how I find more time to draw
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We are all busy, so what can we do to find more time to do what we love? In this video I'll chat about my own experience with running a business and finding the time to make art as well as the importance of finding the RIGHT time over finding more time. Quality over quantity. Just some casual advice and what I learned!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Art is My Job
3:13 Finding Time Sucks
4:48 Importance of Sleep
6:30 Time Management and Keeping a Planner
8:30 Find the Right Time to Draw
10:50 Mini Art Sessions
12:55 Art Buddies
14:00 Habit Building
14:20 Do this for you, not others
15:10 Value is not linked to Work - บันเทิง
I hope these tips help! and if you're short on time, here's the summary:
1. *Find Time Sucks* in your Day and reduce them: this can be social media usage, internet scrolling, watching fnaf lore videos, anything that maybe taking up more time than necessary! It's still good to have periods of rest and allow yourself to scroll and catch up with your fav creators, but just be mindful about your media consumption.
2. *Prioritize Sleep* This is so crucial to your mental and physical health. Skimping out on sleep can cause you to feel sluggish and unproductive, causing us to take longer to do tasks and eat up our free time for art and recreation. And it also causes us to make poor choices and not be as focused when we are drawing. Sleep is key to a healthy creative!
3. *Time Management Skills and Using a Planner* This is the best way to keep track of your tasks and schedule out your time so that you can still get important life stuff done and feed your artistic spirit.
4. *Find the right time to draw* over finding more time to draw: Find the times in the day when you're feeling the most creative and capitalize on those moments when you can! Hitting that creative time of day can lead to better art in a shorter period of time rather than scheduling a 3 hour time block when you're feeling less motivated or creative. Quality over quantity 💖
5. *Mini Art Sessions* Take advantage of the 5-10 minutes in between shifts, classes, or tasks to doodle a lil bit! This can keep your creative fire going and help you to remember ideas you're really excited about when you have more time to draw! These little sessions add up and can be a great a natural way to reaching your art goals.
6. *Building a Habit* A habit will make everything I recommended so much easier to stick to because you just instinctually do it and not even have to think about it. An art habit is powerful.
7. *Why do you want to draw more?* Make sure you are wanting to draw more for yourself, not because of any pressure or standard from other artists you see online. For this to be a sustainable part of your daily routine and to invest so much time into art, you have to enjoy it yourself (seems obvious but sometimes we get caught up in other peoples approval).
8. *Your value is not linked to your Productivity* It's okay if you don't make art regularly, or miss a session that you scheduled, and life just gets in the way. The amount of art you produce and the frequency in which you produce is not a measure of your value of as an artist or a person.
Happy Drawing!💖
LOL THE FNAF LORE VIDS 😭
shay ❌️ slay ✅️
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SketchesofSLAY! O_O
the thumbnail called me out i just had to watch the video 😭😭
Same.🫣
I deleted tik tok around a year ago and MY GOD. Life changing. My attention span is so much better now and my art has improved so much 😭 not to mention my mental health improving because tik tok videos/comment sections can be so soul destroying 💀 great vid and i just realised you passed 100k!! So happy for you ❤️❤️❤️‼️‼️
Again, it warms my heart to see an artist spreading the RIGHT message! So many just spout of what they do (there is nothing wrong with this as they are usually just answering what they were asked, which was literally just that, what THEY do). You take the time to explain what you do, but also point out that it's only what YOU do, that it will not work for everyone. I also could hug you for pointing out mental health in this. I have my own struggles there and know EXACTLY how hard it can be to draw even when you desperately want to when dealing with that. I haven't finished a drawing in months as I speak due to said struggles. Lastly, it was wonderful to hear you say "Do not use me as a standard". That was the more beautiful piece of advice I've heard in a long time.
so happy that my videos come off as friendly advice rather than prescriptive. we are all different and create in our own ways, there is no one size fits all for creative habits and processes. I am wishing you the best with your mental health, you are strong and will get through this tough creative patch.
Watching short form content that you'll forget the next day is SO real.. i couldn't even tell you what the 50 reels i watched today were about.. goooosh
exactly!! i cannot imagine how many recipe reels I have watched thinking "omg I wanna make this" then I completely forget lol
Focusing 100% on my job
Real talk though, it’s insanely difficult for me to find the time/energy/focus for my art, and seeing people share the same struggle is extremely validating! Having a full time job unrelated to art, mental and physical health issues to work with (guess who was SEVERELY vitamin D deficient for months without realizing 😭), a relationship to maintain, etc… it’s HARD and capitalism is the biggest bitch to get through. We’re all doing our best y’all, we’ll get through it!!
you got this bowie!! and you're right, we will all get through this together! I wish you the best in your own journey and I am honored to continue to accompany you at work lol
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I was literally having a sad moment about my art productivity and omg this helped! I always find myself thinking of drawing but end up not doing it generally because my brain is pretty foggy rn. But this totally helped! Thank you
so happy this video has helped! I've been struggling with the same thing too and being gentle and patient with ourselves is the best thing to do
This is really helpful! Personally I don't have any art friends (most of my friends couldn't care less) but what I do is I find sketch with me videos, chatty or quiet, and I sketch along with them. I think they call it body doubling, but it's just nice to do and looking at their sketches sparks inspiration during the session for me. I've been branching out and doing different things because of it 😊 one day I'll have in real life art friends
So true, I do the same ! Don't know where my local art people are hiding lol
@@xeniahaberditz5472most introverts are artist so it makes since why it’s harder. I’m one myself. Lol
@@spark_art1 yeah makes sense. I more and more enjoy my me time at home, I'm more of an extrovert tho. Drawing is part of my self-care routine hihi 🫶🏻
i wish you more art friends in the future! they are truly a gift and can get you through some really tough creative times. thank you so much for sharing your experience with us
BABE WAKE UP SHAY
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great advice! can personally testify that it works :D i deleted tiktok and put a timer on insta couple of years ago because it truly felt like my brain was rotting lol. it helped a lot with mental clarity overall.
about drawing everyday. it's definitely not for everyone. i personally stopped drawing everyday some time ago, but most importantly, i stopped expecting myself to draw everyday and stopped feeling guilty about being "unproductive" or about the speed of my improvement :)
also wanted to add that keeping a sketchbbok only for yourself, the one you'll never show anyone can be extremely beneficial in many ways
Being honest I watched 4:59 around 10 pm yesterday and went to sleep instead of continuing to watch, so this was a really helpful one 😊
yay!! happy you got more sleep
A planner never really worked that well for me, but what did help was having a journal where after each day I write down what I have done art wise. Being able to look back and see that I actually got stuff done and taking the time to record that made me more confident in my skill.
i really like this idea!! i think writing down what you did do instead of what you planned to do really helps you to focus on the positive of what you were able to accomplish.
I have spent the last one and a half HOURS watching just shay while painting lol.
this video had perfect timing omg, (how do you always read my mind?) I start a new school year in half a month and I really plan on prioritising my studies this year, that along with picking up new hobbies like guitar will inevitebly consume time. But art is a part of me and i can't NOT do that. So hopefully this video will help me find time this year and be mindful of spending my time carefully.
Love ya Shay! You're keeping my brain clear as i draw
so happy this video can help you in your own journey! we will get through this together
This is so true, I stopped opening any social media app excepts TH-cam.
Cause I need TH-cam suggesting me how to draw better.
Boom, 6 hours gone, got lots of works done & undone.
And the importance of sleep called me out on another level. LOL
i will need a sketchbook tour of that sketchbook !!! (yes im obsessed over them)
Same! 😁
exactly! but don't be too hard on yourself. these apps were designed to be addicting and trap you into to staying on the site. just be mindful and check in with yourself with how you are spending your time
shay is just as cute as their art. like father like son
in the section where you talk about getting good sleep, i was watch it around 1am, and i was like yk what, imma just go to bed. and now im back the next afternoon and im revisiting the video to keep drawing, i feel so much better because i went to bed, thank you
YES !!! so happy for you!! consistently good sleep will do wonders for your mood, productivity, and health! so happy you got some sleep
your videos honestly keep me motivated to keep me going through the days and spike my will to create, always great to see a notification from your chanel :>
I love watching ur videos they help me do art for myself again and time management cus of stress with university but thank u these are really good tips and ur an amazing artist!!!❤️🥰
this video speaks 2 my soul, u put into words exactly what i needed to hear😭🫶 thank u!!
hehe, love how you talk about and artists and persons value while doing value work. love your videos so much! i always love having your vids on in the background while im creating
HI SHAYYYY YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHAT I NEED THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤❤
Fantastic video as always!
i literally clicked on this video as if I'm not in art school and already draw like 10 hrs a day lmfao. But I love your advice!!! Tons of artists have regular jobs or go to regular school and just don't have the time that someone with an art career does.
This is such a beautiful video. Your philosophy is so encouraging and motivating, I really appreciate what you share in your videos. ❤
with the sleep thing... it would be better to figure out the time you are the most creative and what is your sleep cycle like. I have been told my entire life to go to bed early and wake up early and that I will have so much more time for stuff. No. It only makes me creatively fatigued. My best creation time is from 10pm to 1am when everyone else is silent and I can actually focus. If I go to bed early, I miss out on that and I cannot get myself to create anything in the morning, creating a vicious cycle of not being able to draw at all and that weighing down my mental state
In short... do not let yourself be forced into a sleep cycle that does not work for you, it will not help you creatively. Sleep IS important, so learn how to do it properly for your own body
Exactly ! One thing I mentioned in the video is finding the right time to draw over just finding more time to draw. I tend to feel most creative in the early evening and try to schedule in a drawing session then! It helps sooo much mentally and creatively. I’m so happy you found a time that works for you too! As long as your still getting enough sleep, you’re golden 💖
im sorry this is off topic (also if it was pointed out before :D) but i just realised you remind me of ellie from the tlou show :D
anyway, this is such a great video!! i barely use my phone anymore (its boring now), so i used to spend a lot of my time just opening and closing tabs on my laptop instead. its only recently that i really started spending a lot of my free time drawing (besides writing) and its so fun!! before i drew mostly just in school and that didn't give me as much space to do creative things as when i draw at home. i don't do big scale drawings/paintings at the moment because I'm filled with so much excitement to try stuff, so I'm letting off that steam before i try dusting off some of my canvases :D my sketchbook is almost completed now after two years and I'm so thrilled, yay!!
This was actually a super helpful video,
I'm gonna keep a lot of these tips in mind, especially with making small sketches, a lot of time I feel like I haven't drawn at all because I haven't made a huge drawing. But really I made a few tiny sketches so that should count too!
I was worried when I clicked on this video it would just say basic advice everyone gives like, spend less time on social media (even though I never use social media other then a few youtube videos here and there or opening twitter for a second just to post a drawing and never using it again lol), or get more sleep (which is easier said then done) but this video is actually really helpful!
This was a lovely video to watch , and it’s very encouraging!!!
I'm so freaking proud of you for hitting 100k!! Been here since 10k and I just knew you were going to blow up.
dkjfghkdjhf thank you so much for the support since the beginning! :')
i've found your channel recently, and i love it to bits! it's been really hard for me to draw lately even though i have all these ideas flowing in my head. but thanks to you, your motivation, and the obvious passion for art, my brain and hands decided to actually work together and put pencil to paper! i kinda forgot how exciting putting characters on paper is and it's just really fun to visualize/work out a story. anyways, i subscribed :D
YAYYY so happy for you! wishing you the best
youre one of my biggest inspirations for art, every time i watch a new video i feel a bomb of inspiration drop on me
that makes me so happy!! :))))
I never had Tik Tok in the first place so I'm already in a good space. I usually have time to at least do a Lil doodle. But this was very helpful. Sadly I don't have a drawing friend that I can do calls with anymore which is sad but I still try my best to show my friends my art work. But this video was very helpful.
Also last video the Knight sona video has to be a my favorite video and it inspired me to make my own knight sona based off of my zodiac sign(Pisces) which I did post on Instagram(Sadly my account is private) but anyway Love your art and this video was SUPER helpful. I hope you have a fabulous day and weekend.
so happy you found this video helpful ember! and awesome!! so cool that you are making your own knight!
im gonna be listening to this while i draw tomorrow (its like 12 am rn 🤣) but i rly love how ur content is a great balance of down-to-earth statements while the thumbnail still has a sprinkle of “clickbait-y”ness to it that leads ppl to wonderful content 🫶🏽
i rly love ur work!! happy to watch more in the future 🥹 (and re-binging ur previous videos too)
yeah gotta get that eye catching thumbnail for the algorithm, but provide more value inside the actual video! that's the sad nature of TH-cam but I am glad I found something that's worked for me lol
Great advices! Tbh, i love reading more than browsing internet or checking on short films, so i never use tiktok from beginning. It saved me quite some time😂
nice!! I defintely need to read more ;-;
I love your videos, I’m not one to normally comment but u do always like and ofc I’m subscribed. I love your advice and how genuine and considerate it is! Thank you for making such awesome videos :)
omg thank you so much for subscribing and supporting the channel! and i'm so happy you like my videos, I really appreciate you
Love your art ❤
Love love loooooveeeee your videos ❤
Wow your channel has blown up, you're doing amazing! I could only wish to have a channel as big and good as yours 🥺❤
thank you so much chantelle! I wish the same for you, keep going!
Thank you so much for all these tips! Need to listen to you and start using a planner because feel that I am too chaotic and don't even know where the hours of my day go😂😅
I wanted to tell you that you were the one that inspired and pushed me to restart my art influencer life. I don’t have much following but idk there’s a small joy of sharing what I made. Omg and I’m so glad that you said even 1 doodle for the entire day counts because I just started doing that recently! It really brought my stress down by so much, I used to only count “drawing” if I did a certain amount of number and quality then I hit intense burn out. So I love this advice for everyone who wants to go into art.
ALSO WAKE UP BABE ITS SHAY O CLOCK
so happy that you were inspired by my content ! it's definitely a struggle to balance things and keep burnout at bay, but I know you can do it
@@sketchesofshay OMG Thanks for the response, I'm like super overjoyed. But yeah, it IS a struggle lmaoo but I'm keeping expectations low and just trying my best. Hopefully, I can even venture into recording my voice like you, I'm not fully there yet lol.
(Also, thank you for taking the time to respond to me, I'm so grateful, wish I saw this sooner)
…I’ll be back but I’m listening to the sleep instructions. Finals week has been rough and it’s 2am. Finished an art class though and am so happy with my progress :) I’ve been following since your first few videos, thanks for the great content as always.
that's awesome! congrats on finishing an art class!! you should reward yourself with sleep and and a cozy night gaming or doing something fun
Sleep is definitely a must! Forgot my profile photo on here was like 8 years old haha 2016 was a wild time.
Deleting tiktok over a year ago helped me out so much. My friends still send me some now and then and I'm pleasantly surprised at how little fomo I feel.
Sketches with shay and JelArts should do a collab.
The artist life self-conscious is wild, I while watching this video I was scrolling through pinterest at night and thinking about a tiktok I saw
Yt was so real for putting this on my algorithm and calling me out 💀 (Lovely video as always)
i agree, delete tiktok. aware of how much of a grumpy boomer i sound like but i just can't see the value in barely digesting 30-60 second videos with no end an sight. it's a perpetual time suck and the point you made about how people don't even remember half the stuff they watch is one of, if not the most important aspects to it, i think.
why woud you spend time mindlessly consuming things you won't even recall, a day later? it's stuffing your brain with literal junk. the alternative doesn't even have to be 24/7 'productivity'; allowing yourself to be bored and empty headed is okay and a good thing. replacing the endless scrolling by literally just sitting there and doing nothing is a net positive.
sorry for the tangent, this was a great video, as always. 4:57 might be my favorite piece of yours, it's so beautiful
I am obsessed with the orange gentlemen in the background, he is sitting so politely.
the deftones shirt is 🔥🔥🔥
NEW SHAY VIDEO
"Because ... It's my job..." loved this haha
1:10 40m is insane for that wow!
13:31
Literally what Shay is doing rn with me, and as I’m sure many others.
:'))))
For me it’s like a non negotiable every single day. I wake up early so I can get least 1 hour in the morning. It’s usually 1 1/2 hours. It boosts my mood anymore and keeps the looming depression at bay. But anyway maybe seeing it as something that keeps me sane rather than something that’s just a hobby helps with consistency a lot
That is the one exact video every artist struggeling should watch.
I know this is a very in-depth question to just drop in someone's comment section, but I'm really interested in your artistic journey and how it's lead you to your wonderful career! Do you have a video that goes into detail about that? I would love to see how it all came to be, because it makes me os happy to see an illustrator like you create content they love while making a living.
This is the exact video I needed, legit perfect timing 🎉
i literally deleted tiktok last night and i woke up to this video and that thumbnail lmaoo
great video btw, i really struggle with this stuff,,
and a little unrelated but i love how you do your thumbnails too
Haiii, do you think you could make a video on how to pick color palettes? I love the way you use color, it inspires me, and I’d like to learn how to find colors that look pleasing together for my own paintings
I am currently working on a digital painting video that will be going up in April sometime!
Comfort creater right here ^^
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I think I needed to hear that, about how we are all juggling everything else in our life-of course our “output” won’t be the same as anyone else.
I don’t know if you’ll read this, but are there any updates about the discord server? I’m looking forward to it. Especially since i deleted instagram last year, it is nice to be able to engage with other artists directly.
omg yes! the discord is basically set up, now it's just on me to try and find a way to schedule out some time so that I can manage it with my mods and be active
NEW VID EEEEEEEEE
Hi Shay!!! I would love to see videos on how u do digital art and how u get that painterly look. What brushes do u use to get that?
Are there any brushes in procreate that u use that come with the app??
Hi! I’m actually doing a tutorial about my process for sometime in April! For procreate, I mainly just use the round brush, flat painter brush, and sometimes turpentine brush for that painterly look💖
@@sketchesofshay Ok! I assumed u used the round brush. Also Congrats on 100k subscribers girl! You deserve it soooo much for your hard work!!! I’m glad I’m watching your channel grow and seeing you get better and better! You may not see it but your channel is a great testimony to people that want to build a channel. All you need is skill, diligence and dedication.
thank you so so much! I really appreciate your words
9:00 I love that drawing
Unrelated but the fact I can recognize some of the poses from adorkastock lol 😂 I love that resource
they are the best !!
that top middle face is 🔥2:42
cool deftones hoodie !!
hehe thank you!! I was hoping someone would notice my awesome taste in music lol
*whispers* "it's my job." 🤣🤣What a revelation!
Short form content ❌🤮
Brilliant video ❤
I went offline from FB 10 years ago and never looked back. I realized I was spending way too much time looking at people's feeds and their lives instead of focusing on my own. Glad I got rid of it.
so happy you found a way that works for you. comparison is such a big struggle for people online.
came here to watch this video specifically for motivation LOLOL
I deleted tiktok and I found it affected the amount of time I spend in bed but I still catch myself using social media way too much. It's a constant battle :(
Your message on the start about toxic productivity couldn't be more true. I'm working a non-art job and finishing my master thesis, I'm soon getting married (lots of organization) and have a dog. All this takes up non-negotiable time and my free time is really limited. I can only draw so much in my week, makes sense that I don't have a sketchbook done every three months 🫠 and shorts did take up SO MUCH TIME and are really bad for the mental health. I stopped watching them all together.
you're a busy bee! and it's okay to not be drawing and creating. live your life and enjoy the moments, you're in a really exciting time and those moments can be such great creative inspirations for when you can create! (edit: also congrats on the engagement ! i hope wedding planning isnt too stressful )
@@sketchesofshay thanks Shay 🫶🏻 it's a lot of planning but it's also quite fun. We're a good team so it makes it easy :)
And yeah, I am a busy bee for now 🥲 Can't wait for June and the summer to have more time on hand for hikes and creating !
you have art student VIDEOS, omg were can I sign up!! (If I heard it properly)
I WOULD DRAW MY COWBOYS ALL THE TIME IT WOULD BE NEVER ENDING
- shay 2024
1:33 YESS COW BOYS
as i'm watching this i am drawing >:]
5:00 omg him but with wingsssssssss
Oh, I finally see someone in public who says they do art as much as I do. I realize that a lot of people tend to be less productive, and that's fine, but sometimes when you get farther than others, you're left alone, and that's sad
That's one of the reasons why I dropped out of university, I spent all my time drawing because I genuinely enjoyed it and because of that I was way ahead of my peers, which caused me more problems than benefits because I had no one to appreciate or at least be around at the same level to share experiences and stuff like that...
I deleted tiktok for a long time ago and I don't regret that
Where did she study art? Does anyone know if Shay said something about it in her other videos?❤ I’m looking where I would want to go to an art school and her skills in digital and traditional art are something that I dream to have one day. But of coure a lot of it is her heself❤
i went to UCF, i talk about it more in this video ! th-cam.com/video/DECAP_5C6Ww/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Y5-U72BU7Elb9zhr
What mic do you use to record vids ?!!
I have the El Gato Wave 3 mic!
hii! how are you? i have a question, you have some advices to learn how to be good in digital drawing? i like how i draw in paper and i wish i could draw in digital like in paper but i find it very difficult, any advice will be really helpful :)
hi this is also something i struggle with! first it just takes time getting used to the digital surface rather than traditional paper so make sure to regularly schedule out low pressure digital sketching sessions. I would also suggest getting a screen protector that has a little texture! I know that there is the "paperlike screen protector" that a bunch of artists use. I hope this helped
@@sketchesofshay Thanks!! this is really helpful :))
you cant just call me out in the thumbnail when im drawing at 4:28 in the morning because i randomly got into the art mood💔
"if you' re watching this video and its super late at night... Go to bed" Ohhh, Sh*t...well...see you tomorrow I guess 😅
hope you got some good sleep!!
I've never downloaded TikTok and never will. I know very well I have enough distractions 😅
Wassup
🔪 TEACH YOUR THUMBNAIL SKILLS NOW, 🥹💕
it took me over a year to finally understand how to make them and I'm not sure if I still fully understand lol
Deleting TikTok was the best thing I ever did
I find so much comfort while watching your videos🫶I love the tips you give so THANK YOUANAJWJWBAISJAI!:)
Me watching this as i doodle at 1am cause i have no other time knowing that i should really go to sleep and actually rest 👩🏽🦯👩🏽🦯
No but seriously 100% agree with you with everything you have said last month i put myself a limit tp only use my phone for 2:30 hours and it has giving me so much more time to organize myself, also commutes without scrolling are a great place to doodle and do quick studies.