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Did you ever create animations, Marc? I've been an artist and animator for 10 years. My art is "Meh" and I want to break my plateau. So in December last year I set a big goal of creating my own anime-style video. It's a big ambition that won't happen overnight, so I gotta find out how to not give up on it. I broke it down into smaller goals like learning how to animate quickly and skillfully. They are broken into smaller goals like understanding human anatomy, and even smaller goals like learning anatomy proportions and things like the deltoid, neck, collar bone, and rib cage. I hyperfocus on these projects and do not like interruptions, but I try to take a break at least once every hour. You might say that's my version of the Pomodoro Method. I realize that it may take years before my anime video is complete, but I rely on small victories like understanding the contours of an arm.

Teacher: Step 1: Pick a task, lets say: "learning the anatomy of the torso" for example Step 2: Set a 25 minute timer Braindead me who spent 12 years learning the anatomy of the torso and still fails to figure it out: You wanted to say 25 years timer?

Plus you'll get good at drawing pomodoros 👍🍅🍅🍅🍅

Are your lessons broken down into short segments, kind of like what you see on udemy courses? I’m afraid if the lessons are super long 1-2hours without being broken down that I’ll feel discouraged to watch/study the videos in the lessons!

Great lesson, it's rare to have new insights after studying something for over an year

Those crotch lines made me really think

What I liked most was seeing how you simplified the shapes in the sketch. After the issue of procrastination, I calculate that it must be more difficult for younger people in these times, between networks and cell phones.

The better and easy environment tutorial, thanks

This is quite advanced for beginner artists or people who are new getting into art. What I learned from my professor is to start with big shapes first. Focus on the shape of the body as a whole but individually to get the idea of the entire body. Starting off with little details makes it much harder for you to actually understand what you're doing, so it's always better to start off with big shapes, specifically 3d shapes. You have to train your brain to be able to see these things and being able to picture the body in 3d form. It's much easier that way and it seriously benefits a lot when it finally comes to shading and knowing where to put the shadows, where to fold clothing, etc. Don't rush when it comes to art. Take your time to learn and UNDERSTAND what you're doing first. Remember, it's all about the process, not the reward. Learn to enjoy the process of your art and find the joy in trial and error. The final product will always build off of what you've learned, studied, made mistakes along the way, etc. Good luck :)

Hello marc, what is the lineart brush that you are using from the brush sets? I find the Pencil HB to be very similar to the one you're using in the video, I've imported your brush sets but I can't seem to find the right settings for them(Using medibang)

Thank you so much for the video I did these steps and instead of drawing for many hours my drawings only took like 1 - 3 hours 🙏🙏

In terms of why we need these pomodoro timers in the first place, I think the problem is FOMO, people get confused by social media and develop a habit in the form of needing to be aware of everything all the time. When I first started trying painting with the pomodoro tracker, 10 minutes after the session started I wanted to check my social media out of habit as I thought that was the end of the session, but no, the timer said 10 minutes. But after about a week of drawing with Pomodoro, I realized that the concentration on the drawing process was getting stronger and stronger. FOMO is hell, and when games or commercials use FOMO mechanics, it's hell squared, taking over people who might not have previously been exposed to the bad habit called FOMO.

Leaving another book-recommendation here because I feel like it could help some creatives finding a fitting workflow, new ideas and more confidence: "Creative Confidence" by David and Tom Kelley Not only an amazing book for artists and designers but everyone who wants to level up their life and work with some creativity (and creative problem-solving) as well It talks a lot about structuring projects, overcoming procrastinantion and that thinking-doing-gap and they present several idea-finding/building techniques

More of your content on traditional art?

when we needed him most, he cooked

when we needed him most, he cooked

Damn,I wish I knew earlier

That's amazing, thank you!

Interesting. Thanks for this, I might need this

I know you said and repeated that it is important to write and track everything, but why is that? What do I do with the information I have after tracking it??? This is the part I always get stuck on TT~TT

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How the heck did I miss this class!!! Gotta take extra notes now omg I really need this for my time management and how to progress faster though the art school program so thanks for the class teach!

I find pomodoro takes me out of flow state with the ringing. Though the breaking down of tasks into small tasks, and getting rid if screens is amazing. I tend to use a method of breaking down a task in 1/2 multiple times until I find it manageable to start. So if we’re using time, I’ll say I wanna draw figures for an hour. That’s too much for my brain in a moment. So I’ll cut it in half : 30 minutes. Then cut in half again : 15 minutes. Okay that’s managable. Then I put a stopwatch and go until I feel like I’m losing steam or back hurts. Then I turn off the stop watch. If I meet 15 minutes or more I’ve already accomplished my small goal. Though often I’ll get to that 1 hour or sometimes even more without thinking about the time. And I keep my flow state. I may cap my time based on how much time I got if I have another thing on my schedule, but I’ll think less about time and do more quality than before.

You are so awesome 🔥🔥🔥

Can that art school be done with traditional drawing? I don't have a drawing tablet yet

her back doesnt seem healthily bent... I understand she is leaning back but still

The procrastination is fricken real. I saw this video at like 8 or 10 in the morning could have just watched it then. But I have somehow f*cking managed to procrastinate my way around watching this video until damn 5 p.m. what the hell is wrong with me. Speaking of procrastinating I should probably be buying the art course before it's no longer on sale because I've been meaning to get that too

This illustration is stunning! And the pomodoro method is definitly something that i'm gonna try and recommend to my students.

How did you get that brush to add subsurface scattering at the terminators?

Pomodoro is a great method, it may seem to break "the flow", but it isn't - that's fantastic.

you took power AKA the blood devil from csm as an example, she is my favorite girl😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

That sheen on the metal... chefskiss

This is really informative and fun to listen/learn. It’s also what I’ll be doing to help improve with my work. Thx a bunch

Could added tomatoes to the intro ;)

I find that my problem with hair is the haircut or style

Seems worth trying. Is there any chance youll do a video on textures? Ive noticed nobody really touches the subject, and i always see people skip the part where they apply textures at the end. Id like to know exactly what people (or at least you) use, and how they tweak them. Its a small step that goes a long way to making something look "done".