I am one of those who have dived so deep into working with the fundamentals, I had almost lost sight of what it is I wanted to draw in the first place. I have even made myself an artbook devoted to anatomy/figure drawings 😂. Your words made me remember what I actually like to draw. Combined with your previous podcast, where you speak about learning and resting, I really have found my path again. Thank you for making these. Please keep them coming. Kind regards from a 48 year old Norwegian who took up drawing again this winter, after many years of not touching a pencil.
This is great information! I like the idea of creating first and then judging weaknesses and picking something to work on with focus to apply to your next piece. Naoki Sato has a similar method that he talks about as the fastest way to improve. I only just recently discovered this and started doing it and my growth has been exponential since applying it.
Every time I do art, I do one thing that stretches my skill. Either I use a new medium or a new subject or a new pose. As much as it feels good to do the pieces that I’m good at, it lacks the feeling of accomplishment. I really enjoy these art topics. Your words help give me a new perspective on my art and improving my art. Thank you! 🙏
It's great to hear someone so experienced being so open about these things other teachers while good I see don't really work in the industry as much doing more freelance work so it's nice to see someone who works in the industry talk about this
Great talk Tim! Really enjoying the long monologue format, and as always great breakdown of such beneficial information for people on the artistic journey, thank you✌️
This made so much sense to me. I fear failure very much, especially after having teachers that would point you out in front of a classroom to point out where and how you failed as an individual. I agree with everything you said, creating as a creative person is such a different experience and it needs to be treated as such. I'm going to make sure to remind myself about this. Maybe even make a post-it note :)
The flow state is hard for me to get into and I often find that I cant channel whats in my head onto the page because I'm overly focused on the things I need to learn to do it properly. On one hand its nice that I've spent the last 9 months honing in on a bunch of fundamentals and really leveled up overall, but creatively I'm nowhere close to where I want to be. When I'm laying in bed at night, the ideas manifest in my mind freely and I see so much that I want to create, but then the next morning I cant recall that state of mind or bring myself to want to put it onto paper. I don't know what the resistance is but I wish it wasnt there, I wish I could just be creative on the spot. Maybe I need to plan out my drawings more analytically and compromise so that at the very least I'm being creative. I'm a game designer and this is how my brain operates normally: Boundless creative ideation in my head over many days / weeks and then analytically piecing together a system to make that fun manifest. But drawing (same issue with writing music) is so much more creativity on demand which I have so much resistance around. I wish I knew why
I would keep a sketchbook next to your bed and do a quick, rough sketch when you get these ideas. Like 1-2 mins Max. You won’t be able to recreate what you imagined exactly BUT you will create a visual bridge to the mindset that you had when you had those ideas. It’s kinda like a dream journal but with pictures. Wishing you the best!
I think I found a weird balance between learning and having fun, for me creating well rendered characters is what gave me happiness. So, I just started with it and I would kinda figure out things as I go. Whenever I would be having issues I would kinda try to overcome problems by hammering it over and over again. I don't really know if it's a healthy process or not but for now that's what I do. Would you suggest any kind of change or any modification to the process that would help me improve better?
When I first learn to draw, I draw nothing but the fundamentals. A bunch of shapes, perspective, and nothing more, because I told myself that I wasn't ready to draw those things that I wanted. Ohh how foolish have I been
Nice video, when you say drawing what you want first then noticing and fixing what you need to fix do you mean drawing without reference? Cause I practice and draw the things i like both using reference but when I try to draw without it that's when all my problems start lol
I mostly draw without reference anyway… So I don’t have a lot of experience with the difference between reference versus no reference. But I do use this same idea for when I do look up reference (I wait until I realise I don’t know how to draw something before I look for ref) What I mean by noticing what needs fixing, and then going looking for answers- could relate to anything art related. For instance if we consider colour theory and usage… if we dive in and create brown mush (not what we want) this gives us a point of failure. We can now go looking for colour theory and exercises to help understand how colour theory might apply to what we are doing. We might look for a limited pallet… try doing some studies. And now this information will (imho) be more useful to our regular artistic practice. Vs trying to study colour on its own in an abstract manner. Start with your goal in mind and see what areas of theory are lacking when you try to achieve it!
@@Tim-Mcburnie ahh ok thanks.I feel if i don't know how to draw something i should look at reference first then try drawing without reference. I have slight aphantasia so its hard for me to just draw without physically seeing anything first. I can first visualize maybe 10-20% of what I want to draw vs kim jung gi who was able to visualize 40-60%.
Yeah that’s a great topic. Which industry in particular are you thinking of? There’s a lot of things that could be said about this… It would be great to get your advice on what questions or ideas you would like me to address!
I can definitely create a video talking about my experiences breaking into the industry of comic books and entertainment (concept, art/visual development/etc). But let me know what else you had in mind.
@@Tim-Mcburnie For me personally questions I’d have would be what bare minimum skill level must you be at, things to expect when working in for example concept art and maybe talk about your experience getting into the industry how you started and challenges one might face Also thank your responding your videos are a great help
I am one of those who have dived so deep into working with the fundamentals, I had almost lost sight of what it is I wanted to draw in the first place. I have even made myself an artbook devoted to anatomy/figure drawings 😂. Your words made me remember what I actually like to draw. Combined with your previous podcast, where you speak about learning and resting, I really have found my path again. Thank you for making these. Please keep them coming. Kind regards from a 48 year old Norwegian who took up drawing again this winter, after many years of not touching a pencil.
Yes exactly
Man I can't think of any better content for artists doing their craft other than this, Thank you Tim
Agreed!!!
This is great information! I like the idea of creating first and then judging weaknesses and picking something to work on with focus to apply to your next piece.
Naoki Sato has a similar method that he talks about as the fastest way to improve.
I only just recently discovered this and started doing it and my growth has been exponential since applying it.
The trauma explanation is perfect, had never thought about practicing in this way.
Just wanted to mention that I’ve been enjoying these long form monologues.😅
Having them on Podcast apps could be cool also
That would be great.
Thanks Tim! I think you tackled a deeply rooted problem of a lot of artists and put it into words.
Great video Tim. Thanks for sharing 😊😊
I'm really loving this podcasts! It's giving me a serious boost to get things done and be focused with my goals. Thank you!!
I needed to hear this, thank you!
Thank you for sharing. This is really helpful
I love these videos. At this point they are more important to me then any kind of tutorial.
Thanks Tim.
Every time I do art, I do one thing that stretches my skill. Either I use a new medium or a new subject or a new pose. As much as it feels good to do the pieces that I’m good at, it lacks the feeling of accomplishment. I really enjoy these art topics. Your words help give me a new perspective on my art and improving my art. Thank you! 🙏
It's great to hear someone so experienced being so open about these things other teachers while good I see don't really work in the industry as much doing more freelance work so it's nice to see someone who works in the industry talk about this
Great talk Tim! Really enjoying the long monologue format, and as always great breakdown of such beneficial information for people on the artistic journey, thank you✌️
Great episode!
This made so much sense to me. I fear failure very much, especially after having teachers that would point you out in front of a classroom to point out where and how you failed as an individual.
I agree with everything you said, creating as a creative person is such a different experience and it needs to be treated as such. I'm going to make sure to remind myself about this. Maybe even make a post-it note :)
Another amazing episode! It helped me get in the flow while drawing. :D
Thanks a lot for this!
The flow state is hard for me to get into and I often find that I cant channel whats in my head onto the page because I'm overly focused on the things I need to learn to do it properly. On one hand its nice that I've spent the last 9 months honing in on a bunch of fundamentals and really leveled up overall, but creatively I'm nowhere close to where I want to be. When I'm laying in bed at night, the ideas manifest in my mind freely and I see so much that I want to create, but then the next morning I cant recall that state of mind or bring myself to want to put it onto paper.
I don't know what the resistance is but I wish it wasnt there, I wish I could just be creative on the spot. Maybe I need to plan out my drawings more analytically and compromise so that at the very least I'm being creative. I'm a game designer and this is how my brain operates normally: Boundless creative ideation in my head over many days / weeks and then analytically piecing together a system to make that fun manifest. But drawing (same issue with writing music) is so much more creativity on demand which I have so much resistance around. I wish I knew why
I would keep a sketchbook next to your bed and do a quick, rough sketch when you get these ideas. Like 1-2 mins Max. You won’t be able to recreate what you imagined exactly BUT you will create a visual bridge to the mindset that you had when you had those ideas. It’s kinda like a dream journal but with pictures. Wishing you the best!
I think I found a weird balance between learning and having fun, for me creating well rendered characters is what gave me happiness. So, I just started with it and I would kinda figure out things as I go. Whenever I would be having issues I would kinda try to overcome problems by hammering it over and over again. I don't really know if it's a healthy process or not but for now that's what I do. Would you suggest any kind of change or any modification to the process that would help me improve better?
When I first learn to draw, I draw nothing but the fundamentals. A bunch of shapes, perspective, and nothing more, because I told myself that I wasn't ready to draw those things that I wanted. Ohh how foolish have I been
Nice video, when you say drawing what you want first then noticing and fixing what you need to fix do you mean drawing without reference? Cause I practice and draw the things i like both using reference but when I try to draw without it that's when all my problems start lol
I mostly draw without reference anyway… So I don’t have a lot of experience with the difference between reference versus no reference. But I do use this same idea for when I do look up reference (I wait until I realise I don’t know how to draw something before I look for ref)
What I mean by noticing what needs fixing, and then going looking for answers- could relate to anything art related. For instance if we consider colour theory and usage… if we dive in and create brown mush (not what we want) this gives us a point of failure. We can now go looking for colour theory and exercises to help understand how colour theory might apply to what we are doing. We might look for a limited pallet… try doing some studies. And now this information will (imho) be more useful to our regular artistic practice. Vs trying to study colour on its own in an abstract manner.
Start with your goal in mind and see what areas of theory are lacking when you try to achieve it!
@@Tim-Mcburnie ahh ok thanks.I feel if i don't know how to draw something i should look at reference first then try drawing without reference. I have slight aphantasia so its hard for me to just draw without physically seeing anything first. I can first visualize maybe 10-20% of what I want to draw vs kim jung gi who was able to visualize 40-60%.
Could you make a video about breaking into the industry?
Yeah that’s a great topic. Which industry in particular are you thinking of? There’s a lot of things that could be said about this… It would be great to get your advice on what questions or ideas you would like me to address!
I can definitely create a video talking about my experiences breaking into the industry of comic books and entertainment (concept, art/visual development/etc). But let me know what else you had in mind.
@@Tim-Mcburnie For me personally questions I’d have would be what bare minimum skill level must you be at, things to expect when working in for example concept art and maybe talk about your experience getting into the industry how you started and challenges one might face
Also thank your responding your videos are a great help