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- From Michelangelo to Van Gogh, even the greatest artists in history weren't totally original.
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"why do people think having serious mental health issues makes you a better artist?"
YES ADAM SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT
They don't. However, they tend to die early, leaving few works behind, and thus the value of rarity....
@@justanoman6497 Serious mental illness seriously impaired my growth as a writer for decades.
turtles. Michelangelo. I see what you did there.
The turtles got their names from these artists.
TheLionBrony96 I know that.
Oh @#$? That went right passed me.
Is he john tron
Also then Leonardo
"Why do people think having mental health issues makes you a better artist??"
THANK YOU ADAM. Stop Idolizing Artist's life, stop making an artist's life a reason for his work. Most of the time it was their job, that's all.....
Bach made hundreds of musical pieces because it was his job. His everyday job. Like anyone else.
And Beethoven started having deafness later in his life, but he didn't care because he knew musical theory and didn't need to hear the music, just to see it on a piece of paper was enough.
Most artists had a simple boring life, and their works of art should be much more celebrated than their life because both of them doesn't have much links together.
Alex Paradis - Sound Designer
Bravo sir!
"stop making an artist's life a reason for his work"
In my mind, an artist's work is the reason for their life.
Alex Paradis - Sound Designer In facts many artists, writers, musicians say the mental illness often kept them from creating.
@@julieporter7805 give me figures and I'll believe your statement. Not because you said "many" or "in fact" we should all consider that a true information.
Alexandre Paradis yeah I agree. I suffer from chronic depression, generalized social anxiety and a social phobia and I’m trying to be a writer. Would my writing be considered “better” cause I suffered from severe psychological problems?
Literally, like, every actual artist already knows this.
Art is a skill, and like all skills the way you get it and refine it is by replicating the techniques already done by more skilled past masters of the craft. This is more commonly known as "practising".
Back in the day, when canvas, paint, and especially stone was pricey to say the least the only way to get your hand on these materials was to sell reproductions. Copies. Which was necessary, because back in the day there was no such thing as mass production of art. If you wanted a nice painting, you had to get a copy made.
This benefited EVERYONE. The original artist received free publicly without needing to render the same work over and over again. The consumer who got a copy of a piece they wanted, and the "copy-cat" artist who received money and materials they needed to refine their craft.
Even now, the best ways to grow as an artist is to copy the techniques and sometimes even the art itself of past masters. This is called studying the "fundamentals".
preaachhh
i disagree. i gain nothing from practicing others material. I've mastered my own techniques, making new things. and people love them more than i do myself. making copies isn't my way of an artist, and it has never benefited me. i understand why most need these practices, but i just don't learn that way.
Lol Phan Except you probably have without even knowing it. Copies dont have to be straight up copying, looking at any work and deciding to emulate parts you like? That's basically copying. It's not something to be ashamed of, any artist, from beginner to teacher/professional knows about master studies. It's actually ridiculous to assume that in a world so full of art you have never emulated or thought to learn via master studies.
Unless you've developed artistically in a complete vacuum, making copies has benefited you.
i wouldn't call that copying though. most of my art would seem like i copied but really my imagination was just going to the same place as someone I've never seen or heard of before. it's original in thought, just similar in reality. i didn't say anything about copying being bad, i'm not ashamed of my art looking like others. i just l don't like it when i'm forced to draw things directly related to something else without making the journey towards that inspiration. i don't want to be told what to make, i want to find that for myself. if it ends up being similar to someone else's work, then that's a coincidence, not copying. just two people having the same idea, that the both of them came up with through their own journeys.
So DeviantArt possibly houses some artists that will have their Sonic Fan Fic cherished in the future?
EDIT: I can't believe this got over 2K.
Max J maybe
👏🏻🤣
"Not many people know that while esteemed painter Sephirothlover_420's masterpiece 'Sonic Pregnant with Shrek DO NOT STEAL' is revered today as a classic of the early 2000s renaissance, it was actually quite controversial back then."
ChasetheHedgehog might end up being taught about in schools.
Also, their "mah look what I drew" "Art"
Knowing that these artists copied others doesn't take away from the pure skill and talent it took to make those works of art. I mean, do you know anyone who could perfectly recreate an ancient Roman sculpture?
That's not what Adam's saying though. He's saying that imitating and being inspired by another artist is at the center of what makes good work and that we shouldn't say that someone is commiting plagiarism just because they're work is similar to someone else's.
"✨Van Gogh drank yellow paint because yellow is a happy color! ✨"
No Deborah he was depressed lol how many times we gotta say it
That one, though... Don't those connect? He was so off-kilter and miserable that he wanted to "get the happiness inside him" or something? I've definitely had some pretty dumbshit thoughts during a mental breakdown.
In fairness, he legitimately thought that eating yellow paint would make him happier, even though oil paints are incredibly toxic. That’s how sick he was.
@@spookyspice596 I think the part that pisses a lot of people off is the stars or other indicators that people admire this act, rather than see it as the cry for help that it was
artists already know that there's no original original art.
So she was both tough and knowledgeable
Very underrated
Yeah, but she's a beginner
Every particle already exists
But putting it all together does make it original
Another art history fact:
Not only did artists copy each other, they took it as a compliment. Plagiarism was actually praiseworthy.
Yet another glimpse into human nature
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
Then it’s my guess it only became an issue when money became involved or some nut job said it was a problem and then it went public and a thing about honor and respect and became the copyright and plagiarism laws that we have today.
Don’t get me wrong give credit where credit is do but in all honesty to say someone rips off someone because of a great amount of similarities to something honestly is kind of shitty especially if someone put a lot of work into it.
But their teachers praised originality didn't they?
@@craftpaint1644 In the Renaissance? Doubtful. More likely they valued instructing an artist who became wealthy and famous, so more people would want that teacher specifically to instruct THEM and thus gain more money and prestige. I don't believe that they would reject or stifle creativity per se (unless it was something likely to get both of them in trouble, like an anti-religious or anti-monarchy piece), but I doubt it was a high priority.
I find it funny when people get really worked up about Adam "ruining things" because it doesn't really change things like art at all, he's either teaching us about problems we need to fix or pointing out misconceptions, not with the goal of hating on them, but just spreading knowledge. The fact that some great artists started out as forgers doesn't change the fact that they are good artists.
Nowadays people who are super into art get extremely defensive because these facts challenge their perceptions on what qualifies as art. The facts literally scare them.
I think there are a few reasons "people get really worked up about Adam "ruining things."" While the show, unlike other educational shows, cites their sources, whereas the other educational shows just expect you to believe them, some of the sources aren't really reliable sources. For example, the show cites ProPublica a lot, which not only isn't the most reliable source but also has a slightly left-leaning bias. Also, the show Adam Ruins Everything has a largely left-leaning bias, as there are many episodes focused on controversial political topics and I believe in all of them the show supports the left-leaning side of the debate, so Republicans/Conservatives generally get more worked up about the show than Democrats/Liberals. There is a Reddit post that shows this bias Here is a link to the post: www.reddit.com/r/adamruinseverything/comments/7agcht/adam_ruins_everything_is_politically_biased_to/
Also, I know there is going to be some joker out there that will reply to this comment by saying something like "Well reality has a liberal bias."
@@jeffbrehove2614 they arent even artists
@@connorbredall3112 liberal, republican, the political spectrum of you gringos is really small.
And yes, it is political but guess what, everything is political, everything is propaganda, all ideas push towards a certain model or peeception of society and reality.
The difference with Adam's show is that he is uses research done by experts.
As an artist I can say from my own experience.
Fanart gets you more attention than original art. Almost no one cares about your original art unless you give them a really good reason to like it... and that can be really hard to do.
For a a generation of people who demand originality, they certainly don't seem to care as much for it much as they say they do.
Well, nothing is original
Well, nothing is original
Sorry
Everything is a remix. Go see that documentary.
plenty of proof of that in music.
"Well, nothing is original" - -S Pandit- Codie Tanguma
S Pandit I respectfully disagree
While it may be true that some arts can be duplicated, perspectives are original. While someone can draw the Eiffel Tower from the ground to show how high it is, another can draw the Eiffel Tower from far away, capturing the landscape, people, scenery and the time of day along with it.
Are they the same? Yes, they are both drawings of the Eiffel Tower
But not exactly copies. Their perspectives on their art is vastly different. One Artist focuses on the size of the Eiffel Tower while the other artist saw where the Tower was placed.
Why do people think having serious mental issues makes you a better artist?
AMEN BROTHA
Do a "Adam ruins his haircut"
Why would severing body parts equal to ''artist'', seriously? people think that?
(Is was his earlobe not his ear)
It was his whole ear except a part of the lobe. The doctor who helped his ear drew a picture of how was it cut off and you can see how it was cut.
Insanity spreads like The Plague. T_T
Nikolai Rose Like people believing The Illuminati is real?
No u
mkking art I've literally never heard of that. Do you have a source?
Now people strive so much for originality they end up just making utter crap.
That's basically modern art, but it sells so everyone copies it.
lemonjelloguy 1 cough, Adam ellis
lemonjelloguy 1 :0 Neuschwanstein!
Post-modernism in a nutshell.
lemonjelloguy 1 I actually agree with you on that.
Nathan Barnett is coo coo for Skittles and mashing buttons. He would never cut off his ear.
Urgh, thank you for saying mental illness isn't related to artistic ability. If I have to hear someone tell me that 'if they'd had medication for mental illness back then, we'd never have had Starry Night!' I will sock somebody.
As a graphic design student, my teachers have always told me "there's nothing new under the sun", and what both artists and designers do, is to become cultured people, capable to reinvent, bring new perspectives to already existing concepts, and learn the necesary skills to make that possible.
This is funny because anyone who's ever studied any kind of art or creative field knows this without a doubt. Classical composers would study music by traveling to a center of learning to copy the scores of the masters. By copying great art, you learn to make your own using elements of lifted from artists you admire
Nothing is truly original
^especially this sentence
^ such an unoriginal response
is this reply to an unoriginal reply to an unoriginal sentence original?
The first cave painting was pretty original.
The first cave painting was a singular mark, like a dot or line that someone did on accident. Art that is recognizable developed from a series of copied ideas that eventually became whatever art is today.
as an art major (going into game arts, but i have to learn the basics all the same) its pretty much true. while they obviously dont intend to "copy", each generation of artists still has to learn the basics, and will generally learn from older masters before twisting it to their own style. its the exact same thing with storytelling really, we literally tell the same story over and over with different specifics. look up "the heros journey", and youll realise its ALL the same story (not a bad thing, heck, its worked for millennia!)
Surprised to see this is unlisted
wait what
Sir Comet When I first came here it was unlisted. They've since made it public
Musical Comedy hi
Hello BoBurnhamTV
Nothing is original. Everything comes from somewhere. You'll never make an objectively perfect piece because art by it's very nature is subjective. Everyone likes different things.
Best way to be original is to just make what you like.
All thought, and feeling is built on Precedent. So is the Law. Science, Art, Music, Poetry, Myth, Religion, Philosophy, and History, everything in our respective cultures. We learn from each other, that's called Progress. People say "Completely Original" like anyone started from Scratch, since language was invented. No, it doesn't work like that, we are Social animals. If there was anything completely original, nobody else would understand it. Because nobody but the artist would have the Frame of Reference. That's how our minds work.
Picasso. Painted on Canvas, with Oils other people invented. He didn't have to invent them, he didn't invent painting, and he would have had to, to be "Completely Original."
Heironymus Bosch. Do an image search, I guarantee you'l recognise one of the panels of the Garden of Delights. Looks like nothing you've ever seen?
Okay, now look up Bruegel.
I think you made a spot on point against the originality fallacy. Kudos.
I will say, though, that progress is troubled when those artists most supported by the rich have the most venues to reach a large audience.
LOL, which ones, are you talking about, exactly. The ones who's art the Poor can't afford? That's ALL artists, every single one. This is a capitalist country, and there's no middle class any more.
"Completely original" is the kinda thing Hipsters say, like "Before it was cool," and "Shabby-chic."
I agree, that the rich dictate which artists get supported, and which don't, but where did you think the concept of the Starving Artist came from? The Harlem Renaissance?
Bauhaus was a great idea, that failed, decades ago.
I want to shave Adam's hair really bad for some reason
I think that's a normal feeling
For some reason I want to call you Fred... Do you have the urge to say the word Naaaaaughty.
I don't wanna shave it, I really really wanna pet it!
Lone Wanderer
Add a big ass smile and we have a Courage reboot
GOOD artists COPY, GREAT artists STEAL.
I shared the link to this video on my DeviantArt as a journal. :-)
Some artists get caught, and some of THEM get sued.
"No art is original, art comes from art" -john baldessari
"The towering David with the tiniest little wewes "😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂finally someone brought it up I'm dying 😂😂😂
I love the fact that they keep bringing in Adam's love for turtles.
"Fine art Fanart" lmao I love Adam
No idea is truly original, just recycled.
Candycane Stripes sometimes improved, sometimes uhh deproved?
Just like you comment
Jeehai123 can't disagree
Candycane Stripes Originality is subject
Supply and demand.
So thats why i'm so bad at drawing.
Did you just assume my species? Actually, in all seriousness, yes, that is why.
Me too!
yeah, its worth trying to copy what other people do, learn new skills and techniques that can be applied. I learned by first copying cartoon styles, and then applying those techniques on other artworks and drawings. So long as you claim it as practice (or at least a disclaimer of where it was originally from) its fine - its when you try profiting off of it, or attempting to claim it as an original idea when it definitely wasn't, that's a definite problem.
Ha ha, I get it.
It's plagiarism if you claim the work of others as yours. It's not if you tell them beforehand that it wasn't original.
Kaname Fujiwara I see your point
And people like the idea of an artist having mental health problems because it makes their struggle more sympathetic. If you struggle and do nothing people say your lazy. But if you struggle and are "productive" you're praised for it.
"Good artists borrow, great artists steal."
-- Me
liked for preaching with the example
*Yes! This is so important for raising artists to hear!* Don't get discouraged by naysayers; keep practicing; if you see something you like, copying the style is not theft or being unoriginal, it's being inspired - you will grow as an artist and when you mature you will have blossomed with your own style and vision
Yep yep! Same with writing - if you want to become a better writer, you need to write! If you're worried about how to write well, read some of the classic authors, both of antiquity and the modern era, and let that inform you. Obviously you can't get away with simply copying Hemingway or Plath or the like verbatim, but you can see how certain parts strike you as evocative of something and try that technique yourself until it clicks for you.
Oh, and don't let haters of fan-fiction get you down either. You wanna write fanfics, go for it! As long as you're trying to write more effectively and use the experience as practice, you'll learn from it regardless of the subject matter. And who knows? One day, hopefully with some more practice under your belt, you'll have a genuinely good original idea you want to put out there, and thanks to all the practice you'll be better able to express it.
As my father once said "There's nothing new under the sun"
"Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy" - Tyler from The Fight Club
Reminds me of something my professor said to us, "Good Writers borrow, great writers steal"
This is true, but also one of the first thing that we learn as an artist and a designer. It's impossible to do anything original at this point. It's all about finding inspirations, practice it a thousand time, and from that foundation, you see what kind of improvements and twists you can add.
Unexpected Nathan Barnatt is always appreciated
Also, back then, it was the only way to get the supplies that an artist needed to even paint.
It wasn't as easy as it was today.
I've been to the Louve in Paris and seen the Mona Lisa and Michel Angelo's David in Person. Great stuff. Thanks.
As an artist, I can indeed vouch for copying the works of others, it's a great way to learn.
The bad artists copy, the great artists steal.
Man, I just came up with a pretty badass quote there.
Where can I watch or buy full episode?
Who doesn't know this? It's art 101, literally the first thing I was told in art class was,"True originality is non-existent".
This is still happening today! Any amateur artist worth their salt can apply to the Louvre to set up a canvas and copy paintings of the masters. It’s a great way to learn techniques and hone skill without having to worry about making something “new”.
Is this really that big of a shock to anyone? I thought it was pretty common knowledge that most art is derivative.
what can I say? immitation is the greatest form of flattery
It's so true I make paintings based off Van Gogh in my highschool and my teachers love displaying them
also van Gogh only cut off part of his ear and it was an accident he was tripping balls on absynth at the time
This is actually really cool since I just took history of art for summer school and I now know all theses artists 😏😏😏
I've been copying a page from the KOTOR graphic novel over the past days. Now I feel a lot better, thanks, Adam
"Good artists borrow. Great Artists steal." - Pablo Picasso
Even Animators copy others, *cough* like me
Thankfully we already know this, I mean, us in the actual artistic community in any sense of the word at least. It’s nothing really to be ashamed of. After all, copying those who we believe to be greater than ourselves is the natural stepping stone towards achieving our own goals. With almost literally every idea already having been conceived now, we basically have to go through only a small pinch of that now to try and find what we might be wanting to do, and try and strive to reach something anywhere near that level of quality.
Even as someone who's only gone through the first semester of Appreciation of Art, this is obvious. Not only is copying the way that you learn a lot of the practical artistic skills, but most of the great artistic movements are either a celebration of the past or blatant rejection of it. In other words, if there's a great artist whose work you admire, they were probably either trying to make their work feel like a previous era's style or using their knowledge of that previous era to defy that style while still making an aesthetically pleasing piece.
"With the tiniest of a wee-wee" I'm five and lost it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Without 'art',
'fart' is just 'f'.
It's not copying, we use it as a reference its not copying because your modify it in some ways adding your own modifications
So sonic OCs are original and not copied?
Even then it's not 100% original.
but Michelangelo and Van Gogh were literally making copies just like copying a book by hand.
Well, yeah, we all have to learn somehow. Having something to match to is a huge learning tool.
Now, that said, the brokers were tools if they tried to pass replicas off as legit
It's not bad to copy. Let's just get that established. But whatever you call it, you get better at art by following someone else's style. I for one, copied Penlington Ward's and Doug Tenapel's style before I finally established a style.
as someone sort of in the art community who does too much research, i have to say, this art series is great.My mom, who went to art college, and i love watching these. it' seats not new or surprising information, but it is a good brush up to prove, that as usual, nothing is simple. thanks Adam!
I'm now linking this whenever I find a rant about "stealing" someone's art style.
Nothing is true, everything is permitted
Wait till the fine arts of hentai fun art goes to museums of future, think about that
Grubiantoll It already is! Check out the painting The Fisherman's Wife if tentacles are your thing.
....you havent seen many classical 19th centuries painting arent you?
Thanks Adam, makes me feel much better about using visual references when I draw xDD
Why I roll my eyes so hard as an artist when I hear people complaining about how there are no original ideas anymore. Yes. There literally aren't. Now stop complaining about it and go produce your own interpretation of someone else's work.
Is copying homework art?
It's really strange being embroiled in the art culture, to realize that this isn't common knowledge, anytime time anyone says what works inspired your work, or who influenced its just asking who did you steal from
The best thing you can do as an artist is to copy the art you aspire to make. Your own unique style will form naturally. But copying is actually the best way to learn art.
"Fine art Fanart" I'm taking that phrase and using it towards my own work thanks Adam.
Haha all great art is inspired. Art can inspire art. Also, copying for many people is the steps needed to actually find one's own voice.
Adam looks like "Al" from Ratchet and Clank
Coshcosh no he doesn't
doctor99268 in my opinion he does
Finding out that Nathan Barnatt played Van Gogh here on imdb was great lol
"Good artists copy, Great artists steal".
I can believe this made me insane even though this will have no impact on my life...
I copy all the time. Like I'm not good enough to think of the perfect base to draw. Would look always so much inferior. So I just copy directly a whole picture or take it as reference but draw another character. Or sometimes I look on many other pieces at the same time. Look how better artists handle specific situations and get everything together in my work.
Much more motivating and way better to learn. If I would limit always to only specific reference photos I would need an eternity to even find one that shows human body like i want to draw it.
For those who seen this episode I noticed some circle fractal like art in the walls. Does anyone know what they look like this. An example somewhere in the episode on the right side go the screen under the $5000 price tag
When you get a thirty second non skippable ad about a scary movie
He also didnt cut his ear of himself
Who else did?
Ty Manson and it was only his ear lobe
It was his friend, who did it. He only told he did it himself, to get his friend out of trouble
sauce?
says WHO?
well nothing is original right James Corden?
Being someone who can only draw a picture exactly as I see it (for now), I find this inspiring.
Two of Adam's videos trending in the Top 10? Nice!
It's like Steve Jobs liked to say, "good artists copy, great artists steal".
Every artists know this. Artists find inspirations from many things. Nothing is original. Copy great artists don't copy mediocre one you see drawing furry porn with Ms paint
"artists are thieves" one of the best things my art teacher ever said lol
No one is completely original. Everyone takes inspiration.
At least artists never appropriated from other cultures.
What a pretty lady.
Now I feel a whole lot better about being a fanfiction writer and a fan artist, and how my few original works are heavily inspired by other things.
"EVERYTHING IS A REMIX" great documentary series. everyone should see it
Copying Machines simply just didn't exist back then
This is why I hate art class
Art shouldn't be studied like a subject.
It is to be explored and practiced.
Explore = expanding your potential
practice = manifesting that energy through visuals
True
duplivert exactly
i hated art class too. never could understand why i had to spend so much time doing stuff i knew i could do and was just a waste of time because everyone just did the same thing. my art is more original than most. you cannot do art by copying others techniques, it has to be your own. if you don't like it then art isn't for you, at that point your just a Copy Machine, sharing what everyone has already seen.
Lol Phan The people who learn the most are those who admit they still have things to learn. It seems downright arrogant to presume you don't need to learn or practice the basics because you think you're some sort of artistic genius. Your art will become stale if you stick to the idea that you are somehow the beacon of originality.
Genius is 1% inspiration, 49% perspiration, and 50% imitation.
"This just in, artists train to become good artists"
Ok this video is completely misleading you, I am an artist and I know this fact, yes we used ideas from other pieces of art and put it in our own but we don't care about originality as long it is not nearly an exact copy then it is technically original and that is all these artists are doing today.
liberalism is cancer i thought art students love liberals
liberalism is cancer This video is for the preppy, innocent freshman and sophomore art student, not the seasoned veteran you seem to be. I have a feeling it's more because he poked fun at Michelangelo and Van Gohg than how he explained it, though.
@笑みE M M I E
You think people who are talented in arts are likely to gravitate towards artistry, and people who aren't talented in science are not likely to gravitate towards science? Woah, now THERE'S an original thought if I've ever heard one!
Now I realize why everyone says Impractical Jokers is the only good show on TruTV
I think it was Picasso that said: 'Good artists steal, bad artists copy.'
"whisper to me your desires... what should l make of thee?"
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