Do You Need an Art Mentor? - Asking Pros

[@ProkoTV]

Do you have an art mentor? How did you find them? And do you have any tips for artists looking for one?

[@fameidentity]

Hello Mr Proko, you one of my mentors and influences. Your style of Drawing is so so amazing. I am a contemporary Hyperrealism Artist, You have taught me so much! Right now I'm so glad I met you ONLINE. My Drawings have turned absolutely great. . Kindly subscribe to my TH-cam Channel guys🙏🏿🙏🏿😊 STANPROKO IS THE BEST!

[@3lit3gn0m3]

Outside of TH-cam, I've been solo-learning for as long as I can remember.
Might be why I've stopped so many times; little discouraging moments seem to hit hard without a mentor or peers, but I never had them so how would I know? :P
Anyways, time to watch the vid.

[@Pxlwtch]

But YOU are my mentor Proko! Your videos started me drawing and I watch at least one everyday. I know that's not what you meant but I wanted to point out how huge an impact you have on people who had no previous interest in art. I didnt used to see the level of art you create as something you could just learn but now I apply your lessons to draw everyday.

[@John_21601]

This is one of the best damn videos I've seen on TH-cam about art and artists! Kudos to you, my friend! Keep it up!

[@stephaniewozny3852]

Unfortunately, no. Not in the true mentor sense. I have a handful of people who I follow, and I may have conversed with them and given me advice, but its like Peter Han said: it's more of a consistent relationship between the mentor and the ment-ee (???) And given how crazy busy everyone is nowadays, I can understand if a lot of people just don't have the time and energy to essentially take on an apprentice. Especially for free. Closest thing I got is online classes.

[@timeforamazingchest5271]

That story from William Stout who had a teacher who didn't punish him for drawing in class but instead got him to help out and passively helped him teach himself anatomy was so fantastic. Thanks for doing these short interviews.

[@andresbarriga5305]

What a great story.

[@natsumesflowers7152]

Spoiler!

[@gamingrex2930]

Man, who wouldn't love to have a teacher like that?

[@anima6035]

They may have been an actual angel amongst us 🤔 I would have loved to have someone like that in my life!!

[@crowofcainhurst]

Karl Kopinski seems like a very chill and interesting guy you just want to hang out with. And his art is rad!

[@emilhappy5696]

yeah.. i really like him too. Amazing artist

[@triisart1721]

Nice profilpic ;)

[@orpheus6398]

Ikr? I want him to be my mentor honestly

[@Fetteremo]

i need someone to punch me in the guts whenever i stop draw and instead watch videos or play games

[@skillz_animate]

Whats ur insta or social media so i can remid you to draw

[@idiopathic5774]

We all need that someone

[@fliint4288]

Same here

[@boblob3509]

You can hire me I will gladly punch you in the gut every time you get distracted. I only want you to improve dammit

[@sergeantqumbula4783]

instagram.com/sergeantqumbula/

[@manubiondo5713]

Your asking pros series is both useful and entertaining

[@JustDot404]

A mentor is not needed, but it is highly recommended.

[@sasufreqchann]

And I don't want one . I will just keep on painting .

[@JustDot404]

@@sasufreqchann That is fine its totally up to the artist(anyone)

[@spaceartist1272]

did you seat on your ears 👂 entire video?!

[@Rick-rl9qq]

@@v.kalyaneswar9696 can you please resend the link?

[@Grunk369]

If Karl kopenski didnt need a mentor neither do I 🗿

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

I'm self taught. My art mentor is you tube

[@Queen-lk5iz]

How good have you become?

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

@@Queen-lk5iz definitely acceptable in my eyes....however long way to go..most important was enjoying the journey with beautiful surprising destinations😀

[@Queen-lk5iz]

@@sujanithtottempudi2991 best regards 😁

[@bharl7226]

Same

[@spaceartist1272]

sujanith tottempudi thats sad

[@moeel-sheikh5885]

The babies burp and smile was really cute i can't stop smiling now

[@ElderScrollsEnjoyer]

A mentor would be great!
*But I have a money problem*

[@brodelbro2130]

And a time problem

[@stefanmantz1851]

And a antisocial problem

[@v.kalyaneswar9696]

same.....

[@v.kalyaneswar9696]

i be your mentor, you'll be my mentor, what you say?

[@jaydon4574]

Vito K kun
I think the idea of a mentor is to have someone highly knowledgeable in the industry to be your mentor. I’m not saying that you’re not knowledgeable in the art industry, probably quite the contrary!
I read into that way to deeply though and you’re probably just suggesting a peer to peer “mentor”.
I’m kinda butting into your conversation here, but, if you don’t mind, I would like to have a peer to peer mentor with you and everyone else here. We all need as much help and feedback as possible to improve as quickly as we can

[@ambrerosegutierrez]

Hello Stan! I just wanted to thank you for this video. It finally gave me the courage to ask an amazing artist that I really admire if he would be my mentor. I asked today and he said yes! I'm beyond excited so thank you!

[@calebbach7542]

Awesome!!! 👏🎉

[@sooryaprakash239]

For me my father was my first Mentor. My father is still a passionate artist but worked in a automobile company . He used to have a pottery and mural workshop when was a kid. I used to observe his work and draw all over my house floor.

[@bluffhavenstudios]

I would love to find a mentor /teacher

[@v.kalyaneswar9696]

then here discord.gg/4VFhPY a little art school

[@THCMusicBlog]

"give back to somebody else and we'll be even" - Steven Silver - to Bobby Chiu

[@okwakizashi1483]

Karl Kopinski repping Notts 🤣 such a nice guy too!

[@Gbtx6]

Marshall just makes every video even better hahahaha. Love that guy. Would've loved learning drawing when I was growing up from him, but I wasn't bilingual during that time, so ggs.

[@thatguywiththeface.5827]

The only person I could imagine would mentor me would be my AP art teacher from when I was in highschool

[@JamesRuddle]

That guy with the face. Just keep creating. That's my professional honest advice. It's taken almost 20 years to gain any success. Check out my Fire Paintings if you get a chance.

[@sethleoric2598]

Oh crap yeah

[@tiny7607]

Im a big fan of your channel and honestly without you and a few others, i wouldnt be where i am today, so thank you guys😊

[@chatnguyen9562]

November 20 is Teacher's Day in my country. Maybe a bit late but, happy teacher day. You are the teacher who taught me a lot, thank Proko.

[@JamesRuddle]

Just keep creating!!! From one creator to another. Keep uploading. If you have sometime please check out my Fire Paintings on my channel. I think you'd like them.

[@Ronmarie24]

I been mentoring a few kids over the years and have learned so much from helping them I’m in no means a pro but I think I just help with things I wish I was help when I was younger I personally would love to have a mentor myself but I’m grateful for artist like yourself who in a way have mentor me in my own way lol

[@kayaeki]

Is there any way I can connect with you? Would love to see your work! I'm so happy you helped them with their art!!

[@herbertscott9575]

Never had a mentor but my high school art teacher always told me to ditch the anime and learn the foundational craft of drawing figures and anatomy, best advice ever💯

[@pt9xx1]

ok I love to hear Peter Han talking, he amazing ❤️❤️❤️

[@Nierez]

I was a fairly good teacher's pet during art school but none clicked as a mentor. Only one sort of did during sculpting class. He would tell me over and over that my griffon concept looked lame. Then he would point to some references. He even even offered a free day of extra class during the semester for anyone that wanted to attend.
Boy when I had a look at the references that's when I knew. He was no children book illustrator/Abstract painter and I loved it. In the end it paid off, only the good memories come to me when I remember that class. It's a shame he had to leave for germany.
When Karl said "they tried to get me to paint abstract" oh man LOL.

[@fuego8483]

Surprised that Pascal Campion was here. His art is my inspiration a few years back. His illustrations is weirdly simple and rough but more alive than what it looks like. I bet his use of color is genius.

[@Oppurtunafish]

27:30 What a great teacher. Love that encouragement, it went a long way.

[@jaso7839]

The story was such a big inspiration to me. A little bit of kindness can go a long way.

[@JoximusARTpage]

at 8:35 I almost thought Idubbbz would appear with another content cop

I am 37 and I am discovering that I can draw but I’d love to improve my skills :(

[@ezrolly898]

Me too lol. Just started drawing.

[@sukikazuki1358]

@Stizel Swik you know drawing isn't about practice right? there's more to that the way they said "practice' is a less detailed advice.

[@acdhipnose1791]

To improve, you have to practice, practice, practice. I've heard people say that Draw a Box can be a good starting place, as it'll guide through perspective, shapes, forms, textures and other things. It's free and community driven, so you might want to check it out.

[@thenaysays]

@@sukikazuki1358 it's still about practice, just not the "grinding" practice people are used to, it's about practicing the right things, and applying them while creating your artwork, repeating so until you can succeed in doing so. practice is very general advice, but there are different types of practice.

[@rudycueto6171]

thank you, we love you Proko and Marshal, always so much help from you two.

[@DarinKarkawatli]

Proko I love you but Karl Kosinski is definitely my favorite artist. I just love his art and his personality just like seeing him or hearing his voice I get inspired to do art. 16:30 if you don’t know who he is which I doubt but anyway.

[@YoYo73]

I didn't knew about him before your comment. He is amazing. Do you know his insta id?

[@thejakobistable]

These interviews start making me a fan of karl kopinski. He is so funny and I love his art

[@CptKosher]

13:38 Sean mentions Bob Dacey who I also got to meet while I was there at SU. Bob is one of the best people I've ever met. Can't say enough good things about that guy.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

My art mentors are Mark Carder, Dianne Mize, Andrew tischler,Jason Morgan in that order. However I learnt lot from Dianne mize videos on you tube. She really solves the jigsaw..very beautifully

[@linewise215]

Yes, I also find Dianne Mize's videos extremely helpful , especially for observational painters. Also look up her book ' Freedom to Create " about composition.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

@@linewise215 thanks...I'll buy that book

[@reddevil211287]

Proko, Kopinski, Jung Gi...their videos are bursting at the seams with wisdom and knowledge..but yeh, a real human being as a mentor would be a dream come true

[@yes-ge4nm]

28:10 this is wholesome, and the teacher was incredible.

[@JohnLothe]

Stephen Silvers Accent is one of my new favorite accents.

[@tiaislam645]

2:20 THAT BABY IS SO FREAKING CUTE
AGGGGGHHHHH SOOO ADOWABLE

[@sinned5504]

Adowable indeed

[@dmakk767]

That story Bill told about his teacher is beautiful

[@JohnLothe]

Bobby Chiu's message is wonderful.

[@new-bp6ix]

2:58 Spirited Away Feast in the pig scene is the best 🤤

[@kevinnoel9024]

Me Prokopenco, you're a truly divine inspiration, sir. God bless you.

[@jaear6032]

MY ONLY MENTOR IS TH-cam..probably this channel is one of them

[@justpelumii9986]

Same

[@persephoneblack888]

I'm early! Also, yes art mentors are super important. I wish I had one.

[@spaceartist1272]

go to art school, go to art academy, go to art colony and ask people, there is no other way. trust me.

[@frenchgundam9079]

6:58 i know who he is talking about, and indeed, today, he has his own french manga published called "Outlaw player"

[@markyang1924]

Wow, Cutter Hayes again with another amazing story 0_0

[@-healthydisorder]

An art mentor would be sweet!! Really at this point i just would like someone to honestly critique my work so i can improve. I love the stories of the relationships that came about through art in this!! Great video!!

[@Suart8]

Yesss, i would love if i had a mentor from highschool or earlier. One who's updated with what's happening in the world and what to expect from the industry when it comes to art.

[@paxgallivanter4309]

i wish i had found your channel sooner :((((
Might have continued with it.

[@unorthodox5023]

16:30 I can relate to Karl Kopinski. Hahahahaha!

[@Oppurtunafish]

Really appreciate these videos, Proko.

[@haroldgarcia726]

I really liked this video Stan! keep the good work going!

[@rachelhubbard5678]

This is amazing!! This is a beautiful art piece within it’s self! Beautiful job! I am still looking for mine!:)

[@dancing.fire.fractal2334]

So much fun and inspirational to watch👍! Btw, My mentors are mostly musical. Trying to translate that into drawing. Might seem a bit out there, but it works for me.

[@shawncollins5127]

I don't think would count dkrecy as a mentor, but I am doing Marc Brunets art school program. And making so much progress in it.

[@user-lg8zf4sn5k]

That Mork cosplay, tho!

[@elindis]

A mentor would be wasted on me, at this stage of my evolution, but for one moment did I dream of a day when it could happen in that organic way that sounds mythical to my ears.

[@dannycruz5446]

The art you showed for Scott Williams is Brian Bolland actually.

[@pawaaofnegativaty9803]

My thing is time. I can draw just about anything but i am critical to my own work knowing I can do 10x better. Basically anything I work on has to become my main thing.

[@ProkoTV]

You'll have to find the balance between that drive for maximum quality, time available and creative fulfillment.
Watch out for letting yourself become hung up on that one thing. That's a very quick road to burnout. And that's incredibly hard to come back from.

[@hpraarts]

I need someone to telling me what's my minus, so i can learn from it, and get more improvement

[@alvianowar5993]

Peter han looks like a boss from yakuza game. Gives you important life lesson about the yakuza world.

[@Francisco-jk3dg]

all proko team just became my mentors

[@monstersofthemidway4402]

Yes, I would say I do need an art mentor. Someone I can start an apprenticeship. But to answer you question, no I don't have an Art Mentor. I wish I did!!!

[@sethleoric2598]

In my opinion (though i still hav a long way to go) you can, but do you want to? Books, youtube, and referencing art from comic books can work well too.

[@GiantBugs]

Dude,I love Karl Kopinski

[@leonfourie9842]

My best friend is sometimes my support and motivation, my critic, my mentor or my rival. He is definitely better at drawing than I am so seeing how he uses less tools to do more because he knows how to use them correctly often ends up teaching me something. Neither of us have a formal teacher or mentor in the past or present, self taught copy-paste sort of wanna-be artists. I think a mentor would be cool but having all the online resources like this channel means you can see and hear different methods until something resonates with you and then use that until you find another well of information to draw from, which means you'll always be developing as long as you don't stop practicing and learning. Every person you meet knows something you don't after all, so if you're observant enough life can be your mentor. At least I think so?

[@Cannsanity-]

When I heard that content cop theme, I thought someone was about to get in trouble.

[@TrollsAndScrolls]

That Burne Hogarth story was bloody hilarious :D

[@GunGryphon]

I'm an engineer with an interest in art. On my own time I've gotten an amature grasp on the basics, and can do the occasional good looking piece, but I can't devote the same time as someone who seeks to be a professional. How would I find someone willing to mentor someone who is not likely to be this crazy famous artist? Most of the time I'm not sure how to assess my own abilities or direct my efforts for best effect. I'm hoping a mentor would help solve that.

[@alfiemarshall9224]

learn the fundamentals first!

[@milesbano247]

How’s your art journey going? Asking from another professional with similar situation

[@rafaelromero6144]

Man, Eliza it's so beatiful.

[@eddy1234]

I want to find a strict mentor, but I'm going for "Jack of all traits" so until then its self taught.

[@JamesRuddle]

eduardo F just keep on creating. Don't ever stop. No mentor needed. Lol. Keep uploading. If you have sometime please check out my Fire Paintings on my channel. I think you'd like them.

[@overseezer]

Sean Galloway ripped af lol 🤣😂

[@inktrooper.]

I wish you had the chance to talk to J.A.W. Cooper during Lightbox Expo. She's like the most gentle soul with mad skills, and every time she does interviews she drops wisdom jewels.
I can only imagine what would she answer to your A Grade questions.

[@AllThatJuice-]

Wish I had an art mentor. All my tutors from education only taught to pay their bills and were massively under qualified.
Karl Kopinski gives me hope though lol Hes amazing

[@JamesRuddle]

Yoda Blaze 420 that is too bad I am sorry to hear that. I am a teacher myself and am super sad that that happened. I wish I had more students that wanted mentors. Check out my art up her in Canada if you have a minute.

[@AllThatJuice-]

@@JamesRuddle hey man, subbed to your channel. if only some of my art teachers had ur passion :P

[@iLuvBoobiez1216]

I learned through trial and error. And HELLA doodles in class

[@snakeysstyle783]

Bro write when they asked Karl Kopinski what animated world would you like to live in in my head I was like probably adventure time and then when he said it I was like oh my god and then went straight to the comments and started writing this

[@PhatPhauna]

cool! peter han did art for flåklypa!

[@multivitamin425]

Why are they all soooo... enthusiastic and excited?! Like, they are not artists but entertainers and online personalities

[@dhiatamaputra1953]

I love this series :)

[@user-co1vl9tz8e]

感謝你拍這些影片。紀錄這些偉大的藝術家

[@HALF_DAY]

weeb

[@bobleglob162]

He happens to live down the street. Randall M. Goode. Met him through a long time friend.

[@navyblack5582]

My mentor is my Best Friend. She's the same age as me but she went to summer classes before quarantine. She's not the best artist but she teaches me the basics like shading, anatomy, point of views, and basic painting techniques. We want to improve together so we are learning online (TH-cam).

[@MrStudzdog]

Karl Kopinski is a badass!

[@hoonterofhoonters6588]

I don't think that it would help me. I've always prefered to work independently on whatever I'm doing, figure things out by trial and error and only go to others with something specific in mind. It's just how I am. Now if I could get someone to just nag me about drawing more that would be ideal.

[@JamesRuddle]

Hoonter of hoonters lol. I hear you. I wish I had someone picking me when I got lazy too.

[@JamesRuddle]

Hoonter of hoonters check out my work and I hope it inspires you.

[@marlongrandberry71]

Never had a mentor would love to have one

[@v.kalyaneswar9696]

then here discord.gg/4VFhPY peer to peer mentorship and a little art school :)

[@leonasnake]

I wish I knew how to use anatomy XD

[@wolfsbanebloom]

You sit down and learn it :D No wishing, just drawing until it becomes a part of you.

[@awawawawwawaa7746]

I would love a mentor so badly..

[@Spiral_Dancer]

Graduated from college a few months ago and have no idea where to go next. I wish I had an art mentor!

[@AblackGenie]

I'll be in that position in 4 years. I wish you the best

[@harrisonlandry1704]

I'm a college freshman too, and the art program isn't very good. I wish there was a professor that I could learn from. The older students aren't any better than I am either

[@CreativeSteve69]

I'll be in your position within 2 years after getting my two degrees I'm after. So I wish u best of luck.

[@Alex-wd8en]

8:50 did he just say Moebius? As in the great french artist Moebius? Blueberry?

[@seanramsey]

Yeah, if you watch the previous comic con video (th-cam.com/video/k8kPZuRBfL8/w-d-xo.html) he had a great story about how Moebius influenced him early in his career.

[@Onaquest1618]

Good morning, I do not know what art conventions these are, can you tell me where you were when you make this great story/video? I need to visit conventions, which one is this?

[@seanramsey]

We recorded this one at San Diego Comic Con

[@Onaquest1618]

@@seanramsey Thank you.

[@Valdrickus]

I love this channel

[@idiopathic5774]

My art mentors are Stan prokopenko, Betty Edwards and Andrew Loomis.

[@maxnieves4641]

11:00 odd, the dude on the left looks like my uncle

[@pineuson9470]

That was inspiring, bobby chiu ❤️

[@RichardFriendartist]

hahaha Haberlin was great.

[@RukileinchenChan]

I sadly don't have an art mentor. It's quiet difficult to find one in Germany. I am very afraid of taking online classes in geeneral so I don't have confidence in contacting a potential tutor...
That being sad, I want to get goot in environment concept art. Does anybody know somebody aside of Tyled Edlin & Noah Bradley who does this?

[@JamesRuddle]

What kind of conceptual art are you thinking. Check out my work and let me know. I make conceptual and performance art.

[@AkashRaj-wk3ix]

I am gonna follow every artist in the video on Instagram.

[@chin2178]

Hey !! Iff possible interview " Chris Legaspi "

[@theunraveler]

Chris Legaspi

[@carlostano]

I'm just trying to learn by myself using Gumroad, Patreon, etc... (like many people here) I can tell how having a mentor would be a blessing

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@yurisiiva6517]

dude, I LOVE KARL KOPINSKI

[@j.moon98]

Man, I love Karl Kopinski.

[@shaysuketchi5630]

I managed to find a mentor in 3D animation now I need to find one to help me with dynamic anatomy and perspective poses.