Back in my day, we didn’t just *buy* pencils. I used to rip down trees and carve them with my fingernails. I had to dig up the graphite myself and seal it to the wood with my sheer strength. Kids these days...
Same! I was like ugh it's so messy, charcoal, Conte crayons 😬 lol I always go back to just a pencil and paper. BUT! Recently I found that painting with brush pens (that I thought I would only use for writing kanji) are surprisingly fun and still offer some precision. Also, it's been teaching me to commit. Pencil on paper and the paper can only take so much erasing. But ink on paper and you'll just have to live with it and move on. Now, add those empty water color brushes that you fill with water and it's surprisingly fun and satisfying to spread the color on the page and dries rather quickly. A tad bit messy, it is color after all. But it's better contained than other color mediums so it's been an interesting experiment so far. ^_^
I'm the kind of person who gets really frustrated when I can't do something right the first time. So every time I get into drawing, it doesn't last long because I get too frustrated with myself. Thanks so much for this video, I'm trying to get back into drawing again. :)
Start to focus your drawings more with the basics like forms, perpective, forshortening etc. Then move on to shading and colouring (although colouring is not that important at the beginning). Then you can finally move on to details, anatomy etc. If you can't draw a square or a cylinder properly you won't be able to draw literally anything properly.
I feel that too! Like Lonely Samurai said, you need the fundamentals. I oftentimes like to draw with pens because it forces myself to make every line count. And don't scribble things out! Use the "bad art" to show you what you need improving on. If the head looks wrong, think why, and draw it again in an attempt to fix it. Redrawing the same thing over and over to get a better sense of the item (be it fundamental shapes or full anatomy) is an amazing way to practice art. Just make sure to explore and not get so caught up in one thing. Be comfortable in being uncomfortable. Being uncomfortable can help lead to improvement in healthy doses. Good luck on your journey, and keep pushing!
The muscle memory is real. My sister gave me so much shit for tracing things when I was little. But after tracing something a couple times, I got how the lines were suposed to "feel" and was able, not only to duplicate it if I wanted, but to make variations of it or aply it in a different way.
There is no such thing as muscle memory as in your muscles _physically remembering_ certain movements - they can't. We're not octopuses so we don't have brains in our limbs, even though it might feel that way! 😂🐙 Learning to do _anything_ physical involves this kind of memory - riding a bike, playing tennis. It feels like that memory is actually stored in our muscles - as if they’re remembering how to perform an action without our really being aware of it. But the activity is happening solely in our brains, nowhere else. 🧠 When you were tracing, your motor cortex developed stronger connections between your neurons which served as the _representation_ for the tracing motion, and it’s those neural connections that made your memory better and easier to access - nothing to do with your muscles!
@@221b-Maker-Street It's just what people call it. Muscle memory. Everyone knows muscles aren't for memory holding and that only the brain is capable of that.
I'm in art school, junior year. Artists trace ALL the time. Even professionally. But especially to learn. I think a great learning tool for me especially was tracing photos of faces to figure out the contours without thinking about shading and stuff. Later learned how to do hands the same way and now I can do them from memory just bc I know how the shapes of hands interact in most situations. Watercolor artists also frequently trace so they don't ruin their paper (since you don't wanna erase on watercolor paper, but graphite is visible through the paint!)
After watching this video I got up, got my pencils, got my sketchbook, sat down, drew a circle, and watched my anime feeling productive. Thank you sam, truly.
"I had to walk 90 miles to school everyday and we had nothing digital so I had to paint on cave walls with the blood of my enemies." With happy music in the background. Literally every parent's story 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm a passionate artist who ended up burned out and sad in a 9 to 5. One of my favorite possesions is my massive sketchbook collection from the years. It helps me feel like I actually did something with my art time and helps me get back into my pre burnout phase every now and then.
your not burnout from drawing you drew so much that just need to find the inspiration again its like a daily run cant stop mid week push at it more better you get is by drawing threw art block
@@raptorjesus6914 strangley enough I work a super cool 9-5 it's not art related but I'm having fun. I still get art in every now and then but not to the degree of or skill level I had before. I actually managed to get a series of 10 works done last month with some effort so thanks for believing in me.
Don’t believe in the “burnout” just focus on your “turnout”! Draw what you’re inspired by at random times and in a quick fashion. Then when you’re not doing anything pick up that pencil and get to it! Draw when you feel uninspired and KEEP the works. Go back and see them again in a month or so after not looking at them and then redo them. I had to just “push the skill” and create even when I didn’t feel like it to get comic pages done for a project and it taught me a lot about using your skills instead of your inspiration. You think that the guys who work at DC and Marvel always feel “inspired”?
sam: "nowadays all you kiddos have your iphones, tablets and everything..' me: *stares awkwardly at the printer paper while trying to make my own sketchbook*
Girl, my sketch books for the last 9 year’s have so much printer paper shoved into them I could make a sketchbook or three just out of printer paper 😂😂 I highly recommend using it for perfectionists who do pencil sketching, practice, etc so you can do more work ur proud of in your sketchbook itself
i also have a sketchbook using printer paper, i use it when I'm practicing something and it's actually good because u can mess it up and not feel sorry for the page
I was having an “artist block,” I say that but I’m not much of an artist and I wasn’t improving. I love art but not being able to put my idea on paper really destroyed my confidence on improving. But idk after switching from my left hand to my right, I felt like I was a kid again and I enjoyed drawing again. Although I have to start from scratch, I at least enjoy drawing once more
This is literally what I'm going through, I have been drawing for almost 4 years and I keep telling myself that I am not an artist, I never was and I never will be I keep telling myself that it's not worth spending time on it if my art is not going to evolve any time soon
@@stonecat676 it's a kuru toga pencil! they're made of steel/plastic and last a very long time ^^ I have a black version and they're really nice to use
That clean sketching can be only achieved through lots of practice. His first sketchbooks definitely didn't look like that! Eventually you will grow as an artist but to do so we all have to go through that ugly sketches phase.
Now do "The best way to force yourself to actually practice drawing instead of procrastinating and hating yourself for not drawing or practicing for weeks" video.
Print out a Nike logo with "Just do it". Stick it on a wall above your workspace. Any time you read it and don't immediately proceed to just do it, punch yourself in the face.
Well, art is something that you're supposed to like doing. If you feel pressured by it, then maybe it's not your thing, even if you might be good at it! Art makes me happy, so I make art, but if art doesnt make you happy, then find something you really like doing!! :>
7:02 It’s so true, the one reason I only ever do sketch art, it’s the feeling of the graphite against the paper. I hate how slippery the screen is, there’s no friction to it, there’s so much control you have when sketching with a mechanical pencil
Yeah it’s just too different. When i got my tablet i though « oh i can edit my drawing pixel by pixel this is insane » and i didn’t know yet how it somehow doesn’t compare to the level of precision I feel i have when drawing with paper and pencil
@@Alza.art4518 That’s another thing why I prefer drawing traditional over digital, drawing without a pressure-sensitive tablet pen and on a tiny phone screen is difficult. Of course it’s a little more convenient with several things but traditional just feels better (and doesn’t cost so much)
He drew more. The more different things you draw the better you will get. Drawing the same thing twice but with different mistakes in it counts as different things :)
If i do a bunch of reasearch on not just the shool of youtube but pinterest google and wikipedia ( including the school of youtube) then I draw i'm pretty sure i might get better ima try it. someone tel if thats a bad idea tho.
No thats called observing. But not just blank staring at something you must read the drawings. Look at the angles. Look at the form the shapes the emotion. And once you get back to drawing youll draw what memory you have from observing i did that for 2months and now im better than when i stopped
I can attest to this!! I am in middle school and have had professional artists say I am ready for internships with big companies like pixar because of the level my art has gotten to. People have also commented on how i’ve come incredibly far in a year (7th-8th grade). How did I do this? I draw all day, every day, at school, IN A SKETCHBOOK. I do agree that using a pencil and paper does have a different feel and definately is more engaging for your brain-so keep drawing and try using a sketchbook (but pay attention in class fellow students :))
Keep going! Never give up. You'll maybe be able to create your own projects some day too. Pixar and other companies would be great to work for in the future of course. Build up a portfolio and remember you can never start too early if it's your true passion which it sounds like it definitely is :D
Yeah i used to draw all the time and therefore improved very quickly. But then i kinda stopped and got demotivated and I’m just (very slowly) getting out of an art block rn. I’m definitely going to bring a small book with me everywhere so i can sketch all the time. Is there a way i can follow you and/or see your art?
Using paper to write instead of for example google docs has a different feel just something about using pencil n paper ❤ Totally don't say this because my art tends to come out better on paper or anything, I'm so bad at digital art 😅
Hey, i really want to start a project and would require me to have good artwork, among other things but artwork would be essential. do you think i can get 50% as good as you in a year? I really want to get a lot done in 2 years.
As someone who only got into digital art a couple months ago, I didn’t realize I felt the disconnect Sam was talking about but I totally do! Sketchbook drawings are so personal and fulfilling... I’m gonna go do one now.
The smell of the media and the paper is such a great experience, and the different scratch noises with different media and different weight paper is so satisfying even if you don’t love the end product. Drawing programs even have simulated scratch noises to try and replace this sound feedback from real life. Reality is really real. 😁
Yeah! When he said smth along the lines of "You art babies probably started with your ipads..." I felt completely called out xD but it's true, traditional always feels so much more fulfilling! I still personally prefer digital, because it's endless possibilities but it definitely feels moreee... impressive! :)
It's actually insane how difficult it is to find actual TH-cam tutorials on drawing by hand now. I've been learning how to draw and every video I find that looks very promising is al digital art, using digital tools and brushes. No hate towards it, it's still art, but i am learning by pencil and paper
Yes but nowadays most proffesional artist learn on digital canvas for the undo and different sizes. Once they master digital. They either stay digital or go back to the paper
Started pencil to paper, so glad I did! Now I sometimes do hybrid: pencil/paper outline, then throw it into Procreate if I want the drawing colored...only because colored pencils drive me insane and I hate painting. My time doing only digital seems to have helped my pencil/paper drawings for some reason.
honestly, for me, I have pencils and paper at the ready, but I don't have any digital art apps or a tablet so it's just natural for me to do it on paper
Ik this was a year ago but, seeing others draw makes me want to continue my own art journey. I've always wanted to be an artist! Thank you and the other artists on the internet for being a big impact on me and others to continue making masterpieces and make our own art as we learn many different things!! 🙂🙂
This guy is absolutely right. When I got my iPad, after three years of drawing mostly on paper, I thought it would be a good idea to give up traditional art and just draw on my iPad from now on. That was probably the worst mistake of my art career. I hadn't drawn on paper in 10 months, and I didn't enjoy drawing digitally as much as I did with traditional art. I had already owned a graphics tablet for my computer for three years at that point, and although I did a lot of digital drawing with it, it just doesn't compare to drawing on paper. Plus, it feels like you're pressured to draw everything perfectly because you have all these features that allow you to spot and fix mistakes
4:35 this is true for sure. I drew a fish from a reference (beta fish I think) and that was over two years ago and I still remember the basic anatomy of it. We were assigned to draw a fish without a reference in 20 minutes this year for my art class and my past drawing and memory of fish anatomy came in clutch.
His vibe is so nice. I have such insecurities in myself and always get so jealous of other artists, but I can't even be jealous of him, his vibe is too good.
I'm a writer, and I mostly use drawing to translate scenes into visuals. My current sketchbook is half full of just the same two characters over and over and over lmao. I love going through my old books and seeing the change in my skills!
Me too! My writing didn’t reached even the half of my first book lol but sometimes I thought in drawing the chakras, or at least my main, this can be a really good practice not for the drawings sake but for the book and writing also 🙏✨
As an aspiring writer, I've tried drawing poses and body language for many scenes. I suck, sure, but it gives me an idea on how to continue some scenes.
I’ve been doing studies more with sketching lately and I noticed I’ve been improving more traditionally than digitally but I didn’t think as to why. My over reliance on the undo button really is tampering with my progression, thank you so much!
I just got back to traditional sketching after practicing so much on digital and it really messes with my head lol When I make an error on paper, my instinct is to reach for a nonexistent undo button.
I see you have posted a month ago but there is a way to like force yourself to not use undo very often, change the short cut to ctrl+Z, I use Krita and while I have the digital tablet which have the shortcut of undo, I tend to use my keyboard more so the default ctrl+Z of Krita is amazing at keeping me restrained. I can safely say using undo sparingly can definitely improve your art especially since mistakes are the part of the process
I want you to know, I *hated* hearing this advice at first. Now, one month later, I’m so glad I heard it and did it, because it’s helped me tremendously. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I love digital, but NOTHING compares to traditional art! I’ve been drawing ever since I can remember and will always hold traditional close to my heart 💜
I personally like drawing/sketching my stuff out in my sketchbook then I transfer it to the digital world for color and what not. There's just something about that paper and pencil ✨😌✨
@@Sophia-we6yh are you me ? I’m trying to learn and I found it’s much easier doing my sketches traditionally and then transferring to procreate for coloring and shading
I was so obsessed with sketching whenever I was bored in school that I literally drew in almost every class whenever I had paper near me hehe, the blank page was just looking at me like 🌚
i downloaded procreate thinking it would be a better solution for drawing but i get too overwhelmed with the tools and it just doesnt feel like ill get any better Update: I grabbed my pencil and drew a lot… a lot of betta fishes!
I love looking through my old sketchbooks. They also feel like old journals to me bc I also wrote random stuff there. I can remember what audiobooks I was listening to when I see some sketches, or just what was going on in my life back when I drew a sketch..
I know right! I always drew what i loved and would get inspired by songs and the tales they told. I did a lotta Fan Art cause id be listening to a song and be like "oh this reminds me of this character!" Id use the energy and tone from the song to make my piece. Flipping through it and being able to tell what song inspired this was always cool. I also love going through my sketchbooks in chronological order just to see the slow improvement i made over time. Its relaxing and inspiring!
I'm an old school kind of person myself. I don't think there's quite a substitute for the feeling of a drawing/painting tool on physical medium. There's also something about its permanence that more easily captures your unique flow as an artist down to how your muscles twitch while drawing. It's less forgiving, but I think that also just helps to build more technical skill
ever since i realized that sketchbooks don’t have to be a perfect one drawing per page, meticulously drawn in every detail, that i could have unfinished sketches, different style experiments and techniques i want to try, messy gesture drawings, whatever i wanted really, my sketchbook has become so much more valuable to me!! great video :]
and remember folks, get a sketchbook big enough, even if it no longer fits in lil pockets or tiny purses. I didn't realise that this didn't work for me because my sketchbook was smaller than my hand, until I finished it and got a bigger one by chance. It sticks out of my purse and can't go in so much as a kangaroo pocket, but I can try to figure out a dynamic pose like 25 times on only one page.
I think you actually put into words what I feel about digital art. I transitioned to digital because I didnt want to waste paper with my sketches but at the same time looking at a blank canvas on a computer screen is very daunting and I feel that I sketch lesser and lesser because of the pressure to perform. And in the end, I actually do yearn the feeling of paper because subconsciously, I place a piece of paper on my tablet to emulate the feeling of traditional. Gonna go buy a sketchbook now.
Hey, so I know you won't see this, but just you roasting people and giving tips have helped me on drawing so well. I don't draw digitally, so I agree with you on how we traditional artists live without the liquify tool. But even so, just studying your pieces and watching you draw has helped me so much. Thank you for everything!
one of the best things an artist can do is draw in sketchbooks!! I absolutely love going back to my first ever sketchbook from 7th grade and seeing how far i’ve gotten! it shows how much you’re skills and style has improved, and shows how creative you are!!! I’m almost finished with my 24th (fully filled) scetchbook, still going strong!
I know what I drew I can remember everything that was in that sketchbook well notebook lines and all but I still drew on it filling every page even the golden parts on the front and the back of the last page
I've kept most of my art from when I was little, (I have the pages in a folder while the notebooks are in a cubby) and wow, it is so much fun to look back at them. Even better, try to re-draw them. I used to draw Ariel a lot and I took one of the drawings and found that I got better at drawing mermaid tails, which was weird since I don't draw mermaids but I definitely see an improvement of drawing hands and anatomy. Also, some of them where ones that had those story ones and I have a full notebook with drawings and stories but idk where it is :')
Wow. When i started in 6th grade, i only used my paper book (with those lines) until now. But today i'm starting to interested in sketchbook. Hope to get one soon ❤️
I love using Pens in my sketch book, it maximises your limitation. You're stuck with any mistakes you make and it help alot with line confidence and feeling okay with not making a masterpiece
No hate for you from here. It is wonderful watching the sketches take form. Have you seen Akihito Yoshitomi TH-cam channel? It may be right down your alley.
I couldn't agree more. I've never been confident in drawing people/proportions and drawing digitally really didn't help, something didn't feel right. I decided to spend about a year or so drawing in my sketch book, whenever I had the time, trying to learn anatomy and now i'm significantly more confident putting everything together digitally. It's still not amazing BUT it's a significant improvement from not being able to at all. I do believe its the limited number of attempts you get on sketching traditionally that helped me be a little looser with my sketches. I'm now spending the next year, essentially doing the same thing but digitally.
cool little fact, when i was a young'un (i think grade 5) our teacher handed out sketchbooks so we could literally just draw whenever inspiration struck, and i think i really took it for granted as it really helped my art improve from a young age!
you are genuinely very motivating, coming from a burnt out art major graduate I haven't drawn anything in months but watching your videos has given me the motivation to at least get back to doing sketches regularly and think about doing art for myself again after years of only really making things for assignments, thanks for reminding me what my sketch book is actually for 😆
I’ve been using an iPad and Procreate to draw for a while now and as much as I love it I still keep sketchbooks. There’s just something wonderful about keeping a sketchbook. It’s like having a safe place to learn, experiment, make mistakes and not worry
As much as I love digital drawing/painting, which would be useful if you’re trying to get into the professional industry or are already in the industry, nothing beats good old traditional pencil/pen and paper. The feeling of it just hits different.
Yeah true! Im getting into digital art and trying to remind myself that no matter how far im able to go with digital art, always come back to the old school paper and pen:)
I love pencil and paper, there’s nothing like that feeling. Digital art feels icky and it’s so difficult to render things! I don’t do sketch art though, I shade and complete my drawings. I love my sketchbooks because of how I can flip through a history of my art. I have mad respect for digital artists and how they make the colors look good, but I save digital art for silly animations only.
This video, encourages me to start drawing again after having art block for a long time, I've always gotten frustrated whenever my sketches don't look like how they used to, now I know I can just use a reference, and do it in my sketchbook, then continue to draw it in my style.
Your drawing style is just amazing, I've been drawing for almost 6 years now and it feels so relatable just watching you explain the stages of an artist becoming better and better at what they do
*Thank You!* I am an "Old School" DTF artist (Dead Tree Format = Paper) and there is nothing like the feeling of lead/Graphite on paper as the drawing reveals itself as you work on it. the media forces you to end the session and move on. forget "perfection" Good enough is good enough. MOVE ON! a hard lesson to learn but I take solace in the fact that DTF does *NOT* require any electricity to work, so even in a power outage I can draw for hours under the glow of candlelight.
but seriously, this does help a lot. For anything and everything, you can't start building the top tier. You have to start from the bottom, the basics, the fundamentals. Whether you draw digitally or traditionally, every day you can try to fill at least one page of a sketchbook, doing a basic study on something you feel like doing that day. For example, today I tried sketching some clothing. The day before, perspective. It really helps me when I'm trying to draw something proper and complete, since I've practiced all the individual components of the piece in my sketchbook before. And it doesn't need to be a job at all. In the evening, sit at your desk with some cozy clothing and study some references and try your hand at sketching them. Or, work on certain things you struggle with, say, lighting or hands. Wow, if you've made it all the way here after reading all the shit I just typed, kudos to you :)
@@ipupi8784 thanks for asking. I'm getting better at my art, though i haven't taken my own advice and rarely sketch at all. i only break out my pencil when I'm working on an actual piece, complete with watercolour. they are not that good of course, due to lack of practice, but they still make me happy. however, i do doodle a lot in places and times i shouldn't be- like school :P
Ahh i really needed this, I've been scared to touch my sketchbook lately because all my drawings never seem to go the way I want them to- and I felt scared to ruin a nice blank piece of quality paper. But after seeing your sketchbook (which is wonderful by the way) I realised I've forgotten the sole purpose of a sketchbook- it's to be drawn on. Man. I miss sketching.
When I draw I love finishing sketchbooks, it makes me feel complete, and after some time when I have art blocks and such I just flip through my old sketch books to look at how much I improved, and I love that so much about sketch books, it's all of your work put into one place!
You've got such a soothing voice!! It's like that one prof that every students love cuz of their calm demeanor. New subscriber here! I'd like to learn more from this channel
Just hit me that Sam is a modern, asian and relatable Bob Ross!!! Calm voice, talks about accepting imperfections and teaches in a way that you want to learn
I've been drawing for a few years now and I still ALWAYS have to get my base design down on paper before I bring it in to Procreate because something about that led on paper feel made way more sense to me than a slick pen tip on a slick screen. I even tried those paper-like screen protectors that made your ipad less slick and it still was not the same. For the first time yesterday I finally drew a character start to finish solely on my ipad which was a huge art win for me but I still prefer sketching out my characters on paper first! Now I don't have to make the sketch AS final before bringing it into Procreate to build off of
I’ve been buying sketchbooks a lot lately in different sizes, I sleep with one next me, I have them in my purses, art bag where I keep my iPad. No thoughts get left behind.
THIS IS SO GOOD! I have always had a sketch book but I get heaps of art block because of the fear of making something bad. This is such a good reminder (and sneak peak) that sketchbooks can be boring and bad and ugly. I think I generally see so many sketchbook tours that are all beautiful finished art pieces that it makes me feel like my shitty practice isn't good enough.
Love the point of "something about you and the canvas" Honestly, you can pull a small notebook and a pen out of your pocket anywhere and doodle, sketch, draw whenever your inspired. For as little as $3 if you were on a budget. But also, holding your art in a book, the smell of the paper when it's fresh and new to the smell of ink and pencil and possibly wood shavings in it over time. And so much more. I'm a tech guy, but I just can't bring myself to the digital side.
i lost my sketchbook which had my best portraits back when i was younger and i couldn't draw for a few years. I lost motivation. It definitely hits harder losing a precious sketchbook than an ipad. You can never get that sketchbook back. Once its gone, its gone, all those memories :(
this is actually the first drawing tutorial I ever watched and it motivated me a lot at the time. now that I'm a little stuck, it's helping a lot too ^^
I finally got back into traditional sketching again. After 8 years of feeling like there was no value in it, I discovered the joys of drawing all over again
My heart melted at the cute sight of the little kitties! 🥰🤗 You’re awesome, thanks! I started my own sketchbook four years ago, I have found that it’s very effective!
I'm just new in this amazing journey of drawing, I hope I'll experience something extraordinary through this journey. And in this journey you'll be remembered as a great guide and inspiration!
I love to sketch with pen. Not only does the graphite not get everywhere, but it also forces you to work with mistakes (and also to be a lot lighter, so the "mistakes" aren't as obvious). I generally use coloured pens, and I might have an entire page in one colour, and use other mediums in that colour (markers, pencils) to add shading to my sketches. Sometimes I also sketch in black pen then colour it fully with coloured pencils, or I might even do a sketch traditionally then import it onto my iPad to finish the drawing. Just some other ways to use a sketchbook! (edit for a typo)
Just found it and it really connected with me since I had similar thoughts about my practice. I planned to train on Tablet but it felt like a daunting task, so resorting to paper made it so much easier.
im watching this video at the perfect time. i literally tried to sketch on my phone last night and it took a whole hour and didn't work out, but comparing that to my sketchbook sketches, it makes sense. it's way easier to do sketches traditionally then render digitally like i do sometimes.
Your voice is so calming. Really love this video! You're sketches are so great! So excited to see someone that loves just a good ol' pencil and paper! Haha!!
Im glad I saw this in my youtube feed it's honestly relatable to me since, back in 2020-2021 I used digital methods of self-learning online but for the most part, I was learning the application itself more than the techniques of drawing so improvements were still true but rather slower compared to when I was just randomly sketching in any notebooks or learning to sketch in any paper. The limited mistakes you can do with traditional drawing is honestly true for me in this video. Having a boundary to limit your mistakes really does helps in improving, since those mistakes tend to make things more quick to move onto another subject to practice with, while digital emerges itself with its kinda endless loops of ctrl-z cycles where you try to find a satisfying look on it before moving on and even if you do manage that, chances are, you'll micro some of the details which can further lengthen the time to reach the next subject (T^T). So a conclusion to me was digital is more of an end-product with all the complete set of tools you can utilize while sketching on the other hand is usually not the finished product with all the fancy details, dont get me wrong though no hate on digital I still love drawing in those softwares until now and honestly sketching can be done both digital and traditional but I'll have to personally take traditional it's feels a lot more natural to me!
You have such a soothing voice, man. Every positive thing you mentioned about drawing on paper is exactly what I hate of drawing on paper 😂 You made me see it in a completely different way. Maybe this time, I'll grab that pencil and notebook and start drawing again. I'm gonna fill those pages with crappy sketches baby, hell yeah 😎
Thank you soooooo much for covering how to do this stuff on paper. I don't have a fancy tablet, I'm working in a book, but a LOT of the videos I watch to learn are all done on a tablet. there's a lot of shortcuts a tablet has that I can't do on paper and I'm missing some major fundamentals on paper that are shortcuts on the tablet.
I've been drawing for about five, six years, and I've really been in a rut for the last two with the quality and progress of my art. I really hope this advice helps me get out of it, cheers for the video.
I literally changed my major to graphic design because charcoal was too messy :D Great advice with drawing! I tend to put way too much pressure on myself instead of just doing the thing and enjoying the process
Everytime that I'm struggling with digital painting, I go back to my sketchbook and I notice an evolution on my draws after spending time drawing on sketchook.
I am so glad i found this vid. I have recently started drawing digitally(since i want to be a webtoon artist in the future) and actually forgot the "pleasure" from drawing in a sketchbook again. I immediatly started drawing on paper and I actually got to improve the design of my own character!
Hey, I'm a Webtoon enthusiast too. Have you already started your Webtoon and what's your experience? I've been spiraling around my script for too long now, if you have time for some amateur artist talk, I would really like to! You're a first person I've found randomly on the internet that tries to start a webtoon, so sorry for my overexcitement x'D
@@minanikolic1456 hi there! Sorry, I haven't started on my webtoon yet. I do have a general idea for my story, but my art still sucks(I am still not rly used to digital art xD)
@@misterocomic906 Same here x"D Do you have ig account or anything where we can connect and talk about webtoon and such? For me personally it would help a lot to just know I'm not alone in a journey like this x")
One big thing from the video that I get for me, is when you said the drawing in the sketchbook no one has to see it, and working on it for yourself. I completely forgot about that. Thanks man, helps a lot.
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Back in my day, we didn’t just *buy* pencils. I used to rip down trees and carve them with my fingernails. I had to dig up the graphite myself and seal it to the wood with my sheer strength. Kids these days...
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Same energy as how my parents got to school.
@@Kainery My parents travelled up snowy mountains, sandstorms and mine fields to get to school 😤
*Well, good for you mom, we have people to do that for us now!*
hooman faces is a complicated subject. my brain turns to jelly each time. please critique my art vidz please
" I personally hate cleaning after paint" Finally, someone who gets me.
Beside the pain-in-the-assery of having to clean up, it also feels kinda sad
@@banane2279 especially if the painting didn’t go the way you wanted it to
@@breath_supplies8447 and it never does lol
Same! I was like ugh it's so messy, charcoal, Conte crayons 😬 lol I always go back to just a pencil and paper.
BUT! Recently I found that painting with brush pens (that I thought I would only use for writing kanji) are surprisingly fun and still offer some precision. Also, it's been teaching me to commit. Pencil on paper and the paper can only take so much erasing. But ink on paper and you'll just have to live with it and move on. Now, add those empty water color brushes that you fill with water and it's surprisingly fun and satisfying to spread the color on the page and dries rather quickly. A tad bit messy, it is color after all. But it's better contained than other color mediums so it's been an interesting experiment so far. ^_^
also me but it feels good to see all the mess you've made resulted a good art
I'm the kind of person who gets really frustrated when I can't do something right the first time. So every time I get into drawing, it doesn't last long because I get too frustrated with myself. Thanks so much for this video, I'm trying to get back into drawing again. :)
literally same.
Start to focus your drawings more with the basics like forms, perpective, forshortening etc. Then move on to shading and colouring (although colouring is not that important at the beginning). Then you can finally move on to details, anatomy etc. If you can't draw a square or a cylinder properly you won't be able to draw literally anything properly.
@@lonelyxsamurai you're my hero tysm.
I feel that too! Like Lonely Samurai said, you need the fundamentals. I oftentimes like to draw with pens because it forces myself to make every line count. And don't scribble things out! Use the "bad art" to show you what you need improving on. If the head looks wrong, think why, and draw it again in an attempt to fix it. Redrawing the same thing over and over to get a better sense of the item (be it fundamental shapes or full anatomy) is an amazing way to practice art. Just make sure to explore and not get so caught up in one thing. Be comfortable in being uncomfortable. Being uncomfortable can help lead to improvement in healthy doses. Good luck on your journey, and keep pushing!
@@kodiakvalentino2115 This is very well put, thank you so much for the advice!
The muscle memory is real. My sister gave me so much shit for tracing things when I was little. But after tracing something a couple times, I got how the lines were suposed to "feel" and was able, not only to duplicate it if I wanted, but to make variations of it or aply it in a different way.
There is no such thing as muscle memory as in your muscles _physically remembering_ certain movements - they can't. We're not octopuses so we don't have brains in our limbs, even though it might feel that way! 😂🐙 Learning to do _anything_ physical involves this kind of memory - riding a bike, playing tennis.
It feels like that memory is actually stored in our muscles - as if they’re remembering how to perform an action without our really being aware of it. But the activity is happening solely in our brains, nowhere else. 🧠
When you were tracing, your motor cortex developed stronger connections between your neurons which served as the _representation_ for the tracing motion, and it’s those neural connections that made your memory better and easier to access - nothing to do with your muscles!
The memory Is stored In the brain tho
@@221b-Maker-Street It's just what people call it. Muscle memory. Everyone knows muscles aren't for memory holding and that only the brain is capable of that.
@@221b-Maker-Street 🤓🤓🤓
I'm in art school, junior year.
Artists trace ALL the time. Even professionally. But especially to learn. I think a great learning tool for me especially was tracing photos of faces to figure out the contours without thinking about shading and stuff. Later learned how to do hands the same way and now I can do them from memory just bc I know how the shapes of hands interact in most situations.
Watercolor artists also frequently trace so they don't ruin their paper (since you don't wanna erase on watercolor paper, but graphite is visible through the paint!)
After watching this video I got up, got my pencils, got my sketchbook, sat down, drew a circle, and watched my anime feeling productive. Thank you sam, truly.
honestly same I feel encouraged to just doodle now
honestly same I feel encouraged to just doodle now
hooman faces is a complicated subject. my brain turns to jelly each time. please critique my art vidz please
The real feels there tho
Honestly i just want to draw hands now lmao
"You're allowed to make a lot of mistakes along the way"... Ik, you're talking about drawing, but I needed to hear that. Thank you!
I'm proud of u for making it here :)
Hi! How are you doing today? Have you drank water? Please do! We care for you!!
@@gudetamai Lmfao ..... HEY YOUR NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE MISTAKES YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
😂😂😂
@@gudetamai SAME!!!
hope you're doing okay, you got this
"I had to walk 90 miles to school everyday and we had nothing digital so I had to paint on cave walls with the blood of my enemies." With happy music in the background.
Literally every parent's story 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
lmao
hooman faces is a complicated subject. my brain turns to jelly each time. please critique my art vidz please
I hate parents parents like that :< ok just cause its easier to go to school does not mean school is easy
@@pogz1 Angel ganev can help and even roast you good for free! You should go check his channel out
@@GreySeashell-j3m I love his drawings that glowy effect and all
I'm a passionate artist who ended up burned out and sad in a 9 to 5. One of my favorite possesions is my massive sketchbook collection from the years. It helps me feel like I actually did something with my art time and helps me get back into my pre burnout phase every now and then.
your not burnout from drawing you drew so much that just need to find the inspiration again its like a daily run cant stop mid week push at it more better you get is by drawing threw art block
Try to find a way out of that 9 to 5, and use that extra time to draw. I believe in you.
@@raptorjesus6914 strangley enough I work a super cool 9-5 it's not art related but I'm having fun. I still get art in every now and then but not to the degree of or skill level I had before. I actually managed to get a series of 10 works done last month with some effort so thanks for believing in me.
Don’t believe in the “burnout” just focus on your “turnout”! Draw what you’re inspired by at random times and in a quick fashion. Then when you’re not doing anything pick up that pencil and get to it! Draw when you feel uninspired and KEEP the works. Go back and see them again in a month or so after not looking at them and then redo them. I had to just “push the skill” and create even when I didn’t feel like it to get comic pages done for a project and it taught me a lot about using your skills instead of your inspiration. You think that the guys who work at DC and Marvel always feel “inspired”?
You gotta try to monetize your art. Utilize the internet.
“Back in my day-“ it’s story time guys 😫✋
When you ask your grandpa how they go to school:
U know back in the day...
He's old now 💪😩
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Oooh it's called sketch book
U r ARMY?
Yotan ( hopefully I spelled his name right?!!) any ways armyyyyyyyyyy
“if you have trouble drawing hands, like we all do”
-proceeds to draw the best hands ive ever seen
You ever wonder why the old cartoonists drew gloves on everyone?
@@15gamershaven89 I saw one with mittens
WAY TO BE CONFIDENT MY GUY ✊😫❤
@@15gamershaven89 Because they have animals as characters? I can imagine the nightmare fuel mickey mouse having human hands with 4 fingers.
“…like we all do” has an implicit “…at one point or another” after it.
sam: "nowadays all you kiddos have your iphones, tablets and everything..'
me: *stares awkwardly at the printer paper while trying to make my own sketchbook*
Hey there's nothing wrong with printer paper, honestly excellent to have no consequences to messing something up, unlike a nice sketchbook.
Girl, my sketch books for the last 9 year’s have so much printer paper shoved into them I could make a sketchbook or three just out of printer paper 😂😂 I highly recommend using it for perfectionists who do pencil sketching, practice, etc so you can do more work ur proud of in your sketchbook itself
@@nerdykiwi981 yes, and if you like to have them neatly in a sketchbook you can always have them made to a book in a copyshop!
i also have a sketchbook using printer paper, i use it when I'm practicing something and it's actually good because u can mess it up and not feel sorry for the page
@@aru1796 200 iq tbh
I was having an “artist block,” I say that but I’m not much of an artist and I wasn’t improving. I love art but not being able to put my idea on paper really destroyed my confidence on improving. But idk after switching from my left hand to my right, I felt like I was a kid again and I enjoyed drawing again. Although I have to start from scratch, I at least enjoy drawing once more
hi master bait.. lets connected, I Love drawing,
@@jeutdraw3021 . . . That first sentence is just... uh...
Sauce
This innuendo has to be intentional.
This is literally what I'm going through, I have been drawing for almost 4 years and I keep telling myself that I am not an artist, I never was and I never will be
I keep telling myself that it's not worth spending time on it if my art is not going to evolve any time soon
His sketches are so neat and clean.
😮👌
sponsored by rotring
(jk i don't actually know what pencil that is)
@@stonecat676 lol.
Same, but it's a really cool pencil. 😂👍
It looks like a MUJI pencil
@@stonecat676 it's a kuru toga pencil! they're made of steel/plastic and last a very long time ^^ I have a black version and they're really nice to use
All my sketch are messy
Sam saying pages don’t need to be perfect
His sketchbook pages meanwhile: * completely perfect *
I'm sad 😂
That clean sketching can be only achieved through lots of practice. His first sketchbooks definitely didn't look like that! Eventually you will grow as an artist but to do so we all have to go through that ugly sketches phase.
I readed that when he was saying it
@@katnaz_ this. people kept ignoring that the fact people start somewhere not just magically draw good since the start
@@R3in_Ch just life in general too. Everyone was once a beginner
"for you, and you only"
my mom: " hey honey, can i see your draw? "
me: "nooooo, it's not that good"
my mom: " so you don't love me anymore ? "
I can’t breathe. 😂
Lmao we have the same mom 😂
Oh so not only me thank goodness 😂
IT LITERALLY HAPPENED 10 MINS AGO ARE YOU STALKING ME
Loll my mom is like that
I finish a sketch book in like 2 weeks, you can’t even believe the progress that’s been made since my first sketchbook, this is great advice 👍🏻
Ikr I literally burn through sketchbooks and then wonder why I have such a big collection of em all😭
Which pencil he is using for drawing?
This man has the ability to make me watch a ten minute video explaining me why the best way to practice drawing is drawing.
thats what im sayinggggggggg its so calm and weirdly entertaining
@@gamerbggamerbg7854 i thought it was just me lol
still the needed advice
y e p
BEST WAY TO DO OIT. JUST SIT DOWN AND DO IT and don't get up until it's done!
"It's got to be sketchy"
Hey kid want some candy get in my van and I'll give you some 🍬
No its
"Hey kid i drew some candy in my non-sketchybook come to my van alone to see"
Nah its morely like “hey kid want some white powdered candy and homemade milk?”
Nah its more like: hey kid, want some copics
"ho boy! Thanks for the candy sir! 😊"
Yeah no problem kid................ Why are the cops here?
Yessir
Now do "The best way to force yourself to actually practice drawing instead of procrastinating and hating yourself for not drawing or practicing for weeks" video.
I would suggest making a goal for each day, for example ‘x studies per day and y finished pieces per week’
apparently doing a quick sketch for at least 10 minutes everyday helps
Print out a Nike logo with "Just do it". Stick it on a wall above your workspace. Any time you read it and don't immediately proceed to just do it, punch yourself in the face.
@@kaorumugen991 I’ll punch myself tomorrow
Well, art is something that you're supposed to like doing. If you feel pressured by it, then maybe it's not your thing, even if you might be good at it! Art makes me happy, so I make art, but if art doesnt make you happy, then find something you really like doing!! :>
Love how he’s saying “it’s fine if it’s not looking good” while pulling off the most epic drawing in his sketchbook writhin like five seconds
i like how his voice is so calm and soothing
AMEN
the beginning of this video is like rap haha~
7:02
It’s so true, the one reason I only ever do sketch art, it’s the feeling of the graphite against the paper. I hate how slippery the screen is, there’s no friction to it, there’s so much control you have when sketching with a mechanical pencil
Yeah it’s just too different. When i got my tablet i though « oh i can edit my drawing pixel by pixel this is insane » and i didn’t know yet how it somehow doesn’t compare to the level of precision I feel i have when drawing with paper and pencil
@@MarshMellow12 yeah that would work if I had money lol
@@Alza.art4518
That’s another thing why I prefer drawing traditional over digital, drawing without a pressure-sensitive tablet pen and on a tiny phone screen is difficult. Of course it’s a little more convenient with several things but traditional just feels better (and doesn’t cost so much)
Yeah those paperfeel screen protectors are lit!
@BlouBear77 yes
Why his practice is much better than my actual drawing.
Fr same 😂 He's practiced longer maybe? 😂
He drew more. The more different things you draw the better you will get. Drawing the same thing twice but with different mistakes in it counts as different things :)
If i do a bunch of reasearch on not just the shool of youtube but pinterest google and wikipedia ( including the school of youtube) then I draw i'm pretty sure i might get better ima try it. someone tel if thats a bad idea tho.
No thats called observing. But not just blank staring at something you must read the drawings. Look at the angles. Look at the form the shapes the emotion. And once you get back to drawing youll draw what memory you have from observing i did that for 2months and now im better than when i stopped
Thats cuz he lies about the relevance of talent.
I can attest to this!! I am in middle school and have had professional artists say I am ready for internships with big companies like pixar because of the level my art has gotten to. People have also commented on how i’ve come incredibly far in a year (7th-8th grade). How did I do this? I draw all day, every day, at school, IN A SKETCHBOOK. I do agree that using a pencil and paper does have a different feel and definately is more engaging for your brain-so keep drawing and try using a sketchbook (but pay attention in class fellow students :))
Keep going! Never give up. You'll maybe be able to create your own projects some day too. Pixar and other companies would be great to work for in the future of course. Build up a portfolio and remember you can never start too early if it's your true passion which it sounds like it definitely is :D
Yeah i used to draw all the time and therefore improved very quickly. But then i kinda stopped and got demotivated and I’m just (very slowly) getting out of an art block rn. I’m definitely going to bring a small book with me everywhere so i can sketch all the time. Is there a way i can follow you and/or see your art?
Using paper to write instead of for example google docs has a different feel just something about using pencil n paper ❤
Totally don't say this because my art tends to come out better on paper or anything, I'm so bad at digital art 😅
Using a bic pen is a good alt. Man you think more to avoid making lines you dont need. Helps you with confident lines too
Hey, i really want to start a project and would require me to have good artwork, among other things but artwork would be essential. do you think i can get 50% as good as you in a year? I really want to get a lot done in 2 years.
As someone who only got into digital art a couple months ago, I didn’t realize I felt the disconnect Sam was talking about but I totally do! Sketchbook drawings are so personal and fulfilling... I’m gonna go do one now.
Factsss
The smell of the media and the paper is such a great experience, and the different scratch noises with different media and different weight paper is so satisfying even if you don’t love the end product.
Drawing programs even have simulated scratch noises to try and replace this sound feedback from real life. Reality is really real. 😁
Keep telling myself to bring my drawing tablet back out, but I really hate the feeling of digital drawing... Now I know why!
Yeah! When he said smth along the lines of "You art babies probably started with your ipads..." I felt completely called out xD but it's true, traditional always feels so much more fulfilling! I still personally prefer digital, because it's endless possibilities but it definitely feels moreee... impressive! :)
me too. I still prefer my sketchbook way more than my iPad. i just feel soo much comfortable with it ✨
"I'm not sponsored by sketchbook"
that caught me off guard 💀💀
Ok. Ill buy one tomorrow
😂😂😂
He should have been sponsored :D i'm getting one too
Seems sketchy
It's actually insane how difficult it is to find actual TH-cam tutorials on drawing by hand now. I've been learning how to draw and every video I find that looks very promising is al digital art, using digital tools and brushes. No hate towards it, it's still art, but i am learning by pencil and paper
same man
Yes but nowadays most proffesional artist learn on digital canvas for the undo and different sizes. Once they master digital. They either stay digital or go back to the paper
Started pencil to paper, so glad I did! Now I sometimes do hybrid: pencil/paper outline, then throw it into Procreate if I want the drawing colored...only because colored pencils drive me insane and I hate painting. My time doing only digital seems to have helped my pencil/paper drawings for some reason.
honestly, for me, I have pencils and paper at the ready, but I don't have any digital art apps or a tablet
so it's just natural for me to do it on paper
Can you suggest some youtubers about drawing, i just started few days ago and im having a lot of fun
Ik this was a year ago but, seeing others draw makes me want to continue my own art journey. I've always wanted to be an artist! Thank you and the other artists on the internet for being a big impact on me and others to continue making masterpieces and make our own art as we learn many different things!! 🙂🙂
hi nara ,, lets connected, I love drawing,,
This guy is absolutely right. When I got my iPad, after three years of drawing mostly on paper, I thought it would be a good idea to give up traditional art and just draw on my iPad from now on. That was probably the worst mistake of my art career. I hadn't drawn on paper in 10 months, and I didn't enjoy drawing digitally as much as I did with traditional art. I had already owned a graphics tablet for my computer for three years at that point, and although I did a lot of digital drawing with it, it just doesn't compare to drawing on paper. Plus, it feels like you're pressured to draw everything perfectly because you have all these features that allow you to spot and fix mistakes
I purchased an iPad last year thinking that digital drawing was the way to go for me. I prefer the feel of pencil and paper.
4:35 this is true for sure. I drew a fish from a reference (beta fish I think) and that was over two years ago and I still remember the basic anatomy of it. We were assigned to draw a fish without a reference in 20 minutes this year for my art class and my past drawing and memory of fish anatomy came in clutch.
His vibe is so nice. I have such insecurities in myself and always get so jealous of other artists, but I can't even be jealous of him, his vibe is too good.
I struggle with that too..... I just hate that feeling i get when i see smn else drawing better than me, i feel guilty about it
YES THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS SAY TO MY FRIENDS WHEN I SEND THEM HIS CHANNEL
fr Sam makes me feel inspired not jealous
I'm a writer, and I mostly use drawing to translate scenes into visuals. My current sketchbook is half full of just the same two characters over and over and over lmao. I love going through my old books and seeing the change in my skills!
Me too! My writing didn’t reached even the half of my first book lol but sometimes I thought in drawing the chakras, or at least my main, this can be a really good practice not for the drawings sake but for the book and writing also 🙏✨
As an aspiring writer, I've tried drawing poses and body language for many scenes. I suck, sure, but it gives me an idea on how to continue some scenes.
As a traditional artist you can't even imagine how inspiring it is to see my favorite artist drawing traditionally thank you so much 😭💖
I’ve been doing studies more with sketching lately and I noticed I’ve been improving more traditionally than digitally but I didn’t think as to why. My over reliance on the undo button really is tampering with my progression, thank you so much!
I just got back to traditional sketching after practicing so much on digital and it really messes with my head lol When I make an error on paper, my instinct is to reach for a nonexistent undo button.
I see you have posted a month ago but there is a way to like force yourself to not use undo very often, change the short cut to ctrl+Z, I use Krita and while I have the digital tablet which have the shortcut of undo, I tend to use my keyboard more so the default ctrl+Z of Krita is amazing at keeping me restrained. I can safely say using undo sparingly can definitely improve your art especially since mistakes are the part of the process
I want you to know, I *hated* hearing this advice at first. Now, one month later, I’m so glad I heard it and did it, because it’s helped me tremendously. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
In a digital age, good to see you promoting the purity of paper&pencil (wow, the alliteration) , goes to show how important the act of drawing is
I love digital, but NOTHING compares to traditional art! I’ve been drawing ever since I can remember and will always hold traditional close to my heart 💜
The feeling of making actual physical material understand what you wanted to express is way too powerful
Same!
Yesss
I personally like drawing/sketching my stuff out in my sketchbook then I transfer it to the digital world for color and what not. There's just something about that paper and pencil ✨😌✨
Yes! I was surprised he didnt mention that option.
Yea its allot easier to draw the sketch on paper for me and then color/line digital
Same, it’s so much easier for some reason
same except i don't have a way to draw digital art lmao
@@Sophia-we6yh are you me ? I’m trying to learn and I found it’s much easier doing my sketches traditionally and then transferring to procreate for coloring and shading
I was so obsessed with sketching whenever I was bored in school that I literally drew in almost every class whenever I had paper near me hehe, the blank page was just looking at me like 🌚
ugh faaaacctttsss!!!
Me too.. I used to draw my teacher's face and pass it around
SAME my grades are going down just cuz of this cuz i don't focus in class 😭
@@yashny BRUH THATS LITERALLY WHAT I DO and i also find random pictures of people in books and draw them XD
oh. my gosh. i can relate. i just draw random things, AND IT ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD!! but then i have to erase it cos its on my WORKKKKK :(
how is he so calm 😭
he’s so nice and quiet, like i’m tryna learn and this man is just perfect and it’s distracting✨
My parents after they realised I was never going to turn out right:
2:44
Thanks for the laugh xD
My parents after I was born :,)
Omg u guys lol
Lol
I laughed harder than I should've please
I definitely know that feeling of disconnect between me and the canvas when I'm drawing digitally
frr
I'm one of those turtles
i downloaded procreate thinking it would be a better solution for drawing but i get too overwhelmed with the tools and it just doesnt feel like ill get any better
Update: I grabbed my pencil and drew a lot… a lot of betta fishes!
It’s something new I don’t do it much anymore it’s just a good feel to it
@@aaronmoctezuma7482 nice
I love looking through my old sketchbooks. They also feel like old journals to me bc I also wrote random stuff there. I can remember what audiobooks I was listening to when I see some sketches, or just what was going on in my life back when I drew a sketch..
I know right!
I always drew what i loved and would get inspired by songs and the tales they told. I did a lotta Fan Art cause id be listening to a song and be like "oh this reminds me of this character!" Id use the energy and tone from the song to make my piece.
Flipping through it and being able to tell what song inspired this was always cool.
I also love going through my sketchbooks in chronological order just to see the slow improvement i made over time. Its relaxing and inspiring!
@@amityblight3650 perfect example of never wasting inspiration!
I have grown as an artist throughout the years really shown what I’m capable of and I love it
yoooo i wrote in mine too!
@@EvaSchneid cool cool
I'm an old school kind of person myself. I don't think there's quite a substitute for the feeling of a drawing/painting tool on physical medium. There's also something about its permanence that more easily captures your unique flow as an artist down to how your muscles twitch while drawing. It's less forgiving, but I think that also just helps to build more technical skill
ever since i realized that sketchbooks don’t have to be a perfect one drawing per page, meticulously drawn in every detail, that i could have unfinished sketches, different style experiments and techniques i want to try, messy gesture drawings, whatever i wanted really, my sketchbook has become so much more valuable to me!! great video :]
I realize that's the truth, but I'm a perfectionist.
the thought of that is poetically beautiful, well said mr
Yes so true. I used to feel insecure about my drawing as how some of my drawings are unfinished or isn't not good to my liking 😭
and remember folks, get a sketchbook big enough, even if it no longer fits in lil pockets or tiny purses. I didn't realise that this didn't work for me because my sketchbook was smaller than my hand, until I finished it and got a bigger one by chance. It sticks out of my purse and can't go in so much as a kangaroo pocket, but I can try to figure out a dynamic pose like 25 times on only one page.
@@MxLulo wait so it's normal for dynamic poses to cover the entire page?
just wanna say your drawings and sketches are always so gorgeous and i love your style
Thank you!!!!!
I think you actually put into words what I feel about digital art. I transitioned to digital because I didnt want to waste paper with my sketches but at the same time looking at a blank canvas on a computer screen is very daunting and I feel that I sketch lesser and lesser because of the pressure to perform.
And in the end, I actually do yearn the feeling of paper because subconsciously, I place a piece of paper on my tablet to emulate the feeling of traditional.
Gonna go buy a sketchbook now.
Eh just get recycled or bamboo paper. No real harm done.
Do you know which sketchbook he uses in this video
Hey, so I know you won't see this, but just you roasting people and giving tips have helped me on drawing so well. I don't draw digitally, so I agree with you on how we traditional artists live without the liquify tool. But even so, just studying your pieces and watching you draw has helped me so much. Thank you for everything!
one of the best things an artist can do is draw in sketchbooks!! I absolutely love going back to my first ever sketchbook from 7th grade and seeing how far i’ve gotten! it shows how much you’re skills and style has improved, and shows how creative you are!!! I’m almost finished with my 24th (fully filled) scetchbook, still going strong!
i'm in 7th grade and currently in my 5th sketchbook- this comment rlly gave me motivation, thanks!!
I skip pages when I make a good drawing cause I dont wanna have a picasso on one side and flip and you see two blobs and a line ☠️
I know what I drew I can remember everything that was in that sketchbook well notebook lines and all but I still drew on it filling every page even the golden parts on the front and the back of the last page
I've kept most of my art from when I was little, (I have the pages in a folder while the notebooks are in a cubby) and wow, it is so much fun to look back at them. Even better, try to re-draw them. I used to draw Ariel a lot and I took one of the drawings and found that I got better at drawing mermaid tails, which was weird since I don't draw mermaids but I definitely see an improvement of drawing hands and anatomy. Also, some of them where ones that had those story ones and I have a full notebook with drawings and stories but idk where it is :')
Wow. When i started in 6th grade, i only used my paper book (with those lines) until now. But today i'm starting to interested in sketchbook. Hope to get one soon ❤️
I love using Pens in my sketch book, it maximises your limitation. You're stuck with any mistakes you make and it help alot with line confidence and feeling okay with not making a masterpiece
i fully understand this but i cannot stand having only one line value
we need more sketchbook related videos, that's so calming and (pls don't hate me) aesthetically pleasing
No hate for you from here. It is wonderful watching the sketches take form. Have you seen Akihito Yoshitomi TH-cam channel? It may be right down your alley.
@@stevenb7319 Yo Akihito Yoshitomi is insane. I followed their drawing process sometimes and honestly just pure asmr
@@ktii_oo the microphone picks up the drawing sound beautifully. It’s soothing and inspiring at the same time.
You should watch DrawingWiffWaffles!
I couldn't agree more. I've never been confident in drawing people/proportions and drawing digitally really didn't help, something didn't feel right.
I decided to spend about a year or so drawing in my sketch book, whenever I had the time, trying to learn anatomy and now i'm significantly more confident putting everything together digitally. It's still not amazing BUT it's a significant improvement from not being able to at all.
I do believe its the limited number of attempts you get on sketching traditionally that helped me be a little looser with my sketches.
I'm now spending the next year, essentially doing the same thing but digitally.
cool little fact, when i was a young'un (i think grade 5) our teacher handed out sketchbooks so we could literally just draw whenever inspiration struck, and i think i really took it for granted as it really helped my art improve from a young age!
there is such a calming vibe about this video, his voice, background music and the overall calmness
you are genuinely very motivating, coming from a burnt out art major graduate I haven't drawn anything in months but watching your videos has given me the motivation to at least get back to doing sketches regularly and think about doing art for myself again after years of only really making things for assignments, thanks for reminding me what my sketch book is actually for 😆
I’ve been using an iPad and Procreate to draw for a while now and as much as I love it I still keep sketchbooks. There’s just something wonderful about keeping a sketchbook. It’s like having a safe place to learn, experiment, make mistakes and not worry
Nothing really beats how relaxing just feeling pencil on paper when doodling in a sketch book
As much as I love digital drawing/painting, which would be useful if you’re trying to get into the professional industry or are already in the industry, nothing beats good old traditional pencil/pen and paper. The feeling of it just hits different.
Yess! Feel you 🤗
Its so nostalgic for almost all of us. Practically everyone starts with pencil on paper and just drawing whatever you can think of
Yeah true! Im getting into digital art and trying to remind myself that no matter how far im able to go with digital art, always come back to the old school paper and pen:)
i feel more connected with traditional art than digital. there’s no pressure :S
I sketch my stuff on paper then take a pic of it and color it in photoshop. Best or both
his voice is so soothing he could make a video calling me every insult in the book of insults and itd still calm me down lmaoo 😭
Agreed 👍🤣
he has an entire playlist of him "gently roasting" other people's art. That might be what you are searching for...
idiot (in Sam's voice)
@@LILUGOINDABUILDING thats exactly what i needed in my life, thank u 👁
@@nobodyspecial7759 no problem dumbass
of course i'm joking, enjoy the vids :)
I love pencil and paper, there’s nothing like that feeling. Digital art feels icky and it’s so difficult to render things! I don’t do sketch art though, I shade and complete my drawings. I love my sketchbooks because of how I can flip through a history of my art. I have mad respect for digital artists and how they make the colors look good, but I save digital art for silly animations only.
If I find it ridiculous how you always seem to know exactly what I need, exactly when I need it😂
Ikr! I was literally thinking the same!
he just has hidden cameras watching all of us no biggie
IK LIKE HE READS MINDS🤯
This video, encourages me to start drawing again after having art block for a long time, I've always gotten frustrated whenever my sketches don't look like how they used to, now I know I can just use a reference, and do it in my sketchbook, then continue to draw it in my style.
I'm practicing and now I'm really getting better each week
I'm definitely looking forward to writing my own manga
lets gooooooooooo💪💪💪💪💪
How you doing
@@tomioka8405 Great, I'm pretty much got the hang of it now. Still need to work drawing dynamic poses though.
@@thesmashbeyonder5127 good to hear, hope you continue to draw
Your drawing style is just amazing, I've been drawing for almost 6 years now and it feels so relatable just watching you explain the stages of an artist becoming better and better at what they do
*casually watches this video while drawing in a drawing tablet and procrastinating on mathematics*
it's not procrastinating, you're merely learning a different kind of thing ^.^
@@uomi5676 it's not procrastinating, it's procrastinating on mathematics. (When you're procrastinating you're still doing _something_ )
@@necrago i meant that drawing instead of doing maths isn't something you should feel bad about ;-;
@@uomi5676 yeah, but if you're about to have important exams then it's a whole nother matter (assuming you'd have said exams)
@@necrago yeah i totally don't draw when i have important exams *sweats nervously*
It might sound wierd, but your voice helped me get started on TH-cam. It 's nice to know there's at least one other person who speaks quietly 🙂
Can I recommend LavenderTowne? She has quite the quiet voice too ^^
Same I also like Kyutie(Elen)
"what does a rhino actually look like from a profile view?" I think about this everyday.
*Thank You!*
I am an "Old School" DTF artist (Dead Tree Format = Paper) and there is nothing like the feeling of lead/Graphite on paper as the drawing reveals itself as you work on it. the media forces you to end the session and move on. forget "perfection" Good enough is good enough. MOVE ON! a hard lesson to learn but I take solace in the fact that DTF does *NOT* require any electricity to work, so even in a power outage I can draw for hours under the glow of candlelight.
but seriously, this does help a lot. For anything and everything, you can't start building the top tier. You have to start from the bottom, the basics, the fundamentals.
Whether you draw digitally or traditionally, every day you can try to fill at least one page of a sketchbook, doing a basic study on something you feel like doing that day.
For example, today I tried sketching some clothing. The day before, perspective. It really helps me when I'm trying to draw something proper and complete, since I've practiced all the individual components of the piece in my sketchbook before.
And it doesn't need to be a job at all. In the evening, sit at your desk with some cozy clothing and study some references and try your hand at sketching them. Or, work on certain things you struggle with, say, lighting or hands.
Wow, if you've made it all the way here after reading all the shit I just typed, kudos to you :)
How your doing now?
@@ipupi8784 thanks for asking. I'm getting better at my art, though i haven't taken my own advice and rarely sketch at all. i only break out my pencil when I'm working on an actual piece, complete with watercolour. they are not that good of course, due to lack of practice, but they still make me happy. however, i do doodle a lot in places and times i shouldn't be- like school :P
Ahh i really needed this, I've been scared to touch my sketchbook lately because all my drawings never seem to go the way I want them to- and I felt scared to ruin a nice blank piece of quality paper. But after seeing your sketchbook (which is wonderful by the way) I realised I've forgotten the sole purpose of a sketchbook- it's to be drawn on. Man. I miss sketching.
“Do some simple sketching frome someone u really admire”
and your works are the first thing that came in my mind!!
When I draw I love finishing sketchbooks, it makes me feel complete, and after some time when I have art blocks and such I just flip through my old sketch books to look at how much I improved, and I love that so much about sketch books, it's all of your work put into one place!
Not wanting to paint because it’s a hassle to set up and do, and not wanting to do charcoal cus it’s dirty and smudge is mega relatable.
You've got such a soothing voice!! It's like that one prof that every students love cuz of their calm demeanor. New subscriber here! I'd like to learn more from this channel
Just hit me that Sam is a modern, asian and relatable Bob Ross!!!
Calm voice, talks about accepting imperfections and teaches in a way that you want to learn
I've been drawing for a few years now and I still ALWAYS have to get my base design down on paper before I bring it in to Procreate because something about that led on paper feel made way more sense to me than a slick pen tip on a slick screen. I even tried those paper-like screen protectors that made your ipad less slick and it still was not the same. For the first time yesterday I finally drew a character start to finish solely on my ipad which was a huge art win for me but I still prefer sketching out my characters on paper first! Now I don't have to make the sketch AS final before bringing it into Procreate to build off of
I’ve been buying sketchbooks a lot lately in different sizes, I sleep with one next me, I have them in my purses, art bag where I keep my iPad. No thoughts get left behind.
THIS IS SO GOOD! I have always had a sketch book but I get heaps of art block because of the fear of making something bad. This is such a good reminder (and sneak peak) that sketchbooks can be boring and bad and ugly. I think I generally see so many sketchbook tours that are all beautiful finished art pieces that it makes me feel like my shitty practice isn't good enough.
"Back in my day I had to walk 90 miles to school, I had to draw with rocks on a cave wall and paint with the blood of my enemies."
*Likes video*
*Likes comment*
Love the point of "something about you and the canvas"
Honestly, you can pull a small notebook and a pen out of your pocket anywhere and doodle, sketch, draw whenever your inspired. For as little as $3 if you were on a budget.
But also, holding your art in a book, the smell of the paper when it's fresh and new to the smell of ink and pencil and possibly wood shavings in it over time.
And so much more. I'm a tech guy, but I just can't bring myself to the digital side.
" and paint with the blood of my enemies" ... *subscribes*
,sensei please critique my art video.. it kinda sucks alot.. i mean suck like kinder crayon. i need your guidance
Same 🤣✋🏻
Not me having huge crush on Sam just because I love his art style so freaking much
Losing a sketchbook fullfilled with such amazing sketches & drawings, is for sure worse than lose a thousand dollar ipad!
You clearly never lost a 1000$ ipad and it shows
@@asadwholesomememe2749 he is notmwrong tho. I would rather lose my ipad i just bought rather than my sketbooks
@@jones.abraham that’s you- 😟
@@jones.abraham yall would rather lose an ipad and some of us here are still trying to piece together money or win giveaways 🥺
i lost my sketchbook which had my best portraits back when i was younger and i couldn't draw for a few years. I lost motivation. It definitely hits harder losing a precious sketchbook than an ipad. You can never get that sketchbook back. Once its gone, its gone, all those memories :(
this is actually the first drawing tutorial I ever watched and it motivated me a lot at the time. now that I'm a little stuck, it's helping a lot too ^^
I finally got back into traditional sketching again.
After 8 years of feeling like there was no value in it, I discovered the joys of drawing all over again
My heart melted at the cute sight of the little kitties! 🥰🤗 You’re awesome, thanks!
I started my own sketchbook four years ago, I have found that it’s very effective!
I'm just new in this amazing journey of drawing, I hope I'll experience something extraordinary through this journey. And in this journey you'll be remembered as a great guide and inspiration!
I love to sketch with pen. Not only does the graphite not get everywhere, but it also forces you to work with mistakes (and also to be a lot lighter, so the "mistakes" aren't as obvious). I generally use coloured pens, and I might have an entire page in one colour, and use other mediums in that colour (markers, pencils) to add shading to my sketches. Sometimes I also sketch in black pen then colour it fully with coloured pencils, or I might even do a sketch traditionally then import it onto my iPad to finish the drawing. Just some other ways to use a sketchbook!
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Just found it and it really connected with me since I had similar thoughts about my practice.
I planned to train on Tablet but it felt like a daunting task, so resorting to paper made it so much easier.
im watching this video at the perfect time. i literally tried to sketch on my phone last night and it took a whole hour and didn't work out, but comparing that to my sketchbook sketches, it makes sense. it's way easier to do sketches traditionally then render digitally like i do sometimes.
Your voice is so calming. Really love this video! You're sketches are so great! So excited to see someone that loves just a good ol' pencil and paper! Haha!!
Im glad I saw this in my youtube feed it's honestly relatable to me since, back in 2020-2021 I used digital methods of self-learning online but for the most part, I was learning the application itself more than the techniques of drawing so improvements were still true but rather slower compared to when I was just randomly sketching in any notebooks or learning to sketch in any paper.
The limited mistakes you can do with traditional drawing is honestly true for me in this video. Having a boundary to limit your mistakes really does helps in improving, since those mistakes tend to make things more quick to move onto another subject to practice with, while digital emerges itself with its kinda endless loops of ctrl-z cycles where you try to find a satisfying look on it before moving on and even if you do manage that, chances are, you'll micro some of the details which can further lengthen the time to reach the next subject (T^T).
So a conclusion to me was digital is more of an end-product with all the complete set of tools you can utilize while sketching on the other hand is usually not the finished product with all the fancy details, dont get me wrong though no hate on digital I still love drawing in those softwares until now and honestly sketching can be done both digital and traditional but I'll have to personally take traditional it's feels a lot more natural to me!
You have such a soothing voice, man.
Every positive thing you mentioned about drawing on paper is exactly what I hate of drawing on paper 😂
You made me see it in a completely different way. Maybe this time, I'll grab that pencil and notebook and start drawing again. I'm gonna fill those pages with crappy sketches baby, hell yeah 😎
"I'm a little bit-- I'm pretty interested in cars"
Lol that reafirmation.
Thank you soooooo much for covering how to do this stuff on paper. I don't have a fancy tablet, I'm working in a book, but a LOT of the videos I watch to learn are all done on a tablet. there's a lot of shortcuts a tablet has that I can't do on paper and I'm missing some major fundamentals on paper that are shortcuts on the tablet.
I've been drawing for about five, six years, and I've really been in a rut for the last two with the quality and progress of my art. I really hope this advice helps me get out of it, cheers for the video.
I literally changed my major to graphic design because charcoal was too messy :D Great advice with drawing! I tend to put way too much pressure on myself instead of just doing the thing and enjoying the process
Everytime that I'm struggling with digital painting, I go back to my sketchbook and I notice an evolution on my draws after spending time drawing on sketchook.
I am so glad i found this vid. I have recently started drawing digitally(since i want to be a webtoon artist in the future) and actually forgot the "pleasure" from drawing in a sketchbook again. I immediatly started drawing on paper and I actually got to improve the design of my own character!
Hey, I'm a Webtoon enthusiast too. Have you already started your Webtoon and what's your experience? I've been spiraling around my script for too long now, if you have time for some amateur artist talk, I would really like to! You're a first person I've found randomly on the internet that tries to start a webtoon, so sorry for my overexcitement x'D
@@minanikolic1456 hi there! Sorry, I haven't started on my webtoon yet. I do have a general idea for my story, but my art still sucks(I am still not rly used to digital art xD)
@@misterocomic906 Same here x"D Do you have ig account or anything where we can connect and talk about webtoon and such? For me personally it would help a lot to just know I'm not alone in a journey like this x")
@@minanikolic1456 I am currently using Twitter and discord if you use any of those platforms??
One big thing from the video that I get for me, is when you said the drawing in the sketchbook no one has to see it, and working on it for yourself. I completely forgot about that. Thanks man, helps a lot.