When you're not as "talented" as other artists.
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If you're feeling like you're not as talented as other artists, here's what you need to do in order to surpass those other shmo's.
Games I've worked on -
Fortnite (Environment concept art)
Overwatch (Environment concept art + Sprays artwork)
League of Legends (Character design + Environment concept art, UI + Icons)
Diablo 3 (Character design + Environment concept art)
Hearthstone (Illustration)
Burning Crusade(Character design + Environment concept art)
Wrath of the Lich King (Character design + Environment concept art)
Indivisible (Environment concept art)
Final Fight Streetwise (Voice Acting + Character Design + World Design + Cutscene Direction + Co writer on script)
He Man GBA (Pixel Art)
Terminator 3 GBA (Art Direction + Pixel Art)
CannonBallers (Character + World design)
Ikeda: The Scrap Hunter (Programming + Art + Design)
Goblins and Gnomes (Concept Art)
Books available-
CreeD Re:Imaginary (2021) - 2 part Comic series
Twilight Monk - Return of the Ancients (2021) - Illustrated Novel
Twilight Monk Secrets of Kung Fulio (2020) - Illustrated Novel
Escape from Giants Crown (2019) - Illustrated Novella
World Of Twilight Monk Vol 1 (2019) Art Book
The Man and the Moonken (2019) - Illustrated Novella
The Beast of Tuksa (2018) - Illustrated Novella
Twilight Monk (2012) - 2 Graphic Novels
Nova Colony (2009) - 1 Graphic Novel
CreeD (1993-2007) - Comic Book Series
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Thanks Trent, I needed to hear this. I recently broke into the game industry as an artist, and I love my job. However, I find that most of my coworkers are 15 years younger than me with many years of experience, and it's hard to not feel inferior to them. I work at a company that is compassionate and mindful of my mental health, and they do everything they can to encourage us not to crunch- but I feel like I need to put in extra work to put myself back on the trajectory I want to be on to get my skills to a level I can be proud of.
Thank you for this video. Yeah, I'm a self-taught artist who never had the privilege to attend an expensive art school. I've spent countless hours watching veteran artists paint - even when I paint I have art tutorials running just to keep the motivation and momentum going.The only downside is that I must stop competing against other artists, or comparing my work against their work, who have decades of experiences. Needless to say, I've been painting for four years. It just opens the door to self-doubt and a crash in confidence. I must realise every artist has his/her own style; so competing against them is pointless. This is an awesome video! Thank you!
"be your best" also means recognizing when the effort you are putting in is killing your life and stopping to rest when you need to.
i wanted to be an artist at the young age of 8 thanks to the man who inspired me and the encouragement of my mom, when i was a beginner, i was lucky enough to have youtube as a resource, id look up many videos of tutorials to try to become better, i would practice alot even during class, i was raised in a not so good area with not alot of money, i would refrain from asking my mom for expensive art supplies because i knew she would try her hardest to get it despite our financial situation, im currently 13 and i now question wether im talented or if its skill, ive used over 49 sketchbooks/notebooks but i wonder if i just learned faster then my peers or if i just put more work into my goals as an artist, either way i know their is still so much for me to learn and im willing to continue to put in that effort, and i aspire to be a professional artist like you
i wouldnt want to be born gifted or talented. Eventually you'd be in a perfectionist burnout nightmare because expectations would be crushingly high from the start
These days, saying you missed out on the art school experience is like saying you missed out on acquiring a student loan while having learned nothing and having a useless degree to prove it. Some art schools out there sure are amazing, but that's like 1 percent at best. Biggest advantage today, though, and what your generation didn't have is all the tutorials. Literally industry level powerhouses just sharing everything - often for absolutely free - with everyone. And some, like you, even go further beyond with discussing psychological and every day aspects of the profession, which is awesome. I mean, fact that you do it is awesome, not the psychological challenges - those aren't always awesome... if ever.
Says something about the times we live in, people shaming hard work seems so bizarre to me.
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I was working at a call center for 10 years when covid happened. during my teens I drew a lot, like, a LOT then stopped once life happened. I was convinced that growing up is to stop drawing and going into an office job to provide to your family. I was miserable and when covid happened I had to quit. First months were a struggle but I decided to draw stuff online and people actually like my art enough to commission me sometimes. It's not near my paycheck before but I'm getting by and I'm much happier.
I agree that people shouldn’t shy away from hard work and putting in the hours but if you’re working 10 hours a day everyday I can’t imagine you have any time spare to shop, cook proper healthy meals, exercise or spend time with loved ones. If you love the work it’s not so much of a problem but it feels a bit imbalanced to me
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
Hope this doesn’t come off the wrong way, but just want to add…artists should listen to their body. If you feel pain, STOP drawing for the day. Personally, I can’t do 10 hours everyday, my hand starts to hurt long before that.
You see, Trent, It is not about "taking it easy", it is about respecting yourself. About understanding that you are a entire living being for a limited period of time in this place called Earth. It is about being more than just an asset. About living for yourself.
I feel you there, Trent. I'm 32 here in Argentina and I could afford my first wacom tablet two years ago and a decent set of pencils and watercolor. It's true, you apreciate things much more when you have little. Thanks for the boost and your amazing art and experience.
After finding a couple of quick gigs, which in hindsight were rather predatory, I found myself wondering why my art was truly lackluster. At the of all the questioning it was just my drawing was lack luster. Didn't matter if my rendering skill or design skill was competent when my drawing was just lacking clarity and form. So now I'm about 6 months in and I feel confident enough in my drawing ability to go learn design and painting without fearing my drawing/line work would impede my clarity. Fuck that was a rough six months mentally. Even now when I realized my line work was similar to my peers who are all trying to become concept arts/illustrators I still have that overwhelming sense that it's still not good enough despite all that work and effort.
Honestly, to me the hardest thing will always be managing the balance between working enough to feed myself and still being able to produce what I want.
The best thing my father gave me as a child for my drawing was his old paints and a whitewashed wall in the kitchen in the tiny apartment where we lived.
Dude your stuff motivates me hardcore, been feeling super demotivated for a little while but this sparked something in me to push those bad vibes aside and remember why I draw and make stuff.
My dude... you are such an inspiration!
Thanks for the video Trent! Especially sharing building up to crunch time/work time. When I put in 6hs a day practicing drawing + 8hs at my desk-job for weeks out of nowhere, I got a severe injury on my wrist which made me nearly unable to draw for over a year (I could do maybe half an hour of pencil + paper every other day before experiencing pain), and I am still recovering. Although a horrible experience, it thought me two things, work more efficient with my tools to relief wrist strain and also taking care of myself. If you feel like going crunch mode every day and you want to put in the time, make sure you look up/do wrist stretches and indeed build up your work time, don't start sprinting the marathon out of the blue.