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[@logicalasian284]

That was such incredible advice thank you so much.

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[@kwasib-r2434]

I've struggled with this for years to the point it killed my desire to draw. The endless, mind-numbing exercises. Drawing eyes, heads, hands over and over and over and my art never really improving. I'd draw 20 hands with reference but without one my hands didn't look any better. I think a problem with Drawing tutorial channels is they have to keep making videos of new things so you feel like you have to learn everything before making your own thing. At least that's how I felt. I gave up my dream of being a comic artist/writer and just tried being a writer and it's much easier. I didn't watch any tutorials, I just started writing and the experience of writing has taught me more than any tutorial I've watched. It's not great but there are some scenes that I read and they're genuinely good. No amount of writing advice will help if you don't write. I don't know if I can do the same with drawing but this video has made me consider it. I find drawing aimlessly and studies boring but I enjoy projects that require creative thinking like character design or comic thumbnails as they stimulate my creative thinking.

[@doro626]

Facts! Years ago I joined a drawing group on Deviant Art and their weekly or daily assignments made me finish drawings. Also inking over professional artists let me realize how much more I could be doing.

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

Inking over other peoples pencils is great because it just kind of shows your brain "See, this is possible!" lol!

[@doro626]

@@MakimonoEntertainment Muscle memory. Greg Capullo ( I think that is how you spell his name) artwork looked VERY different when he drew Guardians of the Galaxy. Huge THighs, with tiny calves and feet and hands. After inking and drawing over TOdd Mcfarlanes breakdowns, he got much, much better.

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

@@doro626 That's pretty interesting I never knew that about Greg Capullo.

[@doro626]

@@MakimonoEntertainment Sorry. Not Guardians of the Galaxy, QUASAR! I collected them both at the same time and there was some story crossover a few times. When he first started drawing that , he is unrecognizable to his current style. By the end, you can see it getting there.

[@MaximMelamed]

This is me all day. Bunch of drawings that never get done

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

Been there. Done that! 🤣👍

[@ARTIST_DUD3]

Really helpful!

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

@@ARTIST_DUD3 😁👍

[@ishrivera7214]

You put the studying in much perspective for me , I was doing the same thing ,as of now. But since I seen this video ,I subscribed and liked, and it has giving me enough information to go about my goals instantly. Thank you for sharing this, it was a God sent.. peace and good luck and fortune to You and your passion .

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

@@ishrivera7214 incredibly kind words! Thank you and I hope things only get better and better for you 🙏

[@jonaldyoin6943]

I really enjoyed your comentary and art in this video, and I couldn't agree with you more. I also got stuck in the sketching/ practice cycle without ever producing any art, but you helped to to realise that I'll improve far more if I do produce something.

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

It's a hard realization to gain, but, when you understand it it fixes your aim. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@wallrider73]

I just finished a couple of months of working there Taco’s character drawing mini lessons. I definitely improved a lot and I was wondering what I do next as a hobbyist. This video really helped. Subscribed!

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

The thing I wish I had started doing A LOT SOONER was working on projects. Take an idea, maybe it's a comic book idea, and start putting it together a little bit at a time, day by day, month by month you'll see it come together and it will refine your skills better. You want to do an animation...start storyboarding it. Whatever it is, just start and it will reinforce what you know and show you weak points and will make you get better at them. That's what I would do, but that's just one opinion 😁

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Needed this Thank you Ive been there thank you for making this

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

Hope it helped!

[@Celiodraws]

this advice gained you a new loyal follower✊✊✊

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

Appreciate it!

[@TheWolfmaster91]

Totally agree with you. I owned loomis, bridgeman, and only use a reference. I just draw whatever comes to mind.

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@@TheWolfmaster91 👍

[@glowing1097]

Excellent advise! Apply ur knowledge and skills, otherwise its all just theory. And you’ll beat yourself up for never knowing if you actually were good enough to achieve your goals.

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

Succinct! 👍

[@robihamdani4017]

thank you !

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@@robihamdani4017 😎👍

[@saburwolf2792]

Very Well Said, cuz i use to start out with color pencils and graduated to markers. And from pencils to pens, which is the next level for me in art. For the past 3 years, i became advanced in my art skills👌👌👌👌💯💯💯💯

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[@saburwolf2792]

@@MakimonoEntertainment 👍👍🤝🤝

[@breadpirateoverhere]

This is quite literally the problem I'm bumping into right now. So much time spent studying and doing master studies, but so little time applying the knowledge so nothing actually sticks. It's a very difficult problem to work out of.

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

@@breadpirateoverhere I just draw what I want and when my drawings come up short I try to figure out why, then apply it, then I don’t forget it.

[@benwolf2929]

Thank you for this! What kind of pencil are you using in the video?

[@robsonhenrique3329]

Parabéns ❤❤❤❤

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[@berest9516]

Mmmmmh...never have thought about it that way, thank you man for making these videos for Comic book artists and giving these advices😉👌🩵🩵🩵💙💙💙 (Yo man bottomline, a new comic well not actually new but a new issue of a comic called *Survival Street* and i totally recommend it to ya!!! Is a really warm fuzzy story that is worth checking out😉👌)

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

So glad it was useful! Thanks for the comic recommendation, ill google it up!

[@valleyDweller]

good thoughts. Tech: your 'stencil' font stuff you traced. is it easier for you to see white on black instead of black on white? I found that interesting.

[@marquellconnelly4679]

I have been drawing my whole life. And i do it traditionally. How do i lay out a comic book page?? I have been wanting to draw a comic book page, and i could never understand on how a comic book page is drawn

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

Good question. I'll make a video out of it because it's a bit of a in-depth answer. I'll put the link here when I get the video done.

[@itshel2677]

No man that will just end in selfharm for me but if it works for others go ahead

[@-kurow-7113]

This doesen't have to be this way for you.

[@itshel2677]

@@-kurow-7113 and how would I get to that point? Sorry but making art is so incredibly painful because I am so afraid that I'll never get where I want to be. Making art is so important to me but if I can't get to a point where I can make the things I want to make there isn't much left for me in this world. I tried so damn hard for almost 10 years and then there are these 14 year old kids who make incredible art. This is not fair. I feel scammed.

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

​@@itshel2677you can't be defeatist bro You have to have a winners mindset and be positive and know with the internet the ball is in your hands Not someone else's Like he said just finish first then go from there I definitely believe in you bro Don't be defeatist or negative and if you need professional help there is no shame in that

[@itshel2677]

@@ashleybanks-wm4cg yeah been trying to get help for over 2 years now. I am now conviced that god is real and that they hate me. I am not quitting. I can't. I used to be pretty decent, but now I can't get halfway through one figure without feeling like shit. It's just a mess of lines even though I have been doing line quality excercices like crazy. I've been practicing primitives, manipulating them and making organic shapes. Art is the only thing I actually care about and just thinking about it makes me sad now. I wanted to animate like Milt Kahl and make comics like Mike Mignola. Now I just pray to get through one practice session without crying.

[@MakimonoEntertainment]

@@itshel2677 That's incredibly hard and I feel for you. First I would recommend stepping away for a while, a day or three...maybe a week? then come back to it fresh. Clean slate. Try it in a completely new way then you have before. I would recommend the Pewdiepie way. That works for a lot of people. But if not that way then try things you haven't tried before. Subjects, styles, anything you're not used too. Good luck and wishing you well 🙏