yesss!!! watching pewdiepie's huge improvement over just 100 DAYS makes me so so happy :] I've been making art ever since I can remember and I STILL have my moments where I cringe at everything I make and just feel stuck - it's comforting and inspiring in a way to see beginners having the same struggles yet still pushing through and making leaps in their art journey :D
I don’t like Pewdiepie as a person, but his improvement and consistency is truly admirable, I try to draw at least every other day, but sometimes depressive episodes get in the way of that (at least one week a month). It’s awesome seeing him try this out 👏
I really appreciate your take on references, i got to take a life drawing class in college and the prof was adamant that we should only draw from life and not online references - which i think has slowed me down a lot. And the summary!!! You're such an icon for adding that in
as an R&D scientist who loves art i lucked out. there's never an end to my education, as my career is in itself an education in real-time, and art requires dexterity that cannot be achieved w anything beyond practice. and i LOVE LOVE LOVE learning. the trajectory of going from 'incapable to dexterous' is like a drug to me. even the process of learning itself feels good to do. i was working full-time, getting my M.S. full-time AND tutoring at the same time. my ex-h who was also my lab-mate at the time told me I can't go to work n study n tutor simultaneously or ill die. so he'd let me study out loud to him, to act like my tutoring sessions without having to spend time n effort in actually doing it. I've competently learned 9 different art skills in past 6 months. im not good at most of them, however i have the theories, techniques and simple executions down. so i can make things functional and relatively aesthetic, which is a good metric to notice when u learn something new that you're not good at: that they're useful, no matter the quality. i don't agree w everything having to be the best version of whatever they are. mediocrity is more than ok, it's necessary to be able to live without perfectionism choking the air out. i love going from my "ugly" art pages to my improved ones to see how much i learned. I've never experienced cringe in learning.
hello! new viewer and fellow artist. just want to say that building a "visual library" is ENORMOUSLY more effective when you draw from life. if you learn the basics of drawing by copying stylized 2-dimensional images, it will be a LOT harder to develop a useful visual library that you are able to utilize in meaningful ways, and you may even struggle to work without working directly from a reference. the reason why is because drawing from life asks us to understand the 3-dimensional form of the object as it exists in the physical world, how natural light and vision effect our interpretation of the object, and how objects change with movement. the human form is also the most complicated natural form that an artist can ever attempt to capture, and it is because of all of its 3 dimensional complexities and structures and how these structures interact with one another. if someone ever hopes to be able to draw the human form from memory, they are going to need to study the human form in real life to do so. beginners should always draw from life first. this is the very first thing you learn in any level of art education, from elementary school to graduate school. pewdiepie wouldn't have struggled with losing so much prior knowledge so quickly if he had a greater understanding of the forms and structures themselves. my advice to any beginning artist would be to draw an apple, your feet with sneakers on, a glass mug--anything that is around your home that is able to be studied and understood and then captured in a medium--please do this before exploring pinterest. these essential building blocks will help you more than ANYTHING else. *****the ability to draw well is rooted in the ability to look at an object and to truly understand it***** i recommend Bert Dodson's "Keys to Drawing" as a book for any serious beginners. thanks for the vid!
Idk why was shouting at 0:00 🥲
Thanks for watching!
this was an incredibly uplifting watch as someone who keeps quitting art out of frustration every couple of months
Ngl, this whole thing has got me MOTIVATED!!!
need to dust off my pencils :'')
yesss!!! watching pewdiepie's huge improvement over just 100 DAYS makes me so so happy :] I've been making art ever since I can remember and I STILL have my moments where I cringe at everything I make and just feel stuck - it's comforting and inspiring in a way to see beginners having the same struggles yet still pushing through and making leaps in their art journey :D
I don’t like Pewdiepie as a person, but his improvement and consistency is truly admirable, I try to draw at least every other day, but sometimes depressive episodes get in the way of that (at least one week a month). It’s awesome seeing him try this out 👏
Ayy a South African art youtuber!!
I really appreciate your take on references, i got to take a life drawing class in college and the prof was adamant that we should only draw from life and not online references - which i think has slowed me down a lot.
And the summary!!! You're such an icon for adding that in
Love the fact he did it. Developing a long term visual memory is hard, takes time and patience
It's crazy how well he improved in such a short amount of time :0 (also your room is so cute!!)
as an R&D scientist who loves art i lucked out. there's never an end to my education, as my career is in itself an education in real-time, and art requires dexterity that cannot be achieved w anything beyond practice.
and i LOVE LOVE LOVE learning. the trajectory of going from 'incapable to dexterous' is like a drug to me.
even the process of learning itself feels good to do.
i was working full-time, getting my M.S. full-time AND tutoring at the same time. my ex-h who was also my lab-mate at the time told me I can't go to work n study n tutor simultaneously or ill die. so he'd let me study out loud to him, to act like my tutoring sessions without having to spend time n effort in actually doing it.
I've competently learned 9 different art skills in past 6 months. im not good at most of them, however i have the theories, techniques and simple executions down. so i can make things functional and relatively aesthetic, which is a good metric to notice when u learn something new that you're not good at: that they're useful, no matter the quality.
i don't agree w everything having to be the best version of whatever they are. mediocrity is more than ok, it's necessary to be able to live without perfectionism choking the air out.
i love going from my "ugly" art pages to my improved ones to see how much i learned. I've never experienced cringe in learning.
Love the video 😂😂 also true it’s a commitment 💪🏽
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I used the reference to aventualy not need the reference
-alternate universe Thanos probably
Great video! very inspirational :)
hello! new viewer and fellow artist. just want to say that building a "visual library" is ENORMOUSLY more effective when you draw from life. if you learn the basics of drawing by copying stylized 2-dimensional images, it will be a LOT harder to develop a useful visual library that you are able to utilize in meaningful ways, and you may even struggle to work without working directly from a reference.
the reason why is because drawing from life asks us to understand the 3-dimensional form of the object as it exists in the physical world, how natural light and vision effect our interpretation of the object, and how objects change with movement.
the human form is also the most complicated natural form that an artist can ever attempt to capture, and it is because of all of its 3 dimensional complexities and structures and how these structures interact with one another. if someone ever hopes to be able to draw the human form from memory, they are going to need to study the human form in real life to do so.
beginners should always draw from life first. this is the very first thing you learn in any level of art education, from elementary school to graduate school. pewdiepie wouldn't have struggled with losing so much prior knowledge so quickly if he had a greater understanding of the forms and structures themselves.
my advice to any beginning artist would be to draw an apple, your feet with sneakers on, a glass mug--anything that is around your home that is able to be studied and understood and then captured in a medium--please do this before exploring pinterest. these essential building blocks will help you more than ANYTHING else.
*****the ability to draw well is rooted in the ability to look at an object and to truly understand it*****
i recommend Bert Dodson's "Keys to Drawing" as a book for any serious beginners.
thanks for the vid!
Isn't he in Japan now? I wouldn't be shocked if he invested in an anime
My pencil is truly always sharpened, thank you 🙏🏾
Have you looked into the story of Cait Corrian? That one is perfect for you ;)