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How I Started Proko While Living with my Parents
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ค. 2019
- It’s been over 6 years since I started this youtube channel, but I’ve never filmed any behind the scenes action at the Proko Studio. In this vlog I’ll talk about how I started my company while living with my parents, give you a tour of the current office, introduce you to the Proko crew, and show you my brand-spanking-new giant studio space! Be sure to subscribe to the channel if you enjoyed this video: bit.ly/SubProko
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About Proko:
Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.
Omg I never knew the struggle behind proko. This is complete different from what I imagined. My respect for proko just increased 100 times more
Same. 6 years ago? Wow, what a difference.
yup, never knew he had such a big crew. I figured he a had just a couple of peeps but this big?!
props to him
Thanks guys! It was rarely a struggle though. Hard work yes, but Ive enjoyed it the whole time.
I for some reason always thought proko still worked alone. Idk how he even earns enough to employ this many people xd
Any Artists here still living with their parents trying to make a living/business off of art? Where's our squad?!?!
We still here!
Weird flex but ok
We gon be alright 😂
Here uwu
+1!
It's really nice seeing how stan started everything, shows a true inspiration for other aspiring artist!
Proko is one of the best on YT. Who else agrees$
Me, i agree.
@weeby weeb 😁
@@paraiba5738 👍
I wholeheartedly agree!!!!! :):)
Agree
I can relate so much, I started this channel in my parent's house with my desk in the closet too. Thank you so much for uploading this, it gave me a ton of inspiration, you have no idea
That's awesome! Have you been able to upgrade yet?
I have! I'm splitting office space rent with an I.T. consultant right now and the ppl in the office next to me said they hear every word I say when filming lol. I feel like I'm in that "ahh... those were good times" part of my business
Lol I love it.
I did some of your early animations in your videos. It has been many many years since. I'm glad life and business is going great, keep up the great work dude you deserve it!
Ayy that's really cool
I’m so glad you made this video. I can relate, helped me 🙏inspired!
STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM NOW WE HERE! @proko well deserved and well earned!
14:41 look at that face of excitement...
Thank you for the vid, and good luck with the project!!!
I started watching your you tube videos about 3 months ago because I wanted to learn to draw better and have come to love and appreciate what you have done Stan. Your videos are instructive, fun and funny. I especially like your Michael Scott and HP references. You remind me of my kids, who are about your age with new families as well. I am so glad you are finding success and was glad to see this "history" lesson. I just signed up for the premium course and am having a ball! Best of luck to you and your's and continued success!!
Thank you for being such genuine and helpful person Stan! Like James Gurney you are too treasure to the art community. Bless you man!
Congrats! I was just in the process of signing up for one of your courses. Been following you for years! Nice to see a face to the name from the guy who answered my email the other day! Looks like a fun place to work. (And i must say, i love all the bloopers at the ends of alot of your videos, keep em coming!)
Every video I watch of you makes me like you even more as an artist and human being. Your genuine excitement at the new studio made me smile from ear to ear and made my day brighter. You work so God damn hard to help people, you deserve so much success! Thanks for making this art community that much lovelier to be in!
Agreed! I really wish I had an online art community when I was in high school, would have been a big game changed. (I'm old btw😀)
Wow! So much more professional than I imagined. Great to see the behind-the-scenes and all of the "little people" that go into Proko. Really love your videos. Getting ready to start my first class with you this summer!
Congrats first !
Your studio and people's love which you achieved,is a prize of your hard work and story of struggling is inspired to your followers like me.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful moments and studio tour with us.
Wow I can’t believe it’s been this long since you started. When I found you you only had your first three or four videos of how to draw the head from different angles. Much respect for all the hard work and dedication, I’m so happy it paid off so well. You earned it!!!
Stan thanks a lot for taking the effort to spread the knowledge of art to the whole world and that too in a very interesting way. Can’t express in words how much your videos have helped me & my friends😃😃 thank you so much
I love getting to see how you started. Love your videos and tutorials! You are a force for good in this crazy world!🖌
Really happy and glad to see how far you've come you're a huge inspiration ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm so thankful for Proko, his passion and his enthusiasm for teaching drawing. His portrait series was what really got me started into drawing people/portraits. His humor may be a little childish but that was the point, to not be intimidated with drawing and have fun with it. And that really helped me remember stuff. Good job to Proko
What a great thing to share with everybody - fantastic.
Congrats Proko! Seeing how hard work, love and passion pays off gives me hope in humanity
The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it.....thanks for sharing.... proko...no size...we still following....you are the best so far.
So happy for you Proko!, what an amazing talent and what an amazing story!
Amazing how Stan's growth on TH-cam also give opportunities for others. Other big TH-camrs upgrade their initial equipment setup and that's it. Stan give a different meaning in "giving something back to the community" more than just great content or simply showing the gold play button and saying thank you to viewers and subs.
Thanks for inspiring us 👊
You are my hero, such an inspiring example of what passion, perseverance, and creativity can accomplish.
Your courses are significantly helping me developing my skills.. thanks for all the high quality content Stan!!
That's a dream come true, awesome!! Your dedication is truly inspiring, thank you for sharing.
WOW, Stan! Been watching you for some years now, but never have seen this video until now (6/'24). What a story!!! I had no idea. And...I'm totally impressed! From your humble beginnings, at your parents, to your studio/headquarters of today, you made your 'dream' a reality along with the great team you've assembled. You're an incredible dedicated artist, and now even collaborating, for sometime, with other wonderful artists on your channel. PROKO does a great service to the artistic community, worldwide, with your high quality art instruction. And I certainly wish you, your team; your entire endeavor, much continued success. You've earned it. Again...great story....and truly inspiring! Very glad I caught this video. Best wishes!
This is a very cool look at Proko Studio. It was nice to here about how you started, meet your crew, and the very exciting space you are moving into.
Wish you all the best, Stan! Keep up the good work!
This is so inspiring in so many levels. Keep it up, Proko!
Oh my! Great, great news, Proko! Congrats! You deserve the better!
Stan you and your editor do well in showing people how challenging yet rewarding it is to start and feed a channel. Your success has been well deserved :)
This is REALLY inspiring! Thanks for sharing this with us
I am a struggling animator, and your videos had taught me SO MUCH. Thank you, you deserve ALL the success of the world.
I love your video it made me feel what I was in the past and what I am still trying to get thank you so much for showing and sharing love you
Beautiful success story!
All the hard work, dedication and the passion for what you do paid off
Very inspiring and admirable 💐 I really appreciate your channel and so happy you didn't give up on this 🙏
Hi Proko! I just wanted to tell you that this vlog is really inspiring... I'm a journalist who decided to study design... So I want you to know that I started watching your videos until I finally decide to go to an institute. Keep it up! Greetings from Ecuador (Latin America).
Respect and Admiration Proko ! of course, towards the entire team. There are tons of people out there who think TH-camrs make loads of money by just talking to camera. Happy and inspired after seeing this video
The way Proko started up is super similar to how I am now. Thank you for the encouraging video!
So cool of you to share this with us proko. Glad to be part of your journey.
Looking forward to your videos, great content and very inspirational too. I love stories that start with humble beginnings, hope God keep blessing you.
The way Jazza up his railing system for the lights and cameras to move all around the room would be a nice addition to your studio.
This video actually motivated me to get it together and work smarter towards building something for myself
The editor popped a lil' smiley face on there, I love that~ :D
By the way, this is really encouraging~!
Hard work pays off. Thank you so much Stan. This video inspired me. Good luck from India 😊
Whoooo! Proko basics! Can't wait!!!!!!! Also I found this very interesting, to watch. The struggle is real, LOL!
Stay on course, my good man!
Here's wishing you a steady take off in the new PS premises!
Good for you, dude! You worked super hard and it paid off. I'm getting there with my design career, myself, but it's been many years in the making. I feel like all artists have a certain amount of insane determination. lol
Thank you for everything you and your team give us...
I appreciate Proko so damn much, person now company, algorithm won’t affect my bell, I hope
Congratulation for the new space!! Keep going with your quality contents :)
Amazing!! Just love your work!
I'm so happy you used the Wilhelm Scream!!! [8:49]
Wow can't say I get the same feeling of professionalism among other youtube artists. With the amount of time it takes and the different ways you monetize the operation can easily grow from a one man show to needing an entire team to help you keep the ship steady. I would definitely love to hear about the ins and outs of maintaining this kind of business.
Awesome and inspiring! Thanks for the motivation!
Great origin story! Good for you, long may it continue.
Great to see how Proko began thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks for sharing this with us, Very inspiring and admirable.
Congrats!!! I cannot imagine how I improve with your classes
I loved this one! It was SO much like my own Studio Journey, the many "creative" ways artists come up with utilizing whatever space is available, in order to "carry on." Often I worked on the hood of my Dad's car, at camp down in the woods. Those times it was painting/decorating buffalo skulls... Another time I did small "reverse painting
on glass" restorations for a museum in Reichdad, that had suffered damage during the war in Germany... on a board laid across shelved pantry walls. Tiny closet space. And of course, attics & dungeon walled cellars. 😄 What a journey! Thank-you for sharing yours
The things we do to carry on our creative journey! Love that you worked on the hood of your Dad's car.
I wish you lots of success. Disney who? Everyone is talking about Proko! I am so glad you employed Skelly. Thank you for all the hard work. Really appreciate it
Amazing place. Great to see how proko is growing!
I feel bad for discovering your channel late, you're my favorite instructor here ❤️
Wonderful! It is hard to believe all you went through, but you made it!
This is great! Inspiring! Good luck!
"failure is when you give up". This is so inspiring
Congrats on your new space! It would be an interesting couple of videos if you partnered with another TH-camr to work on remodeling the new studio space.
Really great inspiring video...u simply teach us how to grow within our limitations.. 🙏❤️
Nice to see behind the scenes. Thanks for that, Stan.
congratz , so happy for you
Thanks! Would love to see the new studio when it's done.
This was fascinating - thank you!
Very interesting insight! All the best!
I'd love a blog on your work flow. From conception to publishing, and when you make decisions on which aspects.
love your channel .cheer ! keep going
It's so different from what I have imagined, can't believe it's so hard at the beginning. We should all learn from your optimism!
2:37 the smiley face made my day, that's the cutest
Very cool and good luck! Your video is very useful!
Fun to see the scope of the operation!
Schweeet office space, and a nice bunch of people with whom to work. Congratulations on your business’s growth from your parents house to now. Loved that closet office - tight (and I don’t mean that in a cool way). I’d love to see more on how you set up that new space. Also, I miss Skelly.
Congrats on your new place. It appears to have great potential! :o)
Thanks for sharing background of your channel and your hard beginnigs. Wish you luck in the future👍
His excitement get me excited! Now time to draw!
Congratulations Proko for working hard. I hope the base will be worth it :D
the more i know about the people behind Proko the more i love it :)
congratulations, I'm very happy for you and your achievements
Wow that youtube graph is crazy. Respect to you man for surviving out here
Those blank white soundboards and that white wall makes me uneasy
_draw on it!_
(seriously though, a mural video would be _epic)_
Another good series would be Stan using non-graphite art supplies to make art/challenges maybe once a while. (I just low key want to see how he does with alcohol markers or aerosol tbh)
Tripod on the table is how I shoot my videos right now
Greatness from small beginnings!
So awesome to hardworking people who brings true value to succeed.
This is awesome Stan, thanks for sharing the early years. At what point did you feel comfortable quitting your day job?
hank you for sharing your experience.. it is inspiring.
inspiring, love it!
STAN, I'm positive you've already thought of this but, If you're doing a concrete finish for floors, while doing live recordings, your mic's might pick up unwanted sounds like footsteps. {High heels, boots, flip flops, sandals, guests entering the studio, surroundings chatter, running water, toilet flush and the like...} There are high ceilings, and if the walls to your partitions aren't insulated or you have no ceiling cap or monoglass, those "outside" sounds could end up on filming. Perhaps a "recording light outside the door visible to all staff... like an X-Ray in use sign... minimize lost time or editing and perhaps, carpet runners to reduce the sound bounce.. I know you said your'd address the echo factor... but then when you said, you're doing a concrete floor, I thought, I should say something.
Very happy to see you and your team come so far. I've learned a ton from you all, and can't wait for more future material and content. Cheers Stan and Crew.
Thank you for the tips! We do plan on using several rugs in the recording areas.
Excellent. I love it
this is fun!! More behind the scenes and gettng to know the worker bees, please!! I've been in withdrawal since DeFranco walled off his team from us peons.