This is the story of almost everyone in my country. They think that passion has no scope in this competitive and materialistic world. All they see is medical or engineering. My father told me to take up architecture since its presumably the best field for artists and I too, had really great grade, and I strictly said no because I don't really want to do anything with science related subjects. I do get scornful looks sometimes but I don't give a damn. I would rather be happy than studying Something that makes me stressed.
I'm very poud of strong-willed youth like you. Thank you for standing up to what you like. People don't realize the importance of art, but it's everywhere around us. It can literally be the breaking deal of a company's success, or any institution. Take graphic design for example, it’s one of the most important aspects of successful marketing. So to be honest, the engineering/medicine argument is so outdated. Do what you love. All my best wishes!
As a top high school student who gets told “ don’t waste your potential”, this helped me a lot. The only thing I enjoy fully is story writing and drawing, and this made me realize no matter who says what I should choose do a career I like. Seriously, I can’t thank you enough :)
I'm a visual communication design student who really loves to play the guitar. But I still dunno how to balance drawing and guitar at once since they're both my passions.
Wow, having 2 passions must be hard. But you know, I had many things I thought they were my passion, but after I pursued them for a while, I realized that eventually I only truly wanted to continue in the drawing path. And not any drawing, but digital anime drawing specifically. So I'd say, explore both. You'll eventually know what you really want to pursue.
I think you can still pursue multiple passion if you're willing and disciplined. Besides, focusing on one tends to make you too burned out. I'm a computer science student (because of my parents and it's my fault too on why) yet I do 3D modeling and drawing. I would also learn French whenever I can (going to be my 3rd language after English) and sometimes on Korean. Jose Rizal is a polyglot and a polymath. He's an opthalmologist but he was also a sculptor, painter, sketcher, polyglot(fluent in 20+ languages), a martial artist(has a black belt in Judo and did wrestling since he was young), an engineer, a novelist, a poet, pretty much everything that you could find on someone except for music. All of these he achieved before his execution at the age of 35. You can do it since your passions are only 2 as of the moment and it's pretty easy to balance them. Personally, I don't really totally love being a programmer but I could still give it time to practice my programming skills and art.
@@nobleaichi_official just learn to balance your time. Always watch the time as much as possible. Besides, there's technology already in which learning new things and practicing something tends to be easily accessible. I also recently decided to do some dancing tol since I got too bored with the repetitive martial arts drills. Also for me to be more flexible and less rigid and stiff. Learning never stops.
I really admire all the journey you went through , you fought so hard and in the end you made a wonderful decision ; Choosing your own happiness and going forward on a path that you want to do and not 'them'. I am extremely happy that my favourite artist came back finally , I hope you will recover from all the consequences that were left on your mental health by those irrelevant studies to you. ❤ Take your time to heal and you should know that creativity will always stay inside of you no matter what you've gone through , a sparkling star will never stop shining for billions of years.
Watching this hit me hard becs i'm currently in the similar position (although i'm in architecture course instead >< ). Hitting near to my graduation, i still in lost thinking either choosing art career or continue pursuing my engineering course atm because i really like both (I'm testing the water on working in both career still trying to find what suit me more for now ^^; ). Thank you very much for sharing your story to us and being an inspiring artist Pluvias ! ☆
Ouch :( I would say think wisely and evaluate your situation from all aspects. But regardless of the path you choose, hold onto your passion and keep it as a part of your life. That would hopefully help you one day to have it as your main thing. P.s.: after years of engineering I wished I enrolled into architecture instead, at least I could've learned drawing perspective properly lol xD so that's a plus for you!
@@Pluvias indeed. Thank you very much for the advice and your insight from your experience :D i will take it into consideration ^^ . And yes XD i'm gratefull at least i managed to learn more about background artworks as well as any art and multimedia designs aside from the main course (Although like other engineering course, i never get comfortable with these very busy hours in engineering field-;; @-@;;) Please keep pursue anything that will make you happy Pluvias ! ☆
I relate to this 100%. I wanted to study Graphic design but guess what 🙄 I studied English language and literature. It was fun but when I graduated I felt nothing but regrets. I tried to convince my family that I wanted to be an artist 😖 everyone disagreed with me even my close friends. Which made feel even more heart broken. And somehow I lost my passion....
I believe that your true passion doesn't die. It's one of two: either it's buried somewhere deep in your heart and locked away, or maybe it was a temporary passion. I know we both have a lot of regrets, but please keep searching for your passion, explore anything that you brings you joy, it's never too late!
This hits my heart. I'm in the engineering course too. My family said I was born for it cuz we're a family of engineers but I have a deep passion for art. I'm very worried about my future
5:34 "Just because I studied hard and got good grades, doesn't mean that I have potential to be great" EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY! It's the KNOWLEDGE AND LOGIC! I just wonder why people think that getting good grades makes you the best Adults and Teens alike. I never really cared about getting the best grades myself, I only care about passing and getting out of this crappy education system in my country. 18 and in final HS year ✌️
Idk if I can say "I'm relatable to your college/university life" because I'm actually going to start my first year college atm. The course that I choose is BS Computer Science because I'm into computers/editing/and... Yaaah i think that's it (probably programming as well). My passion in life has ALWAYS been playing games and trying other things (mostly games tho). Tbh i dunno how to express myself in my current situation without explanation this long enough but, I'll try my best. Playing games is my *PASSION* but, having a sustainable job/degree is also a must! Being a youtuber by playing games has always been my dream, the only problem is that I just can't risk my life for something that I'm not sure of and, i can't afford it to be one. Maybe after i get a job and then I'll try to be one (to chase after my dream). After all, working and getting to play later doesn't seen so bad.. I think so. Anyways I'll try to chase my passion as much as possible and Pluvias, I'm actually so proud of you (as a subscriber of course XD) Let's not give up! P.S. This may not be a draw your life video but, I really *REALLY* like the video. Keep it up! We're here for you :)
Thank you so much 🥺💖 Good luck on your upcoming college life! As I said, you may not be able to fully focus on your passion currently, but definitely practice it on the side. If I hadn't kept drawing and posting my artworks online, I wouldn't have built an audience, and hence, I wouldn’t have been able to quit engineering to this date. So, it may take some time, but it's worth it. If you love it, pursue it even if in small chunks. They all matter :)
I personally also studied engineering at one point in college and afterwards decided that is is not something I want to be doing for the rest of my life, that's when I decided to go 100% into Games Development and 8 years later I'm working at a game company and enjoy working everyday. Now this is not to say that games development is all fun and playing, its a really difficult Industry and if you aren't passionate about it you wouldn't survive, but because I am super passionate about creating content and games, I am really enjoying it. So I would say try different things and see where you are most passionate. You will know the feeling when you can't stop working on that thing and can't stop yourself from thinking if ideas and future work of that work. So to keep it short, don't study another 4 years, get a job and only do your passion for a few hours a day while spending most of your day working something you aren't passionate about. Start from now and find that passionate so that as soon as you find it and you start to get good at it where it can become a full time job and you can do it full time without having to study for an uncertain future. 😁
But don't leave your studies until you are certain that you can do your passion full-time and earn for yourself. Definitely want to avoid being broke and nowhere to work at 😅
Your story is so touching!!!😭😭😭😭 I honestly wanna be an artist, animator, mangaka! My dream was to become a mangaka from the start so badly! You, Taigablush, and Sui Ishida are the once who inspired me to continue art. To think about doing an art as a career. It was my dream ever since and I kept on practicing alot. But when thet day comes to choose which major I should take, whenever I say art, my parents and brothers keep on bullying me, saying art is useless and it wont do anything for me in life and all that... I remember father was scolding me, he yelled at me so loud that I start to cry in front of my whole family.... I mean, being an artist was my dream, I wanna do something useful with my talent that I had for years. And they are the one who choose me the majors.... I didn't got accepted in Pharmacist major, but I got accepted in IT, a programmer. Being a programmer is abit tough for me and I dont know much basics. I'm jus studying hard jus to graduate and move out... I wanna be away from this country, from my family. My family always kept on comparing me with my siblings, even young once, they called me a failure , loser. They bullied me. And it absolutely made me feel like shit. I always cry, every night. I dont know what to do with my life... how can I follow the path I want if the place I'm living in is a cause of my stress. I dont like it when they say art is useless... without art, u wont have beautiful things, designs, paintings, shapes. Everything In this universe, everything that's been created is art... so why they call it useless?! Lots of ppl are freelancer artists and they get hecc ton of money, when I talked to mom about it, she didn't give a fuck at all.... I'm so upset Also I dont care about money since I will only be doing the thing i like. A beautiful illustration would be a piece of my heart to the person who supported me...
I'm very sorry you're going through that. It's sadly relatable to a certain degree and I totally understand your struggle 😔 It's unfortunate that art is looked down upon. But we gladly have the internet now! If it wasn't for it, I don't know where I would've been now. So, I know it's hard, but try to hold it in and keep going. If you eventually want to live independently, you must save up for that life. Pursue it with all your might. And keep on drawing in your free time, it's way way easier than before nowadays to gain an income from drawing, so definitely don't discard the idea. I hope it gets better for you. All my best wishes.
Thats very unfortunate that you're going through that, im so sorry :( but don't give up! You'll always have the chance to prove them wrong. I'm ashamed of your parents. Bullying your own child? There's no excuse for that at all. I hope you keep striving forward and achieve your dreams. They're not you and they can't control you forever. Never stop trying.
@@christinec1232 I will honestly do whatever it takes to achieve my dreams... since I will make use of my talent and bring hope to ppl with my art, I would never stop trying :')) Thank you so much for those kind words! I honestly appreciate it alot! And forever it will be in my mind and heart to keep me moving forward!💕
Hey I was in the same position as you! Except that I'm in Computer Science which is a lot harder than IT. :'( I know that it pays well. It's also 50% my fault because prior to going for college, I rarely drew. My passion to become an artist only started when I was about to go to college. Sigh... I'm currently a 3rd year computer science student and I was somewhat inspired to continue programming. How was I inspired or what were my inspirations? My peers. I learned that many of my peers were former artists or do art on the side. I even knew of a really god-like game dev programmer. He initially wanted to become an animator but switched to programming out of his passion for games and also programming itself. He showed me how programming tends to be really cool like you could make your own text based adventure games or even script 3D modeling tools like Blender with Python. I was inspired that programming can be fun and it's not just all about programming those boring database and web development stuffs. Also, I am into learning French recently and I discovered Fastlingo. I was amazed because it was developed by only one person along with German and Spanish version. It boosted my morale more in studying programming because I observed that studying programming does help in me studying foreign languages. One of my senpais(also a game dev student) was also into art before, focusing on environment art but totally switched to programming out of necessity and he ended up enjoying it. I also decided that I will only work as a programmer for a minimum of 8 years and maximum of 15 years before totally switching to be a full time artist doing manga, commissions, web novels, and 3D models. So there you go. I hope my story helps you if ever you need more motivation to stay in IT. :)
When I was applying to university's my family actually told me that I can apply to art school if I would love to , but the type of art I do and the type they teach was so much diffrente also I really loved science and physics that I wanted to at least to major in something close to it , at first I really didn't know how I would feel about my major ( which is highway and bridge engineering ) but within the years go by I found my passion within the major and I am really glad , ofc it slows me down with drawing but I think this is a perfect chance for me to enjoy drawing as an escape rather than as doing work :D At the moment I have a friend who is into art as well but she is forced to study engineering and she really doesn't enjoy it , your story reminded me of her . Also I wish you the best with your passion ^-^
I'm really glad you found your passion in your major. We're all different, some people enjoy doing art as just a hobby in their free time, and that looks like how you are. All my best wishes! And I hope things get better for your friend 🙏
This really gives me hope. I study at a university that specializes solely in engineering, and wherever I look, everyone is so passionate about what they do. I really hope I will be able to find my passion through my field of work. :’)
@@tuturuu104 I hope you will find it , look at the subjects you will study and find out which subject you really love the most :) This is how I found mine .
I'm crying as much when I see this video, because that was exactly I was felt today. I was learning informatics (coding, etc), but I started to like anime art since 5th semester and now currently fighting hard for 3D anime model passion. Of course I'm still want to draw too just like yours.
This is honestly too much to handle... I'm glad you finally found your path and didn't give up! This was so inspiring i hope god blesses you with what you deserve ;//; ♡
Biology would seem better if you're more into arts since most biologists would have to study different species and sometimes, the ecosystem. Engineering is good if you want inspiration for drawing architectural stuffs.
Try some cheap online schools like anime art academy, 35 dollars a month. Admittedly, I recently found, so I don’t know much but there are other as well like Udemy, Skillshare, and CGMA (online art school that way cheaper then 30,000 dollar art schools)
Yes tutorials, but in my case what really help me was using a lot of reference, try to observe that picture think of the process of how it was created step by step while at it think about "why did they add this detail?" Try to spot its good point and errors too! Learn from others experience and along the way you can discover yourself too don't rush cause art is gonna be a long journey! Good luck
Ooooh ALLAH ! 😭💔 That hit me so much pluviii :""""((( This video is so dear and beautiful! I having exams these days.. but I couldn't just watch and write what I can to write right now :") I'm happy for u that u could went through it .. to the person u want ! And who inspires others ☘😭 I'm so grateful I can feel u completely my dear pluvi every sentence makes me want to cry ! It's nearly the same :") .. with same hard feelings ! I mean until now .. :") It's not an easy feelings.. sometimes it hit our heads that " life is not fair " and we must to have some pain sometimes :") and like u success by going through it .. anyway.. I don't know actually is it life is going to continue like this as long as we r breathing XD .. Choices.. yub.. maybe some of them wrong.. yub .. u will found.. u will suffer.. but finally u will learn! And become a better person.. ") ! Person who u proud of 💙 I will try! Try until the end pluvias 💙 u can .. !
Thank you so much my dear Rondey 🥺❤ I truly feel sorry you're going through that mess too now. But never let go of your little drawing gem. If that's the light of your life, hold onto it. You never know what the future holds. I truly can't imagine where I'd be now if I hadn't kept drawing throughout all those years. I'd have found myself lost and having achieved nothing worthy after all this time. So I'm very thankful I held onto it. Please do that too. Maybe, one day in the future you can quit too. All my best wishes to you dear ❤
i haven't watch the video yet, but i will always keep supporting you no matter what, you were the first person to inspire me to draw, and im really thankful for that :))
Wauw, I really admire your path and endurance for this. As a university student myself I can relate to an extend. You can be so proud of yourself for eventually choosing what makes you happy. Thanks for sharing your story!
@@Pluviasif it means anything, i was very impressed that you have such a beautiful creative artistic ability, yet excelled in science and maths. that is something you will always have, that you can do both. it also serves as an impetus to overcome future hurdles and succeed. even if you didn't love certain aspects of your studies, if you applied yourself sincerely, you excelled. i wish i excelled in law school, but i am very emotional, so sometimes i become emotionally clouded and distracted, but you have the gift of razor-sharp focus that can help you excel in any endeavor, no matter how different because you are diligent and industrious. your degrees and your art, and the success you have achieved in both, exemplifies that. it's a source of confidence and science is a solid alternative career if you ever wanted to retreat. i respect your achievements and your candor about everything you've done. i'm glad you finally found a niche for yourself.
Watching this because I'm in a similar situation at the moment. When I was little, I had a huge passion for drawing. I joined competitions and I won most of them. When I was about to enter senior high school (a curriculum where you can focus on what you want to learn for college) I decided I want to pursue art related course but my parents won't let me because they said I can just study it on my own, since then, I became indecisive of my future plans. I studied a curriculum in line with humanities in which I wasn't particularly interested. I entered college and I wanted to take multimedia arts but I remembered what my parents told me and I decided to pursue medicine. Before, art related courses were pretty much looked down here in our country unlike today, so that day, I thought choosing medicine would be a practical choice. I lost passion in arts since then but right now, quarantine made me realize what I truly love. I'm still drawing but we all know the struggles of studying medicine, you have to study it wholeheartedly or else it will bite you back, but in my case I just cant. When I draw or practice figure drawings, the anxiety keeps bugging me til this day that I should not be drawing, I should be studying medicine. My parents slightly doesn't like the idea of me being into arts more than my current degree, but I have decided that after college, I will take an art degree after I take my professional psychometrician examination. btw I'm asian and we have it rough when it comes to our parents 😂
2:20 yep we come from the same culture and i relate heavily to what you have experienced in your third year and wanting to quit,i remember in high school i wanted to study i finance,but i was pressured to study engineering like come on money and finding a job asap who wouldnt say no to that? i graduated last year and i have applied to almost 60+ companies and i have been searching for a year and i still didnt even get called for an interview. but regardless,im really happy to see you choosing passion over what society tells you to do,its a brave step that not many people do (especially in our society) i seriously hope you continue and grow as an artist and content creator :D
Your experience really hits close to home. I'm a Registered Mechanical Engineering, and an aspiring digital artist. I already finished school, took the board exams and passed, but I've been really passionate and serious in drawing to the point that I want to make it my career. It seems idiotic that even though I have enough credentials, I am still choosing art, especially since I am still an aspiring digital artist. I feel like my art is still not good enough for people to bat an eye on it, but I'm always trying to improve. Your experience made me want to try harder. Thank you. I hope more people would support you in the future! PS. I made a fanart of your OC as a thank you gift, hope it reaches you.
I'm just about to graduate high school, in a similar situation where I'm torn between my love for art and my scientific/academic background. Don't get me wrong, I love science and physics, but I love art just as much. I don't know what I'm gonna do yet for sure, but so far I've decided to pursue both. I love science and communicating stories, so science communication sounds just right. I hope it's a decision I won't regret. Thank you for sharing your story. I know you'll do well in your creative career. Sending love and strength! 💙
I really needed those words in the end. My parents really want me to stop drawing, but I'm drawing since the kindergarten it's a part of me and I do enjoy it but every time they tell me that it won't bring me food/money in my life it makes unmotivating, but those words were really helpful thank you
My situation is the same , I am currently studying civil engineering ,my parents and everyone(except friends) always told me I couldn't make a profitable business with art and engineering was good choice.I am realising every second that this is not for me and stress me out a lot .I want to take my time fully for art but I can't.I am focusing on learning and improving art .I was fortunate enough to meet a senior from college who is a professional artist.He encouraged me to practice and draw as much as I can and start building a portfolio and help me get started.I just hope I can make it and live my life as a professional artist.
Thank you for sharing. University is a struggle for me too and I regret my choices. I think I should have waited and not gotten straight into uni after graduating high school. :')
I'm a artist too but in my community they say drawing is useless and it will bring nothing but they are wrong to me drawing is something I love and sometimes I would think of what I will be in the future because my parents keep on naging me about how study is very important, right now I am still young but I still think about what career will I chose in the future . And thank you for sharing your story pluvias☺☺
It's so weird- I more so did art first and then went on to do something "scientific" or "technical" haha I have very strong gut feelings and even though my father wanted me to do science too (Biology. I have a general interest in many things and have always had high marks in school), I knew that I wouldn't last in it very long. I knew I would lose interest and hate it. So I jumped fully in to my interest in art and got a degree in graphic design. After I got my degree, I got more and more into digital drawing. Drawing definitly kept me happy, I'll say that. Now, I didn't do much with my graphic design degree but since I digitally draw, I'm still being satisfied in my artistic side and I'm now on my way to a cyber security degree (since I do love it too) lol I feel like doing art gave me an outlet and made me comfortable enough to venture out to find new career options. I know I'll always have art to go back to 😌😌
Wow now that's interesting! Art or science, neither really matter. What matters is you and your happiness, so as long as you're interested and feeling fulfilled, keep going in that path. All my best wishes!
I love this so much! I am an engineer too myself :O but I want to be an artist full time eventually. It is hard to do both right now and I have the same doubts and feelings. I hope some day I find the same courage you did. Thanks for sharing.
OMG..... our stories are so similar. I was the best student in my college too and my professor ask me to keep moving on and got higher academic degree. And yea....lots of people posted expectation on us... :( no one feel wanna support me on art because they feel i am so talent in computer science field. But indeed it just because I work day and night studied super super harsh (those life like living in the hell...) I actually got a MSC and then I become a teacher who teaching computer science degree students. I enjoy teaching alot that is a great feeling. But then I moved to the US because of marriage. I started my TH-cam Channel making art because I was not able to work yet due to my immigration status. And now I am allowed to work...but covid is right hit on my face...and no school want to hire me here (yea even I got a master degree). Besides, I don't want to work as a computer programmer. Just like what you say. No job grantee at all. Right now I enjoy making art on TH-cam lots more. Although my channel is still very small but I am so glad that I started it and keep working on it! Thank you so much in sharing your personal story. It is so inspiring for me to keep going too.
That really sucks. Peer pressure and expectations really drive us in paths we don't really want 😔 I hope things will get better for you soon and you get hired in your desired field. But keep up the great job on your channel! If it makes you happy, then by all means don’t let go of it!
Thank you very much Pluvias. I also had this kind of experience, but the only difference is that I was forced to go into linguistic high school, and not the artistic one, because there wasn't no artistic school here where I'm living... I managed to go into an artistic school after two years been in the linguistic one. My artistic levels were growing when I was in artistic school, but the fact is that...I couldn't learn and practice more with anime style drawings at school, so I started it at home. Years passed, and now I have one last year...and I really dislike this kind of stuff, because there's no much teaching Anime style. (Just 2/3, but they're far long away from where I live, and those are universities) This school where I'm going sucks so much, because the learning method isn't even right (Teachers didn't make me practice for anatomy. The only thing they're learning us is: Painting, drawing statues, and no more...) That's why I decided to study anatomy and Anime style with my boyfriend, and dislike more this artistic school, because it wasn't right, and also because I wanted to make more Anime art than realistic art. Once I'll finish it I hope that more people will notice my art skills, because I want to make Manga and illustrations. (Even do some illustration works for visual novels like you did) However, I'm happy that you no longer suffer this. 💕💚
I'm very sorry you're struggling with that, good thing you're almost done. Unfortunately schools who teach anime drawing are such a rare thing and are definitely not easily accessible like fine arts. But I hope those few things you learned in art school would kind of help pave the way for you so that learning to draw anime gets easier. Since you practiced drawing statuses, there's no doubt you won't find it troubling to learn anatomy through drawing from references. All my best wishes. Stay strong ❤
Hi Pluvias 😊 I like your art and your videos. When I saw this title, I have apsolutely seen myself and my struggle, so I watched it. I am in a very similair situation which you have been through. I have finished bachelor studies of railway transport engineering, and I am currently working in that field. I know almost everything which you have experienced. My passion was always art, especially anime style art. So in august last year I started drawing again, anime art. I am learning fundamentals, practice drawing, everytime when I have time... can't switch careers right away, but I am taking steps towards it. Many thoughts, managing emotions, feeling od drain, motivation, many tough situations... but that's life 😂 Thank you very much for sharing your story, it motivates me to continue working on my skills, and not giving up on my passion. 🍀
This is precious. I’m still a highschool student but I can’t stop thinking about my future, I mean it’s gonna be tough no matter what the choice i pick but what if I didn’t enjoy it? I love doing art but I’m scared I won’t get a living out of it and I’ll end up just wasting my life because of stupid poor choices. So this video is gold, I really appreciate it
i have left 2 years of mechanical engineering highschool and thought i'd put my all into drawing hoping to make it into my job before i get out, and gotta say, this made my mind clear
Hi Pluvias 💗Thank you so much for made this video, I am 13 years And teachers always ask me what I want to be in the future so..I learn sci-math class it’s really embarrassing 😥to say I want to be animator like “makoto shinkai “ and I answer them I want to be doctor😔.. That’s make me confused a bout my brain🧠 what should I choose between art or science.. I’m good at sci-math but I love to draw THANK YOU SO MUCH your video made me cry👏🏻😢😢😢
I feel like you where speaking to me directly on this matter. I strongly love drawing and I get people who want me to do what they want. But in the end we have to do what makes us happy
This was beautiful, and I admire your strength. I have a somewhat opposite case, I studied Graphic Design and graduated with my degree, but I know I don't have neither the passion nor creativity to sustain it for life, and now I'm dabbling in Programming, hoping that this time I actually like it enough to put food in my table.
Thanks for the advice.. Hope you have a nice day. I discovered you channel in 2016 that time I wanted to improve my art so badly and I found your video how you improve in art. Thats when I got motivation to continue with my art. Thank you for being my biggest inspiration pluvias>_
I could relate this so much even though I’m only 13 I still feel very pressured for my future. I love drawing and I want to be an artist as my career but my family members doesn’t support me on it instead they tell me to be a business woman or an architect. I love your art even though I found this video a year later, I hope you are doing okay!
i was just thinking about my future and i was thinking of either going back to my home country and study art (my best friend) or stay in here in japan and study something i dont like....this really inspired me to not follow something i dont like and follow my heart
Dearest Pluvias, I'm deeply touched by your story, 😭 coz I can relate with it. Same here, I'm an artist by heart, but doing software engineering for a living. I was not able to enroll in arts school because I came from a poor family and we cannot afford the expenses. I was able to study IT because I was a working scholar. During the lockdown period due to covid, I got so bored 😔 at home and I started my youtube channel. I'm so happy now, because finally I can do something I really love ❤, that's drawing and creating art vlogs. I'm a newbie in TH-cam and just got my precious friends who supported me. ❤ Keep on drawing dear and continue to inspire other artists! God bless 🙏🏻
This will be long but.. I'm a first year mechanical engineering undergrad student and a self-taught anime illustrator lol >>I totally get the feels and this vid made me even more anxious. I can admit that studying science and engineering barely gives me enough time to draw but I do keep sketching and coloring in my notebooks whenever I had the chance to keep my progress. I have always dreamt to be an artist, mangaka, or an animator and travel to Japan to pursue my passion but I've never considered bringing it to reality due to the limited resources I have. I do love research and engineering because I really want to do something that can improve the planet and our lives so badly, despite that it can be really stressful and draining; I think I can handle it. I was given a priviliged scholarship after graduating highschool and was obligated by my family to go with it at first but hopefully I had the time to think about it and take the chance by my own well. Until now I don't regret this choice but I do have some doubts sometimes whether this field is were I'm meant to be because I am very interested in astronomy (being option #2 after art) but couldn't pursue it; so I guess everyone gets these feelings and thoughts. I whole-heartedly love drawing anime but there isn't a major/ workshop place that provides such opportunities here to be a credible pro in art + I get really sad and desperate seeing how most full-time artists (that I know) struggle with art as their job to make a living; so I got to the conclusion where art alone can't make a living in our current society. I'm satisfied with the path I have chosen and will continue to be an engineer and become an anime illustrator after I graduate inshallah (and get enough savings to travel and study/ work in Japan lol). I really appreciate and admire your strong well and how you managed to achieve your dream after a very long journey of struggles and determination. I faithfully believe in you and every artist and will always keep supporting you Pluvi♡.
Thank you so much for your video, it inspired me so much!! ♥♥♥ Im turning 22 this year and im hard struggling on finding my way of life. Many adults and friends always tell me "youre still young, you can still try things out and look for what you want!" In one way, theyre right. I still have all opportunities to become like... everything i would like, since germany gives you so many opportunites and chances to make your dream happen. The only thing that holds me back is: My life till now. My life wasn't that great, i was always a very introverted girl, dreamed big of becoming a fulltime artist just like you did and yeah, i was just daydreaming my whole life. Sadly, my mother died in my last highschool year, my dad passed away last year. So, instead of thinking what i could become, im just thinking where the hell i get a job from?? Like, my grades were really shitty bc of my depressions back then, i broke up many diffrent educations bc of my social anxiety and i dont know what to do anymore. Im really bad at working with ppl, even tho im a person full of empathy, but like i said, social anxiety is still a thing. But somehow i have to pay my bills, taxes, the flat im sharing with 3 boys, food etc. All that just gets me so... empty feeling. I love drawing all the way, but im still not on a level where my art could become any big thing. I still need to practice a LOT! And now that covid 19 is happening, i cant even get a job in the place where i could actually get a good feeling at working: Service. Last year i started an education in a hotel and i LOVED working in the service, even tho i got nervous and all that, but i felt very good seeing ppl being thankful for cleaning their table or hearing that the food was good and see them happy. But getting a job as a servant now is... Meh... Well, i guess i use the time i have now for practicing some more drawing in the hope, i can still pay for the food and my flat in the next time^^" Im actually pretty lucky that this happend to me in my country, like in a diffrent country i would be homeless by now .__. Thank you again so much, it was a pleasure watching your video and hearing your struggle story of finding the right way for you ♥
This hits me so much.🤧😭😢 Just pray to God for the right options. All things work together for good. Uhhhh😭😭😭 your story's so sad. Keep pursuing. Just trust God. God bless you.
*sigh* How do i say this? i'm going to be very honest, right now, I'm in your position. i really fell in love with arts since I'm little and I've been dreaming to be a digital artist, or, as an animator. but what? my parents are really against it. I don't know why but I'm watching this and I'm half cry bcs this is really me and right now I experienced it. right now, they want me to choose where do i want to go for my college in Malaysia, and they really strict to me to not choose something that related to arts or being an artist. of course like you say for being realistic, my mom has friends that were an artist but hi life is like not clear how was his career in the future, and always tells me to be realistic. and now, they really hoping me to be in chemistry! if you want to know, I NEVER EVER GOOD on about mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, or exact science in short. NEVER. for me, you are still really lucky because you still liking since. meanwhile, i was not. I always have a hard time with science. And now my parents want me to be there and it's already making my mental health down a lot though i didn't show it to my parents. now, i need to drill science stuff and no time to relax. neither at least i could meet my friends on church community that i followed every weekend, my parents say no for it. Learn learn learn and learn and get the highest and top score. I can't. it's not me. i always know that I'm not such a science person. but my parents don't care to it and i have no choice. no matter what. i know that you were saying that we need to focus on what we like. but for this time, i need to say, i can't. I'm sorry for some typos or bad grammar, i just can't... nvm with it anyway, i have questions, if you are now as a full time artist, are you only do arts or what? can you please tell me or us your daily life now as an artist? you don't need to answer or make it if it's kinda personal to see your daily life tho ^ ^
I'm very terribly sorry for what you're going through. I can feel your pain, and I understand how hard and nearly impossible it is sometimes to go against your family's will. But please hang on and give it a try. You can create your own little bubble and join gatherings with people who share your interests. I didn't get the chance to say this in the video, but one of the main reasons that I decided not to regret engineering is because I met wonderful friends, and literally found my soul mate friend in engineering. If that is the only good reason I went into that trouble for, then it's totally worth it. Please try your hardest to see the positive within the darkness that surrounds you. No matter what, this situation is temporary, and eventually you'll gain control over your life and it shall get better. To answer your question, currently I'm focusing on content creation (mainly TH-cam), and trying to work on projects to gain an income. But I'm also working on improving my skills ^^
I see, Thanks a lot@@Pluvias , at least I can gain a little bit of my spirit instead being sank into sadness. thought I'm going to learn and learn all day, i still can do something else such as reading or swimming to refresh my mind. and you were right, I still need to fight, bcs even when there's no light in darkness, you can still looking for the light. and you maybe even will get luck in the futures. who knows right? >w
This was is quite inspiring. I'm only about to enter high school but because I signed up for classes ahead of my grade, I have less time to learn coding and 3d art then I would have liked too. Also my mom keeps telling me and my younger brother, we won't make it into society with what we want to pursue.
Hey Pluvias! Thanks for sharing your story. I would love to tell you my story too. In my case since I was young, I always thought that people who are so good at drawing were simply naturally gifted and talented. So throughout elementary and high school, I rarely draw. I mostly draw if it's required. I still tried to improve my drawing skills before but to no avail since I wasn't aware of the art fundamentals yet back then as they were generally unknown to a lot of people. I often easily give up in honing my drawing skills. My grades in elementary and high school were pretty good like I don't need to review yet I could get high scores(if only I was more industrious, I could've been on the top sections). Then, high school ended and I suddenly decided that out of my love for anime, I wanted to become an animator or a manga artist so I decided that I'll take a course in animation or even architecture. My parents rejected. My step dad's reasoning: I should go for computer science in order to not starve and for financial stability. My mom's reasoning: my step dad is always right and that I rarely draw back then. So yeah. A very very big mistake on my part. To be honest, this college, I'm struggling for a bit in computer science despite being good at math because I find programming to require more intense and rigid logic and complexity than math in which I only had to memorize the rules and formula and I'm all good to go especially since I'm naturally a slow learner. I never programmed before. Only when I was in college was I introduced to programming. My mistakes back then still continues to haunt me but I make it as my inspiration and motivation to continue on computer science. Also, on my free time, I would 3D model(which I find to be very similar to programming) and drawing. Ironically, unlike most people, I seem to be learning a lot faster in drawing as I grow older thanks to me discovering the drawing fundamentals and being more motivated and driven. My drawings today are still subpar compared to most artists but if my younger self would see them, he'll be so proud and amazed. Although someday, I only plan to work as a programmer for 10 to 15 years and then become a full time artist. I already planned out on how I should do it. But seriously though. If I could get back in time, I would instead tell my younger self to just pursue mechanical or civil engineering since they're somewhat closer to art and there's more math in those engineering fields than in computer science.
It's very unfortunate how we're all told when we're young that art is a talent. It's clearly not. There are simply people who enjoy drawing and thus improve, and there are those who don't. It's great that you're taking charge of your life and making use of your free time in the things that you enjoy. Please keep that up, it's those things that you start now that will pay off in the future. All my best wishes to you!
@@Pluvias thank you! I wish you all the best and I do hope that I could at least be as successful as you. I am aiming more on becoming a web comic artist or web novelist. I was so ignorant back then. I'm only smart before in terms of academics but other than that, I was really stupid.
@@Pluvias I would love to add that if I also had the choice, I will be opposite of you. I would prefer medicine or any biology related degrees over engineering since I was also good at biology back then. Just right on chemistry but bad at Physics(because I find it boring. Not that I'm bad at math since I'm good at Algebra). I initially dislike wanting to take engineering degrees because of my stupid and childish reason that "they're too mainstream". Hehehe 😁 Also, my observation is that most people in the medical or biological field tend to be better at art since they tend to always observe and see human body parts, animals, and plants.
I haven't watched the whole vid, before that I will share my story. In my country to be able to get good money you have to be a programmer. I have been in middle art school, when I graduated I was strongly depressed, so I could not get very right decisions but I didn't let anyone know about my condition. Then my family told be to become programmer, because if I continue as artist I will be sucker. And I gave up from art, my depression helped gradually for that decision, I thought I'm never gonna be a good artist. Because of the low math level in the art schools I managed to get in telecommunication univervity. After the first semester I left that shit, told my family "I'm GoNnA bEcOmE A HeNtAi ArTiSt, kepasa bitches" and this year I'm starting in art university! Now I'm the failure of the family and they use me for example for their kids what not to become, but however. LONG LIVE THE OPPAI, if I end in mcdonalds at least it will be for a good reason.
Choosing art as your path isn't a bad idea, if you truly love it then keep doing it and learning it!! You have so many opportunities to earn money as an artist despite all the hard work you might go through, don't give up if you enjoy it and if it makes you happy hold on tight to it, continue your studies and prove yourself to your family! I wish you the best of luck
💝Your video means a lot to me. I was about to go to college and I was very confused by myself. Your videos give me a lot of ideas. Thank you for sharing your experience.💗
Thank you so so so much for the inspiration. Right now where I am everyone around me is worrying about their career paths and future while also being pressured by peers/family. It’s stressful but I love the message in this video. Thank you
I think I followed you since you had like 7k subs in youtube just to learn something new, coincidentally we've got into similar situation here. My university life was in 2011 - 2018 but I didn't graduate the bachelor of multimedia tech and animations. Now I'm a game designer and solo game developer, though there is nothing to show just yet but you can always find me by this name. At first everything started since I was in elementary school where I showed the potential of being a smart kid, so I got push into studying hard....well it supposed to be much happier if my dad and grandpa didn't die back then, but since they're dead my grandma always pushed me so hard that I was stressed out every single days, and to top up the misery I got framed by the society to be just like them....to follow the herd. Though there were a lot of miseries but I still got some personal space to tried on many things from doing break dance(pretty trendy back then) to making my own RO server. Well there were novel writing and some doodles and even comic writing as well but they're all just a little experience, because most of my interest are at videogames and I enjoy even now. In middle school my friend lend me a book about psychology and he even had 2 more books about psychology so I read them quite fast, I begged my grandma to buy a book of psychology for me but she just promised that she would buy it on my birthday....but that never happen. I spent most of my allowance on books and magazines about videogames, and some for internet cafe on weekend. I had a very huge competitive spirit back then but that's only on something I had confidence on, so I was being pretty toxic to surrounding people until one day a dude from gaming circle told me that "why do I have to blame others ? I never blame my team even we're lost" That made me think a lot about this, though I was still being a lot toxic though not so much compare to before until 2016 if I remember correctly. I don't know why I don't want to tell about how I suffered so much and got PTSD from everything I had been through....I guess that I have some empathy toward fellow people that also struggling so much. At the end of high school I tried to form a music band but it didn't work out since my leadership skill and team management skill were too low and I couldn't lead them toward a path that lead us to be a band. In university I was so fixated at achievements to the point that I ignored not just everyone but also myself especially my own skillset which is the most important thing to get me to that point.....but I also was wrong about that until recently. It's not about all skillset or how goot you are at something, though they're relevant but not the most important thing to focus on. Yes, I had been focus on the wrong things over and over and even now is more like I had been sidetracked a lot. Thanks to this video that help remind me that I am still sane,maybe :) The most important thing is to have a good mindset about everything that surrounding you, especially yourself and the path you take. To set a goal is just howto, but to know how to actually perceive the possibilities of your goals is what matters. Well yes, it's like 6 years already since I set myself toward being a game developer but still nothing worth showing. But hear me out about this because this is the most important lesson I learned the hard way, I sacrificed a lot of things from friends to my own emotions. Live your life, I had been a slave toward hardwork but it's not my own fruit at the end of the day, and that mindset even hurt me in the long run....and the worst thing is my body have to pay the price of it. Your opinions and decisions matter, whatever advices people give, you only have one life which is what you have right now, whether you live it or let other used is your choice. Focus on getting your physical and mental health better, no need to rush things here but "It's okay to not okay". When saying physical health many people would say no junk food, only clean food. Always exercise hard. Nope. Junk food style, yes, but not junk ingredients. You can eat as much pizzas as long as your ingredients are safe and nutritious, or fried stuffs. But remember that balance is the key and every individual has different balance, so how much cab or protein, how much fat or vegs, how much fruits are differ from person to person, don't let other tell you what is good for you. Exercise hard is not okay at all, just don't bother being idiotic like some people or make youself athlete if you're not or not aspire to be one. Have some movements that make you happy, just move in a way that have you enjoy it is enough. How hard or how long is what you should learn yourself. Mental health, though they called "mental illness" but it's actually not illness but it's the natural thing that everyone would have, though the intensity are differ for each individual. People are freaking out about their own humanbeing perspective, on which they could perceive of something for being a human. It's important to cope your own thoughts, slow and steady at ease. There is no rush. If you're not feeling very well that's mean you need some time to analyze your own thoughts and decide on which action would you take. Well I learned something from Sadhguru but most of them were from my own experiences, it's normal to have something similar since we're humanbeing. TLDR; Design your own life. Lastly let me tell you this, it's always good to see your artworks. :)
my parents use to ask me what i want to be sometimes they say i shpuld be nurse or mabye be fashion desinger but now found what most like to do which is drawing and now i have my mom support me since my that (gone)
I'm in a very similar situation myself. I love to draw. When I do it feels like I'm in a different world and everything around me fades away. But i don't draw as much as you do. But I'm going for engineering which I'm actually unsure of. As you said everyone tells you all about the job opportunity. I don't plan on going that high up in academics though. I do have a deep interest in the sciences. Learning how things work always fascinated me, so learning in science class is vert intriguing for me. But while I was a great student in highschool, the math in engineering have become too stressful, especially when I feel like some of the professors aren't great teachers. I'm also in love with history for the same reason I like science because it's intriguing to learn about why and how things work or in history's case how it happened and led to where we are now. So I'm kind of torn on what I want to do and college in the US is too expensive so I feel forced to just get a degree and decide later in life instead of switching career options.
Thank you for sharing your story! I'm on a similar path... I've always wanted to do something related to art when I was small, but because of pressure, I did physics in college. I'm in my 4th and final year and am doing repeat exams, and even though the course is extremely difficult, the career choices is very limited. I don't want to spend my entire life doing research... So I've decided once I do my exams (in a few days...) and eventually graduate, I'm going to focus on my art and try to make it as my career c: My art skills and creativity has declined a lot since I had to study stupid physics, but I'm determined to improve, and your video really pushes me more! Sorry for rambling haha, just thank you so much for your video
Kinda going to relive what you did right now. I'm 17 and am going to have to choose a course soon... I have great passion for art and storytelling, I am brimming with ideas and stories I want to make real. I want to make games and learn to animate and hope to one day create a show of some sort. But I don't think I'm good at art. I'm much better at writing. I was thinking of going into film and production, but I have no idea how it works or how to direct, much less think I have the skills to do it, I have interest in psychology, but only because I love experimenting and giving advice to help people. Psychology looks like a nice and safe route since my cousins are all doctors and lawyers and teachers, plus, my sister took business, it might look bad for me to take art. I am also confused as to what art courses can I take. I've been to many many college fairs, but have no idea which course could fit me most. I have been told that I'm fit for psychology, but I'm afraid that I'll lose interest because I don't like to memorize things or study too much. I'm a good student in my class, one of the top 5, but I love having the freedom to create more. I hope that I can find my calling to a course that I'll like by February next year. It sounds far away, but the fear follows me closely. But thank you for the advice, I just hope that everything will turn out right. 💜
I used to think I'm fit for psychology too, but after reading a few books about it, I realized that I appreciate it, but I don't want to ever study it. So maybe you can try that too. Look, choosing a major is more important than what it sounds. The path you'll choose, you'll have to live in it on a daily basis. If you repeat what I did, you'll find yourself empty after years of hard work, because you don't wish to continue yet you've spent so much time. Don't. Do. That. To. Yourself. You clearly are more fit for a film and production major than any of the others you mentioned. Your dreams are to be a story-teller for games/shows? Then choose the major that gets you closer to that. Take a look at the curriculum, the course descriptions.. Anything that makes you understand the major better. You'll know yourself when you read those whether they excite you or not. Best of luck!
@@Pluvias Got it! Thanks for the advice! Since I still have some time before I need to make my big decision, I'll try my best to find what is fit for me. Thank you for sharing your experience as well, I would probably have regretted and walked down the same path if it were not for you, so thank you 💕😊
Im glad you could do what you wanted in the end 💕 i personally just dont even know what my passion is , i dont feel passion towards anything, rn im applying to colleges and im just choosing what i think has a good job, i dont want to regret, but bc i really have nothing i love this is my only choice, have a great day!🌸
Well, this hits home for me, I always wanted to be a pharmacist when I was young but as I grow up I:be gotten into drawing, I really enjoy drawing and it is my passion but I also enjoyed scientific recherche, but I am conflicted should I keep on studying science or work hard to pursue my passion in drawing Pls help me I am lost😩😩
this is so powerful and inspiring! I'm glad you found your way back and I'm honestly so happy and blessed that I'm still able to view your content and to see you grow as an artist, keep shining ♡♡♡
This video hit me on so many levels. I studied computer science because I felt like you. I'm curious now, how did your parents take it when you said you wanted to draw and stopped pursuing engineering as a career?
Uwaaa I never thought I could find someone who's almost in the same boat as me, Tho I'm manufacturing engineering major in the end of first year, I understand how much burden it is to think about such thing I'm happy you managed to make a better choice for your life!
all love for you,, you just coincidently come every time when I need u... now it is my time to choose my career path I was going to the same mistake what u had done,, but I will take time and think about it again,, respect and love for you pluvias
So school started like three weeks ago.. I was supposed to take computer science for college but I decided to switch to multimedia the last day before school started.. I was having a lot of nights anxious and thinking whether computer science was the right path to take. I mean I already knew how to draw so computer science was like a plan b just in case I fail at art in the future. But I took a leap of faith and yeah.. I regret nothing. Follow your dreams people..
I've been subscribed to you for 3 years and I'm also from the UAE, I had no clue you were enduring so much during the past few years. I'm glad you opened up ^^ thank you so much for the advice Senpai~! I'm also very indecisive (I'm currently in 11th grade) and I don't really have a clear path laid out for me;; I enjoy drawing a lot especially digitally but I don't think I'll be taking a major involving it;; actually, I'm not sure what major to choose, there's this job called medical Illustrator which interests but there aren't any courses available here T_T There's also a part whose doesn't want to be a financial burden to my parents and a part of me who wants to go abroad;; but I'm not sure. And imagining art as a job would be nice but I'm not sure if I'll like it since it might become stressful and demotivating;;
Thank you so much for sharing your story. This has helped me so much put many things in a different perspective and to always remember what I love and what I'm passionate about!!!
Hi Pluvias, just discovered your channel, but this video touches me a lot. I'm glad that you finished this, I imagine how painful it was, because it was painful for me to watch, It reminded me of my torn path too. Thank you so much for doing it. I sensed that you take my hand and saied that it's okay to chase your dreaming and it was what I was waint to hear for the longest time
Thank you for this video, I'm going through something very similar and a friend told me about this video. Thank you for sharing your story, it helps to put some things in perspective.
Thank you for sharing your story with us I live in similar society and I am afraid of the decision I am gonna make (17 years old) hearing about others stories help me to make the right decision btw l like this video so much ❤❤❤❤
Pluvias!!! A thank you is not enough you have no idea how this post is really important to me now its just.... I feel now I want to hold on to my passion even improve it which its art pluvias im glad for you too and well always support you 🥰🥰 thank you from the bottom of my heart
Glad to watch that video till the end! I need it inspiration to get back to my passion...especially on the time that i started to think there's no point for doing it anymore...thank you for sharing your story and I hope you're doing well 💙
I guess we're the same, im currently a 3rd year engineering studwnt and im currently relating to all of this everything is so relatable every bit of the video youve made! OMG all of what you said is currently happening to me! idk what to do too! :( This made me cry 😭😭😭😭noted. I'll hold on to my passion maybe someday this will be useful THANK YOU PLUVIAS SENPAI for this inspirational story huhuhu😭😭 i really can relate
Thank you pluvias,thank you very much for this vidio😢😭❤️❤️when you say something that you search is always with u,in front of you,it's really hit my heart hard..and make me realize,so again I want to say thank you very much for youu😊😊❤️❤️
This hit really close to home.
*Cries in existential crisis*
*Cries with you too*
😭😭😭
*cries in sync
This. exact. comment.
This is the story of almost everyone in my country. They think that passion has no scope in this competitive and materialistic world. All they see is medical or engineering.
My father told me to take up architecture since its presumably the best field for artists and I too, had really great grade, and I strictly said no because I don't really want to do anything with science related subjects. I do get scornful looks sometimes but I don't give a damn. I would rather be happy than studying Something that makes me stressed.
I'm very poud of strong-willed youth like you. Thank you for standing up to what you like.
People don't realize the importance of art, but it's everywhere around us. It can literally be the breaking deal of a company's success, or any institution. Take graphic design for example, it’s one of the most important aspects of successful marketing.
So to be honest, the engineering/medicine argument is so outdated. Do what you love. All my best wishes!
@@Pluvias thank you so much ❤️❤️
As a top high school student who gets told “ don’t waste your potential”, this helped me a lot. The only thing I enjoy fully is story writing and drawing, and this made me realize no matter who says what I should choose do a career I like. Seriously, I can’t thank you enough :)
I'm a visual communication design student who really loves to play the guitar. But I still dunno how to balance drawing and guitar at once since they're both my passions.
Wow, having 2 passions must be hard. But you know, I had many things I thought they were my passion, but after I pursued them for a while, I realized that eventually I only truly wanted to continue in the drawing path. And not any drawing, but digital anime drawing specifically. So I'd say, explore both. You'll eventually know what you really want to pursue.
Graphic design student here too!
I think you can still pursue multiple passion if you're willing and disciplined. Besides, focusing on one tends to make you too burned out. I'm a computer science student (because of my parents and it's my fault too on why) yet I do 3D modeling and drawing. I would also learn French whenever I can (going to be my 3rd language after English) and sometimes on Korean.
Jose Rizal is a polyglot and a polymath. He's an opthalmologist but he was also a sculptor, painter, sketcher, polyglot(fluent in 20+ languages), a martial artist(has a black belt in Judo and did wrestling since he was young), an engineer, a novelist, a poet, pretty much everything that you could find on someone except for music. All of these he achieved before his execution at the age of 35.
You can do it since your passions are only 2 as of the moment and it's pretty easy to balance them.
Personally, I don't really totally love being a programmer but I could still give it time to practice my programming skills and art.
@@akizaizayoi4763 Looks insane tho! I also enjoy breakdancing, learning Japanese, and graphic design. But these two above are my priorities.
@@nobleaichi_official just learn to balance your time. Always watch the time as much as possible. Besides, there's technology already in which learning new things and practicing something tends to be easily accessible.
I also recently decided to do some dancing tol since I got too bored with the repetitive martial arts drills. Also for me to be more flexible and less rigid and stiff.
Learning never stops.
I really admire all the journey you went through , you fought so hard and in the end you made a wonderful decision ; Choosing your own happiness and going forward on a path that you want to do and not 'them'.
I am extremely happy that my favourite artist came back finally , I hope you will recover from all the consequences that were left on your mental health by those irrelevant studies to you. ❤
Take your time to heal and you should know that creativity will always stay inside of you no matter what you've gone through , a sparkling star will never stop shining for billions of years.
Thank you so much! 😭💖
I am major in computer science but I love drawing a lot... I know your feeling.. I actually regret the choice I made too... I wish that I studied art.
Oh God :'(
If you're still a student, do consider your future again. But no matter what, don't let go of drawing. Hold onto it.
Watching this hit me hard becs i'm currently in the similar position (although i'm in architecture course instead >< ). Hitting near to my graduation, i still in lost thinking either choosing art career or continue pursuing my engineering course atm because i really like both (I'm testing the water on working in both career still trying to find what suit me more for now ^^; ). Thank you very much for sharing your story to us and being an inspiring artist Pluvias ! ☆
Ouch :(
I would say think wisely and evaluate your situation from all aspects. But regardless of the path you choose, hold onto your passion and keep it as a part of your life. That would hopefully help you one day to have it as your main thing.
P.s.: after years of engineering I wished I enrolled into architecture instead, at least I could've learned drawing perspective properly lol xD so that's a plus for you!
@@Pluvias indeed. Thank you very much for the advice and your insight from your experience :D i will take it into consideration ^^ . And yes XD i'm gratefull at least i managed to learn more about background artworks as well as any art and multimedia designs aside from the main course (Although like other engineering course, i never get comfortable with these very busy hours in engineering field-;; @-@;;) Please keep pursue anything that will make you happy Pluvias ! ☆
وللله البنت دي غاية بل احتراف ياخي فخامة 🐰💜
شكرا جزيلاً 😭 ترقبوا النسخة العربية في القريب العاجل إن شاء الله
@@Pluvias ولله حسيت انك تقولين كلام مهم بأنتظارك بفارغ الصبر 💜
I relate to this 100%. I wanted to study Graphic design but guess what 🙄 I studied English language and literature. It was fun but when I graduated I felt nothing but regrets. I tried to convince my family that I wanted to be an artist 😖 everyone disagreed with me even my close friends. Which made feel even more heart broken. And somehow I lost my passion....
I believe that your true passion doesn't die. It's one of two: either it's buried somewhere deep in your heart and locked away, or maybe it was a temporary passion. I know we both have a lot of regrets, but please keep searching for your passion, explore anything that you brings you joy, it's never too late!
This hits my heart. I'm in the engineering course too. My family said I was born for it cuz we're a family of engineers but I have a deep passion for art. I'm very worried about my future
5:34 "Just because I studied hard and got good grades, doesn't mean that I have potential to be great" EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY! It's the KNOWLEDGE AND LOGIC! I just wonder why people think that getting good grades makes you the best Adults and Teens alike.
I never really cared about getting the best grades myself, I only care about passing and getting out of this crappy education system in my country. 18 and in final HS year ✌️
YESSS! Good grades are so overrated :/
Good luck on congrats!
Thank you...really thank you. This is truly an inspiring story.
Just for anyone feeling like this also, you're not alone. I feel like most people feel like this, including me.
Idk if I can say "I'm relatable to your college/university life" because I'm actually going to start my first year college atm. The course that I choose is BS Computer Science because I'm into computers/editing/and... Yaaah i think that's it (probably programming as well). My passion in life has ALWAYS been playing games and trying other things (mostly games tho). Tbh i dunno how to express myself in my current situation without explanation this long enough but, I'll try my best. Playing games is my *PASSION* but, having a sustainable job/degree is also a must! Being a youtuber by playing games has always been my dream, the only problem is that I just can't risk my life for something that I'm not sure of and, i can't afford it to be one. Maybe after i get a job and then I'll try to be one (to chase after my dream). After all, working and getting to play later doesn't seen so bad.. I think so. Anyways I'll try to chase my passion as much as possible and Pluvias, I'm actually so proud of you (as a subscriber of course XD) Let's not give up!
P.S. This may not be a draw your life video but, I really *REALLY* like the video. Keep it up! We're here for you :)
Thank you so much 🥺💖
Good luck on your upcoming college life! As I said, you may not be able to fully focus on your passion currently, but definitely practice it on the side.
If I hadn't kept drawing and posting my artworks online, I wouldn't have built an audience, and hence, I wouldn’t have been able to quit engineering to this date.
So, it may take some time, but it's worth it. If you love it, pursue it even if in small chunks. They all matter :)
@@Pluvias I will! And I will do my god damn best to make this work out just fine or better! Wish you goodluck luck as well and stay safe.
I personally also studied engineering at one point in college and afterwards decided that is is not something I want to be doing for the rest of my life, that's when I decided to go 100% into Games Development and 8 years later I'm working at a game company and enjoy working everyday. Now this is not to say that games development is all fun and playing, its a really difficult Industry and if you aren't passionate about it you wouldn't survive, but because I am super passionate about creating content and games, I am really enjoying it.
So I would say try different things and see where you are most passionate. You will know the feeling when you can't stop working on that thing and can't stop yourself from thinking if ideas and future work of that work.
So to keep it short, don't study another 4 years, get a job and only do your passion for a few hours a day while spending most of your day working something you aren't passionate about. Start from now and find that passionate so that as soon as you find it and you start to get good at it where it can become a full time job and you can do it full time without having to study for an uncertain future. 😁
But don't leave your studies until you are certain that you can do your passion full-time and earn for yourself. Definitely want to avoid being broke and nowhere to work at 😅
@@YahyaDanboos well-said 🤗💖
Your story is so touching!!!😭😭😭😭
I honestly wanna be an artist, animator, mangaka! My dream was to become a mangaka from the start so badly!
You, Taigablush, and Sui Ishida are the once who inspired me to continue art. To think about doing an art as a career. It was my dream ever since and I kept on practicing alot. But when thet day comes to choose which major I should take, whenever I say art, my parents and brothers keep on bullying me, saying art is useless and it wont do anything for me in life and all that... I remember father was scolding me, he yelled at me so loud that I start to cry in front of my whole family....
I mean, being an artist was my dream, I wanna do something useful with my talent that I had for years. And they are the one who choose me the majors.... I didn't got accepted in Pharmacist major, but I got accepted in IT, a programmer.
Being a programmer is abit tough for me and I dont know much basics. I'm jus studying hard jus to graduate and move out... I wanna be away from this country, from my family. My family always kept on comparing me with my siblings, even young once, they called me a failure , loser. They bullied me. And it absolutely made me feel like shit. I always cry, every night. I dont know what to do with my life... how can I follow the path I want if the place I'm living in is a cause of my stress.
I dont like it when they say art is useless... without art, u wont have beautiful things, designs, paintings, shapes. Everything In this universe, everything that's been created is art... so why they call it useless?!
Lots of ppl are freelancer artists and they get hecc ton of money, when I talked to mom about it, she didn't give a fuck at all.... I'm so upset
Also I dont care about money since I will only be doing the thing i like.
A beautiful illustration would be a piece of my heart to the person who supported me...
I'm very sorry you're going through that. It's sadly relatable to a certain degree and I totally understand your struggle 😔
It's unfortunate that art is looked down upon. But we gladly have the internet now! If it wasn't for it, I don't know where I would've been now.
So, I know it's hard, but try to hold it in and keep going. If you eventually want to live independently, you must save up for that life. Pursue it with all your might. And keep on drawing in your free time, it's way way easier than before nowadays to gain an income from drawing, so definitely don't discard the idea.
I hope it gets better for you. All my best wishes.
@@Pluvias thank you so much for your kind words senpai😭😭💕💕 it will always be in my mind and heart🥺💕💕 I will never give up!
Thats very unfortunate that you're going through that, im so sorry :( but don't give up! You'll always have the chance to prove them wrong. I'm ashamed of your parents. Bullying your own child? There's no excuse for that at all. I hope you keep striving forward and achieve your dreams. They're not you and they can't control you forever. Never stop trying.
@@christinec1232 I will honestly do whatever it takes to achieve my dreams... since I will make use of my talent and bring hope to ppl with my art, I would never stop trying :'))
Thank you so much for those kind words! I honestly appreciate it alot! And forever it will be in my mind and heart to keep me moving forward!💕
Hey I was in the same position as you! Except that I'm in Computer Science which is a lot harder than IT. :'(
I know that it pays well. It's also 50% my fault because prior to going for college, I rarely drew. My passion to become an artist only started when I was about to go to college. Sigh...
I'm currently a 3rd year computer science student and I was somewhat inspired to continue programming.
How was I inspired or what were my inspirations? My peers. I learned that many of my peers were former artists or do art on the side. I even knew of a really god-like game dev programmer. He initially wanted to become an animator but switched to programming out of his passion for games and also programming itself. He showed me how programming tends to be really cool like you could make your own text based adventure games or even script 3D modeling tools like Blender with Python. I was inspired that programming can be fun and it's not just all about programming those boring database and web development stuffs.
Also, I am into learning French recently and I discovered Fastlingo. I was amazed because it was developed by only one person along with German and Spanish version. It boosted my morale more in studying programming because I observed that studying programming does help in me studying foreign languages. One of my senpais(also a game dev student) was also into art before, focusing on environment art but totally switched to programming out of necessity and he ended up enjoying it.
I also decided that I will only work as a programmer for a minimum of 8 years and maximum of 15 years before totally switching to be a full time artist doing manga, commissions, web novels, and 3D models.
So there you go. I hope my story helps you if ever you need more motivation to stay in IT. :)
When I was applying to university's my family actually told me that I can apply to art school if I would love to , but the type of art I do and the type they teach was so much diffrente also I really loved science and physics that I wanted to at least to major in something close to it , at first I really didn't know how I would feel about my major ( which is highway and bridge engineering ) but within the years go by I found my passion within the major and I am really glad , ofc it slows me down with drawing but I think this is a perfect chance for me to enjoy drawing as an escape rather than as doing work :D
At the moment I have a friend who is into art as well but she is forced to study engineering and she really doesn't enjoy it , your story reminded me of her .
Also I wish you the best with your passion ^-^
I'm really glad you found your passion in your major. We're all different, some people enjoy doing art as just a hobby in their free time, and that looks like how you are. All my best wishes! And I hope things get better for your friend 🙏
@@Pluvias thank you alot 💞 , also I want to make art as my second job in future ^-^
This really gives me hope. I study at a university that specializes solely in engineering, and wherever I look, everyone is so passionate about what they do. I really hope I will be able to find my passion through my field of work. :’)
@@tuturuu104 I hope you will find it , look at the subjects you will study and find out which subject you really love the most :)
This is how I found mine .
I'm crying as much when I see this video, because that was exactly I was felt today. I was learning informatics (coding, etc), but I started to like anime art since 5th semester and now currently fighting hard for 3D anime model passion. Of course I'm still want to draw too just like yours.
This is honestly too much to handle... I'm glad you finally found your path and didn't give up! This was so inspiring i hope god blesses you with what you deserve ;//; ♡
Thank you so much my dear ; - ; ❤ I wish the same for you!
I am torn apart choosing between biology and engineering, when I really just wanna be a weeb expert... (ಥ﹏ಥ)
I study bioengineering, most of the people in the engineering faculty are weebs tho.
Biology would seem better if you're more into arts since most biologists would have to study different species and sometimes, the ecosystem.
Engineering is good if you want inspiration for drawing architectural stuffs.
I wanna start learning too can you tell me where to start drawing? I wanna be self taught
There are countless free online tutorials nowadays, please search and do your best to learn ^_^
Try some cheap online schools like anime art academy, 35 dollars a month. Admittedly, I recently found, so I don’t know much but there are other as well like Udemy, Skillshare, and CGMA (online art school that way cheaper then 30,000 dollar art schools)
Yes tutorials, but in my case what really help me was using a lot of reference, try to observe that picture think of the process of how it was created step by step while at it think about "why did they add this detail?" Try to spot its good point and errors too! Learn from others experience and along the way you can discover yourself too don't rush cause art is gonna be a long journey! Good luck
Experiment around and see what works for you
@@Dokey17 I agree and I hope you become a cardiologist some day! 😊
Ooooh ALLAH ! 😭💔
That hit me so much pluviii :""""(((
This video is so dear and beautiful!
I having exams these days.. but I couldn't just watch and write what I can to write right now :")
I'm happy for u that u could went through it .. to the person u want ! And who inspires others ☘😭 I'm so grateful
I can feel u completely my dear pluvi every sentence makes me want to cry ! It's nearly the same :") .. with same hard feelings ! I mean until now .. :")
It's not an easy feelings.. sometimes it hit our heads that " life is not fair " and we must to have some pain sometimes :") and like u success by going through it .. anyway.. I don't know actually is it life is going to continue like this as long as we r breathing XD ..
Choices.. yub.. maybe some of them wrong.. yub .. u will found.. u will suffer.. but finally u will learn! And become a better person.. ") ! Person who u proud of 💙
I will try!
Try until the end pluvias 💙 u can .. !
Thank you so much my dear Rondey 🥺❤ I truly feel sorry you're going through that mess too now. But never let go of your little drawing gem. If that's the light of your life, hold onto it. You never know what the future holds.
I truly can't imagine where I'd be now if I hadn't kept drawing throughout all those years. I'd have found myself lost and having achieved nothing worthy after all this time. So I'm very thankful I held onto it.
Please do that too. Maybe, one day in the future you can quit too.
All my best wishes to you dear ❤
i haven't watch the video yet, but i will always keep supporting you no matter what, you were the first person to inspire me to draw, and im really thankful for that :))
Thank you so much, I'm really glad I did 😊
@@Pluvias i remember watching your Alice speedpaint years ago and i never knew you went through that
Wauw, I really admire your path and endurance for this. As a university student myself I can relate to an extend. You can be so proud of yourself for eventually choosing what makes you happy. Thanks for sharing your story!
This hit me to my heart as another one who messed up his path..
it;s good you finished your degrees. you will always have your education.
True, but I'm wondering what good would they do to me _(:3」∠)_
@@Pluviasif it means anything, i was very impressed that you have such a beautiful creative artistic ability, yet excelled in science and maths. that is something you will always have, that you can do both. it also serves as an impetus to overcome future hurdles and succeed. even if you didn't love certain aspects of your studies, if you applied yourself sincerely, you excelled. i wish i excelled in law school, but i am very emotional, so sometimes i become emotionally clouded and distracted, but you have the gift of razor-sharp focus that can help you excel in any endeavor, no matter how different because you are diligent and industrious. your degrees and your art, and the success you have achieved in both, exemplifies that. it's a source of confidence and science is a solid alternative career if you ever wanted to retreat. i respect your achievements and your candor about everything you've done. i'm glad you finally found a niche for yourself.
Watching this because I'm in a similar situation at the moment. When I was little, I had a huge passion for drawing. I joined competitions and I won most of them. When I was about to enter senior high school (a curriculum where you can focus on what you want to learn for college) I decided I want to pursue art related course but my parents won't let me because they said I can just study it on my own, since then, I became indecisive of my future plans. I studied a curriculum in line with humanities in which I wasn't particularly interested. I entered college and I wanted to take multimedia arts but I remembered what my parents told me and I decided to pursue medicine. Before, art related courses were pretty much looked down here in our country unlike today, so that day, I thought choosing medicine would be a practical choice. I lost passion in arts since then but right now, quarantine made me realize what I truly love. I'm still drawing but we all know the struggles of studying medicine, you have to study it wholeheartedly or else it will bite you back, but in my case I just cant. When I draw or practice figure drawings, the anxiety keeps bugging me til this day that I should not be drawing, I should be studying medicine.
My parents slightly doesn't like the idea of me being into arts more than my current degree, but I have decided that after college, I will take an art degree after I take my professional psychometrician examination.
btw I'm asian and we have it rough when it comes to our parents 😂
This is so relatable! Choose your own path you can do it!
2:20 yep we come from the same culture and i relate heavily to what you have experienced in your third year and wanting to quit,i remember in high school i wanted to study i finance,but i was pressured to study engineering like come on money and finding a job asap who wouldnt say no to that? i graduated last year and i have applied to almost 60+ companies and i have been searching for a year and i still didnt even get called for an interview.
but regardless,im really happy to see you choosing passion over what society tells you to do,its a brave step that not many people do (especially in our society) i seriously hope you continue and grow as an artist and content creator :D
Your experience really hits close to home. I'm a Registered Mechanical Engineering, and an aspiring digital artist. I already finished school, took the board exams and passed, but I've been really passionate and serious in drawing to the point that I want to make it my career.
It seems idiotic that even though I have enough credentials, I am still choosing art, especially since I am still an aspiring digital artist.
I feel like my art is still not good enough for people to bat an eye on it, but I'm always trying to improve. Your experience made me want to try harder. Thank you.
I hope more people would support you in the future!
PS. I made a fanart of your OC as a thank you gift, hope it reaches you.
This video made me cry 😭 it just HURTS how life is, I hope you live the happiest life possible 🥺✨🌸✊
Thank you so much 😭❤
I'm just about to graduate high school, in a similar situation where I'm torn between my love for art and my scientific/academic background. Don't get me wrong, I love science and physics, but I love art just as much.
I don't know what I'm gonna do yet for sure, but so far I've decided to pursue both. I love science and communicating stories, so science communication sounds just right. I hope it's a decision I won't regret.
Thank you for sharing your story. I know you'll do well in your creative career. Sending love and strength! 💙
I really needed those words in the end. My parents really want me to stop drawing, but I'm drawing since the kindergarten it's a part of me and I do enjoy it but every time they tell me that it won't bring me food/money in my life it makes unmotivating, but those words were really helpful thank you
You should always follow what you love! Never choose what your not happy with
My situation is the same , I am currently studying civil engineering ,my parents and everyone(except friends) always told me I couldn't make a profitable business with art and engineering was good choice.I am realising every second that this is not for me and stress me out a lot .I want to take my time fully for art but I can't.I am focusing on learning and improving art .I was fortunate enough to meet a senior from college who is a professional artist.He encouraged me to practice and draw as much as I can and start building a portfolio and help me get started.I just hope I can make it and live my life as a professional artist.
Thank you for sharing. University is a struggle for me too and I regret my choices. I think I should have waited and not gotten straight into uni after graduating high school. :')
I'm a artist too but in my community they say drawing is useless and it will bring nothing but they are wrong to me drawing is something I love and sometimes I would think of what I will be in the future because my parents keep on naging me about how study is very important, right now I am still young but I still think about what career will I chose in the future . And thank you for sharing your story pluvias☺☺
I really respect that you share all your experience with honesty. It help us to be honest with ourselves, thank you.
Thank you so much. I learned all these lessons the hard way. So if it can save at least someone, I'd be very grateful.
It's so weird- I more so did art first and then went on to do something "scientific" or "technical" haha I have very strong gut feelings and even though my father wanted me to do science too (Biology. I have a general interest in many things and have always had high marks in school), I knew that I wouldn't last in it very long. I knew I would lose interest and hate it. So I jumped fully in to my interest in art and got a degree in graphic design.
After I got my degree, I got more and more into digital drawing. Drawing definitly kept me happy, I'll say that. Now, I didn't do much with my graphic design degree but since I digitally draw, I'm still being satisfied in my artistic side and I'm now on my way to a cyber security degree (since I do love it too) lol
I feel like doing art gave me an outlet and made me comfortable enough to venture out to find new career options. I know I'll always have art to go back to 😌😌
Wow now that's interesting!
Art or science, neither really matter. What matters is you and your happiness, so as long as you're interested and feeling fulfilled, keep going in that path. All my best wishes!
I love this so much! I am an engineer too myself :O but I want to be an artist full time eventually. It is hard to do both right now and I have the same doubts and feelings. I hope some day I find the same courage you did. Thanks for sharing.
As someone who just chose Engineering for high school 2 months ago and loves to draw, this video was very enlightening.
OMG..... our stories are so similar. I was the best student in my college too and my professor ask me to keep moving on and got higher academic degree.
And yea....lots of people posted expectation on us... :( no one feel wanna support me on art because they feel i am so talent in computer science field.
But indeed it just because I work day and night studied super super harsh (those life like living in the hell...)
I actually got a MSC and then I become a teacher who teaching computer science degree students. I enjoy teaching alot that is a great feeling.
But then I moved to the US because of marriage. I started my TH-cam Channel making art because I was not able to work yet due to my immigration status.
And now I am allowed to work...but covid is right hit on my face...and no school want to hire me here (yea even I got a master degree).
Besides, I don't want to work as a computer programmer.
Just like what you say. No job grantee at all. Right now I enjoy making art on TH-cam lots more.
Although my channel is still very small but I am so glad that I started it and keep working on it!
Thank you so much in sharing your personal story. It is so inspiring for me to keep going too.
That really sucks. Peer pressure and expectations really drive us in paths we don't really want 😔
I hope things will get better for you soon and you get hired in your desired field. But keep up the great job on your channel! If it makes you happy, then by all means don’t let go of it!
Thank you very much Pluvias. I also had this kind of experience, but the only difference is that I was forced to go into linguistic high school, and not the artistic one, because there wasn't no artistic school here where I'm living... I managed to go into an artistic school after two years been in the linguistic one. My artistic levels were growing when I was in artistic school, but the fact is that...I couldn't learn and practice more with anime style drawings at school, so I started it at home. Years passed, and now I have one last year...and I really dislike this kind of stuff, because there's no much teaching Anime style. (Just 2/3, but they're far long away from where I live, and those are universities) This school where I'm going sucks so much, because the learning method isn't even right (Teachers didn't make me practice for anatomy. The only thing they're learning us is: Painting, drawing statues, and no more...) That's why I decided to study anatomy and Anime style with my boyfriend, and dislike more this artistic school, because it wasn't right, and also because I wanted to make more Anime art than realistic art. Once I'll finish it I hope that more people will notice my art skills, because I want to make Manga and illustrations. (Even do some illustration works for visual novels like you did) However, I'm happy that you no longer suffer this. 💕💚
I'm very sorry you're struggling with that, good thing you're almost done. Unfortunately schools who teach anime drawing are such a rare thing and are definitely not easily accessible like fine arts. But I hope those few things you learned in art school would kind of help pave the way for you so that learning to draw anime gets easier. Since you practiced drawing statuses, there's no doubt you won't find it troubling to learn anatomy through drawing from references.
All my best wishes. Stay strong ❤
@@Pluvias Thank you 💚💕 Wish you good luck too
This is too painful to watch. This is too relatable. I wanted to quit my course, but i didn't want to become a burden to my family.
This video really inspired me to push my artistic side forward while also aspiring to become a chef.
Wow that's a very interesting path, good luck! 😃
I don't want any regrets. Im on the same deciding path right now.
Thank you for this video, Thank you. This is something that I needed. It gives me so much hope for becoming who I want to be
Hi Pluvias 😊
I like your art and your videos. When I saw this title, I have apsolutely seen myself and my struggle, so I watched it. I am in a very similair situation which you have been through. I have finished bachelor studies of railway transport engineering, and I am currently working in that field. I know almost everything which you have experienced. My passion was always art, especially anime style art. So in august last year I started drawing again, anime art. I am learning fundamentals, practice drawing, everytime when I have time... can't switch careers right away, but I am taking steps towards it. Many thoughts, managing emotions, feeling od drain, motivation, many tough situations... but that's life 😂 Thank you very much for sharing your story, it motivates me to continue working on my skills, and not giving up on my passion. 🍀
This is precious. I’m still a highschool student but I can’t stop thinking about my future, I mean it’s gonna be tough no matter what the choice i pick but what if I didn’t enjoy it? I love doing art but I’m scared I won’t get a living out of it and I’ll end up just wasting my life because of stupid poor choices. So this video is gold, I really appreciate it
i have left 2 years of mechanical engineering highschool and thought i'd put my all into drawing hoping to make it into my job before i get out, and gotta say, this made my mind clear
Hi Pluvias 💗Thank you so much for made this video, I am 13 years And teachers always ask me what I want to be in the future so..I learn sci-math class it’s really embarrassing 😥to say I want to be animator like “makoto shinkai “ and I answer them I want to be doctor😔.. That’s make me confused a bout my brain🧠 what should I choose between art or science.. I’m good at sci-math but I love to draw THANK YOU SO MUCH your video made me cry👏🏻😢😢😢
I feel like you where speaking to me directly on this matter. I strongly love drawing and I get people who want me to do what they want. But in the end we have to do what makes us happy
This was beautiful, and I admire your strength. I have a somewhat opposite case, I studied Graphic Design and graduated with my degree, but I know I don't have neither the passion nor creativity to sustain it for life, and now I'm dabbling in Programming, hoping that this time I actually like it enough to put food in my table.
I'm starting my studies in maths and sociology but my parents want me to let go my passion manga/anime and drawing but it's just impossible for me...
Don't let go! Hold onto it, check online resources to hone your skills. I hope things get better for you 🙏
Thanks for the advice.. Hope you have a nice day. I discovered you channel in 2016 that time I wanted to improve my art so badly and I found your video how you improve in art. Thats when I got motivation to continue with my art. Thank you for being my biggest inspiration pluvias>_
I could relate this so much even though I’m only 13 I still feel very pressured for my future. I love drawing and I want to be an artist as my career but my family members doesn’t support me on it instead they tell me to be a business woman or an architect. I love your art even though I found this video a year later, I hope you are doing okay!
Aw dear, thank you for choosing finally your heart!! hugs from Chile!
i was just thinking about my future and i was thinking of either going back to my home country and study art (my best friend) or stay in here in japan and study something i dont like....this really inspired me to not follow something i dont like and follow my heart
Dearest Pluvias, I'm deeply touched by your story, 😭 coz I can relate with it. Same here, I'm an artist by heart, but doing software engineering for a living. I was not able to enroll in arts school because I came from a poor family and we cannot afford the expenses. I was able to study IT because I was a working scholar. During the lockdown period due to covid, I got so bored 😔 at home and I started my youtube channel. I'm so happy now, because finally I can do something I really love ❤, that's drawing and creating art vlogs. I'm a newbie in TH-cam and just got my precious friends who supported me. ❤ Keep on drawing dear and continue to inspire other artists! God bless 🙏🏻
I'm literally crying while watching this 😭😭😭
This will be long but..
I'm a first year mechanical engineering undergrad student and a self-taught anime illustrator lol >>I totally get the feels and this vid made me even more anxious. I can admit that studying science and engineering barely gives me enough time to draw but I do keep sketching and coloring in my notebooks whenever I had the chance to keep my progress. I have always dreamt to be an artist, mangaka, or an animator and travel to Japan to pursue my passion but I've never considered bringing it to reality due to the limited resources I have. I do love research and engineering because I really want to do something that can improve the planet and our lives so badly, despite that it can be really stressful and draining; I think I can handle it. I was given a priviliged scholarship after graduating highschool and was obligated by my family to go with it at first but hopefully I had the time to think about it and take the chance by my own well. Until now I don't regret this choice but I do have some doubts sometimes whether this field is were I'm meant to be because I am very interested in astronomy (being option #2 after art) but couldn't pursue it; so I guess everyone gets these feelings and thoughts. I whole-heartedly love drawing anime but there isn't a major/ workshop place that provides such opportunities here to be a credible pro in art + I get really sad and desperate seeing how most full-time artists (that I know) struggle with art as their job to make a living; so I got to the conclusion where art alone can't make a living in our current society. I'm satisfied with the path I have chosen and will continue to be an engineer and become an anime illustrator after I graduate inshallah (and get enough savings to travel and study/ work in Japan lol). I really appreciate and admire your strong well and how you managed to achieve your dream after a very long journey of struggles and determination. I faithfully believe in you and every artist and will always keep supporting you Pluvi♡.
Thank you so much for your video, it inspired me so much!! ♥♥♥
Im turning 22 this year and im hard struggling on finding my way of life. Many adults and friends always tell me "youre still young, you can still try things out and look for what you want!"
In one way, theyre right. I still have all opportunities to become like... everything i would like, since germany gives you so many opportunites and chances to make your dream happen.
The only thing that holds me back is: My life till now.
My life wasn't that great, i was always a very introverted girl, dreamed big of becoming a fulltime artist just like you did and yeah, i was just daydreaming my whole life. Sadly, my mother died in my last highschool year, my dad passed away last year.
So, instead of thinking what i could become, im just thinking where the hell i get a job from??
Like, my grades were really shitty bc of my depressions back then, i broke up many diffrent educations bc of my social anxiety and i dont know what to do anymore. Im really bad at working with ppl, even tho im a person full of empathy, but like i said, social anxiety is still a thing.
But somehow i have to pay my bills, taxes, the flat im sharing with 3 boys, food etc.
All that just gets me so... empty feeling.
I love drawing all the way, but im still not on a level where my art could become any big thing. I still need to practice a LOT!
And now that covid 19 is happening, i cant even get a job in the place where i could actually get a good feeling at working: Service.
Last year i started an education in a hotel and i LOVED working in the service, even tho i got nervous and all that, but i felt very good seeing ppl being thankful for cleaning their table or hearing that the food was good and see them happy.
But getting a job as a servant now is... Meh...
Well, i guess i use the time i have now for practicing some more drawing in the hope, i can still pay for the food and my flat in the next time^^"
Im actually pretty lucky that this happend to me in my country, like in a diffrent country i would be homeless by now .__.
Thank you again so much, it was a pleasure watching your video and hearing your struggle story of finding the right way for you ♥
aww, even tho i don't struggle yet with what to do in life -knowing that i will-
I hope you can achieve what you *truly* want.
This hits me so much.🤧😭😢 Just pray to God for the right options. All things work together for good.
Uhhhh😭😭😭 your story's so sad. Keep pursuing. Just trust God. God bless you.
*sigh*
How do i say this?
i'm going to be very honest, right now, I'm in your position. i really fell in love with arts since I'm little and I've been dreaming to be a digital artist, or, as an animator. but what? my parents are really against it. I don't know why but I'm watching this and I'm half cry bcs this is really me and right now I experienced it. right now, they want me to choose where do i want to go for my college in Malaysia, and they really strict to me to not choose something that related to arts or being an artist. of course like you say for being realistic, my mom has friends that were an artist but hi life is like not clear how was his career in the future, and always tells me to be realistic. and now, they really hoping me to be in chemistry! if you want to know, I NEVER EVER GOOD on about mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, or exact science in short. NEVER. for me, you are still really lucky because you still liking since. meanwhile, i was not. I always have a hard time with science. And now my parents want me to be there and it's already making my mental health down a lot though i didn't show it to my parents. now, i need to drill science stuff and no time to relax. neither at least i could meet my friends on church community that i followed every weekend, my parents say no for it. Learn learn learn and learn and get the highest and top score. I can't. it's not me. i always know that I'm not such a science person. but my parents don't care to it and i have no choice. no matter what. i know that you were saying that we need to focus on what we like. but for this time, i need to say, i can't.
I'm sorry for some typos or bad grammar, i just can't... nvm with it
anyway, i have questions, if you are now as a full time artist, are you only do arts or what? can you please tell me or us your daily life now as an artist? you don't need to answer or make it if it's kinda personal to see your daily life tho ^ ^
I'm very terribly sorry for what you're going through. I can feel your pain, and I understand how hard and nearly impossible it is sometimes to go against your family's will. But please hang on and give it a try. You can create your own little bubble and join gatherings with people who share your interests.
I didn't get the chance to say this in the video, but one of the main reasons that I decided not to regret engineering is because I met wonderful friends, and literally found my soul mate friend in engineering. If that is the only good reason I went into that trouble for, then it's totally worth it.
Please try your hardest to see the positive within the darkness that surrounds you. No matter what, this situation is temporary, and eventually you'll gain control over your life and it shall get better.
To answer your question, currently I'm focusing on content creation (mainly TH-cam), and trying to work on projects to gain an income. But I'm also working on improving my skills ^^
I see, Thanks a lot@@Pluvias , at least I can gain a little bit of my spirit instead being sank into sadness. thought I'm going to learn and learn all day, i still can do something else such as reading or swimming to refresh my mind. and you were right, I still need to fight, bcs even when there's no light in darkness, you can still looking for the light. and you maybe even will get luck in the futures. who knows right? >w
Engineering? One of my family members had that!
I'm proud of you, and how far you've come
This was is quite inspiring. I'm only about to enter high school but because I signed up for classes ahead of my grade, I have less time to learn coding and 3d art then I would have liked too. Also my mom keeps telling me and my younger brother, we won't make it into society with what we want to pursue.
Times are changing, no career path is stable anymore. So going the path you enjoy is the best thing you'll do to yourself.
Hey Pluvias! Thanks for sharing your story. I would love to tell you my story too.
In my case since I was young, I always thought that people who are so good at drawing were simply naturally gifted and talented. So throughout elementary and high school, I rarely draw. I mostly draw if it's required. I still tried to improve my drawing skills before but to no avail since I wasn't aware of the art fundamentals yet back then as they were generally unknown to a lot of people. I often easily give up in honing my drawing skills. My grades in elementary and high school were pretty good like I don't need to review yet I could get high scores(if only I was more industrious, I could've been on the top sections).
Then, high school ended and I suddenly decided that out of my love for anime, I wanted to become an animator or a manga artist so I decided that I'll take a course in animation or even architecture. My parents rejected. My step dad's reasoning: I should go for computer science in order to not starve and for financial stability. My mom's reasoning: my step dad is always right and that I rarely draw back then.
So yeah. A very very big mistake on my part. To be honest, this college, I'm struggling for a bit in computer science despite being good at math because I find programming to require more intense and rigid logic and complexity than math in which I only had to memorize the rules and formula and I'm all good to go especially since I'm naturally a slow learner. I never programmed before. Only when I was in college was I introduced to programming.
My mistakes back then still continues to haunt me but I make it as my inspiration and motivation to continue on computer science. Also, on my free time, I would 3D model(which I find to be very similar to programming) and drawing. Ironically, unlike most people, I seem to be learning a lot faster in drawing as I grow older thanks to me discovering the drawing fundamentals and being more motivated and driven.
My drawings today are still subpar compared to most artists but if my younger self would see them, he'll be so proud and amazed. Although someday, I only plan to work as a programmer for 10 to 15 years and then become a full time artist. I already planned out on how I should do it.
But seriously though. If I could get back in time, I would instead tell my younger self to just pursue mechanical or civil engineering since they're somewhat closer to art and there's more math in those engineering fields than in computer science.
It's very unfortunate how we're all told when we're young that art is a talent. It's clearly not. There are simply people who enjoy drawing and thus improve, and there are those who don't.
It's great that you're taking charge of your life and making use of your free time in the things that you enjoy. Please keep that up, it's those things that you start now that will pay off in the future.
All my best wishes to you!
@@Pluvias thank you!
I wish you all the best and I do hope that I could at least be as successful as you. I am aiming more on becoming a web comic artist or web novelist.
I was so ignorant back then. I'm only smart before in terms of academics but other than that, I was really stupid.
@@Pluvias I would love to add that if I also had the choice, I will be opposite of you. I would prefer medicine or any biology related degrees over engineering since I was also good at biology back then. Just right on chemistry but bad at Physics(because I find it boring. Not that I'm bad at math since I'm good at Algebra).
I initially dislike wanting to take engineering degrees because of my stupid and childish reason that "they're too mainstream". Hehehe 😁
Also, my observation is that most people in the medical or biological field tend to be better at art since they tend to always observe and see human body parts, animals, and plants.
That's an interesting insight on biology!
As a civil engineering student and a degenerate weeb, I feel this
I haven't watched the whole vid, before that I will share my story. In my country to be able to get good money you have to be a programmer. I have been in middle art school, when I graduated I was strongly depressed, so I could not get very right decisions but I didn't let anyone know about my condition. Then my family told be to become programmer, because if I continue as artist I will be sucker. And I gave up from art, my depression helped gradually for that decision, I thought I'm never gonna be a good artist. Because of the low math level in the art schools I managed to get in telecommunication univervity. After the first semester I left that shit, told my family "I'm GoNnA bEcOmE A HeNtAi ArTiSt, kepasa bitches" and this year I'm starting in art university! Now I'm the failure of the family and they use me for example for their kids what not to become, but however. LONG LIVE THE OPPAI, if I end in mcdonalds at least it will be for a good reason.
Choosing art as your path isn't a bad idea, if you truly love it then keep doing it and learning it!! You have so many opportunities to earn money as an artist despite all the hard work you might go through, don't give up if you enjoy it and if it makes you happy hold on tight to it, continue your studies and prove yourself to your family! I wish you the best of luck
💝Your video means a lot to me. I was about to go to college and I was very confused by myself. Your videos give me a lot of ideas. Thank you for sharing your experience.💗
Thank you so so so much for the inspiration. Right now where I am everyone around me is worrying about their career paths and future while also being pressured by peers/family. It’s stressful but I love the message in this video. Thank you
This is exactly what I'm going through right now and it's funny how both we are so similar...😥
I think I followed you since you had like 7k subs in youtube just to learn something new, coincidentally we've got into similar situation here. My university life was in 2011 - 2018 but I didn't graduate the bachelor of multimedia tech and animations. Now I'm a game designer and solo game developer, though there is nothing to show just yet but you can always find me by this name.
At first everything started since I was in elementary school where I showed the potential of being a smart kid, so I got push into studying hard....well it supposed to be much happier if my dad and grandpa didn't die back then, but since they're dead my grandma always pushed me so hard that I was stressed out every single days, and to top up the misery I got framed by the society to be just like them....to follow the herd.
Though there were a lot of miseries but I still got some personal space to tried on many things from doing break dance(pretty trendy back then) to making my own RO server. Well there were novel writing and some doodles and even comic writing as well but they're all just a little experience, because most of my interest are at videogames and I enjoy even now.
In middle school my friend lend me a book about psychology and he even had 2 more books about psychology so I read them quite fast, I begged my grandma to buy a book of psychology for me but she just promised that she would buy it on my birthday....but that never happen.
I spent most of my allowance on books and magazines about videogames, and some for internet cafe on weekend.
I had a very huge competitive spirit back then but that's only on something I had confidence on, so I was being pretty toxic to surrounding people until one day a dude from gaming circle told me that "why do I have to blame others ? I never blame my team even we're lost"
That made me think a lot about this, though I was still being a lot toxic though not so much compare to before until 2016 if I remember correctly.
I don't know why I don't want to tell about how I suffered so much and got PTSD from everything I had been through....I guess that I have some empathy toward fellow people that also struggling so much.
At the end of high school I tried to form a music band but it didn't work out since my leadership skill and team management skill were too low and I couldn't lead them toward a path that lead us to be a band.
In university I was so fixated at achievements to the point that I ignored not just everyone but also myself especially my own skillset which is the most important thing to get me to that point.....but I also was wrong about that until recently.
It's not about all skillset or how goot you are at something, though they're relevant but not the most important thing to focus on.
Yes, I had been focus on the wrong things over and over and even now is more like I had been sidetracked a lot. Thanks to this video that help remind me that I am still sane,maybe :)
The most important thing is to have a good mindset about everything that surrounding you, especially yourself and the path you take. To set a goal is just howto, but to know how to actually perceive the possibilities of your goals is what matters.
Well yes, it's like 6 years already since I set myself toward being a game developer but still nothing worth showing. But hear me out about this because this is the most important lesson I learned the hard way, I sacrificed a lot of things from friends to my own emotions.
Live your life,
I had been a slave toward hardwork but it's not my own fruit at the end of the day, and that mindset even hurt me in the long run....and the worst thing is my body have to pay the price of it.
Your opinions and decisions matter, whatever advices people give, you only have one life which is what you have right now, whether you live it or let other used is your choice.
Focus on getting your physical and mental health better, no need to rush things here but "It's okay to not okay". When saying physical health many people would say no junk food, only clean food. Always exercise hard. Nope.
Junk food style, yes, but not junk ingredients. You can eat as much pizzas as long as your ingredients are safe and nutritious, or fried stuffs. But remember that balance is the key and every individual has different balance, so how much cab or protein, how much fat or vegs, how much fruits are differ from person to person, don't let other tell you what is good for you.
Exercise hard is not okay at all, just don't bother being idiotic like some people or make youself athlete if you're not or not aspire to be one. Have some movements that make you happy, just move in a way that have you enjoy it is enough. How hard or how long is what you should learn yourself.
Mental health, though they called "mental illness" but it's actually not illness but it's the natural thing that everyone would have, though the intensity are differ for each individual. People are freaking out about their own humanbeing perspective, on which they could perceive of something for being a human. It's important to cope your own thoughts, slow and steady at ease. There is no rush.
If you're not feeling very well that's mean you need some time to analyze your own thoughts and decide on which action would you take.
Well I learned something from Sadhguru but most of them were from my own experiences, it's normal to have something similar since we're humanbeing.
TLDR; Design your own life.
Lastly let me tell you this, it's always good to see your artworks. :)
my parents use to ask me what i want to be sometimes they say i shpuld be nurse or mabye be fashion desinger but now found what most like to do which is drawing and now i have my mom support me since my that (gone)
I'm in a very similar situation myself. I love to draw. When I do it feels like I'm in a different world and everything around me fades away. But i don't draw as much as you do.
But I'm going for engineering which I'm actually unsure of. As you said everyone tells you all about the job opportunity. I don't plan on going that high up in academics though. I do have a deep interest in the sciences. Learning how things work always fascinated me, so learning in science class is vert intriguing for me. But while I was a great student in highschool, the math in engineering have become too stressful, especially when I feel like some of the professors aren't great teachers.
I'm also in love with history for the same reason I like science because it's intriguing to learn about why and how things work or in history's case how it happened and led to where we are now.
So I'm kind of torn on what I want to do and college in the US is too expensive so I feel forced to just get a degree and decide later in life instead of switching career options.
Thank you for sharing your story! I'm on a similar path... I've always wanted to do something related to art when I was small, but because of pressure, I did physics in college. I'm in my 4th and final year and am doing repeat exams, and even though the course is extremely difficult, the career choices is very limited. I don't want to spend my entire life doing research... So I've decided once I do my exams (in a few days...) and eventually graduate, I'm going to focus on my art and try to make it as my career c: My art skills and creativity has declined a lot since I had to study stupid physics, but I'm determined to improve, and your video really pushes me more! Sorry for rambling haha, just thank you so much for your video
This video is really inspiring to me, as someone going into the 4th year of university, thank you for this video Pluvias! QwQ
You can do blogging. You can share your feelings there while you create beautiful art.
Kinda going to relive what you did right now.
I'm 17 and am going to have to choose a course soon...
I have great passion for art and storytelling, I am brimming with ideas and stories I want to make real. I want to make games and learn to animate and hope to one day create a show of some sort. But I don't think I'm good at art. I'm much better at writing. I was thinking of going into film and production, but I have no idea how it works or how to direct, much less think I have the skills to do it, I have interest in psychology, but only because I love experimenting and giving advice to help people. Psychology looks like a nice and safe route since my cousins are all doctors and lawyers and teachers, plus, my sister took business, it might look bad for me to take art. I am also confused as to what art courses can I take. I've been to many many college fairs, but have no idea which course could fit me most. I have been told that I'm fit for psychology, but I'm afraid that I'll lose interest because I don't like to memorize things or study too much. I'm a good student in my class, one of the top 5, but I love having the freedom to create more. I hope that I can find my calling to a course that I'll like by February next year. It sounds far away, but the fear follows me closely.
But thank you for the advice, I just hope that everything will turn out right. 💜
I used to think I'm fit for psychology too, but after reading a few books about it, I realized that I appreciate it, but I don't want to ever study it. So maybe you can try that too.
Look, choosing a major is more important than what it sounds. The path you'll choose, you'll have to live in it on a daily basis. If you repeat what I did, you'll find yourself empty after years of hard work, because you don't wish to continue yet you've spent so much time.
Don't. Do. That. To. Yourself.
You clearly are more fit for a film and production major than any of the others you mentioned. Your dreams are to be a story-teller for games/shows? Then choose the major that gets you closer to that. Take a look at the curriculum, the course descriptions.. Anything that makes you understand the major better. You'll know yourself when you read those whether they excite you or not.
Best of luck!
@@Pluvias Got it! Thanks for the advice! Since I still have some time before I need to make my big decision, I'll try my best to find what is fit for me. Thank you for sharing your experience as well, I would probably have regretted and walked down the same path if it were not for you, so thank you 💕😊
Im glad you could do what you wanted in the end 💕 i personally just dont even know what my passion is , i dont feel passion towards anything, rn im applying to colleges and im just choosing what i think has a good job, i dont want to regret, but bc i really have nothing i love this is my only choice, have a great day!🌸
Well, this hits home for me, I always wanted to be a pharmacist when I was young but as I grow up I:be gotten into drawing, I really enjoy drawing and it is my passion but I also enjoyed scientific recherche, but I am conflicted should I keep on studying science or work hard to pursue my passion in drawing
Pls help me I am lost😩😩
Do both :)
I agree!
Wow this is relevent to me as an aspiring artist studying engineering @.@
this is so powerful and inspiring!
I'm glad you found your way back and I'm honestly so happy and blessed that I'm still able to view your content and to see you grow as an artist,
keep shining ♡♡♡
Aaah thank you so much my dear, I really appreciate it 🥺💖
This video hit me on so many levels. I studied computer science because I felt like you. I'm curious now, how did your parents take it when you said you wanted to draw and stopped pursuing engineering as a career?
Uwaaa I never thought I could find someone who's almost in the same boat as me,
Tho I'm manufacturing engineering major in the end of first year, I understand how much burden it is to think about such thing
I'm happy you managed to make a better choice for your life!
all love for you,, you just coincidently come every time when I need u... now it is my time to choose my career path I was going to the same mistake what u had done,, but I will take time and think about it again,, respect and love for you pluvias
So school started like three weeks ago.. I was supposed to take computer science for college but I decided to switch to multimedia the last day before school started.. I was having a lot of nights anxious and thinking whether computer science was the right path to take. I mean I already knew how to draw so computer science was like a plan b just in case I fail at art in the future. But I took a leap of faith and yeah.. I regret nothing. Follow your dreams people..
Hearing of people like you really makes me emotional and inspired. Thank you for doing what so many of us couldn't do. Enjoy the ride!
@pluvias I’m write now deciding on career of being a animation director or an aerospace engineer for NASA, so I feel your pain
I've been subscribed to you for 3 years and I'm also from the UAE, I had no clue you were enduring so much during the past few years. I'm glad you opened up ^^ thank you so much for the advice Senpai~!
I'm also very indecisive (I'm currently in 11th grade) and I don't really have a clear path laid out for me;; I enjoy drawing a lot especially digitally but I don't think I'll be taking a major involving it;; actually, I'm not sure what major to choose, there's this job called medical Illustrator which interests but there aren't any courses available here T_T
There's also a part whose doesn't want to be a financial burden to my parents and a part of me who wants to go abroad;; but I'm not sure. And imagining art as a job would be nice but I'm not sure if I'll like it since it might become stressful and demotivating;;
Thank you so much for sharing your story. This has helped me so much put many things in a different perspective and to always remember what I love and what I'm passionate about!!!
Hi Pluvias, just discovered your channel, but this video touches me a lot. I'm glad that you finished this, I imagine how painful it was, because it was painful for me to watch, It reminded me of my torn path too. Thank you so much for doing it. I sensed that you take my hand and saied that it's okay to chase your dreaming and it was what I was waint to hear for the longest time
Thank you for this video, I'm going through something very similar and a friend told me about this video. Thank you for sharing your story, it helps to put some things in perspective.
Bravo 😊😊😊keep going and do what you love
Thank you for sharing your story with us I live in similar society and I am afraid of the decision I am gonna make (17 years old) hearing about others stories help me to make the right decision btw l like this video so much ❤❤❤❤
All my best wishes! Don't let people influence you, many of their opinions are outdated. Take your time to think and decide wisely!
@@Pluvias thanks a lot ❤❤❤
Pluvias!!! A thank you is not enough you have no idea how this post is really important to me now its just.... I feel now I want to hold on to my passion even improve it which its art pluvias im glad for you too and well always support you 🥰🥰 thank you from the bottom of my heart
You're very welcome 🥺❤ that's why I wanted to share this so bad :')
@@Pluvias 😭😭😭😭 keep up you passion 😭😭😭😭 and your great work your amazing 😭😭😭😭
Glad to watch that video till the end! I need it inspiration to get back to my passion...especially on the time that i started to think there's no point for doing it anymore...thank you for sharing your story and I hope you're doing well 💙
Wish you all the best 💖
I guess we're the same, im currently a 3rd year engineering studwnt and im currently relating to all of this everything is so relatable every bit of the video youve made! OMG all of what you said is currently happening to me! idk what to do too! :( This made me cry 😭😭😭😭noted. I'll hold on to my passion maybe someday this will be useful THANK YOU PLUVIAS SENPAI for this inspirational story huhuhu😭😭 i really can relate
Your are my teacher thanks for making tutorial pain tool sai because you i can draw digital now
Best scene >> Engineering PATH R.I.P
Thank you pluvias,thank you very much for this vidio😢😭❤️❤️when you say something that you search is always with u,in front of you,it's really hit my heart hard..and make me realize,so again I want to say thank you very much for youu😊😊❤️❤️
More power to you!! Live your life with no regrets💖
i just found this channel. and this legit made me drop my tears.. u earned a subs and a like miss