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USEFUL VIDEO - many thanks for taking the time to make & post it ! As a fellow Content Creator I understand what it feels like "putting yourself out there" for both PRAISE... and CRITICISM. Scary. Everyone wants to PAY NOTHING but EXPECT EVERYTHING... and they often feel entitled to CRITICIZE if they DON'T get EVERYTHING-for-NOTHING. Well done you. I found VALUE in your video - KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ! -Mark Vogt | VOGTLAND OUTDOORS

oh my god THANK YOU I just tried out the indication technique and my weakest areas when it comes to portraits (mouths and noses) immediately started to look somewhat decent

Been studying the fundementals for 10 months and counting and everything i make that i like feels like luck. I didnt learn anything. I just got Lucky. And tbh i can see that its mostly true. Drew an amazing super hero chick the other day. But i did not include any of the styles of the artists i like in to it. It was like again i just got lucky. And thats just awful when you know that all that work has been for nothing.

i feeling kind of quitting drawing. but my mind just keeps me going. its the only thing that makes me keep trying.

I am on a place where I sketch every now and then, but only sketch because i never am happy with how they turn out. I have graduated woth a degree in 2018, it is 2024, but I feel my skills are crap still. I feel like giving up, but part of the reason I don't want to is because all that time and effort to attempt to be a good artist would be for nothing, and that really scares me. But it slso scares me that I would continue to live and work a job i ain't super passionate about. I don't know what to do. Should i try to face the constant judgement from the inner critique that holds me back? Dealing with depression makes this harder. At the same time, i don't wanna live like how i currently am at the moment, but i am 27, not even close to being a decent artist.

Yeah it's kind of crazy how common the "I jumped straight to anatomy" mistake is. One way I like to think about it is that drawing is sort of like mental 3D modeling. Once you're comfortable creating and assembling forms in perspective, you realize that anatomy is simply a collection of very specific forms to memorize. Developing your understanding (and feeling!) of 3D space is so important because literally everything else depends on your ability to "3D model".

My main problem is if I'm learning to make art then I'm not making art and i know no one cares and no one will even see this but I'm leaving this comment because... I don't know why actually

How is it possible to give up if I haven't even put in effort or work? been struggling cause of my level, barely even drew things even as a kid never took it seriously until as an adult. and now my taste in art prevents me from improving cause of how I badly draw, even a toddler could do better

Ty..

I relate to you on some points on the video. I did want to quit a lot because i felt like art wasnt for me. But i did manage to push past it and now drawing is almost a form of healing. Ive been drawing since i was a baby. And whenever i felt like quitting id always feel like id lose apart of myself because art is something ive been practicing at for years ever since birth.

Hey this just popped up in my feed and I can't help myself. I've seen this a ton with people working on life drawing. Those joint circles...the point is to not draw the whole circle....you're not relaying any information that way. Just draw the part that tells you if the limb is coming TOWARDS you (you see/draw the top of the circle if its below the horizon line) or AWAY (you draw the bottom of the circle). Think of it like you made a black circle around the outside of paper towel roll, which part would you see based on how you held it relative to your viewpoint, just draw that result. It's supposed to be a shorthand for limb direction. Also, in general, if a limb is starting in one direction, it'll stay that way (right elbow is coming towards you, right wrist will also be towards..etc.) of course there are exceptions, but it'll feel more natural this way as a general rule....then the other arm is almost always the reverse (left elbow goes away, left wrist goes away..) same goes for the legs. Try it a couple times and I think you'll get what I mean, hope it helps a bit. Best of luck to everyone on the journey, you have my respect!

Yes but when I draw it but ts crap damn

I turned 30 this year. I've been drawing since I was 15. For the past 8 years now I've dwelled on quitting. Sure my work is far better than when I started but it never got any easier, in fact it got harder. Projects take me so long that it's not viable financially and the process itself is such a struggle that it doesn't work as a vector for my own creative outlet either. This has plagued me for years and I've contemplated quitting but it's just about all I know, which makes it even more stressful This has been half my life already, how long until I hit the diamond mine? Is it even worth it if it'll always feel like a struggle?

I can feel the same and relate I'm 21 and still debating if i want to go for art and comic writing as my side Hussle, even I'm still want to make my own merch, create my own website, for my art and yet I haven't done none of that yet, even when I be watching other TH-camrs even younger than me achieving something I want to do since I was their age it just drains me even more honestly to a point I almost quit art, I was struggling a lot with my health, financially, no support from anyone, I burning to many Bridges, just felt like I just didn't have my motivation no more for art even took a break from it, to get away from all the bad drama and thoughts in my mind, but eventually I did got back to arts to improve my art style and I saw some art on Pinterest and Google I inspired me more of course lol I've been saved 2K dollars for my arts for my iPad Air 5, tripod, more Hands-On art supplies, and more Got accepted to a job program in Sacramento so my other goal there is do I know TH-cam account this time I'm put effort in work into it, but it's going to be for fun not for a serious celebrity wannabe yt thing, like this song just give it another try and see if I can persuade my goals the only one I have in my life is myself n God

Cylinder boxes spheres cubes and perspective. I hate doing it. But i do it anyway. Because if i dont i know i will regret it. But dont get me wrong. It is hard to "love the process" when everything i do sucks and the brain just wont stop torturing me telling me i suck and i cant ever make it. I will also say that i have no idea what to even focus on half the time. 😅

It’s just the fact that people can draw a whole masterpiece in 10 minutes though it takes me about a day to make a single ugly piece of art. Even though this was a year ago, I just tumbled over this video. The thing that’s making me want to quit is.. *patience.* Ugh, my second worst enemy. It’s so hard to wait knowing my art will never improve for the next like two decades. It will hurt knowing that it will stay the same. Now I realize that what the people were saying are right. I’m not talented🫠 art has caused me so much pain yet I still manage to do it daily.. I’m not even sure I’m an artist because my drawings are so bad and ugly😭 patience is literally killing me, I just feel like some people don’t understand what it’s like. They just tell you “it’s not that hard, just practice and a few years later you’ll get better,” but they just don’t understand what it’s like to be impatient. A lot of times I also compare my art. By a lot I mean A LOT. About to finish a drawing? If I saw someone else’s beautiful artwork compared to mine I would straight up delete the piece of art, or throw it away. Sometimes it’s not fair how people can do things faster than others.. Sorry for the rant

I'm thoroughly impressed-great job!

this video is 100% relatable. Thank you for making this.

you dont need talent to make art. YOU DO need talent however if you want to make good art.

I started taking art seriously since 2022 and heck do I wish I had started a lot earlier now sometimes I feel like quitting specially since everything I see in the internet it's AI art everywhere it's exhausting but I don't really want to it's like my mind just associated drawing with being tired does that make sense?

observation drawing skills are super important in first stages of art

thanks , your video helped me way back when i was lost and didnt know what to do

Thank you a million times over for this video, it’s exactly what I needed! 😀

I'm a creative person, I always imagine all these stories with characters, but as a kid I was always told I could draw and I held on to that so hard, this was back in the 90's and I wanted to be an animator. Long story short, that didn't work and I did go to art school but I never really liked my art, so I always just tried to run away from showing my work and didn't take criticism very well. These days I feel even worse because of AI taking over, creating these amazing stuff and I'm like what's the freakin' point other than enjoying the process right?

You need to have dedication in the art journey for me as the time of this comment i offically quit drawing after 5 years of drawing, tried enjoy the process little by little but i just can't take it anymore ,can't seem to progress anymore too many things need to memorize not only that im working i even sacrifices some of my sleep time just to draw, but now i realize all of that is in vain Guess im gonna stick in my work and playing video games

for me what helped me was to remember to separate myself from my art, it really helped me in not taking the art slump too seriously

I looked up Drawabox and it looks perfect for what I'd want to learn. Thanks bro for this information

If you quit because you suck, you will suck forever.

With my art, it just makes me sad. I often find that I am the younger artist that’s better than some people who’ve dedicated years of their life to art, to the point where I kinda feel guilty every time I make a piece. I’ve had several friends that dreamt of becoming an artist when they were older but gave up on their dreams when they saw my pieces. It’s not even my dream to become an artist, it just so happens to be the only talent that I have. It’s just been making harder and harder to get the courage to get up and start a piece because of fear and guilt. I apologize for commenting, I just needed to say something. Thank you so much for making this video, it helped out a lot.

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Is it a issue i want mainly want to draw for money

I see pictures that are better than mine my classmates pictures are really nice this girl in are class and this boy said to me"wow she's better than art than you, just quit art your not good at it" People show off and it makes feel like I need to quit it in Roblox speed draw I try to add sooo much detail but people give me the lowest rates I've done art for my hole intire life I feel like my art will never get to improve;(

Yes, we need ALL the videos you can make 😄

I’ve learned more from this video than from dozens of others I watched… I am good with colors and value, but when I need to sketch something out I struggle a lot because of composition. Thank you so much for these videos!

I stick with my art because I still love art and still hope and dream to become a great artist. But... I definitely experienced this feeling too many times and continuing. Its so stressful and for me it feeds into the idea of me being useless and not good at anything else but sh!tty art. I think this every time I go to bed. Thinking that all of it was a waste of time and it ruined my life.

The thing that makes me sad and angry is when my best friend I know for 2 years said that " I had no talent" or simply just laughing at my work made me want to give up I'm still friends with them to this day..

Ok. Here's my story. I had been was drawing for 7 years. 5 months ago I started simultaneously learning the basics of art and and creating my own comic. But after 1 month I understood that theme my comic based on is no popular how ever I continued. After 2 months I went on first art market to present it, although I wasn't particularly eager to do it. In the same month I went to another art market to trade swap cards with characters of my comic and buy some merch without any desire. And on second art market I felt so jealous to one artist. On third month I understood that my skills stopped improving and I burnt out, understood that I never achieve minimal result and be creating my comic all remaining eternity and then deleted it with unfinished works. Now I'm trying to force myself to quit drawing FOREVER and videos like your, encouragement from my parents, psychologist, ChatGPT and potential benefit can't inspire me to continue drawing.

I quite. I did 10 years of digging to no avail so... In my case was the best decission, still trying to reconcile with art as a hobby tho.

I have been doing art for the past nine years I just feel like it’s useless it’s hideous other artists are so incredibly good at it I just want to find a reason to continue..

You helped me out in a major way thank you so much

So glad that i found your video series for beginners. Its really helpful.. thank you! ❤️❤️

Am i the only one who started with art and a very young age and till today seeing no improvements and im 18 fyi 😢

I feel so attack. currently fixing (ovepainting) my mistake I made which is the whole drawing :'D

Drawing is so goddamn boring to me nowadays i try so damn hard and i can never improve its beyond frustration I cant stop for good however because if i do give up i practically give up on my entire life ive got nothing else going on for me

"Art is a cycle, sometimes you draw really, well, and sometimes you feel like you can't draw at all." Except I'm still waiting for the "drawing really well part" to happen for the first time.

I really want to quit, but at the same time, if I do quit, and never get to make the gorgeous drawings that I dream off, I'll never forgive myself. Because the envy that I feel from other artists, specially some close to me, will never go away, it will always be here to torture me.

Being an artist is more like digging for diamonds and by the time you find them you dug your own grave you are 6 feet under and can't get out again.😓

I don’t care about art, and I’m glad to not listen to the status quo who mandate to do art and be creative. Now, I have moved on to learning new unrelated unartistic and uncreative skills which help other people, are more interesting, worth my time, and I couldn’t be happier.

You should only quit if you don’t enjoy it. Not for lack of validation. I say no matter how bad you think you are there are tons of people who will never even pick up a paintbrush. If you love it, just focus on how much better you are today versus how you were yesterday. If you can spot progress in your art, you will get better.