1. Impatience - be consistent and invest your time into practicing 2. Perfection - allow yourself to improve from your mistakes 3. Distractions 4. Lack of inspiration - look for inspiration around you or in entertainment 5. Drawing within your comfort zone - give yourself a brief idea and restrictions before creating 6. Freelance work - Create and experiment for yourself 7. Art style - a. Don't skip the fundamentals b. Don't worry too much about developing your own art style
You should check out (adam duff lucidpixul) then, he does a lot of inspiring videos over speedpaints. here's a link czcams.com/users/AdamationStationvideos
Number 3 for me is literally this video, I was supposed to be animating but im watching youtube videos about why I should be doing it. Somebody end me pls. great video btw
Also I have no other artist around me to keep that snowball effect creative energy. I’m in the military and it’s so draining in all forms so when do get the time I’m far too drained and I find myself struggling with my art. My imagination also isn’t as wild as it was when I was younger.
It's alright to not be creative all the time. :) Do not stress, do not tire your mind. You can always draw what you see around you.. That way, you'll think less, and do more, while enjoying the therapeutic activity which we call drawing.
Great advice! Many of these are connected to each other... i.e. I skip fundamentals because I'm impatient. I am a perfectionist so I'm easily distracted...etc.
Comfort zone, mostly and not giving me the time to study! Impatient, I want to draw like you, now! Great way of teaching technique you have, you have a new subscriber! Regards from Mexico!
I really have huge respect for you, cuz I can't afford tutorials of some artist and your videos are very helpful and also detailed even your ps brushes are free and offer good resources for future uses Thank you so much, I did not even skip ads cuz you deserve it :)
More artists need to see this. I personally suffer from lack of organization and the advice of giving yourself a brief and setting restrictions before starting on an artwork has helped me a lot! Some artists may feel lost before they begin and so the thought of drawing when there's so many decisions to consider is paralyzing. SET THOSE RESTRICTIONS MAN. It helped me target what kind of reference I should be finding as well
Skipping the fundamentals is dooming your own artwork. However, and I think this guy gets it, specially if you're studying at an art school, you may find yourself severely uninspired, as all you have is mereley technique, merely theory, and all those aspirations you had before achieving to study in that school are just gone. It's a very similar chase to making comissions/ freelance work/studio work. This constant nonstop work and technique perfection will eventually lead you to depression disguised as "Art Block". Take a break, rest, find your motivations and go for them.
Ask yourself: what is the problem? My answear: my worst enemy is.... CZcams tutorials 🤣 inspiring videos, videos about mistakes what you made as a beginner, improve your art, why you are not improve and etc 😭😭 i love watching them and i don't draw anything
On this pandemic, I go back to my passion instead of traditional painting I am totally hooked by digital Painting, most of my artworks made by digital painting is good and some are still work in process coz I dont know how to continue it and sometimes I am lazy, I decided to go back again and think about concept art that related to Japanese warrior shogun and thanks God its destiny that youtube recommended your channel, and its so amazing. I was falling in love by your artworks so instant subscribed to ur channel, feels like you just played the brush at first and at the end you gave an incredible output. More artworks and tutorial. Hope in the future you should try Ibispaintx or some painting apps for android mobile and tablets, as I am using it for the beginners like me who dont have monitors or computers. More power Sir!
Thanks a lot for the kind note! I am so glad that you found the channel helpful! Thank you very much for subscribing! Will upload more awesome content soon! :)
im full of inspiration but devoid of skills to express... thanks for the tips, ill practice a lot and hopefully ill get better :D as u said...it takes time...
Your chanell and brushes are like most useful out here, aside from some aaron blaize videos this is where i have been learning and improving a lot and i must say, both seeing your workflow, seeing and using your brushes, and actually feeling and relating with your videos i have learned much, i just wanna know i appreciate you a lot!
very helpful I believe it's the pressure of the job. I have been doing paintings but my job profile is visual designers and people mix art with UX but they play in hand alined jobs but never the same. I am still figuring time between my job hours and my personal art time :(
Great vid, I just need to spend more time doing it. Im learning 3d modelling at the moment and I Love it but I want to learn to draw too. Im going to use your steps to set me on the right path.
Just wanted to say that if you're the one drawing in the video, your art style is awesome! It's different from most of the art I've seen online, but I love it! Also, great advice. Definitely struck a few chords in me... But in a good way, ya know?
You hit nail on the head. These are everything I struggle with. I just now learned to have confidence in my strokes. Thanks for teaching us brother. One other problem I have is wanting to do multiple styles so I branch off to fast. I'm developing now, but I feel like that can hinder the process. I guess it can partially go under impatience.
My biggest issue was poor instruction. Try as I might, I know the fundamentals but wasn't taught to physically execute them so I find myself painting everything like charcoal if I don't pay attention.
Most mistakes I see from new artists are proportion/perspective mistakes so for beginners I'd always recommend investing time in understanding proportions, perspective and overall 3 dimensional thinking. Maybe even spend some time in 3D modeling programs like blender or whatever. That's what I would add to this.
Good video.... I think I have to focus more on drawing. When a finish a drawing on procreate. I stop for 2 week's, but I think I have to draw more little paintings to upgrade my skills. Allot of those points are really a pain in the ass.
I'm very thankful about this video bro cause I really had this art issues but now I know what its going on I'll be able to improve my art once I start to be successful on those tips thank you so much dude your art its awesome BTW☔❤
When you said about having trouble drawing hands I really thought you could read my mind. Hahahha. Edit: I discovered your channel two days ago and really can’t understand why your subscribers are so low!. Actually you are great at encouraging and giving tips for drawing. Keep your work up and keep being yourself. By the way, I’m Spanish and something I love from you is that your accent is so easy to understand I don’t struggle a bit.
‘’Learn the fundamentals - perspective and anatomy’’ 👍 I’d also say, don’t be afraid!. Lot of artists make art with the constant thought that someone else is going to see it and judge it, and this limits what we do. Paint like no one else is ever gonna see it! Who cares what’s ends up in a painting? Who cares what others think?! It’s YOUR art. (But learn the fundamentals 😘)
I think the number 1 thing for me is the fear of failing, and I don't think I've ever disappointed myself, so really it's fear of failing in other people's eyes. The internet is not a kind place, and neither was my mom's criticism lol. And I procrastinate on things I'm afraid to approach. Lately I just push myself do draw at least few hours a day and watch tutorial materials. And trying very hard to stop caring so much about what people have to say.
just got back to working on stuff in photoshop and i am absolutely in love with your vids m8, keep em coming! also: thank you for the tutorials that you are providing they really help a lot
Well I'm getting better I drawing and I kept making mistakes on body proportions and almost gave up love 5 times but I still haven't and now things are going smoothly
(sorry english is not my native language) my problem is perfection and too much comparing myself with others,i know i shouldn't but i keep doing this because of personal pressure and issue. I want to keep up certain people's level. I tried harder and harder, the result is not that bad but those people are still 10 steps better than me. thats really driving me crazy. i can't enjoy any of my hardwork. i became obsessed with perfection, eventually i lost my passion. Now i quit social media, stop drawing and taking a break for a while and then i just found this video.
My dear friend! :) Always compare yourself with what you were in the past. If what you are today is better than what you were yesterday, then you are one step closer to the tip of the mountain :)
I think most people struggle with doing something important, vs playing video games. It's actually very much to do with pyschology. The brain is always trying to create situations that give instant gratification, such as it needs a dopamine boost and it pretty much chooses anything that will give it the quick fix, regardless of how or what the fix is, the brain doesn't have the concious cosideration that we do, it cares not if you really need to do something more important. Also your brain's logical function is the same as much things in life, such as electrical current, water etc, it takes the path of least resistance, it is up to us to fight against it and think of a structure to train our minds to focus.
I love video games, But I feel same that It was going to stop me improving ,like last year just About video games and draw like 7 artwork total on 2019 . So I step up and watch videos on internet to make me motivate and learn ,I am not that good yet but It just improve my skills ,keep doing artwork and fixing mistakes (sorry for my english )
i learned to use my sketch first, then start painting. Wanted to free paint an ice dragon... It looked exactly like my ugly hand painting, i did a few years ago... uninspired... so i learned that i needed a serious sketch first.
Me: I’ll stay in this vid for a while
Number 1: I M P A T I E N C E
Me: Okay, I’ll stay the whole video
hahah XD
Did the opposite
@@ImadAwan Not gonna lie, you have hooked a lot of your viewers with that technique
Soooo true😅😅😅
1. Impatience - be consistent and invest your time into practicing
2. Perfection - allow yourself to improve from your mistakes
3. Distractions
4. Lack of inspiration - look for inspiration around you or in entertainment
5. Drawing within your comfort zone - give yourself a brief idea and restrictions before creating
6. Freelance work - Create and experiment for yourself
7. Art style - a. Don't skip the fundamentals b. Don't worry too much about developing your own art style
you had me at "i wasted too many hours playing videogames"
+1
Man, it's a constant struggle!!!
video games are a great source of inspiration, characters, environments, scenarios, etc...but, put time to play, 2 hours maximum.
So much bro... But my phone sucks so I stopped
We all do/did.
Man, I am beginner and I suffer a lot from the "perfection" and "time management" problems.
Your videos are gold. Shame I found you just now.
I am truly grateful my friend. :)
And yeah man I suffered a lot from these things too when I started out.
1. *IMPATIENCE*
Me: 👀 “I am looking away”
haha :D Gotcha!
Imad Awan 😔 I need to work on that one
Man...please keep posting inspiring stuff like this......i absolutly dig this.....this channel has a huge potential to blow up....cheers and peace
Thanks a lot man! Glad it helped! :)
You should check out (adam duff lucidpixul) then, he does a lot of inspiring videos over speedpaints. here's a link czcams.com/users/AdamationStationvideos
"So whats keeping you from working on your drawings? Ask yourself"
Me: *Looks at uni assignments* Yeah........that's gonna be awhile.....
hahah! Been there buddy!!!
john tanker military life for kills so much of joy and energy mental and physical 😭
Ah shit me too, me too :'(
Thank you Imad Awan, the last word "NO SHORTCUT!" really wakes me up!
great stuff...got to learn a lot of things from you.
Thanks bunches!!!
Number 3 for me is literally this video, I was supposed to be animating but im watching youtube videos about why I should be doing it. Somebody end me pls.
great video btw
I haven't drawn since high school. I'm 35 now, and your videos have helped me rekindle my passion. Thank you!
Also I have no other artist around me to keep that snowball effect creative energy. I’m in the military and it’s so draining in all forms so when do get the time I’m far too drained and I find myself struggling with my art. My imagination also isn’t as wild as it was when I was younger.
It's alright to not be creative all the time. :) Do not stress, do not tire your mind. You can always draw what you see around you.. That way, you'll think less, and do more, while enjoying the therapeutic activity which we call drawing.
I just wished there was power supply in my country, Nigeria. That's my only hindrance, my state of mind has been trained already. Nice content man
Great advice! Many of these are connected to each other... i.e. I skip fundamentals because I'm impatient. I am a perfectionist so I'm easily distracted...etc.
Comfort zone, mostly and not giving me the time to study! Impatient, I want to draw like you, now! Great way of teaching technique you have, you have a new subscriber! Regards from Mexico!
Thank you so much 😀
‘Impatience.’
‘Man, hurry up!’ *fast forwards to see end result of digital painting* ‘oooh, my god.. I just proved his point’
*Rewinds *
After 5 years of 3d modelling i can say i am ok with my skills but i need some years more to get the high end industry standart and i will reache it!
Every vid I watch from you I get inspired to pick up my pencil and draw in like 2 minutes.
I needed this kind slap in the face. And not just for drawing. Finished, not perfect is going to be my new mantra. Great content dude!
Wonderful! You got this friend!!
I've only been studying traditional art for about a year. You hit the nail on the head with this video. I'm guilty of all the newbie stuff.
I really have huge respect for you, cuz I can't afford tutorials of some artist and your videos are very helpful and also detailed even your ps brushes are free and offer good resources for future uses Thank you so much, I did not even skip ads cuz you deserve it :)
Thank you! Appreciate that! :)
I just bought my drawing tablet yesterday and I'm already watching these videos lol
More artists need to see this. I personally suffer from lack of organization and the advice of giving yourself a brief and setting restrictions before starting on an artwork has helped me a lot! Some artists may feel lost before they begin and so the thought of drawing when there's so many decisions to consider is paralyzing. SET THOSE RESTRICTIONS MAN. It helped me target what kind of reference I should be finding as well
this video is got me on a personal lvl... you don't know how much i appreciate it! gonna do some changes and remove the distractions
Great!, consistency is a must on any field of work
Skipping the fundamentals is dooming your own artwork. However, and I think this guy gets it, specially if you're studying at an art school, you may find yourself severely uninspired, as all you have is mereley technique, merely theory, and all those aspirations you had before achieving to study in that school are just gone. It's a very similar chase to making comissions/ freelance work/studio work. This constant nonstop work and technique perfection will eventually lead you to depression disguised as "Art Block". Take a break, rest, find your motivations and go for them.
Ask yourself: what is the problem?
My answear: my worst enemy is....
CZcams tutorials 🤣 inspiring videos, videos about mistakes what you made as a beginner, improve your art, why you are not improve and etc 😭😭 i love watching them and i don't draw anything
Give it a try! You can do it!
there is nothing to say .... simply beautiful and very good
Thank you!! Glad you liked it!!
On this pandemic, I go back to my passion instead of traditional painting I am totally hooked by digital Painting, most of my artworks made by digital painting is good and some are still work in process coz I dont know how to continue it and sometimes I am lazy, I decided to go back again and think about concept art that related to Japanese warrior shogun and thanks God its destiny that youtube recommended your channel, and its so amazing. I was falling in love by your artworks so instant subscribed to ur channel, feels like you just played the brush at first and at the end you gave an incredible output. More artworks and tutorial. Hope in the future you should try Ibispaintx or some painting apps for android mobile and tablets, as I am using it for the beginners like me who dont have monitors or computers. More power Sir!
Thanks a lot for the kind note! I am so glad that you found the channel helpful! Thank you very much for subscribing! Will upload more awesome content soon! :)
im full of inspiration but devoid of skills to express...
thanks for the tips, ill practice a lot and hopefully ill get better :D
as u said...it takes time...
I spent few months on digital art and improved a lot. Not saying I became a pro, but the improvement was so dramatic!!!!
Thats really good to know! :)
Thanks man🥰 You've changed my perspective on how to be good at drawing.
Happy to hear that!!!
Your chanell and brushes are like most useful out here, aside from some aaron blaize videos this is where i have been learning and improving a lot and i must say, both seeing your workflow, seeing and using your brushes, and actually feeling and relating with your videos i have learned much, i just wanna know i appreciate you a lot!
Thank you very much! :)
Mannnn i am loving your job. Congrats!!
Thank you so much 😀
Me, a programmer: Why do I watch this and why does this still apply to me?
because programming is an art; it just so happens you create with code instead of color
Found your channel today...just loved it..thankyouu for ever word of advice🔥.kudos to you man
Thanks for the sub!! Welcome! ;)
Thank you for this. Simple yet put into perspective and a good reminder. Easily becoming one of my favorite youtubers.
Thanks man; appreciate that!
I stumbled across your channel just now! Great job Imad!!
Hey! Thanks Mariam! :)
very helpful
I believe it's the pressure of the job.
I have been doing paintings but my job profile is visual designers and people mix art with UX but they play in hand alined jobs but never the same. I am still figuring time between my job hours and my personal art time :(
I just woke up and watched this video .. now ima draw thanks 😁
Awesome! :) Have fun!
Great vid, I just need to spend more time doing it. Im learning 3d modelling at the moment and I Love it but I want to learn to draw too. Im going to use your steps to set me on the right path.
Go for it!!
Really awesome stuff...want more such videos like this
Glad you like it! Will work on some more! :)
Thank you for your good advices !
Im so inspiring by you pls keep uploading ;-;❤️
Thank you! And yes, I will!
Yor are my inspiration!! Thank you i have watched 2 to 3 times this video for understand!!! What you said in this video! Plz take care!
Thank you so much!!
Imad Awan You are welcom imad sir!!
Legendary advice haha thankyou for this video, the honesty and empathy from you was real nice, alot of other youtubers don't do that. I appreciate it
Glad I could help!! :)
Thanks for this great video! Very enlightening.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video ! Thank you so much.
Shading/blending. Huhu love all of the tips. Watching your timelapse is making me notice how to add details to your art and shadows etc.
Great video!
Awesome! Glad it's helpful! :) Thanks bunches!!
Great info! Absolutely hit the nail on the head with each one on the list.
Glad it was helpful!!!
@Imad
Your commentary is gold.
Nice piece. Color mood.
God bless you.
Thanks a lot friend!! :)
Thank you, Imad
Thank's Imad for sharing your talent and keeping us inspired. 🥂
You're most welcome!!! :)
Good stuff brother ✌️😍
Thanks ✌️
i love this! especially the part about developing an art style .im 15 and this was really inspiring!!
Awesome! Glad you liked it!!!
Just wanted to say that if you're the one drawing in the video, your art style is awesome! It's different from most of the art I've seen online, but I love it!
Also, great advice. Definitely struck a few chords in me... But in a good way, ya know?
Thank you so much and yes I am the one who's drawing!
You hit nail on the head. These are everything I struggle with. I just now learned to have confidence in my strokes. Thanks for teaching us brother. One other problem I have is wanting to do multiple styles so I branch off to fast. I'm developing now, but I feel like that can hinder the process. I guess it can partially go under impatience.
Thanks a lot man!
And It's fine if you wanna experiment with different art styles, you'll eventually develop your own.
@@ImadAwan thanks brother. I really appreciate your time and effort.
My biggest issue was poor instruction. Try as I might, I know the fundamentals but wasn't taught to physically execute them so I find myself painting everything like charcoal if I don't pay attention.
That's a pretty valid point!!
Most mistakes I see from new artists are proportion/perspective mistakes so for beginners I'd always recommend investing time in understanding proportions, perspective and overall 3 dimensional thinking. Maybe even spend some time in 3D modeling programs like blender or whatever. That's what I would add to this.
Thanks man! Need this video right now. I'm having doubts if I will continue to draw or stop.
Glad it's helpful! :)
Good video.... I think I have to focus more on drawing. When a finish a drawing on procreate. I stop for 2 week's, but I think I have to draw more little paintings to upgrade my skills. Allot of those points are really a pain in the ass.
I'm very thankful about this video bro cause I really had this art issues but now I know what its going on I'll be able to improve my art once I start to be successful on those tips thank you so much dude your art its awesome BTW☔❤
Thank you so much for the kind words! Really appreciate that! :)
I can’t even draw the male or female anatomy and my friends can. I just feel so behind
Do not worry!
Better late than never!
You can still do this!!!!! ;)
the piece you did is beautiful
Thank youu!!!
thank you so much very important information...
You are most welcome!!!
how come this vid got 3k views only? i like the content and this will surely help me improve my art. thanks for providing this kind of content :)
Hey! Thank you! Glad it was helpful! :)
When you said about having trouble drawing hands I really thought you could read my mind. Hahahha.
Edit: I discovered your channel two days ago and really can’t understand why your subscribers are so low!. Actually you are great at encouraging and giving tips for drawing. Keep your work up and keep being yourself. By the way, I’m Spanish and something I love from you is that your accent is so easy to understand I don’t struggle a bit.
That's awesome! Thank you so much!!! :)
Just stumbled across your channel and it is amazing! Have just started Photoshop art
Can't wait to try your style of digital art.
Really helpful!
Awesome! Thank you! Have fun!
‘’Learn the fundamentals - perspective and anatomy’’ 👍
I’d also say, don’t be afraid!. Lot of artists make art with the constant thought that someone else is going to see it and judge it, and this limits what we do. Paint like no one else is ever gonna see it! Who cares what’s ends up in a painting? Who cares what others think?! It’s YOUR art. (But learn the fundamentals 😘)
Very true!!!
I have learn alot from. This lession and I have come to know what are my mistakes thanks matt
I think the number 1 thing for me is the fear of failing, and I don't think I've ever disappointed myself, so really it's fear of failing in other people's eyes. The internet is not a kind place, and neither was my mom's criticism lol. And I procrastinate on things I'm afraid to approach. Lately I just push myself do draw at least few hours a day and watch tutorial materials. And trying very hard to stop caring so much about what people have to say.
That's great! Thanks for sharing! :)
Thats for this video man you gained a fan and a sub :)
Thanks for the sub! :)
just got back to working on stuff in photoshop and i am absolutely in love with your vids m8, keep em coming!
also: thank you for the tutorials that you are providing they really help a lot
Thank you so much! This really means a lot! :)
Well I'm getting better I drawing and I kept making mistakes on body proportions and almost gave up love 5 times but I still haven't and now things are going smoothly
thank you so muuuuch for the advice
You're so welcome!
aaaamazing artist 😊👏
Thanks for this video. I feel very uninspired making thumbnails every now and then..
tooo good bro keep up the good work luv u
luv from wah cantt
Thanks a lot man! :D ;)
thanks
Imad... Bro you nailed it trust me!
Thank you so much bro!!!
thanks man. appreciate
No worries!!
great stuff thank you!
This is very inspirational, thanks for the advices:3
I am so glad that it helped! :)
thanks for the tips brother..
Any time!
(sorry english is not my native language)
my problem is perfection and too much comparing myself with others,i know i shouldn't but i keep doing this because of personal pressure and issue. I want to keep up certain people's level. I tried harder and harder, the result is not that bad but those people are still 10 steps better than me. thats really driving me crazy. i can't enjoy any of my hardwork. i became obsessed with perfection, eventually i lost my passion. Now i quit social media, stop drawing and taking a break for a while and then i just found this video.
My dear friend! :)
Always compare yourself with what you were in the past. If what you are today is better than what you were yesterday, then you are one step closer to the tip of the mountain :)
I'm new to this channel, and I love your work and tips!
Welcome!!!
Thanks, this vid really helped!
Glad to hear it!
DISTRACTIONS, just so many of them 😭😭
haha i know right :D
Would love you to teach us what are the fundamentals and how you practiced them?
I'll see what I can do! :)
Wooow what a great advice 😁
Glad you think so!
I think most people struggle with doing something important, vs playing video games. It's actually very much to do with pyschology. The brain is always trying to create situations that give instant gratification, such as it needs a dopamine boost and it pretty much chooses anything that will give it the quick fix, regardless of how or what the fix is, the brain doesn't have the concious cosideration that we do, it cares not if you really need to do something more important. Also your brain's logical function is the same as much things in life, such as electrical current, water etc, it takes the path of least resistance, it is up to us to fight against it and think of a structure to train our minds to focus.
That was insightful! Thank you! :)
I love video games, But I feel same that It was going to stop me improving ,like last year just About video games and draw like 7 artwork total on 2019 . So I step up and watch videos on internet to make me motivate and learn ,I am not that good yet but It just improve my skills ,keep doing artwork and fixing mistakes (sorry for my english )
3. Distractions
Me: watches yt while drawing
Relatable!!
i learned to use my sketch first, then start painting.
Wanted to free paint an ice dragon... It looked exactly like my ugly hand painting, i did a few years ago... uninspired... so i learned that i needed a serious sketch first.
so thats why😂Nnnnnn that sux all the reason you put hit me hard..yeah all of it thanks by the way i love your vids
Thanks a lot! :)
Thank you for the tips i think it would really help me ❤️
This is so great, please post more videos like this
Thank you! Will do!
I love your art.
you: What's stopping you from improvement?
me: Non of the things you mentioned.
Nevermind, summer's school is stopping me. More like taking my time away for my better welbieng
Thanks mate
Excelente advise