it's the point where you draw the sketch and think "How will there be a good result after this???" but you continue anyways bc you just KNOW there's smth good hidden
i’m a professional artist, and this happens every time. i sink hours into a piece, it looks like garbage, but i keep going knowing that if i stop, i wont be able to pay rent. it usually turns out good. usually….
quick tip, a higher framerate severally helps with motion sickness. I've personally seen people die of motion sickness on quests 68 fps but be fine on quest 2's 120.
Funnily enough saw the Mona Lisa last week. I think the funniest shit is that it's just an okay pretty small painting. And on the wall across from it is this super impressive painting that takes up the entire wall.
I had the same experience lol. Not super sure why they decided to surround the Mona Lisa with massive paintings, though the one to the left of it is one of my favorites
Feel you. What gets me into action most times for unknown subjects is the bigger fear of never accomplishing anything meaningful because I was too scared of failing. It's a reminder that if I never do something then all those fears come true.
Hey, Austin, professional painter here. This was immensely entertaining for me to watch. I'd love to get the opportunity to try out that program myself someday, and see how much it differs from the real thing. A few thoughts: - First of all... you're definitely too hard on yourself. For all of the limitations you were dealing with (time constraints, motion sickness, colorblindness), the end result is actually quite impressive. On the flip side, I can't say for sure how close your experience comes to the process of using physical paints, but there are a number of factors which are definitely taken out of the equation by using a virtual set-up. There's no drying time; that affects your process, whether you're using oils or acrylics. Since there's no clean-up, that means you're not handling fuming chemicals like turpentine or mineral spirits, or constantly having to meticulously clean off your brushes. And it looked to me like you had the advantage of being able to use a color picker tool directly on your reference images of the Mona Lisa to get the exact colors you wanted, which-- yeah, actual painting doesn't have that. We have to mix our colors manually, relying on our knowledge of how colors work. - For the record, I don't think you're a lightweight, either. I don't have a *lot* of experience with VR headsets, but from my limited time using an Oculus Rift... the motion sickness is definitely a real thing. - "I have a newfound respect for people who practice this artform. It takes a ton of patience and foresight, and a level of chromatic understanding that I do not possess." And this, right here, completely made my day. You have no idea how rarely I hear acknowledgements like this. Far more frequently, professional artists deal with non-artists who think what we do is easy (including people who think it's *so* easy that we shouldn't be charging a living wage for something that's essentially "a fun hobby"). The truth is, painting requires juggling a number of different considerations all at once-- composition, anatomy, proportion, color, perspective, different types of lighting, not to mention the actual emotions and concepts behind our content and our understanding of the work in a broader context of art history. I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from trying painting, but it isn't a cake walk-- well-trained painters make it *look* easy, just because they've had tons of practice and time to figure out what they're doing.
Nice to have a VR endorsement from Austin! ^^ Should have used a Quest 2 for comfort though. It's much lighter, doesn't get as hot, and the facial interface is nicer. Mad man to do such a large canvas.
quest 2 is not that much lighter (although any bit helps), in terms of comfort rift s still wins out due to it's design (which is rumours are to be believed the quest pro on oct 28th will use a halo headband), what he needs is a counter weight for his quest..............and a facial interface (by vr cover or amvr, as the stock one leaves the red marks)
To be fair, you don't have to constantly buy new VR headsets. For each painting you have to buy a new canvas, and you have to buy a lot of paint over the years when you pursue this career, so it'll definitely come out to be far past the $400 eventually.
Omg as an artist, seeing this was so interesting. Art is such a time consuming and frustrating process but I have a few tips in my experience in case you ever feel like doing this again: - take FREQUENT breaks! People tend to get tunnel vision and get frustrated when they work on one thing for too long. Taking a break to do something else and looking at the piece with new eyes can be refreshing! - study color theory (kinda obvious but) listen it’s way easier to help pick colors to shade and to highlight with if you know what something like complimentary colors are. The reason the original Mona Lisa’s skin was more orangey was because the piece as a whole was more warm- thus the skin would be too. - do the background first that way you don’t have to paint over the main subject of the piece when adding details (some people do the background last for different effects though) - use guide lines!! It helps with proportions and to keep the drawing looking right - it’s okay to start over! Experiment with different compositions, ideas, colors and staging! Many artists use “thumbnails” (small messy sketches) to help map out the piece. -practice the stuff you are bad (for me, it’s clothes and objects) That’s all I have off the top of my head but good luck to anyone else doing art :)
I think he is taking his time between videos to reduce stress. Because he has risk of aortic dissection, and stress is bad for it. He details on the issue in the video named "My heart is broken. (Literally)"
Austin, as an artist who struggles learning painting, I hope you feel comforted by this: Every single artist will always encounter a moment where everything they're doing looks awful and they hate it. I've never seen it not happen. Messing up and second-guessing and sometimes getting a little dispirited is a natural part of the art process. And for what it's worth, you did better as someone who is colorblind, inexperienced, and in VR than most people just starting out! And your bravery to give it a try instead of saying "I can't even draw a stick figure" is something I wish more people would do.
I feel as if this video is an unintentional ad for "Painting VR." This looks like a whole lot of fun (despite the motion sickness one might feel from extended vr) Makes me wanna buy it.
I clicked this after looking at the thumbnail and thought, "cool, a nice 3-day project". I know doing it in 24 contiguous hours is better for the click rate, but any time I see this sort of thing, I always think what a better result you could get, and how much better you'd feel if you did this sort of thing over 3 days working 8-hour blocks. I mean, you're going to be useless for two days after working 24-hours straight, so may as well spend that time getting a better result and respecting your body (and yes, I watched the video, and know he has a nap and coffee breaks and such). To be clear, I'm a big Austin fan, and I'm not picking on him specifically, more querying the rushed approach. There's a reason companies with longer work hours have terrible productivity, and I wonder whether videos of this sort (again, not picking on Austin - you're awesome mate, stay golden) just reinforce the unhealthy work mindset. Anybody else feel this way?
Honestly I’d love to see your try this with guidance from a professional painter, that could like work along side you, and give you tips, that would make a cool collab! Also: when you asked about if you where overthinking it, or underestimating it- I can say with confidence that you are overthinking it. It’s something that a lot of artists do. Art is about simplifying, whether that be cartoony styles, or realism- all art has some level of simplification involved. Simple cartoon styles are obvious, but if you watch painters- oil painters in particular, the first step is usually to block in colours, tones, and simplify shapes- sand then gradually refine it from there, drawing characters usually starts with construction lines of some sort to hell your brain process what your looking at, and translate it into a drawing/ painting. You can really learn a lot from watching speed paints!
17:43 looks like monalisa with nausea 🤢 due to motion sickness after using the vr headset. Congrats Austin, you painted (expressed) yourself very well through your masterpiece. And that's the real purpose of art.
That looks great! Maybe needed some extra detail on the neck, but for your first time AND being color blind? That's incredible. I'm buying this game now. I want to try it myself.
I have a genuine respect for your ability to just "Hey lets try this out, maybe it turns out I will like it". Even if in execution it is messy, the ability to look at something unfamiliar and not be hesitant just because of unfamiliarity is not easy to do. Regardless of the outcome of the painting, good or bad, you definitely did something impressive with it
Thanks for caring for us and making this amazing content that aways feel original and with high quality! I hope your heart is doing better, still worried…
Art is so interesting and so subjective. I’m an artist myself, and at so many points in this video I really liked your piece while you were shutting it down. I think we are our own harshest critics, and the best and healthiest way to grow is by letting ourselves try, over and over again. Letting ourselves make art just to create, and see what happens. Each piece helps us learn, and if we allow ourselves kindness in growth to we can become better than we’d ever imagined. Also, like- you don’t get mad at a baby for learning how to walk right? This painting is your first steps. Of course it’s not going to be perfect- you’ve only just begun! with every piece you try, you’ll be improving bit by bit. (if you want to try again some time, that is!) Be kind to yourself, and let yourself shine.
you know, sometimes you have to find the right medium to create an image. I never was good painting with brushes, but somewhow I like drawing with coloured pencils because it works better for me. So maybe try painting a painting in real life after some time? Your end result was pretty nice tbh
I'm honest: just the idea of combining Van Gogh's Starry Night with Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is cool ::,w,:: Haven't seen the end result by now. Edit: I enjoyed your attempt! I hope we see you paint in physical space for another challenge in the future!
The painting looked great! And I’ve always thought artists don’t make pretty pieces, they just are good at making you not notice the mistakes. I can definitely say you fit my definition of an artist XD
How do color work?!?? Is the most relatable sentence I’ve ever heard as an art student😂 It looks pretty dang good Austin, you really do a lot for your viewers and the effort does not go unnoticed 👍
You did great! And it brings up a very important topic for creative folks… I was in business over a decade before I got it… and it took my work and craftsmanship to a level I never thought possible. As creative folks, we must evolve and harmonize with the changing details of a project. Being creative and innovative is all about evolving with the project throughout the process. I would always start out with strict plans and ideas for the project… So became mentally stressed and weekend at the slightest change or mistake. It’s not a compromise….. but reconciling the struggles in a project and coordinating them to work in our favor. I have to broaden my view of a project… To include the mistakes or changes that have already happened. When you spend 400 hours building a guitar, or close to 1000 hours building a violin… You’re working to an exacting blueprint and plan. But there are still details in the process that have to be worked around and manipulated to benefit the completed design. It’s impossible to work perfectly for such a huge amount of time. But letting small details ruin a project… Is a much bigger failure than mistakes that can be learned from.
Have you tried working for the emergency services yet? Or volunteering in clinical trials? Maybe cooking at the MasterChef competition? Or walking in the Amazon? Or learning to swim with the dolphins?
I was having a pretty bad day, but seeing this pop up in my notifs on my other account and watching it...It cheered me up and made me laugh out loud. I even went "Whoa, that's pretty good! I like it!" when you showed off the shaded version. I'm not even finished, but I had to say that this turned my day around.
Professional painter here, don't think you are bad at painting after the first try! My first painting was a horrible mess, my first 10 paintings were laughable and the first painting that I presented to the public (and sold) was somewhere around the 100-200 mark if not more. The is no magical talent that you either have or don't. It's a skill, like any other - people who keep at it get better. Plus, unlike VR, painting with real paint is super fun and relaxing. I hope you will give it a try one day :)
Genuinely adore how much this encapsulates the artists journey. In a way getting better at an artist is about fucking up in every conceivable way going "ok that doesn't work let me try this" and piecing together each and every skill. I am learning anatomy now whole hog and the thing that made me really break through was just rendering something far more complex than I had any right to draw and experiencing the journey of taking it apart. Now I'm using the philosophy to understand the entirety of anatomy. It's like once I made that first step into drawing something complex, a bunch of the issues I used to run into were ironed out. So I guess this is my recommendation for anyone with artists block. I don't care if you feel like you will never be able to draw something. Sit down and truly look at whatever it is as a reference. You will notice things, especially when you try to recreate it that you never noticed before. Honestly for me due to looking at a lot of photography of bones I feel as though I can see the depth and contours now. I also noticed that I am immediately able to create a skeletal reconstruction of people and animals, like now that I know what I'm looking at my brain just starts immediately tracing out where all the bones connect.
I'm genuinely impressed with the face here. Sure he's just outlined a contour instead of proper blocking, but the measurements are shockingly accurate.
This was quite a ride. As a digital and watercolor artist, i can attest to how frustrating it can be, the looong time it takes, and most of all, that a lot of people give up during the "ugly phase" of the painting (that's near the middle, where the painting looks like utter trash). Im glad you persisted and achieved such a great result! most people give up before they can see the actual result they can get with their current skill level just because they dont see progress, or just can't picture how it could possibly get better with more work~ So great job, honestly~
As an hobby artist, both traditional and digital painter, I'm not sure I would like that. I have a VR headset and I liked VR, but there are things I don't want to do in them because I get motion sick and painting is one of them. That is one of the reasons why I've never bought a painting/art program in VR. I would rather clean my brushes all day. However, if you ever want to try painting again, here is a tipe, do the background first It's just easier. This goes across mediums. With the exception of digital painting. If everything is on a different layer, you can start anywhere you want to. And artist generally tend to hate what they work on at some point during the project. That's just how it is. You learn to keep on moving on.
As a professional oil painter I need to clear up some of the myths you perpetuated at the beginning of this video. Oil painting doesn't have to be expensive to be good or fun. There are ways to make it a non-toxic and quick/easy to clean up. The learning curve is only as steep as you make it: tackling color mixing, values, brush work and drawing all in one go is as silly as trying to learn to fix a car by working on the shell of one in a junk yard for 24 hrs. Even pro painters often address just one skill at a time like painting in greyscale and adding color over correct values. I've taught high schoolers to copy masterworks like this one in just 90 days. Like most skills, having a good teacher and having challenges/lessons build on each other is key. Painting is expensive compared to what? Hobbies like traveling, collecting, golf, quilting, horses, photography, etc? I don't spend more than $100 on supplies in a month as a pro using the best quality paint and materials. I know plenty of people who spend much more on their hobbies. I'm happy to tutor you remotely if you'd like to retry this challenge in 90 days ;)
First time painting, and then we get 3:20. WTF xD That end result is insanely good. People like us can't churn out something even half that quality, and you... this is your first painting, in VR, and you're bloody colorblind! Just...
@@Lulink013 Reassure me : you do know that using reference when making a piece of art doesn't make it "less yours" right? Even what Austin did here, pastiche (reproducing a piece of art) is a whole subcategory of art. Da Vinci himself actually did it, so did his students under his encouragements and a reproduction of the Mona Lisa sold for 2 millions.
@@nihilsedveritatem9117 I mean he didn't have to think about composition, anatomy and other stuff like that nearly as much as he would have, had he tried to pain something from scratch.
Your homage to The Starry Night background is impressively close to Van Gogh’s palette. Discovering your channel today is serendipitous. Highly interesting videos, especially the Useless Information series. This is easily among my favorite channels now. You rock!
As someone who likes painting, and is familiar with several artists and their process, this video is a perfect study into why people quit art and a perfect metaphor for what it's like to start making art. The barrier of VR as an analogy for general lack of skill is perfect.
13:46 yes. So many times yes. I think speaking from personal experience at least, there comes a point when you can free yourself of expectation when you take risks and experiment and that's sometimes freeing, other times it's just nauseating to see what came of it. A lot of frustration behind it but when you do it a lot the trend is sometimes rly good things come out of it.
To be honest it was not a bad attempt, all artists hate their work specially since it's not what we imagine in our heads. There truly are no rules to painting or drawing, if you were to ask professional artists they probably all have different methods. Thinking that there has to be a technique for good art is the greatest misconception, essentially the image speaks for itself, you figure out how YOU make it good. Most of the technical stuff you learn is not actually about painting or drawing. color theory, lightning, perspective, human anatomy, etc are studies about life, but none of them teach you how to put paint on canvas, you have to do that
15:29 Austin, I'm proud of you. The pronunciation still might be rather off, but it's much closer than the 'Van Go' or 'Van Goff' I keep hearing and that people then try to correct _me_ on.
Regular gaming is a lot better than vr. VR is more expensive, you can hurt yourself, motion sickness, much less games to play, hot, uncomfortable, etc.
7:50 relatable artist moment, leave canvas in disgust at how awful it is, come back and "wait wtf this looks good". all the "I don't know what I'm doing" moments were also highly relatable. I literally do art professionally and most of the time I'm just fuckin winging it too lmao great video, I'm genuinely impressed by how good you did 13:50 yes, constantly hahah
Watching Austin go through all of the dilemmas I’ve gone through me I’m sure more and better artists have gone through in his artwork is actually quite reassuring
Hey, I think you did pretty good! Painting via technology is so, so hard!! I totally recommend getting some cheap paints and brushes at Walmart and give it a second shot- everyone hates their work before finishing it!
Great video Austin! Very funny and I've been wondering what's going on in the VR art space for a while so thanks for showing us around! Keep up the awesome content!!
bro your dedication is unbelievable i used to paint when I was a kid but I stopped and now I just draw digital on my phone sometimes. Art is basically trial and error until you get better at it and then you end up not liking your own work anyway but after doing it for a while I think I just focus on the nice feeling of completing something even when it's not that great and how much improvement I made from past artworks. also one of the reasons I don't like time limits is even if I did finish on time I could've done so much more and it just doesn't feel satisfying. You did a great job considering how dizzy those vr probably felt :)
As an artist myself. It was really fun to see someone who has never taken up painting and who of all things is color blind make a pretty stand up piece of art. Especially from someone who i cant really draw convincing looking humans i could tell that some real thought and design went into how you painted her. Overall pretty good for a first time Austin!
this reminded me of all of the times people told me that digital art is easy because ??? idk i think people are under the impression that the software suddenly gives you art fundamentals knowledge?
You sound like every artist I know (myself included) so you're legit to me. We always have the process of "this sucks. I suck. What am I doing? This doesn't look like anything. Idk what I'm doing?" And then going to: "This looks way better than a few minutes ago. What the fuck. What did I do!?" And then to "What happened. It looked better an hour ago. What?"
I feel like having a deep hatred for what you've created halfway through an art-project is part of the journey
it's the point where you draw the sketch and think "How will there be a good result after this???" but you continue anyways bc you just KNOW there's smth good hidden
It’s like not finishing a drawing coz it already looks good and you don’t want to ruin it
i’m a professional artist, and this happens every time. i sink hours into a piece, it looks like garbage, but i keep going knowing that if i stop, i wont be able to pay rent. it usually turns out good. usually….
@@jamespigeon1399 Yeah, I also want to work in the art industry, and I also have this lol
Every. Single. Time. But then it turns out to be your best work and you love it
Man he really said
"I want to try painting"
Then jumped straight into the deep end
What you know about rolling dow-
The deep end of painting is not painting?
@@iseriver3982 *black square on square canvas intensifies*
hmm. maybe i should try painting.
*paints mona lisa*
Thats absolutes ahahha
You sell yourself short. The painting was pretty impressive for doing it in VR.
It was impressive out of vr, i can barely get past stick figures 😂😂
I've tried doing this type of thing before in vr, and it's really hard. And I'm not even colorblind.
And for his first jab at painting too! Not too bad.
no not really
the game is impressive aswell, works perfectly
quick tip, a higher framerate severally helps with motion sickness. I've personally seen people die of motion sickness on quests 68 fps but be fine on quest 2's 120.
Die? Wow
@@thenameless3271 i think he means it as an expression
@@JoaoVictor_18 I miss when people used the words they mean instead of all of these exaggerations
@@Pyth110 Damn almost like people have always spoken in hyperbole and idioms since the beginning of time
@@Pyth110 that's literally never happened
*Paints purple line
“Why is it blue?”
*Colorblindness intensifies
I was thinking the same thing!! 😆 when he said purple I was like 😨
I'm also colorblind and I was like, "Yeah, why is it blue?"
I'm colorblind and I thought it was pink
@@TheArchitectThatWas tritanopia
@@spoopybat7880 it was one of those colours that can be debatably pink or purple
Honestly, I’m pretty impressed. For 24 hours that’s super impressive IMO
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And he painted roughly half of that time. That is amazing he got that close and then had time for an abstract background.
14:50 “Is this what real painter go through?” This is awful.”
Yes and yes lol
13:50 *
13:46**
Yes but with less motivation
Funnily enough saw the Mona Lisa last week. I think the funniest shit is that it's just an okay pretty small painting. And on the wall across from it is this super impressive painting that takes up the entire wall.
I've always been underwhelmed with the Mona Lisa. I thought Da Vinci had other paintings that were much better.
@@dimesonhiseyes9134 The Mona Lisa is only famous because it was stolen and no one noticed for a long time haha
@@dimesonhiseyes9134 which of his works would you recommend?
I had the same experience lol. Not super sure why they decided to surround the Mona Lisa with massive paintings, though the one to the left of it is one of my favorites
@@canislupus4655 what painting is to the left of it?
These "going outside your comfort zone videos" are honestly quite inspiring for someone as afraid of failure like me. So thank you!
Feel you. What gets me into action most times for unknown subjects is the bigger fear of never accomplishing anything meaningful because I was too scared of failing. It's a reminder that if I never do something then all those fears come true.
Absolutely everyone is afraid of failure, the difference is u gotta embrace it and learn :) I feel you
Hey, Austin, professional painter here. This was immensely entertaining for me to watch. I'd love to get the opportunity to try out that program myself someday, and see how much it differs from the real thing.
A few thoughts:
- First of all... you're definitely too hard on yourself. For all of the limitations you were dealing with (time constraints, motion sickness, colorblindness), the end result is actually quite impressive. On the flip side, I can't say for sure how close your experience comes to the process of using physical paints, but there are a number of factors which are definitely taken out of the equation by using a virtual set-up. There's no drying time; that affects your process, whether you're using oils or acrylics. Since there's no clean-up, that means you're not handling fuming chemicals like turpentine or mineral spirits, or constantly having to meticulously clean off your brushes. And it looked to me like you had the advantage of being able to use a color picker tool directly on your reference images of the Mona Lisa to get the exact colors you wanted, which-- yeah, actual painting doesn't have that. We have to mix our colors manually, relying on our knowledge of how colors work.
- For the record, I don't think you're a lightweight, either. I don't have a *lot* of experience with VR headsets, but from my limited time using an Oculus Rift... the motion sickness is definitely a real thing.
- "I have a newfound respect for people who practice this artform. It takes a ton of patience and foresight, and a level of chromatic understanding that I do not possess." And this, right here, completely made my day. You have no idea how rarely I hear acknowledgements like this. Far more frequently, professional artists deal with non-artists who think what we do is easy (including people who think it's *so* easy that we shouldn't be charging a living wage for something that's essentially "a fun hobby"). The truth is, painting requires juggling a number of different considerations all at once-- composition, anatomy, proportion, color, perspective, different types of lighting, not to mention the actual emotions and concepts behind our content and our understanding of the work in a broader context of art history. I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from trying painting, but it isn't a cake walk-- well-trained painters make it *look* easy, just because they've had tons of practice and time to figure out what they're doing.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this, I learned so much!
Alternate title: Our boy learns color theory
yesssssss
No one tell David Lynch about VR paining. He’ll get so excited I don’t think his hand will ever stop waving
lol
another alernate title: our boy discovers the mona lisa has a veil
"Why is it blue?" I have some bad news
I quite like the end piece, honestly. This video pretty much feels like a perfect summary of the art process in general as well.
I like videos where it's just a person not knowing what they're doing trying new things.
Alternatively, someone who is really good at something doing that thing efficiently and with grace
I like video creators who know how to try new things.
You've come to the right channel then
you would love the Answer In Progress channel then, look em up theyre great
Well... if u like socially awkward lady ,trying to navigate thru life . Then I got the perfect place
Nice to have a VR endorsement from Austin! ^^
Should have used a Quest 2 for comfort though. It's much lighter, doesn't get as hot, and the facial interface is nicer. Mad man to do such a large canvas.
quest 2 is not that much lighter (although any bit helps), in terms of comfort rift s still wins out due to it's design (which is rumours are to be believed the quest pro on oct 28th will use a halo headband), what he needs is a counter weight for his quest..............and a facial interface (by vr cover or amvr, as the stock one leaves the red marks)
The quest 2 cost money
Dude I was genuinely surprised how well you did given your experience and your…unusual medium. Far better than I could do in real life. Good video
AustinMcConnell: “Paints and canvas will cost an arm and a leg”
Also AustinMcConnel: uses a VR headset that costs around $400
To be fair, you don't have to constantly buy new VR headsets. For each painting you have to buy a new canvas, and you have to buy a lot of paint over the years when you pursue this career, so it'll definitely come out to be far past the $400 eventually.
Actually oculus quest is not that expensive at just 300 usd , well the 2nd one. You can't buy the first one now
$400 is literally nothing, especially for a headset
The oil paint is soooo expensive
@@huttonberries768 I’ve been saving up for a quest for over a year…
Omg as an artist, seeing this was so interesting. Art is such a time consuming and frustrating process but I have a few tips in my experience in case you ever feel like doing this again:
- take FREQUENT breaks! People tend to get tunnel vision and get frustrated when they work on one thing for too long. Taking a break to do something else and looking at the piece with new eyes can be refreshing!
- study color theory (kinda obvious but) listen it’s way easier to help pick colors to shade and to highlight with if you know what something like complimentary colors are. The reason the original Mona Lisa’s skin was more orangey was because the piece as a whole was more warm- thus the skin would be too.
- do the background first that way you don’t have to paint over the main subject of the piece when adding details (some people do the background last for different effects though)
- use guide lines!! It helps with proportions and to keep the drawing looking right
- it’s okay to start over! Experiment with different compositions, ideas, colors and staging! Many artists use “thumbnails” (small messy sketches) to help map out the piece.
-practice the stuff you are bad (for me, it’s clothes and objects)
That’s all I have off the top of my head but good luck to anyone else doing art :)
Mate it's nice to see you come back!
It sure is
I think he is taking his time between videos to reduce stress. Because he has risk of aortic dissection, and stress is bad for it. He details on the issue in the video named "My heart is broken. (Literally)"
Austin, as an artist who struggles learning painting, I hope you feel comforted by this:
Every single artist will always encounter a moment where everything they're doing looks awful and they hate it. I've never seen it not happen.
Messing up and second-guessing and sometimes getting a little dispirited is a natural part of the art process. And for what it's worth, you did better as someone who is colorblind, inexperienced, and in VR than most people just starting out!
And your bravery to give it a try instead of saying "I can't even draw a stick figure" is something I wish more people would do.
I'm starting to think that squarespace loves you
They'll be announcing their engagement any day now
It took you this long to realise?
I think Austin loves square space.
Probably does
its likely they promised to sponsor a certain number of videos and didnt look at his upload schedule
Can’t wait for Austin to become God and create the real world in Minecraft in 24 hours
Haha mimecraft learn to spell nerd
thank you for acknowledging the craft of mime we the mime association appreciate it
@@FlorGeneva wow it's flor geneva
@@shoelicker dude, shut up. That’s uncalled for
@@LaneWinn I just a joke m8
I love how Austin starts these videos being optimistic but by the end of it he looked like he's done with everything
I feel as if this video is an unintentional ad for "Painting VR." This looks like a whole lot of fun (despite the motion sickness one might feel from extended vr)
Makes me wanna buy it.
“I’m scared that if I keep going I’ll make more mistakes that I have to paint over”
I felt that in my soul
I clicked this after looking at the thumbnail and thought, "cool, a nice 3-day project".
I know doing it in 24 contiguous hours is better for the click rate, but any time I see this sort of thing, I always think what a better result you could get, and how much better you'd feel if you did this sort of thing over 3 days working 8-hour blocks.
I mean, you're going to be useless for two days after working 24-hours straight, so may as well spend that time getting a better result and respecting your body (and yes, I watched the video, and know he has a nap and coffee breaks and such).
To be clear, I'm a big Austin fan, and I'm not picking on him specifically, more querying the rushed approach.
There's a reason companies with longer work hours have terrible productivity, and I wonder whether videos of this sort (again, not picking on Austin - you're awesome mate, stay golden) just reinforce the unhealthy work mindset.
Anybody else feel this way?
Love seeing Mona Lisa with VR, it's very nice and a pleasure to see you trying out more stuff
It's funny how he had (presumably) very little knowledge of VR and almost no experience in painting so he decided to make the Mona Lisa
Honestly I’d love to see your try this with guidance from a professional painter, that could like work along side you, and give you tips, that would make a cool collab!
Also: when you asked about if you where overthinking it, or underestimating it- I can say with confidence that you are overthinking it. It’s something that a lot of artists do. Art is about simplifying, whether that be cartoony styles, or realism- all art has some level of simplification involved. Simple cartoon styles are obvious, but if you watch painters- oil painters in particular, the first step is usually to block in colours, tones, and simplify shapes- sand then gradually refine it from there, drawing characters usually starts with construction lines of some sort to hell your brain process what your looking at, and translate it into a drawing/ painting. You can really learn a lot from watching speed paints!
17:43 looks like monalisa with nausea 🤢 due to motion sickness after using the vr headset. Congrats Austin, you painted (expressed) yourself very well through your masterpiece. And that's the real purpose of art.
Better title:
Austin does a good job experiencing the life of an artist and translating that into a video.
That looks great! Maybe needed some extra detail on the neck, but for your first time AND being color blind? That's incredible.
I'm buying this game now. I want to try it myself.
I thought it actually looked fantastic and loved seeing it come together! Great vid as always!
Simulation sickness kills me after about twenty minutes, so frankly, I was impressed with how long you managed to stay in VR without dying.
I have a genuine respect for your ability to just "Hey lets try this out, maybe it turns out I will like it". Even if in execution it is messy, the ability to look at something unfamiliar and not be hesitant just because of unfamiliarity is not easy to do. Regardless of the outcome of the painting, good or bad, you definitely did something impressive with it
12:12 I don’t know why, but everything about this scene is perfect, the way you lean on the wall, the exasperated sigh, everything is just... perfect
Thanks for caring for us and making this amazing content that aways feel original and with high quality! I hope your heart is doing better, still worried…
You had a masterpiece 3 hrs in.. it just went south from then on
Art is so interesting and so subjective. I’m an artist myself, and at so many points in this video I really liked your piece while you were shutting it down. I think we are our own harshest critics, and the best and healthiest way to grow is by letting ourselves try, over and over again. Letting ourselves make art just to create, and see what happens. Each piece helps us learn, and if we allow ourselves kindness in growth to we can become better than we’d ever imagined.
Also, like- you don’t get mad at a baby for learning how to walk right? This painting is your first steps. Of course it’s not going to be perfect- you’ve only just begun! with every piece you try, you’ll be improving bit by bit. (if you want to try again some time, that is!)
Be kind to yourself, and let yourself shine.
I love it when Austin uploads, It's like you get a treat every 2 months.
This was honestly really funny. It might be one of my favorite videos of yours
I can't imagine trying to paint fine detail without access to linseed oil, paint thinner, etc.
Austin honestly love this channel please do more on documentaries like times beach
"whatever I did last time, we're not gonna do that this time"
Learning 100
you know, sometimes you have to find the right medium to create an image.
I never was good painting with brushes, but somewhow I like drawing with coloured pencils because it works better for me.
So maybe try painting a painting in real life after some time?
Your end result was pretty nice tbh
I love how you just find something you wanna do and then just do it. This channel is absolutely based
I'm honest: just the idea of combining Van Gogh's Starry Night with Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is cool ::,w,:: Haven't seen the end result by now.
Edit: I enjoyed your attempt! I hope we see you paint in physical space for another challenge in the future!
Yeah, even if he's not a painter he's certainly an artist.
The painting looked great! And I’ve always thought artists don’t make pretty pieces, they just are good at making you not notice the mistakes. I can definitely say you fit my definition of an artist XD
I absolutely love how Austin uses the 2 artworks in existence: Mona Lisa and Starry Night
How do color work?!?? Is the most relatable sentence I’ve ever heard as an art student😂 It looks pretty dang good Austin, you really do a lot for your viewers and the effort does not go unnoticed 👍
Thanks. :)
@@austinmcconnell Not to fangirl but omg you responded!!! Thank you!!
That looked amazing.
“Painting costs and arm and a leg”
* Proceeds to solve the problem using a VR HEADSET *
...
The VR headset was a brilliant solution to the forehead issue, absolutely brilliant. I love it
This is Absolutely what artists go through every time they make art lol
You know, for someone who gets motion sick easily, you apparently made it a few hours before feeling it. Good for you!
You did great! And it brings up a very important topic for creative folks…
I was in business over a decade before I got it… and it took my work and craftsmanship to a level I never thought possible.
As creative folks, we must evolve and harmonize with the changing details of a project.
Being creative and innovative is all about evolving with the project throughout the process. I would always start out with strict plans and ideas for the project… So became mentally stressed and weekend at the slightest change or mistake.
It’s not a compromise….. but reconciling the struggles in a project and coordinating them to work in our favor.
I have to broaden my view of a project… To include the mistakes or changes that have already happened. When you spend 400 hours building a guitar, or close to 1000 hours building a violin… You’re working to an exacting blueprint and plan.
But there are still details in the process that have to be worked around and manipulated to benefit the completed design. It’s impossible to work perfectly for such a huge amount of time. But letting small details ruin a project… Is a much bigger failure than mistakes that can be learned from.
Have you tried working for the emergency services yet? Or volunteering in clinical trials? Maybe cooking at the MasterChef competition? Or walking in the Amazon? Or learning to swim with the dolphins?
I was having a pretty bad day, but seeing this pop up in my notifs on my other account and watching it...It cheered me up and made me laugh out loud. I even went "Whoa, that's pretty good! I like it!" when you showed off the shaded version.
I'm not even finished, but I had to say that this turned my day around.
Professional painter here, don't think you are bad at painting after the first try! My first painting was a horrible mess, my first 10 paintings were laughable and the first painting that I presented to the public (and sold) was somewhere around the 100-200 mark if not more.
The is no magical talent that you either have or don't. It's a skill, like any other - people who keep at it get better.
Plus, unlike VR, painting with real paint is super fun and relaxing. I hope you will give it a try one day :)
The size of that canvas made it a huge challenge in itself - kudos.
Genuinely adore how much this encapsulates the artists journey. In a way getting better at an artist is about fucking up in every conceivable way going "ok that doesn't work let me try this" and piecing together each and every skill. I am learning anatomy now whole hog and the thing that made me really break through was just rendering something far more complex than I had any right to draw and experiencing the journey of taking it apart. Now I'm using the philosophy to understand the entirety of anatomy. It's like once I made that first step into drawing something complex, a bunch of the issues I used to run into were ironed out.
So I guess this is my recommendation for anyone with artists block. I don't care if you feel like you will never be able to draw something. Sit down and truly look at whatever it is as a reference. You will notice things, especially when you try to recreate it that you never noticed before. Honestly for me due to looking at a lot of photography of bones I feel as though I can see the depth and contours now. I also noticed that I am immediately able to create a skeletal reconstruction of people and animals, like now that I know what I'm looking at my brain just starts immediately tracing out where all the bones connect.
What i love about this channel is that every video is unique and different
him: does a amazing drawing in 24 hours
me: circle that took 3 weeks
I'm genuinely impressed with the face here. Sure he's just outlined a contour instead of proper blocking, but the measurements are shockingly accurate.
This was quite a ride. As a digital and watercolor artist, i can attest to how frustrating it can be, the looong time it takes, and most of all, that a lot of people give up during the "ugly phase" of the painting (that's near the middle, where the painting looks like utter trash). Im glad you persisted and achieved such a great result! most people give up before they can see the actual result they can get with their current skill level just because they dont see progress, or just can't picture how it could possibly get better with more work~
So great job, honestly~
As an hobby artist, both traditional and digital painter, I'm not sure I would like that. I have a VR headset and I liked VR, but there are things I don't want to do in them because I get motion sick and painting is one of them. That is one of the reasons why I've never bought a painting/art program in VR. I would rather clean my brushes all day.
However, if you ever want to try painting again, here is a tipe, do the background first It's just easier. This goes across mediums. With the exception of digital painting. If everything is on a different layer, you can start anywhere you want to.
And artist generally tend to hate what they work on at some point during the project. That's just how it is. You learn to keep on moving on.
As a professional oil painter I need to clear up some of the myths you perpetuated at the beginning of this video.
Oil painting doesn't have to be expensive to be good or fun.
There are ways to make it a non-toxic and quick/easy to clean up.
The learning curve is only as steep as you make it: tackling color mixing, values, brush work and drawing all in one go is as silly as trying to learn to fix a car by working on the shell of one in a junk yard for 24 hrs. Even pro painters often address just one skill at a time like painting in greyscale and adding color over correct values.
I've taught high schoolers to copy masterworks like this one in just 90 days. Like most skills, having a good teacher and having challenges/lessons build on each other is key.
Painting is expensive compared to what? Hobbies like traveling, collecting, golf, quilting, horses, photography, etc? I don't spend more than $100 on supplies in a month as a pro using the best quality paint and materials. I know plenty of people who spend much more on their hobbies.
I'm happy to tutor you remotely if you'd like to retry this challenge in 90 days ;)
Thanks for clearing it up! :)
"Mom can I have mona lisa?"
"No son we have mona lisa at home"
*Mona lisa at home:*
First time painting, and then we get 3:20. WTF xD
That end result is insanely good. People like us can't churn out something even half that quality, and you... this is your first painting, in VR, and you're bloody colorblind! Just...
Dude went through every stage of art creation in twenty four hours.
To be fair he used reference so a lot of it wasn't his to do.
@@Lulink013 Reassure me : you do know that using reference when making a piece of art doesn't make it "less yours" right? Even what Austin did here, pastiche (reproducing a piece of art) is a whole subcategory of art. Da Vinci himself actually did it, so did his students under his encouragements and a reproduction of the Mona Lisa sold for 2 millions.
@@nihilsedveritatem9117 I mean he didn't have to think about composition, anatomy and other stuff like that nearly as much as he would have, had he tried to pain something from scratch.
Vr you always try new things for your videos and I love that
Your homage to The Starry Night background is impressively close to Van Gogh’s palette. Discovering your channel today is serendipitous. Highly interesting videos, especially the Useless Information series. This is easily among my favorite channels now. You rock!
Tbh this is just the experience that all artists go through every time u make art.
As someone who likes painting, and is familiar with several artists and their process, this video is a perfect study into why people quit art and a perfect metaphor for what it's like to start making art. The barrier of VR as an analogy for general lack of skill is perfect.
Honestly with the fact that you're not super familiar with art, or the equipment you have- this is SUPER impressive and it looks really good!!
13:46 yes. So many times yes. I think speaking from personal experience at least, there comes a point when you can free yourself of expectation when you take risks and experiment and that's sometimes freeing, other times it's just nauseating to see what came of it. A lot of frustration behind it but when you do it a lot the trend is sometimes rly good things come out of it.
To be honest it was not a bad attempt, all artists hate their work specially since it's not what we imagine in our heads.
There truly are no rules to painting or drawing, if you were to ask professional artists they probably all have different methods.
Thinking that there has to be a technique for good art is the greatest misconception, essentially the image speaks for itself, you figure out how YOU make it good.
Most of the technical stuff you learn is not actually about painting or drawing. color theory, lightning, perspective, human anatomy, etc are studies about life, but none of them teach you how to put paint on canvas, you have to do that
That was far better than I was expecting for a first attempt.
15:29 Austin, I'm proud of you.
The pronunciation still might be rather off, but it's much closer than the 'Van Go' or 'Van Goff' I keep hearing and that people then try to correct _me_ on.
Meanwhile, French people say "Van Gog".
@@Lulink013 Still closer than Go or Goff
Love this video. And you did great!
"Painting is expensive"
proceeds to buy a VR set and app for painting
1 time purchase
Regular gaming is a lot better than vr. VR is more expensive, you can hurt yourself, motion sickness, much less games to play, hot, uncomfortable, etc.
7:50 relatable artist moment, leave canvas in disgust at how awful it is, come back and "wait wtf this looks good". all the "I don't know what I'm doing" moments were also highly relatable. I literally do art professionally and most of the time I'm just fuckin winging it too lmao great video, I'm genuinely impressed by how good you did
13:50 yes, constantly hahah
As a painter and aspiring comic book artist, that was an amazing attempt, especially since your colorblind
Always a pleasure to see your work, Austin.
That's really good, Austin! When you said you were going to switch things up, I was so happy and excited to see where your creativity would lead.
Watching Austin go through all of the dilemmas I’ve gone through me I’m sure more and better artists have gone through in his artwork is actually quite reassuring
This is just a video condensing what it feels like to create something. The hating it, and wondering how you messed it up was very relatable.
Your channel has the best variety. Always appreciate your uploads!
Hey, I think you did pretty good! Painting via technology is so, so hard!! I totally recommend getting some cheap paints and brushes at Walmart and give it a second shot- everyone hates their work before finishing it!
Great video Austin! Very funny and I've been wondering what's going on in the VR art space for a while so thanks for showing us around! Keep up the awesome content!!
love these videos of you doing crazy creative projects. final result looked pretty good imo
I love the interlude at 7:00 with the Mark of Gerstmann.
bro your dedication is unbelievable i used to paint when I was a kid but I stopped and now I just draw digital on my phone sometimes. Art is basically trial and error until you get better at it and then you end up not liking your own work anyway but after doing it for a while I think I just focus on the nice feeling of completing something even when it's not that great and how much improvement I made from past artworks. also one of the reasons I don't like time limits is even if I did finish on time I could've done so much more and it just doesn't feel satisfying. You did a great job considering how dizzy those vr probably felt :)
Mona Lisa meets van Gough's Starry Night
'I wanna try painting'
*literally paints a masterpiece*
As an artist myself. It was really fun to see someone who has never taken up painting and who of all things is color blind make a pretty stand up piece of art. Especially from someone who i cant really draw convincing looking humans i could tell that some real thought and design went into how you painted her. Overall pretty good for a first time Austin!
this reminded me of all of the times people told me that digital art is easy because ??? idk i think people are under the impression that the software suddenly gives you art fundamentals knowledge?
You sound like every artist I know (myself included) so you're legit to me.
We always have the process of "this sucks. I suck. What am I doing? This doesn't look like anything. Idk what I'm doing?"
And then going to:
"This looks way better than a few minutes ago. What the fuck. What did I do!?"
And then to
"What happened. It looked better an hour ago. What?"
My new favorite video from you. I think it is extremely entertaining. I am nowhere neer as artistic.