How to Train like Kim Jung Gi

[@adhamomar702]

I think with more good art, the world will be able to imagine a more beautiful future

[@thedrDraw]

TOTALLY AGREE, many believe art is extra but I think it's the fundament of life

[@yygamma3905]

Well said.. well said especially if you plan to make stories along with it

[@sentry8992]

@@adhamomar702 Great post. I really enjoyed how you reminded me of the power of art in a very practical sense. Art is indeed vital, and fundamental to a fulfilling human experience.

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

AI may someday be the backbone of that. Not yet, but someday.

[@yygamma3905]

@@adhamomar702 quite a novel but a inciting one at that super helpful specially since you just me a moment where I was confused and concerned about my writing and drawing passions

[@rottensquid]

I think Gi also had the advantage of a photographic memory. A friend of mine introduced me to him at Angouleme festival, and commented that Gi recognized him every time they met, though they never traded more than a friendly greeting. Then two years later, I was passing Gi's table in at ECCC Seattle, and he pointed at me in recognition, and smiled in greeting. He had remembered me from two years before, on the other side of the world, from nothing more than a friendly exchange of greetings, the sort he must exchange a hundred times a day at probably dozens of festivals per year. So when I see him accurately reproduce the complexities of motorcycles and scooters, or perfectly capture natural wrinkles in cloth, animal anatomy, specific types of architecture, etc, all from memory, I simple marvel at his gift of perfect recall. He was a true one-of-a-kind master, who clearly supplemented his natural gift with incredible discipline. We'll never see anyone like him again in our lifetimes. In addition, he was warm, friendly, and real. RIP

[@Quartered_Rodent]

I guess it's up to us who get to experience someone so rare that we should carry the torch of their soul. The warmth it provided however briefly and the astonishment of ones life's craft. I think we should proceed trying our best to hold ourselves to that standard and in this regard we can honor their memory.

[@Bulborb1]

Nicely put

[@ModestToast]

I was sure he had mentioned not having photographic memory, maybe he was being humble?

[@franciscofeest6691]

I always remember people regardless of the interaction. Only narcs don't. Kim Jung Gi was talented, a workhorse with a tremendous work ethic, but ultimately he was just a man. Have you read the first issues of Berserk vs the latest ones drawn by Kentaro Miura? Practice and more importantly, deliberate practice goes a long way. I have dedicated my life to learning arts for the last 3 years and I have learned more in these three years than the previous decades drawing "for fun". Art is a sport and there are outlying talents in sports, but it's very rare.

[@rottensquid]

@@franciscofeest6691 Narcs? That's kinda judgemental. I have a terrible memory because of my ADHD. Some people are face blind. To assume we have bad memories because we don't try hard enough is kind of hurtful.

[@hanh7395]

Can't believe he's gone... he was always up there as one of the greats for me and surely to a lot of people. Often using him as an example of a pro. Crazy with perspective, drawing from memory etc. Damn. 47 is still way too young. RIP legend..

[@LDungeon]

First Miura and now him, why do the master artists keep dying young?? Rest in piece.

[@brunaoshiro2734]

@@LDungeon I believe that maybe they end up loving their job so much and overwork themselves or maybe they neglect their own health unintentionally since even when you love what you do for a living there's still the chance of burnout.

[@wegil6095]

Def has to do with it both of them were working insane amount kf time and if you look up their body types its clear that they eat so little on a daily routine

[@cubeboy3130]

I miss him so much. He’s a genius who’s only born once every thousand years or so. Rest In Peace to the goat.

[@jonathanr7603]

@@brunaoshiro2734 and he had a battle with diabetes, so sad

[@gongoozler8412]

Rest In Peace Kim Jung Gi, cant believe we lost such a great artist and person so suddenly…

[@17thcolossus91]

WHAT

[@user-name3366]

​@@17thcolossus91 yea, he passed away from a heart attack

[@iluvyunie]

@@user-name3366 a very suspicious heart attack

[@trevorcaleb7604]

What the 😢

[@JayGrissom]

@@iluvyunie BroO, please don’t start it with the“oh he faked his death!” Trope let him rest in peace please for the Lord sake

[@madlad3414]

Coming back to this right now after news of Kim Jung Gi’s passing. My heart is so heavy. He was and continues to be one of my greatest art inspirations. Rest In Peace, legend

[@ariella2658]

I know right🤧.. just watch this vid yesterday now today I heard he died- may he rest in peacee

[@kettenotter]

What??? NOOOOO 😢 he was/is such a inspiration for so many artist. May he rest in peace.

[@ELTABULLO]

For real!? I had no idea

[@kakyoin3856]

Oh no, thats a heavy loss... My condolences

[@williammclean6594]

I didn't even know he died I don't watch the TV or look stuff up online

[@Chadventure_Animated]

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what your passion is. Because the world needs more people with passion." I think that quote just changed my life. I only just started to pursue what I've always wanted to do (animation) after years of getting side tracked into other areas where I think I could make people happy while ignoring how I really felt about it. This video just popped up at the right time for me. Thanks for making this dude

[@thedrDraw]

Ah so sweet of you to share, thanks it really makes my day!

[@ezra3457]

You know...I"m right there with you. As the youngest of four, now married, it took me until i met my wife to realize that I was doing a lot of things to make others happy and not myself. I liked art. But, I didn't have the support i needed and thought it was not for me because i didn't have the support. Fast forward a few years in my marriage I had a choice of either going with SWE or Art...I chose SWE as that would make my family happy. I went to a bootcamp to get into SWE. Just last week, I stumbled upon a video from @ergojosh that resonated with me and made me realize what i had given up. Over the weekend i started looking for everything i could to learn art. I spoke with my wife, knowing full well how supportive she has been, and then today, I watched this video. And yes "Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what your passion is. Because the world needs more people with passion." struck a cord so vividly that, I now know that art is what excites me, it's what truly makes me feel joy in life. It gives me a purpose where anything other than does not. So thank you for this video; I'll keep this video in mind and come back to it when I need to and share it with others whom I personally know that are in the same boat.

[@DRX777]

When you quoted "Don't focus on what the world needs, focus on what's your passion. Because the world needs people with passion". I almost started crying.

[@willbephore3086]

Yeah

[@BartNoble]

I've spent many wasted years if not decades sketching aimlessly with little to no focus or, like you said, trying to learn everything at once. This video made a ton of sense to me and can be applied to anything you're trying learn.

[@thedrDraw]

Thanks I'm happy to read that. I think we all have those years :)

[@NexSix95]

This video came in the right moment for me.. i have months struggling with understanding perspective and wishing i could draw it like the masters. I was starting to get frustrasted even to the point of not wanting to draw. SO this really made me realize i was pushing myself too much. I really needed some guidance so, thank You so much. I Will try to focus in a better way now

[@thedrDraw]

Ah I'm really happy to read that. I can totally relate because I was so frustrated when I was starting out. Adding a bit of focus will go a long way! Good luck

[@mantofanny]

FOR ME TOO

[@NOOBEDITORGOD]

W

[@adhamomar702]

In my case I was overwhelmed it seemed like I had to move a mountain one inch to the right. This video simplified everything and pointed out that all I need to move is a small pebble half an inch to the right. Now it all looks easy to me, I’m full with supper energy, since yesterday all my frustration and everything I hated started to change into bubbles of ideas, a big passion, a big motivation, a sensation that I reached a point of a break through. I will calm my self to avoid hoping for too much then getting disappointed. I will try to focus on baby steps improvements till my bones get strong and I can start running.

[@thedrDraw]

@@adhamomar702 Haha wow I love your metaphors! I'm glad the video helped you :)

[@lod889]

As of today, he himself, the legend has died... A man loved by the art community.. You know, he inspired me to draw using ink, before that, I was stuck on drawing weird anime proportions until I saw one of Proko's videos featuring him. I started drawing and used a sketchbook this time and I got better. This man was why I drew, now he's dead but still lives in our hearts and within the art community. Rest in Peace, Kim Jung Gi.

[@MALICEM12]

Everyone calls him a legend, but what are some of his master works

[@luvkayakn]

This is a great lesson. As a lifelong pianist, and beginner artist, your video reminded me of the great jazz pianist Bill Evans. Bill explained learning a part of the whole process until that particular part was internalized and unconscious, then move to the next part and repeat that until it becomes unconscious. I hadn’t really thought of this process applying to drawing as well. It makes perfect sense. Bill Evans on learning jazz “The whole process of learning the facility of being able to play jazz is to take these problems from the outer level in, one by one, and to stay with it at a very intense, conscious-concentration level until that process becomes secondary and subconscious. Now, when that becomes subconscious, then you can begin concentrating on that next problem, which will allow you to do a little bit more. I don’t consider myself as talented as many people but in some ways that was an advantage because I didn’t have a great facility immediately so I had to be more analytical and in a way - that forced me to build something. Most people just don’t realize the immensity of the problem and, either because they can’t conquer it immediately, think that they haven’t got the ability, or they’re so impatient to conquer it that they never do see it through. If you do understand the problem then you can enjoy your whole trip through. People tend to approximate the product rather than attacking it in a realistic, true way at any elementary level - regardless of how elementary - but it must be entirely true and entirely real and entirely accurate. They would rather approximate the entire problem than to take a small part of it and be real and true about it. To approximate the whole thing in a vague way gives you a feeling that you’ve more or less touched the thing, but in this way you just lead yourself toward confusion and ultimately you’re going to get so confused that you’ll never find your way out. It is true of any subject that the person that succeeds in anything has the realistic viewpoint at the beginning and [knows] that the problem is large and that he has to take it a step at a time and that he has to enjoy the step-by-step learning procedure. They’re trying to do a thing in a way that is so general [that] they can’t possibly build on that. If they build on that, they’re building on top of confusion and vagueness and they can’t possibly progress. If you try to approximate something that is very advanced and don’t know what you’re doing, you can’t advance.”

[@JohnTravena]

Love that from Bill Evans. Also Van Goh told Theo that he was afraid of a blank piece of paper.

[@art_of_yueh]

RIP Gi, to this master who sadly passed away... Thanks for this video ! Very informative. I am practicing incremental learning-approach since a vew weeks now, and the progress is really motivating.

[@arcticfox8288]

Fully agreed. I started to make notes a few weeks ago and now I feel more confident when it comes to anatomy sculpting. The process of education is hard, but it's the way more effective than just sculpting or drawing using references. The point is that when you write something down, you activate multiple areas of your cortex at the same time: visual, motor and associative cortex. That all improves and accelerates the education process. It's always better to write than to type. Thank you for this video.

[@thedrDraw]

Funny how making notes increases your confidence right? It’s pretty crazy

[@Almuzaian]

I have been trying to master everything but recently I starting being more selective, specific and patient with my studies, and lo and behold massive improvement. A brilliant explanation and eye-opening concepts, Thanks you for the video. I hope it reaches many people.

[@akustus1860]

This video made me realize a thing in my art journey: FOCUS. I need to know what I want and need to learn so that I can focus on creating the art I want. I love films and the emotion being evoke through it, especially these very dark and moody scenes. That's the art I want to produce. I also do enjoy sketching people since I want to put people into my scenes. Thank you Dr. Draw. You made realize that I don't have to be a master of every single fundamental, I just need to focus on something.

[@gordacapivara]

I think there are so many great points to this. From an educational standpoint there are several awesome conversation starters, such as the "Active learning" concept, as well as subjects of "Creative block" and the "Unfair advantage" every person has based on their own background. This is an amazing source of knowledge I'll be coming back to, for sure. Thank you very much for this.

[@thedrDraw]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@ks-ws7te]

He is one of the best illustrators of our time. Rest in peace Master 💔

[@АлексейЯндыев]

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

[@Jusangen]

I Can definitely relate to the delayed learning thing. As a musician, I would practice and practice and practice, and feel like I wasn’t going anywhere. I would tend to get burnt out which would make me take a break a break for a week. But then when I came back, I was always amazed how I almost jumped up to another level. Seems like delayed gratification is gear we need to shift into as we age. Thanks man and keep it up!

[@trenton9]

That would happen to me in my early drawing life. I would draw and draw and feel frustrated at my seeming lack of progress. Then sometimes I'd go months (not just days) without drawing and when I began drawing again, I was perceptively better than I was months prior. It happened enough times to really drill home how much mental processing goes into good art.

[@Jusangen]

@@trenton9 Right, it's almost like, shouldn't this be a better known thing? Maybe it is now, but it wasn't even talked about as a concept until I asked multiple teachers and someone told me about long-term cognitive processing (if that's what it's even called).

[@trenton9]

@@Jusangen Yeah, it should be a more known thing. But then again, society doesn't seem to do that great of job at teaching HOW we learn in the first place.

[@Jusangen]

@@trenton9 And hence, where KZbin comes in!

[@thedrDraw]

Great comment Aaron! and looking at the likes people agree with you. It's my goal to talk more about these types of concepts, cause there are tons more like this one

[@glaight6362]

Oh I love that " you can merge any background any talent with any form of expression". That's a light bulb moment for me! Thank you for your insights. Fascinating!

[@SunMinGroot]

Master Kim would be very happy if he sees this video. You seem to capture his drawing principle very well. He always emphasize the importance of genuine interest, deep observation and understanding the object. Understand the structure, functionality, material, texture, or even smell of it. Observe from all different angles until you can draw from any angles. That’s how he studied perspective. His memory is his life long practice of continuous observation. Most importantly, he simply enjoys drawing. Not as a profession but as his hobby. That’s his secret of not having an art block. Be simple minded and light hearted. Just love drawing and keep on drawing. Btw, you pronunciation of his Korean name is bang on! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@thedrDraw]

Haha thanks, the name took me a while though, I’ve got tons of comments telling me how to pronounce it. You seem to know a lot about his vision! Did you follow a class from him?

[@SunMinGroot]

@@thedrDraw no, I am just passionate fan of him. So I follow his KZbin live streaming all the time (at SuperAni) for years, and listen to his approach, lessons, and life story. I was lucky enough to get a commission by him (asked to draw Groot in Guardians of galaxy). I am not even an artist but enjoys appreciating his drawing and listening to his dad jokes. Haha

[@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917]

I've got bad news for you buddy...

[@andrechris-sargent9921]

@@SunMinGroot Ya got me like ;-;

[@xPhantomxify]

Kim Jung Gi was a talented person and one of a kind. Nobody can ''become like him'', especially no amateur artist copying his sketchbooks. The very idea of thinking you can become like Kim Jung Gi is laughable and incredibly rude, obnoxious and egotistic. Nobody captures his drawing principle, only Kim himself knows.

[@Mammothbronco]

wow, I have been so frustrated all of my life about why I can't seem to improve, but I have always tried to tackle so much at once. This may be a game changer for me. Thank you!

[@johnmaco]

I agree with the notes. Making notes is extremely useful not only because it helps you remember the process, but also because it makes it easier to understand for YOU. When you're in a class and listen to your teacher, you're trying to memorize the words your teacher is saying. When making notes of those words, you're "translating them to your own language", so your brain will process that information way easier.

[@thedrDraw]

Exactly, said nicely

[@henrykooruifengbroken3839]

I was so excited when I shared Kim with my mother and she immediately searched him. I said that he is a great artist, but she replied “he was.” I was like wha-.😢 rip kim

[@ubbrok]

What a sweet breakdown and a great way to look at it - especially the bit about having a decent basis on all fundamentals but then maxing out on a few skills. Don't need to be an expert on all fundamentals, and the ones you choose to hone will provide a basis for a personal style! Amazing work, thank you for the inspiration!

[@thedrDraw]

Happy to serve

[@isefol]

Omg man, this is literally the best video about drawing i seen at all time, this is mind changing, thing that i love the most in every aspect, when people think and do smth not like 99% of others

[@woof_iiiu]

Man this just came at the right team! These type of lessons and only for free?! Wow you’re absolutely amazing, you make me wanna learn more about drawing and improving too! You’re one of my inspirations! Rest in Peace Kim Jung Gi, I can’t believe he would leave so suddenly…but he’ll forever be one of the legendary artists we will never forget about!

[@thedrDraw]

Yeah all for free. While I’m hoping this video makes enough money to make it worth it. We’ll see

[@ange100arteaga]

ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS I EVER KNOWN

[@lilylegacy-zierer7397]

Thank you for this lesson. I admit I’m hip deep stuck in art stuckness. This is a very encouraging approach and I am already seeing results. Narrowing my focus is helping me find the bits that are my own style and I’ve been searching for that… well I don’t know if that search every ends because my art will change as I mature. I like your approach of training versus copying. Thank you for being generous with your wisdom.

[@Vendisok]

Thanks for this video! The things that sticked with me the most are: 1) Focusing on one thing at a time (Simplify) to better keep it in long term memory. 2) Active learning! Taking notes!

[@Rodutchi]

This is one of the most important vids you've ever made, even tho your whole channel is the cream of the crop when it comes to free learning. Thanks a bunch man, can't thank you enough!

[@thedrDraw]

Ahhh that's so sweet but I have to agree with you. This video took me 7 months to produce, but it was worth it

[@Rodutchi]

@@thedrDraw can't agree more, tottaly a staple now.

[@rainaamyliaart4111]

I'm saddened by Mr. Kim Jung Gi's recent passing. Forever a legend

[@brianhendriksen]

I appreciate the way you explained and addressed this. I’m a martial arts instructor and feel like I do a pretty good job getting this across to my students but struggle to apply it myself at times. Thank you ❤

[@anti-heat]

holy shit, this video has honestly opened my eyes and made me more aware of how i should be approaching my art studies. i’ve always wanted to draw like kim jung gi, but didn’t know how to get there. im an intermediate artist, i know a lot of the basics but i haven’t mastered them yet, it doesn’t help that i was in an art block until i landed on this video. sometimes i add a few notes when i draw, but i never truly broke down my observations. you’re doing an amazing service.

[@ionfinisher]

Rest in peace Kim jong gi 💔🙏 An art legend

[@toxicbff1425]

Thanks for making this video and introducing lots of people to this master just before he passed. Now we can all remember him here

[@christianbutcher542]

Dang. I watched this video when you released it, and today it hits a little bit harder…such a wonderful talent.

[@surfmora]

I love this perspective, it sounds a lot like when you learn music, is from the basic and more simpler stuff that you start. And the daily practice on that single part. Then, it becomes automatic, exactly. This has blown my mind!

[@PrimordialAngels]

Wow!! This video was literally SO helpful and SO comforting. When you said you had a background in psychology, I instantly understood why you're so good at explaining all this stuff--- It feels rly good knowing theres someone like you out there who actually knows what hes talking about in comparison to a lot of amateurs, esp on youtube, who claim to have figured out how to cure art block or why youre a slow learner etc etc when they're rly just scratching the surface lol. Golden knowledge right here!! Thank you so much for the video and for future videos, and RIP Master Gi 🙏❤️

[@thedrDraw]

Ah thanks for sharing I'm really happy to help

[@niteeshvarma]

You don't know how important this video is!!! Thanks man ,lot of us want to be Kim Jung gi , lot of us have too many stuff to worry about while sitting down to draw , like what to draw , does this matter , our Age , making money ,but all these can be tackled if we just hold our brain carefully and take to a place where it can exercise what it can do best , that one thing is just to DRAW

[@jonathansakura]

I felt very fortunate to meet him twice in Korea And was able to upload the footage of his amazing exhibit in South Korea when I lived there 😊

[@thedrDraw]

Oh I’m so jealous of you

[@danimal519]

Oh. My. Gosh. The RAM analogy is sooooo good -- - I've been busting my ass for 15 years bouncing around between things daily frustrated nothing is working (but then like 2 weeks ago started a structured, 65 lesson dimensional drawing class and within a week of drawing boxes I felt like I broke a 15 year old exhausting, draining, demoralizing art block. And you've just put some more juice back in. (I wanna find this Tom guy you talked about too, that looks amazing.) Subscribed. Thanks.

[@TheBaralinChannel]

This was an incredible video. I just came out of a huge art block after doing commissions for months. I really couldn't figure out why but I think you told it to me perfectly. Commissions push me to do my best. Character design, perspective, anatomy, proportion, form, clothing, expression, lightning... All of that at once. No wonder I'd become exhausted after doing it non stop for months. It's too much. I'm giving myself a break for October so I can finally focus and take things one at a time for Inktober. Thanks a lot. I really hope this will aid me in the long term. Brilliant talk

[@thedrDraw]

Thanks for sharing! And we all go through those moments :)

[@Moresurendra]

Best suggestion I have received with this video today.... You made my day... My family critised me of painting tonnes of trees again and again... This resonates with my thoughts.

[@Sogeki06]

i've just heard the news Master Kim Jung Gi dies in a heart attack, I can't believe it. Life is so short, and I make up my mind. I will draw everyday to remember all the things he has done for the art. RIP my Master.

[@thedrDraw]

Nooo way, are you for real?

[@meroxshi849]

Yes it's on his Instagram

[@reksfoleur859]

@@thedrDraw Unfortunately, yes.. I watched this video yesterday, and I woke up with that sad news as well.. 😞

[@thedrDraw]

My gosh I just read it. Totally unexpected

[@jigsaw9232]

I can’t believe this is in my recommendation, I was so sadden to hear of his passing that this video makes you remember how good and how much of an artist he was

[@Nevermore941012]

This video was uploaded a week before Kim Jung Gi past away at 47. I've met master Jung Gi several times in person, he was the most incredible artist I've ever sean or met and he was also a really kind and humble person, just an incredible human being, his craft will forever be remember and we will forever lean from him. Rest In peace great Master ✍️🇰🇷🙏

[@augustoschndr]

I just watched exactly 5min of this video.. and I think I love you, man. thank you

[@thedrDraw]

haha what an ego boost. Don't do this too often please LOL

[@ptkmike]

I saw this video yesterday. It was the first video of yours that I had seen. This morning I learned that Kim Jung Gi had died. 😞

[@noberd]

the way i saw this as i was struggling for months trying to improve my art and somehow losing hope for myself is like the universe telling me to try again 🥺 i was especially inspired when you said kim jung gi’s first art was published when he was 27 and im 28 right now 🥺

[@thedrDraw]

haha I started when I was 27, so your in your golden years!

[@Agensahu]

I hope this video will help me train to learn fundamentals like Kim Jung Gi did

[@thedrDraw]

I hope so too! Does it?

[@Agensahu]

@@thedrDraw I am gonna try your advice. See if it works or not in the long term

[@sergejoshua]

Thanks for the encouragement. I've started making comments in my preparation but now I'll study past works and others' works I like.

[@hbanana7]

Even though I am not a fan of Kim, I do admire his techniques... There is much to learn from. This breakdown of learning/training on becoming a better artist is really helpful. I hope to find my own "sweet spot" to expand on. My biggest weakness is consistence and narrowing down what i need to work on. Thank you!

[@thedrDraw]

Great words from a great artist.

[@samanthad708]

Thank you for breaking it down when it comes to learning a new aspect in drawing! I tend to try and learn about a topic that is more than a handful, and it CAN become overwhelming.

[@cyantofu]

I really liked this perspective on teaching yourself art. I realize that patience is a huge part of learning and now I know that I should try to focus on one topic instead of trying to get good at everything. It's just so hard to choose what to focus on when you like everything

[@adhamomar702]

Some times chess players instead of looking at where they are and where they want to go, they work backwards, they look at where they want to go and try to connect where they are to that. So in your case when you are struggling with what to chose. Don’t look at art components. Instead look at the type of artist you want to resemble. Then make your art components (skills) built in a way that make you head towards that direction. If you want to be like Kim Jung gi, do as dr draw said, focus on constructive drawing. Watch this video again, it’s intended to give you clarity of vision and a good road map. I was like you, it gave me a simple straight forward direction. Try to understand the video, you will get your road map, you will be less confused.

[@thedrDraw]

So say choosing is similar to killing a part of ourselves. Dark but true

[@johnaquino7619]

@@thedrDraw In terms of imagining this as time travel and alternative timelines? Yes. 🙂 Perhaps a lighter analogy might be deciding the shape and size you want a plant to become, then pruning and trimming according to plan over the course of time. An artist is the plant. The bits of training not trimmed off contribute to the desired end result.

[@rafael.benjamin]

This is the best art advice video I ever seen on the whole internet.

[@billyliar1614]

He was a true genius. It's hard to fathom how any artist could draw like that straight from memory with a brush pen. Even if you've got some skill and a lot of experience, it's light years away from what most of us would be capable of. RIP Kim Jung Gi

[@perseusnova]

this is really helpful. i recently started focusing on anatomy and shapes and have been shocked on how much it's helped within just a week or two. it's nice to know that breaking it down and really focusing on one or two related things within art is the way to do it in order to improve.

[@thedrDraw]

It's funny how we start at the most difficult thing. Only later we realise how easy things can be. Had the same experience, you're gonna rock!

[@MarkSheeres]

Practice for a decade!? I’m 53! 😂😭

[@hugueskir6203]

@@MarkSheeres So you’ll be super good by 63, sounds good to me

[@elsolyelrio0195]

Love this thanks I'm a beginner And never really studied the fundamentals I tried to jump straight into my computer drawing and just try to copy it from there but now I realize I need to break it down from the basics and master the skill of creating shapes first once I get those shapes down then the ideal will come together

[@cat-sanglasses413]

rip and my honest respect

[@dayleywhaley2420]

Came here to imitate Kim Jung Gi, and I left this video with life lessons and a new perspective. amazing video.

[@thedrDraw]

Haha love the plot twisting

[@e3ye]

RIP..

[@atari5177]

This video is get recommended to me for years and somehow just now i clicked it and gosh i wish i litsen to this sooner, the timing also couldn't be more perfect because i got overwhelmed by my work as an artist and feel pretty slow progress on my study and this help me a lot to gather my own thoughts Thank you!

[@blurryface5940]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="205">3:25</a> Indian is not a language lol haha. It's Hindi for non Indians who are interested

[@thedrDraw]

Yeah you're totally right. Sorry about that

[@michaelcbyers]

This is great. Don't forget quantity. Kim Jung Gi also is that good and is also able to reference his vast visual library because he spends more time than most observing and taking in his surroundings and also sheer volume. He draws ALL THE TIME. You have that one compilation. He has released at least 7 of them. All min 500 pages of drawings. It's easier for him to recall all of that visual knowledge because he's done it so much. Like the motorcycles. He's drawn people on them off them etc a million times. I hope that by then you'd get better at it.

[@sandipanchatterjee5017]

Bro just said Indian as a language 😭

[@MahmudTheMedium]

One of the best videos the algorithm has presented me. Sometimes it feels so overwhelming trying to get better at everything. I also went into a rabbit hole of random tutorials when i found KJG.

[@expeditioner9322]

What is Indian?😂😂

[@kajolnimesh483]

Haila, ise Hindi kehete hai not Indian 😁

[@arnoldronald3044]

Indian is the best motorcycle manufacturer in the world

[@madisonpetri7361]

All this advice really flies in the face of how art school curriculums tend to work, and it really helps to explain why so many of my peers (myself included) got burnt out on art for months or years after graduating. Trying to learn EVERYTHING about art ALL THE TIME, with no real time to process anything we learned, while ALSO feeling pressure to land work immediately after graduating? They didn't even give us time to rest on our vacations, because rest assured we had assignments over break. Yeah, it's really no wonder. Thank you for putting this out.

[@thedrDraw]

Happy to read it’s useful for you!

[@googleuser-we8ei]

Learning Indian? Indian isn't a laguange bro 😂 India has more than 700 languages

[@Anime2077yt]

So you can speak 700 languages?

[@tokitoki9156]

@@Anime2077yt No, we don't, different regions have different languages and people from those regions usually speak that language.

[@Anime2077yt]

@@tokitoki9156 there aren’t 700 languages in India

[@UnShredded]

Dude, I swear to God, this is my exact approach to language teaching, I love it. Learning about human nature and psychology makes a big difference in many areas of life.

[@thedrDraw]

yeah the concept is applicable in more areas :)

[@aldamis8384]

Incredibly helpful video. I know about "Jack of all trades, master of none" but I only ever applied it to the amount of hobbies I decide to spend time with. I never thought to apply it to specific avenue of art. And RIP Kim 🙏

[@thedrDraw]

Yeah I know exactly what you mean. Happy to share some insights

[@jasonropata7749]

thank you for the awesome video, I've been suffering from the exact same problem of studying too much variety instead of focusing on one first for a while

[@scottev954]

I really found your video helpful. I was trying to develop too many skills, and you've helped me to realize I need to throttle back. Thank you for your time and understanding!

[@ketanvispute2344]

One thing at a time... Get it right and move on.... This advice of yours is truly worth learning by the aspirants... Thanks a lot!!!

[@aldereusfire6501]

i Draw since i was a kid too, im 29, but in the last 4 years i got the so called "art blocking" and i stopped drawing everyday like before... now at this time of the year im returning to draw, i feel now that my "talent" has deteriorated over this past years but i guess i need only to "re-train" my dexterity to return to the good state i was before... thank you for the video, it is very inspiring. Btw thank you to make me realize that i need to practice more PROPORTIONS

[@kinthirteen]

I literally love you so much. I have had that idea in my head that I don’t need to master everything and that thinking like that gets in the way it actually making stuff and utilizing creativity, thank you for writing that permission slip to let that perception die, I feel like life and growing up is just a series of realizing you don’t know need to wait, ask for permission, have a certain quantity or number of hours, or any of those things to start moving in the direction you want and doing the things you want to do.

[@kaiburofficial5552]

This is the video I really needed to see. Thank you for this. I kinda get the sense that this applies to a lot of things in life, not just art. But I'm excited to get started on my artistic journey now too. I feel better prepared this time around.

[@a.navasforero7304]

I have been stuck for monts on a painting and this video has helped me to do a lot in a short time and I am so grateful with it

[@eddeniz91ad]

well as a baby full time artist i was lost in deep water and this video bring me to surface where all the information was more understandable and easy wich it needs to be and thank you for the video it is so usefull 💙

[@cheshireraccoon3192]

Thank you, this was the most helpful advice for far. I did't know why I felt so overwhelmed all the time, now I know!

[@andyquinn1125]

Doc, this is a great lesson. I'm a musician and this applies to music completely. It took me quite a long time to figure it out, but I did.

[@thedrDraw]

Thanks Andy, yeah it applies to loads of things! Great stuff

[@greglincoln8996]

Great video and resonates with my frustrations with drawing from throughout my life. I am now fully too old to ever learn to draw - I’m sure I don’t have decades left to learn the skill I love

[@GuestingGameplays]

I was and still am amazed by how dedicated and skillful Jung Gi was, he truly loved drawing and did it since his young ages, with all defects and qualities he surely was so good at his craft through experience that not only we don’t visualize the mistakes and tiny things he committed at first, but couldn’t tell what’s next (although in one way or another we know he would draw his family tours, and some random topless women and obscene stuff haha) rest in piece.

[@thedrDraw]

Pretty impressive indeed!

[@highsha]

I just want you to know that I really appreciate your efforts in providing this information and truths... Thank you and I hope you produce more of these types of facts.

[@adhamomar702]

I always felt that Kim Jung Gi despite having a head the same size as everyone else, he was working way better than everyone else because he was working efficiently. He was processing less than an average person. He was thinking about advanced things rather than foundation things. This video explained it all scientifically. And it created a road map for becoming like Kim Jung Gi. God bless you. I think art and science go hand in hand. Science helps us see things, art helps us see things also.

[@thedrDraw]

Nicely said! I'm happy to help

[@adhamomar702]

@@thedrDraw I’m glad to hear from you, I’ve been your fan long term. I was a passive user of KZbin social networking, recently I started getting active, I embarrass my self with awkward interactions, but then it’s ok, people don’t care about finess, it’s not a religious sermon, it’s a space for sharing opinions, all opinions are valuable, every little helps. So I leave comments here and there. Sometimes I worry about exhausting others with my weirdly long text (I’m an ineffective communicator, I have a severe case of ADHD, I call it the mad cow). I want to express something and it will be cool to express it to you, I just hope I’m not inconveniencing you. I already grew wings and started to fly after you liked and commented on my messages. I just hope I’m not eating the entire hand now that I tasted a finger. I hope you will be patient with me. And if I’m inconveniencing you, don’t worry about it, I know that I’m an acquired taste.

[@adhamomar702]

​@@thedrDraw ​ @dr. Draw what I wanted to express is something I can’t pin point, so I will talk about it and I hope you understand me. I have a severe ADHD because I had a concussion hitting my frontal lobe, so I struggle to focus, analytical thinking doesn’t come easy to me, on the other hand creative thinking, which is diluted thinking comes easy to me. One thing I noticed is that creative people (artists) think the way I do, even if they don’t have my condition, they still have a soft way of thinking as opposed to people who are analytical thinkers. It makes me think that analytical thinkers lean closer towards conditions that resemble autism which gives them i high capability to focus, while creative people are opposite to that, so they lean closer towards conditions that resemble attention deficit. So creative people struggle allot with the learning process because the learning process requires from them to sit and study. While analytical people can spend long hours studying. You talked about his perspective drawing is not a thing that can be mastered in a week or even a month, and those who want to be like Kim Jong gi, should prepare themselves for a long 10 years journey instead of unrealistically assuming that they they will go to sleep then wakeup magically possessing a level of high mastery just by understanding one piece of information or two. There is no magic bullet solution, it’s a big war that contains under it many battles, and those battles must be won to win the war. It’s a long journey one should embrace that fact instead of miscalculating the requirements, being surprised by the reality or getting shocked even, followed by a miserable failure. To win the game one has to know the rules of the game, and in this game rule number one is that you do not speak about fight…. I mean there is no shortcuts. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line that comes out of point A, goes around the world and comes from behind point B. In other words shortcuts are a myth. Unless a person wants to draw stick drawings or a Turkey by tracing their hand. For things to go into the sub-conscience, repetitive drills is required till those things get memorised. And practice till perfection so that what is learned gets fine tuned into professional work. Kim Jong gi draws draws in a one way direction without hesitation, without corrections. This indicates that he has the skills of a calligrapher, same way calligraphers right with a flowing hand, he draws with a flowing hand. Calligraphers practice till perfection. That is the ultra advanced stage of fine tuning. As you said, he started with drawing stick figures, and through a long journey, he reached the final destination. This is something artists are oblivious about. It is said that if you want to sail, follow the sailing pathways, boats don’t sail on dry land. Artists sit on dry land and expect their boat to move, it’s not going to move, so they get frustrated. One of the most difficult things about art is the pathway, the road map. And you are one of the great teachers establishing a road map. I think your advantage comes from your background in psychology. You talked about how studying art can be an extremely confusing volatile activity, your advise was to take baby steps, eat one thing at a time. You can’t eat an entire elephant in one go, but if you cut it into small pieces, place them in a fridge, eat the pieces slowly, maybe you can finish eating the elephant in a week or few weeks. You said that there are millions of types of artistic expressions, for example vangoch didn’t use accurate anatomy proportions and perspective, he focused more on the painting side of things. You said that no one is supposed to master all forms of artistic expressions in one go. Mastering one artistic expression to perfection can lead to a specialisation of a professional grade mastery followed fame and fortune. It’s what you are passionate about that counts. Some people are passionate about drawing on a grain of rice, and that’s how they establish their specialisation, power, prestige and wealth. Right now at this channel what is relevant is the Kim Jong gi capability to draw with a smooth flow. And you established a clear road map. Perspective drawing is a must. Constructive drawing is a vital starting point. You mentioned Tom fox, you said that he is a good guide when it comes to a simplified constructive drawing. So far everything that comes from you is the art curriculum road map as a guide to the perplexed.

[@adhamomar702]

@@thedrDraw I just wanted to express something that i hope your input will polish the idea Better than I can. What I want to say is that your work makes artists focused, but it doesn’t make them focused enough. You are like a professor who says, this is the business book you need to study inorder to know everything you need to know about making money. Now go make money. Just because people know the right book for making money, it doesn’t mean they will make money. I hope you don’t mind me using this word, One of the animals that suffer from a severe attention deficit, it’s dogs. They get severely distracted. If they see a squirrel, they chase it. That’s why everyone who takes their dog for a walk, they always have a leash, because you will never know when that dog will just start running chasing whatever distracts them. An average artist is exactly like that. And to be like Kim Jong gi, an advanced artist, one has to change from an attention deficit mentality to a mentality of discipline. Dogs run around, chase moving objects, and so on and so forth. On the other hand, bees, those don’t joke. They are very serious about their work, very dedicated. And more than bees it’s Ants. Ants move like little solders in a straight line persevering throughout spring and summer collecting food, so that through autumn and winter they are comfortable in their house while butterflies that spent all spring and summer playing around flowers endup hungry and freezing. I know exactly the road map not in the art curriculum, that is your specialisation. But in how to work like ants. I just discovered it in the last 2 weeks or maybe 3. But I was amazed by it. There are people on KZbin who make videos about how to study. And those videos many times are called study with me. And you see someone sitting on the table for long hours studying. I stumbled on one of those videos, it’s a channel that belongs to a girl who seems to be advanced in every thing. She is into data science, she is a programmer, she is into stocks analysis and trading, she studied pharmacology. She is a polymath, mastered things in areas where brave people dare not follow. Every day like a highly disciplined Ant, she dedicates 2 hours, embarks on a journey of studying, cuts long distances in any discipline she chooses, and that way she gains advanced mastery in those subjects.

[@adhamomar702]

@@thedrDraw One last point before concluding what I’m saying. Many times it’s said that it takes 6 months to learn a language. It just dawned on me literally today why is it that they say this. First of all, people pursue disciplines, such as art, science and such. In some cases people know how to acquire knowledge, in other case people don’t. In third world countries people go to school to study, and teachers in class don’t teach them well, then those teachers pressure the students to take private tuition classes after school. In places like those, students learn to be spoon fed, so the never learn to have independent thinking and knowledge acquisition skills. The simplest knowledge acquisition process is the process called the scientific method, it helps a person dig deep into something, look inside it and learn everything there is to learn. All academic books are modelled on that pattern. Once a person knows all that there is to know, and they want to utilise their knowledge to create something, there is the twin to the scientific method, it’s called the engineering method, it’s the stage that comes after the scientific method. Both those things make a person an independent thinker, but they can be kinda too intense. It’s like trying to light a cigarette using a dynamite. In the third world knowledge acquisition process is not taught to students, If you know that saying which says, give a man a fish you will feed him for a day, teach him how to fish, you will feed him forever. In third world countries, people are given a fish instead of teaching them how to fish. In first world countries at a school students are taught the scientific method, and they are asked to perform researches, write reports, independently acquire knowledge. That’s why a street sweeper in first world countries has got a decent dignified life, with health insurance, holiday trips and a pension. Because there is a level of intellect they contribute to what they do. The Japanese and Koreans take all of that to another level. A discipline that doesn’t get taught in third world countries is epistemology. Epistemology is another big subject, but basic components of it is vital for everyone trying to acquire knowledge. There was a small booklet called (teaching the student how to study) it was a bad booklet, but the name is great. Because students before embarking on the subject they want to embark on, first they need to know knowledge acquisition skills. I think the most basic knowledge acquisition skills are two: 1. Reading which is the act of downloading information into the short term memory. 2. Memorisation, which is the act of downloading information into the long term memory. There are more skills than that. But those 2 skills are a good starting point. Same way a person goes to a gym to strengthen their muscles, strengthening one’s mind is done by reading anything, even if it’s a fictional novel. Strengthening one’s ability to learn in my weird opinion is by learning a language. First of all, all types of learning in the world have patterns similar to learning a language. Now when it comes to learning a language, it’s one of the most basic forms of learning because it’s a very simple slap stick direct process. For example to learn physics, you need a basic understanding of maths, to learn programming you need a basic understanding of maths and computer science and a little bit of electronics. But to learn a language things have only one dimension instead of multiple dimensions the way you find in other disciplines. For example in art, you need to know skeleton, muscle distribution, and many layers (I call it dimensions). In language there is no many layers, it’s just one layer or maybe 2. Let’s call it one. You learn the the foreign language word, and it’s meaning in your language. That’s it. Someone would say, what about grammar? Well it’s not that necessary unless you are going to write a book, you can use the grammar of your own language. It all boils down to learning a word and it’s meaning. This is where it gets interesting. If you learn 2000 Japanese words, you can read a Japanese newspaper.

[@alfianrizkifauzi]

Masyallah your video breaks my confusion of learn drawing. Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@wudly9195]

I love videos like this that understand the frustrations of the art journey and also have solutions to them. Thx for this

[@luisinacerolini6964]

I swear this has been the most useful video i've seen. I've been struggling so much with perfecctionisim and also with never really knowing where to start, so thank you so much for offering this psychological angle to the discussion. ♥Grettings from Argentina and happy 2024 :)

[@VimDoozy]

I tried this approach of focusing on one thing at a time with music production, but it didn't work. I'd spend a lot of time learning music theory, then practicing writing simple music, then learning about synthesis and sound design, then practice making beats and so on. When I'd eventually try to bring it all together and make a track from start to finish, I'd forgotten a lot of what I'd learned, because I didn't keep practicing things I'd spent time learning earlier on in my journey. Sure, I'd spent months learning music theory, but then I stopped to focus on something else. I was also spending so much time learning and practicing fundamentals to avoid the frustration and disappointment that would entail from being unable to reach my expectations when I tried to make a full track. My practice habits were an avoidance mechanism to a large extent. It was also discouraging to invest so much time practicing something with little creative output; not much to show for it, since I'd been doing exercises and study for a long period. I think if I had just tinkered about and picked up some know-how along the way through trial and error I'd have actually gotten somewhere. I think this is one factor that gives youngsters a creative edge. At a younger age you tend to be less critical, more curious and less likely to get in your own way. Even if you mostly focus on one thing at a time, I think you do need to keep regularly practicing what you've already learned and applying it to actual creative work. You can't just drop practicing one fundamental as you start practicing another, and you need to regularly put what you've learned to work and create something.

[@ggloom3316]

I'm glad your videos got its way on my KZbin rabbit hole cause I really needed to hear that. We do focus on so much at the same time and end up overwhelmed, I'm there on the overwhelmed side, but now I'll approach my studies with another perspective. Thank you thank you!

[@thedrDraw]

Happy to hear that. Baby steps take you way further.

[@asphaltracer999]

I don't comment usually but I wanted to express my gratitude to you for sharing this amazing way of looking at it

[@gracedreamy2925]

THANKS DUDE. Im literally where youre right now.... And, I have a sheet where I edit my existing learning approach, like not what Im learning (that is another sheet), rather just how to make my learning more efficient in art specifically, and I resonated with all your advice...... THANKS

[@安然-x9t]

I feel like this is totally life changing perspective on learning in general

[@SylviaHowell-o3e]

The BEST. Thank you! I have heard this before---focus on one thing--but you explained how beneficial it is. Yay!

[@asilverlining2817]

please continue with this series on kim jung gi. we will all miss him ❤

[@milkbread5036]

This helped me so much! I felt so overwhelmed at so many things I must learn and I end up not doing anything. I will focus on one thing :)

[@gailfraser9617]

This advice is applicable to other areas of art. Thanks for the reminder. I need to remember to be consistent and patient too.

[@Mr1vision1]

Thank you for sharing your insight. My medium is music. I have a degree in Psychology as well, and found your short lector super confirming, encouraging and helpful. Please consider posting more in areas that cross pollenate in various crafts. THANKS YOU!