Copying other artists is such an underrated way to grow. You don’t show your results to anyone or post it on the internet because the design is not yours, but the shapes that you copied and the lines and textures that you learned become a reference library in your brain that you can pull out and put into your own art from imagination
@@theboysclips2094 it’s a little complicated. I think you can technically if you give credit to the person you copied, but it’s still not your design, you just copied it. The person who made it went through the work and revisions to get to that design. Referencing as inspiration is a different thing.
@@hamster2u396 I feel like this is a unique thing with people who draw and paint that they have such an obsession with originality and "their own style". Musicians, writers, game designers and so on have zero issue covering, remodeling and reusing each others work and styles.
@@doppelrutsch9540 Exactly! I play in the jazz band and in order to improvise a solo you need to have a vocabulary and that vocabulary is built on transcribing solos from the big jazz artists. It’s the same for art, and that is what a lot of the professionals do.
I heard "don't copy" so many times, finally i believed and it destroyed at least 5 years of my practise as an artist. I could not figure out how to draw things from my imagination, my art sucked so little by little i just stopped drawing at all. Lately i realized it and started from begining... Such a waste... Thank you for amazing advises
I remember my manga professor had us choose and copy one page from a manga, down to the last detail. it works wonders on understanding how artists handle and solve certain problems or details. It is also amazing to learn how to do that yourself. Of course, the idea is to grab from many different sources, until you create your own style. It was an awesome course, that was.
I've heard lots of teachers say not to copy. Glenn Vilppu tells his students not to copy. So, if we don't copy then how the hell do we get a likeness?? Do we use the force like Luke Skywalker?
@@adamusedsplash8734 I saw plenty of videos of Glenn Vilppu drawing from reference and from live model too. Maybe he was refering to not copy every single detail but more like capture the overall shapes of the figure. Like Proko, who also uses a lot of reference for his drawings.
Marc, you’re like the only reason why I’m considering on picking up my digital pen again. I’ve been so scared to learn anatomy again because I remember the times where I was angry and thought I was drawing it wrong but I’ll try to do it again with a better mindset!
you can do it, i believe in you ! i also struggled very much in the beginning, and still do sometimes with difficult poses. But if you nail it youre gonna be so excited ! And dont worry about taking a little longer if you do, go at it on your own pace
(note for self) so things to AVOID: 1. just practice more -> find method that fits you, or things you need to fix instead 2. stop copying -> copy for learning 3. aiming your target too high -> always aim in small improvements to avoid burn out 4. getting attached to your drawings -> it'll be hard to erase or redo certain parts 5. practicing without a clear goal -> learn anatomy and gesture to eventually draw your own character, for example 6. practice drawing things you don't enjoy -> find the sweet spot, do a tinyy bit if you hate a subject that much to increase 5%, that 5% will add up over time, focus on fun 7. no practice is bad practice -> there is such a thing as bad practice, like drawing from imagination only w/o improving yourself great video!! ❤i think i already knew most of this, but need a reminder from time to time bcs i definitely forgot things, so thank you!
Thank you peach :) edit - And yes i also came to this video for a reminder. Every single piece of advice he gave i know but it's good to hear it again. I bookmark videos like this to look back it so it can stick my brain.
I cant stress enough how important it is to never forget the fun while practising. Im currently trying to get back into drawing after a 6 month break due to burnout. I was only doing technical exercises for almost a year, for hours every day. Nothing but practising gesture, construction, perspective and doing anatomy studies. In the beginning it was still fun, because I could see myself progressing fairly quickly. But after some time it was like doing chores and I was less focused on what I was actually doing and more on just getting it done so I could move on with my day. I got extremly frustrated, only seeing the mistakes I was doing. Eventually it got to the point where I couldnt pick up my pen without feeling sick. I never tried doing any real original work, out of fear that it wouldnt live up to my expectations. In that whole time I only did A SINGLE finished piece, which was fanart. And I didnt even color it. Now with all my dexterity out the window and not being able to live up even to the work I did half a year ago (which looking back doesnt look that bad), its really hard not be discouraged and give up. Dont be like me.
That was this year for me. I completely switched to 3D as a result. I’m currently trying to undo this, ideally blending the two mediums, but yeah… that burnout is anxiety inducing.
I suggest following athletic training protocols when you start to experience burnout: the key term to look for is "periodization" - cycles over weeks and months of loading to reach a "training" intensity, and then deloading and resting, greatly reducing the volume of training for another period of weeks. Our drawing brain isn't a muscle, but it still uses the nervous system, and a lot of the signs of fatigue are the same. I think you can get back on the train by "drawing like an athlete" - let yourself do some easy warmups, then low-stakes "for fun" like tracing or rough sketching stuff off of a video screenshot. Then add intensity for one day of the week - do the more fastidious modes of training where you're trying to be really accurate or take on difficult subjects. Repeat a few weeks, gradually adding more, then revert back to the easy stuff so that you can rest and recover. Right now I'm still paying off some fatigue debt from earlier this year and I'll probably keep things light until January.
Worst advice I was ever given was to "get out of my comfort zone". Constantly! As in: as soon as you feel comfortable with a medium or style, you have to move on immediately. Otherwise you will never "grow". University loves telling you that. There many people seem to think that good art means struggle and suffering. Of course getting into new waters is necessary and helpful, but you shouldn't have to force yourself to do that all the time.
Lol shooting too high is definately what I keep doing over and over. It drives me nuts because sometimes I spend months on a single piece, but if I don't work on it, I won't get the scene out of my mind.
I love it. I think it's comforting to work on the same thing every night in a way. It also feels like I'm really taking the time and care more artists should take with every piece. It only sucks when it gets in the way of starting other new things.
I've been really unhappy with my art as of late and settled in needing to practice more, I couldn't have found this video at a better time! I've gone from never practicing to trying to practice regularly so I definitely need to try and make the process fun for myself to not burn out.
One thing that helped me was carrying around a mini sketchbook and mastering a cool muscled male mannequin that I liked. That helped big time. And I'm not talking out of my ash either. I started to take Andrew Loomis's advice -- one of the best drawers in history. Loomis said, "Spend tine mastering the mannequin figure. Doing this will pay massive dividends in the long run." Loomis was right.
For me, the worst thing you can do is get stuck on one painting. In one of my art classes, I was supposed to make 3 pieces for my portfolio before the end of the year. I made one because I was so obsessed with getting that one right. I ended up getting a B in the class for that reason.
I feel like I've plateaued in copying pictures and prefer drawing from imagination so when I study I observe a picture carefully first then recreate it entirely from memory. It's extremely challenging for me to do since I lost my ability to visualize after a head injury as a kid but it's immensely fun to see my improvement and rewarding being able to effortlessly recreate things I love from memory. In the past few months I've been getting vague flashes of images in my mind and feel like improving the intensity of my memory has been helping bring back my ability to visualize. I hope one day I can visualize at will again. I think I would gain a lot more from copying then. As it is I just feel like a printer and nothing meaningful sticks.
@Spin the bonk oh i Love drawing from imagination! I mostly just use references if I have trouble with something, and so far that has helped such as much, plus, it’s more fun. (Besides we all know the ”I will draw from imagination once I’m GOOD enough“ is bullshit lol)
@Spin the bonk funny i just about to comment the same thing! I agreed with almost everything Marc said except for that one thing. Glad to see someone else thinks the same
"Bad practice is learning without a structure, without a teacher" that quote is just "French kiss" perfect. I need that as a reminder when things are getting lazy and doing a quick up in practice. Thanks Marc. I look forward to the next class.
the advice to keep emotions out is so important!! i developed ocd in my late teens and that combined with getting attached to every single idea slowed my art progress soooo much😅 a combination of practicing what i like drawing with tradition brush pens (w/ no pencil) and lots of timers when drawing digitally have helped a lot, made me learn to work quickly and redo things instead of editing a tiny section for hours on end lol
Honestly, always toy around with an idea on a sketch pad before you work on your piece. I have tried doing my stuff without sketching a couple of times and it looks horrendous. Whenever I translate something into pixel art, I always make a sketch so I can understand my reference and break it down into shapes I can work with in my art.
Another thing I have found personally is that if I am drawing and I am not relaxed with my hand, I get worse. I always need to maintain a calm, loose hand; otherwise, I might as well have done nothing. If I feel stressed or tense in my drawing hand, time for a break.
Wow, this is the only channel that has inspired me enough to actually start pursuing my dream to become an artist. Fear had made me question what I should do, and after all these years and two years in Uni, finding your videos have made me reconsider art as a career choice. Self teaching now, definitely will try out the course in the future when I get the funds. Thank you for being such an inspiring teacher!
I think some of my fails is definitely trying harder things because I believe that since I already practiced it in the past I have already mastered it, when I only practiced that thing a few times. Sometimes I’ll get a cool pose I like, but then other days I can’t draw a straight on pose and it frustrates quickly. Also getting way too many guides and books that I believe I have to finish in one go when I need to slow down and do just one piece of design theory or anatomy a chunks. I’ll swap between Marc’s stuff, then Tomfoxdraws, Morpho, Michael Hampton, Proko, Sinix, etc., which is good cuz they all have great content, but can quickly get overwhelming when I feel like upkeeping everything at once to keep some abstract level. To summarize, I’m using many resources but quickly overwhelming myself to try to keep up with a level of art that I want but burning myself out in the process, and ultimately not enjoying the process. I gotta take things one day at a time, less social media for less comparison, and more seeking within’ of what I want really.
this video pretty much answered why my art stagnated for so many years, it took a long time for me to realize that what I've been doing is counter-productive to developing my skill and also drains away my motivation. But hey, even if you've been doing things wrong for years, it's not too late to start over and re-discover the passion that made you start drawing in the first place.
a note on drawing from imagination: you can draw fantasy stuff! you can draw OCs! use things you like to employ references of real poses, real places, or others art
Always enjoy getting nuanced knowledge from someone sucessful in the industry that isn't just "draw 40hrs a day". Also that is such a cool piece! Great vid as always Marc!
The part about not shooting too high, is such an important point! Use the boxer metaphor. When trainers find a boxer with potential, they don't throw them in the ring with a veteran with top skills. Their potential boxer would most likely get crushed and that can permanantly destroy potential. So the trainer put them in fights where they expect to see their fighter win, but get tested along the way. This way confidence builds along with skill.
I've been struggling with getting back into art for awhile due to massive burnout, it feeling like a chore that I give up on easily and not having super clear goals except for one on being able to execute art ideas better with either my favorite characters or OCs, being able to work on projects that've been in my head for decades and be an animator because my anatomy and perspective suck. So watching your videos feels like a way to try an build up motivation again and pick up my stylus and go back with a much better mindset of "Alright, it's time to learn art and this time I'll do it right!"
Thank you for this. Have been burned out and tried a school that just pushed for practicing 50 drawings a week. Felt like there was no structure and no joy at the end of it. Your message makes me hope there is still time to improve myself
My biggest regret is not discovering your channel sooner sir, I was a bit nervous before watching this lesson, but now that I did it I truly feel better and I realise that I committed some of the mistakes you've mentioned, but I'm also relieved that I did some of those good habits that do benefit us artist, so I really liked this video, thanks a lot Marc
Apart from these helpful suggestions on how to improve my art, I've learned a bunch just by watching the way you search the shades and colours for your artwork throughout the video. Thank you!
Dude you’re the first art channel I can sit down and follow along with without feeling bored or frustrated by the lack of understanding and attention to artists who aren’t beginners but aren’t as advanced as others. I appreciate you💙
For the part about getting attached to certain pieces in your art, I get around this by saving it as a copy (or taking a picture of it) and then erasing it to do it better. That way I'll still have the original that I liked and I can see how the new one is better. Makes it even easier for the next time I need to redo a part I like because I've seen before the results of doing so
The advice is really useful, as always, but what really got my attention in this video is the speeddraw in the background. I always love it, when it's not just the figure drawings, but watching you create a whole painting, a whole scene is amazing. And it is kind of a lesson in itself, so double thank you, Marc!
aaaaah yessss, I havent been able to get motivated to practice or do commissioned work either, thanks for the legendary art class teach. am early as heck today!! Love your class! I'm gonna buy the digital art program in a few days so am excited!
I rarely do art and have no real ambition to be good, but these lessons can be applied to almost any skill and was was very valuable for me to hear. Thank you.
I was watching some of your videos on the channel and I manage to learn few thing that improve my drawing skills and technique and you basically giving it for free. Good job.
i often look for videos like this even though I'm not going to acquire such a skill. I do it because advice given in these videos are often appliable to other fields of my life. They are just general, not specific to the topic
I love watching Marc start a fresh piece in a different method every time. Sometimes starts with line art, sometimes with background base colors, sometimes with character base colors, sometimes with character base shade colors and then colors over with mid and high tones. Because of this, I've learned that I can start a piece however I feel. I've been starting mostly with sketches or straight to line art cause I'm still new, but I look forward to trying this a few times.
I read once a story in which a character said "training for the sake of training isn't effort, it's just a waste of time. An effort is being made only when you put everything you have into your training" and I couldn't agree more
That first tip saying that copying is okay, EVEN FROM OTHER ARTISTS really helped me overcome my fear that I'm not really learning. I've been "copying" a lot of artists for a while now. Not tracing, really blocking out the shapes and working from that and really thinking about their lighting etc. But it always felt wrong because it wasnt from real life, and I was wondering if I could gain a good visual library of poses and knowledge from this.. Glad my worries were not needed 😊🙏 Thanks teach.
Lately I got a little sick of just practicing so I started to learn photography with the goal of getting better in composition and also a folder with references as reward. Some times leaving the desk for a while is better than just practice until burning out
I've found that it helps to allow myself to have fun getting an idea out of my head instead of insisting every piece needs to be a learning lesson that needs to depict my absolute best. I do still firmly believe that every piece can be a learning lesson, but it doesn't always come in the same form. Sometimes it could be accidentally discovering something that works better or even shining a light on a problem you have you weren't as aware of before. I want to take my learning seriously, but that doesn't have to mean being just as serious about it every single time.
There have been long periods of time of not doing any drawing, and somehow I almost always come back better than I was prior to those breaks. Taking breaks helps a lot, in my experience.
Your tips and pointers along with the confidence you instill helps me immensely. When I can afford a graphics tablet and your course, I definitely want to take it. Thank you for taking the time man.
Great advice! Another bad thing people do is pressure other artists to draw more expressions. I myself love drawing expressions, but it's also more than okay to draw what people call ''same face syndrome''. If it's what they love drawing, let them.
This is really excellent advice! I wish I'd heard it years ago :P my drawing practice got all screwed up when I stopped drawing what was fun for me and instead was forcing myself to draw things I thought I needed to improve instead of stuff I liked to draw. I also was way too ambitious with projects and was unable to finish them because of their ambition. I ended up losing all motivation and burning out. After working in a separate creative industry (directing films and music videos) for a while, I got pulled back into illustration when fate threw me a bunch of illustration jobs out of nowhere. So I coasted for a few years based on the drawing skills I already had from back in high school / college, but really just saw it as work to pay the bills. It's only recently that I've got my spark to actually enjoy drawing again and drawing for fun outside of work. And it started by going back to my roots one day and sketching some very simple things that I used to like drawing when I was younger, and once I found that enjoyment and fun again, everything else started falling back into place. I wish I had a teacher telling me this was the key 10 years ago! lol
I really love the mindsets you mentioned for the practice, it really helps destress a lot of the stuff i've struggled over while learning. Also when you added the reflection for the beach ball on the sand, it blew my mind a little, never would have thought about the small water reflection there!
I didn't copy for the longest time and I was getting frustrated seeing other my age or younger get better than me... I started to get better when I decided to "copy" or practice styles of other artists, anatomy studies from other artists, it really helped me evolve. Now I have my own style and the resemblance to the artists I started "coping" is just a vague vibe because I found my style, my way, the things I love about others and me, fused, combined, and I still have things to learn but it's satisfying just thinking about all the progress I made.
I like how you didn't overdo the layers on this speedpaint, I might be mistaken but this kind of shows that you have done ALOT of traditional art. As always, loving your vids.
I completely agree with this video. I challenged myself to do an 100 day drawing challenge to further improve my art skills. Forcing myself to draw everyday no matter what, it put me into the habit of drawing more and wanting to draw more, but it was quantity over quality. I improved but not as fast as I would have if I didn’t creatively force and burn myself out. How you study is definitely important, but don’t blind yourself by thinking if you just draw more you’ll naturally get better. You will, but not at the rate you want to.
something that has stuck with me since college is advice from my maths teacher. "Practice makes permanent, not perfect" at the time i thought he was being extra, but it is true. you can practice and cement bad habits that then will take considerable amount of effort to break
Colour studies are great when starting a new traditionnal medium. Especially when you start with a limited colour palette. I did start oil painting and I needed to do a colour study to know wich colours give what and it wich ammounts. Purple is the only colour that is really close to black when pure.
Yea, I can relate to the "Always drawing form imagination will get you nowhere" point. I used to ONLY draw from imagination and wasted so much time. I'm trying to learn how to use reference now, its a hard process for me to get used to the new ways but I know it will pay off in the end.
Since I stared to draw emotes for other people, I'm always happy whenever I have to draw something I never did. Same with PNG-Tuber Avatars. I had to draw a necromancer skeletton for the first time and it turned out amazing
I've always loved art and had so many images in my mind that I wanted on paper, but I was always discouraged because it was never what I wanted it to look like. Instead I took on writing and made those images with words and have gotten fairly good at for my age (15) but I still have a sort of craving for drawing it out. The one thing I do as a writer is constantly stay out of my comfort zone and try to improve on things im not as good at (dialogue, nonfiction, high fantasy, etc.) and I always imptoved that way and that's going to be such a hard habit to kick with practicing art lol
Writing's awesome, but definitely also try drawing! In my experience they compliment each other so well. I sometimes idly sketch and come up with a super cool character or worldbuilding element that I wouldn't have had I just sat down and developed my story regularly. I understand the gap between what you picture in your mind and what you end up putting on the page can be extremely discouraging if your skills aren't there *yet* (mine aren't all of the time either and I have been drawing for far longer than I have been writing). I think what you need in order to make it is perseverance and to develop a healthier relationship with failure. Don't treat a bad drawing like it's a personal deficit, embrace your flops and learn what you can from them. Allow the things you make to suck without beating yourself up over it, as with anything with a learning curve it's a natural process to fail a lot before you succeed. It's like blaming an infant for being unable to run a marathon, it's beyond unreasonable. Oh and yes, practicing smartly is important. References are your friend and you should never feel bad for using them. If there's two stuff I wish someone had told me it's these: A) Improving at art is a never-ending spiral. The moment you feel like you've made a breakthrough and get comfortable may be short-lived, there will likely follow a period where you will be dissatisfied with everything you put on paper because your artist's "eye" has already surpassed your "hands", so to speak. It's frustrating but it's an unmistakable sign of progress, embrace the discomfort and power through. You get used to it if you do it enough times. B) Look, sometimes all you need is a win. If you are going through a phase where everything you make frustrates you to the point you are contemplating quitting art, then pick an OC, scene or place you want to draw, gather a whole bunch of reference material and trace the heck out of it. Now, this is not to publish it or otherwise pass the artwork as your own. It's just that the idea that this professional, clean-looking artwork was created through your hands- even if the lines were guided by other artworks- can be very comforting and motivating. It confronts you with the idea that it's not physically impossible for you to make something like this, you just need to improve to the point where you know which lines to draw where- which is very doable for anyone! Plus, the serotonin you get from seeing your OC drawn like this might just be all the motivation you need in order to keep going. Tracing is not a bad learning tool either, so long as you use it ethically.
Thank you so much for the boosts in confidence! I couldn’t continue my career after getting covid (and post covid syndrome), so now I’ve decided to go back to my aspirations from forever ago and pursue art. I haven’t drawn or painted in more than 10 years, and digital is still really tough for me. I’m SO GLAD I found you! And another thanks for the brushes! I use Sai painter cause it was inexpensive at the time, but I’m just now brave enough to try and grab new brushes 😂
im an amateur artist, for sure, but the main way i learned proportions for dragons was really from little sketches in my school notebooks (the ones the teachers didnt look at ofc), they took a minute or two, maybe even less with almost no detail, but because of that, it never burnt me out or anything and it really helped me out! definitely try that out if youre struggling with proportions!
'rendering an image vs using reference', is one. Rendering a photo perfectly (often simply using the grid method), will impress your friends and family. And definately shows an eye and a certain level of skill aquisition as an artist. But it can stagnate your growth. Rather han learning anatomy and proper proportions and trying to implement them while using photo reference will help you improve leaps and bounds.
ive been told to draw by grid and ive done it before but it doesn’t really help me understand my fundamentals or improving life drawing maybe seeing things but it never really benefited me after i did it☠️☠️
@@idiotkaz5744 I think the grid helps with 2 foundational steps in art. Drawing what you see, and focusing on one detail or 'Chunk', at a time. Its also helpfull even for pro's in transferring their artworks to larger surfaces ie mural artists. But yeah, filling your sketchbook full of rendered photos using the grid method is a little bit of a waist of time.
You have no idea how much you help me to keep drawing, i loved drawing when i was a kid and then i started to push it away bc i didnt see how to make use of it and comming from a familly who espectatios for bringin good money to the table was a real pain to keep my passion for art alive and not see it like a waste of time... oh boy... i wish i never stoped... i lost so much time.. but the important thing is that im starting again and no one is gonna stop me >:D and your videos are like fuel man i really really apreciate what you do for us
Oh my goodness I swear I deal with all these issues, I took some notes on this since I want to work in a studio but I just put too much pressure on myself. Wise words as always Marc!
These are so helpful, lately i'm seeing lots of improvement on my art, while maintaining an acceptable level of difficulty. although I still get insecure on the parts I have a hard time on. for me it's still background and colours but I can see the ever growing improvement little by little. I never thought about the one to "make an easy drawing and expand if it's getting too exciting" I'll that out sometimes.
For me, the best thing to practice is being critical of your own art and progress. Really being able to see how well youre doing with the goals you set is important. Progressing too fast on top of bad foundations does nothing but hurt you and make you have to go back and correct fundamentals. Wanting to "get there" is nice for motivation but be realistic with yourself
Great video~! I feel like I get really overwhelmed with the amount that I want to improve on then end up not really focusing on any particular one. This really helped me rethink how I go about that.
I am definitely guilty of #3. I get in my head I want to do some cool, unique pose and while it's within my ability it requires a lot of effort. Often just finishing the sketch can take me days due to the limits on my time leaving me too drained to go forward with the render.
My experience with art has been that certain topics just need idle time to "marinade." While I'm learning something new, there's definitely a plateau point where my advancement just kind of slows to a crawl. Then, I take a break for awhile, and when I come back to that initial thing I learned it's like second nature and I can very easily and naturally exercise that skill.
Just like when I'm working out, the most important thing to progress is knowing what NOT to do, so I can avoid it. Thanks again for these helpful experiences, and don't worry, I've already paid for this lesson 👍!
One thing I’ve learned whilst learning to draw, is that most the artists in general have gone through what I’m doing (studying and spending hours learning) but it’s easy to think they were just born good at art because all that people see when they watch a how to draw video is the combination of hundreds of hours spent learning by that artist boiled down into 5-10 minutes and it’s easy to think that it’s only taken the artist 5-10 minutes to learn to draw. Idk if that makes sense at all but it was really demotivating to begin with because I was telling myself if these guys can draw something fantastic in 10 minutes, why can’t I, until I learned just how much time goes into learning
For me. It would be trying to practice various subjects at the same time. While there're definitely people who could pull it off. But from my experience, I used to practice a lot of things at once. Characters, Background, coloring, etc. No doublt, my progress in each subject is slow and it kinda disheartened me to draw/paint for quite sometime. Then, one of my seniors instructed me that I should focus on one subject at a time. Set a small goal to follow through. Like draw more dynamic poses. More structed/styled body. Cleaner line art...etc Right now, I focuses on drawing simple body figure from both real photos and my fav artists. While it still suck, I actually see the improvement. And I'm happy to continuing practice more.
As someone who has no real art training, but really wants to just learn how to draw my favorite characters, I appreciate this video so much. I've been watching a lot of how to draw videos, but I'd started thinking I'd never get anywhere because a lot of them just say draw an eye or draw a head over and over again for a month and that really burnt me out. I appreciate learning the concept, but it's too mindless and monotonous. It's uplifting to have someone say that it's fine to learn the concept and then use a reference to put it into practice and see what you need to work on. That feels much more like the kind of learning that works for me since there's something more in the end .
Thank you so much for being our teacher! I've seen so many vids from artists, but you are the best by far! I feel so lucky I found you. I'll try to become your student after getting a proper tablet with screen. I can't imagine how much I'll be able to improve.
I teleported to Osaka, Japan this week so my office is just a hotel room :D Still not a reason to skip an upload, get to class RIGHT NOW!
Thats awesome
Update the advanced brush pack for CSP. They still don't work properly.
I want teleportation powers too
Can we get a blog?! An update on why you’re in Japan?
Can you teach us teleportation please ?
Copying other artists is such an underrated way to grow. You don’t show your results to anyone or post it on the internet because the design is not yours, but the shapes that you copied and the lines and textures that you learned become a reference library in your brain that you can pull out and put into your own art from imagination
Naturally you can post it online! Just give credit for your source.
why shuldnt you post it? technically every piece of art is insipred by something
@@theboysclips2094 it’s a little complicated. I think you can technically if you give credit to the person you copied, but it’s still not your design, you just copied it. The person who made it went through the work and revisions to get to that design. Referencing as inspiration is a different thing.
@@hamster2u396 I feel like this is a unique thing with people who draw and paint that they have such an obsession with originality and "their own style". Musicians, writers, game designers and so on have zero issue covering, remodeling and reusing each others work and styles.
@@doppelrutsch9540 Exactly! I play in the jazz band and in order to improvise a solo you need to have a vocabulary and that vocabulary is built on transcribing solos from the big jazz artists.
It’s the same for art, and that is what a lot of the professionals do.
I heard "don't copy" so many times, finally i believed and it destroyed at least 5 years of my practise as an artist. I could not figure out how to draw things from my imagination, my art sucked so little by little i just stopped drawing at all. Lately i realized it and started from begining... Such a waste...
Thank you for amazing advises
I remember my manga professor had us choose and copy one page from a manga, down to the last detail. it works wonders on understanding how artists handle and solve certain problems or details. It is also amazing to learn how to do that yourself.
Of course, the idea is to grab from many different sources, until you create your own style. It was an awesome course, that was.
bruh moment
I've heard lots of teachers say not to copy. Glenn Vilppu tells his students not to copy. So, if we don't copy then how the hell do we get a likeness?? Do we use the force like Luke Skywalker?
@@adamusedsplash8734 I saw plenty of videos of Glenn Vilppu drawing from reference and from live model too. Maybe he was refering to not copy every single detail but more like capture the overall shapes of the figure. Like Proko, who also uses a lot of reference for his drawings.
@@artbargra was it an online course?? If so I'm interested it sounds awesome
Marc, you’re like the only reason why I’m considering on picking up my digital pen again. I’ve been so scared to learn anatomy again because I remember the times where I was angry and thought I was drawing it wrong but I’ll try to do it again with a better mindset!
you can do it, i believe in you ! i also struggled very much in the beginning, and still do sometimes with difficult poses. But if you nail it youre gonna be so excited ! And dont worry about taking a little longer if you do, go at it on your own pace
I too believe in you random internet person!
Anatomy makes me angry af
(note for self) so things to AVOID:
1. just practice more -> find method that fits you, or things you need to fix instead
2. stop copying -> copy for learning
3. aiming your target too high -> always aim in small improvements to avoid burn out
4. getting attached to your drawings -> it'll be hard to erase or redo certain parts
5. practicing without a clear goal -> learn anatomy and gesture to eventually draw your own character, for example
6. practice drawing things you don't enjoy -> find the sweet spot, do a tinyy bit if you hate a subject that much to increase 5%, that 5% will add up over time, focus on fun
7. no practice is bad practice -> there is such a thing as bad practice, like drawing from imagination only w/o improving yourself
great video!! ❤i think i already knew most of this, but need a reminder from time to time bcs i definitely forgot things, so thank you!
Thank you peach :)
edit - And yes i also came to this video for a reminder. Every single piece of advice he gave i know but it's good to hear it again. I bookmark videos like this to look back it so it can stick my brain.
Amazing summary but those symbols are all backwards, they should be
@@aposterous4126I think s/he shortcut the => into >
@@tampham2421 yes i meant it as -> arrow symbol i just realized ppl might see it as more/less than symbol 😅
"exit your comfort zone, but not so much that you will fear leaving it again"
I love the phrase “Don’t practice at all if you aren’t practicing well.” It truly goes for everything.
I cant stress enough how important it is to never forget the fun while practising. Im currently trying to get back into drawing after a 6 month break due to burnout. I was only doing technical exercises for almost a year, for hours every day. Nothing but practising gesture, construction, perspective and doing anatomy studies. In the beginning it was still fun, because I could see myself progressing fairly quickly. But after some time it was like doing chores and I was less focused on what I was actually doing and more on just getting it done so I could move on with my day. I got extremly frustrated, only seeing the mistakes I was doing. Eventually it got to the point where I couldnt pick up my pen without feeling sick.
I never tried doing any real original work, out of fear that it wouldnt live up to my expectations. In that whole time I only did A SINGLE finished piece, which was fanart. And I didnt even color it.
Now with all my dexterity out the window and not being able to live up even to the work I did half a year ago (which looking back doesnt look that bad), its really hard not be discouraged and give up.
Dont be like me.
That was this year for me. I completely switched to 3D as a result. I’m currently trying to undo this, ideally blending the two mediums, but yeah… that burnout is anxiety inducing.
You just like me fr
I suggest following athletic training protocols when you start to experience burnout: the key term to look for is "periodization" - cycles over weeks and months of loading to reach a "training" intensity, and then deloading and resting, greatly reducing the volume of training for another period of weeks. Our drawing brain isn't a muscle, but it still uses the nervous system, and a lot of the signs of fatigue are the same. I think you can get back on the train by "drawing like an athlete" - let yourself do some easy warmups, then low-stakes "for fun" like tracing or rough sketching stuff off of a video screenshot. Then add intensity for one day of the week - do the more fastidious modes of training where you're trying to be really accurate or take on difficult subjects. Repeat a few weeks, gradually adding more, then revert back to the easy stuff so that you can rest and recover. Right now I'm still paying off some fatigue debt from earlier this year and I'll probably keep things light until January.
too late, your comment would've helped me a year ago 💀
I'm like you already, literally avoiding to look at my tablet ;_;
Worst advice I was ever given was to "get out of my comfort zone". Constantly! As in: as soon as you feel comfortable with a medium or style, you have to move on immediately. Otherwise you will never "grow". University loves telling you that. There many people seem to think that good art means struggle and suffering. Of course getting into new waters is necessary and helpful, but you shouldn't have to force yourself to do that all the time.
Lol shooting too high is definately what I keep doing over and over. It drives me nuts because sometimes I spend months on a single piece, but if I don't work on it, I won't get the scene out of my mind.
That's what I'm doing right now
I love it. I think it's comforting to work on the same thing every night in a way. It also feels like I'm really taking the time and care more artists should take with every piece.
It only sucks when it gets in the way of starting other new things.
Do a quick scketch to get the idea out, then come back to it when you feel you have the skill to fully do it. That's what I do to keep centered.
@@benhinson1032 same!
months??? i do like 6 painting a week
I've been really unhappy with my art as of late and settled in needing to practice more, I couldn't have found this video at a better time! I've gone from never practicing to trying to practice regularly so I definitely need to try and make the process fun for myself to not burn out.
One thing that helped me was carrying around a mini sketchbook and mastering a cool muscled male mannequin that I liked.
That helped big time. And I'm not talking out of my ash either. I started to take Andrew Loomis's advice -- one of the best drawers in history.
Loomis said, "Spend tine mastering the mannequin figure. Doing this will pay massive dividends in the long run."
Loomis was right.
For me, the worst thing you can do is get stuck on one painting. In one of my art classes, I was supposed to make 3 pieces for my portfolio before the end of the year. I made one because I was so obsessed with getting that one right. I ended up getting a B in the class for that reason.
I feel like I've plateaued in copying pictures and prefer drawing from imagination so when I study I observe a picture carefully first then recreate it entirely from memory. It's extremely challenging for me to do since I lost my ability to visualize after a head injury as a kid but it's immensely fun to see my improvement and rewarding being able to effortlessly recreate things I love from memory.
In the past few months I've been getting vague flashes of images in my mind and feel like improving the intensity of my memory has been helping bring back my ability to visualize. I hope one day I can visualize at will again. I think I would gain a lot more from copying then. As it is I just feel like a printer and nothing meaningful sticks.
Damn, that sounds tough, do you want to tell what happened? (Glad to hear there are signs of recovery tho, keep going!!)
@Spin the bonk oh i Love drawing from imagination! I mostly just use references if I have trouble with something, and so far that has helped such as much, plus, it’s more fun.
(Besides we all know the ”I will draw from imagination once I’m GOOD enough“ is bullshit lol)
@Spin the bonk funny i just about to comment the same thing! I agreed with almost everything Marc said except for that one thing. Glad to see someone else thinks the same
"Bad practice is learning without a structure, without a teacher" that quote is just "French kiss" perfect. I need that as a reminder when things are getting lazy and doing a quick up in practice. Thanks Marc. I look forward to the next class.
the advice to keep emotions out is so important!! i developed ocd in my late teens and that combined with getting attached to every single idea slowed my art progress soooo much😅 a combination of practicing what i like drawing with tradition brush pens (w/ no pencil) and lots of timers when drawing digitally have helped a lot, made me learn to work quickly and redo things instead of editing a tiny section for hours on end lol
Honestly, always toy around with an idea on a sketch pad before you work on your piece. I have tried doing my stuff without sketching a couple of times and it looks horrendous. Whenever I translate something into pixel art, I always make a sketch so I can understand my reference and break it down into shapes I can work with in my art.
I always try to remind myself to draw with references. This seem to help a bit. Love you videos!
Another thing I have found personally is that if I am drawing and I am not relaxed with my hand, I get worse. I always need to maintain a calm, loose hand; otherwise, I might as well have done nothing. If I feel stressed or tense in my drawing hand, time for a break.
Wow, this is the only channel that has inspired me enough to actually start pursuing my dream to become an artist. Fear had made me question what I should do, and after all these years and two years in Uni, finding your videos have made me reconsider art as a career choice. Self teaching now, definitely will try out the course in the future when I get the funds. Thank you for being such an inspiring teacher!
I think some of my fails is definitely trying harder things because I believe that since I already practiced it in the past I have already mastered it, when I only practiced that thing a few times. Sometimes I’ll get a cool pose I like, but then other days I can’t draw a straight on pose and it frustrates quickly.
Also getting way too many guides and books that I believe I have to finish in one go when I need to slow down and do just one piece of design theory or anatomy a chunks. I’ll swap between Marc’s stuff, then Tomfoxdraws, Morpho, Michael Hampton, Proko, Sinix, etc., which is good cuz they all have great content, but can quickly get overwhelming when I feel like upkeeping everything at once to keep some abstract level.
To summarize, I’m using many resources but quickly overwhelming myself to try to keep up with a level of art that I want but burning myself out in the process, and ultimately not enjoying the process. I gotta take things one day at a time, less social media for less comparison, and more seeking within’ of what I want really.
this video pretty much answered why my art stagnated for so many years, it took a long time for me to realize that what I've been doing is counter-productive to developing my skill and also drains away my motivation. But hey, even if you've been doing things wrong for years, it's not too late to start over and re-discover the passion that made you start drawing in the first place.
a note on drawing from imagination: you can draw fantasy stuff! you can draw OCs! use things you like to employ references of real poses, real places, or others art
Always enjoy getting nuanced knowledge from someone sucessful in the industry that isn't just "draw 40hrs a day". Also that is such a cool piece! Great vid as always Marc!
The part about not shooting too high, is such an important point!
Use the boxer metaphor. When trainers find a boxer with potential, they don't throw them in the ring with a veteran with top skills. Their potential boxer would most likely get crushed and that can permanantly destroy potential. So the trainer put them in fights where they expect to see their fighter win, but get tested along the way. This way confidence builds along with skill.
I've been struggling with getting back into art for awhile due to massive burnout, it feeling like a chore that I give up on easily and not having super clear goals except for one on being able to execute art ideas better with either my favorite characters or OCs, being able to work on projects that've been in my head for decades and be an animator because my anatomy and perspective suck. So watching your videos feels like a way to try an build up motivation again and pick up my stylus and go back with a much better mindset of "Alright, it's time to learn art and this time I'll do it right!"
you're just like me fr
@@falcononthesax Eyyyy 😎
Thank you for this. Have been burned out and tried a school that just pushed for practicing 50 drawings a week. Felt like there was no structure and no joy at the end of it. Your message makes me hope there is still time to improve myself
My biggest regret is not discovering your channel sooner sir, I was a bit nervous before watching this lesson, but now that I did it I truly feel better and I realise that I committed some of the mistakes you've mentioned, but I'm also relieved that I did some of those good habits that do benefit us artist, so I really liked this video, thanks a lot Marc
Using all of these practices so i can get worse at art 💪
When ur just too talented for the mere earthling mortals
Power move
@@willow3364 I think the title can be understood in two different ways😂
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Apart from these helpful suggestions on how to improve my art, I've learned a bunch just by watching the way you search the shades and colours for your artwork throughout the video. Thank you!
Dude you’re the first art channel I can sit down and follow along with without feeling bored or frustrated by the lack of understanding and attention to artists who aren’t beginners but aren’t as advanced as others. I appreciate you💙
For the part about getting attached to certain pieces in your art, I get around this by saving it as a copy (or taking a picture of it) and then erasing it to do it better. That way I'll still have the original that I liked and I can see how the new one is better. Makes it even easier for the next time I need to redo a part I like because I've seen before the results of doing so
The advice is really useful, as always, but what really got my attention in this video is the speeddraw in the background. I always love it, when it's not just the figure drawings, but watching you create a whole painting, a whole scene is amazing. And it is kind of a lesson in itself, so double thank you, Marc!
aaaaah yessss, I havent been able to get motivated to practice or do commissioned work either, thanks for the legendary art class teach. am early as heck today!! Love your class! I'm gonna buy the digital art program in a few days so am excited!
This saved me from my long burnout from trying the same technique over and over again, thank you so much!!
I rarely do art and have no real ambition to be good, but these lessons can be applied to almost any skill and was was very valuable for me to hear. Thank you.
Marc's advices help me sooo much I can't thank you more
I was watching some of your videos on the channel and I manage to learn few thing that improve my drawing skills and technique and you basically giving it for free. Good job.
i often look for videos like this even though I'm not going to acquire such a skill. I do it because advice given in these videos are often appliable to other fields of my life. They are just general, not specific to the topic
I remember this painting process several years ago. Still amazing.
I love watching Marc start a fresh piece in a different method every time. Sometimes starts with line art, sometimes with background base colors, sometimes with character base colors, sometimes with character base shade colors and then colors over with mid and high tones. Because of this, I've learned that I can start a piece however I feel. I've been starting mostly with sketches or straight to line art cause I'm still new, but I look forward to trying this a few times.
I read once a story in which a character said "training for the sake of training isn't effort, it's just a waste of time. An effort is being made only when you put everything you have into your training" and I couldn't agree more
You're so real for this!
That first tip saying that copying is okay, EVEN FROM OTHER ARTISTS really helped me overcome my fear that I'm not really learning. I've been "copying" a lot of artists for a while now. Not tracing, really blocking out the shapes and working from that and really thinking about their lighting etc. But it always felt wrong because it wasnt from real life, and I was wondering if I could gain a good visual library of poses and knowledge from this.. Glad my worries were not needed 😊🙏
Thanks teach.
Lately I got a little sick of just practicing so I started to learn photography with the goal of getting better in composition and also a folder with references as reward. Some times leaving the desk for a while is better than just practice until burning out
This was a great video Marc. I really enjoyed the practical advice you've given. I have a lot to think over.
The piece you made in this video is soo cute, i was very distracted by it. Not complaining, i love it.
Me: "Okay, so what is bad practice?"
Marc: "Bad practice is bad practice, good practice is good practice!"
Ah, I finally understand it now.
I've found that it helps to allow myself to have fun getting an idea out of my head instead of insisting every piece needs to be a learning lesson that needs to depict my absolute best. I do still firmly believe that every piece can be a learning lesson, but it doesn't always come in the same form. Sometimes it could be accidentally discovering something that works better or even shining a light on a problem you have you weren't as aware of before. I want to take my learning seriously, but that doesn't have to mean being just as serious about it every single time.
There have been long periods of time of not doing any drawing, and somehow I almost always come back better than I was prior to those breaks. Taking breaks helps a lot, in my experience.
Your tips and pointers along with the confidence you instill helps me immensely. When I can afford a graphics tablet and your course, I definitely want to take it. Thank you for taking the time man.
Love your TH-cam classes! So inspirational ^^
Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
Great advice! Another bad thing people do is pressure other artists to draw more expressions. I myself love drawing expressions, but it's also more than okay to draw what people call ''same face syndrome''. If it's what they love drawing, let them.
Ever since I stumbled on this channel back in 2019... I can tell that my art lifestyle has changed for the better... Thanks uncle Marc 🙏🙏
This is really excellent advice! I wish I'd heard it years ago :P my drawing practice got all screwed up when I stopped drawing what was fun for me and instead was forcing myself to draw things I thought I needed to improve instead of stuff I liked to draw. I also was way too ambitious with projects and was unable to finish them because of their ambition. I ended up losing all motivation and burning out. After working in a separate creative industry (directing films and music videos) for a while, I got pulled back into illustration when fate threw me a bunch of illustration jobs out of nowhere. So I coasted for a few years based on the drawing skills I already had from back in high school / college, but really just saw it as work to pay the bills. It's only recently that I've got my spark to actually enjoy drawing again and drawing for fun outside of work. And it started by going back to my roots one day and sketching some very simple things that I used to like drawing when I was younger, and once I found that enjoyment and fun again, everything else started falling back into place. I wish I had a teacher telling me this was the key 10 years ago! lol
I really love the mindsets you mentioned for the practice, it really helps destress a lot of the stuff i've struggled over while learning. Also when you added the reflection for the beach ball on the sand, it blew my mind a little, never would have thought about the small water reflection there!
Thank you for reminding me to have fun when I draw. It sounds so obvious but I really needed to hear that 💪
Thank you very much for these tips. I'll be sure to rewatch this video every so often whenever I feel like I'm losing focus.
I didn't copy for the longest time and I was getting frustrated seeing other my age or younger get better than me... I started to get better when I decided to "copy" or practice styles of other artists, anatomy studies from other artists, it really helped me evolve. Now I have my own style and the resemblance to the artists I started "coping" is just a vague vibe because I found my style, my way, the things I love about others and me, fused, combined, and I still have things to learn but it's satisfying just thinking about all the progress I made.
I like how you didn't overdo the layers on this speedpaint, I might be mistaken but this kind of shows that you have done ALOT of traditional art. As always, loving your vids.
I completely agree with this video. I challenged myself to do an 100 day drawing challenge to further improve my art skills. Forcing myself to draw everyday no matter what, it put me into the habit of drawing more and wanting to draw more, but it was quantity over quality. I improved but not as fast as I would have if I didn’t creatively force and burn myself out. How you study is definitely important, but don’t blind yourself by thinking if you just draw more you’ll naturally get better. You will, but not at the rate you want to.
something that has stuck with me since college is advice from my maths teacher. "Practice makes permanent, not perfect"
at the time i thought he was being extra, but it is true. you can practice and cement bad habits that then will take considerable amount of effort to break
Colour studies are great when starting a new traditionnal medium. Especially when you start with a limited colour palette. I did start oil painting and I needed to do a colour study to know wich colours give what and it wich ammounts. Purple is the only colour that is really close to black when pure.
your art is gorgeous
Yea, I can relate to the "Always drawing form imagination will get you nowhere" point. I used to ONLY draw from imagination and wasted so much time. I'm trying to learn how to use reference now, its a hard process for me to get used to the new ways but I know it will pay off in the end.
Thanks man very helpful for someone like me that starting a youtube channel!❤️
One of the best video of Marc
Remind you stay calm and focus on your level
There's value in starting something way beyond what you can do. It raises your tolerance for effort.
Since I stared to draw emotes for other people, I'm always happy whenever I have to draw something I never did. Same with PNG-Tuber Avatars. I had to draw a necromancer skeletton for the first time and it turned out amazing
@@yinyangvtubing5028 Pushing boundaries, nice! "Smoked with the best of 'em, shot at the rest of 'em, 8 or 9.. maybe less of 'em" - biggie
wow this illustration is so cool
I've always loved art and had so many images in my mind that I wanted on paper, but I was always discouraged because it was never what I wanted it to look like. Instead I took on writing and made those images with words and have gotten fairly good at for my age (15) but I still have a sort of craving for drawing it out. The one thing I do as a writer is constantly stay out of my comfort zone and try to improve on things im not as good at (dialogue, nonfiction, high fantasy, etc.) and I always imptoved that way and that's going to be such a hard habit to kick with practicing art lol
Writing's awesome, but definitely also try drawing! In my experience they compliment each other so well. I sometimes idly sketch and come up with a super cool character or worldbuilding element that I wouldn't have had I just sat down and developed my story regularly. I understand the gap between what you picture in your mind and what you end up putting on the page can be extremely discouraging if your skills aren't there *yet* (mine aren't all of the time either and I have been drawing for far longer than I have been writing).
I think what you need in order to make it is perseverance and to develop a healthier relationship with failure. Don't treat a bad drawing like it's a personal deficit, embrace your flops and learn what you can from them. Allow the things you make to suck without beating yourself up over it, as with anything with a learning curve it's a natural process to fail a lot before you succeed. It's like blaming an infant for being unable to run a marathon, it's beyond unreasonable. Oh and yes, practicing smartly is important. References are your friend and you should never feel bad for using them. If there's two stuff I wish someone had told me it's these:
A) Improving at art is a never-ending spiral. The moment you feel like you've made a breakthrough and get comfortable may be short-lived, there will likely follow a period where you will be dissatisfied with everything you put on paper because your artist's "eye" has already surpassed your "hands", so to speak. It's frustrating but it's an unmistakable sign of progress, embrace the discomfort and power through. You get used to it if you do it enough times.
B) Look, sometimes all you need is a win. If you are going through a phase where everything you make frustrates you to the point you are contemplating quitting art, then pick an OC, scene or place you want to draw, gather a whole bunch of reference material and trace the heck out of it. Now, this is not to publish it or otherwise pass the artwork as your own. It's just that the idea that this professional, clean-looking artwork was created through your hands- even if the lines were guided by other artworks- can be very comforting and motivating. It confronts you with the idea that it's not physically impossible for you to make something like this, you just need to improve to the point where you know which lines to draw where- which is very doable for anyone! Plus, the serotonin you get from seeing your OC drawn like this might just be all the motivation you need in order to keep going. Tracing is not a bad learning tool either, so long as you use it ethically.
You don't unlearn bad habits, you can only learn new good habits that go against previous bad ones.
Thank you so much for the boosts in confidence! I couldn’t continue my career after getting covid (and post covid syndrome), so now I’ve decided to go back to my aspirations from forever ago and pursue art. I haven’t drawn or painted in more than 10 years, and digital is still really tough for me. I’m SO GLAD I found you!
And another thanks for the brushes! I use Sai painter cause it was inexpensive at the time, but I’m just now brave enough to try and grab new brushes 😂
MB on the hat! love it sir. always such great lessons, have a great week and stay safe out there! thank you for the class!
im an amateur artist, for sure, but the main way i learned proportions for dragons was really from little sketches in my school notebooks (the ones the teachers didnt look at ofc), they took a minute or two, maybe even less with almost no detail, but because of that, it never burnt me out or anything and it really helped me out! definitely try that out if youre struggling with proportions!
Thank you Marc, feels like I've been stuck with bad practicing habits for years now. this video helped me alot.
'rendering an image vs using reference', is one. Rendering a photo perfectly (often simply using the grid method), will impress your friends and family. And definately shows an eye and a certain level of skill aquisition as an artist. But it can stagnate your growth. Rather han learning anatomy and proper proportions and trying to implement them while using photo reference will help you improve leaps and bounds.
ive been told to draw by grid and ive done it before but it doesn’t really help me understand my fundamentals or improving life drawing maybe seeing things but it never really benefited me after i did it☠️☠️
@@idiotkaz5744 I think the grid helps with 2 foundational steps in art. Drawing what you see, and focusing on one detail or 'Chunk', at a time. Its also helpfull even for pro's in transferring their artworks to larger surfaces ie mural artists. But yeah, filling your sketchbook full of rendered photos using the grid method is a little bit of a waist of time.
You have no idea how much you help me to keep drawing, i loved drawing when i was a kid and then i started to push it away bc i didnt see how to make use of it and comming from a familly who espectatios for bringin good money to the table was a real pain to keep my passion for art alive and not see it like a waste of time... oh boy... i wish i never stoped... i lost so much time.. but the important thing is that im starting again and no one is gonna stop me >:D and your videos are like fuel man i really really apreciate what you do for us
I love this video, being seeing all your videos consecutively an learning your perspective, but this video is right to recomend and share. Keep up!
Oh my goodness I swear I deal with all these issues, I took some notes on this since I want to work in a studio but I just put too much pressure on myself. Wise words as always Marc!
Definitely needed to hear this.
These are so helpful, lately i'm seeing lots of improvement on my art, while maintaining an acceptable level of difficulty. although I still get insecure on the parts I have a hard time on. for me it's still background and colours but I can see the ever growing improvement little by little. I never thought about the one to "make an easy drawing and expand if it's getting too exciting" I'll that out sometimes.
For me, the best thing to practice is being critical of your own art and progress. Really being able to see how well youre doing with the goals you set is important. Progressing too fast on top of bad foundations does nothing but hurt you and make you have to go back and correct fundamentals. Wanting to "get there" is nice for motivation but be realistic with yourself
Great advice and even greater water!
Great video~! I feel like I get really overwhelmed with the amount that I want to improve on then end up not really focusing on any particular one. This really helped me rethink how I go about that.
Great advice, and I absolutely love the art in this one. Tells a clear story.
I am definitely guilty of #3. I get in my head I want to do some cool, unique pose and while it's within my ability it requires a lot of effort. Often just finishing the sketch can take me days due to the limits on my time leaving me too drained to go forward with the render.
thx 4 the class, Marc
My experience with art has been that certain topics just need idle time to "marinade." While I'm learning something new, there's definitely a plateau point where my advancement just kind of slows to a crawl. Then, I take a break for awhile, and when I come back to that initial thing I learned it's like second nature and I can very easily and naturally exercise that skill.
Thanks !
Marc's bomb blast effect is legendary 😅🌟
Just like when I'm working out, the most important thing to progress is knowing what NOT to do, so I can avoid it. Thanks again for these helpful experiences, and don't worry, I've already paid for this lesson 👍!
MARC IS SUCH A GOOD TEACHER DAMN!!
Thank You Marc 🌟
Thank u so much 💗💗💗
Such a great video I had to write some of the tips down in my phone as a constant reminder. Thanks Marc!
One thing I’ve learned whilst learning to draw, is that most the artists in general have gone through what I’m doing (studying and spending hours learning) but it’s easy to think they were just born good at art because all that people see when they watch a how to draw video is the combination of hundreds of hours spent learning by that artist boiled down into 5-10 minutes and it’s easy to think that it’s only taken the artist 5-10 minutes to learn to draw. Idk if that makes sense at all but it was really demotivating to begin with because I was telling myself if these guys can draw something fantastic in 10 minutes, why can’t I, until I learned just how much time goes into learning
For me. It would be trying to practice various subjects at the same time.
While there're definitely people who could pull it off. But from my experience, I used to practice a lot of things at once. Characters, Background, coloring, etc.
No doublt, my progress in each subject is slow and it kinda disheartened me to draw/paint for quite sometime.
Then, one of my seniors instructed me that I should focus on one subject at a time. Set a small goal to follow through. Like draw more dynamic poses. More structed/styled body. Cleaner line art...etc
Right now, I focuses on drawing simple body figure from both real photos and my fav artists. While it still suck, I actually see the improvement. And I'm happy to continuing practice more.
felt so called out the whole video it hurts - as always, thank you for the great advice
As someone who has no real art training, but really wants to just learn how to draw my favorite characters, I appreciate this video so much. I've been watching a lot of how to draw videos, but I'd started thinking I'd never get anywhere because a lot of them just say draw an eye or draw a head over and over again for a month and that really burnt me out. I appreciate learning the concept, but it's too mindless and monotonous. It's uplifting to have someone say that it's fine to learn the concept and then use a reference to put it into practice and see what you need to work on. That feels much more like the kind of learning that works for me since there's something more in the end .
Thank you so much for being our teacher! I've seen so many vids from artists, but you are the best by far! I feel so lucky I found you. I'll try to become your student after getting a proper tablet with screen. I can't imagine how much I'll be able to improve.
Thank you for the tips. I keep getting burn out trying to grow drawing things I don't care for.
Thanks for the amazing advice. Such a lovely and fun piece as well!