How to Find Your Art Style (And Why You DON'T NEED TO) || SPEEDPAINT + COMMENTARY

[@DuchessCelestia]

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[@corbandotson4295]

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[@Nhexis]

I don't wanna have just one style, I like too many styles for that. I have decided to be an art style shapeshifter so I can draw in as many ways as I want! >:3

[@antaresthetall]

Pretty much me too. I draw in a method and style to match the mood of whst I'm drawing.

[@goldfishcrackers7845]

YES! 🙌🏻🎉🩷

[@thatstockin]

Art style shapeshifter? Holy.. that’s so darn creative! Anyways It’s cool but, you might get the short end of the stick and get accused of stealing someone else’s art because it’s too different even though it was drawn by the same hands.

[@antaresthetall]

@@thatstockin that's why I have a specific way to draw certain aspects in every style. I'm still learning so I experiment wildly.

[@BlackMesaScp]

Preach, Icon, for you speak truth.

[@Frankie-Ak]

Trust me, she's right. Once I stopped worrying about finding my art style, and just focused on having fun and learning, it just happened. Now, you can kinda tell what I would watch while learning to draw, and how it influenced my art, as well as what I like to draw, and how I use them to make my characters expressive, and it's still evolving as I draw, so slow down, have fun, and maybe draw along with an art channel or someone doing an art study or just figuring out how to draw something silly, and the art style will find you as you figure out what you like to draw and how you give a character expressions, it will keep growing and evolving as you draw and watch shows, read comics, etc. so just have fun and listen to her advice.

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

This video pretty much summed-up how I found my own style. Though, I did it through following my 4 F rule: Find, Frick around, Fail, Figure-out. FIND what you want to draw FRICK AROUND with it until to get all its quirks (AKA a sort of master's study) FAIL your attempt to draw it (because you'll never be good the first time) FIGURE OUT what you did wrong (and repeat until you don't "fail" anymore) I didn't really follow tutorials when I learned how to draw, so I just made stuff up as I went along. Though Duchess' solution is a lot more structurally thought-out than mine. Another thing that I've learned while I got better at art is to sometimes it's good to just "embrace apathy", and letting your style find you instead of the other way around. You want to draw like this popular artist? Just do it. What are you stopping yourself for, just draw it. I've made entire OCs where the entire gimmick is they explore different worlds that embody different styles because I like doing it so often. Overtime when you draw fan-art of other people's OCs in their style, or just drawing in other people's style you'll start going "oh I like how this person drew this" and "wow! I love that thing this person drew", and soon enough you'll start taking elements from other artists and shoving it into your work somewhere. Lastly, even though Celestia tells you to not use different elements that clash in your work. Just do it anyways. I mean, how else are you going to know if it really clashes until you try it for yourself. If it looks bad, then it it looks bad, move on, one bad drawing won't kill you. But who knows, you might stumble into something that magically looks cool when combined that no one else found-out before because they were too scared of trying. A chocolate and peanut-butter moment if you will. It's this fearless attitude that'll get you places, and it's something that I find shocking how little people do this whenever I watch these little tutorial videos for the hell of it. I mean, it's just a drawing, it's not a life or death situation if one drawing ends-up looking bad. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes, very! But trying to sit back down and doing it again will make you stronger than if you stopped and gave-up. I've rambled-on long enough. Don't even know if people will even read this with how long I typed, but eh, at least the void will be happy to hear my voice yet again.

[@AdorableFennec]

Fun fact: I tell all my friends when you post

[@jephteesesa6180]

W friend

[@thatstockin]

youtube notifications Who?

[@-Urlocalgoofylimon-]

Listening to your videos always makes my art better idk how

[@Tail_sez]

She definitely helps my focus. Her voice is a very calming white noise to work to.

[@takendruid]

For me, I find it so hard to give advice to my artist friends who are struggling to find their art style because the best advice I can give them is “it will come naturally as your art skills develop”. I have never forced an art style (unless I was intentionally making art to be stylised a certain way), and I never had the problem of “I don’t have an art style :(“ because I just drew how I knew to. I had inspirations for my art, and I took the things I liked n different art styles to create my own. But because I never had that experience of wanting to find an art style and being upset I couldn’t, I never know what to say. Because to me, my art style has always just been the way I drew. I didn’t “have an art style”, I had “the way I drew art” Thinking about it, I think part of this may be backed up by just the fact that I never had a concept of an art style growing up. I’ve been drawing since I was little (like everyone), but I started to actually take my art seriously when I was around 8… unlike everyone I know-. I would watch speedpaints, and try to emulate the way they drew. I watched anime and manga and that influenced how I drew. But not once didn’t I ever really have in my head that it was their specific art styles that made them so unique, I just thought they were drawn really well and uniquely

[@rodrigo_tm]

thats exactly it, just tell them to copy artists they like, see how they draw anatomy features or color

[@mysryuza]

I’m usually peeved when people say “finding your artstyle.” Imo, you don’t “find” it. You grow it and it grows with you the more you improve your skills and learn more tricks and tips. It gets tiring when the “how to find your artstyle” videos usually regurgitate the same stuff. We all have our own style, we need to explore what style works with us and feels like something we would draw a lot. We all screw up all the time. I would look at Sakura from Street Fighter for example; She tried to implement a fighting move done by someone she looked up to, but even though she screwed it up, she used that to her advantage. Thus, it became part of her own fighting style despite being reminiscent to what came before. I used the Beyblade Metal Saga as my inspirations for my art style, and though I screw up imitating the artstyle a LOT, it became its own thing and some people instantly could recognize my style if they saw my art a lot before.

[@zinzolin14]

I'm with you on this. I've been drawing my whole life and I never heard of the "finding your artstyle" thing until two years ago. The one I first heard it from is somebody who's very resistant to constructive feedback, rejects fundamentals and struggles to finish any drawing. Always focusing on "style" with no structure. Think it's safe to say this mentality is detrimental to artists. I'm a firm believe that your artstyle is simply your tastes, skills and experiences funneled into how you draw and is not something to chase. What you should be "finding" are ways to improve, expand and grow, and it should come naturally. And *please* learn your fundamentals.

[@LoolooWackers]

The brushes point! I've practiced a TON with the ibis brushes (and because of that, I have many go-to's). I made my own line art brush (which I've perfected) and I ADORE IT, I even edited a sketch brush I found on Pinterest a few years ago which I use for all of my art. I used to think that brushes don't matter- that's a lie! You either think it because you're a professional which is way too good OR you just haven't played around with enough brushes. Go make bad art with new brushes, you'll thank yourself later!

[@Taxkha]

Im glad you brought up experimenting with your style. Its integral to developing your own style and I wish more artists understood that changing up things doesnt mean it immediately becomes unrecognizable. Experimenting is fun and important to find out what works and doesnt and shouldnt cause such intense fear :")

[@Someone4790-7]

I was watching this while drawing humanised cartoon frogs with distinct aesthetics, its funny and I think I'll keep drawing these frog characters and see where it goes

[@Dragmiredraws]

When I was learning “my style”, I saw countless vids saying it’s better ti be a “style chameleon” than having your own unique style because one will get you a job, and the other will keep you with consistent work. Being where I am now, I wish I knew more styles 😅😅😅 Studying newer styles now, it’s just a long process

[@slimcognito383]

What's interesting is I've seen the artist Mark Crilly change up their style a lot they done many graphic novels and art book that are in a lot of different styles. He's even talked about the pros and cons of sticking or not sticking to one style. what i like about this is it shows that even professional artists have the want/need to change up their style every now and then

[@kylekyla6656]

"unacceptably long" BESTIE IM OBSESSED WITH UR LONG FORM VIDEOS I LOVE LONG FORM CONTENT

[@TarotDomina]

"Finding" your art style is way overrated and often adds unnecessary overwhelm to artist who think it's a do or die situation. Your an artist! If you wanted to box yourself in go work in a cubicle, point is, don't limit yourself or your style and don't care about "finding it". Let everything teach you and never stop implementing, experimenting and learning. "Finding" an art style is I think, something professionals should be most concerned with. Otherwise it's all gravy baby and chill out, explore and relax. Because the sheer number video of "finding" your art style videos show me there's too much concern over labels and boxes and definitions. When you find it. You'll know, until then and even after then, keep exploring and expanding! ❤

[@Hydratarkus]

thank you duchess celestia we all say in unison

[@matthewmatthew8941]

Oh, this is a brand new video. I’ve never been so early.

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

I found my own style but it definitely changes slightly over time I like having my own style because it makes me feel complete lololol

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

I love how you've been drawing Vocaloid fanart recently in your videos ❤❤❤is th Gumi for her anniversary a few days ago??? 💚

[@crazycookie4645]

I get that so many pro artists push the idea of finding a singular style for the sake of being recognizable/marketable, which is important for them, but GOD does it feel restrictive. I'll be real here, most professional artists I've seen give off vibe that they don't actually enjoy what they do. So many people want to pursue being a pro artist because "if you love what you do for a living, then you never work a day in your life", but most pro artists I've seen feel to me like they've fallen out of love with it entirely and are only doing it because they're good at it. That's why I'm sticking to being a hobbyist. I use art to get AWAY from my soul-sucking anxiety-inducing job, not for it to become the new one.

[@ultimatelugia2915]

I've always looked at my art style as a thing that is already there but levels up as I decide to experiment with it or learn fundamentals. Though, I had experienced firsthand what could happen when one does change a subjective aspect of their art-style.

[@ieatanimaljamplushies]

Finding a style is so hard.hopefully this video will help!

[@kaminaminami]

my main issue is that the style i like to draw in most is not the style i personally feel like looks best... i love making art with brushes that look like pencils, painting over it rather than having several layers for different colors and shading, i love making more messy and painterly stuff. But whenever i see art that is clean, polished, with smooth lineart and a very "clean" style of shading (soft cel shading i guess ? with some blended and airbrushed elements mixed in for a polished smooth look) i get hung up on the fact that i want my art to look like that. I don't like the process of making art in that style at all though. It takes me 30x longer and i end up spending 35+ hours on an illustration that would have taken me 5 if i did it my way. But my art looks better to me if i use the style i love seeing and in the end i feel like my art is "ugly" if i do it in a way that is fun. I hate paying attention to every pixel on my canvas but i also hate the feeling of knowing i could make art that i believe looks way better and shows off my technical ability but choosing to not do that for the sake of fun... It's so hard to make art in my own unique style even though i know loads of people who prefer the way i draw over the style i prefer looking at myself. It's like a more subtle version of being a stylized artist and going into a fine arts museum, looking at the realistic and ethereal art of renaissance painters and feeling the urge to abandon the creative liberties stylistic art gives you for the sake of making something equally as impressive. I put in so much work to have the kind of style i find most appealing and it breaks my spirit to repeatedly realize that it is not an enjoyable experience to make it... Yet it can't help myself from doing it anyway because i'm not satisfied with the art that i find to be fun to make.

[@TheobaldLeonhart]

I found my style, in a pretty simple way - I watched two of Lavendertowne's videos (one about hands, and...Another, can't remember) - Figured that my hands are my weakest part, and decided to draw hands as squares. Since that would be easier for me - I searched for an Artstyle, that had hands similar to what I wanted (aphantasia, no mind's eye), and landed on the Panty & Stocking artstyle However, even though I do reference that Artstyle when I draw, mine, doesn't even really look like it. Since, I'm using it as more of an outline, and not something I have to follow exactly And, I have my own preferences. I like drawing feet, similar to how Sonic characters' feet sometimes look I'm trying to give my characters different eyes. Probably because I like how Little Witch Academia's characters, almost all have different eyes ... And, oh yeah. I'm a furry artist. So, I add anthro characteristics to my drawings

[@hypetrail]

I have a very semi-realistic artstyle but I slowly want to gravitate towards more simplistic more anime-ish style but it's so hard not to overrender then making it more realistic. I shouldn't rush anyway, I have been doing digital art for over four years now actually but it's hard sometimes when seeing other artists have a consistent style

[@thatstockin]

If you want your art style to shift from being semi realistic to a simpler anime art style, you should keep in mind that it’s not an art style degradation. I say this because sometimes people think that having realistic art is more favourable than having a typical anime art style, think of it like a root that extends to more different smaller roots. each represent a checkpoint of where your art is at. You can combine the both of the checkpoints to create something unique! I suggest you experiment with different ideas, and then once you have enough drawings to compare. add them to a collage and grade them based on how much you want to replicate.

[@hypetrail]

@@thatstockin agreed and thank you for your time for answering. Also, I never specifically said it’s an art style degredation. Simplicity doesn’t necessarily equate to easier or a downgrade in art. I have been doing detailed pieces that takes between 80 (at highest) and 30 hours (as lowest) for a while now, my art pieces end up looking detailed but missing something. It may be the composition or lighting, or my values or lack of shape fundementals. I think havig a somewhat less detailed artstyle may help me improve whilst slso practicing fundementals, as it wouldn’t take that much time compared to my detailed pieces. I have trouble sorting my time management (💀) and I tend to avoid replicating other people artstyle and often just use real life references, so studying from artists with different styles I like will undoubtedly help. Thank you!

[@thatstockin]

@@hypetrail Your welcome! I hope my comment helped!

[@jaysolaris9272]

This video was very helpful as someone who used to focus so much on finding my art style. It's something I still think about, but I've decided to let it develop naturally and I've been happier for it. The last section about multiple art styles made me had a face palm moment lol, I've been wanting a mix of a cartoony style and anime-inspired style when I can simply have those be separate styles and use them interchangeably depending on the piece I want to make. I feel very motivated now!

[@jimonmars1]

I like the long videos! I know they are a ton of work but I much prefer all the details. Thank you!

[@Tail_sez]

Me too! I rarely watch the speedpaint itself, usually I just have a few peeks at it when I've clicked back to my web browser to look up reference pictures, then look at the finished art at the end, but I like hearing Celestia's voice. Her videos are very listenable, and don't say 'like this', then show an image that you need to click away from your workstation to look at the video. She explains things very nicely, and I've consistently had the best productivity while listening to her videos while doing art.

[@extracoffeemug]

I don't care about art style I just want to achieve art that I'm somewhat happy and had fun drawing it and creating. I'm slowly getting there though! I just came out of an art block that lasted a few weeks but I kept pushing and now I feel I've grown quite a lot and I'm more happy (not satisfied) but happy with what I come up with. I do believe that your way of drawing (even if you aren't trying to achieve a style per se) can be easily recognised by someone else that follows your art and saw it somewhere. There's always something that shows in each piece you created either the way you do lineart or color, people can recognize that it's yours.

[@cheese7119]

You should make an art challenge to draw without lineart :D I wonder how would that translate into your style

[@stolkeyna]

Tøp mentioned 🗣️🗣️🗣️😭😭

[@rindrr]

My style kind of just evolved when I started using my iPad, I have no idea how it happened it just did. Honestly "trying to find my style" never really worked with me, it just came to me over time with practice.

[@MrsAnch0vys]

I haven’t drawn in such a long time and I’ve just completely given up on trying to draw and find a art style 🦅🦅🦅🦅 i like art work with dull dark looking colours and weird looking eyes 🦅🦅🦅

[@hafizmazuki2443]

I just takes whatever i want. I take from tite kobu, masashi kishimoto, ichiro oda & yusuke murata. Put it in a blender, BOOM!!! that's my style 🙂

[@DummyMcdumb]

I love watching your vids while cleaning and drawing!

[@zinzolin14]

Don't just copy one artist's style, *try bits from multiple artists while putting your own tastes in.* In time you'll produce something that is uniquely "you".

[@just_a_dude75]

I dont have a problem with having multiple art styles, my issue is inconsistencies on one peice, like ill draw a face and the eyes are two different styles and the background doesnt match the character lmao

[@asahitora]

The moment when you realize, Celestia can hold the attention of your ADHD brain so well, that you didn‘t even realize it was longer than her usual videos until she said so at the end and made you check how long the video actually was….

[@confusioninaburrito]

I've been looking at your art for help with hands, I've been pretty good at faces but still need learning for hands, and your hands are amazing! ty for your help :D

[@Iheartdriftwood]

Hi Paige! I was wondering if you would ever consider doing a video about autism representation in popular media? Especially characters like Sheldon Cooper or captain Holt(i think he's autistic, idk if it was confirmed lol) As a Neurodivergant artist, I relate to your content a lot, and while I don't know you In real life, nor do I want to, I find a lot of comfort in your videos. Even if you don't do this, I'll still be looking forward to your next video so I can draw along with it. Tysm for all the inspiration and motivation!!

[@HenryBrown-ro7lk]

I'm don't see there nothing wrong with that anything drawing type find style and reference/ taking pictures. End of day reality. There nothing going to look like artist community their own style them same as level and don't have be beyond perfect! (To me.) I don't care how i'm bad terrible/uncanny as good draw style looks like it and taking my time lot journey.

[@SinCityYetiArt]

I really enjoyed this video, and think the length was warrented for your topic! 🤩

[@beckheorshepls5397]

I love long length videos I don't mind!

[@theluxalpha]

i’m a new artist, and so far I’ve just been drawing one character over and over and over again. “I fear not the artist who has drawn a million characters once, I fear the artist who has drawn one character a million times.” -Jackie Chan if he was an artist

[@ImNotEpix]

GUMI! also i was just thinking abt having 2 styles omg

[@ShslbunnyloverVA]

Oh my God I've needed this! Thank you so much!!

[@defokochu]

This is so helpful! Thank you. Also- I noticed the GUMI fanart in the background!

[@Nikku4211]

I've always felt weird being someone who *doesn't* want to find their own art style. I have always wanted to draw exactly with the anime art styles I saw as a kid growing up in the 2000s and 2010s.

[@DeadnyMaster]

gotta say somenthing. Exist a way to ACTUALLY find your art style faster. But is very VERY boring and not recomendated for self taught artist that drawn just for hobbie or minors. It consist on knowing the theory, how art works, why it works. It consist on read... A lot... That´s why the fastest way to improve is to go to an art school specialiced on Ilustration, because is the perfect balance between drawing and learning theory (fine arts is more about theory and less about drawing. Just like backgrounds)

[@hogamanyokin8301]

Please the character you use mostly in your character is awesome. Please how to you setup your Apple Pencil, pressure curve for those smooth outlines. Thanks

[@Felix-tv9xq]

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!

[@cicadashroud2531]

Great video, once I slowed it down to .75 speed.

[@figard9855]

How do you combine anime, fantasy semi realism (and a lil bit of realism), lineweight and oil painting together tho 😭 It's impossible I swear

[@figard9855]

Okay I watched till the end, having two or more "styles" is really something that could work, thank you

[@ElvisRocking1]

So what do yall think about this? I have drawn like 4 full pieces and they all look fairly consistent. There is visible improvement. After 3 years i feel comfortable in this range, is this how you develop style?

[@unripetheberrby6283]

You're lookin really shiny today

[@SquareoftheLightOnes]

FUCK! I foudn my art style years ago! How do I get rid of it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?

[@DeadnyMaster]

Finding an art style is more for comercialice your work and about marketing than for just for fun what does it mean? Well, art on social media is designed to apeal the public more than anything. That´s why character´s reefsheets there are so simplificated despite that makes them less usefull than a studio one. Because they are created for apeal people, not for a comic or a studio or somenthing. People normally don´t know that so they just coppy that formula because "it looks pretty" . It results on you not knowing why your reefsheet works on media but not for you and such

[@ieatanimaljamplushies]

6th

[@archimedeis]

My favourite artist (@CocoballKing) has gone through 3-4 noticable variation of their artstyle since I started following them. I did start following for the original style but I have grown to love the new ones even more and they keep insipiring me even to this day. I can instantly recognizd their work but I can also notice the changes over time as they develop new creative visions. I love it

[@shawncollins5127]

I like a few art styles. Dbz style fkr stsrters. But then a mishmash of a few anime style artists i like. And then i like also doing realistic/semi realistic as well. All depending on literally what i wanna do 😂