Beginner Draws For 150+ Days Straight And the Results are Astonishing!

[@crocodillian9486]

THE IMPROVEMENT IS INSANE WHATT

[@D.Jack17]

Great to see there's more of us left handed artists Been drawing for about 2 months now

[@RetrogradeShell]

Keep going!

[@chessshyrecat]

It is completely normal and necessary to draw from or with reference, especially in the beginning, when you don't have a big visual library in your head to draw from. It will come from drawing and learning how the things you draw are build and work and how to translate that with your drawing fundamentals. At this point more and more information will be available to you to imagine something with as well.

[@isakdrama]

This makes me happy

[@Zlykin]

Inspiring. Thanks for uploading this in its entirety on a platform that caters to a small attention span. Some of us recognize that an hour is a blink of an eye in the face of 150 days. Beyond that, that this activity takes time. This isnt too long. Some of us would spend that same hour watching you fill up one page. Ive watched plenty longer session 'draw with me' type videos that go into that time frame and even beyond, such as what Tim Mcburnie and others put out. I just want you to know. Its appreciated. I want to see more from you!

[@RetrogradeShell]

I also created a highlight video for those that do not have the full time to sit through! There will be some drawing sessions posted in the future as well so stay tuned!

[@Zlykin]

I admire your wanting to include everyone, or maximizing who can see. I mainly dont want you to lessen yourself for any reason, and I caution against it. I figure if people can regularly set aside time for movies, they'll set aside time for this, if interested. Dont cut yourself short for others, thats what got to me. I dont think you saw it that way this time, which is cool. .. I dont know how to word it. Im just trying to say, going forward, please, give no thought to 'am i taking too much time'. Theres no shortcuts that are worth it, in the creative arts and/or KZbin. Have a blessed day. Edit - punctuation

[@huckfinn4260]

I prefer the longer videos as well. This was quite good.

[@ViciousBeat]

Hey man, great work. Just starting my journey myself looking forward to seeing your progress. Keep it up!

[@RetrogradeShell]

Good luck!

[@spooky_ghost01]

bro this is amazing how much you improved

[@MasonDavies74]

Impressive progress! Keep going! Copying an existing drawing might not *feel* as legitimate as drawing right off the top of your head, but it helps train your observation skill, which is important. I really like your mechs, especially the koi and the crab (36:00)!

[@RetrogradeShell]

The Koi is also my personal favorite from the mech animals!

[@Jedapoo]

Huge improvement!! It really gives me hope for my own drawing journey❤ Also, I enjoyed this longer format. I was sketching while listening.

[@hsmileyface7398]

Love seeing this sort of thing! This is a great way to improve. Draw the things you enjoy from reference every day :) I would suggest figuring out a better camera angle for the next video though.

[@Ector2099]

Now thats some astonishing progress

[@artistdq]

Keep it up great job!

[@AZTECMAN]

Heyya! just made it to the end of the episode. You've made great progress! I want to offer just a couple tips: - in terms of not exploding when you are asked to draw something without reference: practice construction and deconstruction or "mannequinization". Although it can be freeing to work with the circles or any of that, it can also be very useful for gaining form comprehension. I suggest practice several forms of construction to get the full benefit (dot and line skeleton, silhouettes, primitives with contour lines) - your use of line weight is helping quite a bit. where you have several overlapping characters, it may be useful to add some value separation, color, or to vary the line weight in order to keep the visual read smooth. - try out using a block of tone partially overlapping such that it is behind the character. (see the work of Peter Han) - try out working on toned paper. It will change how your eyes behave and allow for adding light. (light guides the eye) - beware of the chicken scratch chicken! he will take your best drawings and make them look a bit amateurish. 🐣

[@RetrogradeShell]

I appreciate the tips! I'll be jumping back to fundamentals at some point which will help! working on the next milestone video from Day 151 - 200 right now!

[@gojo4808]

Every time I watch a video like this, I'm impressed by your progress, but then the darkness hits. It shows me just how much I fail at everything. After four days, I can’t even draw a straight line, and it's not like I’m new to this. I've tried for years, but I always quit and when I do try, it just makes me feel worse because I can’t seem to improve. It feels like no matter what I do, I’ll fail. I’m just a loser, born to fail and die as one. But still, I have to say, your progress is incredible. I think it’s awesome that you’re sharing it with others, even though it doesn't give me hope. It’s inspiring for others, and that's something to be proud of

[@epico1003]

I dont know if what im about to say is right but this is the same type of mindset I had for 2 years or so when I was doing art. And in those 2 years all my progress couldve been easily done within a month or two. Ever since I stopped being so negative on myself my skills actually started improving. A tip I could give is that you shouldint track your progress as days but track your progress with the time you spend practicing.

[@gojo4808]

@@epico1003 I practice like hours a day, but I can't do anything yk. I will Still try, and just draw from reference now cause learning the basic shit is hell

[@epico1003]

@@gojo4808 Hate to put this bluntly but you really have to practice the fundamentals of art to get better. Practicing everyday is important but it needs to be paired with studying to be effective. Doing the basic shit is hell trust me I know, its taken me months just to get barely decent at one of the fundamentals but it gets fun once you get the hang of it.

[@gojo4808]

@ Yeah but its almost too much, its too much you need to learn, and almost anybody tells you how much time for one exercise so i am like dumb.. And just to draw the fundermentals like boxes are good but yk like i said annoying and they take your joy. I think one day fundamentals and next day free to draw is good. If you have a good recommendation i would be happy

[@epico1003]

@@gojo4808 Yeah you really gotta go at it 1 step at a time. Like practice one fundamental then move on to the next in the span of however much time you'd like. Also you are already right about that last thing since thats what I do also. Like one day I study and one day I just draw whatever I want putting use of the thing I studdied.

[@kylechen7107]

cool as hell

[@patrickilse5485]

Amazing! But one thing I didn't really understand: did you do a pencil sketch before using the microns? Personally I couldn't even imaging drawing without a pencil sketch beforehand

[@RetrogradeShell]

no sketch, just straight to micron. But if I'm doing a full art piece, I'd likely use a pencil sketch first

[@patrickilse5485]

@RetrogradeShell Thank you for the insights. This is really amazing! Did drawing without guidelines, just using your micron help you improve and would you recommend this to others?

[@ハイデン]

Keep it up man im doing that too

[@real-issizi]

yooo ı am doing the same too wich day are you on?

[@dexter3d274]

How long did you normally spend drawing a day

[@RetrogradeShell]

right now I draw for 30 - 90 minutes before I go to bed on average

[@analia390]

really good, Try superheroes, with tighter clothes, you can practice the muscles, maybe the DC ones.

[@cmikhail7289]

Man, this is probably the 18th video sign for me to try drawing already. damn youtube lmao

[@RetrogradeShell]

first step is sometimes the hardest!

[@real-issizi]

good shit man ı culdnt belive when ı saw thet mechas chainsaw man is goated too u shoul read the manga if you havent yet chainsawm man manga made me start drawing daliy too

[@RetrogradeShell]

I'll check it out!

[@Nimbus.]

🌤

[@MH-lr6ue]

You have some kool sketchs. I scrubbed the video. No way im watching an 1hr long sketchbook video.

[@RetrogradeShell]

will work on it! thanks for checking it out! The next update will maybe be a shorter timespan so the video will be ~10 minutes

[@MH-lr6ue]

The intro was way to long. Just open the sketchbook and setup a better camera view.

[@Mediumrarebacon-m6v]

I agree

[@isakdrama]

I think this is a little bit interesting somehow

[@JDPxkumagawa]

Bro why are you drawing in 2024 we have AI now 😂 so like what lol.

[@ItsProhibited]

Your comment is literally irrelevant that no one cares to reply with ur bad joke, so let me change that. So much for the "so like what" the irony on this one is hilarious 😂😂

[@JDPxkumagawa]

@@ItsProhibited ok do what you want 😂 like I care I don't care if no one want to read it that was a month ago and now your replying lol And I was trying to make a joke of it I was bc how straight I I'm to the point and be honest os like what do what you want.

[@ItsProhibited]

​​@@JDPxkumagawa Oh sorry, I didn't asked. Took me so long to care about what you just said. Once again, you don't matter.

[@valeriaaraujo9962]

Weak bait