10 Mistakes Beginning Artists Make and How to Fix Them
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Here we have some of the main mistakes/ habits I see young artist make when they start to draw. This is obviously all my own PERSONAL OPINION and all of it can be ignored if you feel the incentive to. I hope this helps, thee are obviously did not cover everything, though I hope what I have decided to cover has helped a smidgen, that’s all I can ask for.
Special thanks to:
@WahotsWolf (twitter) for letting me make a fool of myself in your fursuit
@make_it_artistic (Instagram) for letting me use your art for tracing and examples for heavy referencing.
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Alright, so today I finally decided I wanted to get back into drawing. I'd stopped when I was quite young, so my skills really haven't increased. I'm still better than I was (and some of my stuff actually looks pretty good), but I'm not where I'd like to be. Not even close to being a "good artist." Thus I began trying again.
So I started looking up simple guides and reference images. There was one issue that jumped out at me: Every single guide I looked at told me a different way to start drawing; Every single reference I found had different tactics for getting the shape. I was being told to focus on the shapes, just make small lines, to make a single solid stroke for each line; being shown that I should do chicken scratch, that I should use fluid strokes, that I should just make line after line without using basic shapes. It was all just... overwhelming. And killed my motivation instantly. I sat back, defeated, and just stared at my drawing pad for a bit before putting it up and doing something less productive than bettering myself. Deciding that it's too late in my life for me to advance my art skills enough; that I should just focus on the couple of things I'm already good at.
But now I've seen this and checked out some of the other videos you have on your channel. And I want to try again. You've rekindled my motivation and given me hope that perhaps I can still do this. Perhaps it's not too late for me.
Thank you.
It is never to late to do anything you want to do.
wizzard I agree
i think you should try the different methods you've come across and find out which one works best of you
Yeah man I and you don't just need one style everyone likes you can choose the style you want I started with anime and then saw the style that furries mostly use I preferred this style so I changed to this style :)
And even tho I use someone else's style o keep trying to make my own so do what you want and fallow your dreams
Eraser companies are built on your mistakes
That's the best quote I've heard all year.
'Looking at the mountain of eraser scraps'
Well shet
Yep!
Your profile pic is giving me nightmares
Well...
If we took all eraser scraps in existence and put them together, how much would it weigh? I wish this question had a definitive answerr
When I was a kid I used to chicken scratch and I thought it was so cool- that 'iT wAs My sTyLe' lmao.
I honestly like using chicken scratch- for sketches tho :/ i dont really do line art anyway
I used to think that’s what good artists did and I was trying to replicate but it wasn’t
@@piereoglyphics it's alright if you do the sketching. It'll be erased and noone will know
Similar situation here. I thought my sister's art was really good when we we're kids, so I did the chicken scratches like she did. She got SO MAD she was like "But that's MY style!"
Honestly I chicken scratch for the beginning of the drawing then go over it and erase the chicken scratch
Me: has been drawing for over 5 years
1: chicken scratches
Me: **guess I’ll die**
Same, i didnt realise it was bad until now 😂
I only do it for sketching, then I do smooth line art, I've also been drawing for 5 years so :p
**looks at the second one**
AP- **snap snap and whistle** I SEE THAT.
Same though lol
This comment hits a little to close to home
"Look at the skeletal structure." Me who draws octopuses and squids: srsly
Circles.
Just draw circles... I guess (?)
Tito Hermanto /r wooooshhh
@ThatInternet Dude it might be octopodes too
I'm the 100th like
"Use the other end of your pencil!"
B-but... I've erased it all away...
Me, with a pencil that doesn't have an eraser on the end: W-what? ok.. if you say so. **starts scratching the hell out of the paper with end of pencil**
@@dkjcb3993 xD same
Saame!
It smudges when I use mine 😔
and when you have a bad eraser-
"you should use your shoulder"
"you've probably been using your wrist"
me, someone who uses their elbow: is this okay????
Annabelle Harvey lol they broke the matrix fam
elbow drawing gang lol
same
if you use a smaller tablet/canvas, probably
Elbow and wrist
This whole video I was just screaming YES!!!!!!
Great work please make more!
Oh I don't plan on stopping now.
Chipflake what are you searching here?
FAST I NEED SOMEONE TRASHY FOR THE RITUAL
ONE OF US ONE OF US
noooooooooooo I'm not trashy enough
Chipflake thats what she said
EYYYYY!
Chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiips
8:18 I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. I remember seeing a gacha edit on twitter somewhere, and it had a really realistic and odd looking nose. The shading was amazing, and when somebody tried to KINDLY say “The shading is amazing, but the nose looks off!” And the person who made it BLEW UP. They got pissed, they started saying ‘IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY DON’T SYA ANYTHING.’
Dear lord, never face palmed harder.
Dang i usually fix my mistake are say "thank you for helping point that out"
and that's on little kids
You HAVE to accept critics, if you probably will NEVER advance nor improve
And thats why people say "sorry" when helping me improve ;-;
*If you want to critique my art then do it right! I always respect opinions*
If people dont want critique dont give it, no matter how true it is. 🙂
“I don’t need no underline structure just like I don’t need no man”
That made my day 😂
Heh! Me too dude...me too!
Omgosh I read that while he said it, no joke it was PERFECT.
I don't need a man either, for I happen to be one, and am uninterested. Well, that's my reason. >.>
I'd say, no man nor woman needs a man, just as no man nor woman needs a women. It is more of a very individually personal preference by each individual, as to what they see they want in their lives and why.
Be one a man or woman that likes dick, for whatever reason, they either need a man for that, or at the very least a dildo if they feel they can do without the real thing. Just as man or woman would need a woman if they happen to like pussy, or they can make do with a fleshlight if they feel they can do without the real thing also.
But both top examples are material, and relationships can be based on far more than just looking for dick or pussy. Again however, those reasons too are very individually personal preferences by each individual.
Yes, no need. No need at all. Not ever. It comes down to what any wants and why that really matters. You could have just said, I don't want a man in my life, and that would be a bit more meaningful than just saying you have no need. For having no real need is fundamentally implied for everyone already.
OK, I'm done with my mansplaining, for now. ^.^
Me too😂
Heh same
People bitching about not having a tablet:
Too relatable
I tried one before,
*i fricking hate the feel for some reason*
@@FaviMarzo same I just suck at using them!
@@THANKYOUFORTHEVENOM it gets easier as you practice, I can promise that
Im lucky because I got a surface pro laptop, which is touchscreen, but I won't get the pen until (hopefully) Christmas, and my screen has some cracks in it 😬 I hope it will work
i got a tablet but lost the wires before i could even draw on it for the first time :)
My art is slowly turning into anime
Which, is fine.
But
I don’t watch anime
I’ve never drawn anime
*I don’t understand*
Edit: holy SHIT that’s a lotta likes
Edit 2: there are too many comments I am too tired to read this many comments y’all please
*youre not alone buddy*
*become the anime*
pip the kat *sksksksksksk*
Drawing : Become Anime
Kittycatlover874 *Stop feeling me that’s weird*
I’m sorry I’ll find the door
5:33 his "quick doodle " is 10 times better then anything I have made TwT
I thought he said "quick noodles"
@@szuletettgamer2556 I can't get that out of my head now
@@custarrdd3306 sry
Same :'(
@@szuletettgamer2556 nah it's fine lmao
Imagine a world where we refer to something as its shape-
"Hey mom! Im gonna watch the big longated rectangle box now!!!"
Or even worse....----
"Hey birth giver!!! I am going to gaze my spheres at the longated rectangular shape that displays the pixel colors of which are the images!!!"
* *inahles* *
Im terrified of a world like this
it sounds like 'oh' from Home... the Boov Language... deaR gOd
*_birth giver_*
_i-_
*Gaze upon my spheres*
Sounds like the type of humor in Final Space. "Look into my gelatinous spheres"
Sees bullying part
Reaction: *Wait people are supposed to criticize me? Then why am I the one bullying myself?! Life has failed me*
Lee Likes Lemons wait actually that’s good, if you can see your own mistakes during or after your drawing process then you can improve yourself!
Yeah, but you still need to see how other people see it, y’know? Just to get the real picture. Also, don’t go so hard on yourself or your art, ok? Sure, critique yourself all you want, just don’t say it sucks or anything, that ain’t good for ya buddy.
I always am proud of my art when I do it but later on like in the same day I’m like: that is terrible, Jesus why am I so bad an then every drawing anyone else does I just think it’s brilliant
My problems:
1- SCHOOL IS HELLA LONG
2- number 1
Relatable.
Felt that
Draw in school then
Sammmeee brooooo
And tuition too
"Don't draw only wolves"
*only draws wolves throughout the entire video*
He drew humans in the first part of the video
@@Bear-xm8qn 2 humans in the entire video.
Yup but a lot of wolves
HMMM LET ME SE
Cat, Dog, HUMAN
And A BUNCH OR WOLVES
@@yanacher225 and also a car, and a robot
I saw someone saying "Please dont draw just the head" and here's what I can add: Yes, start with the head. Learn how the form of a head and face works. Work on the face and expressions, the hair and whatever else. Go to the shoulders, learn how the collar bones look, mess with neck dimensions and angles, keep working on that head and face. Move to the torso, you dont have the do the whole thing, maybe just down to the hips or stomach. Then go the the arms, work on those, with or without drawing everything else beforehand. Everything is a process, learn how each part works first before lunging all in, That way when it comes time to add more body parts, more details, more posing you already know how one thing works which gives you more room to learn how the others do.
So yes, dont just stay on the head and shoulders for too long, but also dont take that as we're saying "dont draw just the head it's unprofessional and wont help you learn!" No. No no no. work at your own pace. I started at just the head, then shoulders, then slowly got to everything else. I still suck with legs but hey, I know how to draw everything else on their own now with little to no reference! Keep going, buddy! You'll get it in your own time!
I figured out that the thighs are just a little bit shorter than the torso.
Good advice!
U made me read all of that and I forgot what u were talking about so I was like what
I audibly sighed in relief after reading this; it made the idea of learning how to draw much less daunting. Thanks.
And, hey, I suck at drawing legs, too. XD
i agree.
before i started with my _'only drawing protogens'_ thingy i drew tons of cat heads, always the same position, same terrifying eyes and that weird looking muzzle. but somehow then i started drawing these cats with their full body, somewhy even with wings, first the cats were fat, then they were getting thin as hecc. but hey, atleast i ain't drawing these horrible heads anymore! ;v;
Me: Hmm, I wonder what this is? It could help me out as an artist!
Video: * first line * IM GONNA GET C R U C I F I E D
For tracing, then saying that trace is yours, then get ready for the crusaders to fbi your home
Mhm
That egoraptor reference 👌
Omg the likes are 666!!! I dont wanna click like...
@@donttouchmeh8968 I'm also not gonna like because of 666 so I just liked you're comment instead!
My problem with the experience waith 6:
2014:Ponies
2015:Ponies
2016:Ponies and Furries
2017:Furries and Humans
2018:Furries,Humans,Buildings,Nature,Pretty much everything except ponies.
2019: Litterly everything that i want,exept I'm bad at ponies again.
My mind blew up when I saw this comment cuz I started to draw the same exact way you did
@@thesuicidalunicorn5745 aw thats awsome!
I'm shocked that there are two people who started the exact same way as I did
This is mine
2017: everything about the human body
2018: bodies
2019: furries and smooth human body an hair and facial expressions
I just like to draw THINGS. Or people, but I don’t really like furries, ponies, or peoples. But yet I draw dem hu-mans.
“Using the whole arm to draw”
Me: *h o w-*
lmao
honesty u dont need the *whole* arm.
depends on how u draw it. u can use any part of ur arm (dont take it too srsly 😂)
I can relate to Luna over here. Like, when I heard that, I thought to myself... "whot m8"
Tito Hermanto i think everyone was like that lmao.
'draw with ur shoulder'
everyone: (guesses da faq it means) wtf u mean
Elbows
Armless people: am i joke to you
Another thing about that "it's just my style" claim
You have to know the rules before breaking them
You have to know how the thing you're drawing looks and works and feels like in real life (or would, if it's something that doesn't exist in real life) before getting stuck with a "style"
A style is the product of reality and how the artist decides to portrait it, and if they reality part is missing pieces it shows.
Use references :^)
That's exactly what I learned about five years ago. I asked Toonfox for advice as he's a long time seasoned toon artist and my "style" at the time was toon art. He told me to draw realistically first and use real life. I've grown so much since then and I continue to grow constantly.
Northflower umm... I want to tell you something... WHAT THE HECK IS VIDCLAN?
I like your profile pic
Veryfluffyfurry Owo warrior cats fans that do TH-cam
Northflower senpaiii
My drawing tablet gets here tommorow, so i can move out of the 'bitching about not having a drawing tablet' stage ;w;
Edit: i got my drawing tablet
And how are your drawing skills?
@@relif6361 Im really good at anatomy, and with the tablet i have definitly gotten better at my interpretation of size and shape. Hair is also really easy with the tablet because of the stableizer.
That's nice to hear, wishing you good luck :) I'm just starting to draw, got a pretty cheap tablet already from playing osu!, and I'm currently at the stage of choosing a program to draw in. Anything you could recommend?
@@relif6361 Cool! If you dont want to spend any money on a drawing program right now, I would recomend Krita. Gimp is also a very good program for starting out with a new drawing tablet.
@@relif6361 i know you didn't ask me but if you're just starting out i would recommend Firealpaca and if you want something that has more potential but is harder to learn then maybe try krita out also Firealpaca lages less on my computer so if krita is laging too much try Firealpaca out and if you're interested in making comics try medibang (it's Firealphaca but with more features for comic artists and also has a cloud not as many animation features tho) also all of them are free so why not try them all and find the right one for you
Others: "I'TS JUST MY STYLE!"
Me: "I'm just bad..."
I feel ya man, I feel ya U-U
dude
same
Me: oh my sketch is fine, it’s fine
Brain: ERASE IT! DO IT. EVERN IF IT’s fINE!
@@colorcloud313 yeah same...
@@kaevarohan241 in fact
Me: * constantly draws dragons *
Also me: * draws a fox *
The fox: "Meow?"
I got that reference XD
your drawing was too good that it can even speak
Fellow dragon drawer?
Self aware furries best furries
Am your 100th like
Applies to any fandom
Cripplingly depressed furries best furries
so true
Maybe it's a bit late, but in what sense "self-aware"?
As a pre-teen I look at my art and think "man, I wonder how much better I will be at drawing when I'm like 25"
Holy heck the likes :T
SAME
Me too! _Downgrades to stick figures with no foreheads._ •- •
saame, i feel like ive made a breakthrough w my art recently and I get excited thinking about where it might someday go
That's a great motivation, I'll remember that
FluffyLilEspurr my art right now is different from my art a month ago
"Those who are still under two years of drawing-"
*Me who has been improving for 6 years*
"There is no hope"
Some people take longer time, but you'll get there. Every bit of practice will eventually pay off, just keep going
I relate to this so much
I wanna like, but its 69.
10 years of art...
BIG MOOD
For a while I chicken scratched my traditional lines cause I couldn't draw long lines without making them shaky, especially when lining my sketches. My brother made fun of me for it a lot, which only made me feel worse about my art and my single stroke long lines started looking worse than they had before. It took me ditching the medium entirely and switching to digital art for like a year to start feeling comfortable trying out traditional art again.
Basically, it's fine to give kids helpful advice on how to advance their art, but don't like… bully kids because they're not good yet.
My drawing obsessions over the years:
Dinosaurs
Wolves
Cats
Cats
Cats
CATS
Help.
Holy heck I’ve just left this comment alone for 5 months came back today and Jesus the LIKES!?
My:
Oc
Oc
Oc
A girl
More girls
Oc
Oc
Oc
Oc
Oc.....
Yeah
My drawing obsession as a smol child was... goats? We've owned goats just about my whole life so it makes sense but like?? they were never my favourite animal and some points in my life I despised them like the salty person I am. Now it's just choppy/uneven hair I guess. idk its fun to draw.
Mine:
Gacha
Oc
Furry
Furry
Oc
Roblox
Roblox
Roblox
Roblox
Game characters
Roblox
Roblox
Roblox
fuck my obsession with drawing roblox characters-
My drawing obsession over years:
Parrots
Dinosaurs
Wolves
Wolves
Wolves
Furry
Furry wolves
My Fursona
My Fursona=furry wolve
Immypiggle Holden I cant draw anything that’s not a cat and it annoys me
"Under 2 years of drawing"
Me: has been drawing for 10 years but I succ
Saaaame I've literally been drawing for 12 years but my drawing are still crappy. I just can't seem to put my imagination onto paper. Idk how people do it.
@Jacob Adams Yea I definetely will next time, and the time after that, and so on.
@@Phoenix_Down444 ayee 12 years for me too. I missed when I would make OC's when I didn't even know what an OC was back then. Good times, I don't get the same passion anymore but I still enjoy art and I still want to move forward. 😂
Rensy ;; same. exactly. the. same. for. me.
༺ Phoenix Down ༻ you have been drawing longer than i have been alive
10:47 I've never been so offended by something I 100% agree with.
So true
People that ship their hybrid OCs: * exists *
Me: let me introduce you to *sterile*
XDDDD
HOW... HOW DID YOU...
**whispering** how did you know that I was shipping my 2 OCs.........................
Well, most of the time that's true. Then again, most of the time hybrids are already massively unrealistic.
I don't ship my 2 OCs. They're siblings, so...
Thalia's singing covers TF.... nO!!!
me: *draw the head of a character *
my friend : oh that's a pretty head-shot !
me : Aww thanks !
my friend: you're going to draw the rest of the body right?
me: *sweats* 😅 weeeeeeell Idon'thavemuchtimeyouseei'mgonnagonowbye
i draw the head first of my characters, and then I draw the hoodie. but I never really drawned the pants and boots, because they almost every time don't show up because I made the hoodie too big or I made the head too big to fit on the screen. yeah it's a bit... idk... :/
I NEVER DRAW THE BODY SHIT
🙄🙄
@@cchainsawhunter stfu
@@ReaperAzrael I thought you didnt believe in jesus Karen
a kid slapped me square in the face because an arm i drew on a character was off
Bro Wot
dude thats sad
i feel bad for u man. sorry.
i bet that kid didnt know anything about drawing at all
Break his arm
@@lord_moist 😂😂😂
“Or bitching about not having a tablet yet-“
I laughed WAY HARDER at this than I should have, because it’s literally me XD
its nice to see no furry shaming in the comments. i myself am not a furry, and i'm not much of an animal person either, but i hate when people think of them as lesser because they aren't the same as what some people think a human should be like. if people like animals, drawing or dressing up as them, what's so wrong with that? when you are born, you have rights, and you can make your own choices. next time you see a furry, or just someone who really likes animals, or anyone who is different from the average person, please, do not insult them, because they like what they like and you like what you like, and they should never feel bad about that. except nazis. just keep being you, and ignore anyone who has a problem with it. thanks for listening to my weird rant thing. btw Imaginatively Unimaginative, your art is awesome.
furrys are gay
kyan biddle so are they happy or are they all boys?
@@donutdog5326 happy, of course. thanks for pointing out the fact that furries are very happy, kyan.
Yup
What if.... furries think we are strange? Dun dun duuuuuun
"God, I'm telling people to trace"
"I'm gonna get *CRUCIFIED* "
Honestly tracing isn't to bad if you don't steal it, what I did was if I wanted to try draw something, I would trace it, then do it on my own with the picture as a reference, then use it on my own but with my owm sorta style mixed in
A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
Mikayla Thomas, I didn't steal the artwork or style, but sometimes I would just trace a part of the artwork if I liked it better than mine and would try to incorporate the parts that I like into my design to improve mine overall but not actually stealing it. I don't trace anymore though.
Quartz the Kat, no..? If its your own piece then do whatever you want with it.
I wouldn't be okay with someone tracing my lines and using my artwork without permission.
No one cares what you're ok with, lmao. That's fast, easy and great way to learn on someone's else work. If you're a good artist and published some arts - some people already tried to learn on your arts.
“Don’t be afraid to use the other end of your pencil”
I’ve erased so much I don’t even have another end
Edit: omg thanks I did not realize how popular this got thank you
same
Masko The Fox omg same 😂
two of my erasers are destroyed from being covered in lead- they aren't even destroyed they were just covered in so much damn lead they left smudges aha
Same
Me too
“God I am telling people to trace”
“IM GONNA GET CRUCIFYED!”
Best part in the video. Ngl.
**crucified
This reminds me of...
_Shots fiyerd_ 🙃
Erasing too much is my problem. My friends in art class get frustrated when I erase too much. :D
Theres no such thing as too much erasing till your paper rips apart
@@isabellagold4114 thats what happens most of the time
@@bfg_pz2213 Depends how you draw and how you erase
Oooh this is an amazing video!! I learned so much :00
Also your production quality is top notch, this must have taken forever. Keep it up!! This is my new go-to video for new artists
Officially Pocari Roo certified! Can't top that!
Pocari Roo EYYYY!
Pocari Roo POCARIIIIIII
Right?
oh hey adezu
Dear beginner artists:
Please practice drawing bodies and not just the head.
I always see people only drawing headshots and not drawing the bodies, so when they try to do a full body drawing, it ends up looking a little weird. I think the only way I can describe this problem is a lack of balance. You know when you see a drawing of a person with detailed eyes and really good hair, but the body is just a simple thing that is a little disproportioned and isn't as detailed as the head? Yeah.
Also, the legs aren't a straight line and then two bumps at the back. It doesn't look natural. At least make the front of the leg a little curved, please. I think this happens alot because, again, the artist knows how to draw the head and but not the body, so the artist twists the body a little so they can draw the legs sideways, but since they didn't practice drawing legs or looking at references, it still ends up looking a little strange. I also see a lot of beginners give clothes the same textures. Different types of cloth are shaded and wrinkled differently. Heavy fabrics dont wrinkle as much and light fabrics tend to wrinkle a lot.
I know I sound harsh, but I don't have a better way of giving advice without not making sense.
@@undyingrose5913 No problem :D
😢 its true i suck at bodies and need to practice
NOT gonna lie but I do suck at drawing bodies! I do try to sketch out the bodies! The only problem that I have now is drawing feet.
I focus on leraning the head and then body and them the rest
ffffffff thats actually pretty fkn helpful, thanks!
Personally I always have this procedure on different layers for my sketches.
1 - Guidelines (Stick figure and circles where the head and like wrists and such are)
2 - Shapes (Drawing basic shapes to plan out the body type etc)
3 - Body Chicken Scratching (Sketching the body in chicken scratches and maybe adding little indicators for details I wanna add later)
4 - Add details (face, clothes, jewelry etc)
5 - Refine (Go over the entire sketch on a separate layer to define the lines better)
And afterwards I go on to lineart and the rest of the stuff.
Hah, same with me! (not sure how common this strategy is, but it's cool seeing other people use it nonetheless :3)
How do you use layers properly. I don't know how to use layers I only draw 1 layer drawing and it's risky to draw 1 layer drawing
@@shachintheartistsearch how to make a layer in whatever art program u use
I prefer using "blobbing" instead of a chicken scratch
Drawings don’t have to be perfect
REMEMBER THAT
but then theyl never be good
BTS A.R.M.Y when u are from Korea and u don’t speak English
BTS A.R.M.Y and plus DO U EVEN KNOW WHAT OCD IS
@imma weeb and Jungkooks waifu your name is a mood
Boi, wish I could say that, but having OCD isn't really fh while drawing. You *WANT* it to be perfect, but you keep messing up until you just give up ;-;
"OH GOD I'M TELLING PEOPLE TO TRACE!! I'M GOING TO GET CRUCIFIED!!"
😂
SylviaAnimates It's taken from Egoraptor's Sequelitis about Ocarina of Time
SylviaAnimates It's taken from Egoraptor's Sequelitis about Ocarina of Time
shucks finally someone gets the reference
Someone make a shirt so I can buy that shit
That opening line kept me on the video
Things I'm struggling with
1. SHADING
2. Doing ditgaial art
I have a video on shading.
@@ImaginativelyUnimaginative Link?
I feel your pain
MARIA ORAMAS same
3. English
Me, a writer who's bad at art, being recommended this video 2 Years late:
"Hmm, interesting."
Well, better late than never, y'know?
@@reptiliannoizezz.413 true
"There's no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone."
That's just kind of sad I don't wanna be uncomplicated (or sad) when learning something...like math
7:06
Me: starts wheezing because im using charcoal
Breanna Clement use bridges, be more careful, don’t overuse
"Trace & heavily reference to PRACTICE, just don't claim it as your own art" THANK YOU
I keep telling my beginner-artist friends- trace/copy photographs; it's the quickest way to learn anatomy & proportions!
But they're SO convinced that tracing is horrible & theft, no matter what.
Go wild tracing, so long as you're trying to learn from it. If it's just for practice, you're fine!
Just NEVER POST copied art, claiming it's original work. THAT'S when it becomes theft!!
Great vid, by the way!
It's refreshing to see such positivity in this sort of thing
Me: *draws perfect line*
Also me: *draws perfect circle*
Triangle: hellooooo!
Me again: *screech*
Never traced art in my life, why?
I remember as a kid I drew something and everybody was impressed, then this one kid who traced from a comic showed to everybody and they were saying he drew so good.
He did admit he was tracing, I was a bit mad and just kept drawing normally, without thinking about tracing or using heavy reference. I'm still friends with that guy lol
I used to be that kid that traced and said I was good. I promise I don't do that anymore 😂😂😂
heres the top five things for me
1. draw on the wrong layer
2. try eraseing it instead of cntrol z
3. accidentally erases line art
4. tries to replace the little bits but only messes it up more
5. FUUUU
-edit-
or for the traditional artist:
1. draw a sketch in pencil, all is well.
2. clean up the sketch, maybe add some things to make it look unuique
3. add background/ scenery because you are really liking it
4. bring out the pen for the line art and start tracing carefully.
5. MESS UP SOMEHOW ON THE LINE ART AND NOW YOU CANT HECCIN ERASE
This speaks to me on an emotional level.
@@ImaginativelyUnimaginative im glad other people have as many issues as i *sniffle*
I had to train myself not to CONSTANTLY do control z cause im a perfectionist
I hate when I do my sketch and I actually like it so I start go over it then realize as I finish after four or five hours that it was on the same layer, and that I drew so much I cant control Z all of it. I use to get so annoyed but now I just wish that I had my drawing pad again, I think my nephew stole it.. It was tiny.
Sometimes I end up getting mad at myself so I just take a break 😂
2. *EXPERIENCED ARTISTS ARE PERFECT*
Me: *looks down at my desk, which is covered in eraser shavings* Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure
been drawing for 12 years and I still can't draw a hand properly LMAO
I cannot stress enough trying new things to improve your art! One of my really clowe friends has been commisioning me to design his tattoos and when i say i have exponentially improved being constantly pushed out of my comfort zone these last few months compared to the other 10 years ive been doing art (in a plethora of different mediums) i seriously mean it❤
"I hate charcoal!"
Me: *breaths* CHARCOAL IS AMAZING
Some noob with a channel I only use charcoal pencils, nothing else when I draw on paper
People with ur usernames give me problems cus u know how it put ur username at the start of a reply? It makes me think peeps are bullying you
I don't have access to charcoal oof, but I do have access to pens and pencils. Which helps,
@@harrowingseer Charcoal is like my arch nemesis to be honest haha. I always end up making a terrible mess
@@iferawhite7661 I feel like it would get stuck up and under your nails.
I've just encountered this video in my recommended.
I think YT has finally done something nice for me
Damian Wyrębiak ye
O jebony polaczek cebulaczek. Co ty tu robisz?
Yup yt is horrible about my recommended list and this is one of the only things that I'll actually watch one it
i used to trace ALL THE TIME, but later, my brother saw it and he told me about how unfair it is. i went back and scribbles *NOT MINE* on everything, so i guess, its ok to trace, as long as its for practice purposes, i just would not ever show it to anybody. ive been traced from, and ive had my art stolen before in highschool, its not a good feeling, so i wouldnt want to put that on someone else, its infuriating
I trace on my artists tablet some times because it helps me learn certain poses when I get stuck and helps me get my own kind of style. As long as you don't take credit it's alright.
InFURRYating. I’m sorry I’ll go now
Ive never had my art stolen, but I have had my writing stolen before. I'm talking entire paragraphs or stanzas, depending on what I'm writing.
Thats actually not a bad idea.
big agree, it's even more infuriating though when chinese companies sell your work withiut reimbursing you or asking you, becquse you can't even legally get them to stop, you have to ask them to take it down and they mught, or they mght not, and there's nothing you can do about it because China's copyright laws are shitty
"Try something new, dont draw only one thing over and over again."
Me who draws the same thing over and over again for 5 years:Oh... So that's why Im not getting better.REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
My sister also does that
I should probably try to draw different things, move my drawings out of the back of last year's math notebook, add color to them, and everything else I would need to do to improve. On the other hand, churning out warships based on questionable or interesting designs is more fun.
Legit I've been drawing for 12+ years and some of your tips actually helped me still! And tbh, experienced artists i think erase so much more lmao
Wyndeer omg did you draw your icon? It's adorable! Do you have a deviantart or tumblr I can follow?
She got instagram: @Wyndeer
Kaweebi Animations thank you so much!!!
“Or bitching about not having a tablet yet”
It’s me i’m bitching
13:55 ish
Me: *quenches fist and starts crying* “INSPIRATIONAL!”
Mom: “honey it’s 3:42 am what are you doing?”
Him: "Use the construct line to help with the anatomy"
Me: "Ok!"
*comes back after 20 minutes*
Me: "I realized I don't know how to do those lines!"
honestly, i'm struggling with:
chicken scratch art
drawing the same thing
drawing one species
immense fear of references
finding time to practice art often
doing the same type of art
hiding limbs that i'm horrid at drawing, m ore-
•BITTERSWEET TRAGEDY• literally meeee and ive been drawing for 6 years now
Literally all my characters have their hands in their pockets 😂
D 👏 I 👏 D 👏 I 👏 A 👏 S 👏 K👏
I ALWAYS seem to hide the hands. I used to at least. Same with the feet, but I don't really anymore. Even though hands still take ages to get right.
_i feel you a billion times._
10:46 Oh jeez that wolf is basically any animal I attempt to draw, lmao. And I had to replay the part of you dancing like 3 times cuz I got distracted by the Alan Walker playing, hahaha.
I'm really grateful TH-cam actually recommended me a fantastic video, for once. All your points hit home to some degree, though I ironically didn't get the hang of tracing til I took a college art class. I'll be sharing this with my less experienced art friends and followers. Thank you for making this!!
Me: * draws a ball for a hand * IT'S JUST MY STYLE
Same,mate
I am a weird artist who is good and enjoys drawing hands? O,o
Berry_ Creams no bro your a valid artist who likes drawing hands and Bro Me Too i love drawing handssss :3
@. yea pretty much 😂😂
@@mkdelta188 and that's facts
“You’re going to want to use your shoulders more instead of your wrists..”
Me on small tablet drawing with finger: *shwoopsie*
3:14
skilled artists: *laughts in whiteboard*
seriously, I've seen people draw straight up draw masterpieces in wb without even contruction lines
like they drew all the proportions perfect and my ass over here can't draw anything without sketching first
But in order to do that, they worked their ass off
Bruh I can’t even do a decent sketch
@Ena Bonny Baker 6 years of experience. That's how
5:53
My problem
5 years old: scribbles
6 years old:dragons
7 years old:dragons
8 years old:dragons
9 years old:dragons and anime humans(all girl characters)
10 years old:animals and dragons and anime(all girl characters)
11 years old:anime(all girl characters)
12 years old:anime(all BOY characters)
13 years old:anime(boy and girl characters)
NOTICE THAT I NEVER DREW BUILDINGS
AHHHHHHHH
Still me
ANIME, KNIFES, AND DRAGONS
AAAAHHHHHHHHHH
My bodies are probably OK but improbable at my age but buildings arrrrg
I know how to draw them but it's so exhausting and boring
5:monsters
6:monsters
7:monsters
8:monsters
9:monsters,blood,and monsters destroying stuff
10:fantasy creatures and humaniods and scp
I never drew boys before 12, and I AM one 😂
I drew, sunsets and dragons.
Now I'm bad at that just drawings animes and cartoon
I hate your ads they suck and appear every 2 seconds
I don't know if anyone's said it before or not, but here's something I realize: *You don't absolutely NEED an art tablet.*
I've used a mouse for the better part of 8-9 years. I'm used to it, I know how to make it look good, I know what Im doing. I bought a tablet about a year ago. I tried to get used to it, I tried to like it, I tried to work with it. Nothing was clicking, and so I went back to my mouse. Don't buy a tablet just because "any other artist has one." Buy one if you really need it.
"nothing was clicking" "so I went back to the mouse" puns
Im probably gonna need a tablet because i wanna expand on my art abilities with better programs than what i can only find on mobile.
Yes im getting a tablet for basicly free time drawing
Same. The curve tool is a lifesaver.
Amigos, how good is your aiming in games? Wtf?
I’ve created several small “styles” of art. The vast majority of them are basically fan/concept art of my own imagined stories that I fantasize about making into comics or cartoons. But some styles I’m gonna legitimately use. On a different channel, I’m gonna start animating, and I’ve tested out several different styles to use and I’ve settled on one for now. And I’m even gonna recycle some characters from my test styles for different purposes in my animations.
I’ve been drawing and sketching for years and years, but this video was still very helpful!! Especially the bit about doing warm up sketches. Thinking about it, I now notice that any time I’m making a sketch for a new character I’ll get better as I go along. And if I take a break and come back to make more sketches later that I make mistakes that I can’t be fine to figure out how to fix.
But thank you for this!!
my mom doesent puut te drawingh on frig
((yes the spelling is on purpose. Chill))
I dunt no wat ur sayin!
Wheut
weht u sai
Am cofhausion
(my mom doesn't put the drawing on the fridge)
The end credits got all messed up because I had an ending sequence. Sorry about that.
Imaginatively Unimaginative your left handed?
Mr. BlueBerry I feel like you already know the answer to the question you asked.
Imaginatively Unimaginative hah yea ._.
LittleFoxyGaming YT Adobe Photoshop CC
Imaginatively Unimaginative do you the channel "damn dog games"
Someone told me that all animals I draw look like dinosaurs
And I couldn't stop laughing,
Because they thought that the raptor I was drawing was some kind of ostrich :)))))))
The Great Wolf foxosaururs Rex
The Great Wolf The Velcostrich
Track Jack yeah :)
The Great Wolf You could actually make that a hybrid~~! It sounds cool x3
Track Jack it sounds like a lot of fun
Me who has almost 5 years worth of art experience watching this: 👁️
“I DONT NEED NO UNDERLINING STRUCTURE LIKE HOW I DONT NEED NO MAN!”
PREACHHHHH SISTAAAA!!
...he is a dude.
wooooooooooooooooosh...
I swear, this woosh bullshit has gotten to a point where everyone is just using it to be a pretentious twat to people.
*Jesus TAKE THE THE WHEEL*
ma dad said it was funnier 15 years ago.
However, no matter what your skills are, we can all agree on something.
*SCREW YOU HANDS*
Which is the only reason I have a simple style
But you gotta agree when you unlock the ability to draw hands they are hella fun to draw ,3
I’m gonna be a bitch here and change it to 70 likes
*and none of you can fucking stop me*
also
*laughs nervously in i mostly draw cats to avoid how absolutely god damn terrible i am at drawing hands*
Actually I like drawing hands,, o o p
Complains about not having a tablet. (Gets a tablet) AHHH THIS IS WEIRD AHHHHHHHH
HERE'S MINE SITUATION!
StickWhiskers osu! Lol
me
I literally cant use my tablet due to sheer lack of experience, but I'm getting slightly better...
Haha same xDD
Meowzwik oof good thing
Thanks man, I am a starting amateur and I've really just started making actual art. I enjoy making art but I had a lot issues saying that, of course, I'm a starting beginner and this helped me represent my drawings more correctly and less incorrectly. I can now use the things I've learned from this video to help bridge a path to something I really enjoy doing in my freetime. You're awesome, thank you so much!!!
This is quite literally the dankest shit!
Ikr
Him: Try different things
*Me with a lifetime supply of fanart*
Me: Well sh-
Your profile matches what you said XD
Me: I don’t bitch about not having a tablet
My three years worth of birthday money: *IM SCARED*
As a beginner artist, I think one mistake I made was being too stubborn on drawing on a certain way (that certain way looked terrible too lmao) and one thing that actually really helped me was going on pinterest and not tracing, but I would find something I like and try to draw in those different styles and try learning how to draw from references, I think that was one of the biggest boosts I have ever gotten of my art improving
Me: **Draws Dog Or Wolf Furries All The time**
Me after watching this: Oh ok, I’ll start drawing wolf furries with wings
Imaginatively Unimaginative: *...*
him: draw different things
me: preposterous.
XD
My problems:
No underline
Shading
(Will edit later)
I shade wayyyyyy too much
@@juanlopez-mendias7736 Maybe that's a good thing lol
My problems are
Proportions
Body
Everthing expect the head
My problems
Having a good idea in my head and when it goes on my phone or paper xd
Shading took me a lot of work, but I figured it out. Try using bright colors + a bit more shading if it's in the light. In the dark, try less shading + sorta bright colors. How do you shade? Simple! Get a Felt Tip Pen (Hard) and barely color in a spot you want to shade. Then, blend it the direction you want it to fade to and there you go! Hope this helps!
~ SweeTea's Alt
Why the heck would anyone thumbs this down hes just trying to help!!!
Ever heard of bots?
@@Ok-rh8ep but who the heck would creat a bot just for negativity
@@sleepybean2994 you ever heard of Twilight Sparkle? The creator of a wave of TF2 bots made to annoy people in-game. Some people just straight up suck.
because furry
@@Shadowwolf-1337 great
Nobody:
Me realizing that I played Fortnite once: 0:03
fluffball M E
Where is the dlc of the "funny".
**has drawn ever since I could hole a pencil..**
**Anxiously clicks video**
**After watching......**
THANK GOODNESS I AM ALREADY AWARE OF ALL THESE O3o only need to keep practicing more hah
That's too me X'D
“I’M GONNA GET CRUCIFIED!”
These also serve as good reminders for older artists, too. I've been drawing for well over 12 years now and was in college for art (drawing focus!) for 2 years (4 semesters). I still find it difficult to break things down into shapes, frankly.
I mean-
My science teacher made the entire class trace from the textbook so...
Me: *hesitantly clicks video*
*intro plays*
Me: I love this guy already ;)
You earned a S u b s c r i b e r 😂💕
I've been thinking about drawing again. And trying to understand where I"ve gone wrong
I've realized the areas where I've been struggling:
Using references
chicken scratch (that's one that I feel will never be 100% broken sigh)
damn time to draw between all the crazy busy stuff I do in life since today is the first time in 6 months I've actually got time to think about this wtf.
I'm trying to get back into drawing myself, after over a decade of not drawing anything. And even the few things that I drew when I was in my 20s looked passable not because of any fundamental art skills gained from practice (I never practiced), but because of the sheer volume of time I poured into each individual piece trying to make it look "perfect" - the end results may have come out fine, but I don't think that mentality did me any favors skill-wise. It probably even contributed to my loss of motivation because of how long everything took.
You've still got plenty of time to work on yourself. I'm almost 40, and it's only now that I'm starting to train myself on the proper fundamentals and habits of good drawing. It's never too late to try again, as long as you understand where you went wrong before!
Me: * Drew on a paper * Hm I love this one! Let's try redraw it on my phone
* After I redrew it on my phone*
Me: I'll just pretend I didn't see that..
*sob*
6:45
The reason why I’m still drawing the same poses and stuff is because I’m not confident enough in my drawing to move on to the next pose and stuff
So I’m continuing the still pose until I feel I’m ready to try another pose.
I feel like An artist shouldn’t move on to something new too quickly if they feel they aren’t ready. I agree that doing something new is important but it also depends if the artist feels as if they’re ready or motivated enough to try a new pose or new character because if they aren’t, they may end up getting extremely frustrated and that’s not something that has good results.
Edit:I forgot to mention
But “not being ready” shouldn’t be an excuse why an artist never does anything new. They should practice more until they feel confident enough assuming they have the motivation to. Motivation and being ready are two different things in my eyes.
If they never try something new and just say I’m not ready. Then how will they get better? Like I said I’m still doing the same thing because my still poses still look pretty bad. So I can’t say they can’t do the same things.
But there should be a time in which they try something new in order to practice.
I agree to a certain degree, though it's exactly 5:59am so I can't go into it currently. ^^'
Me: “I’ve drawn for 3 years, I don’t think I’ll have that many flaws...”
*does the first flaw in all of his art pieces*
But seriously, thanks for making these videos, even if you think they’re “cringy”. I’ve been in a bit of a creative rut lately, and your tutorials motivate me to experiment. I normally don’t humans, but I started drawing them to practice construction (the circles & stuff), and it’s helped me grasp anatomy better.
Dirk the Red Panda XD 17 yrs of drawing and art, and even i find mistakes
"God im telling people to trace.. IM GONNA GET CRUCIFIED"
Best intro
I’m kinda glad this came up on my recommended, it helped me with a few things I need improvement on. Thank you