Best Cities for Artists, Online Resources, and Self-Education - Draftsmen S3E20

[@Draftsmen]

What rituals help you in your artistic process?

[@bd8237]

hentai

[@Purplesquigglystripe]

Not a ritual, but if you work digitally, reassigning the keyboard shortcuts so that the tools you use most often are in easy reach helps a lot for speed.

[@poseidon689]

Having a morning coffee, getting a nice podcast or my spotify playlist on, get my cellphone on no distraction mode. And depending on how focused i need to be, i get a chronometer on. Only use it when i have important deliveries, the timer kind of helps me force myself to not look anywhere else.

[@HeidaRafns]

Routine is key. Wake-up-early, settling down at my desk(s) at work or home, good coffee, noise cancelling headphones (with or without music), check emails and media for a few minutes...then I'm ready to take on my task list😀

[@greenpuppy54]

As someone who is easily distracted but also often needs some amount of noise to focus, I've found that setting specific boundaries when I work is key. For example: I can play a podcast on my phone for background noise, but then I have to specifically set it outside of where I can easily reach, so I'm not tempted to pause and go back or take a break to browse the internet.

[@havefundrawing]

I self study, and over the years whenever I feel stuck, I sign up some online course that will give me instructor feedback. And the feedback is always on theories that I already know, but I just don't do enough. "I see you are doing the value contrast, but it's not enough." "Push the gesture even more." Things like that. So it's one thing to know the theory and it's another to apply them to the right extent and at the right place. So personally I think occasional professional feedback really helps me. Also self learners usually feel like we've been doing a lot because we're always researching for more materials. But look at what you've actually drawn, you might be surprised how little you actually did. So make sure you're putting a LOT of time actually practicing, not just thinking about practicing.

[@popandlock69]

This is excellent advice that may fall on deaf ears. The #1 thing that used to stop me from reaching my goals was INACTION. Studying and research is essential to growth but you learn more from DOING as opposed to THINKING.

[@0ia]

@@popandlock69 I’ve got the opposite problem. I spend so much time doing that I don’t know if my time is well-spent. Doing smaller daily reflections and bigger weekly reflections has helped me counter that.

[@ArtelisStudio]

In line with the thought of “too much research” is to choose an in-depth course and study them one at a time, instead of learning from multiple sources at the same time. Art really has no strict rules, so often times what you learn from one art teacher has conflicting rules from another art teacher. Learning from multiple sources has its value and helps in developing your own style, but do it one at a time to avoid confusion. That’s why it’s better to choose a course that is in-depth and has well-rounded content like Proko’s. So you can learn a wide range of skills like perspective, anatomy, and portraits, all taught with one cohesive style.

[@jeremiah1059]

Stan started warming up with "Rollin" by Limp Bizkit and Marshall joined in with the theme from "Rawhide"! I love it! My Dad would have done the exact same thing.

[@michaelbone5177]

so pure

[@ArchiduquesaMA]

Marshall is the absolute most adorable man ever

[@MoikaloopTV]

I can only say good things about James Clear's book "Atomic Habits". It changed the way I work and it made me a more productive person. Great book!

[@alihadtfp6505]

Listening to Marshall sing is my gesture drawing routine

[@lainasketches6711]

relatable

[@ovinenathania6769]

My ritual would be turning on my laptop, look for a podcast to listen to while drawing, and draw. I find that listening to something while drawing helps to release the nervousness or anxiety when I start a new project. It helps on letting ideas flow naturally for me. I prefer podcasts or audiobooks rather than music, bc I I’m always learning something from listening to them. Also listening to people talking is comforting for me. Definitely there are times where I’d plug in music instead or find a lighter chitchat podcast! Just depends on my mood that day.

[@northernhemisphere4906]

Do you often find yourself uncomfortable doing something you enjoy in silence?

[@nostunas]

@53:35 - the way Stan just exploded when he saw that second horse sketch Marshall was showing is exactly how I felt and I bursted out laughing. What an absolute beauty of a sketch, as a huge fan of horses (and drawing them) I love it so much!

[@ThomasMyrbergfdJohansson]

Here's a good habit: fill a paper with random doodles (whatever you feel lika drawing right then and there) before you start your "serious" work.

[@lanigirognithemos]

Sort of a ritual of mine is never end a session, and more precisely, never go to sleep with a bad drawing. Basically it means try to make sure that you go to sleep or end a session with something you find looks nice, even if it's a tiny simple 1 minute gesture drawing. Also, Not exactly a ritual but what I do especially if I'm not inspired is either go through inspiration like instagram or pinterest or my favorite artbooks. Otherwise I would do something very technical that I already did a bunch of time and I know I can draw well just to see something nice on the page to drive me on. For me it's like a dragon head or a human skull which I can draw real quick or maybe a random face from imagination. I also almost always draw small, not sure why 100% but I got a few ideas why.

[@lainasketches6711]

Marshall turning bright was the cutest thing I've ever seen Dx

[@andyWEASEL]

This year I started implementing a habbit that I could have developed many years ago but avoided for silly reasons, the habbit of doing warmup exercises. Before starting to work on any kind of piece, I would take out a paper and start drawing horizontal lines, vertical lines, oblique lines, then circles, then different types of elipses in those circles. I started with an A4 piece of paper and now I use A1 paper filling it up in about 3 sessions of warmup, cheap paper by the way, there's no reason to burn money on these. In my case, this brought multiple benefits. I'm working a fulltime job as a digital artist and during the past years I've neglected traditional drawing, which meant that my dexterity suffered. Doing these warmups with specific shapes in mind helped me in that regard, I feel more comfortable drawing all kind of lines and I feel more confident drawing, especially if I'm drawing simple forms. For example I'm more likely to draw an elipse if I think it helps the design, rather than thinking "I dont want to try and get the right elipse because it's a hassle", these kind of negative microthoughts that can influence the quality of your work don't bother me as much as they did before. A second benefit is this. Sometimes, after a long day at work I don't feel like drawing because I'm tired or I think it's late and there's no point in starting to draw at that hour, but I decide to do some warmup drawings to train that muscle memory and finish the day with some traditional work, even if it's just a bit of lines and circles. I had this happen many times, I start drawing planning to finish for today and after 15 minutes I suddently feel fresh with energy and in the mood for drawing, eventually leading to some more serious pieces or ideas I can follow the next day or whenever. I don't finish that work in that evening, but it's work that wouldn't have existed if I didn't pick up a pencil to do some warmup drawings for 10 min. This is something that I found helpful, it's part of my routine and I plan on keeping it that way. Scott Robertson wrote about some dexterity exercises in his How to Draw book, basically drawing converging straight lines and then drawing circles of different sizes between them just touching the straight lines. Another was drawing circles, one on top of the previous to train your line. You have infinite ways of playing with these type of exercises, spice things up and keep it fun for YOU and don't be afraid to switch things up if some of them you find boring. Cheers!

[@raynoladominguez4730]

One of my personal rituals is as follows: I go into my studio study my current project for 5-8 minutes and then I go out and walk, whilst thinking about that particular piece. I find this very helpful when I am experiencing difficulties. If I am currently between projects, I move while opening up my thoughts to new ideas or possibilities to feeding my creative hungers. If I am feeling negative or resistant to creating, I move with practicing introspective analysis, attempting to find my own answer as to why I am feeling so.

[@nicks931]

Really liked the micro-habits for macro-improvement question. Brilliant. Agree with Stan on the big issues to tackle first (like in art itself, block-in to noodling) but if you adopt good micro-habits early, it allows focus on the bigger issues. Great question. Thanks for that. Cheers from Sandy Eggo. 🍻

[@TheMartinProject88]

Hello Gents. This channel is brilliant, first of all. Background to painting and thinking, great to match the work with a good chat. I’m in Barcelona en route to Madrid and then onto San Sebastien to meet some of my contemporaries is some ‘Neo-Classical’ painting scene: focusing on murals and oil paintings, and the relationship between the two. It’s pretty rad, keep making magic🤙🏽

[@MisF1998]

"It's like sharpening your blade before a battle." You know that sounded cool and that's what I'll think in my daily art warm ups.

[@ArchiduquesaMA]

I never thought I'd hear Stan say "I don't want that drawing to be close to the photo" wow

[@KitKatWiffleBallBat]

I'm on vacation! Let's pour time into learning and applying something new! Waste no time! Let's go! 🖼🖌😋🎨

[@BisonAffinity]

I went to a university for games art that taught every aspect of video games but you could select discplines. One was concept art. Probably the biggest regret of my life, the tutors were lazy, never came in, gave the most milquetoast critiques and worst of all, never did art. You literally couldn't find their art online. I am fortunate I am in the UK since the tuition fee system here works a lot more kinder than in america but I essentially wasted my one chance in tuition because I was too young and not well versed in art education enough to know that I could have just joined an atelier part time and have it be 3x cheaper and 100x more impacting to my art pursuit. I literally only bought time by going to university so I've been self taught all along despite my degree implying otherwise.

[@platoschauvet]

habits- taking a nap before starting anything intimidating or that will take a lot of mental energy. When I take breaks while working is when I'll exercise. Find a pencil or pen that you really enjoy using and always keep it and something to draw on at hand, and if it's a pencil and you like erasing, use one with an eraser. Encourage other people around you to draw or make art, your friends and family, play drawing and art games with kids. If you're easily distracted by KZbin, there's a chrome extension that can turn off recommendations. You can also tell KZbin (and other apps) to stop recommending you certain things that are less productive. I accidentally deleted the Twitter app a while ago and never redownloaded it, and that's been pretty positive lol. Text to speech is a great way to listen to books while working. I use the app e-reader prestigio which works well. Oftentimes I'll just work in silence though if I can, but if you have anxiety or whatever listening to something can help.

[@nelsonvieira9038]

something that really helped me work for long hours and get the most out of it, is to divide my drawing process and depending in at what stage of said process iam at the time i allow myself to do things or not, so the steps are: sketch, clean version/rendering and final version/details. -for the sketch, i can't listen to music, i can't talk to anyone and i stay away from social media. -for the clean version, i can listen to music, i can talk and i can allow myself to take brakes. -for the final version, i only listen to music and talk to people online. that has made me a better artist i think.

[@bizbobizbo82]

I really love the Draftsmen thumbnail art! haha

[@galaxy_mosaic3587]

whoever does the thumbnails is funny. thanks

[@robbielu22]

This was excellent to the point that I shared it and sent it along to my husband who is a carpenter and trades man of sorts he also does forging so his mind thinks in 3d a lot. However as mentioned "Habits" can play a big part of things in ones life. And little ones[habits] can change up things.

[@tchakhtchoukha]

Voicemail #5 about ressources: I struggled with this problem for years, personnaly it had to do with knowing yourself, how you do art, your streght and your weaknesses, how you learn, what motivates you, and more importantly your skill level, identify what your skill level is and the areas you need to improve, THEN you can filter through the ressources to find ones that are woth your attention and time.

[@onidoes]

The answer to "The right saturation" is mood, got to due with "the feel", and yeah, a keen eye helps, but mostly you shoud experiment with photography for this, changin a bit of the light and overall colors in a photo is really easy, and if you put some time into Photoshop, you can just paint in grays and then apply diferent subdivisions and mixes of light and shade cues. Hope it helped.

[@shawndinhstephens]

Sing to me Marshall

[@jeremiahgallo1055]

Lol. He does have a nice voice. 😆

[@majeddraws5104]

I want to see the behind the scene: how to edit Draftsmen Thumbnails! :)

[@nateolison7553]

I'm working on ritualizing my entire morning. My preference goes like this. Meditate, exercise, journal, prep lunch, warm-up exercises, work on current project until lunch time. I still have 2 months left of my full-time job tho, so that's not exactly possible at the moment. So righy now I wake up early, skip all the other stuff, and work on my project until it's time to go to work 🤣. Cuz deadlines are real...

[@Hane-kke]

Marshall reminds me of Saruman the White from LOTR film. Now I can't unsee it

[@kellyramirez7465]

One little habit I do: I get a giant mason jar of water with ice to sip frequently as I draw or paint. I very much have to pee after twenty or thirty minutes later, so I have to get up, go to the bathroom, grab a little snack or walk around the living room before refilling the jar with water and ice. Then I go back to drawing/painting. Repeat. It is a bit of a silly thing to do, but the best "take a break" timer for me is my bladder.

[@ArtelisStudio]

Pro tip, based on neuroscience: that uncomfortable feeling of a full bladder actually helps in maintaining focus. So if you need that extra boost, try holding your bladder for a bit and push through work. Ofcourse, this is not a healthy habit to do all the time, only when needed.

[@claudiafinelle]

I love you guys

[@LukasDamgaard]

21:19 - I wish Stan would have asked if Marshalls sister in law was a standup Comic!

[@mf--]

You should interview Esad Ribic if possible. He works for Marvel a lot but his ink work "sketches" are a distilled form of his mastery.

[@letsplaywithlife3063]

Treadmill idea is great.

[@brentcampbell6788]

Helps a tonne, thanks homie

[@partypao]

"How do you determine the saturation of a color (when shading it) to make the light feel more accurate." He was asking how to translate color saturation to value, when used in shading and in relation to light, to make it look realistic. My answer would be: color saturation is highest on mid-tone, and lowest in opposite ends of highlight and shadow.

[@samankucher5117]

Awesome thumbnail :)

[@saionjisan]

Haha marshmallow 🤣 so cute

[@platoschauvet]

Marshall's song in this one was so funny

[@simonsez_artwork]

55:01 - couldn't agree with Stan more here. I feel like that's what initially appealed to me about Kim Jung Gi. His drawings looked unfinished and were somehow better that way!

[@wulantsabita9843]

looking at the marginal changes on marshall's face during the second voice mail is cathartic

[@SATISHKUMAR-im7lm]

I have a question, i am learning portraiture by graphite. I should invest much time on single one, or try more by reducing time, or going into realism. So quantity or quality?

[@mitzara25]

Marshmallow hahaha

[@saionjisan]

Woow I never thought boredom as something positive 🤯😲😲😲, but it makes so much sense. I was wondering why I havent got creative ideas lately maybe its just because I have been too busy. Thank you so much! 😃😃

[@tafazulmattoo166]

Marshall, you're so funny man, you should be a comedian, god damn Unfortunately I am, but I just hide behind the tears of a clown So why don't you all sit down Listen to the tale I'm about to tell __Eminem predicted it a long time ago

[@45whitedragon]

So yeah, I always have to re-watch most episodes because I draw while listening and... forget a lot of the content, how do you stay focused?

[@ArtelisStudio]

I don’t see anything wrong with that. If anything helps you draw, then draw. You can always rewatch the episode again while doing the dishes, or some other chore.

[@bepinkfloyd814]

My routine is sharping my pencils while smoking a joint before every drawing session xD ( i smoke joints even while having a shit thou lol)

[@0ia]

51:50 "That one's got a thick butt!"

[@goober7535]

This whole podcast... Question: Proko: idk wtf you asking me for.

[@connormathews7646]

I know better help sounds like a great service but I'd strongly recommend you look into the company further before accepting their sponsorship. For the most part they don't provide what's advertised, led to a bit of a blowup about the the brand online last year

[@fafiade]

I love that count dooku left the dark side for a career in art

[@adrabrown3895]

To judge color in the shadows it is helpful not to look directly in the shadow rather look at the light side and catch the shadow from the corner of your eye. Usually the shadow contains the local color plus the compliment. Value is however more important.

[@firrycel]

man, those thumbnails are hilarious

[@superwormhalz2607]

Marshall just wants a sauna 😂

[@senenamakandu8338]

Set up your work area with all your tools around you within an arms distance for quick access.

[@stedilorenzo]

I live in New York. There are so many people here. They don't even want to talk to each other.

[@eatmanyzoos]

when is the video about how to get along with your artistic collaborators?

[@nikhilanurag]

Posted for 1 minute and already 8 views :D

[@stannicolae4623]

I have nothing to say I just want to help with the algorithm

[@SPBHJ]

ritual: marijuana, draw everyday all day

[@gcamargo121]

🇧🇷💕

[@nononouh]

16 31 42

[@Roossi03]

For future me 19:13

[@andreasd1132]

Poor shadow colour guy.

[@sgtpepper91]

38:37 no, you aren't.

[@system-error]

Proko you should be more honest with that prodigiously talented eastern bloc kid, stop being a sugar-coater and explain the true reality of Western art at this point in time. Tell him that you can draw naked people, but you are no artist. And that he can paint people like it's a photo, but he is no artist either! Because that's what the Western schools will say. They will teach him that he's not a true artist until he paints some wobbly boxes and then sells it for a hundred million dollars. Because that is what modern Western art is, if you're being truly honest! It's a huge fraudulent scam! Modern western art is literally the Emperor's New Clothes fable told repeatedly, but with no smart kid calling out the emperor's unsightly nudity. So you should tell the kid prodigy to stay completely AWAY from Western art schools, if you truly care about him and his development. The only reason you would suggest that he mingles with Western artists is because you hate the poor kid and want to ruin his talent. Is that what's going on here, I wonder. What are you going to recommend him next? Heroin?

[@drowzeem9970]

marshall can be really arrogant.