"The only way to fail in a creative setting is to not create" yees and also you found words on why i love so much hidden bands and weird animations ! ^^ thanks for making this :3
one of the reasons I love fanfiction so much is because it's obscure and passion-driven. I've seriously read fic that's affected me much more deeply than anything published
Same one fic I read I realised I connected so much to a certain character and learned a ton about myself (did a ton of reflection, really helped me. I left a comment and the author had such a sweet response I cried)
What you described definitely applies to fanfiction so well and I love this unappreciated art form. The same as I love anything that comes from underground spaces. There is so much value telling stories that are raw, real and intimate human experiences, even though you still need to dig and explore these spaces to eventually find something that resonates. It's the best tool for self discovery I've found so far.
i actually read a fic that healed my religious trauma so much it shocked me to my core. like i had to pause because of how much it affected me (in a positive way) it was a linked universe fic (the legend of zelda au) 😭
Something so wonderful about the human minds when it comes to passion. You’d see a esoteric fanart of a character and where did this character came from? Mario. I just love humans
"bad art" has inspired me to create, I don't care if 3 people like my shit as long as it really connected with those 3 people Shoutouts to all the artists behind those weird, imperfect games on itchio, idk what I'd do without yall
Love itchio visual novel games! It reminds me of my middle school days can’t wait to go home to play those really niche games. Felt like my guilty pleasure, but it shouldn’t have to be
I once saw a tumblr post that really resonated with me that said something along the lines of "make bad art, you'll never make any art if you don't." on another note that i couldnt think of a smooth transition to, i think it's also important not to view "bad" art as only a stepping stone to "good" art, or that your older work becomes less valuable as you improve. going back to the post, i think its important to note how it says you won't make *any* art if you don't make bad art, rather than saying you won't make *good* art. "bad" art has and always will have value. Its easy for me to point and laugh at the ms-paint-with-a-mouse warrior cats art I made when I was 9, things that I remember being so proud of that look terrible to me now, but I wouldn't be at the skill level I'm at now if it weren't for the things I created then. Not only that, but the things I created as a child were more raw and unfiltered than the things I make now. I was just a kid having fun, I resent how much I worry about creating something "good" now, and how I worry about how the things I create will be perceived. cringe culture has really done a number on artists online (and im a furry artist, so no matter what i make there's always gonna be SOMEONE to judge it...) it feels like we've forgotten that to create is to be human.
wow, this is great perspective. as someone struggling with approaching my art, ill try to see things just like this... and that "to create is to be human" sent chills down my spine, so thank you so very much for sharing this perspective (and in these days, i feel this is what we need to understand more of: perspective...)
Yeeees. My first ever anime was life changing because of this. Mob psychos thesis statement is that if your aren’t special you can be anything, and the main character is someone who has no interest in what he’s good at and wants to get better at things he’s naturally bad at. And if you look at the manga art instead of the show, with no offense meant, it’s clear the author believes it and has practice because he’s a bad artist. If it looked polished and perfect from a rich guy known for all this stuff I wouldn’t take it as seriously but the lesson of try things to be the best most happy you no matter if you’re skilled or not has been life changing
“You’re better off finding something that was made with the audience as an after afterthought, over something engineered to appeal to the most people possible.” Love this Pato, great video essay. Reminds me of that video where MrBeast cycled through over a hundred thumbnails after a video was uploaded to see what amassed the most clicks… not necessarily an art form but that hyper surveillance of numbers reminded me of the drop off in niche, ridiculous fun art that just exists to exist.
It sounds nice and motivational but doesn't apply to every art form. you can't have any kind of performance art or acting without an audience. Not thinking about an audience will bring your quality down significantly in this case
"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." - Kurt Vonnegut
I’m so sick of every single comment on an artists page whose art isn’t “pretty” going “if it wasn’t difficult was it really art?” YES???? Since when was the rule for art “difficult?” Yet you’ll praise someone for doing a “pretty” piece of art easily. Art has always been about expression and creation and passion, not breaking your fucking wrist
hell yeah! the conception that difficulty makes greater art could not be any more wrong! hardship may help develop someone, and consequently changing one's art, but art can and exists without any of these - it's such a transcendental existence, why would it truly be anything exclusively through difficulty? p.s. to me that comes also from capitalism, but that, folks, is a story for another time...
you can have ideas and never have a product, but you can never have a product unless you have ideas. art is more than just the painting, the photo, the album, the movie: it’s the ideas and intentions that went into it
I, and I assume many others watching this, have extreme difficulty with self-worth due to the lack of feeling “talented.” I stray myself away from things I enjoy as I would solely focus on others, and the talent-gap between me and them. I could go on, but instead, I would like to shout out those records, films, books, photos, media that brings me that feeling of “I could possibly do that.” A good example of this is “Paris is Burning.” A wondrous documentary about the Mid-80s balls for queers in New York. It made me feel as I could be the one behind the camera, documenting and bringing forth knowledge to me, and whoever will watch it. Also would like to shout the likes of Will Toledo, Daniel Johnston, and Sibylle Baier for making me push towards my own music endeavors. Anyways, lovely video, and really inspiring in a way that doesn’t feel stupid upon reflection on myself if that makes any sense :)
"The things that you tuck away for fear of a review that says ‘there is a PROBLEM with this art because it has always been done another way’ THOSE ARE YOUR SUPERPOWERS. the gatekeepers want you to tuck those parts of yourself away because THEY TUCKED AWAY THOSE PART OF THEMSELVES. Never forget that your unique way is PURE UNFILTERED 100 PERCENT ROCKET FUEL" -Chuck Tingle This video and that post by chuck (one of my favourite erotica authors) are so genuinely inspiring. I think we're all too afraid of creating something bad. But really, when I love so much 'bad art', do I actually care? If I can love strange and unpopular things, maybe I can create something thats important to at least one other weird human like me. I also enjoy the idea of creating for myself. Sometimes I don't want to be 'good'; I want to be ME.
This is the exact takeaway I hope people have from my animation work. I want people to see my animations and think "Hey maybe I could do that?" and then I want them to go do it!
I studied film in college, and over time I began to realize that I could not keep up with what a lot of my peers were making. So many people were trying their best to make the most technically astounding short films that they could, and it was all very impressive. However, whenever I set out to do things like that, I found that I became overwhelmed quickly. So, I started to organize smaller shoots with smaller crews. It got to the point that it was just me and a camera, shooting with one or two actors. I found that reducing the amount of equipment I brought along freed me up to be more creative. I've taken that philosophy to heart since graduating a few years back, and try my best to make only what inspires me. It's resulted in a lot of rough art that not many people enjoy, but I'm okay with that. Sometimes I still get insecure, but at the end of the day, I would much rather be making something that inspires me than being bogged down trying to make the most technically-astounding thing I can. Great video. Love it.
wax or the discovery of television among the bees (1991) cat soup (2001) zone (1995) angels egg (1985) tekkonkinkreet (2006) the sounds of science (2001) xiao wu (1997) ping pong the animation (2014) walking (1968) le chant du styrene (1958) white rock (1977) glitterbug (1994) skinamarink (2023) wavelength (1967) puparia (2020) daybreak express (1953) bridges-go-round (1958) ghost (1984)
lol your name is the combination of me and my cats name Fenny and Lee, didnt commit to lee fully yet but hes getting microchipped tmmrw. ima take this as a sign and run with it
I just started exploring creativity, fashion, music, arts like photography and overall design of anything. I've finally started to push myself to just start creating despite the fact I have zero background skills and it's currently bad art. This video feels like a perfectly timed appearance. Thanks for the confidence boost and encouragement :) Definitely subbing too.
it's so nice to see all of my confused thoughts about this organized and explained here, thanks! Non-artists love to say "that's dumb, I could have done this" yeah but you didn't do it, so allow yourself to enjoy it for once.
not even halfway through the video but this is how I feel about outsider and lo-fi music!!! I've always written songs but never bothered showing anyone or playing them for people because I had this expectation for what music should be. then I listened to "all hail west texas" by my now favorite band, The Mountain Goats, and was like "this sounds terrible. I can't stop listening to it. I feel so attached to this and it sounds sonically terrible." for context, AHWT was recorded by frontman john darnielle on a boombox in his basement using only his voice, a guitar and a casio electric piano. it has some of the most raw and heart wrenching narrative lyricism like, in music history I'm pretty sure, and every TMG fan probably has an infodump for it. Listening to the mountain goats' boombox albums instilled this belief that my music can be heard to by any means necessary. After I became knee deep in TMG obsession I discovered Daniel Johnston. His music is true outsider, and he's the most famous outsider musician point blank. He taught me and many others that if you have heart and honesty you can inspire people. Anyways, music autism aside, engaging in and loving poorly produced music has taught me so much and now I have like, hundreds of voice memos of my songs at various stages of completion.
One example I see of "bad" art is the last 2 episodes of the anime, Neon genesis evangelion. Despite it's animation being low quality and mostly animated on paper, it portrays shinji ikari's feeling of loneliness and a feeling of not knowing who or what he is through surreal visuals. It dove into the minds of the main cast. it connected the hearts of the pilots together. It spoke to me and others in a way so deeply that it still sticks with me, and i only find myself appreciating it more every time i rewatch it. Although it is disregarded as low quality, I believe it is essential to the show, showing the ending of the show through the mind of shinji ikari and his friends.
Loved this. I recently took a class learning how to make a wooden box with hand tools. I went in with the attitude: “I’ve never made a box before. It will be imperfect and bad but that’s okay. I will have learned how to make a box.” And then I made a box and had the most wonderful time. I’m so inspired to keep making things and celebrate others for making things now. Thanks pato :)
This video felt like a hug to my heart. Seeing really, really good art does discourage me for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Reading fanfics and webcomics and manga created by no-names, riddled with grammatical errors and wonky anatomy is actually the stuff that makes me go yeah, I think I could do that. People are still loving them regardless of popularity or skill. Also, Mary Oliver is lovely.
you know for some time I have been wanting to record little videos of me, vlog style, talking about my ideas, books, things i like etc . been sitting with this wish for so so long but too intimidated to actually take action. I'm not really a camera person and I struggle with confidence often times. THIS VIDEO is that inspiration for me you just talked about. The way you spoke so fluently and everything resonated with me so well, it really made me feel like "hey, this is something i may be able to do too!" I'm at work right now but when i get home im picking up the camera and recording my first video. Thank you.
I haven't been making a lot of fan edits lately because my edits haven't been getting traction but because of this I might start making edits again even if it's hard for me to start because I been working and I have been finding work at the same time which has been kind of killing my inspiration to create art and create edits and i realize i could make time to do what i love at the same time as trying to find something where i can earn, my edits have inspired some people to create, and I think and feel that's enough for me recently to create, rather than to reach a bit audience
I am still watching as I comment here and never normally comment (so bear with me), but I have to say that this video has finally verbalised something I have been feeling over the past few years Going from initial inspiration of the (realistically) unattainable examples we come across CAN be discouraging because you want to reflect and honour what inspired you This take kind of reminds me of the saying "perfection is the enemy of good" - not to say that your art can't be perfect if it doesn't come out exactly how you view it in your minds eye, but ultimately it is as you said, you are doing yourself a disservice if you do not act on inspiration that you gain from consuming others art - make art for you, it is your responsibility to document your take on the human experience
I absolutely *love* this video. I’ve been diving into weird, obscure corners of my favorite mediums for quite some time now (I was kinda shocked to find I knew a good chunk of the music artists/films you recommended - all fantastic stuff) and just love how human and spontaneous and passion driven it all is, like what you were saying. People are genuinely amazing, and so is the chance for each and every person to express what they’d like, for whatever reason, without concern for success. It always astounds me that in the modern world, you have to make money off of it, when in these worlds of the lesser known, they’re making very little, yet the payoff is priceless.
this was a very fun and motivating video. there is a ton of art you've mentioned that i will definitely check out. as someone who loves/makes outsider style music, i appreciate the inspiration to keep expressing art the way i want to. hope many others follow suit.
thank you for this. art is the most important expression of human experience, yet over the years financed, mainstream art has felt more and more soulless. art is meant to be a window to the self, allowing others to see through it to another’s perspective, not an attempt to garner popularity or make as much cash as possible. art that is truly timeless oozes passion, and can be made by anyone. your art can touch lives if you can capture and set it free
2:30 is exactly why I love the Beatles, they didn't write songs to be the best songs in the world they kinda slapped them together and said ah whatever to them. Like A Day in the Life, Paul's bit was just a quick "that'll do" from John and I love that way of writing songs. It makes it so much more accessible to myself as a songwriter. I feel like I don't need to make a masterpiece, just throw any good ideas together that sound alright and maybe something will click with someone
the way you phrased everything makes so much sense!!! thank you for creating this!!! i personally always like to fall down the rabbit hole of obscure / underrated art as it makes me want to create something similar to it
Ahhh this was so special Pato. Love the way you were able to find so much peace through your own art making through Moriyama and horror manga. And Skinamarink still haunts me! Something about its core and how it transplants you into childhood fear I think also has to do with how inventive it feels, existing in the childhood unknown.
i usually do really unrealistic drawings yk and reading vagabond was so motivating, i started copying the style with hatching and everything and just doing it and merging it with my stuff made me feel so refreshed abt art, like i wanted to do more, more and more and just keep going
I've always been an anime, manga, and videogame fan, but it wasn't until a few years ago that i found the Touhou Project. I was trying to see what inspired the Undertale soundtrack, and there's a lot of Touhou DNA in it. Touhou games, official ones, are all made by 1 guy. He goes by ZUN. He programs them, writes them, composes for them, and draws for them. His character design is so good, so simple and tactile, and he's bad at drawing.... I read something saying he learned how to draw clothes first, and then the bodies.... But he got better as he continued. He's even made a little OC for a beer convention, because he loves beer. And yet, his music is so refreshing, it's so original, inspired...and he wears his musical inspirations in his sleeves, and he follows his intuition. ZUN also adds little composer comments to his pieces, and they're all so interesting to me. One of them says he wanted to get the feeling if running in a cool limestone cave, running your hand on the wall- but he suggests you don't do that, it's dangerous (it's the comment on Desire Drive). Many of them are him saying he got a little tipsy, and just had fun. He's made the idea of composing music more tangible, like it's something i can do. I'm just arranging his stuff now, but he's made the process more human. He also considers Touhou to be so derivative that he doesn't enforce cooyright really strongly. So fans are pretty much free to do everything they want (he asks that you don't show him the NSFW though, he knows). Infact, one of *THE* most popular Touhou videos is Bad Apple!!, it's the music video entirely in black and white. It's a fan-made video, with fan-made music, based on his characters, and his music. A fan had an idea for a cool video idea for Bad Apple!!, and made a storyboard for it with crude drawings. Other fans made videos based on that fan storyboard, until one fan released the iconic video with over 50Mil views. Always create things. Even if it's scuffed.
One of my first real motivators when I started becoming interested in horror comics was the first issue of Junji Ito's Tomie. The characters were drawn a little inconsistently and a lot of the hands were just spikey rectangles, but that made me realize that the only thing that truly matters in making something great is the passion you put into it.
idk who you are i got this in my recommendations out of nowhere. I'm a very small artist myself and EVERYTHING you said in this video is exactly my feelings and thoughts about art, what inspires me and who I make art for. EVERY thing was so on point and relatable to the core. Thanks man its amazing how you put my thoughts and feelings into words so nicely
This was really inspiring, thank you. All of the examples were so helpful but the most helpful thing was you saying ‘it’s going t9 be bad, and that’s ok. Make it anyway.’ Thanks for the video!
This video reminds me of "Goin In" by 2Mello. I've been following him for forever cuz he's an artist I "see myself in" and he talks about a similar thing where you "seek your sound" in the art that makes you want to make even more art. "What does it mean to seek sound Like what does it mean to me It means constantly opening yourself up to new things Like listening to as much music as you can Until you find that song And you'll know when you found THAT one And you think, oh my god, if I can't make something that makes people feel like that In the time I have here I'll be absolutely livid, how can I live with myself And you hold onto that feeling, and you don't let it go And you put some music in your hands, and just keep working till it's done And then find the next one baby"
I never met another person that likes obscure stuff like this, and I had a hard time describing to myself what and why I like this. This video is amazing! Thank you so much! I'm obsessed with obscure art. I hope some people will share stuff that they like here, because I'm hungry for art like this. I will share some too: Hylics and Hylics 2 (video games), 1001 Nights (1998) (animation), Dragon's Heaven (1988) (animation), Chiara Bautista art (drawings), Hedgehog in the Fog (animation), The Tree and the Cat (animation), The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981) (animation), Bartosz Kruczyński - Baltic Beat (2016) (ambient music), Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers (music video on UA-cam).
whenever i'm at my lowest i find solace in unreleased songs by my favorite artists, songs that are very very rough, unpolished, demo songs, with mistakes and everything. it makes me feel so much more connected and hopeful about making my own art and it helps me a lot
Yessss! I do deep dives into different mixed media art technique / process videos here on UA-cam as a way to find inspiration and more importantly encouragement to make my own art. See people just creating things - sometimes in genres I doubt I'll ever touch - REALLY takes away that fear of failure and just general apprehension about the process. There is real value in creating just to create.
This essay has so many great takeaways… from finding inspiration in attainable art all the way to putting the audience as an afterthought. This is pretty much what I do. I make ambient and shoegaze music in single takes. I try to break societal and gender norms and often make my music while wearing dresses or skirts. My wife supports me and we both support the LGBTQ+ community. Making this choice is not something that is going to make my music more popular, but popularity isn’t my goal. My goal is to be myself and encourage others to do the same. My music is also attainable since I do multiple instruments in single takes rather than focus on perfect mixing and production. It’s like journal entries. Moments in time…
Oh man listen to Jim O’Rourke I’m begging you!!! He’s like a ghost that’s been haunting me for all my teenage years but whom I found about only recently. I first heard him while watching a movie called Love Liza, where one of his songs was used. He also worked with many cool bands, most notably Sonic Youth. Now he’s chilling in Japan from what I understand. His albums Eureka and Insignificance aren’t on spotify but they are one of my favourite albums in the last few months. There’s just so much stuff surrounding him I recommend checking him out if only for the paths he may lead you on.
omg I AM OBSESSED witjh No Longer Human too! the original novel and the Junji Ito's manga. I haven't read Usamaru's manga yet because the Junji's already took over my life and it was wayy too heavy for me. affected my life deeply tbh but Im really inspired to pick up usamaru's now
yooo this is just what i've been needing to hear these days. i really want to be getting back into my art practice and this is making me excited to find stuff that i can relate to as an artist.
(This is my second comment but) obscure music is my lifeblood. It more inspires me artistically rather than musically but it is just so personal. Who would think the lady who sang the ending song for pikmin 3 deluxe would have music that would make me cry? (This isn't really related to the video, more just putting yall on Babi and expressing the joy of art) (and your whole method on finding new artists is tried and true. Many artists I've found from production credits and just being open to finding new stuff)
I like your video. This is the reason I got into visual arts. I'm a photographer, artist, writer, author, music producer. I create different things. I never wanted to be like everybody else.
yeah, personally i love when there are reminders of something being made by a human in everyday life. Like when im outside and there are painted benches/poles or whatever and i see little brushstrokes im like Hell Yeah an actual human being painted this exact bench im sitting on! or even in digital paintings, when i see little messy brushstrokes but i can tell theyre done with so much love and precision that they add to the charm of the painting.
As a learning artist who is the biggest criticism of my own work, I am so happy this got recommended to me. I think this might finally be the first step to me actually getting some art done in the fun way without constantly reprimanding myself. Thanks again for inspiring me today!
Great video! Definitely hits on something I've been trying to do more. I have been getting into indie web/personal websites and zines lately. Highly recommend for people wanting to get into more obscure art!
I love the whole premise of this video and it's really well put together, thanks for doing it. I'm right at this stage, where I'm trying to get back to my teenage years of just making art for my own enjoyment, for the joy of the process. I stopped creating because I wasn't good enough to make money from it and I needed to make a living. Now I'm able to do it purely for the enjoyment again and I love finding obscure art as inspiration. Everyone needs a creative outlet, it's so good for the soul
This video helped me realise that maybe everything will be okay. I’ve been putting so much pressure on myself to make amazing art so that people will take me seriously but in doing that, I’m loosing the purpose of the art. I need to use it to satisfy myself first. Art has been hit by capitalism and most people feel that art serves no purpose unless to profit off of. This video is a great reminder that that doesn’t have to be the case :)
I used to love going on youtube and finding peoples obscure original songs. Some that got stuck in my head were like rough generic chords and cheesy lyrics from teenagers in their bedroom with their imperfect voice
Just watched beyond the infinite two minutes and I'm so glad I did... What a film, I need to learn about how they filmed it. I can already see how it'll inspire my current feature script but a funny thought that came to me toward the end is about this criticism I received in the past about writing characters that discuss a niche topic and how it'll alienate the audience, nah... I loved that ending. Thank you for sharing.
Loved seeing how you explore spotify. And I really resonated with the idea of engaging with art that is 'at or just above' your level as a way to be inspired. Great message, well articulated.
that first part about the gap between the talent of the artist we admire and ours is SO SO real for me atm. i feel so discouraged, i don't think i'm ever jealous or sad, but i just wanna draw what i already have in mind, i just don't have the skills for it yet... keyword yet 😊 going back to the video now 😗✌🏾
Yeah I agree, it feels like there's a huge gap and I think some of it comes from experience. For example Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) is widely admired, he's been making art for literal decades!! A book I read talked about his involvement in art in the 1960s and it blew my mind. Artists we think are talented have likely been working on their stuff for a while, and by doing multiple projects they can get a sense of what they like/enjoy doing most, strengths in different media, things they hate or they're bad at, things they're interested in, also life experiences inform a lot of my art personally and yeah there's a lot! I think they have lots of scrapped projects or old projects no one has ever seen.
I've never heard of it put that way and I can really relate! I love your point on inspiration and being able to apply it. I love seeing stuff that is beautiful but also didn't take a team of a hundred+ people to make.
I am so inspired to check out all these artists and short films, I value this video so much and feel like I need to reflect and let it all percolate, thank you ❤
i'm in a place where creatively, i struggle so much. i can't seem to intrinsically find the energy to create and so everything i do create is very by the books and very safe-played. i haven't been in a creative zone in months and i feel like i don't know how to get there anymore. i think i'll force myself to get more out there, film more with a camcorder instead of expecting myself to catch a lot with my big camera, and just capture more again
What a coincidence, had a moment of "that's so cool...and maybe I can do that too" just yesterday. Actually have been ruminating on a few of the thoughts expressed in this video very recently! I'm going to take that as a sign that I just need to create and stop worrying so much about my skill level.
as a perfectionist musician whop is processing their need to be "good" and make "good" art, whatever that means, this video found me at the perfect time. thank you so, so much for making it. i need to go journal now lol
Last summer I had worked on these two characters with a dynamic resembling the main characters of the studio trigger film, Promare. I ended up abandoning the concept, something I always tend to do. However, just recently I heard Charlie XCX's "Girl, so confusing" remix (with another artist I can't remember who). when I heard it, I was immediately like, "this is them" and now I'm pushing through to continue my characters' story. So yeah, while Charlie's not obscure, I do think that letting yourself act upon creavity and inspiration and just trying is enough. The idea may not go anywhere, or it could be really cool.
This has been a reminder to do actually what * I * want to do, checking in with myself and my preferences alone, for things that don't involve others. This has stirred up a re-realization of how I, in the past, had been so tapped in to and satisfied with myself as a person and my journey through life. Thank you _so_ much. ^._.^ Least to say I am grateful.
Absolutely brillaint video! I love when I find "bad", obscure or underrated art that inspires me to create or expand my tastes. For anyone interesting in finding obscure webcomics, look into OCTs (Original Character Tournaments) since so many of them have unique and personal takes on using characters and settings.
Art will be like “I’m art” and people will be like “yeah man”
"The only way to fail in a creative setting is to not create" yees and also you found words on why i love so much hidden bands and weird animations ! ^^ thanks for making this :3
omg hey! i saw your most recent animation before making this and really liked it thats rlly cool u found this
@@alsopato OMG NO WAY
hello !! do you like sodikken, by any chance?
i was just about to quote that, it really really resonated
@@koiifsh yes i do ! Their music is really calming and like no other, also their animation are in a delicious chaotic soup :3
I’m starting a “bad drawing club” at a local gallery, and this pops up on my feed. It’s kinda creepy, but I’m grateful I clicked on it. Thanks
Nice!
one of the reasons I love fanfiction so much is because it's obscure and passion-driven. I've seriously read fic that's affected me much more deeply than anything published
Same one fic I read I realised I connected so much to a certain character and learned a ton about myself (did a ton of reflection, really helped me. I left a comment and the author had such a sweet response I cried)
What you described definitely applies to fanfiction so well and I love this unappreciated art form. The same as I love anything that comes from underground spaces. There is so much value telling stories that are raw, real and intimate human experiences, even though you still need to dig and explore these spaces to eventually find something that resonates. It's the best tool for self discovery I've found so far.
i actually read a fic that healed my religious trauma so much it shocked me to my core. like i had to pause because of how much it affected me (in a positive way)
it was a linked universe fic (the legend of zelda au) 😭
Something so wonderful about the human minds when it comes to passion. You’d see a esoteric fanart of a character and where did this character came from? Mario. I just love humans
"bad art" has inspired me to create, I don't care if 3 people like my shit as long as it really connected with those 3 people
Shoutouts to all the artists behind those weird, imperfect games on itchio, idk what I'd do without yall
Love itchio visual novel games! It reminds me of my middle school days can’t wait to go home to play those really niche games. Felt like my guilty pleasure, but it shouldn’t have to be
I once saw a tumblr post that really resonated with me that said something along the lines of "make bad art, you'll never make any art if you don't."
on another note that i couldnt think of a smooth transition to, i think it's also important not to view "bad" art as only a stepping stone to "good" art, or that your older work becomes less valuable as you improve. going back to the post, i think its important to note how it says you won't make *any* art if you don't make bad art, rather than saying you won't make *good* art. "bad" art has and always will have value. Its easy for me to point and laugh at the ms-paint-with-a-mouse warrior cats art I made when I was 9, things that I remember being so proud of that look terrible to me now, but I wouldn't be at the skill level I'm at now if it weren't for the things I created then. Not only that, but the things I created as a child were more raw and unfiltered than the things I make now. I was just a kid having fun, I resent how much I worry about creating something "good" now, and how I worry about how the things I create will be perceived. cringe culture has really done a number on artists online (and im a furry artist, so no matter what i make there's always gonna be SOMEONE to judge it...)
it feels like we've forgotten that to create is to be human.
so well put
Well said!
gold comment.
Beautiful
wow, this is great perspective. as someone struggling with approaching my art, ill try to see things just like this... and that "to create is to be human" sent chills down my spine, so thank you so very much for sharing this perspective (and in these days, i feel this is what we need to understand more of: perspective...)
“It wasnt hard and it doesnt have to be” 👏🏻🙌🏻 Loved this. Groundbreaking.
Yeeees. My first ever anime was life changing because of this. Mob psychos thesis statement is that if your aren’t special you can be anything, and the main character is someone who has no interest in what he’s good at and wants to get better at things he’s naturally bad at. And if you look at the manga art instead of the show, with no offense meant, it’s clear the author believes it and has practice because he’s a bad artist. If it looked polished and perfect from a rich guy known for all this stuff I wouldn’t take it as seriously but the lesson of try things to be the best most happy you no matter if you’re skilled or not has been life changing
Please, feel free to make more video essays, I really love your takes on art
yes please ^^^^
“You’re better off finding something that was made with the audience as an after afterthought, over something engineered to appeal to the most people possible.”
Love this Pato, great video essay. Reminds me of that video where MrBeast cycled through over a hundred thumbnails after a video was uploaded to see what amassed the most clicks… not necessarily an art form but that hyper surveillance of numbers reminded me of the drop off in niche, ridiculous fun art that just exists to exist.
It sounds nice and motivational but doesn't apply to every art form. you can't have any kind of performance art or acting without an audience. Not thinking about an audience will bring your quality down significantly in this case
"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." - Kurt Vonnegut
I’m so sick of every single comment on an artists page whose art isn’t “pretty” going “if it wasn’t difficult was it really art?” YES???? Since when was the rule for art “difficult?” Yet you’ll praise someone for doing a “pretty” piece of art easily. Art has always been about expression and creation and passion, not breaking your fucking wrist
hell yeah! the conception that difficulty makes greater art could not be any more wrong! hardship may help develop someone, and consequently changing one's art, but art can and exists without any of these - it's such a transcendental existence, why would it truly be anything exclusively through difficulty? p.s. to me that comes also from capitalism, but that, folks, is a story for another time...
'It doesn't have to be hard' is so obvious but it's exactly what I needed to hear. I'm going to start making more art.
you can have ideas and never have a product, but you can never have a product unless you have ideas. art is more than just the painting, the photo, the album, the movie: it’s the ideas and intentions that went into it
I, and I assume many others watching this, have extreme difficulty with self-worth due to the lack of feeling “talented.” I stray myself away from things I enjoy as I would solely focus on others, and the talent-gap between me and them.
I could go on, but instead, I would like to shout out those records, films, books, photos, media that brings me that feeling of “I could possibly do that.” A good example of this is “Paris is Burning.” A wondrous documentary about the Mid-80s balls for queers in New York. It made me feel as I could be the one behind the camera, documenting and bringing forth knowledge to me, and whoever will watch it. Also would like to shout the likes of Will Toledo, Daniel Johnston, and Sibylle Baier for making me push towards my own music endeavors.
Anyways, lovely video, and really inspiring in a way that doesn’t feel stupid upon reflection on myself if that makes any sense :)
"The things that you tuck away for fear of a review that says ‘there is a PROBLEM with this art because it has always been done another way’ THOSE ARE YOUR SUPERPOWERS. the gatekeepers want you to tuck those parts of yourself away because THEY TUCKED AWAY THOSE PART OF THEMSELVES.
Never forget that your unique way is PURE UNFILTERED 100 PERCENT ROCKET FUEL" -Chuck Tingle
This video and that post by chuck (one of my favourite erotica authors) are so genuinely inspiring. I think we're all too afraid of creating something bad. But really, when I love so much 'bad art', do I actually care? If I can love strange and unpopular things, maybe I can create something thats important to at least one other weird human like me. I also enjoy the idea of creating for myself. Sometimes I don't want to be 'good'; I want to be ME.
i ate pasta while seeing this, it was nice
ideal experience
This is the exact takeaway I hope people have from my animation work. I want people to see my animations and think "Hey maybe I could do that?" and then I want them to go do it!
This is exactly why I love messy drawings there's something so raw and relatable about them
I studied film in college, and over time I began to realize that I could not keep up with what a lot of my peers were making. So many people were trying their best to make the most technically astounding short films that they could, and it was all very impressive. However, whenever I set out to do things like that, I found that I became overwhelmed quickly. So, I started to organize smaller shoots with smaller crews. It got to the point that it was just me and a camera, shooting with one or two actors. I found that reducing the amount of equipment I brought along freed me up to be more creative. I've taken that philosophy to heart since graduating a few years back, and try my best to make only what inspires me. It's resulted in a lot of rough art that not many people enjoy, but I'm okay with that. Sometimes I still get insecure, but at the end of the day, I would much rather be making something that inspires me than being bogged down trying to make the most technically-astounding thing I can.
Great video. Love it.
Would have loved to get the names of the movies/shows that the clips were from on the screen or in the description. Good video tho!
wax or the discovery of television among the bees (1991)
cat soup (2001)
zone (1995)
angels egg (1985)
tekkonkinkreet (2006)
the sounds of science (2001)
xiao wu (1997)
ping pong the animation (2014)
walking (1968)
le chant du styrene (1958)
white rock (1977)
glitterbug (1994)
skinamarink (2023)
wavelength (1967)
puparia (2020)
daybreak express (1953)
bridges-go-round (1958)
ghost (1984)
@@alsopato thank you!
@@alsopato I've heard of some of these but don't think I've watched any yet!
lol your name is the combination of me and my cats name Fenny and Lee, didnt commit to lee fully yet but hes getting microchipped tmmrw. ima take this as a sign and run with it
@@nendu4316 wait omg that's incredible!! ♥️♥️♥️ good luck
I just started exploring creativity, fashion, music, arts like photography and overall design of anything. I've finally started to push myself to just start creating despite the fact I have zero background skills and it's currently bad art. This video feels like a perfectly timed appearance. Thanks for the confidence boost and encouragement :)
Definitely subbing too.
it's so nice to see all of my confused thoughts about this organized and explained here, thanks! Non-artists love to say "that's dumb, I could have done this" yeah but you didn't do it, so allow yourself to enjoy it for once.
not even halfway through the video but this is how I feel about outsider and lo-fi music!!! I've always written songs but never bothered showing anyone or playing them for people because I had this expectation for what music should be. then I listened to "all hail west texas" by my now favorite band, The Mountain Goats, and was like "this sounds terrible. I can't stop listening to it. I feel so attached to this and it sounds sonically terrible." for context, AHWT was recorded by frontman john darnielle on a boombox in his basement using only his voice, a guitar and a casio electric piano. it has some of the most raw and heart wrenching narrative lyricism like, in music history I'm pretty sure, and every TMG fan probably has an infodump for it. Listening to the mountain goats' boombox albums instilled this belief that my music can be heard to by any means necessary. After I became knee deep in TMG obsession I discovered Daniel Johnston. His music is true outsider, and he's the most famous outsider musician point blank. He taught me and many others that if you have heart and honesty you can inspire people. Anyways, music autism aside, engaging in and loving poorly produced music has taught me so much and now I have like, hundreds of voice memos of my songs at various stages of completion.
This is something unrelated to the topic, but I really appreciate that you took the time to add your own subtitles!
Another reason to make bad art is you get the ideas for the good and break through art while making the bad art.
One example I see of "bad" art is the last 2 episodes of the anime, Neon genesis evangelion. Despite it's animation being low quality and mostly animated on paper, it portrays shinji ikari's feeling of loneliness and a feeling of not knowing who or what he is through surreal visuals. It dove into the minds of the main cast. it connected the hearts of the pilots together. It spoke to me and others in a way so deeply that it still sticks with me, and i only find myself appreciating it more every time i rewatch it. Although it is disregarded as low quality, I believe it is essential to the show, showing the ending of the show through the mind of shinji ikari and his friends.
what a refreshing video. can't believe I forgot why I love art so much (this is why)
Loved this. I recently took a class learning how to make a wooden box with hand tools. I went in with the attitude: “I’ve never made a box before. It will be imperfect and bad but that’s okay. I will have learned how to make a box.” And then I made a box and had the most wonderful time.
I’m so inspired to keep making things and celebrate others for making things now. Thanks pato :)
This video felt like a hug to my heart. Seeing really, really good art does discourage me for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Reading fanfics and webcomics and manga created by no-names, riddled with grammatical errors and wonky anatomy is actually the stuff that makes me go yeah, I think I could do that. People are still loving them regardless of popularity or skill.
Also, Mary Oliver is lovely.
you know for some time I have been wanting to record little videos of me, vlog style, talking about my ideas, books, things i like etc . been sitting with this wish for so so long but too intimidated to actually take action. I'm not really a camera person and I struggle with confidence often times. THIS VIDEO is that inspiration for me you just talked about. The way you spoke so fluently and everything resonated with me so well, it really made me feel like "hey, this is something i may be able to do too!" I'm at work right now but when i get home im picking up the camera and recording my first video. Thank you.
Did you make that video yet
thank-you, this is definitely a great proxy for validation - and to a completely isolated guy, god-sent
i will recommend junk head (2017), silly stop motion movie made over the course of 7 years by basically just one guy
I haven't been making a lot of fan edits lately because my edits haven't been getting traction but because of this I might start making edits again even if it's hard for me to start because I been working and I have been finding work at the same time which has been kind of killing my inspiration to create art and create edits and i realize i could make time to do what i love at the same time as trying to find something where i can earn, my edits have inspired some people to create, and I think and feel that's enough for me recently to create, rather than to reach a bit audience
I am still watching as I comment here and never normally comment (so bear with me), but I have to say that this video has finally verbalised something I have been feeling over the past few years
Going from initial inspiration of the (realistically) unattainable examples we come across CAN be discouraging because you want to reflect and honour what inspired you
This take kind of reminds me of the saying "perfection is the enemy of good" - not to say that your art can't be perfect if it doesn't come out exactly how you view it in your minds eye, but ultimately it is as you said, you are doing yourself a disservice if you do not act on inspiration that you gain from consuming others art - make art for you, it is your responsibility to document your take on the human experience
I absolutely *love* this video. I’ve been diving into weird, obscure corners of my favorite mediums for quite some time now (I was kinda shocked to find I knew a good chunk of the music artists/films you recommended - all fantastic stuff) and just love how human and spontaneous and passion driven it all is, like what you were saying. People are genuinely amazing, and so is the chance for each and every person to express what they’d like, for whatever reason, without concern for success. It always astounds me that in the modern world, you have to make money off of it, when in these worlds of the lesser known, they’re making very little, yet the payoff is priceless.
this was a very fun and motivating video. there is a ton of art you've mentioned that i will definitely check out. as someone who loves/makes outsider style music, i appreciate the inspiration to keep expressing art the way i want to. hope many others follow suit.
thank you for this. art is the most important expression of human experience, yet over the years financed, mainstream art has felt more and more soulless. art is meant to be a window to the self, allowing others to see through it to another’s perspective, not an attempt to garner popularity or make as much cash as possible. art that is truly timeless oozes passion, and can be made by anyone. your art can touch lives if you can capture and set it free
this made a deep impact on me, thanks
"the cycle of art is already complete"... holy fucking shit
2:30 is exactly why I love the Beatles, they didn't write songs to be the best songs in the world they kinda slapped them together and said ah whatever to them. Like A Day in the Life, Paul's bit was just a quick "that'll do" from John and I love that way of writing songs. It makes it so much more accessible to myself as a songwriter. I feel like I don't need to make a masterpiece, just throw any good ideas together that sound alright and maybe something will click with someone
the way you phrased everything makes so much sense!!! thank you for creating this!!! i personally always like to fall down the rabbit hole of obscure / underrated art as it makes me want to create something similar to it
Ahhh this was so special Pato. Love the way you were able to find so much peace through your own art making through Moriyama and horror manga.
And Skinamarink still haunts me! Something about its core and how it transplants you into childhood fear I think also has to do with how inventive it feels, existing in the childhood unknown.
i usually do really unrealistic drawings yk and reading vagabond was so motivating, i started copying the style with hatching and everything and just doing it and merging it with my stuff made me feel so refreshed abt art, like i wanted to do more, more and more and just keep going
I've always been an anime, manga, and videogame fan, but it wasn't until a few years ago that i found the Touhou Project. I was trying to see what inspired the Undertale soundtrack, and there's a lot of Touhou DNA in it.
Touhou games, official ones, are all made by 1 guy. He goes by ZUN. He programs them, writes them, composes for them, and draws for them. His character design is so good, so simple and tactile, and he's bad at drawing....
I read something saying he learned how to draw clothes first, and then the bodies.... But he got better as he continued. He's even made a little OC for a beer convention, because he loves beer.
And yet, his music is so refreshing, it's so original, inspired...and he wears his musical inspirations in his sleeves, and he follows his intuition. ZUN also adds little composer comments to his pieces, and they're all so interesting to me. One of them says he wanted to get the feeling if running in a cool limestone cave, running your hand on the wall- but he suggests you don't do that, it's dangerous (it's the comment on Desire Drive). Many of them are him saying he got a little tipsy, and just had fun.
He's made the idea of composing music more tangible, like it's something i can do. I'm just arranging his stuff now, but he's made the process more human.
He also considers Touhou to be so derivative that he doesn't enforce cooyright really strongly. So fans are pretty much free to do everything they want (he asks that you don't show him the NSFW though, he knows). Infact, one of *THE* most popular Touhou videos is Bad Apple!!, it's the music video entirely in black and white. It's a fan-made video, with fan-made music, based on his characters, and his music. A fan had an idea for a cool video idea for Bad Apple!!, and made a storyboard for it with crude drawings. Other fans made videos based on that fan storyboard, until one fan released the iconic video with over 50Mil views.
Always create things. Even if it's scuffed.
One of my first real motivators when I started becoming interested in horror comics was the first issue of Junji Ito's Tomie. The characters were drawn a little inconsistently and a lot of the hands were just spikey rectangles, but that made me realize that the only thing that truly matters in making something great is the passion you put into it.
surfing spotify is like thinking before bed - you always start somewhere blink and you're completely somewheere else, love it!
idk who you are i got this in my recommendations out of nowhere. I'm a very small artist myself and EVERYTHING you said in this video is exactly my feelings and thoughts about art, what inspires me and who I make art for. EVERY thing was so on point and relatable to the core. Thanks man its amazing how you put my thoughts and feelings into words so nicely
This was really inspiring, thank you. All of the examples were so helpful but the most helpful thing was you saying ‘it’s going t9 be bad, and that’s ok. Make it anyway.’ Thanks for the video!
Kind of just what I needed, thanks algorithm! I didn't know there were other people that enjoyed obscure/unfinished/odd art as well. Found my place.
This video reminds me of "Goin In" by 2Mello. I've been following him for forever cuz he's an artist I "see myself in" and he talks about a similar thing where you "seek your sound" in the art that makes you want to make even more art.
"What does it mean to seek sound
Like what does it mean to me
It means constantly opening yourself up to new things
Like listening to as much music as you can
Until you find that song
And you'll know when you found THAT one
And you think, oh my god, if I can't make something that makes people feel like that
In the time I have here
I'll be absolutely livid, how can I live with myself
And you hold onto that feeling, and you don't let it go
And you put some music in your hands, and just keep working till it's done
And then find the next one baby"
Thank you for validating what I can’t stop myself from doing
thank you for making this video, you inspired me to pick up my notebook and actually write this idea i had in my head for a while
I never met another person that likes obscure stuff like this, and I had a hard time describing to myself what and why I like this. This video is amazing! Thank you so much! I'm obsessed with obscure art. I hope some people will share stuff that they like here, because I'm hungry for art like this.
I will share some too:
Hylics and Hylics 2 (video games),
1001 Nights (1998) (animation),
Dragon's Heaven (1988) (animation),
Chiara Bautista art (drawings),
Hedgehog in the Fog (animation),
The Tree and the Cat (animation),
The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981) (animation),
Bartosz Kruczyński - Baltic Beat (2016) (ambient music),
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers (music video on UA-cam).
whenever i'm at my lowest i find solace in unreleased songs by my favorite artists, songs that are very very rough, unpolished, demo songs, with mistakes and everything. it makes me feel so much more connected and hopeful about making my own art and it helps me a lot
Oh this is why fanfiction is always my #1 inspiration
8:20 could've shared the title of that short story collection :/
"class solidarity but for talent" is so funny but so real
Yessss! I do deep dives into different mixed media art technique / process videos here on UA-cam as a way to find inspiration and more importantly encouragement to make my own art. See people just creating things - sometimes in genres I doubt I'll ever touch - REALLY takes away that fear of failure and just general apprehension about the process.
There is real value in creating just to create.
3:26 that is Nagoyas science museum I’ve been there many times in my life
yep! they played an aphex twin song in the planetarium haha
@@alsopato very nice I hope you enjoyed
This essay has so many great takeaways… from finding inspiration in attainable art all the way to putting the audience as an afterthought. This is pretty much what I do. I make ambient and shoegaze music in single takes. I try to break societal and gender norms and often make my music while wearing dresses or skirts. My wife supports me and we both support the LGBTQ+ community. Making this choice is not something that is going to make my music more popular, but popularity isn’t my goal. My goal is to be myself and encourage others to do the same. My music is also attainable since I do multiple instruments in single takes rather than focus on perfect mixing and production. It’s like journal entries. Moments in time…
Oh man listen to Jim O’Rourke I’m begging you!!! He’s like a ghost that’s been haunting me for all my teenage years but whom I found about only recently. I first heard him while watching a movie called Love Liza, where one of his songs was used. He also worked with many cool bands, most notably Sonic Youth. Now he’s chilling in Japan from what I understand. His albums Eureka and Insignificance aren’t on spotify but they are one of my favourite albums in the last few months. There’s just so much stuff surrounding him I recommend checking him out if only for the paths he may lead you on.
omg I AM OBSESSED witjh No Longer Human too! the original novel and the Junji Ito's manga. I haven't read Usamaru's manga yet because the Junji's already took over my life and it was wayy too heavy for me. affected my life deeply tbh but Im really inspired to pick up usamaru's now
This is amazing man, so glad this video exists I needed to hear it
this was beautiful. and I never finish videos like this either. I really needed this specific one. keep doing what you do dude!
yooo this is just what i've been needing to hear these days. i really want to be getting back into my art practice and this is making me excited to find stuff that i can relate to as an artist.
thank you so much for great recommendations and inspiration! your colour-hued photos were magical, definitely should try it out
man no way I stumble upon this "Painter from new york" is one of my fav obscure works
(This is my second comment but) obscure music is my lifeblood. It more inspires me artistically rather than musically but it is just so personal. Who would think the lady who sang the ending song for pikmin 3 deluxe would have music that would make me cry? (This isn't really related to the video, more just putting yall on Babi and expressing the joy of art)
(and your whole method on finding new artists is tried and true. Many artists I've found from production credits and just being open to finding new stuff)
I like your video. This is the reason I got into visual arts. I'm a photographer, artist, writer, author, music producer. I create different things. I never wanted to be like everybody else.
yeah, personally i love when there are reminders of something being made by a human in everyday life. Like when im outside and there are painted benches/poles or whatever and i see little brushstrokes im like Hell Yeah an actual human being painted this exact bench im sitting on! or even in digital paintings, when i see little messy brushstrokes but i can tell theyre done with so much love and precision that they add to the charm of the painting.
perfectly encapsulates how i've felt some time now, subbed.
As a learning artist who is the biggest criticism of my own work, I am so happy this got recommended to me. I think this might finally be the first step to me actually getting some art done in the fun way without constantly reprimanding myself. Thanks again for inspiring me today!
Great video! Definitely hits on something I've been trying to do more. I have been getting into indie web/personal websites and zines lately. Highly recommend for people wanting to get into more obscure art!
I love the whole premise of this video and it's really well put together, thanks for doing it. I'm right at this stage, where I'm trying to get back to my teenage years of just making art for my own enjoyment, for the joy of the process. I stopped creating because I wasn't good enough to make money from it and I needed to make a living. Now I'm able to do it purely for the enjoyment again and I love finding obscure art as inspiration. Everyone needs a creative outlet, it's so good for the soul
This video helped me realise that maybe everything will be okay. I’ve been putting so much pressure on myself to make amazing art so that people will take me seriously but in doing that, I’m loosing the purpose of the art. I need to use it to satisfy myself first. Art has been hit by capitalism and most people feel that art serves no purpose unless to profit off of. This video is a great reminder that that doesn’t have to be the case :)
I used to love going on youtube and finding peoples obscure original songs. Some that got stuck in my head were like rough generic chords and cheesy lyrics from teenagers in their bedroom with their imperfect voice
Just watched beyond the infinite two minutes and I'm so glad I did... What a film, I need to learn about how they filmed it. I can already see how it'll inspire my current feature script but a funny thought that came to me toward the end is about this criticism I received in the past about writing characters that discuss a niche topic and how it'll alienate the audience, nah... I loved that ending. Thank you for sharing.
Loved seeing how you explore spotify. And I really resonated with the idea of engaging with art that is 'at or just above' your level as a way to be inspired. Great message, well articulated.
Lovely video, everthing was clear and very well said … i loved it. Also. You have great music taste omg
that first part about the gap between the talent of the artist we admire and ours is SO SO real for me atm. i feel so discouraged, i don't think i'm ever jealous or sad, but i just wanna draw what i already have in mind, i just don't have the skills for it yet... keyword yet 😊
going back to the video now 😗✌🏾
Yeah I agree, it feels like there's a huge gap and I think some of it comes from experience. For example Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) is widely admired, he's been making art for literal decades!! A book I read talked about his involvement in art in the 1960s and it blew my mind. Artists we think are talented have likely been working on their stuff for a while, and by doing multiple projects they can get a sense of what they like/enjoy doing most, strengths in different media, things they hate or they're bad at, things they're interested in, also life experiences inform a lot of my art personally and yeah there's a lot! I think they have lots of scrapped projects or old projects no one has ever seen.
I've never heard of it put that way and I can really relate! I love your point on inspiration and being able to apply it. I love seeing stuff that is beautiful but also didn't take a team of a hundred+ people to make.
I am so inspired to check out all these artists and short films, I value this video so much and feel like I need to reflect and let it all percolate, thank you ❤
anddd you are a murakami/ magical realism fan too. amazing!!
i'm in a place where creatively, i struggle so much. i can't seem to intrinsically find the energy to create and so everything i do create is very by the books and very safe-played. i haven't been in a creative zone in months and i feel like i don't know how to get there anymore. i think i'll force myself to get more out there, film more with a camcorder instead of expecting myself to catch a lot with my big camera, and just capture more again
What a coincidence, had a moment of "that's so cool...and maybe I can do that too" just yesterday. Actually have been ruminating on a few of the thoughts expressed in this video very recently! I'm going to take that as a sign that I just need to create and stop worrying so much about my skill level.
This is specifically what I needed to get back to working on my passion project. Thank you for making this video.
buttery asss voice
as a perfectionist musician whop is processing their need to be "good" and make "good" art, whatever that means, this video found me at the perfect time. thank you so, so much for making it. i need to go journal now lol
Last summer I had worked on these two characters with a dynamic resembling the main characters of the studio trigger film, Promare. I ended up abandoning the concept, something I always tend to do. However, just recently I heard Charlie XCX's "Girl, so confusing" remix (with another artist I can't remember who). when I heard it, I was immediately like, "this is them" and now I'm pushing through to continue my characters' story. So yeah, while Charlie's not obscure, I do think that letting yourself act upon creavity and inspiration and just trying is enough. The idea may not go anywhere, or it could be really cool.
Usamaru is one of my favorite mangaka and I take art inspo from his works. His stories are so dark and weird. I was surprised to see him mentioned.
This has been a reminder to do actually what * I * want to do, checking in with myself and my preferences alone, for things that don't involve others. This has stirred up a re-realization of how I, in the past, had been so tapped in to and satisfied with myself as a person and my journey through life. Thank you _so_ much. ^._.^ Least to say I am grateful.
Thank you for this video, I'm in a weird moment with my art and creativity, and this helped
this is super cool and refreshing vid
thank you for this video, i need more friends who think this way
Thank you for making this video
This makes so much sense for me. Deeply intuitive, much appreciated 🙏
Absolutely brillaint video! I love when I find "bad", obscure or underrated art that inspires me to create or expand my tastes.
For anyone interesting in finding obscure webcomics, look into OCTs (Original Character Tournaments) since so many of them have unique and personal takes on using characters and settings.
This was absolutely lovely
Wonderful video. Thank you for taking the time to create this.