how to get good at art REALLY FAST 📈

[@frogile100]

Step 1 - Trace only with a purpose of learning and practice only Step 2 - Tunnel vision - Do Art studies, use a problem based approach and solve the problem blocking your path Step 3 - Reference drawing study - Find references, irl references show you what it can look like, drawing references show you what can be simplified Step 4 - Follow expert framework ( marcs program is rly useful and helpful btw, I use it daily ) Step 5 - Short feedback loop - Search for feedback fast, shorten the time between you drawing and the feedback for it Hope this helps! :D

[@TheIzaya100]

Bless! Thanks for the summary I kept having to replay cause I kept forgetting certain points

[@frogile100]

@@TheIzaya100 np! I reccommend using a notepad / notebook while watching educational vids like this so you can bring out keypoints and reveal the knowledge if you forget it, that's what I usually do, for some reason decided to do it as a comment haha

[@PianoMatn]

Step 1: Too easy. its cheap. No need to do it. Step 2: Trying to solve the problem but nothing helps, even after redrawing it 1000 times Step 3: I do this sometimes but doesnt really help that much Step 4: I tried (Marco and Proko) but doesnt help Step 5: Cant bc I have nobody who can help me

[@frogile100]

@@PianoMatn I suggest to learn how visual communication works because based on your reply and your other comments you don't seem to understand how the exercises work, there is no such a thing as too cheap of an exercise because it has helped me and other people, if you don't have someone to get taught from, KZbin is an open source for learning, before I bought Marc's Artschool I watched his videos and some others from Proko and learnt a lot of things, if you don't have the money to afford artschool or any type of lessons I suggest finding a job or convincing someone close to you get you it

[@Kurenao]

How do u trace in traditional?

[@spacejunk2186]

"Only study the one thing that's blocking your path" If you are a beginner that seems to be an impossible task.

[@ezzwizz5219]

Well just start with a face first, for me,i have problem drawing hair, so i focusing on that,...

[@pitrek121g]

As a semi-pro artist I can totally get what you mean. I would recommend you to focus only on 1-2 topics to draw for a longer period of time. Like draw only faces. Or only bodies. Don't bother with colors, with shading - only on the structure and gesture. Not even on anatomy. You can even focus on drawing hand or feet only if you like that. After a few months the skills you gathered will flow to other things as well and you won't be feeling so overwheelmed. Then you will gradually add one more fundamental to the mix. I was a victim of trying to learn everything at once and I sucked at everything. Then started doing this and I found a pleasure in drawing again.

[@khoahthong4434]

No. Sometimes we need to lower our expectations a bit in order to get the "perfect practice". Of course you want to improve on every aspect, but it's impossible. So choose one first. For example, you can start with boring stuff like geometric shape, contrast shading, copying, basic color theory... or just go ahead with something small but popular such as eyes, hair, flowers etc... Once you are confident with one of these, you move on to another part and build on top of what you learned from these easier ones... Because we are beginners, if we challenge something too difficult and failed, we would be unable to identify why we fail, and thus making this practice unhelpful for our learning. Doing 1 thing will help eliminate this problem.

[@nycsim-r8t]

I agree. That's why focusing on fundamentals is so important. Now, the fundamentals can be overwhelming which is why I would say to draw boxes. It's a meta skill that will always be useful no matter what your level. Draw a Box 250 box challenge is great (and can be tedious) for learning how to draw lines, think in 3D shapes, and learn proportion. In fact, once you finish, do it again and again periodically. It's a great way to learn perspective intuitively as everything can be enclosed in boxes. With practice, you won't need to draw the boxes, but will see them in your mind's eye.

[@Dumdum12ish]

@@nycsim-r8tI’ve been fearing starting that challenge as a beginner looks a bit overwhelming. I recently found 10 videos of Peter Hans Dynamic drawing class. Seems a great way get an understanding of fundamentals

[@AnimatedEscapism]

5:58 Exactly! I went to culinary school, and they basically just teach you how to cook per recipe and quantity adjustments for said recipe. And yes, you can make that meatloaf or Chicken Cordon Bleu by the recipe, but eventually, you’re going to want to add something (not in the recipe, but that you think might be great) into the recipe and make it your own.

[@YTartschool]

The comparison with culinary school is spot on 👌

[@oshiezz]

thought that said chicken condoms LOL

[@YTartschool]

Oh hi, great to have you for class, very wise life choice 😏 I spent so many years of trial and error trying to find out what makes perfect practice, and this video sums up my discoveries. I’ve used the same blueprint for years with great success, so I hope it helps you too 😘

[@AbdulrahmanAyman-yd2sm]

nice video, but it kind of feels like you have a muscle-girl fetish 😏

[@hademax0]

I literally was searching "How tf do you get good at art" And got notification for this video. I'm thankful but... Are you in my walls, sir?

[@RWQFSFASXC-17BP]

I feel you 😂

[@O_Tonny]

😮😮 2:59 😮 4:39 6:29 6:43 7:00 7:00 7:01 7:01 7:01 7:01 7:18 7:19 7:19 year 😊 4:47 😮 7:23 7:42 7:53 8:44 8:44 8:50 8:51 8:52 8:52 8:52 8:55 8:56

[@HenryM912]

He's in the walls... HE'S IN THE GODDAMN WALLS

[@ianhall7513]

I see these comments quite a lot. The only logical conclusion is that he is, in fact, in the walls. That's it. Truly, there is no other reasonable conclusion. Your walls. My walls. It's like an interdimensional space created when someone does something creative.

[@savage7882]

You'll get used to it. Sometimes he makes my bed and leaves cookies on my desk. Anything to encourage drawing i guess

[@joaovitorlima9952]

The trace other artists to learn one is so true. I started my journey tracing Dragon Ball Z manga panels as a kid!

[@YTartschool]

Same :D

[@Supermateo97]

One of the biggest issues that hits me when I try to get serious about my art is how to improve cause there’s so many different things that you _can_ learn that it ends up being overwhelming and I end up giving up. But I don’t wanna do that anymore, and through the years Marc has been a kind of beacon in the darkness of the art ocean for me.

[@hatebreeder999]

I am in same situation hence I have decided to have a concrete plan that works on fundamentals. I think you can start doing the same Currently am just sketching values and gestures daily. My last month fundamentals was cubes and cylinders in different angles and perspective So I would suggest go through art fundamentals and select 1 topic and work on it for atleast 2 weeks

[@AnimatedEscapism]

6:37 It’s so ironic that you posted this video because I’ve been really trying to take learning art more seriously lately (because I want to create a webtoon), for about the past week and a half, and I’ve been seeing major improvements doing exactly what you’re saying in this video! These are great advice to adhere by, I’ve learned so much from you and other KZbinrs and Pinterest (my newest best friend), so thank you!

[@emArtson]

The fastest way to improve at art, I think is to have a good teacher that will guide and help. A comprehensive learning materials on fundamentals

[@scarletsletter4466]

Very good advice! I’m a pro but I’d say I’m mid-career level & obv still growing. Sometimes you get on a project which isn’t exactly your style. One of the best advice an art director ever gave me in that situation was to trace the work of this senior artist in our group who the designs were based on. I’m more of a painter & this project had a very line-dominant style that was unnatural to me. The tracing advice was really key in making me feel the different way this style was done So tracing can be great at any level as long as it serves a purpose ❤

[@snowdragon9577]

This is such an awesome video for me rn, I've been struggling to get back into the swing of things after an extended break from being sick. Like everything I draw makes me want to not continue or finish pieces at all due to technical skill or mistakes I can see in my work so thanks so much teach!

[@aurelionsmol7374]

I am learning art , but sometimes my brain can't recognize the depth of what i wanted to do but your videos really helped and gave me some more insights it does suck not to see massive progress but small progressions is always a win

[@drewelry]

this is the exact video I needed. been slacking on my art studys. and I need to learn to stay disciplined with a full time job. I have big goals for my art and I havent been staying focused

[@Pearlglimmer]

This is a funny time for this video to come out for me, because I realise I have steps 1, 2 and 5 covered and I'm just missing 3 and 4 (used to have 4, decided to quit for the time being). I recently, FINALLY started on 3 because my anatomy issues was starting to really go out of hand and I desperately needed to study it. It's nice to see that I'm somewhat on the right path!

[@XxdemonmonsterxX]

I drawed for 2 years The first year suck, but my 2nd year is okay, I just need to adapt to how I draw and keep sketching

[@Dyoakie]

The observation thing i find when i stare too much at a particular drawing I find myself later drawing exactly like that so i literally had to train my self to be aware of that action, i think i naturally observe everything i see a lot helps me overcome my walls faster than actually practicing sometimes because I'm thinking of what to do before i start the practice

[@Deviciara]

This is so helpful! I remember tracing when I was a child :D i really want to learn drawing better. A few days ago I ran into a problem I can't draw faces. So I'll study heads and faces until I fan finally finish my drawing 😇

[@kira_snow]

Thank you! I’ve been feeling stuck lately no matter how much I try this helps so much!❤

[@jacobcolle3746]

Wish I could like this video more. Super quick review of all the basics I forget every time my skill level plateaus.

[@VitharPL]

I love the fact, You're one of the few tutors seeing good in tracing. This might not be the one most glorious methods, but tracing "magnificent stickmans" (or boxmans - they're better to get the form idea) over a base reference might be a good starting point for a beginner to get proportions, forms, and overall pose composition right.

[@yeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeye-t3u]

Thanks Marc! You're a gem I found in the art tutorials

[@Thollis1987]

I will most definitely trace hand poses since I struggled with the most.😅

[@tonythegreat4275]

I love his Little Big Planet inspired intros ❤

[@devilichus]

It was my discovery too all the list are the things I do especially working narrow topics on specific problems. Few months back I had no attention or knowledge about how to draw legs now I have no problems about that. I can draw anything I practice enough and add them to my visual library. It is possible for anyone.😅

[@ALEXHALOS]

In my experience learning with a purpose has improved how well i remember things cuz i apply them instantly into my drawings. Literally a game changer🔥

[@AnimatedEscapism]

7:40 Thats kind of why I want to start posting my artwork, I think positive criticism would be great.

[@karidyas00]

You would be very lucky to get quality feedback on social media, even if you ask you'll just get "wow, looks so good!". Unless you have a bunch of art friends who know the deal, but then why would you need to post publicly anyway? It's much more likely on an art focused Discord, they usually have feedback channels. I'm sure Marc has one, and there are heaps of others out there. When you do, you're more likely to get a quality response to a specific question, like "are the values reading correctly" or "do you see any obvious anatomy mistakes" rather than "any feedback?" I think Marc has a video on how to properly give, ask for and receive feedback if you want to know more.

[@whatlikeitshardd]

I like that the like button is "Class Fee" haha, I think the subscribe button should be "Enrol" and the bell should be "Perfect Attendance" :D

[@stormycatmink]

You know, I've been getting decent at art, but recently found tracing to be kind of relaxing.. I can just look at the shapes and how they made the shapes, then trace them over.. then do another reference, and again just over and over. I can kind of get in this zen moment and learn the muscle memory of tricky shapes like faces, hips, hands, etc. Recently did it with faces, where I picked 3 artists, found art they did with faces in a similar position, then just worked through deconstructing them into basic shapes, and then tracing. It's kind of soothing, and you feel good at the end. Feels like I got better in just a little exercise.

[@I_like_spiders]

How do you guys always know exactly what issues we’re thinking of? It’s like magic

[@doodlegame8704]

Great video, will try to use this as inspiration. I think I tend to seethe in my frustration when drawing rather than trying to figure out what mistakes I'm making. It's as if I believe that if I can't figure it out, then even looking to other artists won't help me improve, because I am too stupid, impatient, and inconsistent to know how to use advice effectively or something. It sounds absurd when I type it all out, but that's the emotional reaction I'm often caught up in whenever I struggle with making my art (or whatever else I might be attempting to improve my competency in.) into something I'm happy with. When I realize that I'm spiraling as such, instead of making a change, I question why I haven't already and start to burn out and give up. After doing this to myself so many times I've come to wonder if I even enjoy the process in the first place. Am I just too lazy or stubborn to make it enjoyable? Is the process itself just inherently painful for me? Am I manifesting a problem so I have an excuse not to try again? Am I that afraid of failure? No, I don't think that's exactly it. So what is it? Do I not have any vision or aspirations? Or have I not figured out how to identify them? Why do I use filler words so often!?!! I don't know if I have to put in more effort to figure that out and of what sort. What is halting me? Is it my uncertainty about whether I'm wasting my time or not? Or is it more fundamental, fear of change? Of making an effort that might not end up as fulfilling as I want/need it to be? Is the act of me writing all this just another form of my avoidance tactics?! Dragging my feet isn't gonna solve anything, I know this, yet it's still what I spend a lot of time doing. It's easier to be lazy and not do much but lie around all day, but I'll regret it in the long term. I understand it's not a good habit, wasting my time, yet that knowledge doesn't seem to spark action within me, or if it does, it's extremely temporary and only lasts a week or two before disappearing. I really don't know how to fix this: How to make myself make more of an effort for my own benefit. Maybe asking why a little too much is my problem... like I'm desperate for answers.

[@nycsim-r8t]

An alternative to tracing and easier with digital tools is to draw it freehand and then use transform, warp, and liquify to make the drawing similar to your study. You can do it traditionally too by erasing and redrawing (make sure your paper is thick enough and use a kneaded eraser and draw light lines). Now, why can this be better than tracing? Because it's active learning compared with tracing. You have to deliberately use transform, warp, and liquify to modify the image. Over time you won't need much if any of these digital tools as you improve your freehand skills. Drawing is cognitive and your sense of proportion, scale, and shapes will improve fast with this method.

[@Glitchedelta]

Have to say this, i have improved a lot since i started to watch this youtube channel

[@Ricktofenable]

Thanks marc, your the reason im still an artist tbh

[@Ricktofenable]

Such amazing anatomy buildings

[@whatlikeitshardd]

I'm on day 16 of the 30 day drawing lesson and it's been so fun and helpful!

[@vergil620]

I finished it last week and it was really informative, now I'm doing the one on anatomy in 7 days

[@Astaa-10k]

THANK YOU MARC

[@hollowedboi5937]

Oh damn you showin’ your drawings from when I was born that’s insane

[@xtreame_here]

3:03 What da dog doing? Great video btw💯

[@ForeignLifestylestory]

this is where I'm at right now with the little time i have.

[@PaperCrew]

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL MB KEEP UP THE ART CHANNEL 😊❤

[@larissiel477]

really helpfull advices, thank you Marc!

[@zanettilla]

I love the colors in the thumbnail, they remind me of the most awesomest (yeah thats right, most awesomest) flag in the whole wide and tall world 🇦🇷

[@maxis2k]

To the tracing point, I want to add what worked for me. Trace something you're trying to learn, then immediately try to draw it without tracing it. If you aren't getting it, repeat both steps. Until you are able to reproduce the thing without tracing it. Along with this, to learn the actual fundamentals, find someone who is doing a freehand drawing and just copy exactly what they do. Not a tutorial with a person talking and broken up into parts, but those videos you see on youtube of people drawing every single step, including the guidelines and basic shapes, without talking.

[@scarletsletter4466]

Good tips. I’ve been a pro for about a decade but I’ve had several projects where the art director outright suggests to practice tracing the character designs for example to get a feel for the style they’re drawn in. I think animators do this too, & it’s exactly the way you said. First trace it, then draw yours alongside it, & try to replicate the same lines. If for example you get on a project that has a lot of lions or animal you haven’t drawn much before, learning their anatomy the tracing way along with learning by reference makes you learn twice as fast

[@kengaYT]

always so helpful , thank u so much ❤

[@vergil620]

Those class sections are becoming shorter and shorter, but their value remains great, as you said

[@samaphantNovaJewelX]

Marc I have a question Could you make a drawing animals tutorial series based of species because I need to become better at drawing animals from elephants, canines, foxes, wolves, felines, reptiles, primates, sea animals, birds and insects

[@callmedeno]

What are you expecting him to teach you? They are different objects with different shapes, you can open a tab and look at endless pictures of them all and try to sum up the ratios in your mind using simple shapes. If you remember how big a fox's head in relationship to its body and legs, and basically a couple of curve shapes that identify the back of their legs, watch a couple of videos and freezeframe. Just think actively about it when analyzing them if you want to be able to draw them constructively. His advice will be 'nothing will replace the time you spend just drawing them and thinking about them'

[@Spamkromite]

For the first step, the reason why tracing is a good start because it builds up muscle memory and starts to prepare the muscles of the arm and hand to get used to those strokes and turns. Then you start to naturally get comfortable with those movements and you start to drawn your own stuff from this muscle memory alone. It really helps a ton and shouldn't be ashamed (unless you go there saying that the traced copy you did is your original, then that's shameful behaviour as it's stealing the art of someone else and claiming it as your own). I wouldn't have learnt how to draw in Disney style if I didn't start tracing it from advertisement leaflets when I was like 8 YO.

[@Uradamus]

Tracing can continue to be useful beyond just early practice; if you think about it inkers are professional tracers, lol. If you want to make very bold graphic style artworks, like comic books, where smooth confident linework is a dominant feature, then you will have to be really good at tracing either your own sketches or those of whoever is doing the layout and rough sketch work.

[@Uradamus]

Also most tattoo artists make their living tracing designs they've printed out and transferred to the skin of their clients, as another example of where tracing can be a valid path for an art career for those who get really good at it.

[@joshz8140]

Marc lookin' like he's about to be the guest ref at the next Summer Slam, respect

[@mostlyghostey]

Finally, another art teacher talking about how good tracing is for learning shapes and line control! I’ve been talking about this for years and I feel like it’s so damaging to new artists to hear that tracing isn’t allowed. Just don’t claim it’s your work but use it as a tool!

[@felipevalencia400]

Ty Master.

[@doodlegame8704]

My question is how I develop patience and discipline to put this all into practice!

[@luckyadrian100]

The right tracing is tracing by redraw others /role model' artwork, the wrong tracing is tracing by overlap the reference. By doin Tracing practice in the exact proper way, you learn how to breakdown the structure of pro Artists works

[@andrewserna28]

Great timing vid

[@luckrequired5382]

You reminded me how fun it was watching Evangelion back then. Asuka was soo annoying!

[@francescocalabrese6489]

I feel to say something about the "seek the experts" thing. Yes, it's true, professionals would help to grow a lot but what if we cant find them? What if we are just alone and banging against a wall and burning out? Because that feels a lot like failure.

[@YTartschool]

Couldn’t find them either when I was younger (no YT) so I took the long way instead (regular practice). Just much slower but you can still figure things out with enough trial and error ;)

[@francescocalabrese6489]

@@YTartschool Yes sorry for my comment came out meaner than I thought tbh 💀. Also I was stuck on a drawing ahaha...but yes worst can happen is I'll try the regular way

[@jamfilledjars]

For me, I just went on Artstation and sent messages (professionally) to my art inspirations, many of whom are from China, South Korea and Japan and, thus, do not speak English and/or very broken English. I managed to get my favourite and most influential artist of mine as a mentor because of this (Jin Kwang Park, search him up, that’s the kind of art I’m aiming for). That was last year, and it’s been just over a year and a half since I began taking my art studies seriously. What I’m saying is, stick your neck out there. Worst they can do is say “no” or simply not respond. Don’t take it personally and just move on, but thank and try to follow up with those that do connect with you.

[@francescocalabrese6489]

@@jamfilledjars Thank you very much for your response. Yes, I tried as well to connecto with some professionals already, but as you said sometimes they ignore you, which is totally fine.

[@justguy-4630]

Just YT it.

[@meyzersilverhorn546]

Thank you

[@Llando]

Amazing vid bro!

[@YTartschool]

Merci bro lol kes tu fais icitte

[@anonimo5129]

please do a "how to draw faster" like, i like the way that my draws are going but every draw takes too much time to be done, like the entire week instead of 4/5 hours

[@justkeen5191]

1 minute ago is crazy, fresh outta the box type stuff. perfect timing as always, which is scary almost

[@Werteur]

J'aurais aimé regarder une vidéo qui passe en revue le caractère design des personnages du jeu vidéo Concord. Une partie non négligeable des joueurs ne semble pas l'apprécier et je me disais qu'une analyse purement artistique de la part d'un ancien senior artiste de chez Blizzard pourrait être très enrichissante. Parler de la forme héroïque, de la théorie des couleurs utilisée, etc. Bref, n'étant pas un artiste, je ne vais pas m'étendre plus que ça. Sinon, toujours une bonne ambiance, joli coup de stylet numérique et conseils au top.👍

[@RikkaP]

This might be a very stupid question, but could it be possible that there are two typs of well, I don't know, "art ways"? Ways to acquire artistic knowledge/skill? I don't know how to put it (not being a native speaker does not help me there, either). It is just... I find so many tutorials and they seem either gloss over things I would need to get more in depth about or spend so much time on one thing that I feel like the lesson is standing still. Every once in a while I stumble across something that does "click", but it seems like most comments are more "what the heck? This doesn't work!" I sometimes feel like my brain was screwed on backwards and on other times I am wondering: "why are so many having troubles, this seems to work way better then everything else I tried?" I wonder what the best path for both kinds of artist would be like and how they'd differ.

[@gabodevilmaycry22]

Im going to be real here. Me being a self taught "artist" cause i still need a lot to understand. for everyone that wants to start to draw better, to become an artist animator gaming designer or whatever, i recomend to to go to art class, to get persona tutor or school art if its posible, drawing is a subject that is better learn with a teacher, so go for it, and PRACTICE EVERYDAY, that burn out stuff more videos talk is not true or at least not completly, draw a single part of anything and you will get motivated to draw for at least a few hours, good luck to everyone

[@mykelas531]

did Marc just got out of the fashion jail?

[@maximevigneron560]

If you draw the frog from viva pinata enough, you become a master artist

[@TheAcadianGuy]

merci pour les infos

[@SL2797]

I'm ok with getting good at art slowly... provided I DO get good one day 😅

[@njnjhjh8918]

What I want to know are what brush settings to use! pencil, line, and I don't know what else

[@cyeru9427]

Marc with the Beetlejuice fit on 😏

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

I did some of these subconsciously

[@MALICEM12]

If I stopped my art work to study something I was struggling with until I was good at it, then that single art work would take me 2 years to do

[@Nerfe-N3RF3]

Yay im not late!!

[@Spamkromite]

Right now I'm struggling with foreshortening, because my brain automatically locks me to draw everything in orthographic and hinders me to stylize the deformed parts that are closer or far-away from the viewer by autocorrecting them, and is driving me nuts! But persevere we shall until my brain gets the hint...

[@bikkybiky]

for me Fast isnt an option this world need to be patient including art so ''no need to just skip the beginner and start at advance ''

[@nexusserc]

No one wants to be stuck at being bad for years, just to worse than average after 5 years of "learning"

[@bikkybiky]

@@nexusserc life take patient in thoes patient make some progress im not telling u being good artist fast ,is bad

[@shawnhenderson4081]

Yes

[@lesnacke]

with all the hate on adobe and their actions recently, would you ever switch to CSP or Affinity? im curious if i should stop using photoshop...

[@Thanatos--]

I got 'Pit Bull' vibes from Marc right off the bat.

[@FadingCole_]

I'm always struggling to pick up my pencil and start drawing to get better. I've come to the realization that I don't know what to draw to improve. I want to draw characters and eventually do silly little animations or draw goofy stuff of my friends. Yet I can't even draw a cube correctly. I've unfortunately gotten to a point where my eye catches the mistakes I'd make with form but I'm unsure how to go about fixing those issues (What I get for watching marc and drawlikeasir too much without putting what these goats say into practice). I've got motivation but I'm scared that I might be doing the wrong thing. Even though I'm doing that now by not drawing at all. Any ideas you guys?

[@Helgrind44]

Watching that at double speed to learn art even faster

[@kelartstoriesyt]

i love you

[@Channelnamenotbot]

I have been trying to get more patience more than anything, any suggestions

[@hans3437]

Repeating what you have learned.Observation. Critical thinking. Thats it.And practise That sound very general ans obvious but it really important. Building 3d map of object in your head, imagining it orientation in space and rotating as you want opened me a hidden door. Also i always thing bwfore drawing line. Dont even think to put lines mindlessly. Every line must show something, must have it own story. If someone ask, you must explain every line you put and why. This is very personal for me because im beginner animator and every line of character is strictly determined and stay on its place, no extra clueless lines. Drawing is harder than medical college and math with physics

[@coffeebreadwinner]

THX

[@PhosphorosArt]

Forever Young, forever Young, I wanna be forever Young

[@Bred_555]

Froze yourself

[@InmateOmighty]

My biggest problem is how slow I go. I always stop every 20 seconds and start burying myself in thoughts. I feel like I waste so much time

[@scarletsletter4466]

I understand. This is natural to do. Sometimes you can fix this by doing timed studies where you sketch a pose or whatever you like to draw in a short time, like 5min or 10min & just do your best. The pressure can help you to focus. You could also listen a podcast to stop yourself from over-thinking

[@InmateOmighty]

@@scarletsletter4466 Thanks! Timing myself is probably for the better so just don’t keep pausing 🤣

[@sharwa3]

ur my idol frfr

[@MargaretS-e1g]

What do you do when you're just unhappy with your work? I love drawing but I'm having such a hard time right now I almost want to quit. (great Video BTW)

[@YTartschool]

Depends why you’re unhappy, but usually it’s because you tried something well beyond your current skill set and it ended worse than you were expecting. Lowering the challenge is a fantastic way to achieve results that you’ll be happy about ;)

[@MargaretS-e1g]

@@YTartschool Thanks for replying! Yeah I got a brush pen and I'm using it the first time so that's probably why I feel that way lol.

[@zeraphyre]

Very cool

[@newnengates3764]

How do you get sculpting humans and aliens really fast is all I want to ask? It’s hard for me to sculpt at high dynameshs let alone finish a project.

[@alumshaman]

Yeah! It is great method for learning ANYTHING. I heard about that from teachers in IT about programming, in writing schools, from another art teachers. It really works! Thank you what you gave a structured description of how to practice this method.

[@H1dront390]

It's actually very hard getting criticised. It's to the point where I don't care if I get roasted, as long as they give me constructive criticism... There is one question, I have been struggling to productive. What is your approach? Asking before checking myself to look for what is wrong with me, I tried everything...

[@YTartschool]

I hear you I’m naturally super lazy, but ambitious and competitive too which is an odd combination. I have to trick myself into getting into situations that I can’t get out of, and where I HAVE to be productive or face dire consequences. Basically if I’m not cornered, I don’t act. When I am cornered, then action mode engages and I get stuff done. Like the worst superpower. KZbin is a big part of that, I started posting 4 regularly years ago and never stopped. When I see the analytics go anywhere but up, I feel terrible so it forces me to produce more\better content to keep the numbers going up. When I have deadlines, I always wait until the last minute to power through it. Not the best way to work obviously, but I gotta feel like something bad will happen soon if I don’t do it. Positive reinforcement doesn’t work that well for me, I need the fight-or-flight response to trigger. One thing that has helped a lot is the pomodoro technique, I’ll work in short 30 min sprints with a timer and no distractions. 30min is a small commitment and the timer helps a bit with the urgency. I have a couple of classes about other ways to improve productivity too :)

[@clashcon11]

@@YTartschool Wow.

[@draven1308]

This is incredible advice, holy shit thank you ​@@YTartschool

[@GwynnDdu]

​@@YTartschoolthis is very similar to how I am when it comes to productivity. Deadlines & forcing myself into corners (for example doing art for others, or telling people about art before it's finished so that I then have pressure to finish it) are some of the most effective ways I've found to be productive. And I definitely feel you with the 'cram in the last couple days before a deadline' thing lol - many of my university projects end up going this way (I'm doing a degree in illustration)

[@InK16.]

another videooo lesgoooo

[@Lord_Vanns]

It's funny because I've never been able to trace... I struggle drawing lines

[@ramonochoa3496]

Crappy thing for me is that I Don't have anyone who is a pro at art and can critique my artwork, I'm trying to look for communities that can help me

[@wisnuyoga3103]

i hear "trace" method all the time, but i'm drawing traditional like pencil and paper. Any tips on how do you "trace" traditionally?

[@ezzwizz5219]

You can put your reference picture to photoshop and lower the picture opacity then print it...

[@YTartschool]

Tracing paper! I used it for years before getting into digital art.

[@Itachilover1210000]

I can't do art studies because my brain tells me they are too boring and when my brain tells me that I have kinda physical pain when I force myself to do it. And problem focusing... My whole pictures are sadly a problem so I need to fix everyting. In addition sadly my brain first sees the details then the whole picture. So focusing on one thing is bad for me because I get sad that one thing is good and the other ghings are not. The problem with the reference observation is that I can imagine it right away but can't replicate it for my life... And my feedback is on discord and it takes days often to get a feedback... Maybe my brain isn't made for drawing...

[@ethereal7328]

Sorry for the dark humour and I loooove your videos but from which camp do you come from? Like bro your cell mate at your back is starving.

[@Astro-mb7oh]

damn youre looking good marc, been hittin the gym?

[@alfredoramirez2643]

Porfavor actualicen su spotify, no estan todas :c

[@sleepysouffle5415]

im still looking for the thumbnail art,,, i know marc made it but i can't find it