HOW TO IMPROVE AT DRAWING REALLY FAST: Fail and Embrace it

[@jonahnormal]

This is the method i started doing just a few weeks ago, and I've already improved like crazy. Thank you for sharing it with people.

[@ddmarkk]

you're welcome! Glad its working out for you!

[@RealJavierEscuella]

How’s it going bro?

[@theiceking1035]

This mentally is one that I definitely love a lot. But for me personally if had to add anything I would say that this way of working doesn't have be stressful one where every fail hurts you, rather if you love the process failing will effect you less. Try, learn, and discover how to enjoy the process as much as possible and you will eventually get where you want to be. It is not the destination, it is not the journey...it is both. This is something that I have had a hard time following through with in my own life, but hopefully I can do so sooner rather than later. I am tired of not being good at what I am passionate about.

[@ddmarkk]

yup i 100 percent agree! enjoying the process is important. But what im saying is failure is not something to be afraid of, its something that should be embraced. but yea i still agree with everything you said a thousand percent!

[@TonnTuu]

I don't know what it is about you but you're the one who's going to turn me into a prodigy.

[@josephgee4052]

ive been drawing for 10 years now and i could never improve as fast your advice helped a lot thanks.

[@ddmarkk]

aww! im glad i could do that for you! no problem

[@Himdatboiii]

“Analyze why it was buns” finally something I can understand

[@chadisbosh1]

Get good at writing: write tightly and with intention: shawshank redemption, inception, the dark knight, code geass, megalo box, gurren laagaan, fight club. Most of the time, the best stories are character driven

[@ddmarkk]

facts!

[@Cuccii]

thank you for the inspiration and the motivation, watching alot of your videos right now back to back.

[@superbeanx2]

I'm glad i got this in my recommended. you're very well spoken, man

[@ddmarkk]

thank you so muchhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

[@somekindamoth9915]

I hope to see more videos from you soon, I come back to this one almost daily to help motivate myself on my own art progress. You succeeded in becoming an artist that inspires others, and you've been very inspiring for me so thank you :)

[@Kulodemandril]

Dude, your channel is a gift, i just discovered it at 6 am today like 20 minutes ago, i like your mindset, ive been drawing for less than 2 years now and your advices are perfect for me, you just got a new sub, keep up the good work mate, i'll be waiting your new video, cheers.

[@ddmarkk]

thank you so much!!!!!!! I'm glad that i can be of any value to you in any way shape or form

[@jordygladiator6552]

My drawings havent been the best but this gave me even more reasons to strive for the top and im gonna do my best thanks dd king ✌

[@chadisbosh1]

Choose 1 thing, and obsess over it, for me it was my OC, I guarantee results. My OC went from looking like derpy code geass,derpy Ouran host club, derpy as they cry...to symmetrical and appealing like eden zero, hells paradise, chainsawman. Choose your favorite original character, and tell yourself I want my OC to look like this. Only draw your 1 character every day or close to everyday for like 30 mins to like an hour a day for like 7 months. It works. Takes discipline, takes consistency. Me I drew my Original waifu every day, I was prideful and honest , this drawing doesn't look attractive so I kept redrawing and redrawing her every day for months, I used references, I practice I practice. Then now it's finally acceptable. I drew my original waifu, in the same pose, in multiple poses, at least 3000 times, no lie, computer paper and notebook paper, on flashcard draw. Draw, draw, obsess obsess. Obsess.

[@ddmarkk]

glad i could motivate you, just keep on that grind bro, i PROMISE, you'll see growth

[@EO_741]

Actual start of the video 4:27

[@xiuicidal]

thank you 🙏

[@hanselmadeabeat9200]

As a Nigerian myself... I completely relate to what you said in the first part of the video.

[@ddmarkk]

yup! yup! you know how it is

[@tenderw1lderness]

Getting someone to critique my drawings... I've never tried that! Thanks for the advice, hopefully I can find someone who'll help me out! Oh! Question! Sometimes I keep being torn between studying backgrounds and anatomy. I usually compromise by trying to learn one until I get frustrated then try to learn the other but I'm not sure if that's wasting time. Should I just focus on one and push through?

[@ddmarkk]

yeaaa! i think either way is fine, you can study one at a time or do both at once, so long as you're productive when youre studying it. personally, i would do one by one, cause i think thats better for me

[@tenderw1lderness]

@@ddmarkk Understood! Thank you so much for replying ☺️

[@WillCal292]

Great video, I definitely felt a lot of this and it had that inspirational vibe you were looking for.

[@ddmarkk]

yes! im glad it came through! thank you so much!

[@SunIsMessy]

This right here is exactly how I got better. When I really sat down at stared at people's bodies (not like that lol) as you said, seeing how they move you start to realize the way they function through movement and applying it to your art becomes much more easier since you understand it (only took me 10+ years but better than never am i right XD)

[@Scott-ki7bv]

All well said. Thanks. I like to draw comics. Right now just getting into the manga style, try some new art style. I usually draw western style, but I want to change things up.

[@LynsArt]

I often listen to these videos when I'm in artbock, or just not sure what to draw and would love a video on maybe a rant on what tou would tell.the viewer if they were giving up, stuck, not as productive, lazy, taking naps - just a big long rant on what you'd say unfiltered so I can listen to it every time I need a hard-core friend by my side but don't have

[@davidcarraway4568]

Love it bro!! Thanks for the truthful words!

[@BeefBrisketBridget]

4:23 My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

[@ekowsart8599]

Great vid man we miss your streams my guy! Keep grinding

[@ddmarkk]

thank you so much! hopefully imma start stream more again

[@masai9968]

damn I really felt that. Time to start working then

[@ddmarkk]

YUP! get on that!

[@reaganwillow]

dd mark: i want to INSPIRE you guys me: oh its working *me everytime there's a new dd mark video: _*excitement intensifies_

[@ddmarkk]

HAHAHA thank you so much! im glad its working :)

[@GetGudMillhouse]

Taking a 5 year break from video games and mindless activities helped SOOOO much!!

[@ddmarkk]

dang! 5 years?!!! thats nuts and yea once i sacrificed video games, i became a lot more productive tbh

[@chadisbosh1]

It's more than passion, it's an obsession, it's alot of sacrifice and it can get unhealthy and lonely many times. Watch the 2006 movie prestige and you'll understand the meaning of what it is to be brilliant and the darkness that no one sees or talks about. Tell a great story, when you know, you know, because it's a story with the special sauce, a story you can't forget, a story that needs to be told. The secret sauce is an honest story that pierces your soul and tells you a truth you always knew but it's told in a way that you never expected and leaves you in awe. Stories with the sauce: the boxer, Alice in borderlands, mosquito wars,the city of imprisoned love, my hero academia, kaiju 8, chainsawman

[@ddmarkk]

well said, i 100 percent agree!

[@bgx3232]

Can't lie, I definitely needed to hear that rant at the end. I've been pretty damn inefficient.

[@patriciapoteat7938]

You help me with basic anatomy thank you so much

[@ddmarkk]

It's my pleasure :)

[@thedumbones81]

You are super underrated dude, your editing and video quality is great and you deserve more subs

[@TemesgenAsefa-w4m]

Wonderful dd 🎉🎉🎉

[@shivashankaramr1625]

At first this guy was mad

[@Skyeleafe]

that is also why I improved fast, but I used to live a flasr narrative of wanting to create a manga, even drawing. but as mentioned in this video, All I did was Talk. no work, or anything. I kept living that false narrative until recently, where I created my first one shot. it's still in the works as I make a page every week. back to the main topic, I, too, was someone who took Multiple L's in life. those L's we're going to make me give up and play games. while I still play video games, I heald on to my goal in mind: to create manga. or even my own anime. not only do I use a second method to learning quick (80/20 rule), but my L's are also assisting me.

[@lukesenia7408]

This video was so helpful ty, I have ADD and I really want to prove to myself that I can become an artist (specifically a manga artist), so I was wondering if you could give me the list of the drawing fundamentals so I can use them, I often lose the drive to keep trying, do to school and other stuff but I've really wanted to prove to myself that I can do this and that all I need is to practice the fundamentals and I need the drive, also your videos are really inspiring and help a lot.

[@chadisbosh1]

Spend 1 month drawing your OC every day for 30 mins to 1 hr.. use reference, don't have to invent the wheel just use 4 wheels and start rolling. Me personally I chose to draw an attractive original waifu haru nonaka [Sing Yesterday for me], that was my base, but my style, 4 wheels I took the easiest parts for me to draw from other animes and copied, eden zero, nisekoi, chainsawman, my hero academia. To get good at stories try writing a manga thats 12 chapters, get good at ending things and pacing. Hardest part is drawing anime face, getting eye spacing and mouth spacing right, nose is best cuz 90% of anime nose is dot. Just draw every day, your own oc, specifically, took me 7 months to get mine to an acceptable level of yea, good enough for rule 34, passable for studio trigger..it's anatomical, symmetrical, attractive enough

[@lukesenia7408]

@@chadisbosh1 Ty that helps a lot, the thing is I already have the story down and I've been practicing short stories, so now I just need to work on Character design, I don't find drawing the faces hard it's actually the easiest for me, the thing I find hard is drawing the body so I'm trying to get all the help I can, I'm basically a complete noob at drawing, the only thing I am good at drawing is the face of characters, like for my OC I tried drawing Tanjiro's head with my characters face and hair, I'm a complete noob and my ADD doesn't make it any easier, but anyway ty very much for your advice.

[@ddmarkk]

yup, exactly what @chad faeldonea said and as for the fundamentals, you can always just google it but heres some of them: shape/edge, measurement, light (value), and space (perspective)

[@lukesenia7408]

@@ddmarkk Ty very much this helps a lot!

[@kimartdrawing]

this is beautiful.

[@ddmarkk]

thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhh

[@dimgami]

Spitting facts.

[@treytrey-mv8cj]

Gonna start doing this now see you in a month and I'm starting digital art 😀

[@ddmarkk]

YESSIR!! GOODLUCK!!

[@celestine150]

Very helpful 💙💯

[@art.65367]

You're insanely inspiring

[@DontaviousTheThird]

I love how he said and my cat

[@ddmarkk]

me n my cat big homies, gotta shout out da boy lol

[@jeremymartin7403]

I felt that intro

[@BloodyShedProductions]

The only reason I fear death is because it's the only thing that can stop me from drawing

[@ddmarkk]

FACTSSSSSSSSS! im exactly the same way, i refuse to go until i accomplish something astounding

[@HTMangaka]

"Ooh! A new DD Mark Video!" *click!*

[@ddmarkk]

haha thank you!!!

[@bigdaddymiguel9662]

ITS ABOUT DRIVE ITS ABOUT POWER

[@ddmarkk]

WE STAY HUNGRY, WE DEVOUR!

[@ACertainCow]

PUT IN THE WORK, PUT IN THE HOURS

[@vizorfox614]

This fear i have is crippling... I tell myself again and again it's ok to fail, but it doesn't matter, i end up procrastinating for months and this feeling in my gut doesn't go away, i don't know if I'm mad, disappointed or a combination of both. I guess some things are not meant to be.

[@laserbeam954]

Hey Markk do you think you can make a video about what tablet or set up is best to draw comics? I got an ipad pro and im not sure if that would be suffient compared to a bigger display tablet.

[@ddmarkk]

an ipad pro is just fine (im assuming an ipad pro is compatible with an apple pencil). a big display is not necessary at all, like i dont even have one and this is semi my job now. as long as you can produce content with what you have without inconvenience, its good.

[@Jffrydmer1987]

I’m a kid okay but I can draw manga as well and I’ve been drawing for 6 years why can’t I draw as good as you

[@alexsanimeart5706]

I've already taken the first step towards making manga and having a successful KZbin channel. I'm about to take another huge step by dropping out of college with some savings to work on my KZbin channel that I started about two years ago. I'm leaving this comment here for next summer when I'm successful

[@chadisbosh1]

Enter monitor comics fan art competition, you got time, it ends Feb 12 , you win you can appear on one of his videos and promote your own channel, bet on yourself my friend, go for it

[@alexsanimeart5706]

@@chadisbosh1 I'm trying to find some reference for his character. I did Whytmanga's challenge for his OC, but he posted reference on his instagram

[@chadisbosh1]

@@alexsanimeart5706 look up his comic change the world, the OC is literally monitors logo on his KZbin as well, you get hair and face right, the other details could be improvised

[@ddmarkk]

glad you're taking the bold big steps, it takes courage to do that. as for dropping out of college, I cant tell you whether or not to do that but i will say so long as youve though about what you want out of life and you have an image of the steps you need to take get there you can make the decisions as you see fit!

[@Beezy_007]

Can you make a vid on your torso construction ? I rlly like your art style

[@chadisbosh1]

His style is like jujitsu kaisen, bleach, one punch man, death note, boichi, Dr stone.. it has appealing anatomy with stylized sharpness at the right body parts. Start drawing. Draw your own original character, and try drawing em the way they deserve to be depicted, pride, passion, consistency, obsession will get the job done. Focus on drawing 1 character, your favorite character good enough, once you master that one thing, then you could draw your 2nd character of opposite gender, then you have a base to draw all your characters, now that you have characters you can finally tell a story. Me, I got good at drawing a single female character, took 7 months. I focused on perfecting the face/head, once that got right, drawing the other body parts were easy as pie. My OC was based on haru nonaka [Sing Yesterday for me] but I stylized her to have face like eden zero, eyes like kaiju 8, chainsawman, proportions like my hero academia and hands and feet like nisekoi. You want to draw good, then draw 1 thing good over and over and over again till it actually is good

[@ddmarkk]

yup, ill for sure make a video about anatomy and the torso construction will be in there!

[@1cub106]

I think I have passion because my mum grounds me from drawing and electronics, but the drawing is much worse

[@ddmarkk]

haha thats how you know. also i would like to say no one i this world should stop you from doing what you love, family or not. its your life afterall not your mums. just saying

[@Himixen]

5:00 For people who don't want to be depressed😂

[@ddmarkk]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@eseidebe]

Pls make a video on how to colour

[@ddmarkk]

im working on one

[@dolphinpower1107]

OK well I guess I'm trying this, I'm not allowed to draw anything above an Eye for a week, so I'll post here in a week if my eyes improve.

[@rambo_needs_wife8098]

Love this video😊😊👍

[@ddmarkk]

thank you so much!!

[@dod9208]

well my drawings were great (2-3 years)...now i want to restart drawing and now my drawing sucks a lot....they are goofy

[@doodleword]

Nice tutorial

[@ddmarkk]

thank you

[@doodleword]

@@ddmarkk your most welcome stay connected

[@Ardorstorm]

So you're saying it's about drive, it's about power we stay hungry, we devour put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours?

[@jaimevillanueva9389]

I saw my draws from 2020 and they are really bad lol and in that time I really can´t saw the mistakes (incorrect proportions , flat and stiff anatomy) I ´d like you criticize my sketches, in a constructive way of course lol (don´t make me cry :(.

[@ddmarkk]

LMFAO yea its important to get critics. you can go ahead and dm me your work but i cannot guarantee ill respond quickly. im sorrry but it might take me like a month or something to respond. i get so much dms

[@otis8252]

9:11 oh my god someone finally said it. I always wondered what people are doing when 7 months go by and they're like "I moved my couch from the left side to the right side! Don't forget to sub to my patreon xoxo"

[@ddmarkk]

HHAHA it always bothered me that no one ever talked about it

[@otis8252]

@@ddmarkk I find your channel inspiring my guy, I put it on in the background while I draw and get some sweet succulent motivation.

[@solyun2683]

Lmao promo art for their webtoons that been in production for like 7000 years 😂

[@lycorice_rice2506]

You know what...why you spitting so hard thooooooooo!

[@ddmarkk]

hahaha thank you, i gots to tho. gotta let the people know!

[@A_Seablue_Moon]

Practicing and improving your art on a specfik topic, can u also practice story telling that way or does it only apply to drawing illustrations?

[@imbrel6522]

I'm cameroonian

[@ddmarkk]

wassup brother!

[@felipevalencia400]

GRacias.

[@RogueRonin1]

What's your set up like, what do you use to sketch and draw?

[@ddmarkk]

i draw with a huion kamvas pro 13. i use it to sketch, practice, ink, paint, etc

[@RogueRonin1]

@@ddmarkk Oh nice and Thank you, imma look into it, been trying to get into digital art.

[@kalb9289]

This is honestly inspirational and can you please make a body drawing tutorial much appreciated

[@chadisbosh1]

Check out art senpai, or mike mega mega, they have a bunch of tutorials. To draw good, you gotta draw not only watching people draw. Draw draw every day for at least 30 mins, you'll progress so fast..different dimension of art 6 months from now.

[@ddmarkk]

i for sure will do an anatomy video soon @Andre Clark

[@marzuqmiftah]

Truth

[@ddmarkk]

yup!

[@thanatos454]

"There is no secret brush on clip studio or photoshop" So you are saying I need to use Procreate...

[@eriasu4879]

Hey Art nerd

[@ddmarkk]

sup fellow art nerd

[@yahshiro992]

For having other artists critique my work I don't really know any is their an app that's not Facebook or Twitter that I can use other artists that can critique it because sometimes I can feel what's wrong but can't put my finger on it

[@ddmarkk]

yea i cant say i know an app or website where you can get critiqued. id recommend you try dm-ing other artists on social media (not large ones, ones that could actually respond to you) and ask them. i hope that helps!

[@aishin1239]

You can get Discord and join an art server of your choosing to get critique from other artists in there. I'm personally a part of Marc Brunet's Discord art server.

[@BLAKC_Art]

what would i have to do to get a collab with you?

[@g4321w]

W video

[@ddmarkk]

appreciate it bro

[@DRAGONLEE-1]

How can I improve at D drawing on my profile pic

[@heartburn6160]

Without sounding like a moron, what fundamentals did you practice? I don't want to be that talker!

[@RNBArt_jojo]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ddmarkk]

:)

[@Aruns-gc1dt]

No shortcuts😁 Ok.....

[@ddmarkk]

yup! none what so ever!

[@kreativbishop]

You're Nigerian??

[@ddmarkk]

yup! im a lagos boy

[@phinehastom230]

Your very cool .I wish you could roast my art work so I could improve... Nigeria is not the best at place to get that!! I know you know what I mean... 😳😳

[@ddmarkk]

haha i know exactly what you mean! and stay tuned to my instagram stories cause ill be doing a roasting peoples art video really really soon

[@NoFurriesAllowed105]

Bro always thinks deeply about stuff

[@TypicalLosers]

L video + Ghana Jollof is better Joke

[@ddmarkk]

lmfaooo

[@eddyalvaross2195]

Hello. Do you perhaps have a facebook account ?

[@ddmarkk]

unfortunately i don't have one. I want to make one at some point this year hopefully