: hehe my drawing so pretty
for some reason i can only love my meme drawings forever. i have one from years ago and i still love it like it was new. ffs-
Memes are a m a z i n g, I love my crappy two page comic I drew, colored, and inked in like 3 days, idk two years ago 🥰
It's awful and I could've done so much better even at the time but it's mine and hilarious to look back on
My daughter has the weakness of-
HANDS
So many people do she made a vid about hands too 🖐
Me: ✨M o u t h✨
Me having a shoulder problem.
(Breathes in) FEET!!!!
eyebrows, mouths, feet, chest and- frikin hair.
As an animator ive definitely had some of these problems
Ikr, but it's like amplified by 1000 since you have to draw one thing multiple times 😅
Thank you, art teacher for making me not have that first weakness, i would be dead by now if i couldnt draw backgrounds.
I love how soft her voice is honestly
Lavendertowne: posts
Everyone: Quick, think of something funny!
oml yeaa
Looks like you couldn’t think of an original one either~
@@Anna-iv9iz yea lol
Fun fact: I was never interested in fashion itself but I liked drawing different kinds of clothes that I was more interested in drawing that than what I wear
Especially when mom won't let me wear comfy things then I can atleast give my drawings the freedom to be comfortable ;u;
Edit: and yes, motivation running out is also big problem-
That’s a problem for me too. My parents question my fashion choices but they’re literally the ones that buy my clothes-
At least my drawings will have all the cottagecore, academia, and lolita clothes they will ever want (I don’t know if I spelt those right)
@@Ar-yp6nh eyo that last one 🤨📸
@@thesteelsquid863 Wrong kind of loli! Lolita is a nice category of fashion. It’s p popular in places like Japan but it’s getting more popular in the west too. It’s got many subcategories but they’re all really cool. Loli is another thing that I’m not a big fan of but eh
@@Ar-yp6nh hm.. okay, I'll let this one slide 😎
Art thieves:
*Now I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.*
I'm convinced no one can ever be equally good at backgrounds and characters. Or human characters and vehicles/mechs-you can always tell which one they feel more comfortable drawing.
5:19
Ibis paint eye tip: make an layer of that eye then press add special layer then press duplicate layer then press the button which makes it go left or right then boom you got it! I hoped this helped for ibispaint artists!
Or mirror tool that works too
Two things you missed out. (1) When someone asked if you can draw them. I started a couple days ago looking at anime characters and drawing them on paper and my friends are all w8eebs I was surprized at myself and I've already had a request to draw someone as well as some of my friends wanting copies and I've only been drawing a couple days and it gets really stressy. (2) When one part of the drawing doesn't look the same as in the photo. Most people would leave it but I'm staring at it for ages fighting temptations to fix it and I give in and since I like to draw on paper and the paper almost rips AND IT STILL DOESN'T LOOK RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
*side note I like to draw anime not realistic stuff*
Oh- oof I know how you feel. I felt like that when I first started (I still feel like that sometimes). When drawing from a reference and it doesn’t look right I’d recommend just taking a break from your drawing. Like when you hit a trouble area and you feel “oh no I’m gonna have so much trouble with this” take a break it’s a good way to freshen your brain and try to not be super strict with yourself it’s okay if it doesn’t look right.
With the having people wanting to draw you problem you either say “okay that’ll be 5 bucks” they usually leave you alone after that (and if they don’t leave you alone you can just be persistent and they’ll leave eventually and if your lucky you might end up with 5 bucks)
If it’s a friend and you don’t wanna hurt their feelings say “I’m sorry it’s kinda overwhelming if I take requests from everyone so I’m trying to limit the amount of people I’m gonna draw” if they are a good friend they should understand that art can be hard and time consuming
I think in a few older videos she mentioned people asking for you to draw them-
She didn’t really miss out on anything lol, it’s not like she was going to put every single thing in this video
“Let me know what struggles apply to you.”
Me: uhhh all of them.
Edit: holy crab thanks for the likes :O
SAME
Sammmmeeee :/
crab lol 😂
When this video gets posted:
99% of comments : Talkin about how early they are.
1% of comments : Actually talks about the art in the video, and how intresting it is.
Edit 1: wtf??? Thank you for 300 likes this is actually the most I’ve ever gotten
Edit 2: if you do or don’t agree with my comment you don’t have to reply with “not really or something” it’s just a sarcastic comment on how I see so many early comments when my favorite UA-camr posts! this applies for many UA-camrs.
I mean it isn't like that anymore- it's been an hour and they're saying dif. Stuff
Wat art do you wanna talk about?
Amen bruh
Yesh
Not really
4:11 I CAN'T UNSEE THE FACE ON THE LACE
( if you don't know what I mean, they are on the bottom of the lace, the face is making some kind of this: :o)
2:41 yeah, whenever I want to choose a casual outfit for a character, leggings/jeans/skirt, turtleneck/hoodie/long sleeved shirt
That's why I only make fanart of already existing characters with already existing outfits--
Me: [watching youtube videos laying on bed]
Lavender: [uploads]
Me: [clicks video]
Me: [immediately takes sketchbook and pencils]
i don’t care if i was 1st i’m just glad i can watch this b4 most ppl so my friends don’t spoil your videos for me U-U
XD agreed
lol
My biggest struggle with costume design is wrapping the fine details in perspective/foreshortening especially if my references don't share the same pose as my work.
I find the technically and rules involved with drawing environments in perspective comforting, and it involves a lot of shapes that are much easier to understand like cubes, so I feel like I'm more confident in my ability to draw something like that
2:30
Gacha can help with oufits, Sims can too but I recoment gacha life/club/studio/etc more bc they got clothe you can customize.
holy cheese and crackers batman, i've never been this early
Me either
Same
yum yum cheese and crackers
Oh my Chips and Cabbages,for Spiderman's sake,me neither!
Same
UA-cam : * notification*
Me: * goes to comments straight away*
i always scroll & reply to comments 💅🏽
@@sevasifonios Y E S
If leblehblehbleh ever wants to take a break, we should have a “Leblehblehbleh Legacy” spot for anyone who wants to keep that name in the credits. ✨
Me: **Is not to bad at drawing**
My brain: Don’t be shy, draw a house, draw a church, draw a building.
Me: I-
My brain: DRAW A MAN
6:05 "just keep your eyes fresh by flipping your canvas"
*cries in traditional*
If u hold the front of your paper up to a window or a lamp, it does the same thing!! :)
The first one is actually the exact opposite for me, I love drawing buildings and perspective and all that stuff but drawing people and natural stuff is really a PAIN.
*stares at the sheer number of 3d buildings I've made* Y e a. It took a while to do more natural backgrounds and i still struggle
@@skythedragon7897 same 😭✌
Me: *is listening to a student talk about how hellish architecture is at uni*
Also me: *clicks on video*
Haley: Their problem is *ARCHITECTURE*
Me: *chugs holy water*
The best tip that I’ve learned for anatomy (like you said in the video) is to think of things in shapes! That arm that you can’t draw? Simple shape! Especially if you’re just sketching, I like to start with literally rectangles, circles, etc. etc. and then I like to add on details slowly later ☺️
@Carl The Meatgrinder ok that’s great to know, sorry you’re salty 😳✋🏻
I used to have problems with drawing clothes to my characters and I guess, I still have a little, but watching others' drawings has helped me a lot. Thank you and other artists who know how to draw clothes! :)
4:33
Oh my god, that is my little sister with her art. She looks up to me for art advice but sometimes I really don't know how to help her because it's like she can't even see when something is really asymmetrical, and something I'm naturally good at is spotting asymmetry so I don't know how to fix the problem. This video was super helpful in that regard.
I'll tell her "well, make the arms the same width" and she'll just be confused like "what do you mean, they look the same"
Maybe I should encourage her to sketch digitally so she can flip her canvas and grow to see the asymmetry better
Side note: I feel really happy because I have less of these issues than I would've expected. I used to think I was just a terrible mess and I had so many art weaknesses but this kinda helped my confidence. :D
Me: I should listen to some music to help me get into the mood!
Me, 5 minutes later, 3 rooms away from my sketchbook: *_TODOKETE SETSUNA SA NI WA_*
Hey everybody, it's LavenderTowne bois, love the intro
I love you profile picture
@@cooljumper3164 its gacha right?
@@playcrazy767 Yea
@@cooljumper3164 awww, ty I love yours too!
@@mars_the_woomy Thank you
I have been thinking about going to an art school but I don’t know a lot about them, could you possibly make a video on your experience? Thank you if you can.
Lavender Town actually has made a video about this🙂just type in art school and lavender town in your search
she has!
Awsome!
Yep yep
Multiple actually, it’s really helpful
I’ve finally started to get better at anatomy, and you really helped me with it! I’ve been slowly moving from just headshots to halfbodies too! I’ve also been getting way better at hands as well, thanks to both you and my older sibling.
4:35 I struggle with this so much. Like they won’t be super out of sync, but they’ll be slightly wonky, and it will bother me
I remember in 7th grade i was drawing a skeleton in class and someone asked me why I was feeling my side like i was, I answered honestly "counting my ribs"
1...2...3...
I feel like it's not that background are hard to draw (which they are), but also that I never quite know how to tie the background and the illustration together and that's something I need to work on 😅
“Games like the sims”
All the simmers: 👁👄👁
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Architecture is a very hard thing for me to do. That’s why I drop my portraits and flowers all the time
for the clothing one, i found that playing dress up games like gacha life help inspire more interesting designs. there's lots of cool and fun accessories to play around with and that really helped me (:
My weakness is probably that I can't stick to one consistent style- every piece i make looks a little different than the last
When your early but don’t now any funny things to say
Same
Lol
Relatable
Same
Haha funny
“Every artist has a weakness”
Yeah, mines making art 😎
That's rough buddy
00:50 you are right i have only had one art lesson about prespective and like 100000000 in math class (gotta point out that we have about random stuff in art
The first two got me. I can get the hang of drawing more varied fashion in my characters but buildings and landscape might take some time. However, looking up interesting looking buildings was a good tip!
When I saw the thumbnail I realised there were no shading so I was like “... what happened while I was gone”
LavenderTowne Postes
me:*Get to the comment section as fast as possible
Also me: Oh wait I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO COMMENT Lavender Townes minutes of the video increases
me: Starts having an emergency Crises
Edit: wowie ty for all the likes its the most I've ever had :D
I edited this comment so you won’t see what I wrote 😉
@@kerplett Ok
My WiFi is being mean so I’ll have to watch this later, looking forward to it!!! 😆
Hi, I just wanted to say that I like to listen to your videos while I draw make edits or stories, your voice is so calming and gentle it helps me focus! You're my idol for drawing.
This was actually very helpful for me to reflect on what I need to focus on improving in my art. Though It’s scary to tackle something that I know I won’t be immediately good at, it will lay off in the end if I show dedication