MY ART CAREER PATH (from 4👶 to 34💀)
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Oh hey I'm finally done with this beast!!!! Took forever to collect all the art and edit these in order man, hope you guys dig it! 💀 This time I took a peek at the past and the video lays out everything that contributed to my career life going from zero to professional artist.
I would've died for a video like this when I was just starting out (as you'll understand if you check out the vid!) so I hope this will help younger artists that are in the same spot, looking to get an idea for the potential career ahead. Of course everybody's path is different, vastly different, but if it can help you maybe avoid some mistakes I made, or help you make better decisions, then mission accomplished :)
Don't hesitate if you have any questions, as usual, I read all the comments!
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OH HEY it's dooooonnnnneee man this one took forEVAH to edit. Organizing and collecting all this art in chronological order was no joke, really hope the video helps or entertains at least! :) If you have any questions, don't hesitate to slap em down below. Now I gotta start getting ready for this week's Friday tutorials yikes let gooo
So inspiring *-* Really helpful! BUT... if you think back and have to pick 1 thing that you did learn at art school... what would that be? Or was it really a waste of time ;-;
Valkorey Arts Really happy to hear :) My main takeaway from it was art history- really enjoyed that class (even though nowadays you can easily find all that info here on CZcams). Helped me appreciate art more if anything and I’m glad it was forced on us. Art-wise the level was just too low and none of the teachers ever demoed anything, they would just tell us what to do showing art from previous students. I was learning far more on the different art forums I was on at the time. It was super fun overall but not for the right reasons, not for the art.
@@YTartschool Hey, just wanted to say that I've been watching a lot of your videos over the years, and it's been super helpful! I finally landed my dream job in concept art after a lot of hard work (still working hard though). I'm also from montreal, it's cool to see a fellow québecois inspiring thousands of aspiring artists :D
@@user-ff2mu4fh4v Hell yeah calisssss that's awesome to hear!! Bin content pour toi! :D
Thanks for inspiring us Marc it means a lot
22 years old working at blizzard? damn bro im 22 depressed and eating carrots rn
Same
Same. No carrots though :/
At least youre depressed but eating healthy!
Im 20 already depressed but no carrots because brazilian economy is getting to KRMMO levels rn
27 depressed and broke
HIS 4 YEARS OLD DRAWING ARE EVEN BETTER THAN MY 17 YRS OLD DRAWING
i feel you xD
@@SeaSerpentLevi This. This so much.
My sister is also good at drawing and she is 7
OMG SAME
Mine too and I’m 21..
Meanwhile i just discovered what a digital art is when i was 17. Feels like a caveman
I only did digital art at 18 which was just a month ago and man it sucks being a late bloomer.
@@lyradd me too, when i discovered graphic tablet exist i bought it and start scribbling.
I wanted to be a concept artist for games since elementary school, only started drawing when i was 17. wanna punch the old me right now....
@@trlolingbear47 You can do it bro. Its never to late
Don't worry too much about it. I also began doing digital art when I was 16-17 back in 2008. You grow into it over time. :)
"imagine going to school for a job you already have. the hardest part was trying to keep my ego in check at school"
i love this
2:31 under 13 and attempting two point perspective? ambitious kid!
And now, here, so good ambition :) !
*Attempting* is the key word here 😂
its even a three point perspective shot i believe
At the begining I felt like my motivation went down, I'm 19 right now and still never got that huge of a opportunity like you did back then. But then I realized that every artist have a completely different ride, and that's the beauty about art. So I'm going to keep pushing forward to achieve my dreams, no matter what!
Update: now 21 years old, finally got my first indie game commission!! I look back at what I used to paint when I posted this comment and my progress has been huge. I've never given up and never plan to, even if it takes me longer than expected, I will keep practicing and getting better every day. So to you all guys, never give up, if love painting, keep doing it, the important thing is how you study and to be consistent and always be open to constructive feedback and learning from others, never give up!
Respect
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I've been feel demotivated for the past 5 years, but I'm not gonna give up either!
take my salut and my bow
The thing with art which I observed is that it really depends a lot on your personal life too, I was on hiatus for 3 days for every 2 days I drew because that time was shit and it was an year ago, now my life isn't shit so I actually like to draw now and barely any hiatuses
wow, now I feel bad for myself, seeing how my life could have went if I wasn't such a lazy ass...
Seriously tho, what to do against this nonexisting ambition to improve or just do modeling at all. Almost 6 years ago I kinda liked it, now that I have finished my bachelor in 3D stuff, I just don't want to anymore.
I'm 29 now. I did some media art school at the age of 16-20. Then went into lazy mode for 3 years just playing video games all day long. Applied for many art study programs in my country, but never got accepted until I applied abroad. Abroad I started to study game development with a focus on the art side, basically what I always wanted to do. Did really good in this study, but only learned the basics of everything gaming related. I didn't specialized in anything and still don't really feel or don't know what to specialize in.
Currently having several freelance jobs going for games, but I just can't motivate myself to finish them early, fast and good. I always push them further and further into the future until the deadline is in 2 days, where I start working on it for 30 or more hours at a time, because otherwise I won't meet the deadline.
My clients are really satisfied with my work, but I am not at all with the way I work and the motivation I do not have anymore. This is going for almost two years now.
Nothing wrong with that, for a lot of people the amount of time I spent on my art is complete madness, everybody places different value in different things. If you value your time more when it's spent doing other things, then don't think anything bad of it. The curse of every artist is always comparing themselves with better ones, I do the exact same. I keep thinking I would be a much better 2D artist if I had done that instead of 3D for most of my career, but in retrospect I just didn't want to, and I'm cool with that.
Most of what we do in life is based on reward, so keep reminding yourself why you do what you do. It can be as simple as having a big poster over your desk with something that represents your goal. Maybe it's a big house, a supercar, a travel destination, whatever. A goal you can literally keep your eyes on every day. No goal, no motivation.
Your art got so good at such a young age! How did you manage to teach yourself use of color and lighting during that time?
Most of it was copied so don’t give me too much credit! There wasn’t much help back then so I’d just try to copy color palettes, brush strokes, how they draw the muscles, how they simplified their faces, anything I could copy that looked better than what I could do myself
@@YTartschool amazing!! You kind of show, the importance of reference, grind and self-exposure. I don't do enough of any of the 3.
@@YTartschool Amazing, my brush strokes are really bad rn, the first digital painting you made in Photoshop blew my mind. I don't know how to use the brush properly and I'm still trying to learn it, do you have some tips on how I use the brush, I mean digitally of course.
@@larjudetablando7565 I would advise to ignore brush strokes completely until you can paint very close to accurate based on a photo reference. If you're trying to get that "painterly" look in digital medium, it really requires very accurate values & is not worthwhile to practice until you can do everything else at a high level. Unfortunately if students try to make intermediate paintings look "brushy" they tend to come across as messy.
If you're just looking for the best general tip for a beginner, I suggest first learning to paint everything with the simple round brush, pen pressure set to opacity &/or flow, with a fade/ edge/ softness of 0.8 (depends on what digital program you use). If you don't like how that looks so smooth bc it doesn't fit the type of subjects you paint (like, if you paint mostly environments instead of figures), you can use the chalk or pastel brushes that come with your art program.
Hope your studies are going great! xo
This video makes me ( a 25 year old aspiring concept artist) feel like I’m too late to reach marcs level. He is amazing , love your work man.
I have started when I was 25 and now I'm 27 and with artschool program I make at least decent art I think :) I guess 1 more year and I will be able to work professionaly so it's never too late
Not at all too late! In recent years I’ve spread myself pretty thin with business, art school, 3D and the real time I’ve had left for 2D hasn’t been much tbh. It’s just in the last year or so that I’ve turned the engines back on. It’s really in those early years between 16-19 that everything happened for me so it really doesn’t take that long if you can focus on it!
@@YTartschool You have no idea how much this means to me. Encouragement can go a long way. I only wish I could devote myself more to learing true concept, but between my job and my crappy animation school(which I'm only continuing to finish my mid-term degree) I only have little time to trully focus on your ART School.
Check out Tony Justamante. He is a Concept Artist:
Tony Justamante:
*"Just because you feel that it’s too late, that doesn’t mean it’s true. In fact, you can become a concept artist at any given time during your life. I know this very well, in 2007 at the age of 29 I took the decision of changing career paths and I spent the next 2 years practicing my drawing and digital painting skills like a mad man. 2 years later I started working as a part-time freelance artist. In 2012, 4 years into my concept art journey I landed my first full-time job as concept artist in a video game studio"*
@@nikosp3156 As a 28yo, this was a huge boost to my morale to read.
Possible video idea: day in the life as an artist/content creator! I’d love to see how you balance drawing and posting on social media. (An insight on how your daily schedule looks like)
Now I’m going to watch this video, I’m sure it’s gonna be epic!!
Thumbs this up guys so it Can get to the top
Up for this! I would love to see this too
I'd also love to see this!
I'm 17, only recently started into getting art. I can't afford your course, which sucks, but I've been spending so much time drawing doing the holidays it's insane. I kinda hate the fact that I started so late, cause I've always been interested in drawing, I occasionally drew some of my favorite media characters, but it's only now that I realized how amazing art is and how I desperately want to be considered an actual artist. I'm really trying, I'm working on my fundamentals, doing drawabox exercises, and also just drawing (or at least trying to). This video was kinda motivating, thank you.
Hey i'm kinda in the same spot as you, did u improve as an artist over all these months? Where are u now with ur art skills?
it is never really late to get in art, i think.
You started earlier from my point of view I started at 24 but no matter the age just your dedication and discipline, so stay on the track and eventually you'll do great!
You don’t need to follow society’s ideals of what is “late”. Almost everybody who didn’t start at a prepubescent age feels this way at some point. But look in the grand scheme of things, 17 is hella young. Hope you’re still drawing!
You didn't start late at all. A lot of people who start in their 20s or 30s, heck even their 40s, can end up switching to a full-time art career if they just put in the work. I know it's hard seeing all these super talented 16 year olds on social media, because you feel like you've wasted your life. But just get started now and you'll be fine. Never too late to start!
watching this as a 19 years old gives me slight hint of sadness cause im waaaaay behind what you did when you were 19 but at the same time it kinda just brings my attention to the fact that there is so much more to learn and get better at,great video and incredible art!!!!!
bruh, you fell behind? im 21 and im still studying when he started working at BLIZZARD at 22 lmao
omg don't worry! I just started drawing 2 weeks ago and I'm 26. Never give up because it's never too late!
@@martinalegre5524 dont compare. your on your own journey, he is on yours. You are so young dude. 22? im 28 and only starting to realize that I want to do this after so long of being lost.
@@irelyndd3853same, I started a year ago at 28
@@bubsenseijebe2993same
Seeing your art at 17-19 is amazing but kinda stings bc I wish I were that good haha!
The hardest thing for some artist is making your parents support you. Some automatically support you but some just soo unsupportive at your dream.
I'm currently 19 in the UK's best art university yet I still struggle to feel motivated sometimes and struggle to come up with quality work. But this video has given me some motivation so thanks I appreciate it 💯
I've been to UAL back in 2008. Don't stress too much! Remember that criticism is not personal and don't forget to have fun
I'm 19 too and just finished college and haven't wanted to go to university, currently focusing on my own portfolio and trying to stay motivated.
I'm 17 and going to NUA soon for games art, feels scary and like a gamble!
My dream has always being an artist but at age 15 had to move out and my dreams and studies shattered. I am 19 now and not until now I found the motivation to continue with art. I live alone in a shitty apt and a shitty job for 3 years now. I will continue with art but cant even start studies because I dont have the money for that. I think the only thing left for me is to just paint for me i guess. But that is why I Dont want you yo feel down. You are in good place to boost your carreer! Just keep moving forward!!
These epic backgrounds at 19-22, and I struggle just doing a sun with a floor xD
You are such a big inspiration, I am 33, and I found your channel 2 days ago, I’m a father of two that have always loved art. I’ve taken the path of graphic designer, but in the past 2 months, I’ve rediscovered that my true passion has always been drawing, so I took it up again, and started with procreate. I must say that I’ve learned so much in the past 2 days of finding your channel, I wish one day I can afford your full course and becomes one of your students. I guess all I want to say is Thank you, for giving us this amazing knowledge, you’ve inspired me to continue my art at the age of 33.
- Alberto Rodriguez
9:20 I remember this one, I was mesmerized by it for years and until recently never realized it was made by YOU! Yes this one piece is still amazing.
How did you become soo good with poses and at drawing overall by the time you were 16/17. Im 18 and my drawings look like yours when you were 15
That part with the parents telling you is just a backup plan happened to me to. After i spent half an year of 50 by 70 cm colored pencil drawing they acknowledged my dedication towards art and let me move to an art high school , where i am now. Ty you are a great inspiration.
You should redraw “that” painting. Would be interesting to see how you improve upon it now.
Beat you to it, already did ;) (well, 4 years ago) www.artstation.com/artwork/z1JN2
Why the hell this only took away the leftovers of my motivation, but not give a single drop of it
You’re not dedicated enough for the job in the first place then
Just guessing here but maybe-
It's not a path that's for everyone, just like how I realized computer science wasn't for me after years invested going into it. You'll know you found your passion when regardless of what people say or think of it, all you'll want is to learn more and get better at it. It's like falling in love, very similar feeling. If the slightest negativity turns you off, then maybe the relationship wasn't solid.
I have the same feelings, but do not give up when you see someone doing better than you!
You should not compare yourself with the others, because all people are different with different fate and temperament. Make your own way in your life!
You just need more practice and one day you will be even better!
P. S.: Your avatar is beautiful
that epic intro, sublime
it’s always so inspiring seeing the early works of successful artists :)
Oh wow! So inspiring! Loved learning about your journey and seeing the years pass trough your artwork 😁
It’s really inspiring to see your lifetime progress, great video as always!
Love you Marc 💕💕
hi! i watched this video recently and honestly seeing how hard you worked all this time is really inspiring! thank you
im just happy you are back doing illustration work, I really love the energy and care in them. :)
What a journey. Thanks for sharing Marc! Very glad to see some insight on what got you started and where you are now. Keep it up and best wishes to you and your fam!
What a story. Congrats to you Marc, to keep it together. Keeping fingers crossed for more success in near future!
isn't it great when your years of hardwork and practice get recognised? feelsgoodman
This is amazing, you are such a good artist and teacher, seeing this gives me motivation to keep drawing and painting!
you're such a big inspiration to me, so nice to know a bit more about you, great video !
I'm currently trying to sharpen my skills so i can move into making art an actual career. This was very inspiring for me, thank you for sharing your journey and story with us, Marc!!
This is incredibly inspiring!! I've been drawing part-time for two years and this kind of story helps me keep my ego/ arrogance and expectations in check! Hugely valuable, and motivating!! (and cool stuff to listen to while doodling! Thank you!
U deserves at least 10× more subs man. I really love your content
This is so motivating! I always think my art isn't enough but seeing you getting so awesome with your art gives me hope for maybe getting better with my own art! But i really need to get my butt up and practise a lot more! Thank you very much for sharing your story :)
Man you are a big source of motivation, keep it up 'u'
all i can say is ... wow! what a journey! your classes even though the platform has already taught me piles of things and I am grateful for that! continue like this for an hour the reward will be great!
Thanks Marc! This narrative of your journey is truly inspirational and encouraging which will definitely add that boost to many creative artistic minds. Having watched many of your CZcams videos, I must say you are indeed an outstanding talent and have carved a success story which most of us aspire towards. It is not only a pleasure to view your exceptionally beautiful work but also a privilege to have access to your knowledge, art process and experience via your CZcams videos. Thanks a lot again for being so generous with your gift. I am sure many were able to give new life to their art thanks to you!
I love hearing this story over and over again
Thank you for making this!! I always love artist career videos/level ups. It's very inspiring.
i love this. i'm a 3D artist and i love to hear others stories. it's so inspiring. also grateful and lucky to be able to do my art fulltime. its about always keeping that passion alive then the money will come and it sounds like you really made the best decisions to keep your passion alive
thank you for sharing story Marc.Honestly, I envy how you even started a career very young, since I started to study art only a few years ago and decided to make as my career path.
It is hard not to compare myself to others, apparently but, I see you had bigger struggles and came a long way to established yourself.
It was motivating and hope you produce more inspiring vids.
You’re videos are so helpful and inspiring, thank you for sharing
As a 13 yr old, seeing what point you worked ur way up to 17 is such a huge inspiration. I’ve just been fixated on your work, even your older stuff. Seeing how beautiful you rendering/shading and ur anatomy and how good it is? It’s impressive and I desperately woukd adore to skip to What level you are at art already
One really gets the impression that the art career you went through was smooth sailing but there must have been obstacles that you went through as well. I feel like I'm a bit late to the game in terms of age but I will continue to keep working hard everyday as much as I can and try to tune out voices of doubt, be it from external influences or from my own head. That was incredible to watch, thank you for sharing your story with us! 🙆🏻♀️
Cool video! It's nice to see a snapshot of your art journey!
AWESOME! Thanks for this opportunity man!
OMG! Impossible Love was made by you?! I've seen that artwork on many music videos on CZcams and every time it amazes me. Never knew it was made by you!
You've done honest contents on youtube bro. It is pure right there. Keep it going.
Dude, you big hand girl art was one of my inspirations to dive headfirst into art. I also started my art journey with Dragon Ball, and made websites later, hahaha. Amazing stuff, keep up!
It's very inspiring man! I was truly inspired by you and I am glad I found you. Thanks youtube recommendations! The only yt tutorial or art teacher I've ever watched and took advises from. Thanks Marc!
That was an interesting watch. Wish all artists did a video like this.
amazing! Its really motivating ...studying lately 3D game design in Germany and ..always feel8ing not good enough but seeing your journey ..that's so cool!
what a awesome story! thanks for sharing! it gives me fuel to create my own epic journey
I'm 15 and I also decided to become a full-time artist but I'm still lost on where ill go.. so for now im just practicing as much as I can while doing commissions :^)
Thank you for uploading this i have been struggling to find my path and you helped me to find out what i want and can do thank you so much
Woah, the luck you had all along the way, that's just amazing! Et Montréalais à part de ça, woohoo!
I'm flipping my life over to see where I can get as an artist - the last job I had left me so unhappy on so many levels, I don't even know if I'd be alive today without therapy. After over 20 years of not creating anything it feels like I'm relearning it all over again... yen aura pas d'facile!
Thank you for sharing this, and the invaluable things you have learned along your journey with us. Very inspirational!!
Jeees that’s awesome video Marc ! Thanks a lot !
Dude, this is really amazing. You're really talented and on an entirely different level of art. Just looking at your early art that you did in high school is mind blowing. Funny enough your journey is kinda similar to mine, except that I'm not that talented and successful. Thanks for sharing your story, might as well share mine.
I loved drawing a lot, and felt like it was my "special power", you know people around always said that I'm really good and because of that I felt proud and that I could do anything. Similar to you I thought that drawing won't help me to earn money and support my family, so drawing was just a hobby for me and I just had a plan to become a scientist, earn a nobel prize and draw in free time. But, as the adult life got closer and by the time I finished high school I was at loss of thoughts, I wasted all my time just studying, got really good at chemistry, biology, physics and even earned a gold medal (in Russia they give you a gold medal if you have excellent marks on every subject).
Even if I was successful at studying, it all became meaningless to me and boring, but I knew that it was my life now and I have to give it all. After finishing school I enrolled at a Medical University in Vladivostok which is a big deal, and my folks were really proud of me.
And that's when I started realizing that maybe I chose the wrong path, I didn't feel happy studying all the time, sleeping for four hours and then studying the whole day. The first year in medical university was tough, but I got excellent marks on the exams, everything was great, but I felt empty. I felt like if I keep going my life will make no sense and I will be surrounded by numbers, theories, books.
So I've decided at that time that I should quit the university, even though it would be going against the stream, against the will of my parents, trashing everything that I achieved and return to level 0. It took me two years to come up with a courage and strength to do this, and so I did. I quit university, I was 21 by that time, because of that I was enrolled in the Russian army, it's mandatory.
I had to waste one year in the army, it was hell of a time, but guess what? In the army I sold my drawings for 500 RUB (6.40 USD), people wanted me to draw portraits, but I didn't know how to draw portraits, so I intuitively had to learn, I wasn't really successful but people liked these drawings, so it's wasn't that bad, a few sergeants even bought me colorful pencils, and because of that I started drawing a lot, the whole year I sneaked to the classed where we learned and drew while other soldiers slept.
After army I started drawing digitally with a tablet, and since then I keep watching your videos and draw every once in a while. My deviantart has at least 40 measly followers who aren't even active I think :D, don't have any fans, don't have the necessary skills, but I still draw, it makes me happy, even if only my friends appreciate what I do. My parents hate me, my teachers despise me, everyone around me think of me as an idiot and a moron who threw his future away, but it doesn't matter to me.
I'm 23 years old, work day and night, draw on a tablet every day in my free time, got no education besides high school, I don't know what my future will be, but I'm proud to say that I'm an artist, and this is my sense of life, as long as I can draw - I am happy.
Thank you so much for sharing your path Marc, It is really inspirational, I feel like I want to do my best to keep improving my skills. Every artist should watch this video. It is not easy to create a video like this, and you did it for free. Thank you again..!!
Going back and seeing how much you changed your style is mind boggling. You are amazing! Art is every changing like the world, but your ability to adapt is speechless.
I Love it, I was always told I had a talent for art when I was a kid, but never thought it would get me anywhere, I spend a lot of my time drawing on the back of my work papers everyday in between free time and breaks. Watching your videos has awoken my passion to want to improve as an artist again! Thank you!
I just realized I used to copy a lot of your work a few years back!!!
Great video. It gave me a morale boost!
It's weird but after finishing this video I just started tearing up and nodding out of excitement? This was beautiful Marc and I am absolutely thankful for your content, keep up the good work bud! This was awesome.
Awww, glad I made it :) thank you!
Going from your native country, to the U.S, and all from your art and never stopping. I can relate to your story, even in the past cities and crappy jobs I had, I never stopped. Nothing will ever express that feeling the advancing man gets as he keeps pushing forward.
Thanks for sharing, your story was very inspiring and gave me a few important insights as well!
Your art journey is really inspiring, I realised art as a career when I was 19 in 2019, I was an engineering student then . Now I'm 21 graduated from my engineering college and got my first job as a concept artist in outsourcing company. Your videos has helped me a lot in the last 2 years. Whenever I felt down I would watch your video to get an instant boost of inspiration, I still do.
Thank you for providing your knowledge out there for free. Love from India ❤️
You are my one and only inspiration.
Je viens de prendre votre course Art School for Digital Artists et c'est ma meilleure décision de l'année.
Merci pour tout.
Wow, inspiring.
I'm in my early twenties and don't really know what life will bring me, thank you and congratulations on making it in your life.
All this confusion surrounding me right now and the choice to go by a non academic route are getting tiring, but who knows where I'll end up, your story gives me hope.
thank you for still uploading such quality videos for us, even if you dont really get much bank from it!!
been following your work since when you only had deviantart
your progress has been extremely inspirational
thank you just being you and for all you do
you rock!
So much motivation, hell yeah! Thanks for creating a video that might have just helped me pass my 2nd Year in Graphic Design due to the creative motivation XD...
Thank you for sharing your story. Very inspiring.
I am turning 50 next year and the drive to draw is still there. I do not have 1/10th of the required talent but being a professionnal artist is my goal.
Howerer, when you have mouths to feed that is not an easy choice.
I salute your courage and persistence.
Bravo and keep up the good work.
Very inspiring
I've been using your art and videos as a reference for how to render materials and the like since i've just gotten back into art again as of two weeks ago, I'm starting later than I should've but its better to do it late than not at all yeah? It's great to see where people you look up to started and the journey towards the end, a big motivator it is.
Currently a 15 year old and I’m planning on working as a concept artist or illustrator, but the thing is, I’m in a country where being an artist is looked down upon thus there’s not much opportunities given to artists ~.~ I’ve always wanted to pursue my art career and I’ve been thinking a lot about it ever since I took art seriously.
Well you know English so you can try to find freelance clients outside your home country and do remote work
i always watch this video to get motivation and it always work, thanks marc
Thanks for teaching us to be artists Marc.
Thank you Marc, this video inspires me a lot. I started drawing when I was 5/6 and never improved or developed any art skills because I was too lazy and insecure about my art. But recently, I'm starting to learn art fundamentals and digital painting slowly but surely. I'm 26 right now and I have wasted so many years of potentials and opportunities to learn art, but I'm sure and have faith to myself someday i'll get there. Better late than never.
same
I really enjoyed this video as it brightened my day. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. :D
Man, I wish the path was still this easy to follow. It's brutal out here for an artist without online traction. I'v been trying for 5 years now to get anywhere and it just hasn't happened yet. Just gotta keep grinding.
In my case (im 30 now), i always wanted to learn how to draw and make a living of it, and sometimes i feel like i'll never make it because of my age. But now I decided to give it a shot, and looking to suscribe the Marc's Art School at the end of the month. Thanks for the inspiration. D:
Great video! I can see that you have worked a lot to be where you are now. I chose another career but I still draw and make the pictures I want.
Aye! I'm 34 as well! I don't think it's random chance that I found your channel now. I've been drawing for about 9 years and love your channel. Opened my eyes to a lot of techniques I never experienced.
this is so inspiring ❤ thank you marc
17:33 this is was the first time I've stumbled upon your channel, video about how to draw in PS, I was fascinated by it back then, but haven't followed you. And seeing this art piece here in video brings me joy.
The amount of work that is shown in this video is amazing, I can feel all the efforts, it's funny how you went from big buff dude Dragon ball to robots stuff to mainly drawing girls nowadays haha, overall super motivating to know the path you took :D
It was a lot of fun to watch this video. I appreciate a lot your hard editing, it's surely a ton of hours... Also, your humour parts, damn, I repeated some parts few times to laugh more and more) Also nice to meet you closer through this video. Cheers!
I’m 22 and I’ve been drawing since I was about 6 but I’ve felt like I wasn’t improving…and lost hope and the motivation to do art throughout the years but this video really gave me some motivation to continue my art. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the video !! Right now I am already 22 and about to graduate from major i forced to enter. I am still trying to improve my art since 2 years ago when I decided to follow my passion instead of what my parents expected of me. My art is not that good but I will improve as quick as i can so i can work at art industry. I will try to reach my breakthrough !! Good luck to everyone else too !!!!
thanks for sharing your story, it's really so motivating
this is really amazing and inspiring, thx Marc 😄
HELLO MARC. thank you very much for inspiring me to pursue art as a career with this exact video. I watch your videos religiously but this one hit really hard today. I am currently 28 and over the past year I learned so much and made so much progress, to the point where I feel like I can have a shot at this still. I am purely traditional because im broke so my porfolio is my sketchbook (if thats a bad idea lmk). I dont want to ask questions that I can find out for myself, so I just posting this here as a thank you. I wish I could show you my sketchbook myself to the artist that inspired me the most on youtube.
I like that type of video that give us as a beginner's hope
It's amazing to see your journey after seeing so much of your art back in the 2007-2009 era of deviantart
Its crazy to watch and follow some other dude's life who is on the other side of the planet since 7-8 years. Kudos Marc, its been a ride! I've learned a lot from your stuff and it was hella entertaining. Keep up the good work!
Thanks brother, always awesome to see familiar faces in the comments throughout the years
Super cool of you to share!
Thanks :)