How to find your art style FAST in 3 easy steps (yeah, really)
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2021
- Your art style is the product of thousands of little decisions you make about your art while going along your journey-- but what if it was possible to deliberately craft it?
In this video, I'll walk you through how to find your art style fast in three easy steps giving you the skills you'll need to find your style, achieve your art goals, and paint like you've always wanted.
a lot of artists on CZcams make "how to find your art style" type videos that talk about style like it's something given to you by the gods, a divine reward once you've created a lot of art, but that isn't really how your art style works.
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1:20 collect inspiration
2:27 create connections
5:30 make a plan
MVP
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Tysm
Truly, people like you are the best kind of people.
Thank you
ive been drawing realism for ages now but ive always been jealous of those with a style that just flows through them. it gets really disheartening, but i think im gonna finally sit down and try to get my own. thanks for the vid, i really wouldn't have thought of using pintrest
Oh you see, for me it’s the exact opposite! I’ve been drawing with a very flowy kind of art style (I’m still figuring it out) that I just couldn’t make my own. I’ve always been amazed about my friend’s art style, which she changes at will and makes a difference in her drawings. I’m gonna try to learn how to draw in a style that I want and work to try to make it my own.. good luck in your art journey
Same for me😭
Me too!!!! I can do near photo realism but you ask me to draw something without a reference and I'll totally just die :,)
SAME !!!
For me it´s the opposite, I’m jealous of those who can do realism!
Your " How to find your art style Fast, in 3 easy steps." is very impressive. I'm an artist and instructor of 66 yrs.
Rarely do I come across an inspiring young person that hits the nail on the head. In artist terms, you fundamentally delivered a gem of information that informed, inspired and impressed. Live long and prosper my dear.🖖🏼
you old
that’s amazing!! ive just started art in 2020 and have been taking online lessons ever since. 66 yrs is impressive, you must be a very talented artist!
@@fredericpesneau9594 Does that bother you?
What a lovely comment, Sharon. You sound like you’re a great instructor!
That was such a lovely and encouraging comment. Beautiful to see. Thank you so much for posting it. Wish I’d had more teachers like you! Fabulous. ❤
1:20 Step 1: Collect inspiration. Collect art you love and gravitate towards.
2:27 Step 2: Create connections. Figure out what connects it all together.
5:30 Step 3: Make a plan. Take all these characteristics and make them into goals.
Thanks thats actually super helpfull to look back on after the video
Tks!👍👏👏
Thanks for this! 🙂
How do I make goals
@@nylahginsky1425 how to make goals: if, for example you found the common threads in your collection were painting with light, exaggeration, and high contrast, you would have the goals of doing X # of works in the first 25% of the time you picked as your target time to find your style (so, if a year, first three months) to do three months of painting with light. The next 3 months focusing on exaggeration, the third 3 months on high-contrast, and the last 3 months putting first two, ( light and exaggeration, exaggeration and contrast, contrast and light,) then all three together. It is brilliant! I have always understood that it was just part of who you were as an artist. This concept is so liberating !
I created a "find my style" folder on Pinterest. I have about 4 styles I need to try out. It helped SO much to see it all right there in 1 spot. It showed me not only the styles, but the subjects as well!! Now, I can create and not sit and try to come up with ideas. I have something I can actually use now! TY!!!!
I am SO so glad I was able to help!! Keep me posted on how it all turns out! 🥰
@@KelseyRodriguez I will for sure. Thank you!
@@ishikasingh5746 I'm also curious too. 👀
@@ishikasingh5746 Same
How you doing?
Don't leave us on edge... did you get positive results?
This helped me so much! I realized the art I've been struggling to create isn't even the kind of art that I like to look at.
Anyways I'm crying because I watched this video maybe a month ago, followed the steps, and today I made a painting that I'm in LOVE with for the first time in a long time. 💗
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congrats beautiful!🥹
Im so happy for you, i know that feeling
We think so much alike. 😁 This was very well explained, and similar to how I would lay it out to a new artist. I still think finding/discovering/aquiring a style takes some time. It's not something you can do over the weekend. But it certainly doesn't have to take years either. I guess it depends on where you are in your art journey and what your goals are. I probably started finding my style after around 6 months of roughly following your process here: gathering inspiration, trying a bit of everything, and deliberately practicing the stuff I gravitated towards. I'm a big fan of having a plan and a process and not just "waiting for something to happen". 😂
I also want to add that I don't think we have just one style. We can have several. And out style will change and evolve throughout our life. So, no need to stress about "finding the one". Art is allowed to take time and be a slow exploration. Everthing does not have to happen fast. And it's not like the clouds parts when we find our style and angels start singing and finally art is fun and everthing starts going great for us. Art can be just as fun and meaningful even if we don't have a personal style yet. Maybe even more fun. Heck, I almost miss those days.. 😌
Thanks again for a great video! 🖤
Pinning this comment so others can read your story about how this works! Absolutely agree with your point about having multiple styles, each concept requires a different approach, and even different mediums require vastly different ways of working that can present obstacles to having a consistent “look” to everything, not even counting the times where you might want to do this deliberately. It’s so so important to remember that we all started this because we loved it and had fun doing it, and to not get caught up in the details in a way that holds us back from creating 🥰
@@KelseyRodriguez So true. 😊🖤
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Totally agree with not having one specific style, but honestly, Kelsey turned a light on for me (I can't understand why I didn't put it all together until now) as to what my art is and where it is leading me. :)
Thank you Louise! Cause I have several artstyles myself and it made me question my identity as an artist... But nowadays, it feels like I can finally be myself nowadays through my art.
I’ve always had a deep love for art for as long as I can remember. Once I had reached adulthood, my anxiety and ADHD has over taken my life, especially with being creative, the dwelling of my artwork to be “perfect” is overwhelming. I miss being a child and creating whatever came to mind and did it without over thinking it. Thank you for creating this video because for me it puts it into PERSPECTIVE! 😊
Something that has worked for me is actually copying some of the artworks I feel most attracted to. Obviously the intention is not to publish them, but just to use them as practice to “merge my mind with that style”. After copying and copying several times, turns out that my brain learns to decode the world in terms of that style and then it begins to flow naturally on my own art. The best part is that we can do that “copying practice” with more than one artstyle, so in the end we will have a brand new style derived from all of those things we really like, and that will result in our own unique style ✨
I do this too.. this method really works
When ur art style changes with ur mood so ur sketchbook is a mess 😎✌️
Having one consistant style is overrated, Picasso did "simple" line-art and cubism, anything is possible
@@lolsous that is so true tho lol
A mess, or a story and reflection of your life? 🥰
Don't try hard for this. Practice is the key. Draw what you want. Draw a sketch, just make some scribble, draw a realistic piece, draw with watercolor. Just love your art and don't be a perfectionist. Try to draw constantly. With this way, You'll be much more comfortable and clear to finding your style. Also search for other artists. You can observe their style and make it your own with some differences too :)
Good advice. I support Israel
@@messiahspeople thank you. Also, you can support whatever you want I can't change it. It's just a reminder
« Don’t be a perfectionist » This.. I am a perfectionist and that the problem with me, because of my insatisfactions i’ve stopped art for 4 years but now I’ve restarted learning from the fundamentals.. Thank you for your advice it will help me to improve.
@@Eli-yn5zo I'm glad you're trying again :) I'm a perfectionist and I know how hard it is to maintain your love for what you're doing. Hope my advice works for you😊
Agreed. As someone with a bad habit of over-fixating on the goals. I keep falling into the trap of setting too many expectations and getting really demotivated when failing to meet them. "Trying too hard." -- overworking and losing sight of the reasons why I set out to learn in the first place. Getting impatient when "others are getting ahead".
It's really important to strike a balance between deliberate practice and carefree experimentation. Establish a general goal, yet letting yourself explore other interesting things. Also, it doesn't always have to be about drawing and drawing nonstop... sometimes it's enough to just take your time looking at pieces or watching someone do art. Learning should not feel like a total chore, it should be fun as well
I’ve recently figured this out as well, a friend of mine kept sending me these goofy little cartoons she’d find online. I instantly fell head-over-heels in love with the art style. And what’s weird, is that after picking apart a few simple things (shapes posing expressions etc), my art almost immediately improved and my style which I had been trying to find for years came to the surface
**notes**
finding your style takes practice & isn’t that difficult.
1. finding inspiration
find art that you really love & gravitate to the most. take notes about pieces & styles.
2. connecting
what can you connect about these pieces? what are common themes of these art pieces?
3. making a plan
take all the characteristics & make them into goals. think about it as a course for this style. then you have an actionable plan for your unique style. look at different things, find inspiration & collect it.
I had to quit art for 4 months due to some important exams to get into my desired college and finally found the time to get back into art and this helped me out so thank you kelsey!
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Glad to help, and I hope this exams went well! Wishing you a great holiday season 🎄🍂💗
kelsey!!! how on earth do you constantly outdo yourself??!!! 😲😭💕💕 every time you upload something, your content gets so much better which i didn't even think was possible considering how talented you already are! you're doing absolutely amazing!! i'm so proud of you!!!!! 🥺
awwwwwww!!! your comments always have me all 🥺🥰💕🥺 I was thinking to myself while editing that this might be my best one yet! glad you agree hehe 💗
One way I'm teaching myself to draw realistic proportions in my art is by tracing over real animals and seeing how the different shapes and lines interact, which also helps me discover other things about perspective and such along the way! Thank you for this video, it really inspired me to start doing more art and shaping my style.
after teaching ppl art anatomy and art history THIS should be how the rest of the classes that teach art should revolve around and end with so then the students could be able to branch into a career that is best suited for their preferred style! iv heard too many sad art school graduates say they burned out in art school from not being able to draw what they loved and i think this would help with that!
Agreed! I'm tired of stiff realist/atelier approaches where everyone comes out painting beautifully, but their paintings are all identical. Foundational skills are obviously important but artistic growth and individuality even more so!
A former art professor of mine gave me this advice: you will find your style when you try to look for it =)
The space between the art I like looking at and the art I like making... hit the nail on the head. I love super stylized stuff with flat shapes a lot of the time, but that's not what comes out of my hand!
thank you for this video! ive been trying this and i'm getting somewhere. although on that note, if you find an art style you enjoy and want to have and its like another group of artists' style, dont push yourself to be something more unique!!! it's okay to have an artstyle that is like others; what matters is your drawing what makes you comfortable and proud, you don't have to have a groundbreaking revolutionary and completely different art style to be a good artist. to add, one can have MULTIPLE styles! don't push your creativity into a tight little box. if your art style is inconsistent and changes with every piece, but your proud and like all of them.. so be it! art is messy, and it starts off, is, and ends messy. no matter how you look at it. :)
Couldn't agree more!!
Fr like I saw so many people telling others it’s stealing when they have a similar art style like tf as long as they still draw their own stuff even with the same or similar art style it’s totally fine right?
take a clear group of artists who knew eachother and were given a style label. Remembering that labels are there only for organising convenience. Each artist within that group had their own style of mark making, preferred subject, approach to subject, colour palettes and so on. So you lean towards a particular group. Who are your favourites, and why? How does that compare to your favourites from another group? Themes will show up. Explore different methods of mark making - physically doing yourself - and ask yourself what/why you prefer one thing over another. All in black and white will force you to focus on marks. Then add colour and play with mediums. Even if you like to work in the style of X the way you literally make your mark will be unique to you and form the basis of your signature style across different style genres. Yes. Your signature without writing your name.
Gurl what? You just said every single thing I did! I was actually reconstructing dead art school of south India and I collected extremely rare archival plates of the murals which were destroyed or forbidden for spectators. Now I am finding consistency in my art and finding specific features I would like to add to my art.
What!!! That sounds incredible!!
@@KelseyRodriguez I feel honored receiving a reply from the queen 🥲
Oh that sounds so intriguing. Are any of these things online now?
About 2 years ago I realized my desperate need to find my style so I undertook an identical approach to your Pinterest tracking. I created a board with 750+ of my favorite drawings, the goal was to sort each drawing into it's artist and what I liked about it(eg if I thought the lineart was good I'd put it in the lineart folder). I've spent over 50 hours on this project, and I'm still not done sorting every drawing. It has barely helped me as of now, it only made me more confused as there are so many styles there. I think my major mistake was not making the distinction between what I 'like to draw' and 'what looks good', the thing is that's extremely difficult because I inherently like and want to draw things that look cool/good, so an explanation on that aspect would be really interesting, without that, while the video is great, it doesn't hold much weight in my experience as of what I know now.
Hey just so you know, you don't need to have only 1 style, you can have multiple:)
@@Fayvor really? Because I draw differently sometimes and it make me feel like I don’t have my own style and I just kinda copy others styles :(
@@samytb_4697 if you like doing it then it doesn't matter how I comes out or whatever. The only cheating you can do in art is plagerisum which art styles aren't plagerisum :D
I think that's why she said 50. I have a number of Pintrest boards totally closer to 3000 images. There is also looking for the thread. She didn't mention it, but go back through your drawings as a kid, and see what thread joins your work, to the ones you have collected. Not just mark making, but colours, subject matter, and design layout. Also look for it in the art you have personally collected. Even if it is just the cards of paintings, (which all I could afford for many years). Even though I know what my style is, I think I will go back to my 3000 images, and see what I would pick if I could only pick 50, Hmmm
@@mudotter thanks for the reply but I didn't quite understand what you meant by thread, like do you mean I should take my drawings and see how they compare to my 750+ picture board?
Thanks SOO much for this video. I can't say how much this has simplified finding my art style. I've been struggling with this for a while.
Middle schoolers are amazing at this! A year or two after Undertale exploded, I remember sitting at a table with underclassmen in like 7th/8th grade and they had perfected a cartoony Undertale/Steven Universe type art style just because they loved the show and loved drawing it. I learned a lot about references and making my art what I want from just passively watching them make their silly, cute little OCS. Don't let your memes be dreams
ok but no one's talking abt howpretty she is
I have aphantasia, so I find it hard to not directly copy something and get discouraged when it doesn’t turn out perfect. I’m also recovering from auDHD burnout (I was an architecture major) so creating art has some underlying trauma that has been a huge barrier. Thank you for making this video, it’s helpful for me to feel like I can have a starting place!
yes!! this video is 100% right!! the best thing ive ever learned in art is that everything that you see that inspires you becomes part of your brain, it literally becomes brain mass and neuron activations. everything that we see in the world is ours to interpret and translate into our own art, and we should never be afraid to let other artists inpire us! your style is just you picking things you like from the world and other art pieces you see and incorporate it into your own, and it happens naturally, but it happens sooo much faster when you do that actively and deliberately. great video! i subscribed right away!
But yea! I can agree that inspiration is the most important step! Because maybe the art ur lookin for may explain the inner u and ur view
I really love and appreciate this video. I'm studying graphic design and I'm really struggling to find my style, what makes me unique, and I'm generally not enjoying my degree. Watching this has gotten me really inspired and slowly makes me realize why I like art again. Thank you. I'm going to do this immediately.
I love your productions Kelsey! Very inspiring! I love how your voice almost echoes in the room, and how confident you are on camera. Your explanations are so intelligent and make perfect sense 💗 Thank you for taking the time to create this video and all your others as well. 🤗🤗🤗
Awww thank you so much! This is so encouraging! 🥰💕
I feel like this process applies not just to drawing but also other forms of art like writing and film making. great stuff
Thank you so much!!
I’ve had to quit art recently due to work piling up, this had gotten me inspired to get back into it!
Your videos are amazing!
I'm so happy to hear that!! Let me know how it goes!
Same here! Just getting back into it and it feels so good it’s been a aching in my soul to get back into art. Life got so busy with career training etc etc and I dwindled off doing art! Glad to be getting back into it!!
Thank you so much for this! Anytime I draw I go on the Internet and draw what I like but I’ve never been able to find my style. I’ve always wanted to know at the top of my head what I want to draw without looking at something. This was extremely hard for me at first but with this I finally found it!
Yes, I am replying to my own comment don’t judge. I know it is OK to look at a reference when you draw but I want to be able to at least have an idea of what to draw.
6:57 Thank you Kelsey for this video. Finally I feel that I am closer to finding my art style. Your articulation was fantastic.
Something I really gained from this video is that instead of making goals for yourself, try to make goals as if you’re teaching another person. Personally, I feel I can be too harsh and give myself unattainable goals. So much so, I’ll tire myself out and interpret it as “getting tired of art”. Art is a difficult sometimes, but it’s also your own process.
You speak so passionately, I love it
i know you talked specifically, but we can apply this to any art! Photography, collage, music... It's simple but effective. I've gathered inspiration in the past, but the idea of sitting down and actually writing what connected everything, what i liked the most etc, never occurred to me. Thank you for sharing it with us! CZcams algorythm brought you to me and I'm so happy it did. Just subscribed. Have a lovely day 🖤
I think I really needed this bc I was very confused for a while on how the hell I was gonna make art. I haven’t seriously drawn since middle school and I’m 23 now. This advice will definitely help me figure out what I want to draw. I definitely know I want to be into character art just bc of the people I follow and stuff now to figure out my style!
This is a fantastic take on style. As an artist who has been through the drama of art school where I flopped around a lot to find my style, it feels to me that this is what my lecturers were trying to explain but put into an 'in a nutshell' perspective. I'm currently sitting with a style that I enjoy making, but it's not what I envision for myself as an artist in the future. I'm definitely going to go back to the drawing board with your advice in mind!
I can not even begin to articulate how much the third step did for me. I've been trying to get more consistent in frequent drawing practice again and the idea of making a plan like this to have concise goals to work towards instead of a specific style only is so incredibly englightening. Thank you! Just..wow.
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I loved this Kelsey! And you opened my eyes. Truly there is a difference between art we simply like seeing and art we actually enjoy making. I think sometimes we think our style is about what we like seeing when I feel what's most authentic in developing that personal style is figuring out what we actually enjoy making. And then we go from there and add in some of what we like seeing if we feel like it applies and if it feels good to us! :) You really helped me with this video! I'm grateful!
youre not only absolutely gorgeous but you're so talented :)
I needed this. Your videos appered right when I needed them the most and I'm really grateful for the way you teach and the content focus.
This definitely helped me! I love your content 😌✨
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching Marc
I can't believe while i was watching this video i did brain storm and remeber all arts i was excited about and now i totally can imagine what my art style is . now i just need to practice how to actually sculpt it .
You are angleeee 😍😍😍😍🍓
As someone who loves art it’s been a passion of mine for a while I’ve always been trying to find my an art style like I like and whenever people make tutorials like “how to draw in my style!” normally if I end up liking the style I end up somehow altering it in my own weird way and I’ve been happy with that for a while but now that I’m seeing this video it’s making me realize how much I’d like to have my own art style that did not come from someone else. (Once I finish with video I will be doing the 3 steps since I’m not quite finished watching yet)
this is a WONDERFUL video for those looking for their own artstyle.
I've always wanted to learn how to draw and use oil paints, but I've always been too intimidated to even start. This video was immensely helpful and encouraging! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!
If you want to start with oils but don't want to deal with using solvents to clean up and want something faster drying to start with - water mixable oils could be a good medium to try! They aren't quite the same as "normal" oils when you're using them, but they're pretty close and I think having something easier to clean up helps get over that first hurdle of starting with oils 😊. Alkyds are another option similar to oils but they're less susceptible to yellowing & dry quite a bit faster (still not as fast as acrylics though). Any new medium can be intimidating, but the best thing to do is to just give it a go! Then at least you can get a feel for it 😊
FANTASTIC advice. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have kind of drifted towards these ideas, but hadn't even come close to identifying or organizing them. I like having a sense of direction!
What i love about that video that is different from most is that it is solved by realistic solutions, not just "feeling"
I absolutely love how you explained this, when I read the total, I thought, " no way". But you explained so simply, yet so detailed. Your truly underrated.
Wow! This makes more sense. I am at the point where I have some good foundational techniques and made any type of art for a few years but now I want to narrow down what I really want to make! Thank you. I am going to follow these steps.
Thank you for this. I've literally been mentally pulling this concept together over the last few months but this gives me a much more clear set of directions. It would have taken me ages to map this concept out in such a bullet point set of goals.
Thanks a ton
I really love your body language on how you talk with your hands it really amazes me and more of understanding
I've been feeling really overwhelmed lately when it comes to learning how to improve my art but these steps made me feel a lot better about it ☺️ Thank you for breaking it down into easy, manageable steps!!
so beautifully explained! Easy to understand while still being inspirational. Seriously thank you so much for making this video!!!
I've always had an idea of what I want my style to look like but I never sat down to organize my thoughts. This video helped out immensely. Thank you sm
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Love, Love, LOVE this video! Trying to develop my style without restricting myself to copy-paste characters is a huge struggle, and this is an awesome way of reflecting on what I actually enjoy transferring from piece to piece.
Thank you :)
Such a good video. I used to conflate what I appreciate with what I actually enjoy producing and it’s really impacted my desire to make art. Seeing this video really helps me reflect and follow what works for me and not what “high brow” artists consider to be the only “good” art.
This is such great information. Thank you for this strategy! 🙌🏽🔥 implementing it ASAP!
Glad it was helpful! You’ve totally got this 🥰
Watching this video genuinely made me emotional- i just love the feeling of my art being MINE and knowing if no one else gets it i do like i really just love feeling my art pour out of me and this video really helped me understand what i love to create. I find a lot of inspiration from artists like Monet and Marie cassat but it never felt natural to just copy exactly how they painted but knowing this has helped a lot thank you
You are very inspiring and full of life. Thank you.
This is honestly so helpful, I love this. I’ve always wanted to learn how to draw more of a cartoon style when I’m a realistic artist I’m definitely going to use ur tips, thank you.
It's very highly impressive of how you share your own way of finding something which is Rare in many minds ;
Grateful to be finding this in my recommended videos since this is helping me a lot in finding my own style! Would consider taking notes and again , tysm! < 3
This is incredible advice - making my pinterest board was eye opening and not at all the road I was steering towards. You're a natural teacher!
Some of the best -- and certainly most useful - art making advice I've ever heard. They should teach this in all art schools! - thank you!! 🥰
This is such a great video! You've just articulated the fuzzy thoughts I've been having recently: "Can I be more deliberate, thoughtful and strategic with my illustration style?" I wish I'd seen this video years ago 😆
I'm back to drawing again! This came back at a perfect time since I wanted my work to be more stylized!
Hey Zumperberg! Good to hear from you again! Always happy to help 🥰
I love this because it's applicable for so many things. I did this same thing when I was thinking about how I want the interior of my home to look. I had already collected the inspo photos for years and then sat down and found the common denominators of my favorites, as well as all the common denominators of all the statement pieces I had already collected through the years so that I could make sure they fit with my new space. I learned a lot about myself that wasn't exactly conscious knowledge, came up with a color story that I could use, and then took it with me while shopping. I hadn't ever considered using the same technique for discovering my art style. Great content! ❤
this was extremally helpful! I have thought a lot about that and realized that just because i enjoy LOOKING at it, doesn't mean i will enjoy CREATING with that style.
the day this clicks changes everything doesn't it? i realized it for music ages ago but for some reason my silly brain never thought "you know, self, it works that way with visual art too" like omg it makes so much sense
I'm a artist who really needed this. I have been struggling to find my style. Thanks!
It’s weird coming back to this video, which I remeber watching a year ago, when I had no clue what I wanted my style to be, now that I’ve completely found, and are happy with my style.
that makes my day omg! so glad you found your style!
This video helped me so much more than I’d anticipated!! I was feeling unmotivated and unsure of how to proceed with my art, and figuring out what I truly want to paint. But this plan you’ve laid out is just brilliant and makes so much sense! I can’t wait to do it and start finding my style.
in all honesty, i have already found my artstyle through interest. and now and then it does change. my art leans more on cartoons and anime style (typical) I have always hated my anime artstyle even though there's nothing wrong with it I feel it to be perfect there's no changes needed other than some few anatomy practice for dynamic and weird poses that will take time to learn. but I soon realise I felt unsatisfied with my anime artstyle because it takes to long to just draw one character, and so I made a board in interest LOOOOONG LONG SO LONG ago of artstyles that are cartoony and just easy to sketch out in your history book or on the corner of your homework. so I eventually learned how to draw in that artstyles by looking at one reference then moving in a different reference photo to see how I could draw cartoon hands. eventually I just learned how to draw in that artstyle, but now I got two artstles and you probably might be wondering why did you want to have a new artstle an still keep the old one? well you see i never said i hated my old artstyle and i never really want to change that artstyle, i just wanted to find a new artstyle so i can draw comics in a more faster sense and i didn't even realize i had a type of plan and way to get my artstyle...it just happens
Love how well your videos are made 💕
🥺 thank you Pia!!
this is literally what I´ve been looking for, no one I´ve watched explained it so well THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Artist and art business owner for years, I’m 64, very right on insights! Great job!
It took me years to find my style. I started with Manga/ Comic, changed to hyper realism (cause of my art teacher) I always compared myself to a friend who is an amazing artist. I always felt bad when I saw here realistic artworks.
In 2020 I found Huta Chan here on CZcams and she inspired me with her art style.
Since then I love semi realism and I stopped comparing.
I love Huta-chan too 💕
Dynamite! Your perspective on this topic goes directly against most other tutor's advice, but it makes a LOT more sense to me! Many thanks.
I've been painting for years and my style is always evolving but I keep the same principles, to develop style just keep an open mind to creating what isn't real, expose yourself to everything that life offers..everyone wants to imitate others work, and that's comes from trying to earn money off the art...if you truly paint for fun you'll grow style...but if you're always chasing niche art you will be coming and going...just create, you'll be amazed what you do when nobody is watching
Thank you SO much. I have been struggling to find my art style for several months, until I saw this video. I am SO grateful! Again, thank you!
This is amazing! I always thought that I could only get better if I draw without looking at photos at all or copying tutorials (depending on my mood) but it always ended in me getting art block, so I'm happy someone finally ACTUALLY helped us figure out how we can achieve our own art style
Thank you so much for this explanation. I've finally started branching out to discover my own style and I am baffled at the lack of resources there are to explain how to find it. Your video was incredibly inspiring and I'm excited to be able to take this information and finally move forward with using it practically.
I can tell how passionate you are about this! Thank you for sharing, this helps so much, genuinely :)
the process really isn't this linear or neat. if you sit down with the mindset that you're going to "create" an art style you're going to be disappointed.
Actually... I think that I can draw not just chibi gurls... I NEED TO MAKE HOT BOIS-
i LOVE how analytical you made this!!!!! So helpful!!!!
Your directions are clear and super helpful. I'm so excited to do your suggestions. Bless you woman!!!
Can I come to your house I'm just a 8 year old girl who wants to learn how to draw anime so can you please help me chase my dreams
Omg this comment is so cute😭
thank you for such a clear and inspiring video!!! i've never seen any videos of yours before but i'm so glad to have finally found this channel, it's the perfect balance of motivational but calming, and overall so so so helpful
This is the most informative video I've seen on identifying my style. I get so much from your videos. Thank you Kelsey!
I realized I liked thick outlines in digital art, for example. I simply recreated that and really like my style now.
I'd love to see a video from you explaining or at least introducing the main styles of art!! 💗
This helped so much! I started taking notes and now I know what I love and gravitate towards. You made it so easy to follow along. Thank you so much!!
Hey Kelsey! I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for this video and for you sharing your knowledge. I followed your advice and discovered things about what I want to create that I had no idea existed inside of me. I was too busy stressing over feeling directionless and worrying I'd never figure out what I wanted to create.
But as I looked through the images I pinned, it became so obvious what I yearn to create. Putting together a curriculum got me even more excited. Much gratitude to you. I hope you'll consider creating mindset-related courses for artists. You could even create a course that expands on the suggestions you give in this video. I bet there are a billion artists out there looking for the same relief I was.
i love this. i've been more strongly making music and art's been on a shelf for the better part of a decade and i'm just starting to pick it back up, haven't really touched it since college and i've changed in so many ways and lived nearly as much life since as i had before then (typing that up was the first time i realized that, oh my god?) but this is like identical to the approach/method i learned the hard way across years when i was a semiprofessional musician in a songwriting/improv context developing my own style. HUGE HUGE HUGE thing i didn't realize about myself is just how massive the difference between what i consume and what i enjoy creating is, once i actually started to sit down and intentionally track it! this was so helpful for me to watch because it helped me remember that what i learned about the creative process still translated and i'm further ahead in coming into my own developing my adult, reinvented art style than i thought i was, and is so well organized in a way i wouldn't have come up with in a million years (thanks executive dysfunction!). looking forward to exploring more of your videos - - thanks! :) :)
Sooo helpful. You are wise beyond your years. Really appreciate this
Wow... I have never listened to someone give so much clarity to creating art styles. Thank you so much for making this video. Thank you.
I discovered your channel this morning and have already watched three videos. Liked every single one because they're so inspiring and helpful! I'm an artist in a different field, goldsmithing, but have found all this information insanely valuable! I've already implemented several of your tips and am churning out so many ideas for myself. Thanks Kelsey