Better Space, Better Work - Dream Art Studio Makeover

I dont know if I believe 100% that you’re the product of your environment- but I DO think that you have the productivity of your environment. The same is true when you’re working or creating, and it might not mean you have the means or opportunity to fully renovate a space, but the more care and control you have over making the environment conducive to creativity, you’ll be subconsciously buffing your stats.
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[@CharacterDesignForge]

Turns out green IS a creative color.

[@myri_the_weirdo]

My dumb brain is happy to understand a reference everybody understand

[@1dontknow1]

Blue or red is better green is not a *creative* color

[@AZUREPHOENIX777]

This workspace looks ----ing amazing! I wish I had the room in my house for something like this.

[@XanderFlicks]

A fun and creative space is so important! Great video 🙌

[@ThisAnimeFOXGirlLovesToDraw]

Watching the Monsters Inc. behind the scenes and bonus features was the main reason why I became a Freelance Artist/ Animator! :D It's cool to know someone else was inspired by the exact same thing. Also, your amiibo collection is so darn impressive!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Oh wow thats awesome! Small world- i wonder if it has to do with adoption of DVDs back then, I think it was our first DVD after getting a player!

[@AWE-Nessy]

I’m goint to see what’s in that closet!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

I CANT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THERES NOTHING INTERESTING IN THERE! NOT AT ALL

[@jngarrettart]

It’s always fun to see other artists’ studio spaces. And great reminder about how our setting can impact our focus. This just spurred me on to tidy up a couple quick but impactful things in my own space today.

[@FumbleBee27]

My favorite art KZbinr AND an office tour style video COMBINED?! Must be my lucky day! Your new space looks AMAZING!! And this is definitely reminding me to clean my desk off again 😅

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Aw thats so nice, thank you!

[@brodika]

I actually recently did something similar to what you did. Obviously, on a massive fraction of the budget. I actually did the opposite, where I replaced my L-shaped desk with a standard one. It helped me to reduce the clutter in the space in my room, so I didn't feel so trapped. Also, I have the same edifier speakers as you, neat! Eventually I want to do something a little more, more in line with a studio, but what can you do. Also, can't one have both Lamborghinis and knowledge? Studio tours are always so relaxing. I love watching them, and this was a very cozy one.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Im so glad! Can absolutely relate to the trapped feeling. So it goes that the knawledge led to the lambos, but I'm not so sure. 😆

[@salvidomum5287]

L shaped desks are my favorite. I need to assemble mine still

[@JasmineZellmer]

The space looks so good! I always produce best in a nice clean environment.

[@ryleyw3684]

I just found your channel, I definitely feel my room needs an update, its pretty much the same as it was when I was a kid although I took all the disney Cars wall stickers off a few years ago and moved things around. I have a PC desk set up that's 50% done, my ikea countertops sitting ontop of the "teacher" style desk that is my mothers that her grandfather made and the countertop hangs over on each side by a lot. Anyways to the point, I definitely feel I need to change the colors, from half white on top and light blue bottom to something more adult guy. That and overall kinda "modernize" it and put my led strip lights in better configurations to make it a more "chill" room, and add things to just overall boost my creativity. Ive been looking for video's like this on rooms designed for this very thing, and this kinda helped. I do have a general idea for what I want, but also not sure other ways to make the space a creative space with out the clutter as ive over the years gotten tired of clutter, i still got to continue to organize my bookshelf and get rid of stuff on it that has been there for years since I first got it as a kid.

[@sylvanshroom]

This is so cool Brookes!! So glad you could make such a functional and cohesive space. The wheeled desks/tables is so big brained, i find myself wanting to rearrange constantly so i might have to look into that myself 👀

[@peafster]

Super inspiring workspace, the figure collection is unreal

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Hehe thank you! Just a decade or two of things picked up here and there 😄

[@BrentGalloway]

The new space looks SO GOOD! The perfect blend of productivity and cozy vibes.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thank you Brent!!!!

[@blakespangler3111]

This is awesome! I never knew how important your environment could be to your creativity. I appreciate your videos and love to see what you come up with. I love the room and hope to do something like it for myself when I get out of this tiny apartment!

[@RooNelo]

The thought into planning the whole room to be camera ready was worth it. The room looks awesome. A few months ago I added some fake plants and a small bookshelf to my desk area. Those two changes surprisingly made the biggest impact on my mood and productivity.

[@BlackPeerama]

Great Job On This Video

[@Daryoon]

If I had shelf of figures like that in my workspace, it would take about 37 hours and 23 minutes before they were terraformed into an elaborate spider colony. The perils of listening to the Cure, I guess!

[@farisbhuiya4613]

These are great inspirations for a workspace! I love how you were trying to concept your thinking of whats make your productive environment. Learned a lot from this!

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

I absolutely love your collection of figurines :) I collect a bunch of little items like ammibos, mini lego builds, plants and yes, figurines. You really are my type of person. Thank you for giving me someone to look up to ❤

[@CharacterDesignForge]

much appreciated!

[@Artofcarissa]

I’ve found that maximizing desk space really helps my creativity; I get a monitor arm so I can lift my tablet up and out of the way if I need room to do traditional media, I bought a desk lamp that mounts to the wall instead of resting on the desk to free up more desk real estate, I also bought a drawer unit from ikea to store excess items instead of shoving them in a desk drawer here and there. In a few years I want to get a large pen display and a mini pc, possibly mounting the pc to the wall or put it on a wall shelf

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thats awesome! Def the way to go. Little by little, it builds to something great!

[@lvl27_cubone96]

Dude, this looks RAD, Brookes! I still have a bunch of prints and things from LBX 2022 that I need to frame and hang in my spaces. I've just not made the effort to do it yet. Hopefully I can get that started after how rejuvenated this year's con got me! Also I'm super impressed and thrilled over your figure collection, that looks awesome! I'm also not too great at organizing a space, but I did get a lot of my Up merch organized and displayed last year. I just gotta do it for the rest of my stuff 😵‍💫

[@Mjumiman]

What a cozy space! Love your take on this, very based and with a lovely sense of humor as well. Fits the fact that I've been meaning to tidy up my work desk, sometimes de-cluttering is the first step to making a space more usable.

[@cde3003]

This video really opened my eyes

[@ProphetEKA]

Very nice! Also, I'm just a Little jealous of that bookshelf. My rebuild from a few yrs ago ended up w/ my top shelves as storage so I still have a chunk o' books hidden. Not ideal but I was happy to get them out of boxes again. = )

[@salvidomum5287]

VIBEOOOO

[@bungahootch]

Great video! Not what I typically expect from your channel, but got me thinking about my own workspace. Typically, the only factor I consider when re-organizing my workspace is whether it's clean or cluttered. Can't think with a cluttered space. But now I'm wondering about thinks like desk position and all that.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thanks for giving it a watch! Glad it got you thinking

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

3:41 I have that Kirby ammibo!

[@alejandrogangotena9033]

I have just been reoganizing my room to make it more art conducieve, thanks!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thats awesome, I hope it makes creating easier for you!

[@alejandrogangotena9033]

@@CharacterDesignForge I ll keep you posted :D

[@smm855]

..ok I'm jealous of all the figures O_O

[@CharacterDesignForge]

It only takes about 15 years 😂

[@salvidomum5287]

Hexagons are the bestagons

[@MisF1998]

CGP grey approves!

[@klg9549]

Brookes posts vibeo and LIVES IRL ACTUALLY [I will update this comment once I've finished the vid!]

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Highly appreciate the commenting 🙏

[@littlefox_100]

Wow.

[@user-ht3gy3fm6z]

Beautiful job! Very cool space!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thank you!!

[@chimaeraarts]

You got me at the console part😅

[@CharacterDesignForge]

We’ve all been there 😆

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

1:49 IS THAT A HORNET SHIRT?!

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

2:06 HOLLOW KNIGHT FIGURINES

[@calebrobotart]

Brookes doesn't want to show us what's in the closet because it's actually a gateway to the monsters' world.

[@markguyton2868]

Yeah I'm pretty sure my environment is one of the *many* reasons I can't focus on what I want to work on. It is indeed abysmal... It's not fun when you don't do what you actually want to do :\

[@Iddstar]

This is awesome!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thanks so much!

[@Iddstar]

@@CharacterDesignForge I currently haven't got a dedicated art space at all, though I have in the past, so I know the struggle well and I must say, even seeing yours has been pretty inspiring and motivating, so thank you for sharing it.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

@@Iddstar Yeah, I know the struggle well. I think that at least a conducive, pleasing or peaceful environment ultimately ends up being more valuable than a dedicated one, if you had to pick only one.

[@Iddstar]

@@CharacterDesignForge I definitely agree. I spend a lot of time at coffee shops currently! And will be using my local library too...

[@4_seagull]

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[@blakespangler3111]

I just wanted to ask, but do you have any advice for finishing projects and making videos with your adhd? I find it super hard to sit down and write a script in order to get a video done, but there have been a few times I’ve been able to get something finished. I don’t really know what the difference between those times are and I thought I’d seek some insight from someone who has actually put out multiple projects and videos consistently.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Hey there yeah, I actually have a few videos that are ADHD productivity based- kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZjFlH-unseda9ksi=ShMd9KhYggosJi1J this one and this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4G7qJmsnNCqa6csi=RS4MHJq9aKyQloIP come to mind most recently!

[@blakespangler3111]

Oh awesome! Thank you for sharing those. I’ll take a look at them, and I appreciate your help with this, and it’s really nice to know I’m not alone in dealing with adhd! 😁

[@Abonkit]

Brookes you are not using that mic correctly. You are supposed to stick it inside of your mouth so it can pick up the voice sounds better.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Ohhhhhh MB!

[@Aeiouaaaaaaaaa]

So what’s in the closet, Brookes.

[@animated_being]

this is a comment.

[@All4Tanuki]

!!!! I hope that room is well ventilated if you're 3d printing in there!!! I've heard some horror stories! Otherwise, this looks amazing!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Its just a PLA printer for now- but absolutely vent when theres resin. Thanks!