Oh snapppp here's this week's TH-cam Art School episode. Lads, spend a few minutes with me as we discuss happiness. Much deep content. How you doing though? How's your art been? How's your happiness level? 😤 Don't mind sharing, I read all comments! PEACE OUT (who says that still?) Also don't forget to have an absolutely wonderful weekend of I'll ban you from next week's episode.
I have recently been trying out daily doodles again and scheduling my months to have a direct focus I think I just got out of an art block, this is so fun and I’ll def continue this system, it has proved to keep me motivated for the next day and make sure I know I’m improving.
I have a harder problem when I see your videos, and that is the lenguage, because I'm from Chile and Spanish is my first lenguage. But now I realize that I have learned how to be a better artist and English at the same time, and that makes me happy 😁
@@julio44164 You are not alone. I'm from Russia, didn't learn english in school. If I need to learn some thing by my self, I need to understeand English speech. So here we are, in Marc's channal. Teach art by the whole world.
Lately something that got in my way of happiness has been working hard every day making high quality art commissions and having my client not appreciate the time and effort I put into it. Getting paid too little for it. It made me want to quit. So I am rebranding to find customers who appreciate the quality instead of fussing over the cost x) cross your fingers it’ll work. Even if I’m just starting out with the process it already feels better. Working in a way where I feel respected and appreciated.. thanks Marc for sharing this! I am on the path ✨🥳
Then you can think of other people as your weapons, armor, equipment, items, pets, etc. It's hard to fight the level 75 Abbysal Lord with nothing on, and if we will ever kill it, we will need help. I.E. weapons and armor. The better the other people are (the higher their level) the more possible it becomes to kill the boss. Hope this helps visualize the same concept, but slightly differently:)
One piece of advice: Sometimes the problem may go beyond just having good encouraging methods, if you are unable to do the things you enjoy despite trying this advice, you should consider the possibility of being actually depressed, the lack of enjoyment in the things you love is called "anhedonia" and is 1 of 3 defining criteria for depression. Depression can have both a psychological or organic background. So, guys just remember, if nothing seems to motivate you, its probably not your fault, just call your doctor or psychologist and get evaluated...
I have CPTSD and ADHD and I don't make art very often. I'm glad that I can at least watch videos and find inspiration online, though! Hopefully once I start feeling better I'll start making art more often.
@@rainmeru that really sucks. I'm really sry to hear that. Universal healthcare should be a right for everyone. I was fortunate enough that my family is supporting me. I'm currently in the midst of transcranial electromagnetic therapy along with psicotherapy. It's been a long road, but things have gotten better :) I really hope you can find the help you need as soon as possible :(
11:36 That's what exactly how I feel! I bought myself an expensive sketchbook so that I can draw alot of epic stuff, but turned out that I can draw better on normal A4 paper than the sketchbook due to the fear of screwing it up!
I've got to say, since discovering and watching Marc's videos a little over two months ago, my artwork has improved more than I could have believed. His TH-cam Artschool is something I refer people to often due to how much they've helped me personally.
since we are talking rpg terms i like the idea that breaking down/red lining references levels up wisdom/perception, drawing from reference levels up dexterity/hand eye coordination, drawing from memory levels up intelligence and drawing from imagination levels up charisma
@@frixkingly507 constitution would be drawing for as many hours as you can. idk what strength would be maybe getting good at pen pressure control or drawing with your shoulder but those could still fall under dex only other thing i can think of is using a heavy pen or an arm weight while you draw lol
A tip, you need lots of these to counter different traps: If you can't stay consistent (discounting no time/resources), it's probably because you don't see positive results for your efforts. To counter that, try adding an immediate reward AFTER drawing. To become one of those guys that draws 24/7 you MUST have some immediate gratification - this is the ingredient to addiction lmao. That's why people that are already ripped say they "love the gym". No one would if they never saw results and were just causing pain to themselves. To transition from a fat guy to a ripped dude is the hardest part, which is mostly done by tryharding. Another way to prevent frustration is to tune your expectations vs efforts, but I haven't found any success there.
I know his comment is 2 years old, but hey, it doesn't hurt to comment. I started drawing everyday this month and I'll continue for a few years because it's what I truly want. It's been 2 weeks and after a few days of stressing, a few friends have told me to calm down and they made me realize exactly what your comment states. It's that I don't get that instant reward when I'm done drawing or practicing. With math, it's getting the answer right after a long equation, with reading a book, it's finishing a chapter or maybe even being done with the book, watching a youtube video till the end. What is the equivalent to this in art? I've been mentally drained the past few days and I've slowly gotten better at practicing but I would surely love it more if I could unlock the secrets to that gratification after being done.
@@umberumbreon9190 The reward is exactly what u think it is - a drawing you can look at and like it just as much as others' works. Now when ur bad and cant produce good art, there are some ways to force it: - focus on studies first so you don't spend 3 hours just on sketching an eye. Proficiency = fun. At one point ur skill will surpass your expectations and it will then be fun. - have some time for casual/ for fun art - draw what you WANT. If its too hard, try just studies of the stuff u want to draw or try simpler styles you can kinda do. - it takes at least a year (cuz you dont have the perfect system of studying) to kinda start to like drawing (3 for me lmao) (some are lucky and are safisfied drawing stickmen too) - deliberate practice for 3hrs max, no need for 8hrs.
@@kecho4125 Thank you very much for your feedback, it's highly appreciated. I'm somewhat of an analytically person so might be tough, but I know I'll eventually enjoy it. Thanks!
Honestly, a lot of people like to compare certain characters that usually look NOTHING alike , it can be very annoying for some artist especially when the persons OC character thats being compared to another looks nothing like each other 👹
Art challenges are very helpful to me. Since three years I do Inktober and Mer May. I post the prompt list as soon as they appear and let my facebook friends to choose one. Then I draw them as a character of choosen prompt. I feel my skill is not good enough to earn money for myself, but below every art I paste account number of local animal shelter, and if drawned person is happy with my work, he/she may pay any amount of support for those dogs and cats. And it's additional motivation - if I'm lazy, no money for poor pets.
I feel like I needed this. I’ve been practicing my drawings for a few months but my anatomy still sucks. It’s like it won’t get better but I know that practice makes progress not perfect
My tip is to just start really observing how body parts look in different positions. For me my anatomy skills didn't start kicking off until I started observing my family members and just people around me, for example, how their leg looked like when they are sitting. It's great because it's a passive thing you can do because I'll admit, I don't draw as much as I should but observing and retaining information made it so I got better at anatomy even though I wasn't drawing a lot. I hope that helps, and keep working at it you'll get better I believe in you:)
@@ghostlyyin another tip as a follow up, when ur trying to study anatomy, don't learn all at once, it'll make your learning clutter. For example, ur learning hands, just focus on hands. From observing, breaking it down to parts, studying the form of a hand so u can draw it in perspective. Just like a book, chapter by chapter. Don't take in too fast or too slow or you'll never learn anything. Gesture drawing in other hand is essential to understand a human body, it's related to learning anatomy but in this case you're focusing the movement of a body in perspective and it's very practical. You don't need to do it everyday but at least train once a week for gesture drawing. If you feel it's hard to even draw anything and it's hindering your studies, draw straight lines and shapes. Always take time to draw them. It'll help to grow you to draw lines confidently. When drawing shapes, always find the centre line because it improves your understanding of form and perspective. Line confidence is important because it improves the quality of your learning since you can draw the detail the way you intended. Hairy lines? You're in for a long time. Unless you have good understanding of fundamentals, learning anything without basics won't get you anywhere. It's like reading with little to no understand on how to read alphabets. So start slowly, then expand. Lastly but most importantly, always use references to study. Then test yourself how much have you learnt by drawing a new artwork then compare it to your last artwork. From there, you can analyze what have you accomplish. Always criticize yourself. Not self-loathing yourself. They are 2 different things. Hope you have an enjoyable journey, dear young artist! take care.
I needed to hear all of this so badly right at this moment. It's so easy to lose sight of our own goals as artists, specially when necessity comes along and one feels insufficient, but it's good to be reminded of our goals. Thank you for the amazing video as always.
@Marc The part where you mentioned if you can only dedicate 2 min out of the day was very encouraging. I’m currently 30, have had a passion/interest in drawing but never stuck with it or even knew where to start. I’m currently almost two years into my self taught learning and really only have time during my lunch breaks since I work full time. I was just beating myself up for wishing I had more time to practice and learn. So just hearing you mention that gave me more determination to not give up or be discouraged with how little of time I have in the day learn/practice.
For what I can offer, the best way I learned to get more invested into Art coming from an extremely lazy background was to surround myself more with the content, most people I speak too actively are Artists and I stuck to that for soooo long thanks to lockdown that its weird for me not to go a day without drawing, even if its just a few things like nose studies of folds I still get stuff done my lifestyle now revolves so heavily around Art I feel anxious when I go periods without drawing, I think for people who really want this stuff a lifestyle change is something I'd consider especially if your looking at going pro.
My autism make the procrastination demons so much worse and I was physically sick of depression for “being a failure “ and not doing anything I feel so guilty. I always feel so anxious about starting doing art I can also never seem to find my way into really making friends ( irl and online ) I was so much better in school when there were people to push me. But I can’t just not do art it is my life goal
Fr whenever I'm unsatisfied and depressed about my art I'm just back to Marc again, because he's the only person who can speak my mind and just have titles that really catch my attention!!
Thank you for this! I just finished uni and had to get a full time job (NOT ART RELATED) . Before that, I drew and studied around 12-13 hours a day. Now, I don't have that time anymore, but still I draw 30 minutes on subway, then on lunch I draw 1 hour (I do observational drawing since I go and eat outside, or I simply draw my co-workers). At 5 when I finish, I draw again for 30 minutes in the subway. I arrive home at 6, have dinner etc and I STILL study or simply draw for at least 3 hours, and at 11pm I go sleep. It's not exhausting, it's all about managing time and FINDING time for what you really love. And I do hope that one day, all this work will pay off.
i dont usually comment but man i feel like this might be the most important video ive come across on your channel. i can apply this to everything in my life fr
I'm just going through a bad time and I had not drawn for 8 months, yesterday I finally encouraged myself to get back. this video came at a perfect time thanks you
I have been working for about 10 years as an interface designer and graphic designer, I don't draw a lot with my hands, but it was my desire to draw that led me into design. I work late every day and I have almost no energy for anything else, but I open my drawing and draw at least some of it. Thank you Mark as always for the inspiration, he says very right things.
I can rely so much on this video because it's (more or less) exactly what I'm trying to do since I started art again ! Focus on my strenghts instead of my weaknesses, do something art related everyday, take it easy and drawing things I enjoy and feel comfortable with, and simply have fun ! Did great to me, reconcilied my heart with my art ! Thanks you for this video !
Doing small steps at a time really helped me. Drawing characters is so compkex! Anatomy, expression, shading, lighting, compostion... But taking a few days to learn shading a Ball or shaping trees? Those tasks are really motivating because you can see the progress and don't feel overwhelmed.
I haven't feel motivated these days, watching your videos help me a lot on my journey and I know everything will be better. So thank you, for everything
From MMO player perspective. Practice art is like grinding the level in monster field and to achieve some technique like "how to draw .... " is more like doing a raid boss(blind run), figuring out some of boss mechanic > make progress and got wipe then do it again till you beat it then move to the next raid.
Thanks Marc, I find your videos so inspiring and useful. I've been drawing since I can remember but always thought I couldn't do anything with it so in one point I stopped doing it, thinking I wasn't good enough anyway. Now I'm 28 and I'm trying to focus on being better and practice so one day I can make a living of it :) Usually when I don't find myself in the mood for drawing I just watch one of your videos or another's youtube artist and I learn a lot, I'm so greatful.
I love the analogies you make between drawing and video games. As someone who loves video games it really helped me understand exactly the point you were making
Recently I have been considering quitting art mainly because it doesn't sustain the way my life is currently going. I have been wanting to shelf all my art materials, sketchbook and tablet to somewhere I can see because my methods and attempts aren't working out as much as I thought they do. It really is very hard to see that we are being too hard on ourselves especially if there is no one to point it out and being alone most of the time to add to that. This video is what I needed and we all need that reminder from time to time. Thank you Marc this might have just saved me. Bless you and your content.
I work a shitty job from 9 AM to 6 PM, and when I'm done I just feel so tired that I can't draw. I want it to be a relaxing thing but since I suck and I'm still learning the basics, everytime I draw I want to be focused to improve at things. So if I just sit down and do it I end up stressing myself more cause I can't focus.
I can relate. Shitty manual labor job that starts at 5:30 AM, so I gotta wake up at around 4:00 AM just so I can get ready and commute. By the time I get home and finally have some free time to improve myself on anything all I want to do is sleep 😩
Hey there, we can't always choose our jobs. And they can be stressful. But if you are in a situation that drains your energy away from things, that you want to enjoy, I think the question is not how to do art but rather how to improve / change your life regarding your qualification or the job itself. :-) Don't worry about being an artist. For most of us, it's a nice hobby - and sorry: nothing more. And if you like your job and it pays well: It's okay to suck at art. Relax. You don't need to be a swiss army knife. The older you get, the least time you have. Prioritise and enjoy the few things fully. :-) Took me a bit longer until I acknowledged that for myself. (:
A few days ago I watched a video about meditation for artists where a guy talked about just drawing lines and shapes without thinking and without the goal of creating a masterpiece. He said that it could help people relax while drawing. I tried it myself and it really worked. I drew without thinking and i only used lines and circles and it was really relaxing and fun. The final drawing looks crazy and even though the result doesn't matter, since it's all about the meditation, I really like the look of it. AND your hand still gets some practice. Maybe you can give this method of relaxing while drawing a try. Hope it'll help you.
This video has made you my favorite artist on TH-cam! my endgame is to be a good Mangaka! i feel i can have a good time pushing towards that now. (PS i say peace out still too)
I became really happy as an artist thanks to you! I learned how to anatomy and it had been a LONG time since i had last drawn, now I was able to draw my friend as a pirate thanks to the daily lessons that i am taking from you, so thank you so much, you saved my artistic life!! I am eager to draw more and more and I am even planning to make my own YT channel! Thank you so much, you are the best!!! Edit: You helped me become WAY BETTER in literally 2 months!!!
I remember just how much progress I was able to do and how quickly I improved when I was part of a small group of other artists. Learning together, doing small events, exchanging art, "chatting" by doing various comics about each other. Or just sitting in a screen share call, being able to chat and see what everyone is working on. Sadly everyone moved on, and the difference now is night and day. Im only able to create maybe 1 or 2 drawings at best, where before I felt motivated to make many times over that amount, with better detail. Its sadly not always that simple to find new people to progress together with.
I wasn’t going to watch this video but I’m sitting at work and need some decent bg noise so I turned it on. I royally don’t regret it. You’ve hit on a lot of things that I’ve struggled with so much through the years that forcing myself to sit down for art has turned into a chore and lost the enjoyment. I barely ever do it though I know I want to. Thank you! I couldn’t find a patreon or anything but I would’ve totally paid for this video. If I’m just missing it somehow lmk, and I’ll get to it ASAP. Thank you so much!
The easy mode tip is great. However, the thing that always makes art harder is that it's really rough on your body. Neck pains, wrist pains, arm pains, back pains, hell even jaw pains. And headaches. There's always resistance towards drawing because drawing means pain. By the way, I downloaded your brushes and they finally gave me ideas as to how I can make one that'll feel natural to me. So thank you a lot for that. I've been struggling to make a proper brush.
That 5th tip is the real thing. Worked like a charm for me when I first came across it years ago. Even if I dont do anything from tips 1 to 4... 8 out of 10 times I end up drawing something if the sketchbook/tools are just easily accessible
I finally got my first digital tablet after being a traditional artist for almost 20 years and I just have to say, I absolutely love your channel. Your advice about keeping cheap notebooks around the house is a GAME CHANGER!!!!! I used to only buy expensive Moleskines and I could never bring myself to draw in them for the same reasons you mentioned! Now I just go to the dollar store and grab a few cheap $1 notepads and I am on my way! Thank you so much for all of your tips and tricks. I really appreciate you!
justo cuando estaba perdiendo la motivacion y la felicidad en aprender a dibujar llega Marquitos con un video nuevo sobre eso,gracias hermanito,te quiero mucho!.
@Road Music bastante bien,estoy estudiando mucho el libro de cabezas y manos de loomis y a veces copio dibujos para aprender o controlar mas el trazo pero estoy bien lo llevo tranquilo y estoy contento,a vos como te esta yendo? Estas motivado?
@Road Music sii es buenisimo,lo recomiendo pero en fisico,comprar el libro y estudiarlo,a veces me cuesta mucho el estudio del pivote del cuello y los movimientos de la cabeza,pero creo que la practica y insistencia es la idea Pd: no pasa nada tomate tu tiempo. Me encantan los videos de Marc,no se mucho ingles pero hago el esfuerzo para entender todo y si,la idea de dibujar es estudiar pero mas lo es pasarlo bien y divertirse,a mi me encanta copiar dibujos o estilos,de juegos,anime,manga,series etc etc me gusta muchisimo,he aprendido a controlar el trazo asi,copiando mucho y entendiendo composicion y sombras.
Thanks, Sir. I lost interest on art a year ago and its really hard to get back on track. now I'm suck at everything, anatomy, coloring, and lines especially . Thanks for this video it boost my confident to do art again and do commissions again, maybe...
I would love to see the option to the Spanish sub, I think there's a lot of artists that don't speak English and these videos would be gold to them and more views for you too, un abrazo grande desde Mexico crack
If it's anything usually I'm too locked up with mental demons to do anything. Just watching your videos nudged me a bit.. Then I downloaded your brush set; which I literally got an update about like an hour ago! But.. Even with tears rolling down my face I still really love these brushes enough to draw things with them. Even if I half can't see what I'm doing. Better than nothing though for certain. I also make sure to let your ads roll.
I am an art student for 7 years in total now and Ive had a wacom for 4 years but decided to recently use it. My daily quests are studies, studies, STUDIES. And the skills I have on paper transfer seamlessly which I did not expect.
Very conveniently timed video to come across too! I just practicing studying how to draw heads and eyes in particular angles and was feeling very frustrated and like I wasn't making the progress I thought I was previously. This video really helped put things into perspective and remind me that getting frustrated would only hinder my growth and that I do art to have fun and should enjoy the journey of practicing skills more rather than rushing it and eventually getting burnt out.
Thank you so much for this I really need that I was thinking of giving up on art after years of drawing because I was procrastinating and having a hard time dealing with it I even stopped for like 2 months then draw one then do it over and over again but longer breaks When i binge your video (the art school playlist) I was having fun drawing again because I was drawing while watching you Thankk you for helping me get back to my passion
I really needed this. I am seriously just starting out from the ground up. And the stress and anxiety of wanting to be able to make awesome art and show it to my friends... only to not be at that point in the first place. Which... can lead me to not be motivated, appreciate the video today!
I stopped doing art for a while now and it's not a good feeling (TwT) It's true that once you stop, it will be harder to get back to it. Thank you senpai for the amazing tips. I hope to see more of this type of art therapy video.
I think developing a community is still needed to happiness. I know what to do, I know all the theory (I'm a bookworm) and I need now to use it... but I'm finding difficult to do it without money, and I need a community for that.
Thank you Marc! I'm an architect from our country but I feel like wanting to make art as a career eversince I got my digital pen last year. Thank you for all the advices and tips, keep safe!
I always keep a plain piece of paper, pencil and eraser on my desk. That way, it's absolutely no trouble when I feel like drawing or want to quickly sketch something while carrying on with my day.
It took me many years of the 15 years I’ve been drawing to figure out what I wanted out of my art. The beginning was all about improving and learning to be the best I could be. My main focus for YEARS was to have a career in art in some form. A couple of years ago I started my design studio as a means to make money; I wanted it to become my full time job. I obsessed over it, only drawing what I thought would make me money or only drawing what would gain me followers and likes. I didn’t draw what I wanted to draw and I hated it. It started to make drawing feel like a chore. I didn’t want to draw but I kept doing it for the fear of losing what I’ve been working for. Art is my life, an outlet from reality and something I’m really good at. Finally, last year I re-evaluated my priorities with art and realized that I don’t want a career in art. I don’t want to feel like something so important to me has to become work. Since that realization, I now draw only for me. Not for money, or a following, but because I love it so much. My art has improved even more as well as the frequency. I draw what I enjoy 100% of the time. I do still have an Instagram and I do still post my art, but I don’t obsess over how many likes or exposure I get off of that art. I fell in love with my craft again and all it took was fully understanding what I wanted from my art work. Simply put, I do art because of my love for my art and because of the joy it brings myself. Nothing more.
Every time I don't feel motivated I just watch your videos like this one, your advises always boost my motivation, it is always worth it to stop by in your channel
im almost quitting learning anatomy until the #shorts in youtube that i saw a video drawing anatomy that gave me my motivation back and this video helps me again too.
Good video Marc, always on point and easy to understand. I'm my opinion the easy mode is the most important factor, who you are and what limit you to progress, sometimes is your own problem affecting you to finding happiness like procrastination, sometimes is outside factors that make you miserable and make you lose motivation. Is important to self reflect to find a way to the problems that limit your progress to happiness. As always wonderull video!
Thank you so much for this video! I have been having problems with my art, and this video was really helpful! I will be taking all of this advice to heart and try my best. I love your videos and all of the effort you put into them! You are an amazing person and I hope you have a great day!
Thanks for that. My motivation is literally myself. I am sorrounded by art I love in my room(have posters everywhere) and as my wallpapers on my phone. I just generally want to finally give these images, idea and scenarios in my head a form, I want to give them life which is basically my biggest motivation. Thanks a ton for your help!!!
I never had a long term goal. Basically got me to stop even trying to draw anything and get better for nearly 15y. Only drawing sporadically. Now I've been back at it almost every evening, watching streams and tutorials and doing random practices and it greatly motivated me making new things. This tutorial series helped a ton too. So thank you!
Really good points! Now I'm thinking about getting a bunch of cheap sketchbooks and more mechanical pencils and other things for drawing and scattering them all around the house and putting one in my bag as well, for when I go out of the house and might want to doodle while socializing with people (that are usually watching tv and I couldn't care less about it).
legitimately the voice part is just so relatable. i’m literally always like, “ehh maybe later” and then its already tomorrow and i havent drawn anything. art is mental games 90% of the time.
Great tips Marc! Motivation and especially happiness can get overlooked so fast art. I think what makes me happy and enjoying art is also having a good lifestyle, meaning to regularly do some sport or get fresh air, cook healthy dinner and other stuff. It has improved my general happiness so much.
I bet Marc will heart this comment. I appreciate the tips, Marc. I just 'leveled up' in my art this past week, and my motivation has never been greater. Your videos also inspire me to draw, so thank you! Keep it up, you rock!
I am glad that I found this video on the front page. This really helps to motivate me to do art because I'm lazy and I didn't do a drawing practice last week but now I can push my mindset to do art. Also your tutorials really helps me.
And yet again a topic i needed right now 😊 The little voice of ‘You’ve been at it for 5 years, what makes this year different?’ Took over for a bit, time to push it away and pick up the pen again!
its like you read my mind with these videos and personal feelings i deal with these days ;_; thank you for these videos, it means so much to us that you provide these for free. its really helping me get back on track after a huge art slump thats lasted like a year. but i truly believe i can get over it with your help
I just recently paid the class fee and I just realized how much of a steal it is like, YOUR CLASSES IS WORTH MORE THAN THE CLASS FEE , I'm very thankful for you Marc Brunet for making professional classes and advice for free it really helps a ton of artists out there. You're one of my art heroes
As someone who is trying to learn digital art completely online/on my own I can really get in my own head about not being as experienced as professional artists. This was really motivating and considering that a lot of my inspiration comes from RPG style games I really loved the central theme to all the advice. thanks so much for these amazing videos!
The advice is super helpful! I believe everything can be learned with enough time given, but it's crucial to stay consistent and not lose motivation. THE ARTWORK THOUGH, their expressions?! The magic?! So detailed and immersive!
These intros make me happy. But in all seriousness, I love this and I can seriously relate to this and it helps me so much. Thank you Mr. Marc. Stay AWESOME sir 💯💯💯💯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Best video Ever! I got HUGE motivation back just by listening to your tips and writing them down as a reminder! I've always been a fan of you since day 1 💖
Aw, man. I really needed to hear all of this. I've been struggling with my art for a while now but, mostly, I've been struggling a lot with my motivation to create. I'm more of a hobbyist when it comes to art as I don't plan on making a living out of it, so I don't really have like a long term plan other than just improving my skills as I go, if that counts? Which is a very slow process since I'm slow at making actual significant progress most of the time, partly because I don't do art everyday. I'm also a fan-artist (meaning that technically a 100% of my art is fanart) so my other potential motivation would be to continue creating contents for that part of the fandom I'm part of, because I really like creating for those characters I normally draw and sharing that with other fans, especially since that part of the fandom I'm in is not 'as popular' in comparison to others. The 'problem' with this is that my works never really get much attention, not even those that I spent days working on, so that kind of takes a toll on my motivation at the end of the day. Kinda like "no point in getting a new piece out if only a few folks are going to even look at it", so I feel no real motivation to spend 6+ hours on a piece when I can already see the final picture in my head, looking exactly how I want it to look like, and also knowing that, with my current art level, I probably wouldn't be able to achieve that result anyway. All this paired up with some other personal stuff (and what I feel could be undiagnosed dysthymia). Kind of a vicious circle in the end, I guess 😩 I still intend to put all the advice in the video in practice, though! Hopefully it will help me out of this funky loop I'm in.
this does help, and gives me a few ideas to try! i seriously have trouble making friends though. whenever i try to join an art community or make an art friend, people already have their own friends, connections and i'm never included, even if i try to make the first move or be assertive. i need to find other lonely artists, but i'm not sure where to look.
Oh snapppp here's this week's TH-cam Art School episode. Lads, spend a few minutes with me as we discuss happiness. Much deep content. How you doing though? How's your art been? How's your happiness level? 😤 Don't mind sharing, I read all comments! PEACE OUT (who says that still?) Also don't forget to have an absolutely wonderful weekend of I'll ban you from next week's episode.
I have recently been trying out daily doodles again and scheduling my months to have a direct focus
I think I just got out of an art block, this is so fun and I’ll def continue this system, it has proved to keep me motivated for the next day and make sure I know I’m improving.
I have a harder problem when I see your videos, and that is the lenguage, because I'm from Chile and Spanish is my first lenguage. But now I realize that I have learned how to be a better artist and English at the same time, and that makes me happy 😁
@@julio44164 You are not alone. I'm from Russia, didn't learn english in school. If I need to learn some thing by my self, I need to understeand English speech. So here we are, in Marc's channal.
Teach art by the whole world.
Lately something that got in my way of happiness has been working hard every day making high quality art commissions and having my client not appreciate the time and effort I put into it. Getting paid too little for it. It made me want to quit. So I am rebranding to find customers who appreciate the quality instead of fussing over the cost x) cross your fingers it’ll work. Even if I’m just starting out with the process it already feels better. Working in a way where I feel respected and appreciated.. thanks Marc for sharing this! I am on the path ✨🥳
@@julio44164 Click on the auto-translate option? It's almost always available ;)
Marc planning the videos:
80% for the Intro
20% Something about Art
I understand that reference!
The reference, tho
@@mikeoxlong1395 Tim Ferris deserves a cookie for this!
@@2dmajor999 HUh, i can't see my comment. I get my innocuous comment removed while the spammer still stays. TH-cam hard at work, i see.
Glad he has his 80/20 priorities correct
Your intros are enough to make everyone happy! 😂
Yes I agree
XD
I Agree
11:50 "Dont set high expectations for yourself, take it easy" needed to hear this! thank you🥺
hard pill to swallow: not every drawing has to be your best one yet
"Like in a game, join a party!"
Me, who prefers solo games: 👁👄👁
Then you can think of other people as your weapons, armor, equipment, items, pets, etc. It's hard to fight the level 75 Abbysal Lord with nothing on, and if we will ever kill it, we will need help. I.E. weapons and armor. The better the other people are (the higher their level) the more possible it becomes to kill the boss. Hope this helps visualize the same concept, but slightly differently:)
@@lukemalizzo1685 wahaha thats one way to put it! i'll definitely keep that in mind when trying to get into the art community 😁
single players rise up
Marc teaching us not only how to be better artists, but healthy artists as well. Glad I paid the price of 1 like and 1 sub, its a total steal!
One piece of advice:
Sometimes the problem may go beyond just having good encouraging methods, if you are unable to do the things you enjoy despite trying this advice, you should consider the possibility of being actually depressed, the lack of enjoyment in the things you love is called "anhedonia" and is 1 of 3 defining criteria for depression.
Depression can have both a psychological or organic background.
So, guys just remember, if nothing seems to motivate you, its probably not your fault, just call your doctor or psychologist and get evaluated...
@@scammers8124 can you please stop
I don't even know what Cubebrush is
I have CPTSD and ADHD and I don't make art very often. I'm glad that I can at least watch videos and find inspiration online, though! Hopefully once I start feeling better I'll start making art more often.
then there's me who can't get professional help 😭
@@rainmeru that really sucks. I'm really sry to hear that.
Universal healthcare should be a right for everyone.
I was fortunate enough that my family is supporting me.
I'm currently in the midst of transcranial electromagnetic therapy along with psicotherapy. It's been a long road, but things have gotten better :)
I really hope you can find the help you need as soon as possible :(
Marc: "Join a community!"
Me, an Antisocial *sweats profusely*
Community? Ha. Who needs that when you have... Depression?😭🤣
even more so when almost all art communities are toxic af
Yep, how can u get artistic friends online while going through depression?? If you know, please tell me
11:36 That's what exactly how I feel! I bought myself an expensive sketchbook so that I can draw alot of epic stuff, but turned out that I can draw better on normal A4 paper than the sketchbook due to the fear of screwing it up!
Yesss! I can relate so much 😅
I've got to say, since discovering and watching Marc's videos a little over two months ago, my artwork has improved more than I could have believed. His TH-cam Artschool is something I refer people to often due to how much they've helped me personally.
Me: I should finish that piece I’ve spent days on...
Brain: Watch 3 hours of TH-cam.
Me: .... dang it
but 3 hours is still not enough to watch artschool weekly stream
It's totally me x)
brain: I WANNA MAKE ART!!! RIGHT NOW
wait Uhm ima do tomorrow
later
IM ANGRY I REGRET WATCHING YT INSTEAD OF IMPROVING ART!!!!111!1!!
Story of my life
Why not do both? Video/Audio in background or on another monitor :>
since we are talking rpg terms i like the idea that breaking down/red lining references levels up wisdom/perception, drawing from reference levels up dexterity/hand eye coordination, drawing from memory levels up intelligence and drawing from imagination levels up charisma
That’s actually a pretty neat way of thinking about it-
My dood 🙃
I know this is a year later, but I need to know. What is Strength and Constitution?
@@frixkingly507 constitution would be drawing for as many hours as you can. idk what strength would be maybe getting good at pen pressure control or drawing with your shoulder but those could still fall under dex only other thing i can think of is using a heavy pen or an arm weight while you draw lol
A tip, you need lots of these to counter different traps: If you can't stay consistent (discounting no time/resources), it's probably because you don't see positive results for your efforts.
To counter that, try adding an immediate reward AFTER drawing. To become one of those guys that draws 24/7 you MUST have some immediate gratification - this is the ingredient to addiction lmao.
That's why people that are already ripped say they "love the gym". No one would if they never saw results and were just causing pain to themselves. To transition from a fat guy to a ripped dude is the hardest part, which is mostly done by tryharding.
Another way to prevent frustration is to tune your expectations vs efforts, but I haven't found any success there.
I know his comment is 2 years old, but hey, it doesn't hurt to comment. I started drawing everyday this month and I'll continue for a few years because it's what I truly want. It's been 2 weeks and after a few days of stressing, a few friends have told me to calm down and they made me realize exactly what your comment states. It's that I don't get that instant reward when I'm done drawing or practicing. With math, it's getting the answer right after a long equation, with reading a book, it's finishing a chapter or maybe even being done with the book, watching a youtube video till the end. What is the equivalent to this in art? I've been mentally drained the past few days and I've slowly gotten better at practicing but I would surely love it more if I could unlock the secrets to that gratification after being done.
@@umberumbreon9190
The reward is exactly what u think it is - a drawing you can look at and like it just as much as others' works. Now when ur bad and cant produce good art, there are some ways to force it:
- focus on studies first so you don't spend 3 hours just on sketching an eye. Proficiency = fun. At one point ur skill will surpass your expectations and it will then be fun.
- have some time for casual/ for fun art - draw what you WANT. If its too hard, try just studies of the stuff u want to draw or try simpler styles you can kinda do.
- it takes at least a year (cuz you dont have the perfect system of studying) to kinda start to like drawing (3 for me lmao) (some are lucky and are safisfied drawing stickmen too)
- deliberate practice for 3hrs max, no need for 8hrs.
@@kecho4125 Thank you very much for your feedback, it's highly appreciated. I'm somewhat of an analytically person so might be tough, but I know I'll eventually enjoy it. Thanks!
im afraid that the skeleton is going to take marc's place in few days
0:06 when someone compares my ocs to existing characters
Honestly, a lot of people like to compare certain characters that usually look NOTHING alike , it can be very annoying for some artist especially when the persons OC character thats being compared to another looks nothing like each other 👹
Art challenges are very helpful to me. Since three years I do Inktober and Mer May. I post the prompt list as soon as they appear and let my facebook friends to choose one. Then I draw them as a character of choosen prompt. I feel my skill is not good enough to earn money for myself, but below every art I paste account number of local animal shelter, and if drawned person is happy with my work, he/she may pay any amount of support for those dogs and cats. And it's additional motivation - if I'm lazy, no money for poor pets.
I feel like I needed this. I’ve been practicing my drawings for a few months but my anatomy still sucks. It’s like it won’t get better but I know that practice makes progress not perfect
My tip is to just start really observing how body parts look in different positions.
For me my anatomy skills didn't start kicking off until I started observing my family members and just people around me, for example, how their leg looked like when they are sitting.
It's great because it's a passive thing you can do because I'll admit, I don't draw as much as I should but observing and retaining information made it so I got better at anatomy even though I wasn't drawing a lot.
I hope that helps, and keep working at it you'll get better I believe in you:)
@@Cry_Neon6250 aye! Ty for the tips. I’ll make sure to apply them in my studies 🙏🏿✨
@@ghostlyyin another tip as a follow up, when ur trying to study anatomy, don't learn all at once, it'll make your learning clutter. For example, ur learning hands, just focus on hands. From observing, breaking it down to parts, studying the form of a hand so u can draw it in perspective. Just like a book, chapter by chapter. Don't take in too fast or too slow or you'll never learn anything.
Gesture drawing in other hand is essential to understand a human body, it's related to learning anatomy but in this case you're focusing the movement of a body in perspective and it's very practical. You don't need to do it everyday but at least train once a week for gesture drawing.
If you feel it's hard to even draw anything and it's hindering your studies, draw straight lines and shapes. Always take time to draw them. It'll help to grow you to draw lines confidently. When drawing shapes, always find the centre line because it improves your understanding of form and perspective. Line confidence is important because it improves the quality of your learning since you can draw the detail the way you intended. Hairy lines? You're in for a long time. Unless you have good understanding of fundamentals, learning anything without basics won't get you anywhere. It's like reading with little to no understand on how to read alphabets. So start slowly, then expand.
Lastly but most importantly, always use references to study. Then test yourself how much have you learnt by drawing a new artwork then compare it to your last artwork. From there, you can analyze what have you accomplish. Always criticize yourself. Not self-loathing yourself. They are 2 different things.
Hope you have an enjoyable journey, dear young artist! take care.
@@Amirul9339 thanks for the advice! I really needed to hear this right about now
I needed to hear all of this so badly right at this moment.
It's so easy to lose sight of our own goals as artists, specially when necessity comes along and one feels insufficient, but it's good to be reminded of our goals.
Thank you for the amazing video as always.
I feel you!
@Marc
The part where you mentioned if you can only dedicate 2 min out of the day was very encouraging. I’m currently 30, have had a passion/interest in drawing but never stuck with it or even knew where to start. I’m currently almost two years into my self taught learning and really only have time during my lunch breaks since I work full time. I was just beating myself up for wishing I had more time to practice and learn. So just hearing you mention that gave me more determination to not give up or be discouraged with how little of time I have in the day learn/practice.
For what I can offer, the best way I learned to get more invested into Art coming from an extremely lazy background was to surround myself more with the content, most people I speak too actively are Artists and I stuck to that for soooo long thanks to lockdown that its weird for me not to go a day without drawing, even if its just a few things like nose studies of folds I still get stuff done my lifestyle now revolves so heavily around Art I feel anxious when I go periods without drawing, I think for people who really want this stuff a lifestyle change is something I'd consider especially if your looking at going pro.
My autism make the procrastination demons so much worse and I was physically sick of depression for “being a failure “ and not doing anything I feel so guilty. I always feel so anxious about starting doing art I can also never seem to find my way into really making friends ( irl and online ) I was so much better in school when there were people to push me. But I can’t just not do art it is my life goal
I clicked faster than marc beating up mr skelly
He stole prokos buddy. XD
Fr whenever I'm unsatisfied and depressed about my art I'm just back to Marc again, because he's the only person who can speak my mind and just have titles that really catch my attention!!
Thank you for this! I just finished uni and had to get a full time job (NOT ART RELATED) . Before that, I drew and studied around 12-13 hours a day. Now, I don't have that time anymore, but still I draw 30 minutes on subway, then on lunch I draw 1 hour (I do observational drawing since I go and eat outside, or I simply draw my co-workers). At 5 when I finish, I draw again for 30 minutes in the subway. I arrive home at 6, have dinner etc and I STILL study or simply draw for at least 3 hours, and at 11pm I go sleep. It's not exhausting, it's all about managing time and FINDING time for what you really love. And I do hope that one day, all this work will pay off.
i dont usually comment but man i feel like this might be the most important video ive come across on your channel. i can apply this to everything in my life fr
I'm just going through a bad time and I had not drawn for 8 months, yesterday I finally encouraged myself to get back.
this video came at a perfect time thanks you
I have been working for about 10 years as an interface designer and graphic designer, I don't draw a lot with my hands, but it was my desire to draw that led me into design. I work late every day and I have almost no energy for anything else, but I open my drawing and draw at least some of it. Thank you Mark as always for the inspiration, he says very right things.
I can rely so much on this video because it's (more or less) exactly what I'm trying to do since I started art again ! Focus on my strenghts instead of my weaknesses, do something art related everyday, take it easy and drawing things I enjoy and feel comfortable with, and simply have fun ! Did great to me, reconcilied my heart with my art !
Thanks you for this video !
Doing small steps at a time really helped me. Drawing characters is so compkex! Anatomy, expression, shading, lighting, compostion... But taking a few days to learn shading a Ball or shaping trees? Those tasks are really motivating because you can see the progress and don't feel overwhelmed.
I haven't feel motivated these days, watching your videos help me a lot on my journey and I know everything will be better. So thank you, for everything
From MMO player perspective. Practice art is like grinding the level in monster field and to achieve some technique like "how to draw .... " is more like doing a raid boss(blind run), figuring out some of boss mechanic > make progress and got wipe then do it again till you beat it then move to the next raid.
Easily my favorite channel as an artist. Thank you so much this has helped me enjoy creating without feeling pressured.
"What gets in the Way of Your Happiness?"
Me with 2 sets of depression and art block: . . . life
Thanks Marc, I find your videos so inspiring and useful. I've been drawing since I can remember but always thought I couldn't do anything with it so in one point I stopped doing it, thinking I wasn't good enough anyway. Now I'm 28 and I'm trying to focus on being better and practice so one day I can make a living of it :) Usually when I don't find myself in the mood for drawing I just watch one of your videos or another's youtube artist and I learn a lot, I'm so greatful.
I love the analogies you make between drawing and video games. As someone who loves video games it really helped me understand exactly the point you were making
Recently I have been considering quitting art mainly because it doesn't sustain the way my life is currently going. I have been wanting to shelf all my art materials, sketchbook and tablet to somewhere I can see because my methods and attempts aren't working out as much as I thought they do. It really is very hard to see that we are being too hard on ourselves especially if there is no one to point it out and being alone most of the time to add to that. This video is what I needed and we all need that reminder from time to time. Thank you Marc this might have just saved me. Bless you and your content.
I work a shitty job from 9 AM to 6 PM, and when I'm done I just feel so tired that I can't draw. I want it to be a relaxing thing but since I suck and I'm still learning the basics, everytime I draw I want to be focused to improve at things.
So if I just sit down and do it I end up stressing myself more cause I can't focus.
I can relate. Shitty manual labor job that starts at 5:30 AM, so I gotta wake up at around 4:00 AM just so I can get ready and commute. By the time I get home and finally have some free time to improve myself on anything all I want to do is sleep 😩
Hey there, we can't always choose our jobs. And they can be stressful. But if you are in a situation that drains your energy away from things, that you want to enjoy, I think the question is not how to do art but rather how to improve / change your life regarding your qualification or the job itself. :-) Don't worry about being an artist. For most of us, it's a nice hobby - and sorry: nothing more.
And if you like your job and it pays well: It's okay to suck at art. Relax. You don't need to be a swiss army knife. The older you get, the least time you have.
Prioritise and enjoy the few things fully. :-)
Took me a bit longer until I acknowledged that for myself. (:
Switch over to getting your drawing practice during your lunch break. I've been doing that for years and have gained steady improvement from it.
A few days ago I watched a video about meditation for artists where a guy talked about just drawing lines and shapes without thinking and without the goal of creating a masterpiece. He said that it could help people relax while drawing. I tried it myself and it really worked. I drew without thinking and i only used lines and circles and it was really relaxing and fun. The final drawing looks crazy and even though the result doesn't matter, since it's all about the meditation, I really like the look of it. AND your hand still gets some practice.
Maybe you can give this method of relaxing while drawing a try. Hope it'll help you.
Draw before work or on lunch break before you’re exhausted. Also utilize your days off
I hope you never stop uploading videos! hahaha this is a gem of a channel for us self-studying.
One of your best videos yet, in my opinion 🙌🏾
This video has made you my favorite artist on TH-cam! my endgame is to be a good Mangaka! i feel i can have a good time pushing towards that now. (PS i say peace out still too)
I became really happy as an artist thanks to you! I learned how to anatomy and it had been a LONG time since i had last drawn, now I was able to draw my friend as a pirate thanks to the daily lessons that i am taking from you, so thank you so much, you saved my artistic life!!
I am eager to draw more and more and I am even planning to make my own YT channel!
Thank you so much, you are the best!!!
Edit: You helped me become WAY BETTER in literally 2 months!!!
I remember just how much progress I was able to do and how quickly I improved when I was part of a small group of other artists. Learning together, doing small events, exchanging art, "chatting" by doing various comics about each other. Or just sitting in a screen share call, being able to chat and see what everyone is working on.
Sadly everyone moved on, and the difference now is night and day. Im only able to create maybe 1 or 2 drawings at best, where before I felt motivated to make many times over that amount, with better detail.
Its sadly not always that simple to find new people to progress together with.
I wasn’t going to watch this video but I’m sitting at work and need some decent bg noise so I turned it on. I royally don’t regret it. You’ve hit on a lot of things that I’ve struggled with so much through the years that forcing myself to sit down for art has turned into a chore and lost the enjoyment. I barely ever do it though I know I want to. Thank you! I couldn’t find a patreon or anything but I would’ve totally paid for this video. If I’m just missing it somehow lmk, and I’ll get to it ASAP. Thank you so much!
The easy mode tip is great. However, the thing that always makes art harder is that it's really rough on your body. Neck pains, wrist pains, arm pains, back pains, hell even jaw pains. And headaches. There's always resistance towards drawing because drawing means pain.
By the way, I downloaded your brushes and they finally gave me ideas as to how I can make one that'll feel natural to me. So thank you a lot for that. I've been struggling to make a proper brush.
That 5th tip is the real thing. Worked like a charm for me when I first came across it years ago. Even if I dont do anything from tips 1 to 4... 8 out of 10 times I end up drawing something if the sketchbook/tools are just easily accessible
I finally got my first digital tablet after being a traditional artist for almost 20 years and I just have to say, I absolutely love your channel. Your advice about keeping cheap notebooks around the house is a GAME CHANGER!!!!! I used to only buy expensive Moleskines and I could never bring myself to draw in them for the same reasons you mentioned! Now I just go to the dollar store and grab a few cheap $1 notepads and I am on my way! Thank you so much for all of your tips and tricks. I really appreciate you!
i keep coming back to these videos always makes me feel better and refreshes the mind
I relate to this I always feel unmotivated and I don't feel the joy and happiness when creating art , this vid really help me 😄
justo cuando estaba perdiendo la motivacion y la felicidad en aprender a dibujar llega Marquitos con un video nuevo sobre eso,gracias hermanito,te quiero mucho!.
@Road Music jajaja uno aprende muchas cosas
@Road Music bastante bien,estoy estudiando mucho el libro de cabezas y manos de loomis y a veces copio dibujos para aprender o controlar mas el trazo pero estoy bien lo llevo tranquilo y estoy contento,a vos como te esta yendo? Estas motivado?
@Road Music sii es buenisimo,lo recomiendo pero en fisico,comprar el libro y estudiarlo,a veces me cuesta mucho el estudio del pivote del cuello y los movimientos de la cabeza,pero creo que la practica y insistencia es la idea
Pd: no pasa nada tomate tu tiempo.
Me encantan los videos de Marc,no se mucho ingles pero hago el esfuerzo para entender todo y si,la idea de dibujar es estudiar pero mas lo es pasarlo bien y divertirse,a mi me encanta copiar dibujos o estilos,de juegos,anime,manga,series etc etc me gusta muchisimo,he aprendido a controlar el trazo asi,copiando mucho y entendiendo composicion y sombras.
Thanks, Sir. I lost interest on art a year ago and its really hard to get back on track. now I'm suck at everything, anatomy, coloring, and lines especially . Thanks for this video it boost my confident to do art again and do commissions again, maybe...
I would love to see the option to the Spanish sub, I think there's a lot of artists that don't speak English and these videos would be gold to them and more views for you too, un abrazo grande desde Mexico crack
so glad u dropped this today, been in a bad art mood for a while now
If it's anything usually I'm too locked up with mental demons to do anything. Just watching your videos nudged me a bit.. Then I downloaded your brush set; which I literally got an update about like an hour ago!
But.. Even with tears rolling down my face I still really love these brushes enough to draw things with them. Even if I half can't see what I'm doing. Better than nothing though for certain.
I also make sure to let your ads roll.
I am an art student for 7 years in total now and Ive had a wacom for 4 years but decided to recently use it. My daily quests are studies, studies, STUDIES.
And the skills I have on paper transfer seamlessly which I did not expect.
I hadn't worked on my project for three days and was worried about it. It really helped me, thank you!
Very conveniently timed video to come across too! I just practicing studying how to draw heads and eyes in particular angles and was feeling very frustrated and like I wasn't making the progress I thought I was previously. This video really helped put things into perspective and remind me that getting frustrated would only hinder my growth and that I do art to have fun and should enjoy the journey of practicing skills more rather than rushing it and eventually getting burnt out.
Once again your advice has inspired me to keep going and to get to my goals a little less painfully.
Thank you so much for this I really need that
I was thinking of giving up on art after years of drawing because I was procrastinating and having a hard time dealing with it
I even stopped for like 2 months then draw one then do it over and over again but longer breaks
When i binge your video (the art school playlist) I was having fun drawing again because I was drawing while watching you
Thankk you for helping me get back to my passion
This video is gonna be one I come back to, I can feel it
I really needed this. I am seriously just starting out from the ground up. And the stress and anxiety of wanting to be able to make awesome art and show it to my friends... only to not be at that point in the first place. Which... can lead me to not be motivated, appreciate the video today!
I stopped doing art for a while now and it's not a good feeling (TwT)
It's true that once you stop, it will be harder to get back to it. Thank you senpai for the amazing tips.
I hope to see more of this type of art therapy video.
Woooow i discovered the best youtube channel.... the vibes ure spreading and the level ure showing us are incredibly gd
I think developing a community is still needed to happiness.
I know what to do, I know all the theory (I'm a bookworm) and I need now to use it... but I'm finding difficult to do it without money, and I need a community for that.
Thank you Marc! I'm an architect from our country but I feel like wanting to make art as a career eversince I got my digital pen last year. Thank you for all the advices and tips, keep safe!
I always keep a plain piece of paper, pencil and eraser on my desk. That way, it's absolutely no trouble when I feel like drawing or want to quickly sketch something while carrying on with my day.
It took me many years of the 15 years I’ve been drawing to figure out what I wanted out of my art. The beginning was all about improving and learning to be the best I could be. My main focus for YEARS was to have a career in art in some form. A couple of years ago I started my design studio as a means to make money; I wanted it to become my full time job. I obsessed over it, only drawing what I thought would make me money or only drawing what would gain me followers and likes. I didn’t draw what I wanted to draw and I hated it. It started to make drawing feel like a chore. I didn’t want to draw but I kept doing it for the fear of losing what I’ve been working for. Art is my life, an outlet from reality and something I’m really good at. Finally, last year I re-evaluated my priorities with art and realized that I don’t want a career in art. I don’t want to feel like something so important to me has to become work. Since that realization, I now draw only for me. Not for money, or a following, but because I love it so much. My art has improved even more as well as the frequency. I draw what I enjoy 100% of the time. I do still have an Instagram and I do still post my art, but I don’t obsess over how many likes or exposure I get off of that art. I fell in love with my craft again and all it took was fully understanding what I wanted from my art work. Simply put, I do art because of my love for my art and because of the joy it brings myself. Nothing more.
Every time I don't feel motivated I just watch your videos like this one, your advises always boost my motivation, it is always worth it to stop by in your channel
Man, I think that last tip is what I needed, I'll try to put things on easy mode, maybe that way I'll draw more, Thanks dude!
im almost quitting learning anatomy until the #shorts in youtube that i saw a video drawing anatomy that gave me my motivation back and this video helps me again too.
I love the skull coming up from the bottom left corner! :,D (at 0:54 )
Good video Marc, always on point and easy to understand.
I'm my opinion the easy mode is the most important factor, who you are and what limit you to progress, sometimes is your own problem affecting you to finding happiness like procrastination, sometimes is outside factors that make you miserable and make you lose motivation.
Is important to self reflect to find a way to the problems that limit your progress to happiness.
As always wonderull video!
Thank you so much for this video! I have been having problems with my art, and this video was really helpful!
I will be taking all of this advice to heart and try my best. I love your videos and all of the effort you put into them!
You are an amazing person and I hope you have a great day!
Thanks for that. My motivation is literally myself. I am sorrounded by art I love in my room(have posters everywhere) and as my wallpapers on my phone. I just generally want to finally give these images, idea and scenarios in my head a form, I want to give them life which is basically my biggest motivation. Thanks a ton for your help!!!
You're one of the best teacher I've watched here in youtube. Thanks 😊👍
Doing tasks like it's a game truly is really helpful. It seems that I have finally found something huge to help fight off procrastination.
I never had a long term goal. Basically got me to stop even trying to draw anything and get better for nearly 15y. Only drawing sporadically.
Now I've been back at it almost every evening, watching streams and tutorials and doing random practices and it greatly motivated me making new things.
This tutorial series helped a ton too. So thank you!
A good book on making art is The War of Art - it talks about how resistance is the enemy, and treats it like a war against it! Would highly recommend!
Really good points! Now I'm thinking about getting a bunch of cheap sketchbooks and more mechanical pencils and other things for drawing and scattering them all around the house and putting one in my bag as well, for when I go out of the house and might want to doodle while socializing with people (that are usually watching tv and I couldn't care less about it).
legitimately the voice part is just so relatable. i’m literally always like, “ehh maybe later” and then its already tomorrow and i havent drawn anything. art is mental games 90% of the time.
Great tips Marc! Motivation and especially happiness can get overlooked so fast art. I think what makes me happy and enjoying art is also having a good lifestyle, meaning to regularly do some sport or get fresh air, cook healthy dinner and other stuff. It has improved my general happiness so much.
I always love ur intro and Art style
*Everything*
I bet Marc will heart this comment.
I appreciate the tips, Marc. I just 'leveled up' in my art this past week, and my motivation has never been greater. Your videos also inspire me to draw, so thank you! Keep it up, you rock!
I am glad that I found this video on the front page. This really helps to motivate me to do art because I'm lazy and I didn't do a drawing practice last week but now I can push my mindset to do art. Also your tutorials really helps me.
Really something that I needed, been feeling stuck with my art!😭❤️
There is nothing quicker than Marc's fans clicking on his new youtube video the second they see it
Yehey!! new video!!!
And yet again a topic i needed right now 😊 The little voice of ‘You’ve been at it for 5 years, what makes this year different?’ Took over for a bit, time to push it away and pick up the pen again!
its like you read my mind with these videos and personal feelings i deal with these days ;_; thank you for these videos, it means so much to us that you provide these for free. its really helping me get back on track after a huge art slump thats lasted like a year. but i truly believe i can get over it with your help
I just recently paid the class fee and I just realized how much of a steal it is like, YOUR CLASSES IS WORTH MORE THAN THE CLASS FEE , I'm very thankful for you Marc Brunet for making professional classes and advice for free it really helps a ton of artists out there. You're one of my art heroes
As someone who is trying to learn digital art completely online/on my own I can really get in my own head about not being as experienced as professional artists. This was really motivating and considering that a lot of my inspiration comes from RPG style games I really loved the central theme to all the advice.
thanks so much for these amazing videos!
The advice is super helpful! I believe everything can be learned with enough time given, but it's crucial to stay consistent and not lose motivation. THE ARTWORK THOUGH, their expressions?! The magic?! So detailed and immersive!
These intros make me happy. But in all seriousness, I love this and I can seriously relate to this and it helps me so much. Thank you Mr. Marc. Stay AWESOME sir 💯💯💯💯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Best video Ever! I got HUGE motivation back just by listening to your tips and writing them down as a reminder! I've always been a fan of you since day 1 💖
Thank you, Marc, we needed this video, you always feed us with fun tutorials and inspiring videos :)
Aw, man. I really needed to hear all of this. I've been struggling with my art for a while now but, mostly, I've been struggling a lot with my motivation to create. I'm more of a hobbyist when it comes to art as I don't plan on making a living out of it, so I don't really have like a long term plan other than just improving my skills as I go, if that counts? Which is a very slow process since I'm slow at making actual significant progress most of the time, partly because I don't do art everyday. I'm also a fan-artist (meaning that technically a 100% of my art is fanart) so my other potential motivation would be to continue creating contents for that part of the fandom I'm part of, because I really like creating for those characters I normally draw and sharing that with other fans, especially since that part of the fandom I'm in is not 'as popular' in comparison to others. The 'problem' with this is that my works never really get much attention, not even those that I spent days working on, so that kind of takes a toll on my motivation at the end of the day. Kinda like "no point in getting a new piece out if only a few folks are going to even look at it", so I feel no real motivation to spend 6+ hours on a piece when I can already see the final picture in my head, looking exactly how I want it to look like, and also knowing that, with my current art level, I probably wouldn't be able to achieve that result anyway. All this paired up with some other personal stuff (and what I feel could be undiagnosed dysthymia). Kind of a vicious circle in the end, I guess 😩 I still intend to put all the advice in the video in practice, though! Hopefully it will help me out of this funky loop I'm in.
Just as I was getting discouraged, Marc comes in💕
same here
That makes three of us.
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Dude you’re so helpful like wtf
After watching some of your videos it really gives me the motivation to become a great artist!
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Fallin' into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
this does help, and gives me a few ideas to try! i seriously have trouble making friends though. whenever i try to join an art community or make an art friend, people already have their own friends, connections and i'm never included, even if i try to make the first move or be assertive. i need to find other lonely artists, but i'm not sure where to look.