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.
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.
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
“You have to get through the shitty drawings before the good drawings start to show up” this is exactly what I’ve been struggling with lately! I used to draw all the time, but then I took a year long break with only a couple of drawings in between. That is because I was in a bad relationship and my ex made fun of my art style for being too cartoonish/anime and was mad that I drew so many boys. After the break up, though, I’ve been getting back into drawing and I was so confused as to why I lost all of my skills and couldn’t draw anymore. After drawing for a few days, though, I got them back + I draw even better now! I thought I lost all of my passion and talent- that I just didn’t like drawing anymore. But I didn’t! I was just in such a bad place I didn’t have the motivation anymore. Watching all these art videos helps my skill and motivation :) I may even begin posting my art again.
@@papyruscoolskeleton9543 I feel that, perfectionism is an artist’s worst enemy. That, and self criticism. As artists, we’ll always see the flaws in our own work before anyone else- but you just need to look at the whole picture, not the tiny details. As with burning out, the solution isn’t clear to me- but what always helped me was watching a show or reading a book that inspired me. Art is most enjoyable and plentiful when it comes from inspiration. Also, art isn’t made just to have something to look at. It’s something to feel, and the artist should enjoy creating- whether or not the art looks ‘bad.’ Just know that you will get there, I believe in you :)
I feel that so hard man. Not with drawing, but with writing. I showed a piece I wrote to my ex and the response I got from him was kinda condescensing. He was a writer as well. I pretty much was too embarrassed to write anything again for years afterwards.
I'm very happy for you for re-approaching your passion, hope you'll feel comfortable very soon and post it too ! Also, I know it's not my business and I don't actually know your ex-boyfriend but honestly, based on just what you said he seems AWFUL, THANK GOD YOU LEFT HIM!! A partner so INSECURE that gets mad because of some drawings of boys (homie didn't even bother to come up with real people, I'd laugh at it if it wasn't so damn concerning and potentially dangerous) and that makes fun of your style instead of being supportive of something you love doesn't deserve your time !
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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@@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.
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.
@@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
@@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.
How to git gud on art: 1. Keep practicing 2. Supportive people on your side (opsional) 3. Listen to actual good critics 4. Don't listen to negative people Good luck on your journey
that's it how will make youself push to your motiven move to next level. i've seen many people watching or social media to some post art. and end up his/her career.. it's huge mistake they have throw their intressen and motiven itself.
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.
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
0:01: pewdiepie just attempted to become a better artist than half of the art community>overnight< (proceeds to show his video and title saying "I Drew Every Day for >>>>>>100 DAYS!
To be fair, that’s just a little over three months, which for most people who look to becomes artists (let alone professional artist) is crazy fast. Of course most people don’t have the same amount of time and resources he has to dedicate himself to learning art from scratch, but almost no one seems to comment on that.
@@Doctor4077 He said he would only draw for like 10 minutes a day, i cant say with confidence he really only trained that much time, but ive seen people who say they dont have time to do a hobby or something like that but would pass hours on instagram or tiktok, of course, someone who study and work could have the time but would be tired to do it so he would use his free time to rest, but some people think they need to spend hours of their time to do something like drawing, but even puttin 10 minutes everyday is enough to see your art improving.
@@icarovitormaximoliralinhar1428Pewdiepie is probably very intelligent too. hes clearly able to learn many languages, run a huge channel and produce content, and i think that he might just be one of those people that can pick things up and have it stick if hes really dedicated. plus he always expresses his love of knowledge and literature
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
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.
@@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...
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.
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.
Its also imperative that he no longer has to work, theres barely any stress from making money and he lives in a good home surrounded by the people he loves and has a massive ammount of fans who support and love what he does and post. His super power is support. Something a lot of artists dont have. Sometimes not even from his parents
I feel that. Been cutting off a lot of things to squeeze my workout, cooking, job, music, animation, and my art….oh and relationships…..it’s a constant setback and halfassing. I gotta sacrifice one for another each day. It’s decision fatigue.
You can't have that kind've mindset, that way of thinking is a self imposed cage. There will never be a perfect opportunity to do anything, life will always have struggle, many may wont care about or support what you do, but you need to embrace prioritizing and taking accountability for what you can control. Trust me, doing anything creative in a bad environment feels next to impossible but you gotta try for yourself, learn to turn it into a habit and into a coping mechanism. Having a victim mindset puts all responsibility down to fate and takes away all control you can have. You also have to own yourself, the biggest supporter should always be you, learning to love yourself is hard but it's so vital, because if no one else is supporting you, you continue anyway, for you and you alone. Breaking down anything into it's smallest parts until it's manageable is great too. In the gym world, we have something called "progressions", this means as your body becomes stronger, you have to increase the difficulty by altering the routine, increasing the reps etc. Art is no different in many ways, you take an active role in working on whats weak until it's not and soon as you plateau, you alter it to keep the momentum of progress going. Active role in your artistic development is about putting in consistent work into what needs work and understanding when the it needs a new perspective, an new technique, needs to be practiced more etc.
Before we talk ourselves out of trying, I think it's important to note he says his goal was only ten minutes a day. He clearly spent more time as it became more fun to him but in the initial 30 days you can definitely tell that he didn't spend very long filling a page with rough doodles. Setting that baseline is important to consistency, the average person can definitely squeeze 10 minutes into their schedule alongside meal time or replace scrolling time.
"...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.
@@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.
Never underestimate the power of: 1) Being able to focus without being concerned about money/security or other big responsibilities 2) Not having the pressure to do it for your achievement/grades/career, but just to see if you can do it for yourself I honestly think most people can learn infinitely better under these conditions. It puts you on a different mindset.
@@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?
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!!!
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
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.
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"
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
@@MugwynAbsolutely! 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.
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 :)
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
My main issue isn't stopping to antagonize other artists, my issue is stopping to look at other artists' amazing pieces, and getting demotivated with the sense of "I'm never gonna be as good as that" and then just stop drawing for a few weeks. I have a big demotivation issue and I'm not sure how to overcome that.
one bit of advice i often hear is to stop comparing yourself to other artists and instead compare yourself to your past self. part of that is not deleting or throwing away anything you draw, no matter how bad you may think it is when done. by keeping them around you can see how far youve progressed since you started
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 😐
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
The way I found this video was by searching "learning to draw at 30." I'm 28 now, and often I feel that I'm getting too old to really master a new skill. All my friends that do art and do it well have been drawing since they were kids. I have always had so much admiration for artists, but I always thought that making art was unattainable for me. Seeing that Felix picked up drawing at 34 and learned to make it work little by little was super encouraging and I'm so excited to start making things. Thanks for this great vid!
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
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 😊
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
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
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.
you know what? I will do pewdiepie challenge. I can say im an begginer artist, as im a bit of a fraud, for putting the paper sheet on a image on my tablet or computer and drawing it, but after that i got jjk first volume to try and get out my confort zone with drawing without doing the paper sheet method, im really feeling like im improving. Drawings i would make using the paper sheet method felt like a breeze (probally because i have a entire sketch book of jjk characters). Im really determined to try new things, and it will be like this: 1. ill draw 30 days, then rest for a week, cause as mohammed said, its sometimes needed to have a break and just do other things. 2. All this time, i had been doing a flaw mentioned on this video. Drawing like my life depends on it. Its supposed to be a hobby, not a full time job. 3. I will be not afraid of using references of all kinds of poses. 4. actually doing it (lol). 5. REALLY focus on having a confident line. I usually always chicken scratch and as it was supposed to be good, turned out bad. 6. I will buy some markers to train coloring too. Back in school, i always loved when the homework was things like drawing an HQ, or somewhat like that. But as soon the teacher said its supposed to be colored, id just shade it pretty horrobly and call it a day. So ill invest in that too. So, root for me!
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.
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.
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.
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.
I tried to do this but with a different art style. It was kind of cool seeing the progress happen in a really short period of time just by being really vigilant about doing it. I also did the same thing with reading and writing currently trying to do it with developing a second language
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.
I do art as a hobby so it's never felt pressured to me, I draw it for myself only, with no deadline. I wouldn't be able to do art as a profession, it would suck all the joy from it.
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
The problem with me is I got bad ADHD, and I’m a perfectionist. So if I can’t do something the way I see it in my head, I get very frustrated at myself, and if I can’t grasp the concept or understand what to do, I get upset with myself for being so dumb, and if I don’t get it quickly, my brain starts to make me not wanna do it because im not getting better. I love art, and have so many cool ideas and I SEE THEM in my head, but when I try to put it on paper I can’t. And then I try to watch videos and try to apply what I saw and it just gets me more confused. I’m a hands on learner and so if no one is there to actually help me I get in my head a lot you know. It’s just hard to over come my mental shortcomings when trying to be creative
Same man. Discipline and patience is especially difficult for people with adhd. And it sucks bc really that’s the only way you’ll get better so if u want it enough, it will happen.
probably not. 90% people who say they have ADHD dont actually have it, you people just suck at concentrating and dont have discipline. Also the "perfectionists" dont have desire to make things good, you just dont like failure. so all you have to do is to stop making excuse and actually do something. thank me later
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 ❤
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!
There's a few things to keep in mind with his Art Journey. The first thing and probably most relevant is that he stuck to one style the entire time. He focused on anime styled drawing and anime styled drawings alone. Two, Pewdiepie has a tenacious personality, that's evident by his success on TH-cam, the guy has a work-eithic that would quite frankly put most people to shame. Once he decides to go all in on something, he becomes a living embodiment of it. So, while most people will practice a few hours a day, he will practice ALL day, with all of his available time. Thirdly, he already had a small semblance of art experience through digital mediums. He's been doing thumbnails, and photoshop for years and even has a background in some sort of digital design. He has a lot going for him in his journey to becoming a better artist, not least of which, is that he has insane amounts of time to be able to focus on it that a lot of other people simply don't have.
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.
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.
Great video. I agree with the overall message you're putting forth with this. But let's not forget that if you are in a low stress environment, with all the money you'll ever need and plenty of time and almost 0 responsibilities-- anything is possible. Most of us would love that luxury and be able to create great anything with even 1 of those factors, but put them all together-- then damn no excuses for those who dont
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.
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.
@@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.
As a young artist, a year ago I started watching anime and loved drawing characters from anime! This is when I started improving because I finally started using references. In conclusion, use references! Try not to trace, but using reference photos helps a lot more in learning anatomy or what to draw
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.
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.
Something that also really strikes me, and frankly has reignited the spark for me to continue learning, is that he just said "fuck it, ima draw anime" from step one. SO MANY of my old teachers would hammer home time and time again that anime or cartoon styles were complete shit, and if you started drawing or 3D modeling in those styles you would be hamstringing yourself for the rest of your career, you MUST start with realistic still lifes etc, and those must be the main thing you draw, and until that is mastered don't even THINK about doing anything stylized. Being demotivated from drawing what I wanted to draw over and over again took its toll on my determination to draw anything in the first place. Now this entire experiment from pewds feels like a giant middle finger to those old teachers of mine, and its making me want to get back on the horse, after years of...basically having given up on learning at all.
@@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.
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.
Tip I learned from my highschool art teacher. If you need to draw a new line don’t erase the old one until you draw the new one because then you might just draw right over the old one where you didn’t want to draw that line. Erase after drawing the new line.
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!
well, that proof that if you have enought time (and money) to pratice and do not need to be preocupate to do others things like have a job or study you can learn whatever you want...
Also, one last thought, I don't think this is sus at all and I think there's an easy way to explain why he got to this level so quickly: man already made it. He's rich, has the wife/kid and a home, he doesn't have the stress that's crippling the common man. That's just the truth, if people could learn art without the constant noise of suffering, around them most people would learn a lot faster. Back when I was a kid I had to hide myself to draw, literally.
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. Edit: I feel like people missed the point. Pewdiepie already has the means to not worry about his income, so putting time (20-30 mins a day) is easy. When in reality it is hard to find time to do things. Yes, when there is a will there is a way. Thus his turnaround is that great. Others will take longer, for me death comes with comparison. And thats what people need to keep in mind with these overnight improvement reports from already established people/celebrities.
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.
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.
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
I've always believed that *most* people can become artists to *some* degree, but it still generally requires a certain innate "propensity" that some people have more of than others. His simple draw-along picture from day two is way better than anything I ever managed to produce during the times in my life where I spent the most time and effort learning to draw in a similar style. I'm saying this because I want people to know that it's different for everyone, and if you take a very long time to make a very minute amount of progress it only means that your brain is geared differently than others. Certain studies have led me to believe that a person's potential for being an artist hinges on the way that person's brain works, and it doesn't mean something is wrong with you if your brain works differently than most others.
True. I see everyone saying that all it takes is practice and motivation, but that's not only a simplification, in can straight up lead to people getting demotivated when they practice and still don't see improvement. Everyone likes to say that anyone can get into any hobby, art for example, but that's simply false. There's plenty of factors, like age, disabilities, mentality, etc. I practiced art for years, yet never saw any improvement and due to my personality, and seeing everyone saying that all it takes is "practice," basically ended my art interest altogether right there. People need to stop sugarcoating things, and be honest. And a horrible thing people tend to do is to show a disabled person or something, as if that's proof anyone can do what they did, but that's so bad. Just because one person did it, doesn't mean anyone can do it. For some people, it's impossible to be good at art. They will never be good at art, nor will they ever have the chance at it. From personal experience, people need to stop acting like everyone is capable of being on an equal playing field. Felix is naturally dispositioned to art, so he will get better faster. I am not so even with practice, I'll never be good. Sometimes, people need to accept that giving up is the best option.
@@TheLordofSiIence Thank you for your response. It's encouraging to know that I'm not alone in my perceptions here. I wish you the best of luck in whatever it is you do!
I agree, 100%. I think it could either be insecurity or pride that leads to this myth that talent doesn't matter, only practice. But it's funny cos we all know this thinking doesn't apply to any other part of life - we can all learn math, or cooking, or to play sports, to some degree or anoter. Practice will make anyone improve from where they are. But that doesn't mean we all will become *good* at it, much less as good as someone with natural talent, especially if that person also put in the work... and/or the effort it takes to become proficient might not actually be worth it. Yet somehow people think it should be different for art, and get mad if you say otherwise. Like, good example, I used to know some guys who were in a metal band (metal takes a high degree of skill to be good at, too). The drummer was like 17, and the lead guitarist was maybe 20 or so. And that guitarist was *visibly jealous and pissed* at the drummer, cos the guitarist spent hours practicing every day for many years - and he was indeed a very skilled guitarist, but it took a good amount of effort to get there and maintain it. Meanwhile the drummer literally almost never practiced; he'd just sit down at a drum kit and go to it, and yet he was *fantastic* - because as you said, his brain was just wired in a different way, that made it easy for him. That's just life sometimes, and imo the true waste is insisting talent doesn't matter, instead of accepting your gifts and limitations, working with them, and having a bit of fun the process.
@@TheLordofSiIence I honestly believe that people should create still in spite of everyone. I don’t care if another persons art is objectively bad. I’m proud that they’re creating. I’m proud of everyone who creates regardless of skill level. Art should be joyful at the end of the day
@@megancrouch I respect that, but it's more on the case when someone says that everyone can be good at art. It's the same type of argument as "every video game should be for everyone." It's impossible to make everyone happy, so some people are just going to be forgotten. Same with art. I used to love art, then realized that no matter how hard I tried, I'd simply never be good at it, so I know what I'm talking about when I say that some people will just never be good at art, despite what some want to think. If someone's bad at art, but despite that, still wants to do it, that's good for them. But I don't think that we should be spreading the message that EVERYONE has the capability to be at the same level quality-wise.
I think what people are forgetting is that Felix did what us professionals keep TRYING to tell beginners to do (which they neglect!), and that is to USE REFERENCES and DRAW WITH A GOAL IN MIND. Half the time, beginners will fail to draw daily... they will fail to draw with a PURPOSE and instead just try "art hacks" (looking at tiktok...)... they fail to use references despite countless PROFESSIONALS telling them that references are a necessary part of learning how to draw what you see... they fail to just LISTEN. And that is because most beginning artists are YOUNG. Felix has had a past in artistic design, but not drawing. He's no complete novice to art. Because he is older and thus more experienced, of course drawing would come easier to him! If you draw every day like you have an art-obsessed parasite within you, you're bound to improve! When I was 13 I quit tracing and started drawing all on my own, and wouldn't you believe it--I improved vastly in 100 days too. To become better at art, you have to REALLY want to become better at art. That is all it takes. Well, that, and maybe listening to the wiser and more experienced professionals instead of tiktoks.
are there any professionals you recommend? i like the anime art style but i saw on youtube that you should learn fundamentals before moving to stylized drawings (i guess something pewdiepie didn’t even do yet at least on camera)
The "us professionals" made me cringe, but you do have a point. Aimless drawing and lack of any true determination is just gonna hold one's progress back.
love this video...because its so true people may learn things faster or easier than others but honestly inhyuk lee says it best in his classes no one is born an amazing artist it takes time a practice and discipline... much props on awesome video bo55
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!!
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.
I think his rappid improvement reflects the freedom to learn without getting sidetracked by other responsiblities. Not saying he doesn't have stress, he's a new dad, but all his basic living expenses is taken care of. He's retired young and still passively earning money. He's earning per day most people make in a year. He can sleep away a whole day and he'll wake up the next day richer. His ability to get the most out of his attempt to learn would be significantly higher than another person in 30s, struggling to pay bills and heavily in debt. Not having those stressors, and the security, even if he just spend 10 mins a day, certainly freed up his mind to properly absorb and level up fast. He had nothing riding on this, if he failed, that's that. He's not going to "loose" potential income source by failing to draw. All these contributed to his rapid progress, which half the art community don't have. He was quite literally doing side quest without a care in the world.
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
When I see someone who experienced drastic noob-to-pro improvement, I tend to overthink it, because my experience couldn't be further away from that person - I always improve slowly and gradually, observing the world, learning from videos and references, putting myself into the mindset. Seeing small improvements in my skill makes me happy, but then I see someone I used to think was a beginner SUDDENLY becoming pro-level and get whiplash. Not being able to relate to someone's improvement in art hurts, and obsessing over it only makes this metaphorical pain worse. On one hand I'm thinking "It can't just be pure practice, our world isn't the world of One Punch Man. You tried grinding it before and failed", on the other hand I think about what I am afraid of doing when I draw, and how a big part of my improvement has been facing those fears and telling them to screw off.
as someone who just started drawing his video made me kinda depressed. i know people learn at their own pace but i noticed when i draw I’m just frustrated now after seeing his vid lol. i guess i should just copy references like he does. i never drew when i was younger and my beginning drawings looked like a child did them compared to even his very first doodles. it hurts for sure!
Look, unpopular opinion, this is unrealistic. I've been an artist since before I can remember. I took every art class I could in every level of school I could. I was in extra curricular clubs activities etc. Etc. I've been paid for pieces, I've made tattoos for people, I've had my work published, and hung in galleries. Blah blah blah. I have been recognized, from a very young age as having natural talent. I say this, to try to provide some background for my following statement. I am an DEFINENTLY nowhere near the best artist I know. I've seen people half my age or more that I just straight accept are better than me, and that's okay. Coming from someone that received accolades and awards etc at like 10 years old for my skill in drawing, and a lifetime of just still drawing because I like doing it. Using references is not a new idea, I rarely draw without such, more power to those that don't require them. Focusing and having some sort of path to guide and make efficient the journey, is nothing new. If literally everything stated in his videos and this one is 100% true, kudos! Good for him. He must have a large degree of natural talent. But don't expect his results. They aren't normal. You don't just spend 10 plus minutes a day drawing and see that level of progress. I don't know, or really care, whether it's valid, or sus. But it simply isn't a bit of practice everyday lead forl100 s to that degree of increase in skill. Maybe being one of the biggest TH-camr is a factor, in various ways, (money and time, but just doesn't) whatever. More proper to him. realistically occur.
i don't know if this will make you feel better or not, but he's not exactly starting from scratch. he may be a noob at drawing but not at art, he is by all intents and purposes a graphic desingner, before his channel started making money he won prizes and sold his photoshop art -he even has a deviantart- so he has an eye for it, specially colour wich is why he transitioned to markers so easily.
I'm 16, and I've always wanted to draw I have so many ideas and characters and art I want to make but I've never truly done it because I would get upset when I (quite obviously) couldn't draw the things I thought of, and at this point in my life even though I've matured more since then I thought it was too late in my life to learn because everyone I know who's good at art has been drawing since they were really young. I've been drawing a little more consistently as of late, and this video is giving me hope honestly. Thank you Mohammed.
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.
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
I saw a vid here on YT that says you have to draw the same thing every day to see your artistic skill unfolds, and I think this one proves it. In 100 days, he kinda drew the same subject until he mastered it which is awesome.
I started art just 3 years ago, and the first 2 years I put a lot of time on it and consistently the progress were shocking to other artists. Putting consistent work will always be good work. You can totally get to the intermediate level in few months or less from zero. Hope this encourage new artist to raise
One thing about his improvement is how much time he has!! he can spend day after day doing nothing but drawing. Almost nobody can do that! People are surprised he got great at drawing but its much more like he just picked drawing to become great at.
Something that people tend to forget is that: "you can't be Creative while in Survival mode". If you are able to learn art at all, be grateful, because a lot of people who are less fortunate than you don't have enough time in their lives to even pick up a pencil and draw anything with it. Art requires a lot of free time, money, and peace of mind. Most people in the lower or working class can't afford to art because the time in their lives are spent mostly working and worrying about their finances. What Pewds did was undoubtably impressive, but I hope the art community don't beat themselves up too much. Remember that he is a multimillionaire who can afford a lot of free time to do anything. He could teach himself to build a submarine and he would be able to make it. Main takeaway: Make sure you're rich enough that you can finally be free to pursue art /hj
I need to get to it. I’ve been wanting to make some animations but just haven’t motivated myself to practice my drawings. All fun coming up with the story, but I need to put in the work.
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
@sparkzirahumm it’s perfect for me you might need to consult a doctor to get your ears checked.
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.
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
“You have to get through the shitty drawings before the good drawings start to show up” this is exactly what I’ve been struggling with lately! I used to draw all the time, but then I took a year long break with only a couple of drawings in between. That is because I was in a bad relationship and my ex made fun of my art style for being too cartoonish/anime and was mad that I drew so many boys. After the break up, though, I’ve been getting back into drawing and I was so confused as to why I lost all of my skills and couldn’t draw anymore. After drawing for a few days, though, I got them back + I draw even better now! I thought I lost all of my passion and talent- that I just didn’t like drawing anymore. But I didn’t! I was just in such a bad place I didn’t have the motivation anymore. Watching all these art videos helps my skill and motivation :) I may even begin posting my art again.
I can't stand when I make mistakes, and I've been so damn burned out.
And I just feel like I never get better, infact I feel I get worse.
@@papyruscoolskeleton9543 I feel that, perfectionism is an artist’s worst enemy. That, and self criticism. As artists, we’ll always see the flaws in our own work before anyone else- but you just need to look at the whole picture, not the tiny details. As with burning out, the solution isn’t clear to me- but what always helped me was watching a show or reading a book that inspired me. Art is most enjoyable and plentiful when it comes from inspiration. Also, art isn’t made just to have something to look at. It’s something to feel, and the artist should enjoy creating- whether or not the art looks ‘bad.’ Just know that you will get there, I believe in you :)
@@SavvyCD1 the bad thing is, I never feel inspired on anything...
I feel that so hard man. Not with drawing, but with writing. I showed a piece I wrote to my ex and the response I got from him was kinda condescensing. He was a writer as well. I pretty much was too embarrassed to write anything again for years afterwards.
I'm very happy for you for re-approaching your passion, hope you'll feel comfortable very soon and post it too !
Also, I know it's not my business and I don't actually know your ex-boyfriend but honestly, based on just what you said he seems AWFUL, THANK GOD YOU LEFT HIM!!
A partner so INSECURE that gets mad because of some drawings of boys (homie didn't even bother to come up with real people, I'd laugh at it if it wasn't so damn concerning and potentially dangerous) and that makes fun of your style instead of being supportive of something you love doesn't deserve your time !
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.
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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.
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
The way he is so good at colouring too
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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
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.
Dude ur video quality is INSANE, like actually it looks so perfect
It looks like a documentary
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.
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.
How to git gud on art:
1. Keep practicing
2. Supportive people on your side (opsional)
3. Listen to actual good critics
4. Don't listen to negative people
Good luck on your journey
that's it how will make youself push to your motiven move to next level. i've seen many people watching or social media to some post art. and end up his/her career.. it's huge mistake they have throw their intressen and motiven itself.
Tbh I don’t have anything else to add,but this pasta and cheese is delicious
Gimme some
Mama mia
@@corn_breas nah I ate it all sorry
@@KO_Star_boi 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 😢
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
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).
@@Sewer.R4tz💀
0:01: pewdiepie just attempted to become a better artist than half of the art community>overnight< (proceeds to show his video and title saying "I Drew Every Day for >>>>>>100 DAYS!
To be fair, that’s just a little over three months, which for most people who look to becomes artists (let alone professional artist) is crazy fast.
Of course most people don’t have the same amount of time and resources he has to dedicate himself to learning art from scratch, but almost no one seems to comment on that.
@@Doctor4077 He said he would only draw for like 10 minutes a day, i cant say with confidence he really only trained that much time, but ive seen people who say they dont have time to do a hobby or something like that but would pass hours on instagram or tiktok, of course, someone who study and work could have the time but would be tired to do it so he would use his free time to rest, but some people think they need to spend hours of their time to do something like drawing, but even puttin 10 minutes everyday is enough to see your art improving.
@@icarovitormaximoliralinhar1428Pewdiepie is probably very intelligent too. hes clearly able to learn many languages, run a huge channel and produce content, and i think that he might just be one of those people that can pick things up and have it stick if hes really dedicated. plus he always expresses his love of knowledge and literature
Still, 100 days is nothing, for that level of skill.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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
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.
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Its also imperative that he no longer has to work, theres barely any stress from making money and he lives in a good home surrounded by the people he loves and has a massive ammount of fans who support and love what he does and post.
His super power is support.
Something a lot of artists dont have. Sometimes not even from his parents
I feel that. Been cutting off a lot of things to squeeze my workout, cooking, job, music, animation, and my art….oh and relationships…..it’s a constant setback and halfassing. I gotta sacrifice one for another each day. It’s decision fatigue.
You can't have that kind've mindset, that way of thinking is a self imposed cage. There will never be a perfect opportunity to do anything, life will always have struggle, many may wont care about or support what you do, but you need to embrace prioritizing and taking accountability for what you can control. Trust me, doing anything creative in a bad environment feels next to impossible but you gotta try for yourself, learn to turn it into a habit and into a coping mechanism. Having a victim mindset puts all responsibility down to fate and takes away all control you can have. You also have to own yourself, the biggest supporter should always be you, learning to love yourself is hard but it's so vital, because if no one else is supporting you, you continue anyway, for you and you alone. Breaking down anything into it's smallest parts until it's manageable is great too. In the gym world, we have something called "progressions", this means as your body becomes stronger, you have to increase the difficulty by altering the routine, increasing the reps etc. Art is no different in many ways, you take an active role in working on whats weak until it's not and soon as you plateau, you alter it to keep the momentum of progress going. Active role in your artistic development is about putting in consistent work into what needs work and understanding when the it needs a new perspective, an new technique, needs to be practiced more etc.
Yeah+ he doesn't have any studies or a job on the side. like it's literally his job
Before we talk ourselves out of trying, I think it's important to note he says his goal was only ten minutes a day. He clearly spent more time as it became more fun to him but in the initial 30 days you can definitely tell that he didn't spend very long filling a page with rough doodles. Setting that baseline is important to consistency, the average person can definitely squeeze 10 minutes into their schedule alongside meal time or replace scrolling time.
"...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.
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
Never underestimate the power of:
1) Being able to focus without being concerned about money/security or other big responsibilities
2) Not having the pressure to do it for your achievement/grades/career, but just to see if you can do it for yourself
I honestly think most people can learn infinitely better under these conditions. It puts you on a different mindset.
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?
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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
K@@Zauriah11
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.
@@MugwynAbsolutely! 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.
The discipline and mental strength bro has is insane be like pewdiepie my friends.
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 :)
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 😂
My main issue isn't stopping to antagonize other artists, my issue is stopping to look at other artists' amazing pieces, and getting demotivated with the sense of "I'm never gonna be as good as that" and then just stop drawing for a few weeks. I have a big demotivation issue and I'm not sure how to overcome that.
one bit of advice i often hear is to stop comparing yourself to other artists and instead compare yourself to your past self. part of that is not deleting or throwing away anything you draw, no matter how bad you may think it is when done. by keeping them around you can see how far youve progressed since you started
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 😐
@PizzaTowerPlayer you the type of dude to tell an alcoholic “just stop drinking lmao”
@PizzaTowerPlayer as someone who is trying to do both, you are kinda dumb no offense
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
The way I found this video was by searching "learning to draw at 30." I'm 28 now, and often I feel that I'm getting too old to really master a new skill. All my friends that do art and do it well have been drawing since they were kids. I have always had so much admiration for artists, but I always thought that making art was unattainable for me. Seeing that Felix picked up drawing at 34 and learned to make it work little by little was super encouraging and I'm so excited to start making things. Thanks for this great vid!
@@motoristacaduco ligma balls
I think Vincent Van Gogh became an artist when he was 27! It’s never to late to pick up a skill :D
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
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.
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!!
He also didn't have narcissistic parents add that too
@@RubiAkito huge advantage! i have narc parent and got nowhere in life lol
@@ThiCC_Yosh HUH?!!!
@@RubiAkito i think there’s a misunderstanding. nvm
His consistency along with studying the foundations drawing is what really made his progress much beautiful.
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.
you know what? I will do pewdiepie challenge. I can say im an begginer artist, as im a bit of a fraud, for putting the paper sheet on a image on my tablet or computer and drawing it, but after that i got jjk first volume to try and get out my confort zone with drawing without doing the paper sheet method, im really feeling like im improving. Drawings i would make using the paper sheet method felt like a breeze (probally because i have a entire sketch book of jjk characters). Im really determined to try new things, and it will be like this:
1. ill draw 30 days, then rest for a week, cause as mohammed said, its sometimes needed to have a break and just do other things.
2. All this time, i had been doing a flaw mentioned on this video. Drawing like my life depends on it. Its supposed to be a hobby, not a full time job.
3. I will be not afraid of using references of all kinds of poses.
4. actually doing it (lol).
5. REALLY focus on having a confident line. I usually always chicken scratch and as it was supposed to be good, turned out bad.
6. I will buy some markers to train coloring too. Back in school, i always loved when the homework was things like drawing an HQ, or somewhat like that. But as soon the teacher said its supposed to be colored, id just shade it pretty horrobly and call it a day. So ill invest in that too.
So, root for me!
how is it going man?
@@kidsInDisgust its kinda rough with school and stuff, so basically i stopped at day 3-4. But today ill return stronger than never!
How it's going?
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.
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.
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.
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.
I tried to do this but with a different art style. It was kind of cool seeing the progress happen in a really short period of time just by being really vigilant about doing it. I also did the same thing with reading and writing currently trying to do it with developing a second language
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
I do art as a hobby so it's never felt pressured to me, I draw it for myself only, with no deadline.
I wouldn't be able to do art as a profession, it would suck all the joy from it.
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
The problem with me is I got bad ADHD, and I’m a perfectionist. So if I can’t do something the way I see it in my head, I get very frustrated at myself, and if I can’t grasp the concept or understand what to do, I get upset with myself for being so dumb, and if I don’t get it quickly, my brain starts to make me not wanna do it because im not getting better.
I love art, and have so many cool ideas and I SEE THEM in my head, but when I try to put it on paper I can’t. And then I try to watch videos and try to apply what I saw and it just gets me more confused. I’m a hands on learner and so if no one is there to actually help me I get in my head a lot you know. It’s just hard to over come my mental shortcomings when trying to be creative
Same man. Discipline and patience is especially difficult for people with adhd. And it sucks bc really that’s the only way you’ll get better so if u want it enough, it will happen.
probably not. 90% people who say they have ADHD dont actually have it, you people just suck at concentrating and dont have discipline. Also the "perfectionists" dont have desire to make things good, you just dont like failure. so all you have to do is to stop making excuse and actually do something. thank me later
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 ❤
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!
Haha the opposite of me!
I can't wrap my head around Markers even if I wanted to.
There's a few things to keep in mind with his Art Journey. The first thing and probably most relevant is that he stuck to one style the entire time. He focused on anime styled drawing and anime styled drawings alone. Two, Pewdiepie has a tenacious personality, that's evident by his success on TH-cam, the guy has a work-eithic that would quite frankly put most people to shame. Once he decides to go all in on something, he becomes a living embodiment of it. So, while most people will practice a few hours a day, he will practice ALL day, with all of his available time. Thirdly, he already had a small semblance of art experience through digital mediums. He's been doing thumbnails, and photoshop for years and even has a background in some sort of digital design.
He has a lot going for him in his journey to becoming a better artist, not least of which, is that he has insane amounts of time to be able to focus on it that a lot of other people simply don't have.
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.
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.
Great video. I agree with the overall message you're putting forth with this. But let's not forget that if you are in a low stress environment, with all the money you'll ever need and plenty of time and almost 0 responsibilities-- anything is possible. Most of us would love that luxury and be able to create great anything with even 1 of those factors, but put them all together-- then damn no excuses for those who dont
uh he said he only got like 20 mins a day cuz of his baby
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.
Your background is so slick today dude, same with the colour grading. So glad to have seen you grow from the beginning 🙏
0:15 Just a reminder to read the caption because it has some funny moments like calling PewDiePie "pubes"
These captions are auto genrated bro
@@BhargavGadekar69No Shit Sherlock
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.
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.
As a young artist, a year ago I started watching anime and loved drawing characters from anime! This is when I started improving because I finally started using references.
In conclusion, use references! Try not to trace, but using reference photos helps a lot more in learning anatomy or what to draw
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?-
@@Hmmmnnhhbad drawers who are insecure about their own art
@@Hmmmnnhhhalf the ppl in the comments
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.
Something that also really strikes me, and frankly has reignited the spark for me to continue learning, is that he just said "fuck it, ima draw anime" from step one.
SO MANY of my old teachers would hammer home time and time again that anime or cartoon styles were complete shit, and if you started drawing or 3D modeling in those styles you would be hamstringing yourself for the rest of your career, you MUST start with realistic still lifes etc, and those must be the main thing you draw, and until that is mastered don't even THINK about doing anything stylized.
Being demotivated from drawing what I wanted to draw over and over again took its toll on my determination to draw anything in the first place. Now this entire experiment from pewds feels like a giant middle finger to those old teachers of mine, and its making me want to get back on the horse, after years of...basically having given up on learning at all.
"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.
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.
Tip I learned from my highschool art teacher. If you need to draw a new line don’t erase the old one until you draw the new one because then you might just draw right over the old one where you didn’t want to draw that line. Erase after drawing the new line.
His drawings are so sweet, I really liked what he was doing and hope he continues working on his art!
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!
well, that proof that if you have enought time (and money) to pratice and do not need to be preocupate to do others things like have a job or study you can learn whatever you want...
Also, one last thought, I don't think this is sus at all and I think there's an easy way to explain why he got to this level so quickly: man already made it. He's rich, has the wife/kid and a home, he doesn't have the stress that's crippling the common man. That's just the truth, if people could learn art without the constant noise of suffering, around them most people would learn a lot faster. Back when I was a kid I had to hide myself to draw, literally.
Underrated comment, this is the only truth about all this fuss.
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.
Edit: I feel like people missed the point. Pewdiepie already has the means to not worry about his income, so putting time (20-30 mins a day) is easy. When in reality it is hard to find time to do things. Yes, when there is a will there is a way. Thus his turnaround is that great. Others will take longer, for me death comes with comparison. And thats what people need to keep in mind with these overnight improvement reports from already established people/celebrities.
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 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
I've always believed that *most* people can become artists to *some* degree, but it still generally requires a certain innate "propensity" that some people have more of than others. His simple draw-along picture from day two is way better than anything I ever managed to produce during the times in my life where I spent the most time and effort learning to draw in a similar style. I'm saying this because I want people to know that it's different for everyone, and if you take a very long time to make a very minute amount of progress it only means that your brain is geared differently than others. Certain studies have led me to believe that a person's potential for being an artist hinges on the way that person's brain works, and it doesn't mean something is wrong with you if your brain works differently than most others.
True. I see everyone saying that all it takes is practice and motivation, but that's not only a simplification, in can straight up lead to people getting demotivated when they practice and still don't see improvement.
Everyone likes to say that anyone can get into any hobby, art for example, but that's simply false. There's plenty of factors, like age, disabilities, mentality, etc. I practiced art for years, yet never saw any improvement and due to my personality, and seeing everyone saying that all it takes is "practice," basically ended my art interest altogether right there. People need to stop sugarcoating things, and be honest. And a horrible thing people tend to do is to show a disabled person or something, as if that's proof anyone can do what they did, but that's so bad. Just because one person did it, doesn't mean anyone can do it.
For some people, it's impossible to be good at art. They will never be good at art, nor will they ever have the chance at it. From personal experience, people need to stop acting like everyone is capable of being on an equal playing field. Felix is naturally dispositioned to art, so he will get better faster. I am not so even with practice, I'll never be good. Sometimes, people need to accept that giving up is the best option.
@@TheLordofSiIence Thank you for your response. It's encouraging to know that I'm not alone in my perceptions here. I wish you the best of luck in whatever it is you do!
I agree, 100%. I think it could either be insecurity or pride that leads to this myth that talent doesn't matter, only practice. But it's funny cos we all know this thinking doesn't apply to any other part of life - we can all learn math, or cooking, or to play sports, to some degree or anoter. Practice will make anyone improve from where they are. But that doesn't mean we all will become *good* at it, much less as good as someone with natural talent, especially if that person also put in the work... and/or the effort it takes to become proficient might not actually be worth it. Yet somehow people think it should be different for art, and get mad if you say otherwise.
Like, good example, I used to know some guys who were in a metal band (metal takes a high degree of skill to be good at, too). The drummer was like 17, and the lead guitarist was maybe 20 or so. And that guitarist was *visibly jealous and pissed* at the drummer, cos the guitarist spent hours practicing every day for many years - and he was indeed a very skilled guitarist, but it took a good amount of effort to get there and maintain it. Meanwhile the drummer literally almost never practiced; he'd just sit down at a drum kit and go to it, and yet he was *fantastic* - because as you said, his brain was just wired in a different way, that made it easy for him. That's just life sometimes, and imo the true waste is insisting talent doesn't matter, instead of accepting your gifts and limitations, working with them, and having a bit of fun the process.
@@TheLordofSiIence I honestly believe that people should create still in spite of everyone. I don’t care if another persons art is objectively bad. I’m proud that they’re creating. I’m proud of everyone who creates regardless of skill level. Art should be joyful at the end of the day
@@megancrouch I respect that, but it's more on the case when someone says that everyone can be good at art. It's the same type of argument as "every video game should be for everyone."
It's impossible to make everyone happy, so some people are just going to be forgotten. Same with art. I used to love art, then realized that no matter how hard I tried, I'd simply never be good at it, so I know what I'm talking about when I say that some people will just never be good at art, despite what some want to think.
If someone's bad at art, but despite that, still wants to do it, that's good for them. But I don't think that we should be spreading the message that EVERYONE has the capability to be at the same level quality-wise.
I think what people are forgetting is that Felix did what us professionals keep TRYING to tell beginners to do (which they neglect!), and that is to USE REFERENCES and DRAW WITH A GOAL IN MIND.
Half the time, beginners will fail to draw daily... they will fail to draw with a PURPOSE and instead just try "art hacks" (looking at tiktok...)... they fail to use references despite countless PROFESSIONALS telling them that references are a necessary part of learning how to draw what you see... they fail to just LISTEN. And that is because most beginning artists are YOUNG.
Felix has had a past in artistic design, but not drawing. He's no complete novice to art. Because he is older and thus more experienced, of course drawing would come easier to him! If you draw every day like you have an art-obsessed parasite within you, you're bound to improve! When I was 13 I quit tracing and started drawing all on my own, and wouldn't you believe it--I improved vastly in 100 days too.
To become better at art, you have to REALLY want to become better at art. That is all it takes. Well, that, and maybe listening to the wiser and more experienced professionals instead of tiktoks.
are there any professionals you recommend? i like the anime art style but i saw on youtube that you should learn fundamentals before moving to stylized drawings (i guess something pewdiepie didn’t even do yet at least on camera)
@@neveithe yo im staring to draw like 100 days too. i hope this helps but like just take step by step literaly i spend 2 days perfecting shapes
The "us professionals" made me cringe, but you do have a point.
Aimless drawing and lack of any true determination is just gonna hold one's progress back.
love this video...because its so true people may learn things faster or easier than others but honestly inhyuk lee says it best in his classes no one is born an amazing artist it takes time a practice and discipline... much props on awesome video bo55
Pewdiepie is officially an art baby and as an artist myself I'm here for it
we welcome him whole heartedly!!!
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!!
Same here
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.
I think his rappid improvement reflects the freedom to learn without getting sidetracked by other responsiblities. Not saying he doesn't have stress, he's a new dad, but all his basic living expenses is taken care of. He's retired young and still passively earning money. He's earning per day most people make in a year. He can sleep away a whole day and he'll wake up the next day richer. His ability to get the most out of his attempt to learn would be significantly higher than another person in 30s, struggling to pay bills and heavily in debt. Not having those stressors, and the security, even if he just spend 10 mins a day, certainly freed up his mind to properly absorb and level up fast. He had nothing riding on this, if he failed, that's that. He's not going to "loose" potential income source by failing to draw. All these contributed to his rapid progress, which half the art community don't have. He was quite literally doing side quest without a care in the world.
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
When I see someone who experienced drastic noob-to-pro improvement, I tend to overthink it, because my experience couldn't be further away from that person - I always improve slowly and gradually, observing the world, learning from videos and references, putting myself into the mindset. Seeing small improvements in my skill makes me happy, but then I see someone I used to think was a beginner SUDDENLY becoming pro-level and get whiplash. Not being able to relate to someone's improvement in art hurts, and obsessing over it only makes this metaphorical pain worse. On one hand I'm thinking "It can't just be pure practice, our world isn't the world of One Punch Man. You tried grinding it before and failed", on the other hand I think about what I am afraid of doing when I draw, and how a big part of my improvement has been facing those fears and telling them to screw off.
as someone who just started drawing his video made me kinda depressed. i know people learn at their own pace but i noticed when i draw I’m just frustrated now after seeing his vid lol. i guess i should just copy references like he does. i never drew when i was younger and my beginning drawings looked like a child did them compared to even his very first doodles. it hurts for sure!
Look, unpopular opinion, this is unrealistic. I've been an artist since before I can remember. I took every art class I could in every level of school I could. I was in extra curricular clubs activities etc. Etc.
I've been paid for pieces, I've made tattoos for people, I've had my work published, and hung in galleries. Blah blah blah. I have been recognized, from a very young age as having natural talent.
I say this, to try to provide some background for my following statement.
I am an DEFINENTLY nowhere near the best artist I know. I've seen people half my age or more that I just straight accept are better than me, and that's okay. Coming from someone that received accolades and awards etc at like 10 years old for my skill in drawing, and a lifetime of just still drawing because I like doing it.
Using references is not a new idea, I rarely draw without such, more power to those that don't require them.
Focusing and having some sort of path to guide and make efficient the journey, is nothing new.
If literally everything stated in his videos and this one is 100% true, kudos! Good for him. He must have a large degree of natural talent. But don't expect his results. They aren't normal. You don't just spend 10 plus minutes a day drawing and see that level of progress. I don't know, or really care, whether it's valid, or sus. But it simply isn't a bit of practice everyday lead forl100 s to that degree of increase in skill. Maybe being one of the biggest TH-camr is a factor, in various ways, (money and time, but just doesn't) whatever. More proper to him. realistically occur.
i don't know if this will make you feel better or not, but he's not exactly starting from scratch. he may be a noob at drawing but not at art, he is by all intents and purposes a graphic desingner, before his channel started making money he won prizes and sold his photoshop art -he even has a deviantart- so he has an eye for it, specially colour wich is why he transitioned to markers so easily.
I'm 16, and I've always wanted to draw I have so many ideas and characters and art I want to make but I've never truly done it because I would get upset when I (quite obviously) couldn't draw the things I thought of, and at this point in my life even though I've matured more since then I thought it was too late in my life to learn because everyone I know who's good at art has been drawing since they were really young. I've been drawing a little more consistently as of late, and this video is giving me hope honestly. Thank you Mohammed.
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.
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
I saw a vid here on YT that says you have to draw the same thing every day to see your artistic skill unfolds, and I think this one proves it. In 100 days, he kinda drew the same subject until he mastered it which is awesome.
I started art just 3 years ago, and the first 2 years I put a lot of time on it and consistently the progress were shocking to other artists. Putting consistent work will always be good work. You can totally get to the intermediate level in few months or less from zero. Hope this encourage new artist to raise
dedication and practice is all it takes! Felix is a great at self discipline.
felix is HIM!
One thing about his improvement is how much time he has!! he can spend day after day doing nothing but drawing. Almost nobody can do that! People are surprised he got great at drawing but its much more like he just picked drawing to become great at.
i’m SO happy about his art journey. it’s beautiful and such an honor to observe
Something that people tend to forget is that: "you can't be Creative while in Survival mode". If you are able to learn art at all, be grateful, because a lot of people who are less fortunate than you don't have enough time in their lives to even pick up a pencil and draw anything with it. Art requires a lot of free time, money, and peace of mind. Most people in the lower or working class can't afford to art because the time in their lives are spent mostly working and worrying about their finances.
What Pewds did was undoubtably impressive, but I hope the art community don't beat themselves up too much. Remember that he is a multimillionaire who can afford a lot of free time to do anything. He could teach himself to build a submarine and he would be able to make it.
Main takeaway: Make sure you're rich enough that you can finally be free to pursue art /hj
I need to get to it. I’ve been wanting to make some animations but just haven’t motivated myself to practice my drawings. All fun coming up with the story, but I need to put in the work.