FIXING Moderndayjames' TRASH ART

Get to the Point ► 3:19
DRAWING CHALLENGE ► 8:07
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[@EthanBecker70]

whom should I DESTROY next? Was I unfair to JamesyBoy?

[@DarKSideF0X]

You should critique random subscribers art. :) just a suggestion :p

[@mattbrennan9421]

Sinixdesign

[@sinthebay]

yeah your were kinda tough on my boy ngl

[@ilikecookies230]

I went to his latest video and told him he didn’t know how to cart... wait...

[@artjoeywall]

Brother Baston

[@moderndayjames]

Despite the fact that my self esteem and revenue have been destroyed, I loved the video! I definitely agree about these points, focusing on the smaller details rather than shape has been a big shortcoming. But I do apologize about insulting your dog

[@DatAsianGuy]

I love your work, man, but disrespecting another man's dog.. that's just not cash money.

[@imsart7013]

hahah we still love you James nobody's perfect. And your in my top 5 artists I want to be like. wishing you the best man.

[@1ndictus445]

@@DatAsianGuy LewdJamik in the grand scheme of things, no one was disrespected, in the first part he was sarcastically trashing on him for people to listen, I know that some people may be offended by this, but this is his way or teaching, and he also shows his true feelings at 8:25 the gesture is what matters, and he just trashed on him so we can listen to what he will say, and also no need to reply, I just had to get it out of my system

[@watercreator]

I love your style , it helped me become a better artist. But with all other artists I believe in taking what you want out of it and build it into something of your own (reminds me of how religion works). But dogs, leave dogs out lol.

[@carolinewissa6231]

I love your art so much, but as a dog owner myself... I don't know what to think anymore.

[@riotwire]

I love how he uses negative click bait titles to bring in attention but then just compliments them throughout the video lol

[@madowl-hatter799]

Chaotic good

[@dorkga1092]

I second that lol! Ethan's clickbait is the only clickbait that makes you happy by the end of it.

[@Raging-Lion]

The chad Likeable Clickbait

[@AdrianNungka]

The Mad Owl-hatter cc

[@AdrianNungka]

Dorkga ppccc

[@oribuun]

Please hold my little baby hand and lead me to success

[@optimusprime5446]

Can *I* hold your little baby hand senpai?? *ahn~*

[@oribuun]

@@optimusprime5446 well If you're asking so nicely- 🤭👉👈

[@mariaestrada4336]

Oooh I like you

[@oribuun]

@@mariaestrada4336 you.... Like me?😳😘

[@cheebuu3360]

*gets down on one knee*

[@carolinewissa6231]

He took off his glasses and I could no longer hear what he was saying.

[@chrystovetoelrimin6035]

i understand you

[@mashed1476]

He has such pretty eyes that's crazy

[@lavellans]

This, this comment

[@Buymybatteries]

XD

[@leeyli]

he looks like a baby

[@whinyb4374]

"I see that happening on a character and then I touch myself..." -Ethan Becker

[@noimandersen]

Whiny B *hand reaches down and goes out of frame*

[@Wildy333]

Getting a good feel of the characters.

[@pokaay3163]

*"it's all about the research"*

[@joshnelson4297]

people who watch hentai: SAME!!!

[@denvertikky4088]

6:47

[@filly291]

Ethan: "this never helped me don't use it, forget it" me in medical school and also hobby artist: *confused screaming*

[@Nunyabeeswax777]

Don't listen to this guy

[@cheezorger]

@@Nunyabeeswax777 listen to me instead

[@oceansalami6818]

@@cheezorger no listen to me

[@novski3175]

That's exactly modern day James in an exaggerated way.

[@KreativeHogwartsLegacyGUIDES]

@@novski3175 lol its also filly291, he is saying that's him.

[@catatacc]

"Entertainment matters more than the truth." you just summarized not only art but like the past 5 years of our lives, my dude

[@mimmikibilly]

I'd say the last 2000 years, at least.

[@carmengaudio7918]

@@mimmikibilly jesus christ brought some quality drama ngl

[@azazellon]

*looks at friend* "TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES SO I CAN DRAW RIGHT"

[@denvertikky4088]

*( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)*

[@bruhhelp7396]

That's pretty gay

[@beansforsalewahoo]

@@bruhhelp7396 that's pretty hetero

[@bruhhelp7396]

@@beansforsalewahoo that's pretty _homosexual_ of you my guy

[@beansforsalewahoo]

@@bruhhelp7396 and I relate to your _heterosexuality_ . Not fully, but I do.

[@starryniico2205]

6:46 *So typically when I see that happen on a character I touch myself--*

[@skullgamer01]

It's such a great sentence to take out of context but then I realize... yeah this is some real good no time waste advice... time to touch more I guess.. XD

[@starryniico2205]

@@skullgamer01 ikr lol

[@olivergraham-horne8556]

“I’m gonna spit a little secret on yay!” He’s like a weird Bob Ross

[@silkworm2595]

Bizzaro Ross

[@dubious7424]

@@silkworm2595 bob ross would never criticize other art.

[@uttamkarmaker9102]

Dubious ya thats why hes a weird bob ross instead

[@aelfhun]

@@uttamkarmaker9102 i think they didnt understand what weird meant

[@uttamkarmaker9102]

@@aelfhun oh ok lol

[@pnutdraws]

explaining how to draw a cube tutorial : learn to draw straight lines with free hand and practice drawing cubes ,when lines go further from you they get closer moderndayjames : now this is straight narrow edge in 0 degress now continue each 4 point from superior anterior position to posterior position from a 90 degree angle from each point while thinking about 0 degree straight edges moving away from you posteriorly at 90 - 10 = 5 % wr024204...

[@berserker3414]

Use the method you prefer. It's like comparing intuition vs cognition, a feeler vs thinkers.

[@pnutdraws]

@@berserker3414 its not about method though,im talking about teaching, there's one teaching which is trying to simplify it then there's the other whether you just use terms to make something complex when it isn't , look at proko's anatomy videos, he's great at simplifying

[@dddmn]

LMFAO THIS IS HILARIOUS

[@AdrianNungka]

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[@AdrianNungka]

Peanut B ppppppppp

[@Matt-xz5mu]

I hadn’t heard of Moderndayjames, thank you for helping me find more art KZbinrs

[@lavity7157]

Matt nobody hah same 😅 I’ll have to check this James out

[@ThePillent]

"After that you can breakdown and do whatever you want" ... I never want to breakdown but I always do

[@ThePillent]

@@skrydon78 ya

[@Akira_767]

In short: Don't draw anatomy, draw shApEs

[@bearshunnypot302]

Do anatomy once you learn shapes

[@imlivinginyourbasement6157]

Thanks But I still prefer to waste 12 minutes and 51 seconds of my life

[@Akira_767]

Lol

[@jaymiiwilde3772]

I wanna point out to everyone. Ethan isnt actually shitting on anyone, he's just giving critique. Theres a lot of solid advice in all these videos. Plus Ethan is using a character (almost similar to old school wrestler personas) and with that persona giving great art advice and helping young artists and older artists avoid mistakes that people tend to make. I love these videos Ethan never stop making them.

[@leiandroid]

god (blessed yt algorithms) put you on my path. i've been struggling so much with my art lately, it's stiff and unnatural and i don't like looking at it. your videos have helped me so much to gain a fresh and new perspective on how to approach developing and growing my art. i've just started following your study techniques, and they are so much more intuitive and FUN. i feel like this is exactly what i needed to start stepping away from "anatomically correct" to more dynamic and interesting work. thank you SO SO MUCH for these videos, i'm looking forward to more!!!

[@ProtoPropski]

No One: Absolutely No One: Ethan: You walk in here, you insult me, you insult my dog, you insult my jacket...

[@samasalexandria9730]

"Entertainment matters more than the truth"

[@sweatybabypowderhands843]

This channel has influenced my art and art workflow so much. Thank you for making art seems fun again. I think I've had a bit to many years of working the wrong way, looking to perfect the small details rather than working on the bigger picture. Thank you.

[@blankblank9697]

mom: what the hell are you doing? me, slapping and staring at my thighs: art.

[@j0ca1995]

Ethan Becker - I'm not Proko (Moderndayjames diss)

[@KienanLafferty]

So funny dude, more people need to watch you!!

[@hampTC]

Kienan! You watch Ethan too!? I agree more people need to do the same :)

[@Maxuvious]

This man just can not find a place to put his microphone.

[@ATier87]

"Enternainment is more important than Reality" Finally, someone who thinks like me. Subscribed, rang the bell, and reported this video as offensive. Keep up the vids good sir!

[@disappointed8759]

I love Vivziepop's art, but I'm really interested in what you think about this very "cartoony" style.

[@grimnott]

Good shapes, great designs. Im willing to bet he'd be fine.

[@wearelegallyrequiredtoeatd3580]

@@grimnott He'd probably only dislike the pure amount of details even background characters have I love Vivzie but I can't imagine how much time it takes to animate even one scene that has multiple characters

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

I hate it, overly detailed shitty color palletes and anorexic body types

[@idkwayta1722]

BASED, How can PrettyBoyJames even recover after this?

[@hirayapampam3802]

Hi Ethan, I'm an aspiring concept artist and I'm also self-taught. How much anatomy do I need to know to make it look convincing?

[@EthanBecker70]

At least one

[@user-uk3op6jf2m]

Ethan Becker What do you mean one?

[@dannyboygregory-mccormick9157]

Look at self in mirror, pose and draw it.

[@denvertikky4088]

@Trin Silvers *I KNOW NO BONES*

[@w0rstart1st5]

As certain people quote " No blood! No bones! No ash!"

[@FrostDrive]

"Entertainment matters more than the truth" Thank you man! That's what I've always thought but didn't explicitly know.

[@dontlookatmetf]

How can this man be so insanely pretty? He has the face of an elf and the energy of a kind hearted crackhead

[@siddiqsmouse5004]

Is- is this alllowed...?

[@Surgehero5136]

Siddiq Smouse same here

[@coryellis1877]

In my Psychology class this last term I was reading about how it's much easier for us to determine someone's emotion by mirroring their expression, and I've implemented that in my drawing. So when I want to make a character express a certain emotion I try to make the face that makes me feel like that. When it comes out good, I can look at the face I drew and it makes me feel that way, especially the happy ones. Also, with poses I try to make the pose or, like you said, touch myself. This really helps with drawing a realistic pose, but I definitely need to work on making my poses more dynamic and interesting.

[@burymeinsmoke18]

I do concur with both of you in some ways. My late professor of drawing taught us about something he called "reduction". He made us push ourselves to the point where our drawings or paintings were somewhat "photorealistic", exhausting ourselves to the maximum. That made us discover (each student for ourselves) new ways to get the same results faster and with less effort "reducing" the path from A to B; drawing without measuring or perspective grids; without focusing on details which in a blink of an eye a normal person wouldn't even notice . He also had his "gods of art" which he constantly made us study: for portraits Hans Holbein Jr.; for lineweight Albrecht Dürer; for figure and gestures Peter Paul Rubens; for lighting Rembrandt; and for color Manet . He taught us to focus on good shapes, but not to forget anatomy and fine art form, comparing art to math saying that with practice we'll find better and easier ways to solve a problem.. Sadly he passed away when I was 2nd year, and our new professor didn't concur with the late one's teachings, neglecting anatomy too much for the sake of expression "and good shapes" and etc. (...as all of the other professors did) despite some of us trying to push the "teachings" forward. So I guess balancing out knowledge and "reduction" is the way to go.

[@imkuelllgremlin]

I've watched your stuff for only a week and i'm already improving like crazy, thank god for your channel!!!

[@dulcebanna3819]

I love how you just have fun with your videos WHILST giving genuinely good advice

[@wafflesthearttoad6916]

Art advertisements: “ in order to draw you must learn the muscles first, right here we have the usdvhsdvihsdhvksdhcjk muscle, if you learn that you can draw anything you want from your head. To do the rest of the course please pay $67,376,372,783,949,872,738,498,120,000,000.5” I mean if your taking an anatomy class it might be helpful.

[@EdoDave]

Ethan Becker spitting secrets at us like a proper gentleman.

[@unlimitedmoneyent6267]

5:12 "They're not looking at the frickin tobliqus of the dextoid". Lol

[@tobykim8752]

Bro, perspectives are so underrated.

[@TheMutantCreeper]

This helps me out so much more. I was freaking out so much about how I need to get all the detail of the skeleton and muscles. What I should care about is shape and how the body looks and functions with turns and twists. I would like to become a character designer and dynamic poses are very difficult for me since I’m self taught. A lot of your advice is very helpful. Now I need to fully put this into action with studying.

[@tranglomango]

'less is more' Sir Isaac Newton A famous alchemist

[@oldcowbb]

this guy walks at the fine line between real criticism and sarcasm

[@michaeldunbar3004]

First of all I need to see this video, It says so much. When is started studying the boring anatomy books my art start to get stiff less appealing. I grow to admire artists that simplifies the shape too look interesting, that's what I want to learn.

[@thatredhead7481]

Ethan: talking about Moderndayjames' art Me: Vibing with the music

[@Lucky-Seven_]

I think you may just be my favorite artwork content creator. keep doing what your doing.

[@israelsilvapena3118]

"Touch yourself to learn more"....priceless advice bro XD

[@rq1497]

"Entertainment is more important than the truth." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@SideBurns]

This tends to be why i find Game concept art so intimidating. Great video 8/10

[@jojogarcia8766]

"Entertainment matters more than the truth." Oh lawd! My stress lvl is so high watching your vids! I think within the two I watched you gave me kidney stones...

[@XIXCIV]

“i gotta tell ya after i saw this shape” proceeds to draw pp

[@salad1000]

I clicked on this video furious and finished the video enlightened. Thank you, Ethan.

[@chasepnw1376]

Love the videos man you really inspire me!

[@linttastic]

Ngl tho, your fade abrupt cuts ALWAYS get me in your vids LOL

[@thedigitalnoodle4021]

After 1 week of trying to learn anatomy and then trying to apply it....rigid figures. Thank you so much for this. It’s 2 am and I’m done . Back to drawing like normal artists.

[@niiv]

Drawing challenge, huh? Gonna try, gonna fail but hey hope you like doggies xD cuz I didn't specialise on people.

[@Bl1tzkn1ght]

My guy you should be a motivational speaker, this shit inspired me to draw again.

[@zhi_maqiu]

I wish you best luck with that!

[@MitternachtAngel]

You are just saying exactly how I study xD Focusing too much on the details is a mistake we all make as beginners, but don't get confused, it is necessary to go through this, learn the details, because only then will we understand how to simplify later. Another important thing is that if you do not know good anatomy forget about giving good light and shadow in complex drawings, say with a certain level of realism.

[@goodguybuy7961]

gets to the point of "depends on the idea/goal of art" well after intro. 1/5 would not smash again lol love what you are preaching man

[@MrDeathCell]

I think that is the different between animator and traditional artist. Animator is more focus on movement and flow and traditional is focus on accuracy. In animation accuracy is not as important as the motion.

[@filiperodriguesaquin]

That's why i love studying bridgman. He has all the anatomy nailed down, but his focus was on interesting shapes and dynamism

[@howva]

Something I learnt from life drawing and sculpting is getting the over all figure it doesn't matter if you know all the muscles but I found it very hard to get all the undulations of the musculature because I simply didn't know it or how it made the form feel and look. So is helpful to know anatomy for that reason.

[@svrvphimprod]

It's funny because I used hate Ethan's quirky ironic humor but now it makes me giggle like a fucking idiot. Love his tips too! :)

[@idontknowWhatTosay8]

im an artist and i can say that this guy, this creative smart guy must be known from every artist in this world. best art tutorials ever. if someone wants to improve in art. must listen this guy 100%

[@razeeq2651]

Ethan is like that bully that actually motivates u to be better in a harsh true way😂

[@mujdahakime2345]

You have to learn to walk before you can run. Learning anatomy is the first step and then you learn to exaggerate, stylize and focus on creating fluid poses. You can't skip the first step in your rush to reach the second step

[@Justinsgamez]

Mujda Hakime think of it like a sculpture, first you want to get the from and gesture, then start implementing finer details and muscle. Anatomy isn’t necessary, there are a lot of style which deviate from using it.

[@llanaa6302]

I just wanna say I love you. You be you on your videos always & keep teaching us ♡

[@kendall3315]

Omg this video is amazing! I was really stressed about learning anatomy and a professional saying I don’t need to study all those muscles really took a lot of weight off my shoulders. But could you give an in-depth tutorial on breaking down the torso and hips and stuff? I’m still a little lost🙂

[@nonesuchone]

“u doesn’t even know how art 🔪” will be my algorithm boost for all his videos, now that I subscribed to him.

[@SleepyVampArt]

Everything you're saying is correct i think even realist artists pay too much attention to the structure and the details. Like getting a likeness for a portrait is important, but when you can't make what you're drawing or painting feel natural its going to suffer no matter how much it looks like the person. Artists run to learn anatomy because something feels off in their drawings and think the obvious answer is to study bodies to learn to draw them, but dont take the time to learn how each of the parts of the body flow in relation to each other. Doing quick life drawing poses can teach so much about gesture and the flow of the body, and in a minute you dont have the time to worry about those anatomical details. I think a lot of teachers and students over look the importance of gesture practice, even more so when the end goal is not a perfectly rendered human, and thats when the gesture and flow of poses is way more important because there is no obvious anatomy to hide the bits that are lacking in flow and shape design. PRACTICE GESTURE EVEN IF IT ISNT ACCURATE IT'LL FEEL BETTER THAN THE MUSCLES YOU THOUGHT WERE THERE

[@drainscartoons]

It's amazing how this guy can explain something so hard but yet make it seem so simple at the same time 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😂😅😅😅😅

[@linttastic]

I love this though because I absolutely focus SO MUCH on realism and bones and anatomy and i found that I'm not really developing a style or doing any of that because I'm so paranoid on having anatomy right so I just assume all my stuff is bad and ugly if it's not totally anatomically correct like comic book work or something so I've stunted my ability to do good dynamic poses :/

[@TheSealMayor]

The character development in this video is giving me back pain

[@popwwrestling3940]

I have different books and some talk bout shape some about anatomy being important. Depends your art style. I think shapes get you there faster but the anatomy courses do help identifying important landmarks in my opinion. That's the conclusion I've gotten to. One can be stuck a year practicing anatomy and still not draw something showing progress. Animation books focus on shape a lot and some pin up books recommend learning animation and some type of anatomy to show action in your drawings. But shapes learning shapes and perspective to me is more important satisfying and fun. I am subbed to James.

[@dorkqueen3900]

There’s certain poses that are just to complex to even describe on Google, let a lone taking the picture yourself. What do you do when that happens? Where do you get a lot of your online pose references?

[@Solanin0803]

I don't know. Use a poser from the Internet or something like that. Like these programms where you can set the pose yourself

[@Mitsumi251]

There's a website called justsketchme that is a free 3d poser that's good for makinh your own poses and doing different camera angles

[@dorkqueen3900]

The Mythic Fox Solanin Thank you you two!

[@RejectedNecro]

I just love how he fades or sometimes even cuts straights his "If you liked this video, subscribe, like, comment and share". Like "Yeah Imma do what the others do, but also, not." He's inting what's he saying but also never really going through it. Didn't know that finding a way to make it original was possible. But then, Ethan appeared.

[@averagekirbyenjoyer7909]

"Gonna spit some secrets on you" -Ethan Becker, 2019

[@jonahlstrom4753]

"To-bleaklus of the deltouy"... Love it!

[@chickennugget2732]

I love u and your channel. Thanks for the knowledge

[@thegamingillustrator]

"Study all you can, and do what works for you." That's how i view things. Am i good at art? Somewhat. Am i learning? Yes. I simplify shapes to help build up them to be complex, because that's how i draw currently. I learn best when things are complex, so i can simplify them in my own way, and build up in complexity.

[@Raginboba]

I’m convinced Ethan got a dog just so other artists can come in and insult him

[@crow8549]

Two videos in one week? You're spoiling us Ethan.

[@paulnnaji5783]

"Entertainment is more important than the truth" - The truth

[@IAmSpiid]

Every video can be summarized with one phrase "Touch yourself"

[@ujtyhbfgtfsdxz]

"DON'T LISTEN TO ME" Stop man, I can only sub once!

[@Dricon1997]

101 on how to keep things simple and look ath the whole picture and not the small details. Thanks for the tips!

[@canobenitez]

this man is savage, i subscribed.

[@lukacoleman7283]

God dam I wish you were my pre visual development teacher at uni, woulda made my life so much easier.

[@deanpolinar5858]

If Norman Reedus was an artist, he's this guy 😂 (just with the glasses tho)

[@jordanmatthews5860]

I've been watching sinix and maybe im blind but he always talked about appealing shape design but doesnt have a video about it. CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT APPEALING SHAPE DESIGN?

[@tundrasretreat]

Sycra has a couple of videos about it that I personally really enjoyed.

[@jordanmatthews5860]

@@tundrasretreat thank you, i watched them but i still have a lot of dificulty. Jejeje

[@sleipnir_8364]

sinix has the "appealism vs realism" video

[@kayaeki]

Marco Bucci shapes

[@MaeUnderwood]

thanks for being an amazing teacher AND an okay human being, Becker

[@meghankirby9252]

Damn who else recognized the models from line of action lmao

[@alialali5985]

I did... guess it's a sign to move to another site.

[@christsaves7405]

PLEASE ETHAN TELL ME WHAT ART PAD THAT IS. I CAN'T FIND THE VID WHERE YOU MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY.

[@Andrea-lw2xg]

this is just the best

[@samirdepp7453]

I should watch your videos everyday. It's vital

[@joeb3e506]

This video actually helps. Thank you

[@misspetite9285]

Great video! Love your content. Keep at it 😊

[@GBFallenDreamers]

"That he doesn't know...how art" my single overworked brain cell understands, Ethan

[@sorchahenderson926]

Can anyone tell me if tracing or copying by eye is better? Ive only been doing the latter, thanky

[@rickojay7536]

1:55 That right there isnt anatomically correct ethan you end up with a stif drawing because the the the anatomy underneath is wrong gesture is just there to help you understand how the human body isn't full of perpendiculars and parallel and also understand balancing

[@victoriahernandez2876]

5:24,...i hear "voltron" And now I'm crying