I'll go through these phases where I'm like "man I don't know how they do it, I don't get how they make such beautiful art so quickly" then I'll go through the "holy sh*t this art I made looks amazing, I didn't realize I could draw this good" then I go back to looking at the art that inspires me and the cycle repeats. Your videos help a lot though! I've been watching since 3-4 years ago which is when I decided I wanted to learn how to draw my own characters, my old art is unrecognizable compared to what I make now.
Idk but I am just fed up these days I want to draw but is not that passionate to. i draw sometimes and like it rarely maybe I need a break so did a break I thought I needed to change my artsyle like draw something different than 2d art so I made different things but still I draw rarely and I don't like it. I just want my passion for art to be back I don't want to hate doing art hope it fixes over time...
@ I understand the feeling. For a good year and a half I only drew like once every 4-5 months. Eventually I think I got inspired by just seeing what other people were making or doing, since July I’ve finished around 20 different artworks. I wish I could tell you exactly how to fix your problem. I’m thinking it might be on the input side of things, maybe you need to look at some art or figure out what type of art you want to make before you start again. I also think having friends that are artists helps since you can bounce ideas off of each other and then critique each other’s works.
I gave up on art from 2020 up until just this year due to my inner monolauge always tearing me down. I found one of your 30 day challenges and that finally gave me the drive to start trying again.. I'm really proud of how consistent I've been this year and it reflects a lot in my art. I still know I have a long ways to go, but I feel a lot more confident because of that. I try to remind myself that every mistake I make is another step closer to my end goal. Thanks, Marc.
It sucks that we think negative about ourselves, especially on a creative level. This was much needed, because i literally said 20 mins ago "her sketching looks better than mine" its like you heard me 😂 anyways, the advice given was very important that we take time to focus on other hobbies. Its always good to take a break from your main hobby you love doing. Itll allow you to get a better fresh prospective! Thanks for this!!!
@tatssutona it's ok. But really having s gold environment and peace can help your art so much. Hard to draw freely when you're stressed and have to be responsible all the time :/
Thank you for giving non-art related examples for positive rituals. Sometimes as an artist it’s hard to do non-art things without feeling guilty! But it’s so important to have balance in your life.
I'll keep repeating positive words loudly everyday then to fight the negative inner voice. Fake it till you make it, say it till you believe it. 😉 The only one who can fight our inner demon is ourselves, having positive mindset is not only good for reaching goals, it's also good for your mental health :D I believe in you guys, keep on drawing keep on improving, never let your inner demon win 💪
I have put off drawing for my whole life. Beginning and just as quickly giving up due to bad results. I realize now it was just my head telling me I couldn't. I'm proud to say I'm doing it. I started drawing this November 1st. I am not good lol. But, I'm already realizing I have a lot more confidence even holding the pencil. Everything is hard but sometimes the drawings are stuff that are nice to look at. I wanna be a good artist and I will keep drawing everyday until then. I love the feeling of figuring out where to put a line or figuring out how to make an eye nicer. Even the sudden realization that everything is crooked lol. I am not giving up this time.
I’m glad you made a video on this ❤ I recently got over this inner struggle this month. As soon as I went from “Can’t” to “need to practice that more” my art has improved a huge amount!
This weirdly arrived at the right time for me. I tend to abandon attempts at drawing when I start struggling (not helped by my PC being right in front of me). Was trying to mix a few pics (take a pose here, hair there, etc.) for the first time, and was like 'What's the point?' Then just saw this video and decided that I would finish it, even if it meant taking breaks. Even if distraction (and work) got in the way, eventually finished it. Feet are horrible, head too big, and hands ain't great, but I needed to finish it to realize that in the first place. Thanks.
Correct, just by looking at the title I know you're right. Since I force myself to draw more “difficult” things I've improved a lot, it's a great advice
This is really something I needed to hear right now. Thank you so much. The voices have been so bad that I put down the drawing pencil for a month or so now. I look at my own work and see nothing worthwhile, nothing worth creating. I look at my work and hate it and myself so much. I feel like I should be better. Looking at other artists makes me feel so worthless in terms of my growth and improvement. It's lead me into (or maybe just coincided with) a deep depressive episode that's left me unable to get out of bed, unable to see the point in doing literally anything at all. This video couldn't come at a more perfect time and I really appreciate that you made it. I needed this so much. I'll be trying this advice and trying my best to change that inner voice.
One thing I do, that is different from other artists, I dont draw something that was already made by someone else, I work on my own characters, makes me feel more authentic.
@KaiSub yeah, I draw no dragon ball z no naruto nothing, not even cartoon's etc, I draw something I come up with, or mix random stuff, I'm working on a silent hill story, but I'm creating new horror characters n story.
I do something similar as you. In my case, I'm in a part of certain anime fandom. Let's say in that fandom there's already exist fairly well known character ship and some artist constantly posting artwork about them. Then I will look for another unpopular ship that people rarely talk about and underpoplar or creating new one myself. Because in my mind, what's the point of creating something that already a thing ? I'd like to create something new, unusual and imo different from many others. And make that into a thing 🗿
@@starflatinum244 👍 art is infinite, millions of ideas, but some artists take easy routes, nothing wrong with that, but for the artists that like to struggle a bit, make it a challenge can come up with new ideas, for example Marc has that, hes always creating new stuff, his work is his, unique, but yeah I like challenges, is hard to come up with something especially if I have not written the story. Art n story different thing.
I like copying other artists, cuz I'm still learning art. I'll take an artist's work and try to recreate it. I usually end up doing it slightly different which makes it more... original. Other times I use references from Pinterest
Bruh, I’m watching this literally about to eat a banana and he tells me not to think about it 😥 But seriously though, thanks so much Marc for reminding me not to compare myself to others. I’ve been in a rough spot lately and have been really doubtful of my art abilities especially, so I needed to hear something like this today. It’s videos like this that keep me coming back every week.
3:39 Wow, it's amazing to know I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Acting like a maniac waiting for his opponent to see the difference between the two and the frustration that comes when you see him drawing something you are not good at and you go desperately to try to learn it in order to catch up with him like a madman You don't know how much your words relieved me and I will work hard to apply it in my daily life thank you soooooooooo much❤❤❤
One thing that helps me when I inevitably compare myself to another is to think "he is going for a totally different branch than what I want to achieve, there is no point in comparing because we are not even on the same path." Because 99% of the time that's the case
I'm addicted to this kind of lesson, drawing while listening to your lesson Boosted my focus and it keeps me going till there's no more space to draw on. Splendid 😃
I found that the only thing you need to use your brain at is the actual art, if it's not about planning or learning then shut the brain off completely, don't overthink, just DO. The reason why everyone does more artworks and content than you is because they simply go at it instead of thinking about it. Let yourself free sometimes in the sea that is creativity. It's not always about rules and what's the "right way".
Exactly, the critique comes AFTER the art, not before. Error is essential to growth and should be noted and understood to get better, but there are no errors if there are no artworks. So inactivity is the only killer. JUST DO IT!
If only it was that easy. It takes me hours to fall asleep because my brain won't shut up, telling me to "stop thinking" just makes me overthink about how I should stop overthinking
I really needed this video, as my inner critic is probably the core culprit of constant procrastinating and dropping most drawing ideas because "your skill is not enough", "you won't do this properly, so why bother", and even hating projects already done because "they suck". Probably things won't change overnight, but its good to have some useful tools to try to tackle the issue.
This is so helpful...I'm in a discord server with friends and everytime I post my art, it gets ignored or someone posts their art a few minutes later as if I didn't post anything. I It's so demoralizing but seeing this has definitely gave me a brand new perspective. It stings a lot cuz I know everyone in the server but because my art isn't "good enough" compared to everyone else's, my comments also get ignored, even not in art channels. I needed this wake up call because I expect at least ONE person to like my art but banking on that and getting disappointed after I spent 13 hours on something that looks simple feeling like it's wasted time just made me realize something new. Gained a few levels with this newfound knowledge. Thank you, Teach. I'm so glad one of my pixel art friends referred me to your videos. Don't worry, I paid the class fee a while ago! ❤🐉💧
Can't tell how many times my inner has fucked me up and once you clear the negativity which is hard and start thinking positive your work will change for the better
This feels like general life advice to some extent. Your ancestors all did some amazing and crazy things, getting good at art doesnt even compare in some cases. Keep grinding
For me, I was most motivated when I took inspiration with a learning curve to it. Like watching someone or the artist themselves breaking down the aesthetic decisions in the drawing puts me in a more critical mood, makes me want to try out my own drawings.
Spot on! I've been putting this to practice for a while now and it helps to hear it from you every now and then. It's great that you don't just focus on the technical side of learning art but also the well being, as like you say they are closely connected. As for the rituals, I make myself a nice pot of genmaicha or sencha in a pretty tea ware that I use only for that occasion. I made it my point to buy better quality tea and snacks to go with it. You can turn ordinary activities into a ritual just like that. And when I feel like extra effort, I put on a kimono for my tea ritual and then just wear it while drawing. It certainly elevates the mood. Everything else that you mentioned, like keeping clean environment, some physical activity and touching grass, I have found important as well. Thank you so much for researching and sharing that knowledge with us!
I really love watching you paint. I was only half listening because the painting was so mesmerizing! Really excited to find some time to watch season two. I find the art style very very compelling!
It’s crazy that your weekly videos just happen to coincide with me in a fashion that’s so uncanny, as if our 🧠s are connected telepatheticly [🤣] and this week is no exception. It’s a bad habit of mine I need to reverse, sooner than later; so I give THANX for this weeks lesson! 🙇♂️
This video helped me alot, ive had this for years and it put me in a really unsafe miserable state, watching this now at the right time rlly helped, thank you❤
Hey Mark, just started this video. I just wanna say I've been struggling with self-doubt in everything for a while now. Around four years. I can't even get a job in graphics design I studied because I don't trust in myself. I hope I'll get over this one day, I'm going to therapy soon as well. Thank you for talking aboutherapy EDIT: I'm so happy with this video. It's actually much more helpfull to talk about how our brain works and how to work with him than just saying what helped you. Because we are all different andbsame things won't work for everyone. But understanding why something is happening and how it works is actually the right way to improve your mental stability. It's also nice to add your own tips tho because that way you guve an example and also show people that you did it and they can too. Really amazing video. Thank you!
I have just talked to my friend about this subject. Great timing. 👌🏻 As artists, I think, we tend to be a bit more sensitive. Introspection (not negative self talk!) is important. The artwork is beautiful! 👍🏻
As someone who just started drawing it feels like im really doing awful. im 26 years old and never really did it because of my past everything i did i got bullied for in school and it gave me an really awful mindset for the future thats basically: "if your not immediatly good at it you should stop" which is a thought i entertained for far to long. this thought process is what drove me into Depression and kept me from following things i actually like (like i enjoy drawing but i want my art to be at least lookable without everyone going wow thats cringe but this is another can of worms i have to figure out) the revelation came to me just a few months ago where i just would.... pick up a drawing tablet and i just started drawing without any practice or real experience. it of course turned out awful..... or so i thought. my mindset swayed so suddenly to "hey this art actually looks kinda good" "hey maybe i should practice this" "if i focus on this i could get better" and just these thought were absoloutly mindblowing for me. I have come up with a few ways to "deal" with my depression but most of those WERE self destructive and its really hard to get a grip on whats real and what your mind is telling you if you go this endless cycle of "your just not good enough" a trick i found is you literally just tell yourself "STOP!" it makes your inner voice shut up for just a few minutes but if you occupy yourself with something like Music or a book or drawing this voice wont have any space to talk to you. it really does wonders. Another thing that really helps is sitting down with yourself and "talk" to your inner voice. Talk about the things you really think about your self objectivly, for me it was especially self hatred and self esteem issues and i just sat down. thought about it sometimes wrote it down because it seems less crazy to Write it down instead of talking to yourself but trying to pinpoint these thoughts and not finding any truth behind it is such a relief and your mindset will improve from it. I now shared some tips for how i deal with this stuff and i know it will go under in this sea of comments but i hope i can at least help a single person with one of those advices.
for months now i've been in a pretty dark place in terms of art, whenever i finish something in digital i feel sad and hollow cause i can't find satisfaction in how my pieces turn out, but this may actually help with that. I'll start implementing it, thank you!
Again I always love the quality and information of your lessons, and kind of a off-note, watching you paint Jinx reminded me that Season 2 of Arcane is releasing. I haven't been able to see any episodes yet, but I'm am super excited to sit and watch!!
Thanks Mark for these lessons. I really love seeing your drawing for ongoing animations, I hope to see some Bleach characters for the next lesson like Ichigo, yhwach, Inoue, Kyoraku, zaraki because I'm a big fan of the series.
Great video with an amazing artwork, I always love to see the timelapses. The topic is also very important, I feel like many people neglect how the mentality affects your art and efficiency I'm not an expert on a topic, but what helped me a lot is comparing myself to myself instead to others. I'm mostly blind to my own progress but once I feel down, I just scroll through my old artworks and look for the areas where I improved and things that I still can improve. It also helped me to not compare myself to others or how well received was my piece. In the end likes are only an additional reward and satisfaction from drawing should be the main one. Other thing I've managed to do due to recent therapy is learning how to argue with my own thoughts and twist them around. Instead of "I'm too bad to draw this" I go with "I'll do it the best that I can and in the future I will make it even better". Because that's also the case, with a greater skill and expretise, even if I don't like the piece now, nothing will stop me from redoing it in the future (though would be careful not to fall into the trap of ignorance) My biggest struggle is always to get started and stay focused on which I'm working
Thank you so much for this, Marc. I have recently joined an Australian comic art collective with a bunch of amazing people who have been published and have worked hard to improve their skills and have published work… and I feel like an imposter amongst them… at anytime they’ll banish me from the ship. I know this is me that is doing this and even my wife recognised it as she bought me an amazing book called Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen which is helping a lot. I have recently quit work and am taking 12 months to work seriously on my art and it’s stalled, because of me. In short, thanks for this video!
First I just listened to this video, and thought it was helpful. Then I watched your progress on this image: Mind blowing! I can't believe how 'ugly' this image looked at one point. I never knew how easily you could build up such an image. Well.. I say easy now and struggle later. I'm sure a lot of understanding of drawing went into constructing this picture as a whole.
This video is really inspiring, as someone who really struggles with my self-esteem and negative thoughts This is essentially a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you think that you're bad at art, and if you see yourself fail, you're basically proving yourself that you're bad, and of course that leads to more negative thoughts and eventually dropping art altogether. Why bother if you just proved yourself that you're bad, you know? But that's the thing. Failure doesn't mean bad, it means you're just one step closer to improving. Art is an everlasting process of learning. You never stop growing as an artist or as a person, for that matter. There isn't a point at which you become "good". Your art will always matter at all points in time. All the failure and success, everything you draw has a meaning and purpose. It's your journey as an artist Instead of listening to your inner voice, tell yourself: "Yeah, I'm still growing, and that's what matters. It doesn't matter if I'm good or bad at it, what matters is that I enjoy drawing, and I will keep improving. Art isn't a competition, it's my self-expression" Improvement will come your way. All you really need to do is to keep practicing, analyzing, learning, studying, using references, etc. You will eventually grow. But art isn't JUST skill, it's also what you put into it. What meaning you give your art. It's what you feel and it's your inner world. Don't be so harsh on yourself. Your inner world matters. As for skill? That's something you shouldn't pressure yourself about. You won't be able to grow if you expect to immediately improve. Skill takes time, months, years. It's a lengthy process, but it's not about the end result, it's about the journey
I was literally just ina terrible mindset, as I’m trying to prepare for my game art portfolio to try to get accepted to any uni, I’m being hyper critical and constantly comparing, this was a breath of fresh air from my headache of thoughts, thanks!!
Marc, if you end up seeing this, I beg of thee to advise me in my journey. I've been encountering the same issue with painting for a while now and I haven't been able to find a good way around it. When the time comes to take my rough painting and refine it, I find that when refining my blurry edges into sharp and resolved shapes I will often find myself painting over the lighting, texture, and other elements, flattening the details and having to re do them, but then in the process of re doing them, I end up muddying the edges. This back and fourth of going over my work makes rendering terribly inefficient and I have yet to find a solution.
2:50: To add to that, how often you hear your inner voice, also varies between people. Also, some people lack an inner voice, it's called anendophasia, worth looking into.
4:21 this is so true! I feel less pressure to do a manhwa style illustration knowing that manhwa are normally made by a team of artists, each one working in a different aspect like lineart coloring and other stuff. And the fact that i can make a illustration somewhat comparable to their art, is so motivating. Even though i probably take more time than them to finish a piece. 😂
As someone whose struggled with depression & ADHD for decades now and adopted 'small rituals' about two years ago, they are a huge mood booster and I highly recommend them to anyone struggling. They aren't a silver bullet but they helped me so I hope they can help you.
I swear negative thoughts can get you into greater heights once you learn how to direct these feelings correctly, (If you have the mental resilience to do so, otherwise you'll just get drepessed)
Seems like the voices in my head are getting louder and Marc heard them enough to make a class for everyone, what a cool dude! Thanks teach and sorry for being so late 😭😭
Your words and thoughts shape your reality. I couldn't agree more. 'Whether you think you can or you think you can, youre right' - Henry Ford 'As a man thinks in his heart, so is he' - King Solomon, son of David
If you are gifted/ talented a good thing to do is change your inner voice from praising yourself for talent or brains or some intrinsic quality and start praising yourself for the work you put in and sticking with difficult things. This is based on a study where kids who were praised for intelligence actually performed worse in the next test than kids who got no praise and kids who got praised on their work ethic did better on the next test. Using your self talk to get in the mindset of someone who puts the hours in can really help something like art which takes so long to learn. On the cleaning your space. Totally agree. A few years ago I made a shift to cleaning my place and its been amazing to keep it clean. It also takes less effort to clean a tidy house than a messy one. Which brings me to my point. I divided 'cleaning' into 'tidying' and 'cleaning'. If you ever have a few minutes spare, tidy. If you leave your desk/ room and go to the kitchen, take some rubbish. Spend a minute putting clothes or documents away etc etc. Tidying is just about doing the little quick things but more often and it makes a MASSIVE difference. Then when it comes to doing a deeper clean (vacuum, dusting etc) its so much easier when you don't have to first worry about rubbish and dishes.
Thanks for all the great videos and psychological help Marc! Much appreciated! Have you checked out Super Crooks yet? I think you might dig the art style and I'd love to see you draw, Kasey. All the best!!
Is hard not comparing to other people, in any kind of subject, being art, sports, studies, science, gaming, even looks. Is better to look less at others and more at oneself, practicing harder, learning something new like methods in the art subject. With time and hard work everything is possible, and yes theres people with talent specially in art, but everyone start somewhere, not at the same level, but can get equal at some point, but NEVER GIVE UP.
this video just show up right when I thinking about this 0:01 My practice has been going well lately and I have managed to improve and fix the problems I have encountered one by one, but when I think about trying to draw a complete illustration my head is blank and I have no ideas what to make and that makes me down and everything looks impossible.
My inner voice is optmistic about the future but pessimistic about the present. Its more like: "You sux, but one day you will be good" It made sense in the past thinking this way, But now I become pretty good at drawing, and I still think that "I'm not there yet"
Same with me, I wish I could see my teen version reaction to my current art level. Maybe it would force mind to stage accurately my level of improvement.
@@NathGate It was a good mindset back then, our way to keep doing something we were bad at. But now its no longer useful but our brains got so used to think this way, so became our default mode.
Your art will probably never really be as good as you want it to be, unless you address your inner voice. I still struggle with that once in a while, your expectations unfortunately always go up as you improve
“The mind is a powerful place, and what you feed it can affect you in powerful ways, it’s pretty cool right yea, but it’s not always safe.. if you look at your face every day when you get up and think you’ll never be great, you’ll never be great, not because you’re not but the hate will always find a way to cut you up and murder your faith” (The Search, NF)
Dang, that's the first time I can say what are the chances that that comes out now. Yesterday I had an incredible really crushing experience of self-depreciation, so I'm interested to listen to this. Hopefully it can make me calm down a bit.
I don't have issues with my inner voice, but definitely with my ADHD. I'm actually about to move to the mountains with a friend where we can have a garden and help each other build good routines, rituals, and habits. I know I'm good at what I do, but I can't wait to see how I'll soar with that kind of environment.
Hi Marc, thanks for making the video! Just by seeing the title it reminded me of a passage from Rick Rubin's book, "The Creative act: a way of being". It says the following: "Interference may also come from the voices within. The ones in your head that murmur you're not talented enough, your idea isn't good enough, art isn't a worthwhile investment of your time, the result won't be well-received, you're a failure if the creation isn't successful. It's helpful to turn those voices down so you can hear the chimes of the cosmic clock ring, reminding you it's time. Your time to participate." What I also liked was that he said that if a creator is so afraid to be judged for their work and are unable to move forward, it might be because their need to protect themselves is larger than their need to create and share their work.
I'll go through these phases where I'm like "man I don't know how they do it, I don't get how they make such beautiful art so quickly" then I'll go through the "holy sh*t this art I made looks amazing, I didn't realize I could draw this good" then I go back to looking at the art that inspires me and the cycle repeats. Your videos help a lot though! I've been watching since 3-4 years ago which is when I decided I wanted to learn how to draw my own characters, my old art is unrecognizable compared to what I make now.
Idk but I am just fed up these days I want to draw but is not that passionate to. i draw sometimes and like it rarely maybe I need a break so did a break I thought I needed to change my artsyle like draw something different than 2d art so I made different things but still I draw rarely and I don't like it. I just want my passion for art to be back I don't want to hate doing art hope it fixes over time...
@ I understand the feeling. For a good year and a half I only drew like once every 4-5 months. Eventually I think I got inspired by just seeing what other people were making or doing, since July I’ve finished around 20 different artworks. I wish I could tell you exactly how to fix your problem. I’m thinking it might be on the input side of things, maybe you need to look at some art or figure out what type of art you want to make before you start again. I also think having friends that are artists helps since you can bounce ideas off of each other and then critique each other’s works.
I gave up on art from 2020 up until just this year due to my inner monolauge always tearing me down. I found one of your 30 day challenges and that finally gave me the drive to start trying again.. I'm really proud of how consistent I've been this year and it reflects a lot in my art. I still know I have a long ways to go, but I feel a lot more confident because of that. I try to remind myself that every mistake I make is another step closer to my end goal. Thanks, Marc.
You got this! That’s awesome to hear :D
It sucks that we think negative about ourselves, especially on a creative level. This was much needed, because i literally said 20 mins ago "her sketching looks better than mine" its like you heard me 😂 anyways, the advice given was very important that we take time to focus on other hobbies. Its always good to take a break from your main hobby you love doing. Itll allow you to get a better fresh prospective!
Thanks for this!!!
Best thing is having support during tough times . Well I was alone so can't speak much
@sael5084 I'm sorry to hear that, every one of us needs support. But I hope your ok though
@tatssutona it's ok. But really having s gold environment and peace can help your art so much. Hard to draw freely when you're stressed and have to be responsible all the time :/
The voices in my head are telling me to like and subscribe!
They should tell you to hit that bell too
Bruh what's wrong with mine then they telling me to kms
The Voices are always gonna stay, but we all gotta learn how to use them to our own advantage
No just mute those voices ❤
Imma fight the voices
Nah they're fucking with me
@@lordevolder9907Oh my ...
Agree. That voice lives rent-free inside your head and you can't really get it out, yet it's trash-talking you. Make it work for you instead 😂
The big question is, how do you actually do that?
Thank you for giving non-art related examples for positive rituals. Sometimes as an artist it’s hard to do non-art things without feeling guilty! But it’s so important to have balance in your life.
I'll keep repeating positive words loudly everyday then to fight the negative inner voice. Fake it till you make it, say it till you believe it. 😉 The only one who can fight our inner demon is ourselves, having positive mindset is not only good for reaching goals, it's also good for your mental health :D
I believe in you guys, keep on drawing keep on improving, never let your inner demon win 💪
As an artist and musician, I really needed this. The awesome Jinx piece helped!
I have put off drawing for my whole life. Beginning and just as quickly giving up due to bad results. I realize now it was just my head telling me I couldn't. I'm proud to say I'm doing it. I started drawing this November 1st. I am not good lol. But, I'm already realizing I have a lot more confidence even holding the pencil. Everything is hard but sometimes the drawings are stuff that are nice to look at. I wanna be a good artist and I will keep drawing everyday until then. I love the feeling of figuring out where to put a line or figuring out how to make an eye nicer. Even the sudden realization that everything is crooked lol. I am not giving up this time.
You got it brother !
My brain and body legit went from lovers to enemies trope
Second proof that Marc Brunet likes feet
Yeah 😂
I’m glad you made a video on this ❤ I recently got over this inner struggle this month. As soon as I went from “Can’t” to “need to practice that more” my art has improved a huge amount!
This weirdly arrived at the right time for me. I tend to abandon attempts at drawing when I start struggling (not helped by my PC being right in front of me). Was trying to mix a few pics (take a pose here, hair there, etc.) for the first time, and was like 'What's the point?'
Then just saw this video and decided that I would finish it, even if it meant taking breaks. Even if distraction (and work) got in the way, eventually finished it. Feet are horrible, head too big, and hands ain't great, but I needed to finish it to realize that in the first place.
Thanks.
Goated artist and teacher 😤
reccomended in 2 minutes is ACTUAL insane work.. anyway this class finna be peak as usual.
I have no money for classes
Correct, just by looking at the title I know you're right.
Since I force myself to draw more “difficult” things I've improved a lot, it's a great advice
Forcibly changing my inner voice to say 'trust the process /no expectations " instead of" it's too hard! "
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This is really something I needed to hear right now. Thank you so much.
The voices have been so bad that I put down the drawing pencil for a month or so now. I look at my own work and see nothing worthwhile, nothing worth creating. I look at my work and hate it and myself so much. I feel like I should be better. Looking at other artists makes me feel so worthless in terms of my growth and improvement. It's lead me into (or maybe just coincided with) a deep depressive episode that's left me unable to get out of bed, unable to see the point in doing literally anything at all.
This video couldn't come at a more perfect time and I really appreciate that you made it. I needed this so much. I'll be trying this advice and trying my best to change that inner voice.
One thing I do, that is different from other artists, I dont draw something that was already made by someone else, I work on my own characters, makes me feel more authentic.
I think a lot of artists do that actually, I basically only draw my oc's, lol
@KaiSub yeah, I draw no dragon ball z no naruto nothing, not even cartoon's etc, I draw something I come up with, or mix random stuff, I'm working on a silent hill story, but I'm creating new horror characters n story.
I do something similar as you. In my case, I'm in a part of certain anime fandom. Let's say in that fandom there's already exist fairly well known character ship and some artist constantly posting artwork about them. Then I will look for another unpopular ship that people rarely talk about and underpoplar or creating new one myself.
Because in my mind, what's the point of creating something that already a thing ? I'd like to create something new, unusual and imo different from many others. And make that into a thing 🗿
@@starflatinum244 👍 art is infinite, millions of ideas, but some artists take easy routes, nothing wrong with that, but for the artists that like to struggle a bit, make it a challenge can come up with new ideas, for example Marc has that, hes always creating new stuff, his work is his, unique, but yeah I like challenges, is hard to come up with something especially if I have not written the story. Art n story different thing.
I like copying other artists, cuz I'm still learning art. I'll take an artist's work and try to recreate it. I usually end up doing it slightly different which makes it more... original.
Other times I use references from Pinterest
Bruh, I’m watching this literally about to eat a banana and he tells me not to think about it 😥
But seriously though, thanks so much Marc for reminding me not to compare myself to others. I’ve been in a rough spot lately and have been really doubtful of my art abilities especially, so I needed to hear something like this today. It’s videos like this that keep me coming back every week.
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Wow, it's amazing to know I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
Acting like a maniac waiting for his opponent to see the difference between the two and the frustration that comes when you see him drawing something you are not good at and you go desperately to try to learn it in order to catch up with him like a madman
You don't know how much your words relieved me and I will work hard to apply it in my daily life
thank you soooooooooo much❤❤❤
Glad to be one of the 27k+ students, Thank you so much for your hard work, Marc !
Instruction unclear, I did a demonic ritual instead and summoned an art demon.
Good. Call him Larry and feed him erasers.
One thing that helps me when I inevitably compare myself to another is to think
"he is going for a totally different branch than what I want to achieve, there is no point in comparing because we are not even on the same path."
Because 99% of the time that's the case
im happy to be just in the right mindset, the fact i can keep improving forever makes me so happy, that's all i want to do
I'm addicted to this kind of lesson, drawing while listening to your lesson Boosted my focus and it keeps me going till there's no more space to draw on. Splendid 😃
I found that the only thing you need to use your brain at is the actual art, if it's not about planning or learning then shut the brain off completely, don't overthink, just DO. The reason why everyone does more artworks and content than you is because they simply go at it instead of thinking about it. Let yourself free sometimes in the sea that is creativity. It's not always about rules and what's the "right way".
I shall keep your comment in mind!
With a branding iron, if I have to!
Exactly, the critique comes AFTER the art, not before. Error is essential to growth and should be noted and understood to get better, but there are no errors if there are no artworks. So inactivity is the only killer. JUST DO IT!
@@bananabread427 My retired teacher used to say: "Only those who do (something) make mistakes."
If only it was that easy. It takes me hours to fall asleep because my brain won't shut up, telling me to "stop thinking" just makes me overthink about how I should stop overthinking
@@leetri Just breathe deeply and stay away from screens before bedtime
The painting came out incredible!
I really needed this video, as my inner critic is probably the core culprit of constant procrastinating and dropping most drawing ideas because "your skill is not enough", "you won't do this properly, so why bother", and even hating projects already done because "they suck".
Probably things won't change overnight, but its good to have some useful tools to try to tackle the issue.
This is so helpful...I'm in a discord server with friends and everytime I post my art, it gets ignored or someone posts their art a few minutes later as if I didn't post anything. I
It's so demoralizing but seeing this has definitely gave me a brand new perspective. It stings a lot cuz I know everyone in the server but because my art isn't "good enough" compared to everyone else's, my comments also get ignored, even not in art channels. I needed this wake up call because I expect at least ONE person to like my art but banking on that and getting disappointed after I spent 13 hours on something that looks simple feeling like it's wasted time just made me realize something new. Gained a few levels with this newfound knowledge.
Thank you, Teach. I'm so glad one of my pixel art friends referred me to your videos.
Don't worry, I paid the class fee a while ago! ❤🐉💧
Can't tell how many times my inner has fucked me up and once you clear the negativity which is hard and start thinking positive your work will change for the better
This feels like general life advice to some extent. Your ancestors all did some amazing and crazy things, getting good at art doesnt even compare in some cases. Keep grinding
For me, I was most motivated when I took inspiration with a learning curve to it. Like watching someone or the artist themselves breaking down the aesthetic decisions in the drawing puts me in a more critical mood, makes me want to try out my own drawings.
Spot on! I've been putting this to practice for a while now and it helps to hear it from you every now and then. It's great that you don't just focus on the technical side of learning art but also the well being, as like you say they are closely connected.
As for the rituals, I make myself a nice pot of genmaicha or sencha in a pretty tea ware that I use only for that occasion. I made it my point to buy better quality tea and snacks to go with it. You can turn ordinary activities into a ritual just like that. And when I feel like extra effort, I put on a kimono for my tea ritual and then just wear it while drawing. It certainly elevates the mood.
Everything else that you mentioned, like keeping clean environment, some physical activity and touching grass, I have found important as well. Thank you so much for researching and sharing that knowledge with us!
I really love watching you paint. I was only half listening because the painting was so mesmerizing! Really excited to find some time to watch season two. I find the art style very very compelling!
It’s crazy that your weekly videos just happen to coincide with me in a fashion that’s so uncanny, as if our 🧠s are connected telepatheticly [🤣] and this week is no exception. It’s a bad habit of mine I need to reverse, sooner than later; so I give THANX for this weeks lesson! 🙇♂️
This video helped me alot, ive had this for years and it put me in a really unsafe miserable state, watching this now at the right time rlly helped, thank you❤
Hey Mark, just started this video. I just wanna say I've been struggling with self-doubt in everything for a while now. Around four years. I can't even get a job in graphics design I studied because I don't trust in myself. I hope I'll get over this one day, I'm going to therapy soon as well.
Thank you for talking aboutherapy
EDIT: I'm so happy with this video. It's actually much more helpfull to talk about how our brain works and how to work with him than just saying what helped you. Because we are all different andbsame things won't work for everyone. But understanding why something is happening and how it works is actually the right way to improve your mental stability. It's also nice to add your own tips tho because that way you guve an example and also show people that you did it and they can too. Really amazing video. Thank you!
I have just talked to my friend about this subject. Great timing. 👌🏻
As artists, I think, we tend to be a bit more sensitive. Introspection (not negative self talk!) is important. The artwork is beautiful! 👍🏻
As someone who just started drawing it feels like im really doing awful. im 26 years old and never really did it because of my past everything i did i got bullied for in school and it gave me an really awful mindset for the future thats basically: "if your not immediatly good at it you should stop" which is a thought i entertained for far to long. this thought process is what drove me into Depression and kept me from following things i actually like (like i enjoy drawing but i want my art to be at least lookable without everyone going wow thats cringe but this is another can of worms i have to figure out) the revelation came to me just a few months ago where i just would.... pick up a drawing tablet and i just started drawing without any practice or real experience. it of course turned out awful..... or so i thought. my mindset swayed so suddenly to "hey this art actually looks kinda good" "hey maybe i should practice this" "if i focus on this i could get better" and just these thought were absoloutly mindblowing for me. I have come up with a few ways to "deal" with my depression but most of those WERE self destructive and its really hard to get a grip on whats real and what your mind is telling you if you go this endless cycle of "your just not good enough" a trick i found is you literally just tell yourself "STOP!" it makes your inner voice shut up for just a few minutes but if you occupy yourself with something like Music or a book or drawing this voice wont have any space to talk to you. it really does wonders. Another thing that really helps is sitting down with yourself and "talk" to your inner voice. Talk about the things you really think about your self objectivly, for me it was especially self hatred and self esteem issues and i just sat down. thought about it sometimes wrote it down because it seems less crazy to Write it down instead of talking to yourself but trying to pinpoint these thoughts and not finding any truth behind it is such a relief and your mindset will improve from it.
I now shared some tips for how i deal with this stuff and i know it will go under in this sea of comments but i hope i can at least help a single person with one of those advices.
for months now i've been in a pretty dark place in terms of art, whenever i finish something in digital i feel sad and hollow cause i can't find satisfaction in how my pieces turn out, but this may actually help with that. I'll start implementing it, thank you!
the voices.. they aways win
Again I always love the quality and information of your lessons, and kind of a off-note, watching you paint Jinx reminded me that Season 2 of Arcane is releasing. I haven't been able to see any episodes yet, but I'm am super excited to sit and watch!!
It’s gooood go watch!
Thanks Mark for these lessons.
I really love seeing your drawing for ongoing animations, I hope to see some Bleach characters for the next lesson like Ichigo, yhwach, Inoue, Kyoraku, zaraki because I'm a big fan of the series.
Another amazing class by the man, the myth, the legend himself!
Thank you for covering this. You've hit the core of my art problems!!!
Great video with an amazing artwork, I always love to see the timelapses. The topic is also very important, I feel like many people neglect how the mentality affects your art and efficiency
I'm not an expert on a topic, but what helped me a lot is comparing myself to myself instead to others. I'm mostly blind to my own progress but once I feel down, I just scroll through my old artworks and look for the areas where I improved and things that I still can improve. It also helped me to not compare myself to others or how well received was my piece. In the end likes are only an additional reward and satisfaction from drawing should be the main one.
Other thing I've managed to do due to recent therapy is learning how to argue with my own thoughts and twist them around. Instead of "I'm too bad to draw this" I go with "I'll do it the best that I can and in the future I will make it even better". Because that's also the case, with a greater skill and expretise, even if I don't like the piece now, nothing will stop me from redoing it in the future (though would be careful not to fall into the trap of ignorance)
My biggest struggle is always to get started and stay focused on which I'm working
Thank you so much for this, Marc. I have recently joined an Australian comic art collective with a bunch of amazing people who have been published and have worked hard to improve their skills and have published work… and I feel like an imposter amongst them… at anytime they’ll banish me from the ship.
I know this is me that is doing this and even my wife recognised it as she bought me an amazing book called Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen which is helping a lot. I have recently quit work and am taking 12 months to work seriously on my art and it’s stalled, because of me. In short, thanks for this video!
Thank you 🙏🏾
First I just listened to this video, and thought it was helpful. Then I watched your progress on this image: Mind blowing! I can't believe how 'ugly' this image looked at one point. I never knew how easily you could build up such an image. Well.. I say easy now and struggle later. I'm sure a lot of understanding of drawing went into constructing this picture as a whole.
Why was this video recommended at exactly the right time I needed to hear this. Awesome. Thank you man!
Needed this video, as my fear of failure has been preventing me from drawing lately!! Thank you, Marc 🙏💕
This video is really inspiring, as someone who really struggles with my self-esteem and negative thoughts
This is essentially a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you think that you're bad at art, and if you see yourself fail, you're basically proving yourself that you're bad, and of course that leads to more negative thoughts and eventually dropping art altogether. Why bother if you just proved yourself that you're bad, you know?
But that's the thing. Failure doesn't mean bad, it means you're just one step closer to improving. Art is an everlasting process of learning. You never stop growing as an artist or as a person, for that matter. There isn't a point at which you become "good". Your art will always matter at all points in time. All the failure and success, everything you draw has a meaning and purpose. It's your journey as an artist
Instead of listening to your inner voice, tell yourself: "Yeah, I'm still growing, and that's what matters. It doesn't matter if I'm good or bad at it, what matters is that I enjoy drawing, and I will keep improving. Art isn't a competition, it's my self-expression"
Improvement will come your way. All you really need to do is to keep practicing, analyzing, learning, studying, using references, etc. You will eventually grow. But art isn't JUST skill, it's also what you put into it. What meaning you give your art. It's what you feel and it's your inner world. Don't be so harsh on yourself. Your inner world matters. As for skill? That's something you shouldn't pressure yourself about. You won't be able to grow if you expect to immediately improve. Skill takes time, months, years. It's a lengthy process, but it's not about the end result, it's about the journey
you are an awesome human THank you for this advice!! i needed it
Indeed, absolutely stellar painting! I especially love the camera and the lighting. In addition to the class fee, I subbed and liked on X 😊
Marc your videos are GOLD!🔥✨🏅
I was literally just ina terrible mindset, as I’m trying to prepare for my game art portfolio to try to get accepted to any uni, I’m being hyper critical and constantly comparing, this was a breath of fresh air from my headache of thoughts, thanks!!
One minute ago, I feel honored to be here so early. Great video so far, as usual.
I've been hoping that voice would go away after years. Ironically, the more I listen to it, the more it wins.
the jinx painting looks phenomenal
Great points, good sir!
I needed that video, i've been rough with myself recently even hating my art a little too much, thanks a lot 👍
Both your content, and your art, are amazing!
Such a good word 👏🏼
Marc, if you end up seeing this, I beg of thee to advise me in my journey. I've been encountering the same issue with painting for a while now and I haven't been able to find a good way around it. When the time comes to take my rough painting and refine it, I find that when refining my blurry edges into sharp and resolved shapes I will often find myself painting over the lighting, texture, and other elements, flattening the details and having to re do them, but then in the process of re doing them, I end up muddying the edges. This back and fourth of going over my work makes rendering terribly inefficient and I have yet to find a solution.
2:50: To add to that, how often you hear your inner voice, also varies between people.
Also, some people lack an inner voice, it's called anendophasia, worth looking into.
Yep I’m aware, similar to aphantasia! Just doubt they’d be watching a video about this topic in the first place if it’s it an issue for them ;)
Your videos are awesome. Thank you
Thank you so much for this masterpiece and all the tips 💕
omg i love this art (and video) i'm watching s2 of arcane and seeing an art like this is just so cool !
Fix your life = good art, thanks Marc. ❤
4:21 this is so true! I feel less pressure to do a manhwa style illustration knowing that manhwa are normally made by a team of artists, each one working in a different aspect like lineart coloring and other stuff. And the fact that i can make a illustration somewhat comparable to their art, is so motivating. Even though i probably take more time than them to finish a piece. 😂
thanks for the class as always
True stuff. Thank you Marc
As someone whose struggled with depression & ADHD for decades now and adopted 'small rituals' about two years ago, they are a huge mood booster and I highly recommend them to anyone struggling. They aren't a silver bullet but they helped me so I hope they can help you.
I swear negative thoughts can get you into greater heights once you learn how to direct these feelings correctly, (If you have the mental resilience to do so, otherwise you'll just get drepessed)
Needed this, thank ya, Saitama - san
As a clinical psychologist and therapist myself, I stand by what Marc shared in this video.
Seems like the voices in my head are getting louder and Marc heard them enough to make a class for everyone, what a cool dude!
Thanks teach and sorry for being so late 😭😭
The goat of the art community
Thanks Marc
Your words and thoughts shape your reality. I couldn't agree more.
'Whether you think you can or you think you can, youre right' - Henry Ford
'As a man thinks in his heart, so is he' - King Solomon, son of David
If you are gifted/ talented a good thing to do is change your inner voice from praising yourself for talent or brains or some intrinsic quality and start praising yourself for the work you put in and sticking with difficult things.
This is based on a study where kids who were praised for intelligence actually performed worse in the next test than kids who got no praise and kids who got praised on their work ethic did better on the next test. Using your self talk to get in the mindset of someone who puts the hours in can really help something like art which takes so long to learn.
On the cleaning your space. Totally agree. A few years ago I made a shift to cleaning my place and its been amazing to keep it clean. It also takes less effort to clean a tidy house than a messy one. Which brings me to my point. I divided 'cleaning' into 'tidying' and 'cleaning'. If you ever have a few minutes spare, tidy. If you leave your desk/ room and go to the kitchen, take some rubbish. Spend a minute putting clothes or documents away etc etc. Tidying is just about doing the little quick things but more often and it makes a MASSIVE difference. Then when it comes to doing a deeper clean (vacuum, dusting etc) its so much easier when you don't have to first worry about rubbish and dishes.
The voices then jinx is on the thumbnail…. Perfect
Beautiful Jinx! 😍
thank you
Thanks for all the great videos and psychological help Marc! Much appreciated! Have you checked out Super Crooks yet? I think you might dig the art style and I'd love to see you draw, Kasey. All the best!!
Is hard not comparing to other people, in any kind of subject, being art, sports, studies, science, gaming, even looks.
Is better to look less at others and more at oneself, practicing harder, learning something new like methods in the art subject.
With time and hard work everything is possible, and yes theres people with talent specially in art, but everyone start somewhere, not at the same level, but can get equal at some point, but NEVER GIVE UP.
Thanks ❤❤❤
this video just show up right when I thinking about this 0:01
My practice has been going well lately and I have managed to improve and fix the problems I have encountered one by one, but when I think about trying to draw a complete illustration my head is blank and I have no ideas what to make and that makes me down and everything looks impossible.
My inner voice is optmistic about the future but pessimistic about the present.
Its more like: "You sux, but one day you will be good"
It made sense in the past thinking this way, But now I become pretty good at drawing, and I still think that "I'm not there yet"
Same with me, I wish I could see my teen version reaction to my current art level. Maybe it would force mind to stage accurately my level of improvement.
@@NathGate It was a good mindset back then, our way to keep doing something we were bad at.
But now its no longer useful but our brains got so used to think this way, so became our default mode.
No matter how positive your are, if your skills aren't there yet, your art won't look as good as you want it to be
Your art will probably never really be as good as you want it to be, unless you address your inner voice. I still struggle with that once in a while, your expectations unfortunately always go up as you improve
it is crazy that every artist has an inner voice I asked my brother if he had one he said no!?!?
“The mind is a powerful place, and what you feed it can affect you in powerful ways, it’s pretty cool right yea, but it’s not always safe.. if you look at your face every day when you get up and think you’ll never be great, you’ll never be great, not because you’re not but the hate will always find a way to cut you up and murder your faith” (The Search, NF)
Dang, that's the first time I can say what are the chances that that comes out now. Yesterday I had an incredible really crushing experience of self-depreciation, so I'm interested to listen to this. Hopefully it can make me calm down a bit.
I'm from Brazil and I love your videos
I don't have issues with my inner voice, but definitely with my ADHD. I'm actually about to move to the mountains with a friend where we can have a garden and help each other build good routines, rituals, and habits. I know I'm good at what I do, but I can't wait to see how I'll soar with that kind of environment.
Hi Marc, thanks for making the video! Just by seeing the title it reminded me of a passage from Rick Rubin's book, "The Creative act: a way of being". It says the following:
"Interference may also come from the voices within. The ones in your head that murmur you're not talented enough, your idea isn't good enough, art isn't a worthwhile investment of your time, the result won't be well-received, you're a failure if the creation isn't successful. It's helpful to turn those voices down so you can hear the chimes of the cosmic clock ring, reminding you it's time.
Your time to participate."
What I also liked was that he said that if a creator is so afraid to be judged for their work and are unable to move forward, it might be because their need to protect themselves is larger than their need to create and share their work.
Title got me good
And the thumbnail didn't? ❤
This dude mastered art
Just got out of real school now I am on the school I like