Wow! that's me! Love this video, That's great feedback. One commenter made similar suggestion, that I need a goal. Getting "better" is to vague. I need to set up a concrete thing I want to accomplish. Also I can confirm that I'm not a petifile. 😂 LOL 😂
I really agree with your thesis. I think that too often people see art as a way to elevate their ego instead of actually trying to create something that makes people feel a certain way. It's very easy to find artists that focuse way too much on one fundamental, like "my goal is to be good at perspective/ anatomy/ realism" but never think about what would they actually create once they are good enough. As if just being better at anatomy than other people is a goal in itself.
Like the representational accuracy makes up for the fact that it's lacking in substance. Idk if that's a reflection of the artist or a criticism on the audience. Just because something is technically "beautiful" by being recognizable, doesn't really mean it matters or it's important. Nor will it be remembered.
really don't agree with this. Anatomy can be the end goal itself, you go on a journey to learn anatomy (which never ends btw) and you don't need to have people feel a certain way. The goal is anything you want. I personally love the process, and so most of my work is about the process in itself, technique, rather than having an explicit story that you can see on the artwork. Having your art ''remembered'' isn't necessarily what the artist is about. You could do art alone on your island and have a lifetime collection of painting studies of the rocks and pebbles around your house that no one will ever see, if that's what you like. As long as you enjoy the process and express what you want (which in this case might be ''I find these pebbles to be beautiful''). Substance can be the technique itself, this elitism needs to stop.
@@6132-k1n I think there's a misunderstanding somewhere. There's the subject of focusing on aspects of the fundamentals and using them as a means to be a 'good' artist. And then there's artists and what they like. Which on subjects of artists and what they like; anatomy is not a means to an end. It's an interest. And because you're interested in it you have a particular remark you're making about it that isn't visible within the subject itself to the average viewer. Maybe your remark isn't a conscious one. Because you like anatomy, probably, your work will show me something that I couldn't just see by looking at muscles or bone arrangements myself. That's remarkable and substantial. That'll make me remember the work. But then there's the others who use it as a way to just be better at the reproduction of reality. So sure, a photo realistic painting is impressive - but not in the way that first example is. It's technically impressive because I know how difficult and time consuming it is to meticulously observe and measure. And for a second, yeah sure that's satisfying. But it's nothing to take with me or tell someone about. I've learned nothing from their perspective and I haven't connected with them as a person - because what they've drawn is the agreed upon visual narrative. I could have seen that thing IRL with my own eyes. Personally as a viewer, I do not need to feel dramatic feelings of love, passion or devastation - but I would like to feel that the person that created the work is a person with interests and thoughts that are different than my own, that run deeper than the physical process of accuracy. There's no elitism, I'd say it's more of a yearning for connection that accuracy for the sake of accuracy does not provide for me. The sort of satisfaction I obtain from realism is pretty much equivalent to elevator music. Satisfying and soothing. But elevator music also never get's stuck in my head.
@@oakktree625 Really well written explanations on the subject. Reflects the majority of my thoughts about "accurate copies" in drawing, specially my reaction to most of it.
Bravo. As 45 year old artist I can conclude for the younger generation - this is it. Dont think of making something better - have a goal what you want to make, and make it what you want it to be.
Me being the younger generation (19) and someone who gets upset about not getting better at art I really needed this video and this comment just as like as a confirmation thank ya :D
There's a lot to unpack here - it's always interesting to hear people's thoughts about art, skill, talent, etc. I'm more of an animator than a painter, but I always hear other junior animators claiming they suck or want to know the secrets. What software, what brush, what tools, etc do you use? I'm sure we've heard that. And we should all know it's not a magic tool that makes a great artist. Personally, if there's anything that separates good and bad artists, I think it's "passion." You have to WANT to do this stuff. It's not enough to have the right tools and techniques. It's not enough to draw every day. You have to WANT to do it. You have to get some level of self satisfaction out of it. Maybe it's the process, or expressing yourself, or doing something visually that other art forms can't do, etc. I think that's what you were referring to when you said you never had an "I suck" thought about yourself. It IS about the art. About what you do. What you love. I personally found something I love about the process of creating and animating. And that intangible process drives me. And that indirectly creates practice and desire to do more and learn more. Some times it completely frustrates me that I can't SHOW what I love about creating. It's very much internal. I only have a finished piece that represents the process that I love (whether it's an illustration or animation, or 3D, etc.) When I was in art school, they made us keep a sketchbook and we were supposed to draw in it everyday from observation. That's not bad advice, but I never did. I never enjoyed carrying a sketchbook or feeling like I was forcing myself to do/learn something. For me, when I enjoy the process of creating, I'm in the right mind and place and have a goal of something I want to make. Art school may have other agendas like beating fundamental skills into you so you get good and can get hired. So I often thought that I might not have what it takes. And since then I've never carried a sketchbook. But I pursued what I loved to do even if I wasn't good or didn't fulfill a college course. All I'm saying is, ya gotta have some type of passion for art. And it probably won't be at the same level as other people. Just find something you enjoy about art and do it. Fulfill your own self-satisfaction about creating something. It's not about getting better to FEEL better about yourself or your art. It's having that desire from the beginning. I honestly think this is really hard for people to identify in themselves. You know how a girl might break up with a guy and tell him, "I think you're in love with the IDEA of me, but you don't love me." So many people LOVE the idea of being a great artist, a great painter, or great animator, and they may have the time/ability to devote to the raw skill, but it's not something that inherently feels right to them. Many college students and even professionals can't figure this out about themselves. And many of them struggle. Sorry to ramble! Ha! I mean this as my general thoughts on the topic. Not directed at BORODANTE or Brad. Thanks for a great video and sparking a response!
That explains why I'm not good at traditional animation and excels at painting. My heart is really more into painting. I love to render and play with colors, and I can't do that much with animation. I can stay painting for 8+ hrs and not notice the time, but a 2hr animation is a pain in the ass. I hope I can learn to love animation, because that's the course I took. It's the only art degree in most of the college here and I've read I can use that degree to other art related jobs. If there's something about animation that interests me, that would be 3D animation, effects and environment.
Thank you for the advice, it really means a lot to me. I've been stuck in a especific point in my art "progress" that really frustrate me. Love your channel, your art and your perception of things and how you talk about them are amazing.
WRITER ALERT! Writers, the good ones, at least, do need to think about all the things you mentioned. It is our job to describe what most people cannot, in such a way that ignites the reader's imagination and "paints" a living image of it. I could describe your character well enough. Would it paint an exact replica in the reader's mind? Absolutely not. But that's the beauty of it. ;)
Yeah 100% this. And I think that being able to write about your idea before starting your painting is actually very useful. It can help to have a written narrative or even a textual description of your ideas.
It's amazing how your advices can be used not only for art but for other things as well. Like a painting, a game cannot be described with words. The challenges of creating a game vary a LOT from person to person. You might not realize, but in some videos, to the right developer, your content is valuable information. You could substitute the word "painting" for "game" in this video and (if you understand metaphors) it would still more or less make sense. I just wanted to thank you for bringing your content to our eyes, it really changed how some of us view things.
i guess its just applicable for anything creative. basically what i got from this video is to make your goal not to get better but to be able to make what you have in your head a reality.
Amazing, personally I like to think that there are no good or bad artists. Every artist starts from the beginning, learning first the basics and then going deeper, the first drawings will not be of great quality but they will improve day by day, the key is to never give up.
I can’t tell you how incredible this is, Boro, or how grateful I am to you for this. Like, I used to think this way! I used to think “ok I have this idea, now let’s make it” but then EVERYONE around me, started telling me I needed a whole career goal, and to be a better artist and focus on things like anatomy and shit, and I kinda lost sight of the idea I had and stuff, and then for the past 2 years I’ve been in a Standstill with artblock, and it’s honestly just been hell? So I mean yea this is like, the best thing I’ve heard in a long time. Just focus on one drawing at a time, and go in with some idea of what you wanna do. Don’t stress over it, just do it
I always think about what legendary painter Bob Ross said whenever I get frustrated. ”Don’t get upset with your paintings. If you ever in your painting career do a painting you’re totally satisfied with, you might as well stop. Your painting career is over, you have nowhere else to go. The fact that you’re dissatisfied with your painting when it’s done and that you can see room for improvement is a blessing. Cherish it! I love people who are plagued with dissatisfaction and I hope you always will be too otherwise you shouldn’t try anymore.”
Awesome video! I have started getting into art, and have been encountering a bunch of stuff I've never encountered before, (such as i'm bad at X), and have been going through improving my own way. but still struggling. This gave another perspective and has been helping me with some of the pieces i've made. Having another way to approach the problem (or outright me approaching the problem wrongly,) has been a big help in improving my art :D thanks!
"I simply don't talk to people." Mood. xD This was a really inspiring video. Lately I've been getting really frustrated with my art not being good enough, but now I realize I just need to take it as it is and work bit by bit to get better over time. Also, your voice is really relaxing to listen to
This is some unique advice, I don't think I've ever heard this perspective before. I never fathomed the idea of just focusing on what I want to make and not focusing on if I'm "good enough" to make it, but it's empowering and it makes me feel like I can get over the little things that hold me back. I Liked AND Favorited this video! 👍
Моя мотивация в начале рисования была "Хэй, у меня такие классные идеи но я не умею их показывать, а потом все забываю. Мне надо уметь рисовать чтобы показывать людям то что я хочу!". И вот как раз когда мысли переметнулись к "Мне надо рисовать лучше", все стало хуже. Но в любом случае твое видео меня взбодрило, спасибо^^
Really like your advice. I'm still Ina learning phase with art but I was in a phase of "I want to be a better artist" with no direction as well. For a long while I'd say like 2 years of what felt like no progress no nothing.after a long enough time I decided to read a manga and I ended up falling in love with the art I then saw the inspiration for the art and the inspiration for them and that's where I kind of clicked in my head on what it means to be a better artist. It's not to simply drone and draw continually but learn and give yourself a goal the painting you see in your head conceptualise make it something that doesn't have to be explored through words but sight. Since then I've made a routine to better my work as of now I'm learning more of the figure and I'm seeing progress, slight but progress. Hopefully in the next couple of years that painting in my head will truly become a reality. Thanks for the video.
Boro, you are so right! I recently realized the same thing. Don't paint to try and become a better artist, paint to try and portray the form in the most realistic way possible. "Do it for the form" is now my mantra that I repeat every time when painting, and what do you know: my art improved just like that. It also takes my thinking away from being absorbed in feelings about myself and my skills. It's all about the form, it was never about me.
You make some good points. My experience stacks with this very nicely. When I started out, I wanted to draw really nice comics. What do comics have? Dynamic characters in different poses with iconic expressions and illustrated movements. So, I endeavored to become better at those specific aspects of art because that's what I wanted to do. I didn't simply try to improve for the sake of improving. I had a goal in mind and having a goal in mind kept me focused, too! Not saying I'm necessarily where I really want to be confidence-wise yet. I think that's the real adventure in art. Trying to become confident enough in your own abilities to sit down and make something unique and memorable and something you wont hate when you look at it later in the day.
I’d say the level of art in general has increased overall most likely due to the convenience of sharing TH-cam and others provide..easy access to insider tips and advice from those at the top of their game from all over the world offers so many a benefit that is w out a doubt unmatched by anything else available...that’s the good obviously what isn’t so good for those prone to having a more pessimistic outlook on life is the end result being one of “ holy fuckin hell that is the most beautifully realistic rendering I’ve ever seen , I can’t believe it was done by a mere mortal such as myself “ especially when what appeared to translate so effortlessly before your eyes was anything but once attempted by yourself for the first time...since mine looks nowhere near that I give up and and am moving on to the juggling for dummies section of vids...you can’t judge yourself amongst others or your doomed to fail :)
I'll been studying art by my self for 2 years and i always thought that i was not gonna be ready to make good art unless i learn all about art. You just change the way i was thinking, maybe i just need to make art no matter how bad turns out.
when I first came across this video and read the title I was like “what do you mean with not getting better”, but after listening to you I feel it’s shifted my way to approach making art... I’ve struggled with motivation because I always felt I wasn’t good enough to start drawing and posting it somewhere here in the internet, now I’m trying to be more focused on just creating and learning on the way instead of waiting to get to a certain skill level before putting my hands on a drawing pad. thanks for this video! ☺️
Hey boro would like to know what is your tripod suppod / other stuff of your support for the ipad ! I didn't find something like that and i would like to know the ref for my ipad pro 12,9" thx
I wanted to find this too, I found the iPad holder by name on amazon but not sure which tripod under it and which attachment on it that then holds the holder
This video helped me learn I need better focus and goals as an artist instead of staying in the mindset that my art sucks. Thank you so much for this, it really opened my mind a lot!
I have to disagree with this idea.. It’s important to draw what you want, but it’s also important to do STUDIES. I think if you have a direction as an artist, then having the goal of wanting to be good at it is fine. Do small-scale studies multiple times so that you don’t waste time trying to make master pieces when your fundamental skills suck. This is sound advice you’ll hear from professionals. In fact, even writers (like George R.R. Martin) recommend that amateurs write short stories first because if they start off trying to write a novel, they’ll waste a lot of time investing in a bad story..
@@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou. Yes, patience & the drive to improve is the most crucial things when it comes to be masterful at what you do for the most part.
I think that that's not necessarily what he was trying to imply. Personally, I've been feeling very stagnant lately because I've been drawing things for the sake of drawing, not really having an idea or plan of what I wanted to make other than a vague "I feel like drawing something like this" or "I want to get better at drawing this so I will draw it" and I ended up with a bunch of drawings that looked okay, but didn't have any artistic or self-improvement substance to them, and I felt unmotivated to fix them or make them more detailed because of how little thought I gave them in the first place. What I got from this video is that you have to be deliberate with your art from both a piece-by-piece standpoint and an overarching goal standpoint, or else you'll just end up wandering around with the vague idea of trying to "be a better artist". I don't think he meant to imply that you shouldn't try to learn things about art, I believe that the part near the end about art just being "little tricks" tried to get across the idea that learning the fundamentals, anatomy, etc. by themselves won't make you good at art, but that you need to have a larger perspective to which you can apply those things, and that trying to make the specific piece you're working on the best it can be is a more direct path to improving your art.
Many thanks, this is one of small videos that make you change the way you look at things like art making for the better, it's all about changing the focus.
Good video. I have figured out this same answer on my own not very long ago - but surely long enough that I can be ashamed I haven't put it into practice yet. So now I'm just waiting for some sort of productivity epiphany to hit me and set my inert ass in motion... Subscribed in the hopes of finding that spark, but worst case scenario as another reminder that I'm not on fire yet. Cheers!
I could totally write the little weird character. But yeah, there's no way to get the exact same image out of another artist's interpretation of some words
I want to describe your painting because it sounds like a fun thing to do. The creature stood, it's unstable green figure trembling. Grass-the colour of its skin-grew out from each of its shoulders, and pointed away from its elongated head with holes in place of facial features. A padded sack was tied to each of its arms; sky-like blue on the left and a brilliant orange on the right; with a dried vine, used as a cord. A mossy fabric draped from its neck, and a purple branch thundered out from behind it. Just below its bent knees were wreaths of violet leaves, which broke the contours of the vertical lines running along its legs that seemed to grow out the earth like a mysterious shrub.
I think the things that make an artist "good" are quantifiable and can be dissected. If you can isolate those different aspects and practice skills that will improve those aspects of a "good" painting you can improve as an artist. Learning control of your media, Proportion, Form, Shape design, Color Theory, Light Theory, Figure, Gesture. Finding these things that flow through every drawing and painting, and understanding how to put together the pieces allows you to make good art or learn from other great artists. Learning the fundamentals even gives you the option of working against them selectively to create stunning pieces that make a statement saying I understand by leaving out parts of the fundamentals I can make the parts of a piece shine in the way I want.
I doubt that there is an artist who is completely happy with their art, for everybody's art there is always an aspect they can improve. I find that if I spend all my time trying to improve I become discouraged/burnt out incredibly quickly whereas I find myself enjoying the actual process of the piece I'm doing if I just make a piece at the level I'm at and at the end of the day I actually have something out of it besides several pages full of sketches. Good video :D
In the end it's about creating an image that both you and the mass love. I wasted years of my life trying to master human anatomy. I thought I was doing something good and it would pay off but it was like chasing something you'll never catch. While I was studying and practicing I wasn't putting my work out there. It's great to be able to draw human figures really well but a bigger focus should be on what you love and what sells.
I clicked on this video confused but you are right. You can not reach for everything so without a goal or reason the journey will be long and in pain. (for my case it was) I am struggling to find an identity for that character :D
It's like saying, I want to go to College to get a degree. Better to have a goal. I want to go to College to get a Degree in XXXXX that is goal oriented.
i've been on an art block for a couple of months now and my folder has just been compiled of discarded drawings or scrapped projects. I was never satisfied of myself and sometimes I didn't even feel like doing art anymore. the video really taught me something, boro is the best
well that's life changing. Thinking back on my whole life, I did achieve great things when I had a 'specific goal'. So simple yet hadn't really put that in my mind. Thank you for your wisdom!
This advice hit home sooo hard for me, oh my gosh! My biggest problem is exactly related to this: I know what I want to paint, but I can't imagine it. This makes me always unsatisfied because "this is not what I wanted it to be", but I just can't seem to do better. So desperate at this point, I'm drawing less and less, although it has been my favourite past time for so long :(
May i ask you something? I am trying to understand, how does this happen? I feel like a good artist needs EMOTIONS that he wants to convey, I've not taken a canvas in like a decade, and I just don't know how to paint on it, but I feel like I have so many emotions that I would put into my drawings that I'll stuck my hands into the bucket of paint and do it with my fingers if I have to, like i could never run dry of ideas: of emotions, it's all burned into the back of my mind. If you just close your eyes, do you see the painting? or the sculpture? Here's where i clash with the author of the video. I cannot see a way in which one can be a good artist while not needing to be also a good storyteller. Thanks!
@@alessandromorelli5866 Thank you for the question! Yes, I do have a lot of emotion, a lot of ideas, and i want to express them! However, every time I sit down and draw, I have the lingering unsatisfaction that I didn't have the skills to produce my idea in a good enough quality. I feel like this reduces the emotion I was trying to express. To put it in a simple example, I feel like a child that got sand in his pants at the playground but cannot speak good enough yet to explain his mother what's the problem, so he just stands there crying/irritated and the mother has no idea what's wrong. That's how I would explain the feeling. I don't have the skills yet to "explain" in my drawings what I meant. Either the expression is not expressive enough, the composition is a little odd... Another, real example would be the last time I tried to draw a dark piece. I can (and could) explain the idea in my head: it is a girl in a still, dead-looking room, facing away from the viewer, only her back can be seen, and her hands as she grabs/scratches her back, seemingly in pain. I *can* explain the scene. I *cannot* imagine the scene. I have to draw more!
@@eryseayliid1535 Oh but that has more to do with being human, don't you think? I mean, we are human beings, we are imperfect, and not only that but as the creator there's always the lingering sensation that you understand your painting more than anybody could ever do and you can notice flaws that nobody sees... But...I think that, it's the same as your face in the mirror...in the end you look at it all the time and you know a lot of things you'd fix but people don't really notice because they are not trying to look for mistakes, and you are: they see the whole as it is, and it is beautiful. Now, that doesn't mean one shouldn't aspire for perfection (or getting closer to it) but...there'll always be an endpoint.
You might have just changed my life by saying that writing is different from drawing and painting. I mean, it's obvious! But I've been trying to illustrate scenes and be able to tell stories through art so much lately that I completely forgot about it. I have stories in mind and I want to convey them, but where I thought I'm not good enough an artist to do so, it could have been that it's just not that easy or even impossible. Because I tried too hard to do it with art, what I should have been doing with WORDS. And maybe vice versa. Thank you so much! I'm going to rethink a lot of stuff now.
You can say anything about your line drawings, proportions, whatever... I’ve followed enough of your videos that you have self critique about this things in your past videos, however how you see lightning and values are insane! You could be the “worst artist ever” but you have shown me you can make great art by lightning and values alone. All that aside just make art and I agree with everything you said in this video!
I feel like the phrase "I want to become a better artist" is just an all-encompassing sentence for what people are really trying to say: I want to study anatomy and gestures, light, composition, drapery, etc so I can better translate my ideas onto paper. If we had to be specific about what we want to accomplish, at all times, we'd never finish. That's why I would say "I want to become a better artist". It gets the point across without sounding long-winded. I'm on the same boat as Brad Colbow. I look at my art and can say, "It sucks; I want to get better." For me, it means that I'm not satisfied at my current level. I lack understanding in lots of fundamentals, and my only way out is to do studies (the not-fun stuff that comes before the fun stuff). I need to learn the rules before I can break them.
When people say they suck at art they're most probably refering to fundamentals. Some of the fundamentals are very hard to learn on their own, so not focusing on them because all that matters to you is making a good picture is just avoiding the problem. Sure you could make good paintings if you focus only on the current piece, but you're not improving as quickly as you could be. Also by only focusing on the current thing overall your work goes all over the place and lacks cohesion. Not trying to be rude of course, but in my opinion you're lacking in certain areas because of your approach. Again just my opinion and I'm not trying to imply I'm better or anything, just adding to the discussion. Also I'm not all the way through the video yet.
Yes, that's pretty much exactly it, there's no getting better at art, there's only excersizing the fundamentals, fast, quick and a lot of times, in many different ways
Well, but If you focus only in fundamentals you can't find an art style anymore. In my opinion is better to suck at first, but into making art you are improving all the fondamental together while having fun and having an unique approach :)
@sleepfox, finding an art style is the result of mastering the fundamentals and being so proficient at it that you tend to do things a certain way, out of habit. Finding a style is overrated by beginners
@@6132-k1n Omg. Thank you so much. Ive been focusing on getting a solid fundamentals dat i was asked by a fren wat do i reli wan, wat do i wan to tel in my art. I couldn't answer her, wat she said was right. It's something lack in my art. Bt i stil feel unsure as i think fundamentals is reli important. Ur comment enlighten me to focus studies for now thn I'll worry abt personalities :)
This actually is very good advice. I'd given up on art since I was never as good with it as I was with words. Since I've decided to get back into it about a year ago, I've kind of floundered about. After finally picking a goal (character design, anime/manga and Invader Zim/Johnny the Homicidal Maniac styles), I'm actually getting better. Also, as a writer, offense only 2% taken. Because a great artist can describe an obscene amount of detail if they really want to "zoom in". However, give that same super-detailed description to ten different artists and you'll get ten different pictures. The "language" of the two mediums are not incompatible, but they aren't the same. That said, you went from Alien Priest to the personification of the shallow hollowness of the fashion industry.
I love this type of advice Boro, it really helps to remind where you should focus, in art as well as other aspects of life. So happy that you're making videos again, I don't have an iPad, so I can't enjoy the fruits of your other labors (wait, what). Will you be making more SCP videos or overpaints?
There's something wrong in my photoshop, I cant paint over the base color it goes under it, I need to make new layer to make it happen. Is there a solution for that?
Hi Borodante I'm just wondering what tripod you're using for the display tablet? looks like a "Ulanzi iPad Tablet Tripod Mount" but whats the actual tripod stand?
This information only seems vague or like it doesn't go anywhere on the surface. Little drops of simplicity are what the smartest and most dedicated deep thinkers of the human species have come up with. When we try to be something, that puts us in a position where ONE day, I'll be that thing. I'll just wake up and be great. But the problem lies with the fact that all we have is today, the present moment. And today, I think I'm the problem. To BE anything, you must first go through the experience of Becoming and that path has to be challenging to change you. Everyone has moments of laziness and impatiences and very few of us like to be uncomfortable but the way to excellence is overcoming yourself and your need for instant gratification. You're not born with excellence. Excellence has to be cultivated. Solid video.
I can understand Brad's feelings about wanting to get better. I know that I am a very poor artist that has many issues in my work. These can be fixed with daily practice, but I have other stuff on my plate. Though, I do believe that I am okay as a character concept creator.
For me it means that I need more knowledge that will allow me to transfer the images in my mind onto the canvas/paper... in a way that I would be satisfied
i think when people grow as an artist they start seeing others having a much more skill than them. This habit of comparing is what kills the fun in making art which we should avoid. Fun is passion and when you lose passion art becomes more of a pain to yourself rather than something you are excited of. Have fun making art if not you'll not last long in the journey and much love to you
Wow! that's me! Love this video, That's great feedback. One commenter made similar suggestion, that I need a goal. Getting "better" is to vague. I need to set up a concrete thing I want to accomplish.
Also I can confirm that I'm not a petifile. 😂 LOL 😂
Love your reviews Brad
Brad is the man!
I love it you guys love each other’s content.
hey Brad... _psst..._ Brad...
you need to get the book: *How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way.*
Everything else will fall into place. 😬
PDA!!!!
"I never approached Brad by the way, because I simply don't talk to people"
That's the most relatable thing anybody has ever said.
right?!
proceeds to talk to 10k+ people on youtube... :D
It comes with question "Is that me?"
@@antiRuka Talk at...
Shuu Illustrated i just read this comment when he said that woah what the heck
Video: "Don't try to get better at art"
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Udemy :)
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@@kitpaint9989 you need to capitalise the T in arT, the dude puts so much emphasis on the t
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"A good artist is trying to make good paintings. A bad artist is trying to become a good artist." You blew my mind Boro. Life changing wisdom there.
As a writer myself, I’d just like to clarify something, Borodante.
That’s a fashionista Groot.
I really agree with your thesis.
I think that too often people see art as a way to elevate their ego instead of actually trying to create something that makes people feel a certain way.
It's very easy to find artists that focuse way too much on one fundamental, like "my goal is to be good at perspective/ anatomy/ realism" but never think about what would they actually create once they are good enough. As if just being better at anatomy than other people is a goal in itself.
Like the representational accuracy makes up for the fact that it's lacking in substance. Idk if that's a reflection of the artist or a criticism on the audience. Just because something is technically "beautiful" by being recognizable, doesn't really mean it matters or it's important. Nor will it be remembered.
really don't agree with this. Anatomy can be the end goal itself, you go on a journey to learn anatomy (which never ends btw) and you don't need to have people feel a certain way. The goal is anything you want. I personally love the process, and so most of my work is about the process in itself, technique, rather than having an explicit story that you can see on the artwork.
Having your art ''remembered'' isn't necessarily what the artist is about. You could do art alone on your island and have a lifetime collection of painting studies of the rocks and pebbles around your house that no one will ever see, if that's what you like. As long as you enjoy the process and express what you want (which in this case might be ''I find these pebbles to be beautiful'').
Substance can be the technique itself, this elitism needs to stop.
@@6132-k1n I think there's a misunderstanding somewhere. There's the subject of focusing on aspects of the fundamentals and using them as a means to be a 'good' artist. And then there's artists and what they like.
Which on subjects of artists and what they like; anatomy is not a means to an end. It's an interest. And because you're interested in it you have a particular remark you're making about it that isn't visible within the subject itself to the average viewer. Maybe your remark isn't a conscious one. Because you like anatomy, probably, your work will show me something that I couldn't just see by looking at muscles or bone arrangements myself. That's remarkable and substantial. That'll make me remember the work.
But then there's the others who use it as a way to just be better at the reproduction of reality. So sure, a photo realistic painting is impressive - but not in the way that first example is. It's technically impressive because I know how difficult and time consuming it is to meticulously observe and measure. And for a second, yeah sure that's satisfying. But it's nothing to take with me or tell someone about. I've learned nothing from their perspective and I haven't connected with them as a person - because what they've drawn is the agreed upon visual narrative. I could have seen that thing IRL with my own eyes.
Personally as a viewer, I do not need to feel dramatic feelings of love, passion or devastation - but I would like to feel that the person that created the work is a person with interests and thoughts that are different than my own, that run deeper than the physical process of accuracy. There's no elitism, I'd say it's more of a yearning for connection that accuracy for the sake of accuracy does not provide for me. The sort of satisfaction I obtain from realism is pretty much equivalent to elevator music. Satisfying and soothing. But elevator music also never get's stuck in my head.
@@oakktree625 Really well written explanations on the subject. Reflects the majority of my thoughts about "accurate copies" in drawing, specially my reaction to most of it.
Bravo. As 45 year old artist I can conclude for the younger generation - this is it. Dont think of making something better - have a goal what you want to make, and make it what you want it to be.
Me being the younger generation (19) and someone who gets upset about not getting better at art I really needed this video and this comment just as like as a confirmation thank ya :D
When i clicked on this video, i didnt expect to get a mindchanging advice which helps me with a issue i have totally unrelated to art. Thank u! :^)
exactly
Borodante: Life Coach and painter of creepy druid butterfolk
This could have become a bodybuilding French fry, with a really creepy sexy face, like handsome squidward
Munk's Scream on steroids
Make it!
There's a lot to unpack here - it's always interesting to hear people's thoughts about art, skill, talent, etc. I'm more of an animator than a painter, but I always hear other junior animators claiming they suck or want to know the secrets. What software, what brush, what tools, etc do you use? I'm sure we've heard that. And we should all know it's not a magic tool that makes a great artist.
Personally, if there's anything that separates good and bad artists, I think it's "passion." You have to WANT to do this stuff. It's not enough to have the right tools and techniques. It's not enough to draw every day. You have to WANT to do it. You have to get some level of self satisfaction out of it. Maybe it's the process, or expressing yourself, or doing something visually that other art forms can't do, etc. I think that's what you were referring to when you said you never had an "I suck" thought about yourself. It IS about the art. About what you do. What you love. I personally found something I love about the process of creating and animating. And that intangible process drives me. And that indirectly creates practice and desire to do more and learn more. Some times it completely frustrates me that I can't SHOW what I love about creating. It's very much internal. I only have a finished piece that represents the process that I love (whether it's an illustration or animation, or 3D, etc.)
When I was in art school, they made us keep a sketchbook and we were supposed to draw in it everyday from observation. That's not bad advice, but I never did. I never enjoyed carrying a sketchbook or feeling like I was forcing myself to do/learn something. For me, when I enjoy the process of creating, I'm in the right mind and place and have a goal of something I want to make. Art school may have other agendas like beating fundamental skills into you so you get good and can get hired. So I often thought that I might not have what it takes. And since then I've never carried a sketchbook. But I pursued what I loved to do even if I wasn't good or didn't fulfill a college course.
All I'm saying is, ya gotta have some type of passion for art. And it probably won't be at the same level as other people. Just find something you enjoy about art and do it. Fulfill your own self-satisfaction about creating something. It's not about getting better to FEEL better about yourself or your art. It's having that desire from the beginning.
I honestly think this is really hard for people to identify in themselves. You know how a girl might break up with a guy and tell him, "I think you're in love with the IDEA of me, but you don't love me." So many people LOVE the idea of being a great artist, a great painter, or great animator, and they may have the time/ability to devote to the raw skill, but it's not something that inherently feels right to them. Many college students and even professionals can't figure this out about themselves. And many of them struggle.
Sorry to ramble! Ha! I mean this as my general thoughts on the topic. Not directed at BORODANTE or Brad. Thanks for a great video and sparking a response!
That explains why I'm not good at traditional animation and excels at painting. My heart is really more into painting. I love to render and play with colors, and I can't do that much with animation. I can stay painting for 8+ hrs and not notice the time, but a 2hr animation is a pain in the ass.
I hope I can learn to love animation, because that's the course I took. It's the only art degree in most of the college here and I've read I can use that degree to other art related jobs. If there's something about animation that interests me, that would be 3D animation, effects and environment.
Great advice
Thank you for the advice, it really means a lot to me. I've been stuck in a especific point in my art "progress" that really frustrate me. Love your channel, your art and your perception of things and how you talk about them are amazing.
WRITER ALERT!
Writers, the good ones, at least, do need to think about all the things you mentioned. It is our job to describe what most people cannot, in such a way that ignites the reader's imagination and "paints" a living image of it.
I could describe your character well enough. Would it paint an exact replica in the reader's mind? Absolutely not. But that's the beauty of it. ;)
Yeah 100% this. And I think that being able to write about your idea before starting your painting is actually very useful. It can help to have a written narrative or even a textual description of your ideas.
So what I learned is that if you draw without a goal in mind, you'll end up with some weird swamp monster ghost.
It's amazing how your advices can be used not only for art but for other things as well. Like a painting, a game cannot be described with words. The challenges of creating a game vary a LOT from person to person. You might not realize, but in some videos, to the right developer, your content is valuable information.
You could substitute the word "painting" for "game" in this video and (if you understand metaphors) it would still more or less make sense.
I just wanted to thank you for bringing your content to our eyes, it really changed how some of us view things.
i guess its just applicable for anything creative. basically what i got from this video is to make your goal not to get better but to be able to make what you have in your head a reality.
Amazing, personally I like to think that there are no good or bad artists.
Every artist starts from the beginning, learning first the basics and then going deeper, the first drawings will not be of great quality but they will improve day by day, the key is to never give up.
I can’t tell you how incredible this is, Boro, or how grateful I am to you for this.
Like, I used to think this way! I used to think “ok I have this idea, now let’s make it” but then EVERYONE around me, started telling me I needed a whole career goal, and to be a better artist and focus on things like anatomy and shit, and I kinda lost sight of the idea I had and stuff, and then for the past 2 years I’ve been in a Standstill with artblock, and it’s honestly just been hell?
So I mean yea this is like, the best thing I’ve heard in a long time. Just focus on one drawing at a time, and go in with some idea of what you wanna do. Don’t stress over it, just do it
I love your videos, so amusing and thought provoking. I also appreciate your completely natural and honest way of communicating.
Boro I absolutely adore your work, i just Got the new iPad Pro (2018) and I can’t wait to get back to digital art
I always think about what legendary painter Bob Ross said whenever I get frustrated. ”Don’t get upset with your paintings. If you ever in your painting career do a painting you’re totally satisfied with, you might as well stop. Your painting career is over, you have nowhere else to go. The fact that you’re dissatisfied with your painting when it’s done and that you can see room for improvement is a blessing. Cherish it! I love people who are plagued with dissatisfaction and I hope you always will be too otherwise you shouldn’t try anymore.”
I wish I could cherish my dissatisfaction but it triggers my depression and anxiety.
One of the best videos out there about drawing (probably the best one). Thank you so much for sharing this interesting insight!
Awesome video! I have started getting into art, and have been encountering a bunch of stuff I've never encountered before, (such as i'm bad at X), and have been going through improving my own way. but still struggling.
This gave another perspective and has been helping me with some of the pieces i've made.
Having another way to approach the problem (or outright me approaching the problem wrongly,) has been a big help in improving my art :D thanks!
"I simply don't talk to people." Mood. xD
This was a really inspiring video. Lately I've been getting really frustrated with my art not being good enough, but now I realize I just need to take it as it is and work bit by bit to get better over time. Also, your voice is really relaxing to listen to
This is some unique advice, I don't think I've ever heard this perspective before.
I never fathomed the idea of just focusing on what I want to make and not focusing on if I'm "good enough" to make it, but it's empowering and it makes me feel like I can get over the little things that hold me back.
I Liked AND Favorited this video! 👍
Моя мотивация в начале рисования была "Хэй, у меня такие классные идеи но я не умею их показывать, а потом все забываю. Мне надо уметь рисовать чтобы показывать людям то что я хочу!".
И вот как раз когда мысли переметнулись к "Мне надо рисовать лучше", все стало хуже.
Но в любом случае твое видео меня взбодрило, спасибо^^
I was looking for some motivation and I saw this title and was like
*Huh ok then* ...
"I never approached Brad by the way because I simply don't talk to people" rofl
Really like your advice. I'm still Ina learning phase with art but I was in a phase of "I want to be a better artist" with no direction as well. For a long while I'd say like 2 years of what felt like no progress no nothing.after a long enough time I decided to read a manga and I ended up falling in love with the art I then saw the inspiration for the art and the inspiration for them and that's where I kind of clicked in my head on what it means to be a better artist. It's not to simply drone and draw continually but learn and give yourself a goal the painting you see in your head conceptualise make it something that doesn't have to be explored through words but sight. Since then I've made a routine to better my work as of now I'm learning more of the figure and I'm seeing progress, slight but progress. Hopefully in the next couple of years that painting in my head will truly become a reality. Thanks for the video.
Why brain, why? hahahaha! The mere fact that you kept it in makes you so authentic.
oof... this got me, you're totally right about having a goal vs wanting to be a "better" artist
Boro, you are so right! I recently realized the same thing.
Don't paint to try and become a better artist, paint to try and portray the form in the most realistic way possible. "Do it for the form" is now my mantra that I repeat every time when painting, and what do you know: my art improved just like that.
It also takes my thinking away from being absorbed in feelings about myself and my skills. It's all about the form, it was never about me.
You make some good points. My experience stacks with this very nicely. When I started out, I wanted to draw really nice comics. What do comics have? Dynamic characters in different poses with iconic expressions and illustrated movements. So, I endeavored to become better at those specific aspects of art because that's what I wanted to do. I didn't simply try to improve for the sake of improving. I had a goal in mind and having a goal in mind kept me focused, too! Not saying I'm necessarily where I really want to be confidence-wise yet. I think that's the real adventure in art. Trying to become confident enough in your own abilities to sit down and make something unique and memorable and something you wont hate when you look at it later in the day.
I’d say the level of art in general has increased overall most likely due to the convenience of sharing TH-cam and others provide..easy access to insider tips and advice from those at the top of their game from all over the world offers so many a benefit that is w out a doubt unmatched by anything else available...that’s the good obviously what isn’t so good for those prone to having a more pessimistic outlook on life is the end result being one of “ holy fuckin hell that is the most beautifully realistic rendering I’ve ever seen , I can’t believe it was done by a mere mortal such as myself “ especially when what appeared to translate so effortlessly before your eyes was anything but once attempted by yourself for the first time...since mine looks nowhere near that I give up and and am moving on to the juggling for dummies section of vids...you can’t judge yourself amongst others or your doomed to fail :)
I'll been studying art by my self for 2 years and i always thought that i was not gonna be ready to make good art unless i learn all about art. You just change the way i was thinking, maybe i just need to make art no matter how bad turns out.
when I first came across this video and read the title I was like “what do you mean with not getting better”, but after listening to you I feel it’s shifted my way to approach making art... I’ve struggled with motivation because I always felt I wasn’t good enough to start drawing and posting it somewhere here in the internet, now I’m trying to be more focused on just creating and learning on the way instead of waiting to get to a certain skill level before putting my hands on a drawing pad. thanks for this video! ☺️
Hey boro would like to know what is your tripod suppod / other stuff of your support for the ipad ! I didn't find something like that and i would like to know the ref for my ipad pro 12,9" thx
I wanted to find this too, I found the iPad holder by name on amazon but not sure which tripod under it and which attachment on it that then holds the holder
Id describe this character as a shapeshifter that got lost in a toy factory lol
I haven't drawn in maybe 5 months now. This was a very motivational video, thank you.
Having suffered from a belief "I am not a good enough artist" mentality for years, I found your video very helpful and enlightening. Thank you.
This video helped me learn I need better focus and goals as an artist instead of staying in the mindset that my art sucks. Thank you so much for this, it really opened my mind a lot!
Every time you pick up a tool and decide to make art you are becoming a better artist.
this character honestly looks like a Jojo stand
It’s a corn husk jester!
This is a great video format; spontaneous talk while creating live; props to you.
I find this as an interesting and valuable way of seeing not only painting but any attempt of work. Thank you.
I have to disagree with this idea.. It’s important to draw what you want, but it’s also important to do STUDIES. I think if you have a direction as an artist, then having the goal of wanting to be good at it is fine. Do small-scale studies multiple times so that you don’t waste time trying to make master pieces when your fundamental skills suck.
This is sound advice you’ll hear from professionals. In fact, even writers (like George R.R. Martin) recommend that amateurs write short stories first because if they start off trying to write a novel, they’ll waste a lot of time investing in a bad story..
So basically... Start small?
@@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou. Yes, patience & the drive to improve is the most crucial things when it comes to be masterful at what you do for the most part.
@@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou. Yes. It's about mileage.
I think that that's not necessarily what he was trying to imply. Personally, I've been feeling very stagnant lately because I've been drawing things for the sake of drawing, not really having an idea or plan of what I wanted to make other than a vague "I feel like drawing something like this" or "I want to get better at drawing this so I will draw it" and I ended up with a bunch of drawings that looked okay, but didn't have any artistic or self-improvement substance to them, and I felt unmotivated to fix them or make them more detailed because of how little thought I gave them in the first place. What I got from this video is that you have to be deliberate with your art from both a piece-by-piece standpoint and an overarching goal standpoint, or else you'll just end up wandering around with the vague idea of trying to "be a better artist".
I don't think he meant to imply that you shouldn't try to learn things about art, I believe that the part near the end about art just being "little tricks" tried to get across the idea that learning the fundamentals, anatomy, etc. by themselves won't make you good at art, but that you need to have a larger perspective to which you can apply those things, and that trying to make the specific piece you're working on the best it can be is a more direct path to improving your art.
Many thanks, this is one of small videos that make you change the way you look at things like art making for the better, it's all about changing the focus.
Borodante looks fucking clean! 💪
Borodante: Brad might be a great guy.....or he might rape children I dunno
Me: Well that escalated quickly
Good video.
I have figured out this same answer on my own not very long ago - but surely long enough that I can be ashamed I haven't put it into practice yet.
So now I'm just waiting for some sort of productivity epiphany to hit me and set my inert ass in motion...
Subscribed in the hopes of finding that spark, but worst case scenario as another reminder that I'm not on fire yet. Cheers!
I could totally write the little weird character. But yeah, there's no way to get the exact same image out of another artist's interpretation of some words
I want to describe your painting because it sounds like a fun thing to do.
The creature stood, it's unstable green figure trembling. Grass-the colour of its skin-grew out from each of its shoulders, and pointed away from its elongated head with holes in place of facial features. A padded sack was tied to each of its arms; sky-like blue on the left and a brilliant orange on the right; with a dried vine, used as a cord. A mossy fabric draped from its neck, and a purple branch thundered out from behind it. Just below its bent knees were wreaths of violet leaves, which broke the contours of the vertical lines running along its legs that seemed to grow out the earth like a mysterious shrub.
I think the things that make an artist "good" are quantifiable and can be dissected. If you can isolate those different aspects and practice skills that will improve those aspects of a "good" painting you can improve as an artist. Learning control of your media, Proportion, Form, Shape design, Color Theory, Light Theory, Figure, Gesture. Finding these things that flow through every drawing and painting, and understanding how to put together the pieces allows you to make good art or learn from other great artists. Learning the fundamentals even gives you the option of working against them selectively to create stunning pieces that make a statement saying I understand by leaving out parts of the fundamentals I can make the parts of a piece shine in the way I want.
I doubt that there is an artist who is completely happy with their art, for everybody's art there is always an aspect they can improve. I find that if I spend all my time trying to improve I become discouraged/burnt out incredibly quickly whereas I find myself enjoying the actual process of the piece I'm doing if I just make a piece at the level I'm at and at the end of the day I actually have something out of it besides several pages full of sketches. Good video :D
In the end it's about creating an image that both you and the mass love. I wasted years of my life trying to master human anatomy. I thought I was doing something good and it would pay off but it was like chasing something you'll never catch. While I was studying and practicing I wasn't putting my work out there. It's great to be able to draw human figures really well but a bigger focus should be on what you love and what sells.
I clicked on this video confused but you are right. You can not reach for everything so without a goal or reason the journey will be long and in pain. (for my case it was)
I am struggling to find an identity for that character :D
It's like saying, I want to go to College to get a degree. Better to have a goal. I want to go to College to get a Degree in XXXXX that is goal oriented.
i've been on an art block for a couple of months now and my folder has just been compiled of discarded drawings or scrapped projects. I was never satisfied of myself and sometimes I didn't even feel like doing art anymore. the video really taught me something, boro is the best
I like the way you paint, but I LOVE the way you think!
Brad is how I started watching you...you are in his top 10 favorite TH-cam artist channels.
Who's brad?
Brad Colbow comic artist
吃屎吧五毛狗 watch the opening of the video;)
What is the name of the video?
Nancy Driessen I’m referring to this video we are all commenting on
I love Brad’s channel and I found your channel recently
Bro this video kinda hits....... your words legit inspired me so much i'm......
well that's life changing. Thinking back on my whole life, I did achieve great things when I had a 'specific goal'. So simple yet hadn't really put that in my mind. Thank you for your wisdom!
I think that has to do more with the fact that there's "meaning" present in an action where a goal is involved than just having a goal as such.
This is like.. the advice I needed. Art and life itself. I love you.
This advice hit home sooo hard for me, oh my gosh! My biggest problem is exactly related to this: I know what I want to paint, but I can't imagine it.
This makes me always unsatisfied because "this is not what I wanted it to be", but I just can't seem to do better.
So desperate at this point, I'm drawing less and less, although it has been my favourite past time for so long :(
May i ask you something?
I am trying to understand, how does this happen?
I feel like a good artist needs EMOTIONS that he wants to convey, I've not taken a canvas in like a decade, and I just don't know how to paint on it, but I feel like I have so many emotions that I would put into my drawings that I'll stuck my hands into the bucket of paint and do it with my fingers if I have to, like i could never run dry of ideas: of emotions, it's all burned into the back of my mind.
If you just close your eyes, do you see the painting? or the sculpture?
Here's where i clash with the author of the video.
I cannot see a way in which one can be a good artist while not needing to be also a good storyteller.
Thanks!
@@alessandromorelli5866 Thank you for the question!
Yes, I do have a lot of emotion, a lot of ideas, and i want to express them! However, every time I sit down and draw, I have the lingering unsatisfaction that I didn't have the skills to produce my idea in a good enough quality. I feel like this reduces the emotion I was trying to express.
To put it in a simple example, I feel like a child that got sand in his pants at the playground but cannot speak good enough yet to explain his mother what's the problem, so he just stands there crying/irritated and the mother has no idea what's wrong.
That's how I would explain the feeling. I don't have the skills yet to "explain" in my drawings what I meant. Either the expression is not expressive enough, the composition is a little odd...
Another, real example would be the last time I tried to draw a dark piece. I can (and could) explain the idea in my head: it is a girl in a still, dead-looking room, facing away from the viewer, only her back can be seen, and her hands as she grabs/scratches her back, seemingly in pain.
I *can* explain the scene.
I *cannot* imagine the scene.
I have to draw more!
@@eryseayliid1535 Oh but that has more to do with being human, don't you think?
I mean, we are human beings, we are imperfect, and not only that but as the creator there's always the lingering sensation that you understand your painting more than anybody could ever do and you can notice flaws that nobody sees...
But...I think that, it's the same as your face in the mirror...in the end you look at it all the time and you know a lot of things you'd fix but people don't really notice because they are not trying to look for mistakes, and you are: they see the whole as it is, and it is beautiful.
Now, that doesn't mean one shouldn't aspire for perfection (or getting closer to it) but...there'll always be an endpoint.
To anyone looking for the song / music at 12:12 it's Peachy Pavement - Calling You although probably an instrumental version of that.
I like your videos because you're not so good that you're intimidating, but you're good enough that I can learn stuff from you.
You might have just changed my life by saying that writing is different from drawing and painting. I mean, it's obvious! But I've been trying to illustrate scenes and be able to tell stories through art so much lately that I completely forgot about it. I have stories in mind and I want to convey them, but where I thought I'm not good enough an artist to do so, it could have been that it's just not that easy or even impossible. Because I tried too hard to do it with art, what I should have been doing with WORDS. And maybe vice versa. Thank you so much! I'm going to rethink a lot of stuff now.
Brad's video was about learning the fundamentals. This video is about creativity. Both use the the word art and artist but the content is different.
I would say that creature would have to fall into the collective unconscious dream sprite category.
"He seems like a nice guy but he might be a pedophile." Good Job, Man.
50,000,000 years after a nuke went off in a Lego factory. The plastid golem arises.
Really needed to hear this today, thank you! My default drawings are weird too btw lol
Goes on tangents like Casey Neistat, looks like Billy Corgan, and sounds like Christopher Walken. You have so many good things going on!
I just don't hear the Christopher Walken in his voice, at all...
i half expected you to paint one of the thumb dudes from spy kids
You can say anything about your line drawings, proportions, whatever... I’ve followed enough of your videos that you have self critique about this things in your past videos, however how you see lightning and values are insane! You could be the “worst artist ever” but you have shown me you can make great art by lightning and values alone.
All that aside just make art and I agree with everything you said in this video!
Evie Wilkinson you mean lighting
What fancy iPad stand are you using here? It almost looks like a tripod head.
I feel like the phrase "I want to become a better artist" is just an all-encompassing sentence for what people are really trying to say: I want to study anatomy and gestures, light, composition, drapery, etc so I can better translate my ideas onto paper. If we had to be specific about what we want to accomplish, at all times, we'd never finish. That's why I would say "I want to become a better artist". It gets the point across without sounding long-winded.
I'm on the same boat as Brad Colbow. I look at my art and can say, "It sucks; I want to get better." For me, it means that I'm not satisfied at my current level. I lack understanding in lots of fundamentals, and my only way out is to do studies (the not-fun stuff that comes before the fun stuff). I need to learn the rules before I can break them.
"Why brain?" Yeah that's relatable.
Omg I love this guy 😂. This video makes me respect you a lot more now
that creature is a mad gardener...
"I simply don't talk to people". lol same
weird
@@edestevez6532 no
i believe in my art and my art believes in me
When people say they suck at art they're most probably refering to fundamentals. Some of the fundamentals are very hard to learn on their own, so not focusing on them because all that matters to you is making a good picture is just avoiding the problem.
Sure you could make good paintings if you focus only on the current piece, but you're not improving as quickly as you could be. Also by only focusing on the current thing overall your work goes all over the place and lacks cohesion. Not trying to be rude of course, but in my opinion you're lacking in certain areas because of your approach. Again just my opinion and I'm not trying to imply I'm better or anything, just adding to the discussion. Also I'm not all the way through the video yet.
I agree the right thing maybe is to find the balance between the things that you produce (the final piece) and the study of fundamentals
Yes, that's pretty much exactly it, there's no getting better at art, there's only excersizing the fundamentals, fast, quick and a lot of times, in many different ways
Well, but If you focus only in fundamentals you can't find an art style anymore. In my opinion is better to suck at first, but into making art you are improving all the fondamental together while having fun and having an unique approach :)
@sleepfox, finding an art style is the result of mastering the fundamentals and being so proficient at it that you tend to do things a certain way, out of habit. Finding a style is overrated by beginners
@@6132-k1n Omg. Thank you so much. Ive been focusing on getting a solid fundamentals dat i was asked by a fren wat do i reli wan, wat do i wan to tel in my art. I couldn't answer her, wat she said was right. It's something lack in my art. Bt i stil feel unsure as i think fundamentals is reli important. Ur comment enlighten me to focus studies for now thn I'll worry abt personalities :)
This actually is very good advice. I'd given up on art since I was never as good with it as I was with words. Since I've decided to get back into it about a year ago, I've kind of floundered about. After finally picking a goal (character design, anime/manga and Invader Zim/Johnny the Homicidal Maniac styles), I'm actually getting better.
Also, as a writer, offense only 2% taken. Because a great artist can describe an obscene amount of detail if they really want to "zoom in". However, give that same super-detailed description to ten different artists and you'll get ten different pictures. The "language" of the two mediums are not incompatible, but they aren't the same.
That said, you went from Alien Priest to the personification of the shallow hollowness of the fashion industry.
You can describe everything with words, this is clearly a constipated scarecrow with duckbills for hands.
I don't know what to say. This is both demotivating and very motivating to me. Thanks either ways
I love this type of advice Boro, it really helps to remind where you should focus, in art as well as other aspects of life. So happy that you're making videos again, I don't have an iPad, so I can't enjoy the fruits of your other labors (wait, what). Will you be making more SCP videos or overpaints?
There's something wrong in my photoshop, I cant paint over the base color it goes under it, I need to make new layer to make it happen. Is there a solution for that?
Wow, this makes too much sense. Thank you.
Hi Borodante I'm just wondering what tripod you're using for the display tablet? looks like a "Ulanzi iPad Tablet Tripod Mount" but whats the actual tripod stand?
I found that too, would love to know the actual stand setup under the Ulanzi mount
This information only seems vague or like it doesn't go anywhere on the surface. Little drops of simplicity are what the smartest and most dedicated deep thinkers of the human species have come up with.
When we try to be something, that puts us in a position where ONE day, I'll be that thing. I'll just wake up and be great. But the problem lies with the fact that all we have is today, the present moment. And today, I think I'm the problem.
To BE anything, you must first go through the experience of Becoming and that path has to be challenging to change you. Everyone has moments of laziness and impatiences and very few of us like to be uncomfortable but the way to excellence is overcoming yourself and your need for instant gratification. You're not born with excellence. Excellence has to be cultivated. Solid video.
I was instantly thinking......Banana Nosferatu, wearing fashion from another dimension 🍌✨
I love watching you paint and listen to your thoughts, Boro!
The BGM ( 12:09 ) is a bop, does anyone know what the name is?
I could totally see that in a video game. ^_^
what piece was playing from 12:08-12:57 ? i like it a lot
"A good artist is trying to make good paintings, a bad artist is trying to become a good artist"
This is some profound shit right here.
I agree! My best art is when I have it imagined in my head, and I need the artwork for something or just as a way to express what I imagine.
I can understand Brad's feelings about wanting to get better. I know that I am a very poor artist that has many issues in my work. These can be fixed with daily practice, but I have other stuff on my plate. Though, I do believe that I am okay as a character concept creator.
For me it means that I need more knowledge that will allow me to transfer the images in my mind onto the canvas/paper... in a way that I would be satisfied
i think when people grow as an artist they start seeing others having a much more skill than them. This habit of comparing is what kills the fun in making art which we should avoid. Fun is passion and when you lose passion art becomes more of a pain to yourself rather than something you are excited of. Have fun making art if not you'll not last long in the journey and much love to you