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This is some real dedication, thank you for documenting this! Peanuts statues are one of those things that are just part of living in the Twin Cities, but I never really thought about just how many were out there.

I refused to do an unpaid internship in my Graphic Design course, lol I dont work for free people 😝 but thats not why I dont have a job in the field, I went on to do a Masters in Litt, wanted to do a PhD and then the big C hit and that put that on hold for a bit lol congrats on the job!

banger video. love the color coordination in the background

Loved the video. As for a suggestion on what to do with the paper, bookbinding might be fun to get into (if you can afford another hobby that is) It’s something i have gotten into and it could be a fun way to make your own sketchbooks as well. It also makes for great gifts to loves ones :)

I feel you man, being a freelancer is incredibly hard

Wow!!! This is awesome work. And what a great way to really get to know the Twin Cities.

I hit the same wall as you a while back, so I switched to knitting and sewing and honestly it’s been the absolute best thing I’ve ever done for my art. I put less pressure on myself and my art when it’s a functional piece because it’s being judged at a completely different standard than a piece I’m drawing to post on social media to attract clients.

I don't know who you are but this is such a vulnerable and beautiful video. I once read somewhere how creators can be so competitive (with others or themselves) but for the audience, it's just more good stuff that they get!

I was recommended this for some reason 😂 but am happy I was, it was soothing and really nice to hear someone speaking so openly and honestly about how they're feeling 😌 Keep it up my friend! 😊 Also... Would you know how to make ink? 🤔 Or like graffite or paint or something... Then make an art peice where you've not only created an incredible art peice, but also created the paper and material to make the art. Like ever single part was created by you. I feel that could be pretty cool to do hehe :)

I wanna drink the paper smoothie

What and incredibly cathartic video. I can't think of much more to add on because it so closely alighted with how I've been feeling. Excellently explained, and I'm looking forward to anything you post on the channel in the future!

The passion that went into this project is truly admirable

You're hitting the nail on the head, my time goes way to much into style discovery and inspo

I get the most satisfaction in the rendering process. Getting the big shapes down and composition and all the ugly stages in between are only motivated to get finished cause I know at the end I get to put all the little details in and rendering the deepest shadows and lightest highlights. All the things that make a single dot of paint cause the whole branch or petal or blade of grass can push or pull different elements forward or backward. Playing with color and light is also what makes my brain bees purr. I take a lot of satisfaction in the process, but that only came once my own internalized critical parent part in my brain stop judging everything I was doing and quieted down so my right brain could be creative and find the joy in it instead of trying to be the best or perfect. I also have to continue work on the discipline that is required to not get lost in the dopamine soup of doing the detail part endlessly and eventually call it done. That’s actually harder than stopping being judgmental of my own work.

I see other people arts like expressions I have a family member who does art it’s interesting how we both see different expressions

There is a Snoopy at the bank I work at. We dress him up for holidays/seasons.

Art Style: The specific process, choices, and chosen medium of an artist. That is all. Create a process, make consistent choices, and choose your medium.

WATCH THIS... AND DON'T SKIP THE CONCLUSION If you're an artist, watching this will save you a ton of time when your mind starts to get corrupted by worrying about your art style, as mine has been for too long.

Such a good video !!!!

Ty for this video! Really helpful, I’ve been struggling with this for months

I'm just gonna say that you're good. I would really love to listen to you ramble about art.

I really loved this video as someone who also made a how to find your art style video I felt like you shed some light on better key topics thank you

nice

i'm so happy i found your channel, i'm glad you decided to make videos, you're like breathing in fresh air after sitting inside a room for a week 🙏

This video has saved me honestly. For the past couple of years I have been trying to find my mysterious art style for years. I have completely forgot to enjoy what I love doing. What happened to our childlike enthusiasm? If I wanted to be a bird, I wouldn't study them, I would just start flying.

9:00 wow! 😅 It’s another one off those moments when you ask a question but then you realize you already know the answer.

Haha thank you for this!

That's one crazy streak of sketchbooks!! Been drawing since 2018 and I have completed only one lmao I really love how you draw portraits, they're so full of personality! I adore your ATLA drawings, I love those characters :)

This was very vulnerable and as a new artist, youtube recommended this to me. I’m very thankful to see ur process and wish to see mine align to the same amount of progression. You are amazing!

you paint so well , i love how you painted Pedro pascals face ! i hope you get more views and followers, this is amazing art :D !

your voice is so calming <33 i just discovered u and im a fan

I've followed you on instagram for a while, and seeing you pop up on my youtube feed was a delight!! I love seeing the history of your work and your thoughts on art in general, keep it up! These videos are great. 😃

Wow you are good.

So very inspiring to see the full journey! And the subject about talent and can anyone learn to draw question really resonated with me. I was holding myself back for years and years thinking I was simply not talented, and did not pick up art for real until i was 28 years old.. now i have been drawing and painting for 5 years, learning from youtube and online courses, and I am loving it! Now I can proudly call myself an artist, and it was all because of believing I could learn, rather than believing I had no talent :)

😍nice bro

So cool to see your entire journey in one video :) Loved it!

finally, a normal looking sketchbook with notes on it too

Thank you for so candidly sharing your personal history of sketchbooks. Too much of the internet Art world focuses on sharing beautifully curated “sketchbooks” that are more finished art pieces than they are spaces for ideation and practice, so it’s refreshing to see your experience. I wish I kept my sketches from high school and college!

Wowww it is amazing, your sketch line smooth.

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO MARCO BUCCI AND ETHAN BECKER ON THE TOPS🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great video good job!

I love your hair style

This was such an informative and well thought out video! you are both extremely organized in your thinking and beautifully creative. Thanks for sharing this info!

There was one video I watched I think about a year ago that said art style was fluid so it was narrow minded to think you would have a consistent art style, people when searching for these kinds of videos often delve in thinking that an art style is something that stays consistent and will stay with you the rest of your illustrating career- of course I am not speaking for everyone, this was only a small snippet of my experience and many others whom have talked about it and had struggled with the problems that came with it. What the dude in the vid in the end is basically, just, try to improve. Experiment on what sat right with you. Practice and have fun. Thats it in a nutshell anyways lol. So have fun drawing :] focusing too much to find your own groove is something that takes a long ass time- hell it maybe even come out of the closet right outta the blue. Ya'll got this >:' ]

So guys art styles are a set of rules that you set for yourself and they wont manifest unless you keep experimenting. Lets say you like angular cartoony styles and cyberpunk colors, you want the style to be simple. So you sit and decide that these eyes will be slanted and pointy, that the highlight in the hairstrand will be in the shape of an H. You dislike how certain anatomy looks in your artwork so you reduce the details... Instead of asking how to develop your style sit and decide what you like and make artstyle prototypes, as time goes you will implement fundamentals into your art and try many techniques you find interesting and you want to try them.

Such a strange voice you have

This is a great video. It just showed up in my recommended, and I figured I'd give it a look since I don't really feel like I have an art style (at least not an efficient and pretty one), but my bf and I are going to be starting a web comic at some point in the near future with me being the only artist. I'm not a beginner, but I definitely don't draw as much as I should, and that lack of practise often manifests in unfinished pieces, a lack of ideas, very quick burnout, etc. One thing I do find interesting is that I'm an artist but I'm also a writer, and in fact, I'm a much better writer than I am an artist. I write and write and write and can't stop, nor would I ever want to stop. And one thing that I've never once worried about when writing is having a distinct style or voice. When I take a step back, I can definitely see repeating themes, character types, tropes, etc. And taking a magnifying glass to my work, I can see words I tend to favour (at least in early drafts) and phraseology I use a lot. But never once have I identified with that style or worried about "crafting" it. I think maybe that's an attitude I should bring to my art. I'm at a level in my writing where, when I'm really in the zone, I bleed words painlessly, and time seems to slip away, and I no-doubt /have/ a writing style. But for art, I'm just not at the level in that craft that things come to me effortlessly and in a way I find pride in enough to claim it is "my style". But I will be one day, and there's no need to rush.

I believe that an art style is simply another form of handwriting. You start shaping it as a tiny child, without even knowing it. Children, unlike most adults, are inspired by things in an organic way, and they're much more malleable if someone is making them write/draw in a certain way. My handwriting looks a bit different now from ten years ago, and a lot different from twenty years ago. This is because I've been handwriting things _copiously_ (for school and hobbies), and the change happened organically. If I had done that much art for that long, I would be able to see a slow shift in my art style too; both consistencies and improvements. Also, my handwriting looks different depending on if I use a pencil, a brush pen, a chisel-tip sharpie, a gel pen, a quill, or a tablet pen, and also depending on the speed of writing and the amount of effort I put into it. There are elements that remain, and someone who knows my school notebook handwriting well could probably tell that I'm the one who wrote all those others too, but medium and effort impact style. And it is possible to learn a new handwriting, but this will not be an organic process. You can learn to write so it looks like a computer printout, or like a medieval monk printed it. You can learn to text neatly in huge letters for menu blackboards, or to do paintbrush calligraphy. This all takes massive amounts of focus, practise, and time. Maybe you'll even find your own medieval monk style, which may or may not look anything like your "just writing a quick note to my catsitter/doing up a shopping list" handwriting. So I believe that it's the same for art styles. You can have more than one, depending on the medium, the purpose or how you learned it. There may or may not be any obvious consistencies between them. But maybe your "true" art style is that one that comes out as "just scribbling a playful cat on a note to my catsitter/doodling in the margins while doing up a shopping list"? This has been a metaphor, actually. ;)

Wow this video is great and will definitely be thinking about it while I continue with my art journey I didn't even know that some of the art advice stuff you pointed out were even that bad

Smart to do a meta analysis, but a bit snobbish arrogant tone, and magree delivery of core conclusions, you could be more succinct