I would say a good night sleep. For me it's more important that drawing itself. I'm a morning person so it helps me start a day and put all that energy into art. After all that I take the day to the fullest by being with family and my doggo, do every thing i need to do for a day and repeat!
when summer end their hot temperatures, i'll come back to run. And i'm trying to waste less time on my pc because every time i turn it on, i lose myself up looking videos or playing videogames for a little too much time and i don't like this. I'm more motivated now thanks!
I think practicing the basics to warm up is a good point. My OC is a lot of basic shapes (ovals and cones) so maybe working on that will get my hand steadier. I think I need to add about 1 hour of practice every other day and switch off with idea brainstorming on the off days. I have so many ideas that I want to turn into art that I can't do just yet that writing them down helps me get my creativity flowing.
I particularly liked Ron Lemon's response. ''You need to train over and over again. The goal is failure on a daily basis. Because if you don't fail when you are doing, you won't recognize it and have the experience to solve it." This applies to any occupation or hobby. The 10,000 hour rule.
Indeed. It really hit home for me. I've been trying to do the opposite of fail 100% of the time! Dumb! How will I ever improve if I all I do is finished works and never practice? This advice is really impactful for me.
@Scotty Davlin ye, meditation is closer to sophrology than anything else, as you try and empty your mind of thoughts for a moment, mostly using breathe controlling exercises.. i used to believe it was all bs as well.. but someone experienced took me to a session and i changed my mind.
I absolutely love this video. In art school I had this professor that was a lot like the third guy in this video (Ron Lemen). They are the kind of people that eat, sleep, and breathe art and are completely and entirely dedicated to their work. As much as I respect and admire people like this (I would kill to have that much passion and dedication), it’s also so intimidating and disheartening. My professor especially, always made us feel like we weren’t real, true artists if we weren’t like this too. He would continuously tell us that we should rethink our art career if drawing and creating wasn’t on our mind 24/7. I personally think that’s a super unrealistic expectation to have for creators. People are very different and work in various ways. And it’s just so nice to see all these other professional artists who have these different routines and show how you don’t have to be that kind of artist to succeed!
@@Gleichtritt he's left tons of work unfinished - even court assignments! yet he's became famous, because he was so dedicated to his own cause and curiosity. I'm not sure he's a good example for drawing up a modern day creative business. badass tho. :'D
Tbh it’s true. If you’ve got the opportunity, the love and the passion for this that’s what makes you great. But what bugs me about that is that art becomes a big slob or even banal if you become a shut in because you’re not absorbing the information necessary to have a good output, meaningful, skill full and most of all fun to you. I mean, fun is not in contradiction to hard, but 5 hours of pure focus and study which 8-6 hours of sleep will grant you is worth infinitely more than your exhausted scribbles you make to fill in some imagined quota. Even if you draw for 12 hours, you need to know this is not something you can do everyday; more common you will hit the 10 or 8 hour mark if you’re going daily. Don’t waste your life. Follow your gut.
Yeah,...dude,...I’m 56 and getting a late start in my drawing routine,...I used to be all over the place, now I just focus on pencil and charcoal portrait drawing,...that’s it, nothing else,....I’m a plumbing contractor so I’m busy, trained my self to keep my drawing materials with me and draw when I have down time,...getting excited cause now for the first time I’m seeing my portraits looking realistic,....so yeah,..discipline, keeping my materials with me and just focusing on one area and drawing everyday when I have down time,...I’m also a member of your online drawing site,...that’s helps me as well.
I got you beat brother. I,m 62 and just started drawing again. I used to do it years ago,even went to art school for a year. Then I gave it up for music. I guess I stopped because I felt like my music was more important. Big mistake! I could have been drawing all these years in hotels,airports,foreign countries etc. Anyway back at it and love these videos. I have to guard against negative thoughts like I'm too old,its too late,blah blah. But I enjoy doing it so what the hell.
Summary: Daily Routine: - Routine goes more in the interest of what you want to do, if you want to tell stories through art, you want to get out there and live out there too in life, inspiration is the fuel for a creative outlet, if you watch movies or do something you could use this in your positive advantage, try to just draw a lot, be involved in the entertainment industry, know what's going on - Find time to draw wherever you can - Productivity time and creative time are the two different things, in the morning be creative for what you want to do for the rest of the day without distractions, then distract yourself with something and then be productive into making it, you could then be creative about it (I think because the ideas float in your head part of the day), go fail on a daily basis so you recognize how to solve it in a professional matter, learn how to break your day down to know when it's creative time and production time, build on basic exercises first (shapes, lines, etc), then work on your weaknesses (list it), learn it, do it, etc, problem solve it for the day and then wind down the rest of the day when shading a picture, be responsive, practice every day - many people have their own daily routine, find yours, find one that works best, just be professional in everything you do, get involved in everything around it - find the time to draw - wake up early to do things and then draw, again, be active in achieving the things you want to do in life - solve one problem after the other, if you can't solve the problem do something else - this dude mountain bikes, so, don't stand with you two feet locked, find a natural rhythm, work until you can't work anymore and then relax, it comes down to finding your rhythm, whatever it is really - your routine could take time to work on, it seems that mixing things up helps - it seems that many people wake up early, draw a bit in the morning, do something, draw for a couple hours - do some doodling, sketching, warmup sketch, and then start doing the real drawing - wake up, check emails, do some work, then do a drawing, work in periods of 3 hours then do something else and draw again - do studies just to warm up - have a set of hours to have a life outside of art, that way art doesn't become work, it stays fun, something to look forward to - wake up 5 a clock, meditate, cold shower, paint, draw, to the night and restart - wake up, drink coffee, try to solve something qua drawing, get motivated by something, like a video, and then draw
Love this series! 2 things I do - in the morning work on whatever inspires me most, just to get started. Usually if you start to think to much you lose momentum. - yoga every evening to shut my brain off. Not much, usually 10-15 minutes, up to 1 hour if I feel like it. Working out and staying healthy is so important in a job where burn out is always around the corner because you're so passionate about your work.
It's interesting you bring up Yoga. They always say a morning Sadhana is the best and the advantage to that is that if you do your yoga in the morning, then no matter what happens that day, your Yoga is done. However, like you, I find it helps me unwind, I prefer the evening. I have basically not been doing any Yoga to speak of because I've been clinging to this idea that I need to do it in the morning. I have to eat first thing or I get nauseous and besides Yoga leaves me a bit too chilled out for the kind of motivation I need to get to work on some scrumptious artwork! Nice to know I'm not the only one.
Kind of a *late* reply, but for anyone else reading this, I think student and professional routines should be fairly similar. You're learning to become a professional as a student, so you might as well have a professional's routine. Inversely, a professional should be a student indefinitely, especially in the arts. Other than that, all the advice about being aware about your time and having a healthy work-life balance that the interviewees give is important but you have to figure out what works for you and your workload. You can't answer these questions with specifics. That's just my take on it, though.
This video was fantastic Proko, thank you so much for this entire series. I admire every single artist in them, and their insights are very helpful and encouraging. I definitely struggled with finding a routine when I first started my business, and I'm still not 100% set on one, but my biggest breakthrough was compartmentalising business, art, and my personal life, and giving all of them a legitimate place in my life. Thank again for all you do Proko.
@@latroletteeeee really depends on what your personal strengths and weaknesses are. Something that feels unnecessary or obvious to you might be just what another needs to hear to reflect and improve
One thing I have been working on doing lately is to draw/sketch daily. When comes to brainstorming what to draw, I assign certain subject like human, animals, or plants etc to study for each day of the week. If I am still stumped then I pick letter of the alphabet and think of the first like say animal that comes to mind that starts with that letter. Once you start drawing you get inspired to do more.
That's a good idea! My sketchbook is the 642 Things to Draw book. It's basically a book that has lists of every day objects to draw. It's very helpful because I need structure when I draw
Thank you for this. As someone with multiple creative interests, Peter Han's routine definitely spoke to me the most. Learning to not feel guilty about not getting any work done sounds like a great step for me and is something I never really considered before.
I think the best part of this is that it shows that people do what works for them. That was one of the hardest lessons I've had to figure out, and I've been a professional for 13 years. Just keep on learning/trying. That's my daily routine. :D
i started a visual creative business many years ago and this is exactly what happens, unfortunately i couldnt afford to hire a handful of staff to handle the non creative tasks and i eventually reached the point where i was having barely any energy left for the main ingredient of what i had set out to achieve in the first place
I don't think that's a bad thing. If you were drawing 24x7, you'd burn out pretty quick. If you think about it, with more success and less time for art, you might actually start looking forward to drawing more than ever, and that could be a good recipe to make some awesome stuff.
This video may have saved my very identity as an artist. I was feeling so stuck doing pretty much nothing but art in college and feeling guilty if I did anything else, that I started to really hate art. So there was a lot of advice in this video (especially getting out and doing other things) that really I believe is going to help me out :)
Man, peter han's advice struck with me well. From feeling guilty for not drawing when I'm doing something else which only leads into putting off the drawing because of the guilty and obligatory associations I've been relating with it, instead of the fun I've always had in the past. Would be great to have that itch to draw each day because I love it I I've had in the past instead of feeling bad about the whole endeavor. >.
Loved the diversity of advice! I particularly enjoyed listening to Marshall Vandruff’s advice where he mentioned rhythm in walking and its parallels in drawing. Really interesting. Caleb Cleveland’s advice was essentially to give advice which was also so pleasant to hear. Oh yeah, things I would change in my daily routine... Start with a warm-up, make time for drawings/paintings, take breaks when needed, and get enough sleep while I can :,)
I really like that tip where you write down all your artistic weaknesses in a list and try and conquer one of those things a day, I'll have to give that a try.
Awesome interviews! The idea of Marshall Vandruff about walking got me and I will use it the rest of my life. In my daily routine, I want to improve on two big things for me: to start my day with a sketch and to have a limit on working hours (because I tend to overwork and then I have a great difficulty of concentrating for a while). And all of you resding this: you are awesome! Keep your work flow going and stay healthy!
It was really cool to hear from these artist there habits also nice that you got such a wide variety. There is alot to take away from this :)! Nice video
self confidence was my biggest problem. if UA-cam was around 35 years ago, when i first started oils and pastels with no teacher did not help me. UA-cam helped me so much. 65 years old and learning so much. thank you proko for being such a good teacher as well.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share all these insights. What I take away from it, is that its important to be realistic about our own character and match our daily routines accordingly.
The guy who outlined a successful professional artists time balance gave away a gold nugget. Figure out how to be productive and creative and control that flow day in and day out and you've got it.
Really encouraging video. Makes me feel like whatever way I plan my routine is no wrong way to do it, and this is one of the beautiful part of artists, each of them expressing their selves diffrently
12:33 that's skating for me. Glad to know that's a common idea, to not get caught up being a machine just working all day. You gotta free your mind and come back with a fresh perspective. There's something truly special about it
This was a really helpful and insightful video! It's great to hear so many different opinions from successful artists that come from varied walks of life. For me I think something that would help me is setting some time aside to be more goal oriented in my drawing. Drawing aimlessly is fun and fine, but when you have something you want to focus on improving or a subject you want to get to know better through observational studies, then I find myself feeling better, more productive and my art takes on a different (and better in my opinion) quality.
8:00 Wake up Neo! XD 8:30 A lot of coffee 9:00 listen to music or watch some videos for inspiration 10:00 let's draw! 13:30 -15:00 I usually go to lunch with a friend ... I talk to him about the job I'm doing, then I get back to work and finish at 18:00
It's amazing to see that all of these successful artists have a different approach to structuring their day. Drawing is always at the base of it but there is much more to it than that! Thank you for sharing these interviews!
I think I will try the 2-minute warmup every morning. I hope it'll help me get the bare minimum for my daily failures to keep me going. Even though I don't have that much time in my rent-paying effort.
This helped me a lot, thanks so much for uploading this type of videos. I'm recently got out of a burnout and I can tell that every advice here is 100% true and applicable. I'm still working on some of them and hope start sharing my work with the community very soon, wish me luck haha. Based on my experience, my advice would be, BE PATIENCE and apply PERSISTENCE, because we tend to see for the future but is in the present where things happen, don't be stressed if you think or feel that you are getting to nowhere, give time to time and things will be clear. Cheers up!
Mr. Ron Lemen's words are gold to me, strike a balance between productivity time and creativity time, internet but not surfing, lots of physical training to fail. Goal of failure on a daily basis, so you can solve it when you need to solve it, build on basic exercises for warm ups after which build on your list of weaknesses, and winding down at the end of the day but still being productive and repeat the process. Thank you Proko for allowing me to hear these words.
It's funny how Ron Lemen explains how in the morning it's creativity time, but if you have ADHD like Ross and me, we get way more creative at night and energetic too.
I think his point was he seperates design and rendering by time of day that work best. You design at your most creative and render when least creative.
I'm still struggling to have a decent, productive routine, and this is just so helpful. Thank you! Just so you know, I'm currently binge-watching all of your videos, and liking and putting a comment in single one of those is the least thing I could do for now to show my appreciation and support. Keep it up, Proko!
I feel like you could've rephrased the question better. Most of these artists just talked about their literal daily routines. Was more interested in learning their daily drawing practice regiment, as opposed to when they decided to have their morning coffee. The way you asked the question to Marshall was better than the other approaches you took. Great video nonetheless, love the content.
I have to change the beginning of my day, always losing time on the phone scrolling too much. Meditation or some gestures warm up drawing can be perfect to replace my bad habits. Thanks for the series of videos Stan, really helpful.
Tip for everyone, including the guys in the video - add training to your routine. Inmesurable benefits for the overall quality of life. Dont wake up at 40 "successful" but also in all sorts of pains and with a anxious mind. Lift, jump, punch, move. Frank Frazetta said once that he didn't feel as an artist, first of all he felt as an athlete and that's the right attitude!
Cool to see a lot of professional artists are juggling the same challenges as someone starting out. I've found that if I can allow for 1-2 hours a day for art I can build momentum but not get burned out
I have started late in my life, but I like to draw a lot and I want to practice everyday. It takes discipline, a lot of it to sit down and pay atention. I have enthusiasm, a lot of enthusiasm which is important; but most of all Passion for drawing.
Having that relationship with your work to be both creative and productive in balance is difficult. At one point I put my all into just work and quickly burnt out any passion I've had for it in college. I focused HARD on getting better, failing so much though and almost punishing myself by not really enjoying anything cuz I wasn't good enough yet. This is also right around covid so there was nothing else to do outside of work it felt like. I wonder how the daily routine changed for people. Now that I graduated, I try to keep all those things in mind, how the world will always continue to influence our life and energy. But creating art will always be where its at.
Wow these artists are so in tune with their minds and bodies they know exactly what they need to keep themselves on track and productive but also healthy and happy. Amazing insight on how some of these artists work!
Great video !!! I would say the thing I'd like to change in my daily routine, is getting rid of every fear I have related to my art skills, and start practicing those things I'm usually afraid to draw.
Good, strong, routines are so important! Breaking down the bad routines is also important. I think it's a great idea to keep a 2-week time journal to build awareness, as mentioned in a Jake Parker video. I loved the book "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg, along with the audiobook "The 5-Second Rule" by Mel Robbins. Not exactly routines, but the book "Deep Work" by Cal Newport was also great for productivity at a level that one may not have believed possible. Marshall's comment about going for a bike ride or walk etc. really works for me; not to grind it out like a bulldog. It's important to become aware of one's own circadian and ultradian rhythms. See ASAP Science's video on the Science of Productivity as well. To support strong routines, it's good to determine how much sleep you need and then plan your wake up time at the end of a sleep cycle. Never hit the snooze!! The site sleepyti.me is a good tool for figuring out your bedtime. Thanks again!
“The goal here is to fail on a daily basis.” This blew my mind in an awesome way. I have a crippling fear of failure. It makes me afraid to start. I needed to hear that.
THANK YOU, proko You really open my eyes, now i am not going to feel guilty about not doing daily draw but getting happy about making draw most of time and keeping consistency In my work
Thank you Proko this is awesome. I've stared listening to all the great artists advice and my art is realistically improving. I feel like I could actually do this in a few years I'm soo greatful for help and I wish all the best for you and all of us who are trying to get better :D
Thank you for this video, it is one of my favorites so far among a vast array of wonderful videos. I am adjusting my daily routine to find a balance. I let the technical/administrative/bookkeeping aspect seep away time from the creation process. In a world where productivity and production seems to be valued, it is lovely to see artists that are real and struggle with the balance themselves including those artists that swing their pendulum way too far into the creative zone as well. Very heartening, thank you.
I know this video isn't new, but it is new to me because I just saw it. Thank you so much for putting it together. I truly enjoyed the information I got from the interviews.
I'm 15, currently in freshman year fo high school. I have always loved art since when i was a child. I practice every day after i study for my school subjects. I can't call myself and "artist" yet. Because i'm still learning and i can't really say that I'm creative enough. I draw in my head but i can't take it to the paper. I didn't go to art school. I learned by myself, by watching videos or waching other artist how they draw. I've always thought that i don't have much free time because of my school but I realized that i have free time. Although i have time i don't feel like to draw. I feel like I can't do anything. I don't know how to use my imagination. Just wanted to let this out.
As a happy amateur who's bought herself a Huion tablet for christmas, I got to say, I really appreciate all your videos. They're inspiring and full of great knowledge. Thank you!
For me, it is making a daily practice of reacting to different areas of design in any media and daily stimuli that I experience throughout the week. What kinds of colors did they use in different scenes of Sicario and why? What color is the shadow outside or being cast by this indoor florescent lamp? What colors and shapes am I seeing as I get the mail on this rainy or sunny day? I feel like one should never be just an artist when drawing, sculpting, etc. but also when you are not. It should be an internal process that reasons, visualizes, and reacts to design, art, and storytelling all the time. My daily life is mental and physical and reacting and getting excited about shapes, colors, scenes from stories, inventions, lighting, and so on. Whatever inspires you. For me art is not just a job, but also a fun life style and way of perceiving the world on a daily basis.
So much great advice from so many awesome creators in such a short video. This is great! Still need to work on walking away taking a break tho lol. Thanks Proko, I needed this :)
What usually do when I feel burnt out is take a break and don't think about it. Otherwise overthinking it might make it harder for yourself to keep drawing. But yeah my top tips: 1. Don't overthink it just go with the wind . 2. Take many small breaks. Everyone needs a break, don't be afraid to do the same. 3. Try not to force yourself to do the art too much. Try to enter with optimistic view and if you possibly can, get inspired before hand so you can be more creative. 4. Aim small goals not big ones. The drawing doesn't need to be finished today but you should at least start with bit for bit. If you feel exhausted to go out or do something else. 5. Have variation and try to explore. (Explore new technics, colors, but also what you could do with the "happy little accident" and how that can be part of your art)
honestly i love how different everyone is: -Who draws the most in the morning and who draws the most at night -Who draws the most as much as they can through the whole day and who draws only in a concentrated timeframe -Who does only half week and who tries to draw every day -Who sets a specific goal for the day and who lets the flow guide them it truly goes to show that there is no right or wrong way to do it, you just gotta find what works for you and stick with it
Por ejemplo yo ahorita estoy en mi descanso viendo videos que me gustan y este buenísimo video que me recomendó UA-cam, pero créanme que me dedico mínimo 8 horas al esculpido, ahorita apenas llevo casi 7 horas, pero terminado este video volveré a seguir practicando para mejorar y tal vez haga 9 o 10 horas. La mejor manera de mejorar, aprender y llegar a ese nivel que tanto quieres, ya sea dibujo, escultura, bailar etc es practicando todo el tiempo que puedas dedicarle y no solo eso también ponte a estudiar muchísimo, UA-cam es un excelente Profesor y créeme que cualquier cosa que quieras aprender lo puedes hacer, tienes todo el mundo al alcance de tus manos
Thanks for this. I want to commit to my art again more than ever, but I have let life grow more wearisome all the time and overlook the importance of taking the time to experience life instead of just confine myself and expect results. Really appreciate everyone that brought this point forward.
Probably the best thing I could do in my routine is draw more often and when I do it would be another good idea to not be angry with myself when I make mistakes.
Failure on a daily basis ! As artists we know this but sometimes it takes so much time to understand and accept, why isn't it the first thing we teach at school? Accepting failure ? I'm definitely better inspired, thanks for sharing.
I sacrifice about 1 hour of drawing time everyday to exercise because I found out that productivity is more about focus and energy instead of how much time you sit and draw. And yeah exercising really improve your physical energy and brain to focus
Thanks you so much for giving this wonderful video! I learned a lot of artist habits that we should have.. and what do to for relaxation... totally this video is a treasure for those who are struggling to learn art 💖
I need to take more breaks. I wake up, eat breakfast and draw until I almost fall asleep on my desk. I still have so much to learn so I can never stop practicing. From now on I'll take more breaks so I don't burn out.
Oh man, my daily routine changes every year! I have two kids, my oldest is 8 and my youngest is one year old. I now work (draw comics) 7 hours a day on week days and 12 hours on Saturday to balance things out between work and family time. I don't work on Sunday; I usually just do deliberate practice and experiment on painting and stuff on Sunday.
Ron lemen really gave some great advice. I heard from one of Karl Kopinski’s interview that he draws from 7 or 9 am up to 11 pm all day. He said that it’s not even fun, but it’s just what he does
How are you gonna adjust your daily routine to get better faster? Any tips we didn’t mention here that you think will be useful to know?
I would say a good night sleep. For me it's more important that drawing itself. I'm a morning person so it helps me start a day and put all that energy into art. After all that I take the day to the fullest by being with family and my doggo, do every thing i need to do for a day and repeat!
when summer end their hot temperatures, i'll come back to run. And i'm trying to waste less time on my pc because every time i turn it on, i lose myself up looking videos or playing videogames for a little too much time and i don't like this. I'm more
motivated now thanks!
Thanks for this! Also, around 500 until you are to 1 mil subs!! You deserved that a long time ago! Proud of you, dude!
What's your daily routine proko?
I think practicing the basics to warm up is a good point. My OC is a lot of basic shapes (ovals and cones) so maybe working on that will get my hand steadier. I think I need to add about 1 hour of practice every other day and switch off with idea brainstorming on the off days. I have so many ideas that I want to turn into art that I can't do just yet that writing them down helps me get my creativity flowing.
I particularly liked Ron Lemon's response. ''You need to train over and over again. The goal is failure on a daily basis. Because if you don't fail when you are doing, you won't recognize it and have the experience to solve it." This applies to any occupation or hobby. The 10,000 hour rule.
"The goal here is failure on a daily basis." -Ron Lemen
That's some deep stuff.
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It’s only by failing that we learn. Otherwise why would have to learn it at all if we already knew it. Get it. Bless
@@jimaforwood743 Write that down f**king albin davis🤧
(@Nicholas Lantz) Yeah, that hit me too. Oddly enough, I found that advice encouraging.
Indeed. It really hit home for me. I've been trying to do the opposite of fail 100% of the time! Dumb! How will I ever improve if I all I do is finished works and never practice? This advice is really impactful for me.
Sanford Greene 😂
1.) Meditate
2.) Check emails
3.) Wish I meditated longer
Cool guy xD
hahahahah
I lowkey find meditating is bs but I sure believe it calms you down. But theres so much make believe to it that I just am not fond of though
Meditation is part of my daily routine... helps before I start diving into drawing (and helps with life, too)
@Scotty Davlin ye, meditation is closer to sophrology than anything else, as you try and empty your mind of thoughts for a moment, mostly using breathe controlling exercises.. i used to believe it was all bs as well.. but someone experienced took me to a session and i changed my mind.
I absolutely love this video. In art school I had this professor that was a lot like the third guy in this video (Ron Lemen). They are the kind of people that eat, sleep, and breathe art and are completely and entirely dedicated to their work. As much as I respect and admire people like this (I would kill to have that much passion and dedication), it’s also so intimidating and disheartening. My professor especially, always made us feel like we weren’t real, true artists if we weren’t like this too. He would continuously tell us that we should rethink our art career if drawing and creating wasn’t on our mind 24/7. I personally think that’s a super unrealistic expectation to have for creators. People are very different and work in various ways. And it’s just so nice to see all these other professional artists who have these different routines and show how you don’t have to be that kind of artist to succeed!
Look at Da Vinci, he did much more than drawing, and yet he drew the picture that is the most famous for a couple hundred years now.
@@Gleichtritt he's left tons of work unfinished - even court assignments! yet he's became famous, because he was so dedicated to his own cause and curiosity. I'm not sure he's a good example for drawing up a modern day creative business. badass tho.
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Tbh it’s true. If you’ve got the opportunity, the love and the passion for this that’s what makes you great. But what bugs me about that is that art becomes a big slob or even banal if you become a shut in because you’re not absorbing the information necessary to have a good output, meaningful, skill full and most of all fun to you. I mean, fun is not in contradiction to hard, but 5 hours of pure focus and study which 8-6 hours of sleep will grant you is worth infinitely more than your exhausted scribbles you make to fill in some imagined quota. Even if you draw for 12 hours, you need to know this is not something you can do everyday; more common you will hit the 10 or 8 hour mark if you’re going daily. Don’t waste your life. Follow your gut.
Yeah,...dude,...I’m 56 and getting a late start in my drawing routine,...I used to be all over the place, now I just focus on pencil and charcoal portrait drawing,...that’s it, nothing else,....I’m a plumbing contractor so I’m busy, trained my self to keep my drawing materials with me and draw when I have down time,...getting excited cause now for the first time I’m seeing my portraits looking realistic,....so yeah,..discipline, keeping my materials with me and just focusing on one area and drawing everyday when I have down time,...I’m also a member of your online drawing site,...that’s helps me as well.
awesome
right on baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go, man! I feel you. I'm 33 and I just started drawing too. Best wishes for both of us
Consider usingless ... you know kind of like ... these dots that make you look like you're all .... all sad and stuff
I got you beat brother. I,m 62 and just started drawing again. I used to do it years ago,even went to art school for a year. Then I gave it up for music. I guess I stopped because I felt like my music was more important. Big mistake! I could have been drawing all these years in hotels,airports,foreign countries etc. Anyway back at it and love these videos. I have to guard against negative thoughts like I'm too old,its too late,blah blah. But I enjoy doing it so what the hell.
Summary:
Daily Routine:
- Routine goes more in the interest of what you want to do, if you want to tell stories through art, you want to get out there and live out there too in life, inspiration is the fuel for a creative outlet, if you watch movies or do something you could use this in your positive advantage, try to just draw a lot, be involved in the entertainment industry, know what's going on
- Find time to draw wherever you can
- Productivity time and creative time are the two different things, in the morning be creative for what you want to do for the rest of the day without distractions, then distract yourself with something and then be productive into making it, you could then be creative about it (I think because the ideas float in your head part of the day), go fail on a daily basis so you recognize how to solve it in a professional matter, learn how to break your day down to know when it's creative time and production time, build on basic exercises first (shapes, lines, etc), then work on your weaknesses (list it), learn it, do it, etc, problem solve it for the day and then wind down the rest of the day when shading a picture, be responsive, practice every day
- many people have their own daily routine, find yours, find one that works best, just be professional in everything you do, get involved in everything around it
- find the time to draw
- wake up early to do things and then draw, again, be active in achieving the things you want to do in life
- solve one problem after the other, if you can't solve the problem do something else - this dude mountain bikes, so, don't stand with you two feet locked, find a natural rhythm, work until you can't work anymore and then relax, it comes down to finding your rhythm, whatever it is really
- your routine could take time to work on, it seems that mixing things up helps
- it seems that many people wake up early, draw a bit in the morning, do something, draw for a couple hours
- do some doodling, sketching, warmup sketch, and then start doing the real drawing
- wake up, check emails, do some work, then do a drawing, work in periods of 3 hours then do something else and draw again
- do studies just to warm up
- have a set of hours to have a life outside of art, that way art doesn't become work, it stays fun, something to look forward to
- wake up 5 a clock, meditate, cold shower, paint, draw, to the night and restart
- wake up, drink coffee, try to solve something qua drawing, get motivated by something, like a video, and then draw
Should pin this
Awesome! Thank you
Love this series!
2 things I do
- in the morning work on whatever inspires me most, just to get started. Usually if you start to think to much you lose momentum.
- yoga every evening to shut my brain off. Not much, usually 10-15 minutes, up to 1 hour if I feel like it.
Working out and staying healthy is so important in a job where burn out is always around the corner because you're so passionate about your work.
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I’ve been meaning to get into yoga I like your idea of doing it in the evening before bed because I also have a hard time going to bed.
It's interesting you bring up Yoga. They always say a morning Sadhana is the best and the advantage to that is that if you do your yoga in the morning, then no matter what happens that day, your Yoga is done. However, like you, I find it helps me unwind, I prefer the evening. I have basically not been doing any Yoga to speak of because I've been clinging to this idea that I need to do it in the morning. I have to eat first thing or I get nauseous and besides Yoga leaves me a bit too chilled out for the kind of motivation I need to get to work on some scrumptious artwork! Nice to know I'm not the only one.
This should have been 2 questions. What was your daily routine when learning as a student? And what is your daily routine as a professional
@yeah boy hmm.
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Kind of a *late* reply, but for anyone else reading this, I think student and professional routines should be fairly similar. You're learning to become a professional as a student, so you might as well have a professional's routine. Inversely, a professional should be a student indefinitely, especially in the arts.
Other than that, all the advice about being aware about your time and having a healthy work-life balance that the interviewees give is important but you have to figure out what works for you and your workload. You can't answer these questions with specifics. That's just my take on it, though.
@@ashley587 I saw several artists who were training drawing 8 hours every day. After they became " pros " they usually draw less ( 4-6 )
This video was fantastic Proko, thank you so much for this entire series. I admire every single artist in them, and their insights are very helpful and encouraging. I definitely struggled with finding a routine when I first started my business, and I'm still not 100% set on one, but my biggest breakthrough was compartmentalising business, art, and my personal life, and giving all of them a legitimate place in my life. Thank again for all you do Proko.
I haven’t even finished this video yet and I’m in deep gratitude. Thank you for this
WHY ? THESE WERE NOT HELPFUL
@@latroletteeeee really depends on what your personal strengths and weaknesses are. Something that feels unnecessary or obvious to you might be just what another needs to hear to reflect and improve
One thing I have been working on doing lately is to draw/sketch daily. When comes to brainstorming what to draw, I assign certain subject like human, animals, or plants etc to study for each day of the week. If I am still stumped then I pick letter of the alphabet and think of the first like say animal that comes to mind that starts with that letter. Once you start drawing you get inspired to do more.
That's a good idea! My sketchbook is the 642 Things to Draw book. It's basically a book that has lists of every day objects to draw. It's very helpful because I need structure when I draw
hey, that's a really fun idea with the alphabet! Imma start doing that whenever I'm at a loss of what to draw.
Love the alphabet idea
Thank you for this. As someone with multiple creative interests, Peter Han's routine definitely spoke to me the most. Learning to not feel guilty about not getting any work done sounds like a great step for me and is something I never really considered before.
What is your other multitude of creative interests?
I think the best part of this is that it shows that people do what works for them. That was one of the hardest lessons I've had to figure out, and I've been a professional for 13 years.
Just keep on learning/trying. That's my daily routine. :D
"once you get more and more successful, you realize the less and less you actually draw."
that is actually very scary to me...
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But the good thing is that when you reach that level, when you do have time to draw, you know what You're doing
more success means more money which gives more freedom and time to draw
i started a visual creative business many years ago and this is exactly what happens, unfortunately i couldnt afford to hire a handful of staff to handle the non creative tasks and i eventually reached the point where i was having barely any energy left for the main ingredient of what i had set out to achieve in the first place
I don't think that's a bad thing. If you were drawing 24x7, you'd burn out pretty quick. If you think about it, with more success and less time for art, you might actually start looking forward to drawing more than ever, and that could be a good recipe to make some awesome stuff.
As a composer I've taken away so much from this video! Balance is the key to success methinks - work hard but also play hard. Thanks for sharing!
This video may have saved my very identity as an artist. I was feeling so stuck doing pretty much nothing but art in college and feeling guilty if I did anything else, that I started to really hate art. So there was a lot of advice in this video (especially getting out and doing other things) that really I believe is going to help me out :)
Man, peter han's advice struck with me well. From feeling guilty for not drawing when I'm doing something else which only leads into putting off the drawing because of the guilty and obligatory associations I've been relating with it, instead of the fun I've always had in the past.
Would be great to have that itch to draw each day because I love it I I've had in the past instead of feeling bad about the whole endeavor. >.
Man Marshall Vandruff as always so calm and patience he is great explaining things
I'm very impressed with his part.
Loved the diversity of advice! I particularly enjoyed listening to Marshall Vandruff’s advice where he mentioned rhythm in walking and its parallels in drawing. Really interesting. Caleb Cleveland’s advice was essentially to give advice which was also so pleasant to hear.
Oh yeah, things I would change in my daily routine... Start with a warm-up, make time for drawings/paintings, take breaks when needed, and get enough sleep while I can :,)
I really like that tip where you write down all your artistic weaknesses in a list and try and conquer one of those things a day, I'll have to give that a try.
Awesome interviews! The idea of Marshall Vandruff about walking got me and I will use it the rest of my life.
In my daily routine, I want to improve on two big things for me: to start my day with a sketch and to have a limit on working hours (because I tend to overwork and then I have a great difficulty of concentrating for a while).
And all of you resding this: you are awesome! Keep your work flow going and stay healthy!
Eleeza is my favourite artist! and one of my biggest inspirations. She's pretty quiet online so it was really nice to see her so chatty here! : )
It was really cool to hear from these artist there habits also nice that you got such a wide variety. There is alot to take away from this :)! Nice video
self confidence was my biggest problem. if UA-cam was around 35 years ago, when i first started oils and pastels with no teacher did not help me. UA-cam helped me so much. 65 years old and learning so much. thank you proko for being such a good teacher as well.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share all these insights. What I take away from it, is that its important to be realistic about our own character and match our daily routines accordingly.
Great Vid...The theme running through is get up and work almost every day. I've been a professional for 40 years and that routine has never changed.
The guy who outlined a successful professional artists time balance gave away a gold nugget. Figure out how to be productive and creative and control that flow day in and day out and you've got it.
Really encouraging video. Makes me feel like whatever way I plan my routine is no wrong way to do it, and this is one of the beautiful part of artists, each of them expressing their selves diffrently
Not a beginner but definifty a young artist who has a lot to learn, these videos are SUPER helpful!
Your demos are very much helpful to improve my way of drawing and painting. Thanks .. anilkumar..Bombay india
This is it. This is what I needed to hear. THANK YOU so much for this series and all the amazing artists in it.
12:33 that's skating for me. Glad to know that's a common idea, to not get caught up being a machine just working all day. You gotta free your mind and come back with a fresh perspective. There's something truly special about it
This was a really helpful and insightful video! It's great to hear so many different opinions from successful artists that come from varied walks of life.
For me I think something that would help me is setting some time aside to be more goal oriented in my drawing. Drawing aimlessly is fun and fine, but when you have something you want to focus on improving or a subject you want to get to know better through observational studies, then I find myself feeling better, more productive and my art takes on a different (and better in my opinion) quality.
Loving these Asking Pros series of videos
Also, congrats for 1 MILLION DUDE!
Peter Han's sense of articulation and complete understanding of how the process of evolving as an artist astounds me. He's very wise.
8:00 Wake up Neo! XD
8:30 A lot of coffee
9:00 listen to music or watch some videos for inspiration
10:00 let's draw!
13:30 -15:00 I usually go to lunch with a friend ... I talk to him about the job I'm doing, then I get back to work and finish at 18:00
Really liked the Lemen part, him talking about failure really hit home. Great content
It's amazing to see that all of these successful artists have a different approach to structuring their day. Drawing is always at the base of it but there is much more to it than that! Thank you for sharing these interviews!
0:12 Holy shit, the internet wasn't ready for this level of woke.
Opening up strong, proko knows!
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I think I will try the 2-minute warmup every morning. I hope it'll help me get the bare minimum for my daily failures to keep me going. Even though I don't have that much time in my rent-paying effort.
This helped me a lot, thanks so much for uploading this type of videos. I'm recently got out of a burnout and I can tell that every advice here is 100% true and applicable. I'm still working on some of them and hope start sharing my work with the community very soon, wish me luck haha.
Based on my experience, my advice would be, BE PATIENCE and apply PERSISTENCE, because we tend to see for the future but is in the present where things happen, don't be stressed if you think or feel that you are getting to nowhere, give time to time and things will be clear. Cheers up!
Mr. Ron Lemen's words are gold to me, strike a balance between productivity time and creativity time, internet but not surfing, lots of physical training to fail. Goal of failure on a daily basis, so you can solve it when you need to solve it, build on basic exercises for warm ups after which build on your list of weaknesses, and winding down at the end of the day but still being productive and repeat the process. Thank you Proko for allowing me to hear these words.
Loved the "walking/mountain biking" tip. That is something I'm going to implement today.
It's funny how Ron Lemen explains how in the morning it's creativity time, but if you have ADHD like Ross and me, we get way more creative at night and energetic too.
I think his point was he seperates design and rendering by time of day that work best. You design at your most creative and render when least creative.
I've got the failing everyday down pretty good. So that's a positive
I'm still struggling to have a decent, productive routine, and this is just so helpful. Thank you! Just so you know, I'm currently binge-watching all of your videos, and liking and putting a comment in single one of those is the least thing I could do for now to show my appreciation and support. Keep it up, Proko!
I know a girl who started a manga at 13 and now at 14 she's like GOD cause she drew everyday a lot of different stuff in a lot of different positions
who is?
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Thank you soooo much for this! If a 13 year old can do this in one year I got 0 excuses.
@@tobias7999 Aww you're welcome. She inspired me too. We need to work hard and give our best and we'll surely archive our objectives
Wow. When she started(I mean she drew her first manga in 13 not actually started to draw, right?)? I wonder how much it takes.
I feel like you could've rephrased the question better. Most of these artists just talked about their literal daily routines. Was more interested in learning their daily drawing practice regiment, as opposed to when they decided to have their morning coffee. The way you asked the question to Marshall was better than the other approaches you took. Great video nonetheless, love the content.
Love this Ron Lemen dude. So insightful!
I have to change the beginning of my day, always losing time on the phone scrolling too much. Meditation or some gestures warm up drawing can be perfect to replace my bad habits. Thanks for the series of videos Stan, really helpful.
Tip for everyone, including the guys in the video - add training to your routine. Inmesurable benefits for the overall quality of life. Dont wake up at 40 "successful" but also in all sorts of pains and with a anxious mind. Lift, jump, punch, move. Frank Frazetta said once that he didn't feel as an artist, first of all he felt as an athlete and that's the right attitude!
Question; what do you mean by "training"?
Cool to see a lot of professional artists are juggling the same challenges as someone starting out. I've found that if I can allow for 1-2 hours a day for art I can build momentum but not get burned out
I have started late in my life, but I like to draw a lot and I want to practice everyday. It takes discipline, a lot of it to sit down and pay atention. I have enthusiasm, a lot of enthusiasm which is important; but most of all Passion for drawing.
I am going to put in more hours of drawing. With a day job, it sometimes is tough to manage. But I'll definitely put in more effort. Thanks Proko. :)
2 minutes into the video and Peter Han has cured my anxiety, thanks.
Having that relationship with your work to be both creative and productive in balance is difficult. At one point I put my all into just work and quickly burnt out any passion I've had for it in college. I focused HARD on getting better, failing so much though and almost punishing myself by not really enjoying anything cuz I wasn't good enough yet. This is also right around covid so there was nothing else to do outside of work it felt like. I wonder how the daily routine changed for people. Now that I graduated, I try to keep all those things in mind, how the world will always continue to influence our life and energy. But creating art will always be where its at.
Wow these artists are so in tune with their minds and bodies they know exactly what they need to keep themselves on track and productive but also healthy and happy. Amazing insight on how some of these artists work!
Awesome artists, excellent art work, interesting stories about their daily routine...worth listening to. A thoroughly enjoyable video!
Great video !!!
I would say the thing I'd like to change in my daily routine, is getting rid of every fear I have related to my art skills, and start practicing those things I'm usually afraid to draw.
Good, strong, routines are so important! Breaking down the bad routines is also important. I think it's a great idea to keep a 2-week time journal to build awareness, as mentioned in a Jake Parker video. I loved the book "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg, along with the audiobook "The 5-Second Rule" by Mel Robbins. Not exactly routines, but the book "Deep Work" by Cal Newport was also great for productivity at a level that one may not have believed possible. Marshall's comment about going for a bike ride or walk etc. really works for me; not to grind it out like a bulldog. It's important to become aware of one's own circadian and ultradian rhythms. See ASAP Science's video on the Science of Productivity as well. To support strong routines, it's good to determine how much sleep you need and then plan your wake up time at the end of a sleep cycle. Never hit the snooze!! The site sleepyti.me is a good tool for figuring out your bedtime. Thanks again!
“The goal here is to fail on a daily basis.” This blew my mind in an awesome way. I have a crippling fear of failure. It makes me afraid to start. I needed to hear that.
THANK YOU, proko You really open my eyes, now i am not going to feel guilty about not doing daily draw but getting happy about making draw most of time and keeping consistency In my work
Thank you Proko this is awesome. I've stared listening to all the great artists advice and my art is realistically improving. I feel like I could actually do this in a few years I'm soo greatful for help and I wish all the best for you and all of us who are trying to get better :D
You've met such great people, who gave really good tips for novices. I'm grateful for that.
This is why I subscribed. Guaranteed quality art videos. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you for this video, it is one of my favorites so far among a vast array of wonderful videos. I am adjusting my daily routine to find a balance. I let the technical/administrative/bookkeeping aspect seep away time from the creation process. In a world where productivity and production seems to be valued, it is lovely to see artists that are real and struggle with the balance themselves including those artists that swing their pendulum way too far into the creative zone as well. Very heartening, thank you.
999K.. please make it 1m!! congratulations in advance Proko.. will always support your amazing channel.
Peter Han's perspective is so solid. Thanks for sharing that.
Wow a million subscribers! Congratulations for the great job!
I know this video isn't new, but it is new to me because I just saw it. Thank you so much for putting it together. I truly enjoyed the information I got from the interviews.
I'm 15, currently in freshman year fo high school. I have always loved art since when i was a child. I practice every day after i study for my school subjects. I can't call myself and "artist" yet. Because i'm still learning and i can't really say that I'm creative enough. I draw in my head but i can't take it to the paper. I didn't go to art school. I learned by myself, by watching videos or waching other artist how they draw. I've always thought that i don't have much free time because of my school but I realized that i have free time. Although i have time i don't feel like to draw. I feel like I can't do anything. I don't know how to use my imagination.
Just wanted to let this out.
As a happy amateur who's bought herself a Huion tablet for christmas, I got to say, I really appreciate all your videos. They're inspiring and full of great knowledge. Thank you!
I AM LOVING this series Stan. It REALLY helps those who are self-taught and cannot pay for art school. THANK YOU!!!
1) Start Making It
2) Have a breakdown
3) done
These interviews were so motivating!
Especially after hearing things from some of my favourite artists!
This amazing 20 minute video is so many self-help/productivity books mixed into one. WOW!!!
6:26 is the most useful advise ever! The only way to get better is to practice till your hair falls off!
6:40 I GASPED SO LOUD =))) I did not expect to see Ross here, but I'm grateful for it :D
For me, it is making a daily practice of reacting to different areas of design in any media and daily stimuli that I experience throughout the week. What kinds of colors did they use in different scenes of Sicario and why? What color is the shadow outside or being cast by this indoor florescent lamp? What colors and shapes am I seeing as I get the mail on this rainy or sunny day? I feel like one should never be just an artist when drawing, sculpting, etc. but also when you are not. It should be an internal process that reasons, visualizes, and reacts to design, art, and storytelling all the time. My daily life is mental and physical and reacting and getting excited about shapes, colors, scenes from stories, inventions, lighting, and so on. Whatever inspires you. For me art is not just a job, but also a fun life style and way of perceiving the world on a daily basis.
I like that routine: gesture drawing at the beginning of the day. Like stretching for an artist. Thank you for the great video.
So much great advice from so many awesome creators in such a short video. This is great! Still need to work on walking away taking a break tho lol. Thanks Proko, I needed this :)
only recently found eleeza's work and absolutely love it
What usually do when I feel burnt out is take a break and don't think about it. Otherwise overthinking it might make it harder for yourself to keep drawing.
But yeah my top tips:
1. Don't overthink it just go with the wind
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2. Take many small breaks. Everyone needs a break, don't be afraid to do the same.
3. Try not to force yourself to do the art too much. Try to enter with optimistic view and if you possibly can, get inspired before hand so you can be more creative.
4. Aim small goals not big ones. The drawing doesn't need to be finished today but you should at least start with bit for bit. If you feel exhausted to go out or do something else.
5. Have variation and try to explore. (Explore new technics, colors, but also what you could do with the "happy little accident" and how that can be part of your art)
I use multiple creative outlets to inspire. Routine however is needed. I need a better plan for my time. Thanks for this Proko.
honestly i love how different everyone is:
-Who draws the most in the morning and who draws the most at night
-Who draws the most as much as they can through the whole day and who draws only in a concentrated timeframe
-Who does only half week and who tries to draw every day
-Who sets a specific goal for the day and who lets the flow guide them
it truly goes to show that there is no right or wrong way to do it, you just gotta find what works for you and stick with it
Looking for answers and inspiration...Realizes time is wasted not drawing and watching youtube lol.
It aint time wasted if you learn something.
Por ejemplo yo ahorita estoy en mi descanso viendo videos que me gustan y este buenísimo video que me recomendó UA-cam, pero créanme que me dedico mínimo 8 horas al esculpido, ahorita apenas llevo casi 7 horas, pero terminado este video volveré a seguir practicando para mejorar y tal vez haga 9 o 10 horas. La mejor manera de mejorar, aprender y llegar a ese nivel que tanto quieres, ya sea dibujo, escultura, bailar etc es practicando todo el tiempo que puedas dedicarle y no solo eso también ponte a estudiar muchísimo, UA-cam es un excelente Profesor y créeme que cualquier cosa que quieras aprender lo puedes hacer, tienes todo el mundo al alcance de tus manos
Thanks for this. I want to commit to my art again more than ever, but I have let life grow more wearisome all the time and overlook the importance of taking the time to experience life instead of just confine myself and expect results. Really appreciate everyone that brought this point forward.
Probably the best thing I could do in my routine is draw more often and when I do it would be another good idea to not be angry with myself when I make mistakes.
Failure on a daily basis ! As artists we know this but sometimes it takes so much time to understand and accept, why isn't it the first thing we teach at school? Accepting failure ? I'm definitely better inspired, thanks for sharing.
I sacrifice about 1 hour of drawing time everyday to exercise because I found out that productivity is more about focus and energy instead of how much time you sit and draw. And yeah exercising really improve your physical energy and brain to focus
Thanks you so much for giving this wonderful video! I learned a lot of artist habits that we should have.. and what do to for relaxation... totally this video is a treasure for those who are struggling to learn art 💖
It’s simple: the more you practice, the better you get. This goes for everything in life.
I need to take more breaks. I wake up, eat breakfast and draw until I almost fall asleep on my desk. I still have so much to learn so I can never stop practicing. From now on I'll take more breaks so I don't burn out.
Oh man, my daily routine changes every year! I have two kids, my oldest is 8 and my youngest is one year old. I now work (draw comics) 7 hours a day on week days and 12 hours on Saturday to balance things out between work and family time. I don't work on Sunday; I usually just do deliberate practice and experiment on painting and stuff on Sunday.
14:20 dat emotion, "oh it's you again"
Thanks man! all the artist on this video are real Monster Masters like you!
this was actually such an insightful video!
Ron lemen really gave some great advice. I heard from one of Karl Kopinski’s interview that he draws from 7 or 9 am up to 11 pm all day. He said that it’s not even fun, but it’s just what he does
Great information, I saw some artists I like and it's really helpful and cool to hear their own words so candidly. Thank you!