ART IS HARD

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  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2019
  • A reassuring rant of frustration.
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  • @MattiasPilhede
    @MattiasPilhede  Рік тому +170

    Art is Fun - The spiritual sequel video is out:
    ua-cam.com/video/ewHVHPGS_LU/v-deo.html

    • @sofianealloui
      @sofianealloui Рік тому +1

      how about the AI, like Midjourney , they killed art

    • @Goinmach8
      @Goinmach8 Рік тому +1

      I LOVE ART

    • @okatanaje1477
      @okatanaje1477 Рік тому +2

      @@sofianealloui i was thinking same when i clicked on the video

  • @Taib-Atte
    @Taib-Atte 5 років тому +13433

    “I wanted to become an artist. I didn’t want to become a better... *person* .”

    • @TheYoghurt42
      @TheYoghurt42 5 років тому +414

      I burst out laughing and had to pause the video at that point... xD

    • @missnoneofyourbusiness
      @missnoneofyourbusiness 5 років тому +298

      "DRAWING ON THE DAILY?! I'M TALENTED, I DON'T NEED THAT"

    • @mondainai1582
      @mondainai1582 5 років тому +27

      Yeah, that was good one xd

    • @Chironexe
      @Chironexe 5 років тому +72

      @@missnoneofyourbusiness me a few years ago now im so out of practice i cant even draw a cube

    • @MaryArts
      @MaryArts 5 років тому +48

      Art is a way of life... somehow sadly

  • @KruCorn
    @KruCorn 5 років тому +2565

    "woah... I can draw.... A cube..."
    Me : -sobs-

    • @i.s.9451
      @i.s.9451 4 роки тому +18

      Geometry was a good year...
      -Rethinks my whole life-
      *Sob*

    • @astramari28
      @astramari28 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe the difficulty is in understanding perspective.

    • @astramari28
      @astramari28 4 роки тому +7

      If you start understanding the sides on an object and how they are viewed from different angles art could be easier, that's why you use simpler geometrtical shapes to draw structure-lines, to understand from what angle, what detail and where you'e suposed to draw that detail. That is where the use of 3d-shapes comes in.

    • @ConiferousWaffle
      @ConiferousWaffle 4 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @nightshade2826
      @nightshade2826 4 роки тому

      God I felt that.

  • @imnumbnam
    @imnumbnam 3 роки тому +3443

    "Because every artists' journey is a personal journey. It's a magical ride of constant humility" -- i felt that :')

    • @cerealboxtoys
      @cerealboxtoys 3 роки тому +13

      Read about the muse, it removes the ego

    • @mmmmhi5631
      @mmmmhi5631 3 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/users/shortsCqbwqBj2c2o

    • @birbylikesfox1032
      @birbylikesfox1032 2 роки тому +2

      Did you draw your pfp? It looks amazing

    • @imnumbnam
      @imnumbnam 2 роки тому

      @@cerealboxtoys is this perhaps a book? Who's the author?

    • @imnumbnam
      @imnumbnam 2 роки тому +1

      @@birbylikesfox1032 thank you! I sadly did not, this is made thru picrew :)

  • @wayababaya
    @wayababaya 3 роки тому +667

    “something inside you that makes you feel something” yes *anger*

    • @anonymouslucario285
      @anonymouslucario285 3 роки тому +7

      Did you even get anything from this video?

    • @run2urmom
      @run2urmom 3 роки тому +9

      @@anonymouslucario285 honestly. although its difficult I just have a passion for it lol

    • @EthanDrawss
      @EthanDrawss 3 роки тому +9

      Yes sometimes I get *really* angry when something isn't going my way
      I try and try until I fix it and by the end of the drawing I can look at it and say "I made this"
      And that makes me happy and proud
      Yes sometimes the drawing doesn't go my way at all and it look horrible, but then I can see what looks horrible and watch tutorials, practice what I learned and then re draw it
      And it makes me proud seeing how I improved

    • @internet_introvert
      @internet_introvert 3 роки тому +3

      Sometime what you feel can only be expressed through violent warm colors in a contrasting cool background and the form doesn't really matter.
      That is True Art.
      An expression of your disdain and disgust of the world you experience.
      (I may be making this comment from a toxic headspace. That too is an expression of art, in a way)

    • @jaspx-2964
      @jaspx-2964 2 роки тому +6

      To be completely honest, most of the actual artistic things and the stuff I do, I do it out of spite.
      Out of spite of stuff people think about how much I can do or not do. Out of spite of their perception and expectations of me. Of their pre-concieved notion of me.
      Once they pigeonhole me into only being able to do one thing good, I do the absolute other thing right in front of their face. And I do it the best way it could have been done. The second I spot even the slightest of ceiling being placed above me, I smash it into pieces. Because how dare they try to judge what is and what isn't my limit.
      I do not expect that spite to fuel me forever, but right now, it shows no signs of running out.
      Because people never run out of discouraging and shitty things to say.
      And that has taught me, that spite is a renewable resource.

  • @boober6738
    @boober6738 4 роки тому +2513

    “THIS IS NOT THE THING” this felt so personal to me

  • @amanda.._..
    @amanda.._.. 4 роки тому +1608

    I see an image in my head
    I draw
    I look at my paper
    I cry

    • @budinurdianto6511
      @budinurdianto6511 3 роки тому +55

      Me too... Every time.. i got some imagine picture in my head... And i want to draw that but... When i start to draw that... The imagine is gone... Lol...

    • @lavenderflowersgrow1883
      @lavenderflowersgrow1883 3 роки тому +3

      Smae dude

    • @kinarast
      @kinarast 3 роки тому +9

      @@budinurdianto6511 lmao I can see the picture clearly only if I'm sleeping

    • @Jebbeesketches
      @Jebbeesketches 3 роки тому +1

      Same......

    • @katiem656
      @katiem656 3 роки тому +1

      This is why I do strictly from photos or real life

  • @kaikymontozocosta9874
    @kaikymontozocosta9874 3 роки тому +1758

    The worst of all, is when your "friends" get your drawings and joke about how bad it is, it really can mess with our head

    • @ngndnd
      @ngndnd 3 роки тому +235

      i feel like some people dont know what constructive criticism is. They either lie and say your art is good or laugh at it.

    • @truBador2
      @truBador2 3 роки тому +48

      They're jealous, bro.

    • @Mark12434
      @Mark12434 3 роки тому +107

      @@ngndnd this is why I have to explicitly say when I show the drawing "can you give me some tips to make it look better"

    • @ReasonMakes
      @ReasonMakes 3 роки тому +70

      Don't spend time around those kinds of people

    • @scriblespider
      @scriblespider 3 роки тому +58

      For me, people mostly just say the art is good, and walk away. Like that's nice but not getting criticism for so long makes it hard to improve.

  • @adamnotsowest3820
    @adamnotsowest3820 3 роки тому +603

    Friends: “dang your quite the artist!”
    Me: rips drawing* “I know it’s bad,don’t look at it”

  • @mochiattoart514
    @mochiattoart514 4 роки тому +2029

    "Wow, I can draw a cube."
    That actually hurts more than you think.

    • @lameny4570
      @lameny4570 4 роки тому +33

      exoelice ok make a square and put lines on each side of the square then connects the line and bing bang boom voila

    • @mochiattoart514
      @mochiattoart514 4 роки тому +2

      @@lameny4570 :O✨✨

    • @lameny4570
      @lameny4570 4 роки тому +6

      Foy ! Learned it in elementary school weird you didn’t

    • @mochiattoart514
      @mochiattoart514 4 роки тому +8

      @@lameny4570 it's a joke lmao, are you an illustrator?

    • @mochiattoart514
      @mochiattoart514 4 роки тому +2

      @Chips Icecream go on..

  • @costincreates
    @costincreates 5 років тому +9115

    *artists , let's have an existential crisis together !*

    • @ylenia7834
      @ylenia7834 5 років тому +169

      All artist have existential crisis if not we aren't artist u.u

    • @concernedfather1233
      @concernedfather1233 5 років тому +5

      i was early

    • @janisfroehlig7744
      @janisfroehlig7744 5 років тому +4

      Old artists, "Let's not". Cracks Reinhold Neibuhr's 'The Nature and Destiny of Man.'

    • @Cemhta
      @Cemhta 5 років тому +46

      I am having a crisis over perspective and building drawing right now... Just dropped in the middle of a drawing because i was so angry that i couldn't get the perspective right...

    • @britishninja1809
      @britishninja1809 5 років тому +24

      Hey! The guy is having an existential party at their place! Drinks are on them!

  • @lollalofi3933
    @lollalofi3933 3 роки тому +681

    Tbh sometimes I just wanna stop doing art, but then I remember that i don’t have a life other than drawing so I go back at drawing 😃👍🏾

  • @J.C.FranklinFilm
    @J.C.FranklinFilm 3 роки тому +235

    Me: That looks alright
    (The other eye): I’m about to ruin this whole mans career

  • @pay1370
    @pay1370 5 років тому +12661

    The day i managed to draw somewhat acceptable hands i defenitely shed a tear

    • @rambam69
      @rambam69 5 років тому +300

      I'm going to draw hands now.

    • @lordofthepage845
      @lordofthepage845 5 років тому +459

      I drew a monster made of just hands and one eye once and now that's how I draw hands I don't draw people with hands too much just hand monsters

    • @sanaathegreat2324
      @sanaathegreat2324 5 років тому +138

      I'm still looking forward to that day 😅

    • @Oddscribble
      @Oddscribble 5 років тому +115

      For some reason this really inspired me to draw more hands.

    • @nicorobin3691
      @nicorobin3691 5 років тому +74

      Yeah we should all find the fun in drawing hands. It's like "Draw a box" but less boring but still provides all the foundations of art practice.
      For me I "shed a tear" the day I my expression and head drawings made me react to the expression. Like, realizing I can draw a smile that makes me smile really really motivated me to chase big dreams.

  • @luc8254
    @luc8254 3 роки тому +639

    As a musician that has been learning non stop for the last 10 years I can confirm that absolutely everything in this video is spot on!

    • @squid2754
      @squid2754 2 роки тому +14

      i play music (somewhat) yet most of the ppl i surround myself with are artists. they can draw, they can paint, they can animate, whatever. i’ve always felt that art was so much harder than music because you had to actually cReAtE instead of just perform something that was already created. do i have to compose in order to call myself a musician? or are these two types of art both pretty hard and takes time to master just like every skill in the world
      somehow i just always feel like they’re more talented..

    • @TonyDemetriou
      @TonyDemetriou 2 роки тому +19

      @@chloelylamusic You do it by doing it.
      When I started drawing I literally had to practice drawing lines. I filled pages with circles and boxes. I drew grids then drew circles in the boxes trying to touch the sides.
      It's slow and frustrating and I felt like I'd never be able to draw. But every week, even if I couldn't draw well, I was more skilled than the week before.
      The same happened when you learnt guitar. You don't think about it anymore, but you had to learn strumming before your practice made it become automatic.
      Put a sketchbook and pencil next to your couch, and just fill it with... whatever... while you watch TV. Fill a page with lines going from dark to light lines. Thick to thin. Squiggles. Small to large rectangles. Don't even worry about what they look like or think much about what you're going to draw. Just give your brain time to practice the physical movement and link it to how the lines look. Then you'll just want a line in a particular place and it'll happen, like how on the guitar you want to strum a pattern and it just happens.

    • @snekodawg
      @snekodawg 2 роки тому +7

      @@TonyDemetriou I'm a guitarist looking to get better at visual art and your words were inspiring to me, thank you for your input!

    • @mikewasoski224
      @mikewasoski224 Рік тому +7

      @@squid2754his is a funny comment to me because I’m jealousy of musicians. The grass is always green on the other side ig

    • @Couldntcomeupwahandle
      @Couldntcomeupwahandle Рік тому +1

      @@squid2754I do art and music. Art is definitely harder. But I have no idea how to create my own songs. I’ve tried but just hated the ones I’ve made.

  • @lordoftheleggy6127
    @lordoftheleggy6127 3 роки тому +369

    I feel upset when I see how good the arts of my fav artists are, and I sometimes doubt if I’m doing it right. But my jealousy keeps me chasing and not giving up.

    • @uwillDIEinkoriDIE
      @uwillDIEinkoriDIE 2 роки тому +3

      Envy

    • @KenH60109
      @KenH60109 Рік тому +8

      It does the opposite for me

    • @redpanda6497
      @redpanda6497 Рік тому +12

      Honestly, envy is what makes me give up... Mostly.

    • @pladselsker8340
      @pladselsker8340 Рік тому +6

      Jaleousy is the feeling that we can't have something that we want and that someone else has.
      I don't want to continue trying when I feel like I'm never gonna make it.
      It would probably be a different story if I could prove to myself that I can make it, but I can't. I'll only know when I actually make it, and will that day ever come? Who knows.
      Learning art is dreading.

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. Рік тому

      It's motivating for me

  • @redminus
    @redminus 5 років тому +4320

    I sometimes tell people that drawing doesn't actually get easier, you do get better but it always remains difficult to do your best. Good video Mr Pilhede 👍

    • @XenoKnightAlpha
      @XenoKnightAlpha 5 років тому +21

      Great minds, you two

    • @nempatriarch
      @nempatriarch 5 років тому +60

      Just like lifting weights

    • @kaoset1237
      @kaoset1237 5 років тому +2

      Thankyou for writung that. It dose mean alot.

    • @travis_redfern6771
      @travis_redfern6771 5 років тому +20

      The better you get the more self conscious you get about your pieces.

    • @KewlKatCutie
      @KewlKatCutie 5 років тому +3

      It's more important to remember that it's difficult as shit no matter if you're doing your worst or your best. You don't have to be pushing your limits to be a good artist, and for a lot of people doing this, no amount of effort will ever be enough. But at least this struggle is relatable.

  • @nashton7057
    @nashton7057 3 роки тому +5406

    My friends: YO, THAT'S A COOL DRAWING
    Me: *_no._*

  • @shamsterthehamster
    @shamsterthehamster 3 роки тому +261

    Everybody gangsta until my brain goes, "Is it really worth it?"

    • @sayalaperbandel
      @sayalaperbandel 3 роки тому +1

      Hahahahaha

    • @aoooso6000
      @aoooso6000 Рік тому

      lucky bullets are expensive these days else another soul be walking in heaven

  • @hybrit9881
    @hybrit9881 3 роки тому +131

    To those who "can't draw the other eye". consider doing both at the same time.

    • @goldenkillzz7425
      @goldenkillzz7425 3 роки тому +4

      How??

    • @goldenkillzz7425
      @goldenkillzz7425 3 роки тому +16

      I dont have 4 arms

    • @Aida-tu9pc
      @Aida-tu9pc 3 роки тому +44

      @@goldenkillzz7425 Do one step at a time, like instead of finishing the one entire eye draw the pupil on one side then the pupil on the other then draw the top lash on one eye and then the other and so on

  • @johncenagaming581
    @johncenagaming581 4 роки тому +15275

    Everyobody gangsta until you gotta draw hands

    • @agentepic7218
      @agentepic7218 4 роки тому +1557

      Or the other eye

    • @creeperawman.9399
      @creeperawman.9399 4 роки тому +93

      Tru

    • @johncenagaming581
      @johncenagaming581 4 роки тому +293

      Teal Fox Dude I have OCD and I hate having to draw perfect matching eyes

    • @nicoled.2111
      @nicoled.2111 4 роки тому +167

      Teal Fox fr bro i have so many drawings that either don’t have eyes or are winking because i just got so annoyed lol

    • @efjay0161
      @efjay0161 4 роки тому +205

      I have a small Peepee, but please change your name. This is humiliating.

  • @WangleLine
    @WangleLine 5 років тому +2141

    Asking oneself "Am I actually an idiot?" is not only applicable to art.

    • @greenafterglow8710
      @greenafterglow8710 5 років тому +117

      It’s applicable to everything

    • @noyoudidnot3513
      @noyoudidnot3513 5 років тому +54

      Fortunately, asking yourself "Am I actually an idiot?" means you aren't.

    • @bxp_bass
      @bxp_bass 5 років тому +2

      what's the point lol? Better to ask "am I wrong". But anyway doing "pointless" things for art or fun actually can't be an idiocy ever so...)

    • @bxp_bass
      @bxp_bass 5 років тому +1

      @No you Did not it means nothing lol) Idiots can ask that, especially if they think that it makes them smarter :D

    • @noyoudidnot3513
      @noyoudidnot3513 5 років тому +8

      Alexander Zabolotskii
      I'm not talking about people who vocally says "Am I an idiot?" so they can get attention, I'm talking about people who internalize this question and strive to get better. There's a difference.

  • @jorisolud
    @jorisolud 3 роки тому +1172

    me after drawing: why does my back hurt so much??
    also me: 6:06

    • @soph.369
      @soph.369 3 роки тому +64

      I get back ache... I'm 14...

    • @user-uh9uv2yw9h
      @user-uh9uv2yw9h 3 роки тому +51

      @@soph.369 straighten your back on the floor multiple times a day. It helped me with my pain and now my back pain is gone :)

    • @sweetaener
      @sweetaener 3 роки тому +16

      @@soph.369 try sleeping on a futon! i’m indian so i’ve slept on a futon (not exactly but the indian counterpart) for a huge part of my life and it really helped me with my bad posture and back aches

    • @soph.369
      @soph.369 3 роки тому +7

      @@user-uh9uv2yw9h thank you! ♥️ I will try

    • @soph.369
      @soph.369 3 роки тому +8

      @@sweetaener thank you also!♥️ I will also give this a try, I myself am half Sri Lankan, so I wonder if my grand parents or dad have ever slept on one

  • @cabellocorto5586
    @cabellocorto5586 3 роки тому +198

    Here's some tips to all aspiring artists out there:
    You're going to draw a lot of bad things in the beginning. That's okay. No one is a master when they first start out. Just accept you're going to not be good at the start but that with each day you practice, you get 1% better. Just aim to be 1% better. In 100 days you'll be 100% better than you were when you started. It's really liberating to free yourself of this yolk of being a "good artist". Take yourself back to that time when you were a kid, experimenting with what you perceive, not caring if what you draw is good or bad.
    Study the fundamentals but don't spend 100% of your time studying. Do a bit of studying and a lot of experimentation. Look at your favorite artists, art that inspires you. Think about, 'How would I draw that?' and try to deconstruct it. Pay attention to small details and really examine the relation of details in relation to each other. How does a child learn anything? By imitating older people, people with more experience. You learn to say your first words by listening to your parents talk. Try to learn like this again.
    Sketch a lot. I think it is better to just sketch things at first. Don't put hours and hours into a drawing, coloring it, shading it, painstakingly composing it, etc. Because the more time you put into a piece, the more resilient you will be to criticism of that piece. Fail fast, fail often. You want to fail drawing 500 heads, so that by the time you're drawing head 501, you're getting pretty good.
    Fall in love with the process. The fun part isn't drawing something amazing that everyone looks at and gives you compliments about. If anything that is a lot of pressure and just isn't fun, it's work. The fun part is the magic of drawing lines on a canvas and slowly seeing shapes and patterns and figures emerge. It's really something enchanting.

    • @yvviso
      @yvviso 2 роки тому +4

      thank you. this makes me feel a lot better. thank you

    • @wmoros4902
      @wmoros4902 Рік тому +1

      I wish I knew this earlier on, I ended up missing fundamentals and eventually spending countless hours fixing the issues that I've hardwired into my brain, but in the end I feel much more satisfied and consistent!

    • @queenchaosyet
      @queenchaosyet 11 місяців тому

      Yknow what YEAH YOUR RIGHT!! I gotta fall in love with the process, Journey not destination and all

    • @dat4text
      @dat4text 11 місяців тому

      That's pretty relatable with music, but oh god, there is much easier to fix things... At least in a program :/
      And trying to bring an already built mindset to a kinda similar thing, but qith a different perspective - is hard :(

    • @wmoros4902
      @wmoros4902 11 місяців тому

      @@dat4text Music is just as tough, spending a whole day writing a piece for you to start to despise it and end up tossing it as a whole. Ive just learned to experiment, and experiement alot. The more you mess with, the more you learn, the larger you build your mental library of sound, just like you would in art

  • @2minutes58
    @2minutes58 5 років тому +3605

    Step 1: draw line.
    Step 2: Mess up
    Step 3: Depression

    • @coins_png
      @coins_png 4 роки тому +223

      Step 6: Watch youtube for motivation
      Step 7: Feel better
      Step 8: Mess up
      Step 9: "Tomorrow will be better"
      Step 10: Wait for tomorrow

    • @enzokretli996
      @enzokretli996 4 роки тому +173

      step 11: mess up again
      step 12: cry

    • @coins_png
      @coins_png 4 роки тому +156

      Step 13: join a cult

    • @starice5095
      @starice5095 4 роки тому +158

      Step 14: Mess up in the cult
      Step 15: r u n

    • @eldoron5541
      @eldoron5541 4 роки тому +137

      Step 16: "God is that you...?"

  • @ehehe3286
    @ehehe3286 4 роки тому +2044

    there are 2 types of artists
    the "i love this drawing i spent so much time on it!!"
    and the "i went through all 5 stages of grief while drawing this"

    • @justanameonyourscreen5954
      @justanameonyourscreen5954 3 роки тому +183

      I like to mix the 2 together for an extreme emotional experience...

    • @vodkabottleeeeee1384
      @vodkabottleeeeee1384 3 роки тому +81

      I'm the "i went trough all 5 stages or grief while drawing this, spent so much time and... I fcking hate it :')" type

    • @jballs5434
      @jballs5434 3 роки тому +8

      I'm the second one lol

    • @sirbutticusiii
      @sirbutticusiii 3 роки тому +17

      I'm the "I went though all 17 stages of grief" kinda person

    • @mermaid960
      @mermaid960 3 роки тому +7

      Can it be both...? QwQ

  • @ymirsmack324
    @ymirsmack324 3 роки тому +89

    Took me 2 days to draw a cube correctly, and a week to draw many in perspective. After a month, I now can draw environments with cubes, don’t give up, just draw but remember to study while drawing, so you can spot your mistakes and then fix them, otherwise you will keep drawing the same mistakes. Trust our boy Bobby, it is worth it

  • @lisahu7500
    @lisahu7500 3 роки тому +191

    In just 30 seconds, this became my favorite art video

  • @bianca3441
    @bianca3441 4 роки тому +9249

    *twinkle twinkle little star*
    *why is art so fricking hard*
    *up above the world so high*
    *I can't draw the other eye*

    • @isatat
      @isatat 4 роки тому +239

      this is golden

    • @hewwocopter
      @hewwocopter 4 роки тому +284

      M00nC4t twinkle twinkle little star
      I just wanna curl up n cry

    • @temithehuman
      @temithehuman 4 роки тому +42

      just flip the first one smh dumb smh

    • @bianca3441
      @bianca3441 4 роки тому +149

      @@temithehuman yea but I'm drawing on paper and I don't wanna fold the paper and ruin my drawing sMhSmH

    • @temithehuman
      @temithehuman 4 роки тому +47

      @@bianca3441 just scan the drawing, flip the first eye and print it out then paste it where you need it to be on the actual drawing smhhhhh so easy smh

  • @leopard7890
    @leopard7890 4 роки тому +5841

    people who say "can you draw me?" need to see this...

  • @Sadstr
    @Sadstr 3 роки тому +139

    i’m proud of all of the progress everyone has made in terms of their art and it’s important to understand that not all drawings have to or will be perfect but a step in the direction to art you will be proud of love you all

    • @shrek8339
      @shrek8339 3 роки тому +4

      thank you, now im crying because someone is proud of me ouch😃✊

    • @Sadstr
      @Sadstr 3 роки тому +2

      @@shrek8339 I’m especially proud of you :,)

  • @Serjohn
    @Serjohn 3 роки тому +117

    Davinci thought himself as the shit, Davinci would have musicians and comedians at his studio just to entertain the models that would pose for him, the guy was so good that the morgue would allow him to come over and look at dead people and draw them, cut them to sketch the muscles, teeth, organs, bones so they could use his sketches for doctor books. He was the only guy that finished art. The guy would draw on sandpaper with a piece of gold just to make to make it more challenging. He was nuzlocking art just for the lols.

    • @Murpler
      @Murpler Рік тому +13

      Bro just woke up one day and said, “imma be the greatest their ever was”

    • @Cmacklol
      @Cmacklol Рік тому

      This gonna get into a lotta people’s heads lmao

    • @Slouworker
      @Slouworker Рік тому +3

      Old masters were built different

    • @El-de6nj
      @El-de6nj Рік тому +5

      @@Slouworker Hi, I study at an art academy dedicated to preserving the ways of the "old masters" you speak of. We have a large musuem section with lots of well known works.
      They weren't built different; The old masters were just mentally resilient as fuck and lived in a time where art was EXTREMELY high status.
      At my academy, some people study there from 8 in the morning to 11 at night. Those guys are bloody CRACKED. I do my art right across those students studios, and whenever I go to wash my hands I see their shit. It's actually insane. They often spend entire years perfecting a single subject. I see people who have entire mini-kitchens in their studios because of how often they are in them.Their walls have multiple life sized model drawings that THEY MADE on them. It's actually terrifying.
      But academy's like this aren't as easily accessible as they once were. Most of the students at this academy do it full time. No idea where they get their income, but I assume they're uber rich if they are consistently buying the infamously expensive "lead-white oil paint" for their paintings.
      My teacher was teaching art lessons as a past time from her college work. They attend art talks and live art shows and art EVERYTHING. Their ENTIRE LIVES revolve around art in ways you don't see a lot anymore unless you are looking for it.

    • @Tiger4ever89
      @Tiger4ever89 10 місяців тому +1

      @@El-de6nj true! back in the day.. if you get a chance to just draw for a living.. even for a piece of bread and old cheese.. you wouldn't stop doing that shit! just so you avoid physical jobs
      people back then who really became masters at art.. were exactly like kids this days who spent 20 hours out of 24 on their computers gaming

  • @figurativeride2258
    @figurativeride2258 4 роки тому +1815

    "Its easy to learn but hard to master"
    -Ultimate,2019

  • @Hi-ey5zt
    @Hi-ey5zt 4 роки тому +4195

    “Did you draw that?”
    “Can you draw me?”
    “Can I watch you draw?”
    “Can you teach me?”
    “Can you draw anime?”
    “Can you draw something realistic?”
    “Can you draw me for free? We are friends right?”
    “He looks like that dude from anime!”
    “Why aren’t the eyes even?”
    “Oh! I saw another drawing that looks like that”
    “Did you print that?”
    “Was that traced?”

    • @6popular6hell65
      @6popular6hell65 4 роки тому +433

      You just summed up my life at school, no one fucking even talks to me unless they want something, and since my only defining propeties are being able to do balisong flipping and art, its always, why do you play with knives, thats wierd or can you draw this picture of me or why do you draw that way or why my art is bad because i dont draw realism or popular styles like anime

    • @claycarmine7466
      @claycarmine7466 4 роки тому +236

      Bro, I fucking *HATED* the "CaN u DrAW AniMe?" question

    • @chirpperboxedanimations9430
      @chirpperboxedanimations9430 4 роки тому +98

      The question every artist hate.

    • @dreams.5558
      @dreams.5558 4 роки тому +39

      I HATE IT BRUHH

    • @madeline7642
      @madeline7642 4 роки тому +46

      *aHeM* ok, well, no no no no no no no now go away please and thank you

  • @BlueSkiesAreGrey
    @BlueSkiesAreGrey 2 роки тому +31

    Art is hard. I’ve been studying music for about half my life, and yet nearly everyday day I question my perspective. With every new concept we learn, a perspective we had shattered. It may feel like one step forward and two steps back, but it’s honesty the opposite; it’s something hard to see from your internal bias perspective.
    But as many of us stop, either by false expectations or you reached the point you wanted to end at, most artists don’t completely stop. Because we can’t. And as said many times before by Adam Neely, We peruse music (or any art form in this matter) because we can’t see ourselves doing anything else. We peruse music because we have to.

  • @ilovelemons4902
    @ilovelemons4902 Рік тому +22

    watching it after 6 years again. I found your video at the right time, when I was really unmotivated and ready to give up. I am watching it everytime I feel down and it feels just like a hug. Thank you so much for taking your time to create and post it!

  • @i.s.9451
    @i.s.9451 4 роки тому +2312

    No man scares me but...
    That thing
    Circles
    Circles scare me.

    • @hamedalzarooni442
      @hamedalzarooni442 4 роки тому +35

      🔵🔴⚫⚪ Do you have a bowl or something?

    • @i.s.9451
      @i.s.9451 4 роки тому +85

      @@hamedalzarooni442 StOp It PaTrIk!!! You're Scaring Him!!!

    • @hamedalzarooni442
      @hamedalzarooni442 4 роки тому +15

      @@i.s.9451 Are eggs are circles? If not go to the nearest ball pit and scream: " IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!!"

    • @i.s.9451
      @i.s.9451 4 роки тому +15

      @@hamedalzarooni442 What a well rounded question. Sorry, but only perfect circles scare me. Dem Spit Spots.

    • @hamedalzarooni442
      @hamedalzarooni442 4 роки тому +3

      @@i.s.9451 OOOOOOOOOOOOOH.

  • @CatgirlEnthusiast
    @CatgirlEnthusiast 5 років тому +6178

    I hate it how isolating it can feel to make art. Like when I tell my friends or family how difficult it is mentally, to draw hours and hours a day without giving in. They kinda just scoff at you saying "you don't know what real work is, pre-schoolers draw that much every day.. hurry up and get a real job". It really makes you feel like trash to have your struggles overlooked like that.

    • @Aresous
      @Aresous 5 років тому +385

      hey don't give up friend. just checked your videos you have a lot of potential and already make attractive drawings. keep it up!

    • @DeathSurgeonKid
      @DeathSurgeonKid 5 років тому +188

      Gotta agree with @iloveyou here. Also, don't forget the online art community. We're going through the same struggles, they are not invalid.

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai 5 років тому +163

      Fuck em. If they're gonna be dickheads, then dont bother talking to them. Don't emotionally invest in people who wont return it.

    • @TaiyouSun-cz7vl
      @TaiyouSun-cz7vl 5 років тому +86

      CatGirl Enthusiast Hi your art is actually really good! You might feel alone but every other artists is there for you ^^ and we’re all going through the same thing lol

    • @CatgirlEnthusiast
      @CatgirlEnthusiast 5 років тому +77

      Thank you all for the advice, I really appreciate it. It feels nice not being alone.. although it's saddening that other people have to endure the same loneliness.

  • @user-hr1sc1hs9x
    @user-hr1sc1hs9x 3 роки тому +22

    この動画の全てが自分に刺さったし共感できた。とにかく自然な日本語訳をつけてくれた方に感謝します。
    美大を卒業して絵の仕事についているのに、冷静に振り返れば絵の描き方の一つもまともに理解していない自分にうんざりして、今年からまた絵を勉強しようと奮闘中…
    わかったのは、ただ悩んでいる暇があるなら一つでも模写したりただとにかく止まらず描き続けるしかないって事・・・

  • @shrek8339
    @shrek8339 3 роки тому +49

    Ok, storytime (beware, you might punch the wall next to you from frustration): so, I was basically practising questions for my english exams and one of the questions was something about hobbies. So I answered (it was painting, which is hard ofc) and the following question was ''is your hobby hard?'' SO AS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TF PAINTING IS I SAID ''YES, IT IS''. AND THAT MF I WAS PRACTISING WITH SAID ''What? No it isn't.'' AND THEN I SAID ''Have you tried?'' AND HIS OOMPA LOOPA BRAIN SAID ''Uh no, but art isn't that hard.'' MY BLOOD WAS BOILING AND YOU WHATS EVEN WORSE? MY TEACHER, WHO ALSO DRAWS AGREED WITH HIM. I WANTED TO GRAB ONE OF MY PAINTINGS AND HIT THEIR HEADS WITH THEM OH LORD. MY TEACHER LITERALLY SAID ''Painting can be hard when you're not feeling inspired'' FEELING INSPIRED?! THAT'S THE HARD PART?! I LITERALLY SAID ''I'd love to see you try.'' AND THREW (well kind of threw) A PENCIL AND MY TEXTBOOK AT MY STUDY PARTNER AND TOLD HIM TO DRAW ME. Ofc he fucking didnt, BECAUSE HE CAN'T :) We moved on with the lesson tho, I still hate him for that.

    • @Kiwi-hl2to
      @Kiwi-hl2to 3 роки тому +11

      I've been through a similar situation, and it just makes me so angry to see how such ignorant people behave. I can't believe they have the audacity to say something they cannot even do "Isn't that hard", it is very, very, difficult and takes years to master. Yes, I'd like to see them try to paint or draw something. I'd like to punch them in the stomach and make them do something artistic. I'd like to see their faces when they can't draw anything.

    • @SirusStarTV
      @SirusStarTV 3 роки тому +2

      I can't even draw characters that kinda looks simple shaped (Finn and Jake from Adventure Time)

    • @bubblelovessans
      @bubblelovessans 11 місяців тому

      what an asshole, including the teacher

  • @ohnoherewegoagain5819
    @ohnoherewegoagain5819 5 років тому +1264

    I have days when I'm good with art and I have more days when I'm just shit and my hands don't do what my brain tells them to.

    • @tooteney
      @tooteney 4 роки тому +20

      Lmao same

    • @matthias7968
      @matthias7968 4 роки тому +1

      Me 2

    • @tinmanlobster
      @tinmanlobster 4 роки тому +25

      on those days i cry and force myself to do it anyway cause i hate myself B)

    • @kiwirawi
      @kiwirawi 4 роки тому +5

      @@tinmanlobster I feel ya

    • @sukyandalous
      @sukyandalous 4 роки тому

      same

  • @xandelta5306
    @xandelta5306 5 років тому +690

    Someone needs to show this to the people who want free art

    • @shallo8515
      @shallo8515 5 років тому +12

      YEEEEEEESSSS!!!!

    • @Silver-jd6xi
      @Silver-jd6xi 5 років тому +8

      YES

    • @devische1092
      @devische1092 5 років тому +8

      SO TRU 😂

    • @scrums4748
      @scrums4748 5 років тому +14

      People who want free art can suck a dick

    • @nix8447
      @nix8447 5 років тому +16

      @@scrums4748 what if they enjoy that though....nah, people who want free art should be forced to go through the arduous torture of enjoying art but being stuck in art block themselves

  • @Proidysweet
    @Proidysweet 11 місяців тому +2

    The feeling when someone genuinely appreciates ur work, and u think, 'Jesus, this is so freaking bad, I'd burn it all down… yet u still like it? Nah, u must be lying to me!'

  • @rosethebunny8020
    @rosethebunny8020 3 роки тому +18

    im watching this everytime i has a mental breakdown while drawing

  • @samixx6569
    @samixx6569 4 роки тому +696

    "i wanted to be an artist, i didn't want to become a better PERSON."
    i feel slightly personally attacked XD

  • @n0tl4nc38
    @n0tl4nc38 4 роки тому +1240

    I thought i was doing things wrong, guess im suffering correctly

    • @mitsu-4485
      @mitsu-4485 3 роки тому +20

      i totally love your speedwaifu pfp

    • @betulworks
      @betulworks 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @n0tl4nc38
      @n0tl4nc38 3 роки тому +1

      @@mitsu-4485 tyty

    • @n0tl4nc38
      @n0tl4nc38 3 роки тому +4

      Still suffering btw

    • @betulworks
      @betulworks 3 роки тому

      @@n0tl4nc38 so do i bro, so do i

  • @MATTERSGAMES
    @MATTERSGAMES 3 роки тому +363

    People who aren’t creatively driven watching this: wow I’m never doing art
    Creative people watching this: damn art is hard and that’s a good thing

    • @kervin780
      @kervin780 3 роки тому +16

      Validation is always nice. When I started rotating my wall space and painting the visuals I wanted to get inspired from the validation left like the ex. Tho im still scrolling these comments.

    • @MATTERSGAMES
      @MATTERSGAMES 3 роки тому +9

      @@kervin780 yeah I agree it is always nice but remember to create because you love to do it or because you want to and try not to get caught up in what people think of what you make ✌️

    • @gracedevries2076
      @gracedevries2076 3 роки тому +4

      I like what the video said about that’s what gives it meaning. Also how it connects with something inside of you. This video is a great idea of reality, it takes hard work and discipline.

    • @mascotwithadinosaur9353
      @mascotwithadinosaur9353 3 роки тому +5

      *starts stressing* "Am I a creative person???Should I start pursuing art???"

    • @madelinebitts2766
      @madelinebitts2766 2 роки тому +10

      Damn, you missed the point of the whole video.
      There isn't anyone who isn't creative or creatively driven, art isn't the only way to express oneself and you're not better than someone who doesn't do art. Something that was literally said in the video. Life sucks, just because someone doesn't have the time, resources, or energy to do art doesn't mean you're better or more creative than them, you just chose a really straightforward, conventional way of expressing the creativity all humans naturally have.
      Honestly "We artists, we creative people are so different and special" kept me from the art community for ages cos y'all like to huff your own farts. Even when the video expressly stated you're not a better person, you still found a way to make yourself feel special and above it all. Lucky I found some cool people I guess.

  • @mikki_miks
    @mikki_miks 3 роки тому +10

    This is just something I need to hear right now. Thanks for reminding me. Now, back to drawing cubes. Lol

  • @honeywasp7839
    @honeywasp7839 5 років тому +261

    I hate my art but i still do it for some reason

    • @Lady_of_Winds
      @Lady_of_Winds 5 років тому +13

      can relate 😂😂😂

    • @helgenlane
      @helgenlane 4 роки тому +9

      Or because you enjoy the process itself and it's a nice hobby for you

    • @agentepic7218
      @agentepic7218 4 роки тому +1

      Same honestly

  • @audianna_
    @audianna_ 4 роки тому +563

    "Some forms that arent cubed"
    Shows cube

  • @olwenyappa8849
    @olwenyappa8849 3 роки тому +16

    As someone in the middle of a degree in character design, I feel this on a regular basis.

  • @naotemnadaaqui3920
    @naotemnadaaqui3920 3 роки тому +19

    Esse vídeo me lembrou o motivo de eu ter começado a desenhar.
    Eu acho que comecei a desenhar para tirar todas as minhas frustrações da minha mente: minha família problemática, minha escola problemática, minha cidade problemática, minha mente problemática...
    Eu comecei a desenhar para me livrar de pensamentos horríveis, de memórias horríveis e etc. Mas com o tempo... Eu comecei a desenhar por *gostar*, e quando eu percebi que eu realmente gostava de desenhar eu fiquei tipo: "WOW. desenhar não só me livra de pensamentos e memórias horríveis, mas também me faz me sentir bem comigo mesma!"
    Então, mesmo que você ache que não desenha bem, continue tentando. Eu sei que só essa frase não vai te motivar do nada, mas pensa nisso. Se você realmente desenha ou fazer qualquer outra coisa relacionado a arte por gostar, você realmente deveria tentar continuar com isso.
    Eu vejo todo esse lance de talento como um pequeno jardim. Você quer ter um lindo jardim(talento), mas você nunca acha que tem as ferramentas(conhecimentos) necessárias. Mas mesmo assim você planta as sementes(prática) nesse jardim e dá todo o seu esforço e tempo nesse jardim, mas mesmo que demore anos para você vê as flores que você plantou, pode ter certeza que quando você vê as flores que você mesmo plantou, você vai se sentir orgulhoso de todo o seu trabalho duro, pois ele terá valido a pena!
    Então... Eu vou falar uma frase que eu escuto e que eu queria que várias pessoas ouvissem ela:
    Só não desista. Você vai conseguir, mais cedo ou mais tarde, você vai conseguir

  • @thewingedpotato6463
    @thewingedpotato6463 5 років тому +188

    "Oh... You wanted to do art to be happy?..."
    "Wait a sec..."
    .......
    "Hey look at this guy! He wanted to do art to be happy! Laugh at him!"

  • @Joshualacruz
    @Joshualacruz 5 років тому +1290

    I've got to say tho..
    That's a pretty good looking cube.

  • @Avighna
    @Avighna Рік тому +9

    As someone who's into mathematics and software development, which is on the other end of the academic spectrum, this video was exceptional! While I can't relate to most of the comments, the hard work it takes to constantly get better at something, the pressure you experience while doing so, and the self disappointment because you took forever to do something a normal person would be able to do in 2 minutes ... touched my heart. I go through this every single day when coding. Just goes to show how the best experiences are not unique and we all feel the same thing no matter which field of study we're in.

  • @Grasboompje
    @Grasboompje 4 роки тому +483

    “Art is hard”
    Yes, I literally cried today when my pencil just disappeared

    • @Helenfvb
      @Helenfvb 4 роки тому +23

      Same, when that happens to me, my mood totally changes and go crazy around the house searching while i ask to everyone "HAVE YOU SEEN MY PENCIL????" i become a beast still i found it xD

    • @mosq880
      @mosq880 4 роки тому +10

      when I realized that i lost my pencil i started running down the house asking my mom, my sister, the whole family then i started crying

    • @parkkweenie4993
      @parkkweenie4993 4 роки тому +8

      Me when I lose my one and only eraser

    • @lly_09
      @lly_09 3 роки тому +10

      Idk I always feel different when using a new pencil, like I missed my old pencil and that doesn't feel good, mood change. So yeah, I've a bunch of age old pencils now

    • @pot6014
      @pot6014 3 роки тому +7

      Lol I lost mine I was like : who took my pencil then I probably become worried grabbing my phone and tried to call my pencil then I realized it doesn't have a phone....

  • @nick8402
    @nick8402 5 років тому +1204

    This video inspired me to draw a cactus
    So I did
    Thanks

    • @needleimag5031
      @needleimag5031 4 роки тому +44

      This comment is wholesome

    • @eevee1583
      @eevee1583 4 роки тому +55

      Now I wanna draw a cactus

    • @shrekkydevito1822
      @shrekkydevito1822 4 роки тому +29

      I just drew one thanks to your comment!

    • @maccychee3858
      @maccychee3858 4 роки тому +31

      We should all just draw cacti now

    • @gummy8691
      @gummy8691 4 роки тому +14

      IM DRAWING A POTTED CACTUS-

  • @bonithechubbypotato5100
    @bonithechubbypotato5100 3 роки тому +14

    Do you ever just get incredibly motivated at 2 in the morning and can’t do anything about it because you have school tomorrow and have to sleep.

  • @juliaschwender404
    @juliaschwender404 3 роки тому +7

    This video made me so glad I got into art when I was way young so I don't have to deal with the disappointment in my art as an adult. When I was a kid I made art that now I would think is not good, but at the time I thought it was the best thing ever made

  • @Versaucey
    @Versaucey 5 років тому +2311

    Everyone here talking about their struggles drawing hands, body proportions, etc. and I'm here struggling to draw a perfect circle.

    • @DelayRGC
      @DelayRGC 5 років тому +298

      Perfect circles are impossible, even with a compass.
      "Good enough" is the best you'll ever get.

    • @AWanderingSwordsman
      @AWanderingSwordsman 5 років тому +97

      I'd be happy to get a "good enough" straight line in the place I want it. All the learning in the world seems pointless when my hand just won't put the line where i want the damn line.

    • @DelayRGC
      @DelayRGC 5 років тому +42

      @@AWanderingSwordsman
      "I'd be happy to get a "good enough" straight line in the place I want it."
      Oh you're not alone. Same problems on my end.
      (I like the idea of a "self-help group for drawing" or something like that by the way. I wonder if such a thing already exists, if not it never will because I can't plan.)

    • @kurtnobranes9914
      @kurtnobranes9914 5 років тому +89

      Just draw a face and erase some detail

    • @DelayRGC
      @DelayRGC 5 років тому +8

      @@kurtnobranes9914 Haha!

  • @niishini2750
    @niishini2750 4 роки тому +2174

    Me: "why does my back hurt so much"
    Also me: 6:06

  • @moolymoon14
    @moolymoon14 2 роки тому +12

    if you love art, and you never feel ashamed of your drawings then art will be easy all of the sudden. Art is only hard for people who dont understand it, or dont want to understand it

  • @sul41m
    @sul41m Рік тому +3

    It took me a while to realize it's not talking only about ”art”

  • @Max-up8vj
    @Max-up8vj 4 роки тому +4162

    as a game programmer, i have a lot of respect for artists. we need you guys/girls

    • @Max-up8vj
      @Max-up8vj 4 роки тому +136

      i can program you a pbr pipeline with instanced rendering. but when time comes to actually take advantage of it..

    • @user-10021
      @user-10021 4 роки тому +62

      MEME MAN sadly that’s not what companies are looking for, they only look for programmers :/

    • @aserehtdraws7941
      @aserehtdraws7941 4 роки тому +134

      I want to become a concept artist because I now that I’m good at it and i love it to draw from the bottom of my heart.
      But I don’t know how to actually become one

    • @wubbuhdoo8443
      @wubbuhdoo8443 4 роки тому +55

      We are unessecary members of society. What benefit does the world get from a guy with a bad taste in music (like myself) drawing a pig with no legs about 40 odd times? I rest my case

    • @DenvaProbablyDraws
      @DenvaProbablyDraws 4 роки тому +130

      I personally have been drawing for 12-13 years, and I’m pretty good now. To become good at art, all you have to do is have fun doing it. If you take it super seriously early on, you’ll get stressed and confused. You’ll get stuck and give up. Just try to draw the most interesting thing to you, whether it be copying a really cool photo, or making something you imagined would be really cool on paper. These are two main ways to learn, and I *personally* chose the path of imagining my own drawings.
      Extra stuff to read if you really want more details (because I really like talking about this lol):
      If you choose to draw from memory, or imagination, it will look amazing in your head, but when you put it on paper it will almost always look worse than imagined. Don’t feel bad about this, because doing it this way is really fun in the future, even if it’s hard now. However it’s easier to get artist block this way, because you’re constantly having to come up with new ideas, and if you do feel like you’re out of ideas, just draw something you’ve never drawn, and try a new style.
      Choosing to copy a photo is a lot easier, and usually turns out better because you can constantly refer to the reference image. People who draw like this make better art faster, but the downside is that later on you will have a TINY bit more trouble making your own pictures without copying anatomy. And it’s bad to get into the habit of always copying the same artist, because then you may develop their style instead of your own, which is fine, but not the best.
      And there is my little typing lecture. I hope you enjoyed my t i p s

  • @eliseheartless4636
    @eliseheartless4636 5 років тому +5772

    Can we all have a silent moment for all artists that gave up on making art *...*
    It has been one year since I commented this and now
    I guess it's time to have a silent moment for myself •_•
    (because I'm slowly giving up on drawing)

    • @sandpaper6095
      @sandpaper6095 4 роки тому +176

      That's me tho...(

    • @hamyyy_yroo3743
      @hamyyy_yroo3743 4 роки тому +318

      I almost gave up on art one time... I didn't draw for weeks until I got art stuff for Christmas! I remembered why I loved to draw and started drawing again! :)

    • @coins_png
      @coins_png 4 роки тому +315

      I've spent 4 years on this shit already I'm not going back now

    • @scoobit
      @scoobit 4 роки тому +44

      Acumen 5 lmao 😂 that works i guess

    • @hamyyy_yroo3743
      @hamyyy_yroo3743 4 роки тому +4

      @Emerald Lark Bruh... It says u responded to Acumen but u replayed to me cuz I got the notification... So delete your comment and try again

  • @rosbel5953
    @rosbel5953 3 роки тому +5

    "Things are hard. They get tough, but maybe that's.. fine. Maybe we need to let things take long as they need to take..."

  • @jay-uu9vj
    @jay-uu9vj Рік тому +3

    the thing that gets me is comparing myself to the ppl who already have natural talent or those kinda doodle sketches that are simple and effortless but you can tell its still good. like the 'messy but coherent', but when i try to do a little quirky drawing it ACTUALLY looks incoherent and bad lol !

    • @ragmamale4783
      @ragmamale4783 11 місяців тому

      exactly. People who can doodle effortlessly and beutifully should be thankful. All my friends aand peers can do that istg..

  • @seraaron
    @seraaron 5 років тому +1735

    Yeah I'm at that "I need to re-learn to do basic stuff again" stage... again... I never learned to do gestures originally. But I'm chugging through, and I can already see some improvements.

    • @majamystic256
      @majamystic256 5 років тому +19

      im at the relearn basic stuff again for the 100th time i think by now

    • @eyecred4153
      @eyecred4153 5 років тому +15

      @@AiresLA the sausage fingers stage?

    • @zekemcnees
      @zekemcnees 5 років тому +5

      Exactly where I'm at. I think the difference between now and then is youtube tutorials and shedding the need to have things be in "my style" that got in the way of the learning process the first time.

    • @eyecred4153
      @eyecred4153 5 років тому

      Just get a schedule, might help you guys with being consistent.Tho from time to time you still need to "re-learn" shit anyways.

    • @marsbars5907
      @marsbars5907 5 років тому +2

      Yeah i hate doing that stuff especially in a medium your weak in, you feel kinda helpless and it can get depressing, my problem is i draw as fast as i can without focus and end up a bit depressed and very frustrated, its necessary though so keep at it and try to enjoy it

  • @LoganOHara
    @LoganOHara 4 роки тому +509

    Okay, I was NOT expecting this to expose me on that deep of a level. That’s an entire existential crisis but very profound. Good life changes can translate to good art changes. Nice.

  • @snimp872
    @snimp872 3 роки тому +6

    If anyone is struggling with feeling like you art is no good, look at some of your older art! It’s really energizing to see how far you’ve come!

  • @jordanmatthews1466
    @jordanmatthews1466 Рік тому +4

    As an artist, I felt this on a metaphysical level.

  • @missasyan
    @missasyan 4 роки тому +1522

    me at quarantine : "i wanna learn art!"
    also me at quarantine : "i wanna learn german, piano, get those platinum trophies, play tf2, get more reddit upvotes, catch up on anime, catch up on comics, learn voice acting, learn basic psychology and counseling!"
    yeah.
    i don't know.

    • @weirdo66636
      @weirdo66636 4 роки тому +34

      i bought a macbook and now i produce music, write songs, edit videos, draw, and learn french. what is life anymore lol

    • @Scarshadow666
      @Scarshadow666 4 роки тому +15

      Lolz, same here! I end up wanting to do a bunch of things and end up not always getting to all of them in the time that I have, even at the best of my pre-planning ability! ^^;
      Definitely recommend checking out the basic psychology subject and expanding to other subjects from their, as some psychology/social studies studies can sometimes help explain the "why does this happen" parts in other subjects.

    • @mtapz101
      @mtapz101 3 роки тому +2

      Literally me too ;w;

    • @Kristoff2005
      @Kristoff2005 3 роки тому +7

      I did kinda learn art
      But yeah, I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I WANNA FUCKING DO, LIKE A FULL LIST OF THEM

    • @LeBornMajes
      @LeBornMajes 3 роки тому +3

      I do: games, more games, perspective, alot more games, beatboxing, mechanical engineering, and last but not the least, games

  • @yeehawjigsaw6579
    @yeehawjigsaw6579 4 роки тому +2069

    People are so ignorant when it comes to art now.
    They completely ignore how it's _never_ easy, how you can only improve.
    "i cAn oNlY dRAW a stiCkmAn whIlE ThEyRe dRAwinG mOnA liSa!!" -for example.
    It's kind of harmful to other artists in my opinion.
    Those people now expect others to draw something *straight* from their head in 5 minutes.
    It's not just drawing.
    Imagine you're trying to lift a weight you've been having trouble on, but you just 'can't'.. would you automatically give up? I would without realizing because it's hard to remember you only improve. But.. i am trying to.
    Just a little rant.

    • @helgenlane
      @helgenlane 4 роки тому +65

      Only that when lifting weights you shouldn't aim at something big, but at something bigger than what you currently can lift. But when drawing, you are always aiming for perfection, because why would you care about improving one little detail, when everything else is still a complete rubbish. Buuut, if you are just trying to draw better, it's still hard to see improvement, there are no scales that tell how good of an artist you are.

    • @yeehawjigsaw6579
      @yeehawjigsaw6579 4 роки тому +8

      @@helgenlane True.

    • @fluffibunimadi
      @fluffibunimadi 4 роки тому +34

      I thought I had to get my art career set up and ready to go at 16 years old cuz thats when you can get a job...so now having a website, youtube channel, facebook page, and a webcomic...I thought this because people told me I was a lazy person or a loser if I didn't do something with my life right away. I am so tired and I panic when I cant draw something, like I get nervous

    • @helgenlane
      @helgenlane 4 роки тому +30

      @@fluffibunimadi stories like that are fascinating for me. Because I'm 20, I didn't learn shit, I have zero experience and have no idea what to do. And somehow other people have all figured out and set up by 16, wow.

    • @fluffibunimadi
      @fluffibunimadi 4 роки тому +12

      @@helgenlane Im taking a digital media art class that teaches you how to do those things and I feel so out of place cuz I know too much XD I hope things go well for you, learning about business and entertainment has helped me a lot

  • @agit5270
    @agit5270 2 роки тому +3

    1:46 is so fucking relatable to me, everyone is so exited to know your an artist till you show your actual art and can see their disappointment on their face

  • @mwndjddjdhdbbf8408
    @mwndjddjdhdbbf8408 3 роки тому +9

    POV: "You have done *the thing* "

  • @mirtilo
    @mirtilo 4 роки тому +4499

    "i wanted to be an artist, not to be a better person"
    exactly

    • @gracerobinson6717
      @gracerobinson6717 3 роки тому +93

      When he said that I felt that on a spiritual level

    • @ritzyllama
      @ritzyllama 3 роки тому +24

      hit me right in "been there"

    • @uppindown8466
      @uppindown8466 3 роки тому +13

      hahaha Adolf getting rejected from art school go brrrrrr
      and starting the second world war go brrrrrrr
      and killing thousands of people go brrrrrr

    • @kamanyiro5903
      @kamanyiro5903 3 роки тому +15

      seriously most people who do art,don't do to become a "better person".

    • @Nardos553
      @Nardos553 3 роки тому +2

      @@uppindown8466 well true, but he became a horrible person

  • @_phong.huynh_
    @_phong.huynh_ 4 роки тому +518

    Imagine all the greatest pieces of art that we haven't seen because the artist thought that the other hand is too small so they didn't post the image and threw the paper in the trash can.

  • @pinkhairvulcanus8153
    @pinkhairvulcanus8153 5 років тому +103

    "Am I actually an idiot?"
    Yes.
    Yes I am.

  • @MyMessyMind
    @MyMessyMind 3 роки тому +2

    Where was this video the past few years of my life? Ive had such a tumultuous relationship with art. But through it all something kept telling me i have to keep trying, and all of what you said about becoming a better person to improve your art is exactly the realization Ive come to. I really needed to hear this put into words, even now it just further confirms that Im on the right path. Thank you ❤

  • @dynahops
    @dynahops 3 роки тому +4

    artists feel this at all levels

  • @kermitthefrog3490
    @kermitthefrog3490 4 роки тому +509

    When i sleep i think of something to draw, but when i try to draw the thing next day. It just looks like something out of weird

    • @gwenl1451
      @gwenl1451 4 роки тому +15

      I see new species when i close my eyes trying to sleep at night sometimes :/

    • @dreamgal558
      @dreamgal558 4 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @kermitthefrog3490
      @kermitthefrog3490 4 роки тому +1

      Marshmallow cat bro true

    • @kermitthefrog3490
      @kermitthefrog3490 4 роки тому

      Dream Gal nice

    • @regrettispaghetti2517
      @regrettispaghetti2517 4 роки тому +6

      Sometimes I just say fuck it and hop out of bed at 3 am and spend the next 2 hours drawing. I’m channeling my true crackhead energy.

  • @thanks8589
    @thanks8589 5 років тому +528

    The worst thing you can do when you realize that you need to take steps back and fix something is to just keep going on the wrong path. Moving back is the only way to move forward.

    • @foxygrin
      @foxygrin 5 років тому +30

      It's like backtracking in a game which is no fun but you need it to get to the next, new, shiny fun part

    • @thanks8589
      @thanks8589 5 років тому +6

      @@foxygrin yes exactly!

    • @spiritdorkrai5741
      @spiritdorkrai5741 5 років тому +2

      moving back isnt the only way to move forward. its just that sometimes its easier to move backwards, think about it, and then move forwards but differently.

    • @thanks8589
      @thanks8589 5 років тому

      @@spiritdorkrai5741 Hm... I don't know about easier. But you're right it's not the ONLY way forwards.

    • @scarletxpetals
      @scarletxpetals 5 років тому

      depends how good at coverups you are lol. but total agreement. learning to recognize when somethings off has been a struggle. Ill come across some mundane issue and search books and videos, waste hours and hours only to realize that particular problem is only fixed by experience. not the best example, but i wish i took a step back when i could've gone to school for conceptual design...instead of thinking i knew it all.

  • @jonincannon
    @jonincannon Рік тому +2

    Literally, I straight up never did any type of “shape” work or learning contouring or manipulating shape. Going back and learning perspective is STILL an uphill battle because of that. Learn the basics people, learn all of them.

  • @isadoravieira4477
    @isadoravieira4477 3 роки тому +5

    This was honestly so sweet I felt hugged. It's exactly like that sometimes. Just hang in there! We make the world a better place through our art.

  • @catgeo8440
    @catgeo8440 4 роки тому +611

    I remember the day I drew the perfect knee... I jumped in my bed and started crying of how proud and happy I was...
    It wasn't even a drawing it was just a random knee that I drew out of boredom

    • @lisajiang4809
      @lisajiang4809 4 роки тому +59

      congratulations!
      the other day i drew a nose and i was so hapoy with it, even tho noses are more often overlooked than compsred to an eye and mouths and hands.

    • @damagedjokes
      @damagedjokes 4 роки тому +36

      another moonist JESUS CONGRATS- i totally agree; noses are really hard and overlooked oops

    • @thetawaves12
      @thetawaves12 4 роки тому +8

      Can I... See that knee.. Hmm

    • @koruru7671
      @koruru7671 4 роки тому +14

      And then you forgot how to do it the next day FUUUU-

    • @stalepastry-t
      @stalepastry-t 4 роки тому

      hell yeah bro! you draw that knee!

  • @Caesarist
    @Caesarist 5 років тому +849

    It’s hard. But it’s the most rewarding difficulty to overcome. There’s nothing like looking at your older drawings and realizing how much you have improved. And thank you, Mattias, for helping me and other artists to overcome our struggles.

    • @XenoKnightAlpha
      @XenoKnightAlpha 5 років тому +13

      There's also nothing like looking back at how much worse I've gotten, and learning from that. It's humbling to say the least. All I can do is laugh, even now 😂

    • @TeodorAngelov
      @TeodorAngelov 5 років тому +4

      I spent 3 years trying to learn. Now I have so much experience but my drawings still suck(a lot) :D

    • @Lady_of_Winds
      @Lady_of_Winds 5 років тому

      yes damn my yearly Improvement Meme became the reason why I draw lately 😂 I don't want to disappoint my Meme

    • @Lady_of_Winds
      @Lady_of_Winds 5 років тому +3

      @@TeodorAngelov don't worry I feel the same and I have almost ten years of experience 😂 For some reason I still feel like a beginner who is only starting to learn the fundamentals.

    • @retroarcadde2128
      @retroarcadde2128 5 років тому

      600th like.

  • @elkiadeerling8358
    @elkiadeerling8358 Рік тому +2

    i love this one. This whole train of thought is so incredibly intimate! Spot on!

  • @bonithechubbypotato5100
    @bonithechubbypotato5100 3 роки тому +7

    "OMG DID YOU DRAW THAT? THIS PART LOOKS WEIRD. CAN YOU DRAW mEeEeE????? I CANT EVEN DRAW A STICK FIGURE!!"

  • @mute1050
    @mute1050 4 роки тому +441

    For me drawing perfect symmetry is like the final boss level in dark souls

    • @EndlessLands
      @EndlessLands 4 роки тому +23

      I just completed Dark Souls over the summer. That game's difficulty is a joke compared to the struggle of drawing.

    • @leonardomontes2712
      @leonardomontes2712 4 роки тому +3

      Waaaaaay more difficult than that.

    • @angiegm3230
      @angiegm3230 4 роки тому +2

      Same

    • @Spookatz.
      @Spookatz. 3 роки тому +3

      @@AnimangaGirlChii unless it's THE GODDAMN F#$%&NG EYES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @hoyadoy6969
      @hoyadoy6969 3 роки тому +3

      That’s why you draw half, swap to digital, then copy paste n flip you image so you have two sides perfect mirror imaging

  • @WYKLO
    @WYKLO 11 місяців тому +2

    Drawing is such a pain in the ass, I can't believe people ACTUALLY get good at it

    • @theatheistbear3117
      @theatheistbear3117 8 місяців тому

      There is a lot of masochism involved in the process for sure.
      I personally find going to the gym and improving my reps way easier and much less of a pain. It feels like a lot more tangible improvement is made across a couple months than when I draw.

  • @SyckoSiren
    @SyckoSiren 3 роки тому +5

    So we all been through the “Omg it’s not enough phase” and now we can’t escape it?

  • @cupid3890
    @cupid3890 4 роки тому +783

    I swear to god, my friends keep saying that they cant draw because they're "not an artist". Like wtf???????

    • @lionelheisler4887
      @lionelheisler4887 4 роки тому +95

      I know right. When people say that kinda stuff, I just tell them that it's just like any other skill and it just takes practice

    • @halloweencookie5065
      @halloweencookie5065 4 роки тому +48

      @L1qu1d S1lenc3r not the best advice, but okay

    • @i_love_you_xoxo
      @i_love_you_xoxo 4 роки тому +33

      Me to friend: "well, you're not an athlete so what's the point of exercising?"😐😐😐

    • @eccedentesiast2328
      @eccedentesiast2328 4 роки тому +43

      Honestly. People don't need to be called an “artist” if you do art you are an artist. You don't need the society to label you artist. If you can draw a ball, a stick a dot then you can draw, you're making art. And that's what makes an artist. *An artist makes art in every form*

    • @viis374
      @viis374 4 роки тому +18

      I say anybody can be an artist
      On the other hand I feel weird calling myself one because I don't know if I'm good enough for that title
      My mind is pretty split

  • @Tsunkuotaku
    @Tsunkuotaku 5 років тому +235

    This applies to music just as much as it does to drawing. I can speak from 15 years experience practicing music.
    I'm a computer programmer now...

    • @TeodorAngelov
      @TeodorAngelov 5 років тому +4

      Ain't we all..

    • @Soundwave1900
      @Soundwave1900 4 роки тому +1

      And the same applies to translations... And I'm also a musician so i have double struggle... gosh!

    • @briezeee
      @briezeee 4 роки тому +1

      Music is art so ... Yh

    • @Iron-Wolf
      @Iron-Wolf 4 роки тому +4

      This actually applies to anything in life where it's impossible be perfect, but it's possible to improve if you practice.
      Creating art, exercising, many video games, etc.

    • @briezeee
      @briezeee 4 роки тому

      @@Iron-Wolf you're right ... I need to apply that mindset

  • @dimifisher7942
    @dimifisher7942 2 роки тому +8

    From my point of view it all depends on what goals you have set, there are people who do only abstract drawing and they are very happy with it, there are others who are bad but they dont care because they dont want to be pros, they just enjoy the process, and there are those what want to be pros and they do everything to get better, you have to clarify that on your video, in the end what matters most is to enjoy what you do and keep pushing if you want to make a living out of it, other wise just lay back, everything is cool no matter how bad or good you are

  • @Coop_Boop
    @Coop_Boop 11 місяців тому +2

    "I wanted to become an artist. I didn't want to become a better.... person!"
    Why is it me

  • @Fanartje
    @Fanartje 4 роки тому +444

    This is exactly the reason why i dont like when someone says im “talented” because i make art. Its not necessarily talent, its a lot of hard work. It makes me feel like they undermine the amount of hard work and mental capacity needed to get to this point..

    • @mariadelcarmengirard1680
      @mariadelcarmengirard1680 4 роки тому +41

      I feel like the real talent behind art is just be persevering enough that you'll keep doing it

    • @chevaliedelareverie
      @chevaliedelareverie 3 роки тому +33

      @@mariadelcarmengirard1680 yus!!! that's literally the skill.... don't give up! And it's a skill, which is cultivated, not an innate talent

    • @michaelrichards5340
      @michaelrichards5340 3 роки тому +4

      I have to differ, I've been asking my mother to help me draw stuff since I was 3 she says, she said her greatest desire while pregnant was to give birth to an artist, I think it's a talent for some of us. Noah Bradley has a similar art driven childhood

    • @pvrvati3575
      @pvrvati3575 3 роки тому +8

      hard work is a talent 😭🤚

    • @kookiesandcream7850
      @kookiesandcream7850 3 роки тому +1

      exactly

  • @nanika5274
    @nanika5274 4 роки тому +1158

    man i just wanna draw cute anime girls

    • @MattiasPilhede
      @MattiasPilhede  4 роки тому +542

      Follow your dream

    •  3 роки тому +112

      Don't we all...

    • @Vsuvi
      @Vsuvi 3 роки тому +12

      Hehe

    • @yuokiisaslowpoke8576
      @yuokiisaslowpoke8576 3 роки тому +72

      Took 3 years, a months of depression and breakdowns til I achieved drawing anime girl ;). Its just a matter of time and practice and learning. Follow ur dream

    • @THESOIL0126
      @THESOIL0126 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah same..
      But, no matter how hard I try nothing worked. And that's why I quit drawing and began practicing on editing.

  • @pennyinspace857
    @pennyinspace857 3 роки тому +5

    I'm a musician and I feel the same. Our path as artists is hard but we will always have that little sparkle moment that makes all the hard work makes sense. 💖✨

  • @im_skrunkly
    @im_skrunkly 11 місяців тому +3

    did you know that in order to play the role of an insane and mentally depressed person in the movie "Joker", Joaquin Phoenix learned how to draw cubes.

  • @cesaraguilar5405
    @cesaraguilar5405 5 років тому +801

    Very impressive but can you draw a sphere?

    • @1996Pinocchio
      @1996Pinocchio 5 років тому +65

      I can draw an egg

    • @XenoKnightAlpha
      @XenoKnightAlpha 5 років тому +29

      @@1996Pinocchio very impressive! However, can you draw an eggo? 🧇

    • @LilSOS
      @LilSOS 5 років тому +13

      @@XenoKnightAlpha I can draw wires

    • @vedhil
      @vedhil 5 років тому +32

      ....round cube........???.?????????......?,

    • @nightfighter7452
      @nightfighter7452 5 років тому +7

      circle, shade one side, maybe add shadow