How Pewdiepie Became A Better Artist Than Half The Art Community Overnight
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mohammed agbadi talking about Pewdiepie's new journey to becoming an artist and how he almost became a better artist than half of the art community overnight.
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Go watch part two here th-cam.com/video/HwlZds1xnYw/w-d-xo.html
bro, i have a thing to point out, your voice is too high, it will make the video sound better
Let's not gloss over the fact that this man just showed his first skecthbook to his audience of like millions of people, I mean...I don't know how many people I would show my first sketchbook to, the only one was my brother and that's it, props to him that is very admirable to me.
Props to him! He did great
I think if I would do that there wouldn’t be anyone who would want to look at my sketchbook anyways 😫😂😭
ikrr i was embarrassed enough letting my sister flip thru my first sketchbook cuz she wanted to see it (she asked me first) i can't even begin to imagine showing it to THAT many people-
he had no shame because he wasn't an artist. He was just trying it out for the first time. It's different for people who consider themselves artists and take their work seriously.
I think Pewds promoting that sorta mindset is a very healthy thing. You can tell Pewds didn't like his early drawings, he said as much himself, but the fact of the matter is he still showed it to all of us. He showed it off so casually as just part of the process, which is what it is, but so many people are afraid of doing the same. You're often your own worst enemy when it comes to this stuff, as everyone *knows* how tough the journey is to becoming good at art. Pewds just had the balls to show it off for what it is, and I could not have more respect for that.
Him saying he feels cringe for drawing anime as a 34 year old...I felt that, dude. When I was a teenager, my own parents made snide comments about me drawing anime. It was baffling to me as my dad did art as well, and commented that maybe someday I'd start drawing "real art," rather than trying to bond with me over a shared interest. It's been a lifelong process trying to undo the damage they did to my sense of passion and relearn to love drawing. There's no reason to tear fellow artists down, it doesn't help them "improve" you're just being mean.
My own mother and my sister did the same thing to me when I was about 13. My mom even discouraged my dream of becoming an animator because my friend had already tried and didn't get into the program, so she assumed I wouldn't be able to as well. It hurt so much. I'm 31 and still not over it.
I stopped drawing when I was 14 because my dad and brother made fun of me for drawing anime and K-pop idols. I recently started drawing again but it’s very discouraging to see how much my art decreased in quality compared to when I was younger.
お前の性的嗜好は？
Felt that too. When I was in highschool people made fun of me for drawing and watching anime. Then I renounced drawing for many many years. Recently I got back in the game again; now I'm a 37 year old dude trying to draw anime characters and I'm feeling great.
Glad you regained your passion for art.
If it makes you guys feel better, none of that happened to me and i still stopped.
Chances are that you would stop anyway tbh. Only when you are an adult that you really start knowing what you want (and have the determination to do so).
you gotta remember that pewdipie has a SHIT ton of photoshop experience from before youtube, so he does have some understanding of colors and coloring and composition, even though that was decades ago, like you said it all comes back after starting it back up again. interesting tidbit
Yeah, wasn’t he studying to become an architect at some point (or his dad wanted him to be an architect or smth)?
@@trashbunny4752 he was studying to be an engineer (I think) buuuut, he bought his first gaming pc via selling artwork he made in photoshop.
It’s almost like he ‘has talent’…or developed it already.
People be like "How did he became better than half of the community overnight?" (That is if we conveniently ignore that half of the community are in the art industry and are insanely good at their craft) and then ignore that he has art education and even took commissions at one point to pay off rent.
@@cloudshifter Meanwhile there are those who have been drawing daily but have quite literally not improved a bit over ten years...
Also seen some artists regress in quality often due to them leaning into their preferred shortcuts a bit too much.
Not even gonna lie, seeing people improve quickly like this makes me feel so confident and inspired to try and improve more with my own art.
This is big true.
Tons of famous artists didn't even start sketching until they were well past their 30s or even their 40s. You got plenty of time to become a badass artist!!!
just remember that it doesnt happen quick without hard work
:-: for me it always make me feel bad abt myself reee
This honestly made me... It made me wanna pick up a pencil again. I started drawing when i was 12 or so and kept for a year. And then i got frustrated, everything i did was ugly in my eyes and then never drew again. Now im 19, almost 20 and looking at my friends who are around my same age, doing amazing artworks... Made me miss the feeling of drawing. And then pewds vid... I think i might try again. I dont know how far ill get, but i hope i can make at least one good draw. I thought i was too old to try again and such... But pewds is almost doubled my age and still wanted to learn. Thats a huge factor that made me consider drawing again
@@its_sisha_not_chair505 aw 🫂 go for it! gl !
As an artist, gotta give the man credit. He didn't resort to AI, picked up a pencil, and learned to draw.
edit: AI losers in my replies proving my point
Can we talk about that real quick?
No hate on anybody just uses it as a reference, but AI bros are extremely toxic. The moment I suggest anything even remotely humane, they usually flood entire comment chains and trip over each other just to either call you subhuman or laugh at any misfortune AI causes.
@@Mrhellslayerz It's because they don't understand the whole overall goal. They don't know what it really means to make something for yourself, and just want an easy money making scheme. AI is not sustainable, so it's just NFTs all over again.
@@XPISigmaArt AI is plenty sustainable; it's just code, code that you can easily share and download. The only reason why it's monetized now is become of how much processing power it takes to run. In the future, as the hardware and processing power costs reduce, it could become a free app that everyone is able to use. The goal is to make art more accessible to everyone. As the technology advances, anyone will be able to create art regardless of how many hours they put into practicing drawing. That isn't a bad thing.
@@research417 1. Art is already accessible to everyone. I've seen artists use their phone with their finger to make amazing work. I've seen people use their mouth and a paint brush. If you think typing words = skill that is worth respecting, you're objectively wrong. This is NOT like coding. Coding is not a glorified Google search.
2. They aren't creating anything.
3. You can enjoy your McDonalds if you want. But no need to make up things to defend it.
4. The machine was trained on tons of artist's work without their consent, and they aren't getting a cut of the profits. If this sounds good to you, you really didn't critically think about this.
I've spent enough time here, and I doubt I've changed your mind. But your talking points have been destroyed countless times, so please reevaluate. Good luck.
@Mrhellslayerz fr man, nobody talks about how toxic ai bros are. Ill never forget the stuff they were saying about sam on reddit.
Pewdiepie proves that ai bros are wrong.
Lmaooooo on g
AI art was my motivation to truly start art my art career 3 months ago. If all that’s gonna be left on the internet is AI garbage, might as well make art by real humans. But vengeance is not a good reason, so another big reason is because I just love doing it. As a programmer nothing is more relaxing doing art than dealing with stupid errors all of the time.
lmao nah, ai makes better stuff than him in seconds
@@manee2412ai steals art
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100 days is NOT overnight HOLY SHIT
Yeah mate
compared to how long most artists take to improve it may as well seem like it
@@dieselengineman Let me tell you an interesting thing.
(X) Average artists improve slowly.
(O) Average artists play video games / Scrolling Facebook, TikTok, TH-cam / Waste time at their free time instead of practicing drawing.
They might have only 200 hrs of practicing in 3 years and still tell you “I’ve been drawing for 3 years.”
Trust me, I am a pro illustrator and I’ve seen a lot.
What pewds showed is just normal speed of human learning.
speaking facts rn
100 days is like, over three months. I’ve never improved this fast but yeah art can improve a LOT over the course of even one month.
I think hearing stuff like "fundamentals" and "basics" and many similar stuff like that turns me away from art because it feels like everything I do will never be a complete drawing if I just do the "fundamentals" and not an actual drawing.
But one thing from Marc Brunet said on not losing motivation is to try to make some actual art once in a while, like full on art where you try to go all the way. That way it becomes fun and not just "oh let me draw a singular boring finger 100 times in a row"
Yeah, I had a lot of time like that, but now I'm aware that we should actually study the fundamentals to support our drawings. If we're not doing our drawings, how do we know which fundamentals we should prioritize studying and improving? Let's start a project to get out of this "just studying" loop :)
@@_fabiolaborges bro by the time I actually get to applying all the art advice I get/got I'd have procrastinated so long that I'd have completely forgot about it.
@@spacetaco048 lmao I can really relate
I'm starting to do my drawings and paintings now but I forgot many things I read or watched these years. but it'll be easier to remember or relearn.. I think 😐
Just learn the rules if you want to break them lol
@@PizzaTowerPlayer you the type of dude to tell an alcoholic “just stop drinking lmao”
Seeing Felix improve in 100 days has made me realise I've kinda been neglecting my drawing skills. I should get back to drawing.
you shouldddd!!! it inspired me as well!
Something a bit off when pewdipie said he only practiced 10 minutes a day
@@videogamesruinedmylife3769 Bruh... Nothing is off. He said his goal was 10 min/day but ended up spending more time drawing since he was having fun.
Fr n being lazy asf
I hope all artist under 18 understand that the real world doesn’t care if you’re too unmotivated to draw, animation studios, and game studios, turn around trash artist every day. Put in the work now that you’re young so you won’t be a starving artist when you’re older
As an artist myself, we welcome PewDiePie to the Art Community! 🤗
That’s one good thing that has happened!!!!
@@MohammedAgbadi I know right?
Exactly,I’m not sure why people are “gatekeeping” people from art. In an age of Ai art,I want more people to explore art!
He’s been in the art community for a while actually!! He even has a graphic design degree
@@rockleemylover2822 He left college before graduating and his degree was in some kind of engineering. He talked abt this in the past. Where did you get graphic design?
I can't escape this man. He makes his way into my hobbies at every turn, I swear.
What a absolute lad, lol.
The thing I noticed about his art is the he doesn't care about making mistakes as much as so many other people, and makes progress because of it. He knows he can try again and treasures that thinking.
gotta get 100% on life
@@omnitone bro is completing side quests
One accepts mistakes will happen just like in some video games one will die. In the latter one restarts and tries again. Same with art.
The way he is so good at colouring too
FR
Bro I’m like what?!! How!
He used to use photoshop
I'm so jealous right now
It's normal he used to do photoshop
I love how Felix just stayed in his own lane instead of worrying about what others are thinking and doing.
I should really follow this path.
Fr
eh he just drew anime girls a very generic thing to do
@@chaserseven2886way to prove his point. If you're having fun, it shouldn't matter what/how you draw. But of course the art community also has to have people like you...
@@chaserseven2886this is what 0 reading comprehension looks like 😂
Honestly, it’s sick! I’m impressed really
Your background is so slick today dude, same with the colour grading. So glad to have seen you grow from the beginning 🙏
I needed this video. I am 30 and I was feeling really down about not drawing in a long time, feeling I will never be good now because I am too old. But now I have more confidence to try again, because I am actually able to try and improve if I work enough at it! Thank you for this video ❤
The morale of the story is that trying and failing is NOT Zero improvement, it's some of improvement because you are finding your way, and making mistakes is part of it.
Everyone make mistakes, no one should leave just because making just one mistake
👍👍 trial and error but progress forward.
Trying and failing is always making improvement, because you now know what you did wrong, and with the correct self criticism you can check what you need to do better. The fear of failure is unfortunately what gets so many people stuck
They say that is something is worth doing, then its worth doing badly (like hobbies :D) but art I believe is one of those fields where perfect practice needs to be applied consistently in order for growth to happen.
The biggest takeaway from Pewdiepie in my opinion, is the fact that:
1. He was consistently drawing (Big difference from drawing everyday).
2. He was willing to make mistakes.
3. He was willing to learn.
All these combined make for the perfect combo for efficient learning since a beginner who asks alot and is willing to learn from their many- MANY mistakes will reach a progression faster than anyone else who doesnt. This is where I'd like to highlight one important key thing in fields where learning is involved is how accepting are you to make mistakes. Often time in art, and even myself, I find people tend to strive for perfection always and avoid making mistakes. Pewdiepie here casuallys draws what he learns, highlights his mistakes, then tries again with the newfound knowledge- and consistently too.
Pewdiepie's journey is one of those stories that really goes to show you what a dedicated person can do to their crafts with the right goal and mindset.
School just ignored this
Trying and failing is the opposite of zero improvement, if you use an iterative method to l2draw you quite literally want to fail faster.
Ok hear me out: if PewDiePie can do art this fast image him doing animations. One day he'll go from making comics for his son to making a full on animated series for his son
BRUHHH!!!!! its not even that hard to imagine at this point!
not very fast, but I suppose faster than others, yeah
No way he could never (saving bro from mappa 🙏)
I feel like Pewds is the type of guy, who would do oldschool CEL animations, just because it looks "better"(has more character).
Felix --> Loid Forger route unlocked
His consistency along with studying the foundations drawing is what really made his progress much beautiful.
Dude ur video quality is INSANE, like actually it looks so perfect
He is not a "complete beginner" solely because he has done editing professionally since years before starting TH-cam. That's why he understands certain aspects of body proportions, angles, and light/shades. Of course his motoric skills all seem to be learned throughout these 130 days challenge, but he himself has understood artistic aspects since long before.
Ps. I'm a PewDiePie fan since 2015 :)
You can learn all of that in less than a month tbh, it's a completely learnable skill, not as good as him now but you would better than him when he started the challenge.
plus his wife is an artist so it's not a suprise
@@edasayg5774 ok? his wife is an artist, do you think her artistic skills just transferred over to him as soon as they got married? what kind of logic is that
@@IssaKristi what a dumb comment, wish patience to those around you, blocked
@@IssaKristiI think they meant that PewDiePie MIGHT have asked his wife for tips to improve in art, and not in the way they worded it. Don't even judge directly when you didn't get the point they were trying to make sense.
I think what's often left out this conversation is that even as a beginner, Pewdiepie already has a bigger visual library as an adult than someone much younger than him. I drew a lot in high school and plateaued around 18 so I just kind of stopped drawing.. for 10 years. Then at 28 I felt inspired again so I got myself a new tablet and surprised myself. I was making things leagues better than I was at 18 because that whole time I was unknowingly building my visual library just through observing the world around me. Then I just practiced casually for the next 10 months (no set routine) and now my skillset is finally at a place where I feel comfortable working on my long-term project. Moral of the story isn't to stop drawing for 10 years, but not to stress too much. Improvement will come with time and practicing in a way that works for YOU will help accelerate that process. Some people thrive under routine and set drawing schedules, I personally don't, but there's no one "right" way to creating better art.
@@DonnyKirkMusicYour point is very sensible and I agree with you. It's also irrelevant in a certain sense.
You're correct that an aspiring artist will have to sacrifice precious time honing their skills, giving up opportunities for much safer career paths, all for an occupation that's always been difficult. Especially now after AI art is a thing, it feels increasingly hard to recommend the profession to young people with dreams but without privilege.
However, the lesson I've taken away from this is tenacity. Remember Pewdiepie's drawing of live-action Sonic? There'll always be something or the other to discourage you.
@@DonnyKirkMusicPrivilege may have given him an advantage when building his channel and brand, but unless he secretly took expensive art classes we know nothing about, privilege had nothing to do with this particular challenge.
@@DonnyKirkMusic but didn't he mention he started with a goal of drawing for 10 minutes a day?
I feel like anyone could afford that amount of time, and it doesn't need to be called a privilege
@@DonnyKirkMusicyour point doesn't really make sense in this context. even people who spend 11hrs away from home because of work (like me) have the ability to carve out 30 minutes of their day to practice drawing its just that most people choose to do other things like watch TV. What PewDiePie has which most people don't is the discipline to be consistent.
@@liviwall662 But it is much easier to stay consistent, when you have double or even triple the free time someone else has. He can watch TV and make the drawing, while many people have to choose one or the other. I wouldn't call this discipline per se. Like Pewds said, he started to enjoy it more, which to me seemed like he spent hours drawing on some days (this is simply not possible for everyone).
Don't get me wrong, Pewdiepie's improvement is great and inspiring for everyone. I don't think time should stop anyone from drawing. It's okay to go at your own pace. What matters is having fun.
Another thing is, that people should not automatically expect the same results as him. Pewdiepie already drew a lot as a child, people often call this talent, but at a young age you learn a lot quicker (even if it doesn't seem that way, or when the drawings aren't pretty). He also made art with photoshop in high school (and sold it for money), meaning he already had a background in art. This helps tremendously in picking up this stuff quicker. Nonetheless, his improvement stays amazing.
The takeaway message from Pewds video is when you put in the work, you will get better. Even spending 10 minutes each day. You should learn from others, but should not compare with them, only compare with yourself in the past.
Very proud and happy for you!!! Ur such an inspiration! hoping for u for the best!
i don't draw, but I feel like I could apply a lot from what I learned by watching this video to learning music production because even after taking classes for months I've felt demotivated as I haven't felt I have made much improvement. this video gave me an entirely new perspective. definitely gonna start watching you in my freetime :)
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Gimme some
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@@corn_breas nah I ate it all sorry
@@KOurboi NOOOOO 😭
@@corn_breas sorry bro
I'm kinda jealous but inspired in the same time lol
Samee
Hahahah be inspired!! He’s amazing
Ofcourse you are jealous, and everyone should be, he got 100 million+ subs lul
There's no age to start new talent
i only feel jealous 😢
His drawings are so sweet, I really liked what he was doing and hope he continues working on his art!
One kinda important thing is he focused on specifically anime and from that specifically girls and mostly just their head and shoulders, so while his final drawings are impressive they are extremely tailored to one specific thing.
Yes sure, cause thats how learning art works. He clearly has the skills and understanding now to keep learning and creating, which is what every artist does
Your mind will be blown when you learn what art styles are.
@@TruckahhmfAn art style =/= drawing the same thing over and over because it's all you know. To produce interesting art that's more than just a copy of something that someone else developed, you've got to learn the fundamentals. Shape, line, light and shadow, perspective, anatomy. This gives an artist the ability to draw anything they want, and they can then apply their stylistic choices on top of that. That being said, Pewdie's approach isn't harmful or useless - in addition to learning how to draw simple anime girls, he clearly was able to improve skills like line confidence, balance/proportion, and accurately reproducing what he sees on paper, which he can apply when drawing other things. But it's important to understand that there's much, much more to 2d art than this.
@@kikiseo I appreciate your insights and find the whole thing very intriguing. Thank you.
@@kikiseogood take bestie
You have to remember, Pewds also is a photoshop expert. He already has an eye for art, design, composition, colour, etc. I think he already has underlying talent for art more than most as well as some fundamentals from his photoshop days that carried over into his drawing journey. However, learning to draw still takes work. It might be fast for some and slow for others, but the point is to not give up.
Hey someone take this comment down, we need to pretend it's his first time grabbing a pen and magically becoming an art guru of enlightment!
Braindead people reign supreme even inside the art community as usual. Have any other person make this subject video as Pewds did, one for one, same title same subject same execution and nobody would even dart an eye. It would be like 2k views at best. People are riding off his fame which is why suddenly every artist milk the fuck out of his "artistic journey"
@@cloudshifter lol. in the middle of fighting a migraine and I was extremely confused by your sarcasm. XD
@cloudshifter Well, yeah, obviously it wouldn't get as many views. So what? You hatin' hard. 💀
tbh I think this is a bit of a copium. Like yeah, maybe it is down to just having more life experience, but I think folks shouldn't be searching for a way to explain away his progress. It doesn't do the community any good by aiding those fuming over their own experiences and results. It does no good protecting artists with ugly mindsets. Art needs to be approached from a fun direction and miracle improvements should be celebrated, not explained away.
@@TheOnlyBiodude I don't disagree with you, but I'm not sure which you think is copium; my comment or the video's. Because I only basically said that he already has some understanding of the fundamentals of art, and that's what helped him to progress at the rate he did. Art is art whether you're a beginner, a seasoned expert, or a savant. What matters is expressing yourself.
If you want to ~grow~ as an artist however--meaning visible, measurable progress--you still need to develop an understanding of the fundamentals like composition and colour theory. A house without a foundation is just a shack, and Felix has a foundation already. I hope that clarifies what I meant. I wasn't in any way trying to "explain away" his progress. His progress is still impressive.
He dedicated his time to learning and had fun with it and that's what catapulted his skills. Was extremely inspired after watching his vid and seeing online creators talking about it too.
Meanwhile some medieval weapons ethusiast youtuber still trying to convince that he is an artist by typing words.
@@greatveemon2 it's sad that I think I know exactly what medieval weapons youtuber you're talking about too.
@@greatveemon2what a fall from grace. to think i used to like his content
Same here
Love the composition, and the light in the back when you speak would love to draw you as a character!
Just a lil thing about how you mentioned him learning to use markers really quickly, almost too quickly, I feel like that can significantly vary depending on the person, I had the same experience with markers, where I was able to pick up on them almost instantly once I had some good ones, I feel like he may have been in a similar situation to me, where I was surrounded by a lot of art that would be easy to replicate with markers, because even if somewhat difficult, the markers are pretty easy to get used to, especially if you have been looking at references almost everyday for the past weeks.
Though, it is totally understandable why you would think that as way to quick of development, as at the beginning he started off really slow. I think this may have just been something that he had a talent for, like he said at the beginning where his drawing just 'clicked' after 20-odd days, I feel like he had another one of those moments around that time.
Awesome Video! Really helped me get a lot of perspective on better ways to practice and develop my skill, thank you for pointing out many of the things, the video was enjoyable and very helpful!
I think people forgot that Felix was trying to do art before his blowup on youtube. He's always been a creative mind.
Oh yeah, i vaguely remember a video he made where he drew an anime girl, not sure if that's still up (it was during his gaming era)
And he gave the anime girl Goku hair lmao
He made a lot of Photoshop artwork back then and they are all dope. He has a DeviantArt that everyone can still view to this day. It's fair to say that creativity runs in his veins and it's something he always had
@@acylain4178 omg i had no idea he had a DA, i NEED to see this xDD
Exactly why I think hes lying about being a complete beginner. Hes just refreshing his memory of what he already learned in the past. Humble bragging.
11:02 It has happened to me a bunch of times.
For whatever reason, that one morning I could draw TOO WELL, like I was IN THE ZONE.
Somehow created the best drawing till that point.
Then a couple days later, "How do I draw an eye again?"
I feel like a wizard who lost their magic power or something.
It kinda feel like those "free trial" stuff
Sometimes my art is just worse than usual and if i’m not feeling it i go take a break for a bit and come back in a day or two
Sometimes…. I’ll be in THE ZONE, drawing and colouring and feeling SUPER motivated. And then the next day…. Picking up the pencil and drawing ONE character feels like the hardest thing in the world 😭
Same here. It's the same with writing. Some days you feel like drawing or writing and can do so well in it, but then the next day you lose the motivation.
Fr
I’ve been drawing since I first started high school. I kept that momentum going for almost four years, and I saw serious improvement in such a short period of time. However, somewhere along the line, I lost my motivation, and I haven’t been able to get back into drawing regularly for such a long time. But now, *I have to* get back into it. I’ll start posting progress pictures tonight to keep myself accountable.
Thank you for the inspiration!!
I love seeing someone experience the absolute joys and horrors of drawing for the first time!! Drawing is amazing and So. MUCH. Fun, I really love it, and it makes me so happy to see someone embark on that same journey! I'm real proud of him! His videos made me feel that love for drawing very vividly.
Started as gamer, then a vlogger, then a parent, and now became an artist. I like his dedication. It took me a long time to get to where I was.
uh he used to become a gprahic designer
he was a graphic designer
"...embarce the ugly stage, it doesn't last forever.
But you have to understand that the ugly days are just as important as the days where you feel motivated and inspired to draw.
So you have to get through the all the shitty drawings before all the good drawings start to show up."
For me, this is probably the most important message from this video, and one that I feel any video made for anyone struggling to improve their art needs to hear and take to heart.
It's hard to really learn this lesson, especially when our society puts such a negative emphasis on failure, versus the positives that can come from learning from being less than 100% successful.
Thanks for all the videos you've put out, they've helped keep me motivated and coming back to work on my art anytime I've had to take a break for whatever reason.
But what if the good days never come?
@@nangbabyThen takes a step back. Think about why they aren't coming. It's possible that you just need to take a moment to breathe and rethink your approach. And it's always possible that you didn't like something as much as you thought you would.
But if you are feeling that in GENERAL... that might be depression by that point
I’m trying to teach myself that failure is a good thing, because it not only teaches me but it makes me want to try even more so I can finally succeed. Failure also shows you’re trying, which it good.
@@treyyert9561 Failure isn't a good thing for me, because it's reinforcing. Just as success leads to success, failure leads to failure.
3:30 that hits so close to home. I used to do alot of drawing tutorials and heavy referencing, but it took high school art and lots of practice from my unreferenced drawings to look nice, and even longer for me to escape pin-up territory and add backgrounds and all that, 10 years for me to get here, and still so much to improve
One thing i appreciate is how the way he organized his sketchbook makes the progression super digestible. Just a bunch of sketches every day while focusing on getting a little bit better. His later drawing make up for the lack in quantity with overwhelming quality. Sure, if you just go page by page then the progression was probably slow, but I'm willing to bet the progress between 2 weeks was pretty apparent.
Also the way that color can bring a sketch to life has me feeling motivated in a way i didn't think Pewdiepie could make me
I think Felix has a knack of learning in general. Not necessarily that we need a special talent in art, but he sure is observative
He was THE TH-camr for years and still sits near the top. You don't survive that long without being able to adapt.
Even if you hate him, you have to admit you don't hit 100 million subscribers without massive effort. He knows how to put in the work when he persues something. I am glad he has the money and free time to pursue self enrichment, like so many are unable to pursue.
He used to do digital art in the field of image manipulation/photoshopping on DeviantArt under the name Pewdie. I think he has mentioned entering competitions too in the past.
While he may be new to drawing, he's not giving himself enough credit as an artist.
That's because image compositing, is fundamentally different from drawing. In compositing you take pre-existing images and combine them together to create something, whereas in drawing you create the image from scratch. I know, because I do both.
@@user-yi3wt7ve6hAbsolutely! I didn't mean for it to sound like his image compositing skills would completely translate into drawing skills, but rather that he would've built some intuition with it. Regardless of which art form one engages with, it will end up expanding your artistic sense and personal taste.
In particular, I found his sense of colour to be above that of a beginner. People who are experienced image compositors tend to be quite adept at light and colour theory (even if they might not be able to draw/paint it).
But, for him to not knowledge his artistic capabilities, regardless of discipline, felt to me as if he was being a bit too hard on himself.
@@Morecado this is true. Regardless of the visual art medium colors, lighting, and composition are important to produce a good looking piece so it’s reasonable that what skills he picked up in those areas while compositing can help him while learning to draw.
Guys. STOP comparing urselves, he has drawing skills before youtube, he’s just regaining them after not drawing for a while, im an OG fan i know this, thumbs up for ppl to see & not feel crap abt themselves
Yall stop forgetting the “dont compare yourself” advice!!
This is inspiring.
I believe that one of the reasons of his quick drawing skills improvement is that he doesn't have all the pressure that common artists puts in themselves, he doesn't want to be an artist so he has a free mindset. Most artists wants to become professionals and make a living by an art career so they constantly beat themselves up hard, they (we) maybe take it too much personally and we are way much sensitive about criticism.
also he was a graphic designer
just love your support and calming voice my friend - thank you for the video :)
Bro...I would genuinely pay him for a sketch or a commission because that is amazing and impressive, honestly, he should make an art channel for his tutorials, it's seriously so like absolutely beautiful...
I definitely agree! Pewdiepie is very impressive and he does give me motivation to draw!
Also, apologies for the unrelated question, but, is that Breakdown in your profile picture? Again, I’m sorry if I’ve been mistaken.
@@Veriaaaxd yes, I can also Agree it also motivates Other new beginners to draw and learn more!
Also yes it is breakdown with a flower crown on his head because he is Sweet Boi :D
@@LadyMajolish That is correct! Thank you for the reply! It was nice to have such an exchange with you!
he is already rich and retired. he aint gonna do commissions 😂
A thing that really helped me with anatomy was tracing photos and studying Puppychan's old art style and Vivziepop art style, since I love drawing cartoonish stuff 😊
That's a great idea!
Tracing photos sounds like a great idea actually!
tbh tracing does help to understand anatomy
tracing has been so demonised due to the few bad apples that try and pass it off as their own work. it's actually super valuable when trying to learn and sprinkled in with other practice can seriously help
If I'm struggling to get a character looking accurate to the reference, I'll trace just so my hand learns the proportions, and then it's suddenly a lot easier for me to draw said character regardless of angle
@@rainsparks29 Yup! The key is to follow up with freehand immediately, and keep using it as a learning tool.
I love your voice i wish you did more commentary in other genres but i guess he likes art so all power to you!
It reminds me of how I started drawing in the first place. I started in 2019 and had NEVER drawn before that, plus having a full time job didn't help either. It took me 9 months, making a sketch (sometime full drawing) per week, before I felt confident with drawing and I always pushed myself to the limit. A few months later I went from linear to painting.
It's always interesting to see how others have progressed.
We often forget how far we've come before someone points it out and it made me realize how far I went.
i'm actually so impressed by his skills. i started to really draw in the middle of 2019 and it took me A LONG TIME to finally learn to draw decently and i feel i'm better even with a more cartoony style. copying art styles is actually one of the most helpful ways to get better at anatomy but ofc learning anatomy is also important and mixing the two is even better and my biggest recommendation. i'm so happy that he actually shows people that anyone can be an artist as long as you're absolutely dedicated. i'm really proud of him :)
The fact that he's having fun is what I feel a lot of people forget about doing art in the first place. I'm no exception. Seeing his progress in 100 days is so cool! I can't wait to see his progress in a year!
He still has plenty to learn and improve since alot of his artwork is seeming just references from already existing media, and I wish nothing but the best for him and see what he could make on the way
A takeaway I got from this is confidence and direction. Confidence so you feel good pushing outside your comfort zone. Looking how he was able to jump from pen & pencil to ink and colors. It is very intimidating, but now I feel like trying it out for myself even if it doesn't look as good as I picture. Direction to aware of the reasons the art journey was even taken progressing through it without getting stuck.
Pewds gave me such a boost for my own improvement
Persistence is important
everyone is so proud of him!!! he did great!
Bro when Pewds came out with that challenge I didn't care much for it but it was nice to see someone devote all that time to improving in a skill and actively getting better while maintaining consistency. I did that a few years ago with my art and it got a MILLION times better lmao. Practice makes improvement
love your emphasis on ugly days being as important as your good days because they also contribute to the process of becoming better, which I feel like you can apply to learning most things other than drawing
I don't really watch his content, have no connections to him, but seeing him happy at his own drawings and improvement is pretty wholesome, it's such a good feeling too look at something you made and being proud of it.
It also shows how progress looks like, it's not linear, you keep failing and studying going through ups and downs then it clicks and all of sudden you think to yourself "I did this? me? really?" haha such a good moment
This is also why its so important to keep your old drawings so you can see for yourself how far you've gone. If you destroy any traces of your first attempts, you are going to be constantly demoralized from your perceived lack of progress.
So much of my history with drawing is just straight up gone. I seriously have nearly nothing left from my earlier *years* with digital art (I started drawing digitally at around age 11-12), save for what little survived here and there by mere chance. It's incredibly sad. And it's all because I was obsessed with keeping the stuff I uploaded online (and elsewhere) "clean" and "new", and never bothered to save anything.
Sometimea it just clicks. I remember one time I drew something and it was so far advanced to my usual drawings, that I din't reach that level of quality again for 3 years.
Ha! I remember the first time I drew a perfect hand, I just couldn’t believe it.. then it took me almost 5 years to do one again 😅😅😅
I guess Chess is like art to me: one day, I’m able to beat high-level players, and then I’m back to continuously losing to them the next day.
Anyone can become an artist, what matters is the motivation and determination to improve.
this is so cool to see. i grew up watching pewdiepie and i was an artist. but over time i lost my drive to draw. but seeing pewds grow to love art is inspiring me.
The thing that I loved about Pewdiepie's art videos is that it gave me motivation to start drawing again and remember the reason I started to draw in the first place! I am very thankful that he posted those videos. I am back to darwing again and now with a new found love for drawing. I hope he makes more of those videos.
I realized that I learned better if I was having fun while making art. My technique and skills improved really quickly especially when I focused on one thing at a time. My backgrounds used to be pretty bad, but after a week of making fun sketches with complex backgrounds, I finally got it and now it's second nature.
And when I seem to be stagnating, I switch over to something else that seems fun, even when it's a different medium. :3
I think the message of this is that aquiring a new skill in a short amount of time is easy. What's hard is maintaining the motivation to persist on the process of learning. Having fun and not being overly critical of your own process are key in order to do that.
Can I just say how cinematic the colors of your outfit blend in with the background... feels like a screenshot from a Wes Anderson film lol
as someone who has 600+ finished illustrations from the past 5 years, seeing pewd take the time to draw even just for 10 minutes each day makes me feel so happy. Makes me feel seen and validated as an artist. It's not just talent, guys. It's showing up. It's every day pushing over your fear of failure and it's drawing every single day.
Keep going Keep Creating!
If I'm gonna feel as if I'm making no progress creating then I would be demotivated because I would feel like I wouldn't improve then it is pointless to create
Another thing to add is that he has experience with Photoshop and won some contests if I remember. He does it just for some income in the past. So we can learn that being used to something else makes it easier to learn new things, especially if it has similarities.That and we shouldn't underestimate any skill as it might be useful later on.
I like how the chosen words when referring to the audience was "You" as if we are the very people making the same mistakes.
It's honestly motivating. Helps me take responsibility for my mistakes. Even thought there was occasions wasn't some it motivates me to avoid doing things which can be detrimental. Reminds me of this classmate whom is seen as bossy, but his group manages to make really good projects.
I just started seriously learning to draw and I'm doing my best and actually seeing progress. off and on throughout my life I've tried to learn but lost motivation early on. Anyway, I've started doing a sketchbook and got a graphics tablet for digital art and I'm actually liking what I draw for once. I'm unsure if I'll be able to keep up the momentum but I hope I do.
Art is a CRAFT. Drawing is a CRAFT. Painting is a CRAFT. All this guy did (I dont know him, I dont watch him, I only heard his name a couple times) was proving that with practice you'll see progress.
Which, in and of itself, is a craft. Jealousy is a disease.
@@sal5811 who is jealous?-
@@batata4427bad drawers who are insecure about their own art
It’s because he has time and doesnt have to worry about working as much as other artists. For many in the community, its hard to keep up when you have to work, travel for work, take care of your home, etc. But when you are already taken care of, it takes half the struggle out. Its why many teachers or adults say to work hard while in school or living with your parents.
Exactly, most of the people missed the point that Pewdiepie tried to convey towards us and too focused on his results. Pewdiepie want to tell us to enjoy and have fun while making art and also doing art study based on the references.
Lets be honest, lots of us do have the time, just not motivated
Cepends on the job.
When i work 10 hours a day 6 days a week.
I dont even have the motivation to turn on my console most of the time even if a game drops that i have been waiting for years.
if u watch the vid he did like maybe 20-30 mins a day
I always say this. Everyone can be an artist. All you need is Motivation, Practice and Creativity. If you have these 3 factors. You can become one. My friend sucks at Art but I keep supporting him. He didn’t give up and now he is quite decent at it. Felix does also fueled him even more motivation.
Compare the average; not the outliers, Pewdiepie is an outlier. It is somewhat soul crushing to see someone who spent less time drawing than you compared to the years you put in only to be out classed, on the other hand I have to remind myself Pewdiepie is talented in order to be making THIS kind of speed of progress.
The way I see it. It's not talent. It's free time. Man has literally all the time int he world to practice and no stress. I think if anyone has enough money and time they could get pretty decent at art. And it's not like he drew anything other than anime girls. He's focused on one thing.
Yeah, like the guy said at the start, it seems to have become controversial to think you need talent to be an artist (or even to talk about talent at all, from what I've seen). But talent is a real thing and it does make a difference - just like it does for literally any other skill or knowledge set. Like, my husband is a PhD mathematician and only put a normal amount of work into his degree, while I had to work my butt off just to *pass* my math courses. Same idea for sports, too. Like yeah, anyone can learn it, improve their skills, etc but also having talent will get you leagues ahead. Like if you took Michaelangelo and some random anime dude at the same age, and had them work for 100 days (or a lifetime even) in their art skills, and then saw who was better at the end of it... Well I know who I'd put my money on being better.
It doesn't mean that if you're *not* a natural that you can't become proficient or good, or that it's not worth doing (it's not like everything we do must be amazing and profitable to be worth doing, even if just for personal enjoyment). But I don't get how people can be so horribly insecure and/or proud that they won't even *allow* that some people do have a talent for art, someone somewhere will likely have more talent than you, and that it will mean that person will be better than you, all other things equal.
PewDiePie obviously has a knack for learning (a skill on its own), as well as a creative knack *and* experience in practice in relevant areas, like Photoshop. That's just gonna make this easier for him that someone without some of those skills. And that's okay, imo.
Honestly good for him. I don't particularly watch or even enjoy his content but you gotta respect his commitment to the bit and hopefully he enjoys and actually continues to pursue art.
"I think using PewDiePie as a case study, it's safe to say that anyone can learn art regardless of talent."
*DAMNNN*, SICK BURN BRO
I don't think that's supposed to be a burn though?? It's literally just a statement of fact. Skills and behaviors can be learned.
@@limitbreaker909 I was making a joke that the way he phrased it could be misconstrued as a clever and sly insult, even though it wasn't meant that way.
I can totally feel that since of accomplishment when you nail something that’s been giving you trouble when drawing
After seeing this video I have realized the mistakes that I made which held me back, therefore I'm very thankful for your video. I hope to learn from it and implement it in my art practices, and once again thank you.
Felix actually motivated me as a an artist, I've been struggling to find my art style for years and because of his video I feel so inspired to draw more than ever.
It helps that he's older and getting into art since being younger and getting into art will prove more difficult since understanding more complex topics of art will be harder, his dedication and usage of refs helped a lot and shows that it's okay to copy art for learning purposes. I see so many young artists who are too scared to try and learn from other works so they try to do their own thing and it makes the whole process harder on them.
This motivated me to buy a small sketching book and do the same
I have this thing that I really enjoy when I go on peoples Tumblr accounts I like to go all the way to the first page and then go from there and move to see how they have improved overtime. This felt like that but like I didn’t have to do the work.
Your voice and accent are always so nice to listen to.
Also I think that if you’re struggling with form or shape, you should try sculpting.
If you can find a free program where you can play around with some clay, just go in and try to sculpt a head or bust.
This really helped me to understand how faces are formed and to see the subtle details you can’t fully comprehend with 2D images.
Dude did good.
I still see issues, but very well done.
One of the problems Is people can’t objectively look at their art and train themselves to look for what works and what doesn’t. There’s a lot of pride in artists and their OC or the best drawing they did so far is seen as the end and they don’t see their drawing like a car engine to find what works and what doesn’t. You have to laugh at your own art sometimes too.
He’s not talented, it’s not the pens, it’s just push-ups of drawing. Something a lot of artists don’t do because they think they’ll do one push up and be able to draw like Kim Jung Gi.
His video really motivated me. I dropped drawing for almost 4 years and then sew his video and now I almost draw every day even a small thing
dude yer hat is so dope. why you gotta make it aesthetic with the lighting
I think he's progressing so fast because he actually used to create alot of art with photoshop. Of course though it wasnt drawing but it was still an art form. Which would make sense why he's progressing so fast. Do to some art experience, believe it or not, it all transfers. If you can draw with exact detail, you can probably sculpt close to the same, do to breaking down shapes etc.
yeah its like if your good at csgo and moved to valorant. u still are good just needed time to adapt and learn
Reminder that talent only gives you a head start in any skill set, it still takes time and practice to improve. The thing that trips people up is that they compare themself to other artists, give up too quickly (perfectionism or lack of proper interest), or simply have harder time learning to how to apply what they've learned into their art. Including things like motivation, time, and accessiblity that can factor into it.
Yeah, when I started drawing a big demotivator was me looking at others drawings and thinking I was horrible which caused me to give up for awhile because I though I would never get better.
I can actually relate to PewDiePie because I’m not really an artist but this year I’ve been doing just sketches of different body parts like legs, eyes, and heads and torso shapes and I have seen a huge difference in my art skill and only a couple of months, so I don’t consider myself a part of the community but it does prove his point anyone can become a good artist if they just put a lot of time into it
9:35 this hits close to home as well
I spent so lng heavy referencing other art that it was hard to break out of. However, what it did seriously help was my ability to make realistic drawings. The ability to look at something, angle the proportions, and just draw it
dedication and practice is all it takes! Felix is a great at self discipline.
felix is HIM!
im so happy for him that he improved a lot
if you keep doing it and keep practicing and love doing it you'll be better in no time
and one day you wont even need a reference (not saying references are bad, you should always use them in art) but im just happy he's doing his own passion and he suceeded. that process really proves that you can draw anything as long as you practice a ton :D
I knew about it, but I didn't really cared, nor watched any following videos... I just accidentaly watched a part of one of his video where he stated that he was going to learn how to draw. It's nice to know that he improved. I still think that the way choose by "artists" to learn art doesn't make sense in most of cases. Basically no one care about anatomy, nor about learning how diffrent materials reflect light... Everyone have just that "thing" of choosing their own artstyle and draw only in that way... But it's not really how learning work. It's like saying that you are going to write only verses in sistine when you have to write about anything, before even learning how to write words.
The reason is because he consistently did it and took it seriously most people who get into art are self taught no one takes the time to go online and figure out stuff this year alone i made so much progress with my art by simply instead of doing it myself i went to look at the basics of art it made it so much better i was able to go from just doing head sketches to doing full body only under a year as long as you learn correctly and figure things out that work for you, your art will improve so much also refrences!! Refrences may not seem like they can do much but my god do they help even if youre just drawing a stick figure youre able to map out how everything fits together
Pewdipie is speedrunning art 💀
Bro is speed life
Bro is in his retirement arc
I mean he's already completed life, he's got s comfortable income and probably has/could done anything he wants with it. This is just his side quests. 😂
Pewdiepie is smurfing art
No like for real i feel like life hit me with a cruel joke the day i purchased some granblue fantasy books besides being a fan of the franchise it's also one of the series that finally pushed me into doing art and count my lucky stars i have a aunt who is a art teacher with 20+ years of experience she told me to break down the shapes of the character's to get a better understanding but I'm still lost on that 😭 and then the same time while I'm having a mental crisis he uploads that video and I'm like 😐 f×ck my life💀 i honestly do see how breaking down shapes is supposed to help someone who has no art skills
You have to treat artistic subjects like a 3d model. Angles, tipulation, vertices. Breaking down the shapes is just reducing the polygons of the human form to build it back up again in your own way.
@@RRubicante I see do you have any art youtubers to recommend for someone like me because honestly to sum up my skill right for how I want to draw like sick guilty gear,soulcalibur,granblue fantasy characters I'm at a toddlers level right now like literally just basic shapes
Basic shapes will ultimately help you draw things easier from all kinds of angles.
Even pewdiepie in his video noted that whenever he tries a new angle he feels like it turns out worse or so, of course that's just a "have to practice it more". But using basic shapes for that is kind of helpful I'd say
Seeing someone else’s progress through their art journey is always inspiring and motivational
I had a 10 year break from fine art, started digital during covid, im on 3rd year and still improving massively, just practise guys thats all it is
Yo i know this is art related but i somewhat had a fast improvement with coding/game development.
The biggest tip i can give is to always draw/do what you have fun with. Practice is ofc inportant and studying specific topics can help. But its fast to get stuck in "Tutorial hell" where you feel Like you cant draw or attempt something because you dont have the knowledge for it
Seriously just go and draw what you feel like doing. And if it doesnt look good then analyse what you didnt like and improve upon it the next time.
Also even when pewds did it, dont set yourself a specific timeframe to reach a Goals, especially if its a hobby and not smth you want to do full time. Every Skill is a marathon and not a time limited Sprint. We all learn at our own Pace
He definetly had a solid plan for learning how to draw. Maybe by doing videos about gaining a new skill every day he developed the "learning skill" which consists in making a good plan for learning. If PewDiePie knows how to learn it's believable that he made so much progress in such a short amount of time. And most important: he had fun. Fun is a huge boost for learning!
I have told people for years that EVERYONE can learn to be a good artist BUT it takes time and effort. If you put in the time to learn what you need to get better anyone can develop that skill. I am proud that he was willing to put in that effort and time to do it. Good for him