I Drew for 11,770 Hours... Here's What I Learned

[@oridays]

Hope you enjoyed the video! As mentioned, you can check out the free anime study guide here - oridays.com/animestudy 📝 P.S. I wasn't able to fit this into the video but wanted to share it anyway: Upon reading some of my old notes I found out that I thought about quitting multiple times throughout the journey. It was bizzare since I didn't remember at all until I read those notes again. I heard someone say before "you're not an artist until you've thought about quitting at least once." So we're definitely not alone in how difficult the journey can be. And probably the biggest 'secret' to art is sticking to it, and pushing through all the hard times. Keep at it gang 💪

[@morrymar3295]

thanks gang for the video and the tips

[@Mustafawazhere]

Bro pls make ur vtuber character a male bro PLEASE i've been watching u for a long time i barely managed to imagine ur voice with a face- ( and cat ears ofc ) DO A COMMUNTIY VOTE ( I'll fight for this fr )

[@lackingagoodname3930]

Please don’t take better help sponsors

[@raidev_]

​@@Mustafawazhere it's none of your business how someone represents themself

[@LuckyBenjamin_]

Hey uhm great video but did you do research about betterhelp? I havent done much research myself but well Im not getting sponsered here and I have heard some bad stuff about it

[@ZeroKung2309]

This video doesn’t just give us an artist’s perspective, it’s like a therapist guiding us through life’s journey and a successful mindset. I truly enjoyed your story, and I’m so glad that I found your channel. Thank you, Ori!

[@swordart2431]

i swear i saw you on some ff videos, i did not expect to see you here also

[@Kiegs_]

fancy seeing you here 🤨

[@LiterallyFreminet]

This comment is sponsored by betterhelp, huh?

[@Scuffty]

hi person who comments on fe2 videos randomly

[@faithfullilac]

wow zero @!!

[@JustSomeoneFallen]

When I was in grade school I used to draw super well but due to struggles in life, I stopped all my hobbies and lost interest in most things I loved doing. Now in high school, I started drawing again but I noticed all my drawings sucked unlike before. I practiced for about 2 weeks and I drew a character for about 3-5ish hours I was proud of it, and I showed it to my "friends", and they said my drawing was... bad. After that I never drew once, but... this video gave me hope! Thank you for this video Ori! To anyone who reads this, I hope you have a nice day

[@centoroanti2198]

I was in a similar situation too, but I was a complete beginner, and after a month of daily practice, I created one piece of art that I thought was really cool, but they just said it was total garbage and laughed. Maybe the drawing really was terrible, but at that moment I felt like complete shit. Although I didn't lose my motivation to draw after that, I just don't want to show my art to anyone anymore, because people who have never drawn or picked up a pencil don't understand how difficult it is for a beginner to create anything at all.

[@yuuki-the-artist]

oh no!! i’m guessing you’re calling them “friends” because you dumped them? if so, that good! i’m glad to hear you’re better now! i may not know you, but please don’t let “friends” discourage you! ❤

[@JoJoboiWav]

If you only stopped for that, it just means you didn't want to draw and improve that bad atm. Real men just keep playing the game to improve their performances methodically

[@flosamuu]

same, but I was smaller and my brother ripped up my art piece. I got upset (of course), but my mother told me it wasn't good enough to begin with. I don't blame them though. It's my fault that I quit and stopped practicing. It is irresponsible to blame them for stunting my growth (i.e. "oh, I would've totally mastered that if it weren't for your words, and so I stopped"). I just couldn't be bothered/didn't have the time to. Now I'm beginning to take it up again, just for fun

[@JustSomeoneFallen]

@@yuuki-the-artist mhm, i dont need friends who are bad influences in my life so I dumped about 70% of them.

[@MauveButterfly]

"I'll see you guys again, hopefully, at twenty thousand hours." Hopefully we see you again before that.

[@sorkinquinzel]

AI it's so much better. I could do this with just a few prompts. In Japan, Loli it's a pretty common thing and being graped by one of your family members it's also a pretty common thing. I just watched a lot of Hs, and everyone should to watch and swipe up and down his 🐓 while watching H or 👧🏼s You can insult me, I Do Not Read Replies, and of course, you will get more likes than me.

[@brlin3]

@@sorkinquinzel Theyluvliv gets more likes than you bozo

[@aquisui]

@@sorkinquinzel bro what

[@youssefbencheikh8637]

@@sorkinquinzel bro what

[@dinoyt1916]

@@sorkinquinzel had a stroke reading this

[@SlimeyHD]

Hearing how much you struggled in the beginning gives me some hope again! On the internet you usually you just see the success of the people and never the path that lead to the success so this video is really helping me understand that I am not a slow learner but just need to stay consistent. Thank you ori!

[@xMabel19x]

Me too!

[@hadrianhexe9603]

I think the one thing that gave me a great boost in motivation was, as cocky as it sounds, going back through one of my favourite artist's art and looking at the earlier art work and being like 'i can do better than that.' It makes you realize that these people are literally just like you, they just worked to improve so if you work as well, you'll get there eventually.

[@yukishika.yamamoto]

As someone who taught violin for 22 years, I realised that the 10,000 hour rule works better if the learner is mindful, is aware of one's ultimate goal and does research on how to get there. Illustration wise, playing Azur Lane helped me to improve a lot as I observe their artwork from various points like anatomy, proportions, and inking.

[@madhuripendam4650]

How does rule affect us and why is it important 🤔 please tell me more about it

[@FlowMH]

​@@madhuripendam4650 It was explained throughout the video. Basically, taking the different rpg-like "skills" he mentioned, you choose which elements to focus on and then practice by creating works yourself which you analyze for points of improvement, or study the anatomy of subjects that allign with the element of your interest. Yes, you can just keep drawing non-stop for thousands of hours without doing anything else, but the speed at which you'll actually improve will be greater if you factored in research, studies, and generally be very analytical of not only your own works but others too. Understanding is important. This can be applied to any skill, really. Even something entirely different like programming...

[@madhuripendam4650]

Thank you very much di/bhaiya through this video I learnt how lazy I was being without any consistency , efforts and complained to myself not being able to do anything. I'm loser the worst all that but the dialogue by Ori's ex made realise that I was dreaming all the time

[@freakish1732]

Another tip for any aspiring artists that I picked up from Marc Brunet Observation haki(Just look at your favourite artists drawings)... Not just look but look hard and thoroughly for a few minutes without drawing but just imagining the process you would follow while drawing that subject matter... Do it enough times with all your focus and you'll start seeing lines float in your head(the amount time is obviously different for everyone)

[@RavenIsBlue]

Brunet is the only teacher who REALLY gets thru to me in a digustable way. I dont think he is "the best", per sey, but his teaching method is the only one that really helped me, even tho i understood from others. I love his teaching so much

[@dadolphinplayz]

"seeing lines float in your head" im not schizo tho

[@reionnyx]

This kind of haki will show after you know your tools good enough... so practice more 😅

[@Oreoareyumyum]

​@dadolphinplayz it's visualizing

[@dadolphinplayz]

@@Oreoareyumyum wait people can just do that??

[@jonwicktv]

As a 22 year old who feels lost in life at school and and stuck in a deep depression and anxiety for the past few years, this video is an amazing motivator for me. Thank you for this gem of a video, you'll never understand how much you're changing the world man.

[@JLM-y5g]

Full sends only, sir.

[@kainatsume]

私は今イラストレーターになるために、芸術大学に通っています。それは「このまま仕事を続けるよりも、四六時中絵を描いて、絵をひたすら向上させたい」と思ったからです。オリさんの話は確かにすごくて圧倒されるけれど、私も頑張れば辿り着けるはずと励まされました。 Thank you❤

[@robinfox4440]

That part where you said that when you have a calling to be creative, and you ignore it, everything just feels wrong -- I felt that. I used to get so depressed after watching people perform on stage, and then I realized it wasn't just petty jealousy - I just really wanted to do that sort of thing. Now I'm involved in musical performance and I'm so much happier.

[@schindy6385]

This did so much for my mental health. I am currently at around 400 hours and I kept on judging myself for not being as good as I expected myself to be. It is nice to see that someone whos art I appreciate (ori) took a long amount of time and I might just need more time. It kinda made me realise that I am not bad, I just didnt spend enough time on it yet

[@luzztheluzzer]

You’re actually the best guidance for me here on youtube, you actually know how to tell and make people listen. It’s so entertaining to listen and watch who has the same dream as mine and listen to their journey. Thank you Ori.

[@Naescent]

This is honestly the best, most condensed video on art I've watched. It feels like this is the only video anyone would ever need to learn art, besides some fundamentals videos. Great work!

[@sael5084]

Show us what you learned dear ❤

[@The99DragonSlayer]

Next level dickriding for the author's like. He learned how to use digital art as a crutch and started sexualizing minors, not a single basic of art was touched in this video. On top of that he sold out to a horrible company, Better Help, for a few more pennies. Up your standards.

[@Oni-Joshu]

I agree with your sentiment, I would like to add, however, that I think this methodology is a good mirror for most skills, talents, fitness, or even careers in life. It occurred to me while watching this video that this thought process can be applied to most things. Which is an important idea that I'd like to keep in my back pocket.

[@lolovecat]

As an artist who drew for more than 10 000 hours and still feel like I'm unable to break the bottleneck, it's inspiring yet making me anxious as my artist friends don't give me helpful feedbacks and grinding isn't enough to make me past that level You're amazing

[@4ryd511]

good luck

[@lolovecat]

@@4ryd511 thanks

[@josephgasapo3537]

Others dont even make it in 500,000 hours while others make it in less than 1000 hours. Its a combination of Talent and many othet external factors including luck (having a perfect mentor)

[@door9875]

@@josephgasapo3537 500k hours is 57 years bro you gotta be drawing before you even thought of being conceived

[@josephgasapo3537]

@@door9875 some people's learning curve are beyond the human lifetime, this is why talent is all about having the quickest learning curve.

[@threenotesoddity]

Taking sponsorship deals from better help in 2024 is wild

[@takimi_nada]

great video, tainted by a terrible company. at least ori got money i guess. i hope they didn't sign a deal for multiple videos

[@Murimz]

Whats bad with em?

[@xaf15001]

@@Murimz Just a bad product in general. The therapy they offer is done by unlicensed therapists. It's digital, so if the client ever wants to meet up, they can't. And since the client is "already in therapy", it lessens the chance of the seeking other therapists, which is a completely normal step to do since therapy is very personal and you need to find the therapist that vibes with you.

[@C7y323]

@@xaf15001 Lmao I had a friend who told her better help "therapist" how she was abused as a kid and doesn't want to have kids and they told her "Why would you not want children, they're the gift God gave to you as a woman, you should be having kids." LMAO

[@b4nacat]

i think better help is trying to come back because in the script he said “licensed therapist” so they might’ve changed but it’s still unforgivable

[@Tenohira_teno]

Watching your video kinda kickstarted a feeling in me which doesnt go away and im grateful of it, my motivation was seeing the history of your progress and where you are at now so i just want to keep going so one day i could look back and say "heh... my art wasnt that good now that i see" and keep pushing foward until i reach the top of the mountain

[@ContinentalDrip]

I've been trying to learn anime style art for the past 4 years but i never met any major improvement or breakthrough, and for a while I just did the cycle of doing it again and just quitting, I felt like I was stuck in this beginner's hell. That was until i found some of your tutorials recently when i actually started to improve. I'm still very VERY BAD at drawing anime style art, but after watching your videos and my Japanese friend motivating me recently, finally after 4 years of quitting I finally started to improve even if it's just that minor 0.1% improvement, it felt like a very MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH and I couldn't thank you enough! I still have a long way to go but having your tutorials makes it easier. Thank you from Indonesia!

[@oridays]

Really happy to hear that! The small steps and bits of progress are definitely things to be proud of since that's what builds up to big improvements over time :) Good luck and keep at it!

[@qqwweeww2468]

20,000 DOLLAR DONATION?!!!!!!!!!

[@sem_re]

​@@qqwweeww2468 its in indonesian rupees, which is around 2 dollars in aud, idk which currency you use but you can convert it on google. but money had different worth in different countries, so the conversion won't be 100% accurate. and i think youtube doesn't allow big donations so 2k would be hard to give on here lol.

[@AIpodcastlive]

20k idr 😂😂 $1 only ​@@qqwweeww2468

[@mlgrizzy]

@@qqwweeww2468that’s Rupiahs it’s converted into 1.29$ USD. Still very nice.

[@JH-pe3ro]

I'm old enough to have taken this kind of journey through programming, and then I decided I wanted to do it again with drawing and comics - and along the way I gradually narrowed that to traditional, mostly black and white inks. While I'm probably not at the 10,000 hour mark, it takes less time when you're doing the new game plus, and that's mostly because of learned patience, access to resources, and selective focus 😅 I would say this about the skills, though. Most narrow/deep skills can be successfully introduced at between 10 and 100 hours, which is much less intimidating than "10,000 to mastery". That's the level where, if you're doing something for a class, that level of effort will give you a major breakthrough and let you pass a test, even if it's not with a perfect grade. The biggest difficulty in the early phases of drawing is that there are actually a lot of ways to narrow things down, but each one takes you away from the language and initial motivations: "draw this character" has to be broken down to a bunch of technical things about how to compose a scene and making use of reference and applying perspective and so on. Those barriers are overcome by telling yourself to immerse yourself in each of these fragments of language for a while so that you can bring them out fluidly when you return back to "draw this character". The hardest part is always in that early committment of going from hour 1 to hour 2. It's not going from hour 999 to hour 1000 that's hard. Thus my current study project is to work through each page of Bridgman's "100 hands" book, just copying and doing some breakdowns a few different ways. Instead of counting hours, I count pages. I've done this with anatomy, animal drawing, and composition already. At the 80% mark, my hand drawing has definitely improved, although my success rate when working from imagination remains mixed.

[@86fifty]

Scrolling thru the comments, I wanted to thank you for giving the name of a resource to actually help other watchers

[@kamui240sx]

You explaining how you felt with not creating is exactly how I feel right now, everyone saying how you are doing great because you have a stable job, while feeling depressed, I work a lot of hours and I get paid great but I’m miserable and felt empty not creating because I have no time, so I also decided to get a job with less hours to have more time to learn how to create art, I don’t really care about becoming a famous artist, I just love art… so I really appreciate this video

[@MrAflac_1]

This video gave me a lot more motivation for my music career. I originally wanted to be a professional bass player, but i realized that i can’t do it without a teacher, and the music school i got accepted to is super expensive on campus, which really demotivated me. Then i realized that i have another talent for making music, i listen to Jpop/rock/anime music for 5-6 years, i know how to make anime music from the experience i have from listening to them every single day. Which made me decided to switch to online music school and focus on music production, where i can fully focus on making music, and getting better on bass as a side hobby for the moment. Everything here i can relate to you, music is a very long journey, just like art. Before you can find yourself, you have to be inspired by the music you love, and slowly mix in your own music taste into something that resembles you.

[@ASerokai]

I don't know if this is just the usual "3am motivation" thing going through my head right now, but I saw a reflection of myself right now from the 6 years of you before Depressed. Lost. Frustrated. All of the wisdom you've shared in this video weighs gold for me right now, despite being apathetic and lethargic for the past 2 years. If I were to see this video before, I may have just gave it a listen and give up on it because I just simply don't see a future in me. But somehow, right now, I feel like I've been given a chance by someone whom I don't know and doesn't know me either. I would use the word 不思議 to perfectly describe this moment. Maybe this IS the wake up call. Maybe I DO have a chance. Maybe I can BE someone that my parents could be proud of. If you are reading this, might be a stranger or Oridays themself, we are lucky that fate lead us to this miraculous moment, that because Oridays made this video that it could just be that one thing to be a catalyst for someone to start something fresh and anew, despite life treating them horribly. I would like to end this somewhat melancholic comment in a happy note. It's a blessing that these types of encounters are now possible because we live in this current age. Ultimately, it's up to us what to do with this information. But I guess we should complain after we travel through the first "10000 hours" first 😊

[@AmiMizook]

As beginner myself... I... actually overwhelmed just by watching this vid... the amount of experience,knowledge,wisdom and struggle you went through is... simply beyond my comprehension... as if i appraisal a god-lvl playerXD I hope you make video about you actually "learn" during your beginner days... im pretty lost at what should I do...

[@hanon880]

Well I'm not them but here my two cents advices: All the experiences, knowledge come with time. 0. all artists are maso and in a love/hate relationship with their arts XD 1. as a beginner, set your goal that you are thriving right NOW. It can and will possibly change but that may affect how and how much you will draw: you will not do the same thing, will not check the same tutorials if you are a hobbyist, a futur animator, a futur illustrator etc. (but you can be more than one thing!). You don't know? Well go for hobby, try new things, have fun and Pass to the next: 2. Learn to love to draw and draw for you: enjoy the beginner phase! Let not the "how to do right/draw more/draw everyday" bring down your love for it. Enjoy the phase when you don't have to think of all the stuff so far. And if you love it, try to built a habit, a routine that'll help you draw constantly without much of an effort. 3. Don't hesitate to draw (like a crazy mad fan) something that drive you: it could OC, ship/OTP, animal, meca, etc Everything works. I have a friend a pro concept/background artist that draw her fav chara in a lot of situations for nearly 2 years now! She learned a lot with fun (and some masochism XD) because she was driven by them! They gave her inspiration and motivation. 4. Observe life and Don't hesitate to take reference: art, photos of people photo of you, figurines, and more when you draw! Set a little time to draw new things (it can be as a chill study session or a new challenging piece!): like, "today I will draw hands/do live studies!", "today I will try this new tutorial I saved" etc last work: one way of working can not work on you, so if try what fell the best for you! Good luck!

[@CalamityGamer6395]

​@hanon880 some great advice right here. I will take this to improve my art progress, very much appreciate for the advice

[@JustPeasu]

Nice video! I have a feeling that this channel will become very important for a lot of artists in the future, especially as a bridge to Japanese-Stylized Art. I think your unique journey can really illustrate this well.

[@meisheet]

This reminds me of a video i watched for school about growth mindsets. At the time, i just brushed it off because for some reason whenever school tries to do things for mental positivity, it feels like it won't work. But this is a great example of not letting your obstacles discouraging you and viewing everything with the opportunity to grow. It makes me think, maybe this growth mindset thing isnt a sham after all xD

[@Candy_Tail]

this video has given me so much hope. I have been drawing for 2 years now and I still cant say that "I'M PROUD" of what I'm doing, it feels like I have just wasted so many hours of my life, I am in the brink of "giving up" Since these past 2 years I feel I havent seen much progress at all. so this video gave me new hope

[@yavnrh]

Indeed, I feel like everyone goes through this period. This video really showed that it's possible to overcome it.

[@rwquote]

Be proud of what you have. Be proud of what you have. The happiness is in understanding your own self.

[@InRaikyu]

This is genuinely one of the most inspiring videos I've seen on this platform. You did such an amazing job on this video and it makes me want to pursue a goal, I just don't know what i want. I wish I had something like this

[@Dayluj32]

I just wanna thank you for talking about the social media part especially... I have been drawing for about 8 years now but since I started really young, the improvement doesn't really feel like that at all, and seeing all these other people that know more than I do in less time is taunting, but I've always tried to keep up. But for people like me, when you post something and it doesn't do well, it's so... frustrating doesn't describe it, I'd say. Cause you can't say you're a beginner but you're also not a pro either, maybe a intermediate, but more of a limbo where you just... fall. But what you talked about counting the hours to get motivation really stuck with me and I think I might try it! So thank you so much. Also I talk a lot, don't I? Sorry😅

[@ДмитрийМашаргин-ъ7и]

your journey motivates me, my progress over 3-4 years has been slow but it has been there, your video has made me think about what I am doing wrong, thank you so much, I promise myself that soon we will see each other as pro artists just wait!!!!!

[@goodtoseeya1543]

That was one heck of a story. I enjoy seeing personal contents like these. Also was very interesting to see the hours put in v.s. progress. Doing, documenting, and sharing all these... this is real dedication. Thanks man and am genuinely happy for you how things worked out ❤

[@Sasukesanimation]

This video is a great inspiration for all the talented young artists out there. If you believe you cna do it and love it, you can definitely do it 😃

[@kosuken]

you've made it so far this is very encouraging, i wont give up

[@yoshihikou]

This was an incredibly inspiring video. Your humility contrasted by your sheer determination and will to be better is inspiring and I feel as though this video not only pushed me as an aspiring artist but individually in every pursuit I have in life. Thank you for sharing your journey and I'm incredibly excited to see your progress at 20,000 hours ❤

[@Zorahime29]

mann i got burned out in art for like a year, only started drawing again last week....got pretty rusty, relearning everything again from scratch pretty hard tbh😔😔 but i won't let that discourage me....working out proved to me that by being consistent you can see changes it might not be immediate but there will be changes

[@Sku11zDude]

It's calming to here you speak man, you have a nice voice to listen to. I've been getting less and less free time to enjoy things I like, very relatable. Wt 21:48 I can confirm that this was a very therapeutic experience and i feel more motivated to improve with what little time i have left and look for flaws and improvement on my own. I will definitely stand on the shoulder of giants and find myself✊

[@sou1_he]

Just want to say how much of an inspiration this is for me, thank you :D

[@TriteHexagon]

This video just taught me something I already suspected: you truly need to be a special person to be an amazing top-level creator. The amount of dedication needed to be able to endure this much work for so long is something many people (myself included) just don't have.

[@thaumar64]

Honestly, I would be happy if I could even draw as well as your "I went from this" (0:25) example.

[@FenrisRM]

wow... how you describe yourself at the beginning hits home veeeerry hard. thank you for sharing your story.

[@poyqu]

"because art is a journey not a destination" could actually apply for so many things in life

[@akeminekomachi]

such an inspiring video, thank you so much ori!

[@Droid3455]

I feel motivated and demotivated at the same time, when I left high school I remember saying I wanted to learn to draw. Now it's been 7 years and it's a bit frustrating knowing how much I could have progressed and that time is never coming back

[@fawnicism]

Same. I spent 8 years being depressed and unable to draw and create, and now i regret all the wasted time every single day, but i believe that as long as we feel this passion for art, everything is possible, since it isn't a skill (passion). It's going to be hard to stop thinking about the past, but always possible!

[@nexusserc]

No certainty that you would be progressing a lot 🤷‍♂

[@Hurricanezer]

Honestly one of the best anime art videos I've seen. I myself am dogshit at drawing and are sort of in the position you were when starting of not being motivated enough, so this was pretty inspiring.

[@helenalaven7539]

I used to struggle on whether copying art was the right method for personal creativity and it sure helps growing up quick

[@joaoleite8451]

Thank you for these words. Motivation is something hard to gather, because the reward seems so far. But with true passion, it shall work out.

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

0:30 my dream as an anime artist .. you're Living the life man! Big inspiration

[@pufferfish12312]

Thanks for reassuring the idea I have had in the back of my head for so long. I always start drawing for like half a year, and just stop because I believe I just couldn't improve. Because of you however, I swear I will commit to my goal, so thanks Oridays! :)

[@KoalaOwlPaws]

I noticed I've improved when I did reference, showed it to a friend and she told me it looked really alike to the original. Made me smile and it shows I can improve, especially since I've been drawing without references for years, until this year.

[@lunargod9]

Thank you for sharing with us your journey, and it really helps new artists (like myself) on how to go on our art journey as well.

[@unbrokensalt151]

Love how honest this was, bro’s talented and humble lol

[@Lynnroseeee]

I think you’re amazing and really inspiring. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Your advice deeply resonated with me. I think this quote “When you have a calling to be a creator and you ignore it, everything just feels wrong, and it just kinda eats at you on the inside.” is my favorite.

[@8mynts]

my guy rivals the hours of the average rust player for drawing... impressive stuff man haha

[@honoriusaelius]

Wow, I didn’t know who you were before clicking on this video, but I just realized that you’re the one whose art I’ve saved a lot of on my PC. Love your work, and great video!

[@くもすけ]

You have no idea how well timed this video was for me

[@ibitea]

your story is inspirational. I got a teaching degree because I thought it was the reasonable thing to do, and then nearly self destructed in terms of mental health. it's taken me a lot longer than it looks like it took you to make a decision to start prioritizing the things I love.... but I hope that I can get to where you are someday. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

[@kuromiLayfe]

Great video bad sponsor… do hope they pay you for the advertising as lots of the creators that did sponsorship with them since 2020 still haven’t received a dime.

[@docarknightsmattgaming]

Thanks for telling us to your art journey story you give me motivated and hope for me continue my art journey too. I know the beginning is the hard part but "hey challenge accepted".

[@Neutral_1zed]

5:31 this is so relatable. Same thing with me when it comes to animation, I've been animating for like five years and I barely made it across the starting line. In an artist's term, this is what is known as being a useless, worse printer.

[@Recoco99]

Your artwork has inspired me to get a drawing tablet. I have been drawing for a while but never took it that seriously but now I draw almost everyday because of you! You are such an inspiration and your art is amazing! Love the work Ori! Also what would be awesome to see in the future would be a vid on backgrounds! Keep up the amazing work!

[@jasonsartchannel2137]

1:29 Dude, I feel you so much! I'm on the same track as you were back then... I can't find a job, and although my Japanese isn't bad today, studying in Japan is too expensive. Furthermore, my nation (Israel) is committing genocide, and just being here makes my head explode. I really want to be in a place where people appreciate my ideals and how I think. Right now, I'm trying to find ways to save money for studying in China (Japan is still too expensive for me) I wish I had more skills except just being trilingual. Many of my Japanese friends tell me that it's ok to only be good at Japanese, but I feel it's not helping me the way I thought it would... I also have ASD and struggling to work 8 hours...

[@ngc1569mayonnaise]

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[@IwuVz]

Wow this video really helps put into perspective how long and difficult it is to get good at art. I used to play osu, I quit a few months ago, and I put around 600 hours into that game and could fc 5 stars and some low 6 six stars for 200 pp. I thought I was pretty good, but now I see how long it would take to actually get good at that game, like mrekk and aeterna level. Thousands of hours for the average person at least. In my art journey. Im still extremely early into it. Maybe under 100 hours over my whole life and maybe less than even 3 in the past month. I don’t plan to grind nearly as much as you did (you grinded an inhumane amount of time imo geez). I’m not trying to make it a career, I will if I have the chance though, but I want to be able to make illustrations I’m satisfied with and be able to put my ideas onto paper. I’ll probably burn out like I usually do whenever I tackle something new, but I’ll at least see how far I can get.

[@selfhurtbae]

this is a very motivational video, you helped me see more clearly the joy of the journey of drawing and the rewards of hard work

[@tate_the_artist]

Its very important for artists like yourself to share your journey. Thanks. If only you weren't sponsored by better help haha.

[@usernotforuse]

1:59 pure gold quote, it took me many years (graduated university this year) what felt like consistent existential crisis and it also resonates with me when after one breakthrough point it starts to feel like overwhelming rollercoaster ride when you start to enjoy and have fun with whatever you’re doing (actually it could be used with almost everything creative). TYSM for this video, it was very inspiring to watch❤ P.S. English isn’t my native sorry if there’re few mistakes

[@Mel-oo4ux]

bruh the better help sponsor...

[@onedoORmoagene]

What's with it?

[@Mel-oo4ux]

@@onedoORmoagene its not a good organization at all they have unlicensed therapists etc it's been talked about for years im not the best at explaining so if you're interested best to go down the rabbit hole yourself

[@Mayank_MJ]

​@@onedoORmoageneas a few other comments said. It's like Uber. You might get a good therapist or a really bad one. And you kinda don't wanna gamble on mental health.... Just seeking out therapists people recomend you and trying them out is better

[@sanxxxx]

@@onedoORmoagene it was proven to be an immoral scam with fake therapists a few years back. Now youtubes forgot (or swept it under a rug) and take sponsorships from it again.

[@NoobyNub]

@@onedoORmoagene its a bad company that did a lot of bad things

[@lx_mao]

MAAAAN, I met so much arts from you back then by just scrolling my russian internet, remembered them, and now, suddenly I came across your arts again, what a surprise. Big thanks for inspiring, teaching and sharing your experience.

[@Wolfyprints]

I've been doing art for about 10 years and was somewhat following along until you said "you eventually get followers and commissions" which I never have. I definitely suck and haven't improved enough for that, nor know what I'm doing enough to get there, but I've been stuck for such an indescribable amount of time with literally nothing to show for it. No support structure or any real dopamine from it either. The last two years in particular have really been the worst. I don't even know how it's possible to physically get anyone to even see my art for any feedback, let alone improve when it happens. Am I just fucked?

[@cezarsoba]

I know I don't have any experience to give you any meaningful advice, but I sincerely want to just congratulate you on having the strength to continue drawing, despite not feeling good about it recently. I want to say that I like drawing too, it's just that when I tried to get into it and actually do this kind of challenge, I just gave up a few days in. I sincerely want you to know that you are a strong person, and that I'm sure that your drawings are as bright as you are😊. I wish you the best of luck❤

[@Wolfyprints]

@@cezarsoba Appreciate that a lot more than you think. Geeez, thanks.

[@kuedayo]

Man I'm so relatable to you. Ignoring my artistic dream, trying to get good grades and satisfying the social standards... until I decided to end all of my sufferings to do what I've always wanted to and now I'm here watching this video and feeling so proud of myself for making that decision 😭 Still practising at my own pace knowing that one day I'll achieve my dream of being an illustrator. The fact is that I found out your channel during my darkest days and honestly it was life-changing. Thank you so much for sharing your story and becoming an inspiration for others 😊 Also I love that you mention about the importance of handling our mental health while trying to progress with our goals. Totally got it 🙌

[@firsty9336]

Art is not a destination. It's a journey. damn that Hits.

[@cosmiccreator17]

He is actually one of the best drawing tutorial content creator I have ever seen, because unlike others who teaches the process of how to draw like my math teacher where I can only understand half of it, I can actually more understand he's explanation of the steps like how to do an anatomy, where others makes me learned about the human body parts from muscles to bones, thanks and I hope you will keep uploading more

[@immunemarmot6896]

12:52: PRETTY GOOD? I could never do this!

[@spacemansquid]

Based korone and okayu art. Great video, friend. I’ve just started my journey to learn just the same as you, and I’m glad I’ve stumbled across your video as inspiration to never give up, but also to remain grounded and reasonable in my expectations.

[@povilasl5383]

18:37 I would love a video where you would explain every individual skill and how you practiced them! I feel like by optimizing individual skills and by outputting like 3 finished drawings everytime you leveled up every stat by one you could improve very very quickly!

[@zirchounnme]

The quality improvement in early 6000 to 7000 was amazing. That was the breakthrough because you finally found your artstyle

[@juliangbert342]

Such a Beautiful Video in so many cases.. you can be so proud my brother

[@SlimeyHD]

woo ori dropped a new video :D

[@blueblimp]

Thanks for making this video. I love progress videos that summarize 1000s of hours of effort. And to see the examples, all the way from where you started to where you are now, hammers in both how much improvement is possible plus the time investment required to achieve it.

[@0AThijs]

You already drew better at the beginning than I have in two years... I'm giving up. 😅

[@slicer9762]

Fr💀

[@RavenIsBlue]

It wasnt the beginning tho... Just the beginning of a different attempt to learn..

[@scarletsletter4466]

To be fair he was already an adult & a professional teacher in the beginning. He’s just talking about his journey to improve.

[@laserbean00001]

And that's okay. But don't give up out of despair, give up cause there's something else worth putting in effort.

[@sael5084]

2 years is nothing in art. If you're still below average after 10 years then please change your learning methods lmao

[@ared18t]

I remember when you first made that manga panel it's crazy to come back after years and suddenly see how much better you've gotten. This is crazy.

[@kaiaskosmos]

Should've drawn for 11,037 hours instead

[@m4r4t43]

Underrated comment.

[@Aprilius_Ceasar]

The best time to plant a tree is five years ago, the second best time is right now.

[@evrenisprettyuniversal]

I'm a full-time arts department student in HS. I've been drawing since I had the motor skills to hold a pencil (although my first drawing definitely showed that with a cat whose face wasn't even on the head, lol.) Your videos always motivate me to pick up a pencil again despite my perfectionism and burn out. I'm commenting in hopes to help boost the algorithm. Good work, man

[@human7318]

20:35 HOLY its just like what the atomic habit said

[@kuuly3334]

Mr. James Clear indeed

[@Artiimoo]

the point of finding what success means to you is so incredibly important. i used to draw all the time. good or bad, it didn’t matter to me. then made the choice of going to art school, as i wanted to get into game dev as a character artist. it ruined my mentality and motivation due to lack of support and barely any resources for what i wanted to do. if you weren’t a god at hard surface 3d modeling, you pretty much got the short end of the support stick. those 4 years genuine broke my spirit and i ended up hating my art. i barely drew for years after that, seeing myself as a failure. i slowly picked back up again but couldn’t ever get past the sketch phase. i finally sat down asked just asked myself: why do i want to draw? not what someone else thinks i should be doing, but ME. it finally clicked that i just wanted to make art that made me happy and find a style i could resonate with. i didn’t care about social media following or anything like that (and still don’t. if i get found by someone other than bot accounts, then cool lol). i just wanted to make finished pieces i could look back on and be proud of. i still have a very long way to go, and a lot of negative thoughts to face, but i finally feel ready to try in earnest again. once you figure out what it is you really want, so much falls into place.

[@oh-noe]

0:11 what is that time tracking app?

[@oh-noe]

just in case anyone finds my comment and wants to know it's toggl track. Apparently it was in the description I was just blind

[@pricejohnson872]

@@oh-noenah apparently we’re just blind 😭. Thank you ‼️

[@zeral1317]

Thank you!

[@Herrings]

Wow. This is massive. You started from scratch(almost), and you tracked everything you did, it's incredible! Now I'm more compelled to do my own learning journey. A Huge thanks to you.

[@MALoyola2]

Your art looks like AI's "artists" favorite meal.

[@Byrdstar6423-un3me]

This video is really relatable because I've been going through a lot of what you've been going through the past couple of years and man...has it been hard to do any art and me being Neurodivergent, makes it even hard but I love how motivational and helpful this video is!

[@shard_9008]

Hey Ori! I have a question about the time tracking app you showed. In some months, you've had pretty much 300 hours logged in. Were you just... waking up and drawing/studying art nonstop from 8:00 to 18:00 daily? HOW? That's such an insane amount of time!

[@HanbeiCat]

Yeah it seems sus... that basically means you never had much time to do chores, go to work, etc. Working 10 hours each day wouldnt be sustainable for almost anyone

[@vicentevasquez9921]

​@@HanbeiCatdude literally I work 14 hours daily in a job that I hate otherwise I wont have enoght money to buy food, what is so weird in working 10 hours in something that is your passion? 😅😅

[@HanbeiCat]

@vicentevasquez9921 Because it basically says there are no sick days, no days for spending time with family or friends, no time for anything really than art. The numbers are not feasible and any real person who tried this would most likely not make it. I work a full time job but even then not all my 8 hours are spent fully on "work." But I guess claiming you worked for 10,000 hours straight makes a more lucrative video with some fudged numbers than to tell the truth. My guess is he probably worked more like 7-8 hours on his craft a day during that time, there is no way a human being can work straight on work for that long without taking a break.

[@Miralko314]

mightve left the timer on during breaks and snoozed a few times, besides, even at a late amateur level in traditional (me) it takes at least about an hour to conceptualize, framework and draw any actual piece without being overly lazy, and ori went to digital a bit into it, and you can try to imagine how long it takes to get anything done in digital while at an intermediate level and being at the most conscious level of skill where youre likely pushing the hardest to improve, besides @HanbeiCat 8 hours for sleep + 10 hours for drawing still leaves 6 hours daily, there is plenty of time for other things

[@HanbeiCat]

@@Miralko314 I think you're still being very generous in your assumptions. Even if we assume he doesn't have a job outside of art, it just doesn't seem likely that someone can concentrate on one thing for 10 hours straight for an entire MONTH each day. In my job, I probably work 5 - 6.5 hours out of the actual 8, I just personally don't buy it. But you're also not supposed to believe everything you see on the internet. I'm sure he put in a lot of work on those days, just not 10 hours he's claiming unless he literally has no life.

[@Paopao621]

youre on of my biggest inspiration Ori, thank you very much for existing

[@the_unknown2024]

The only "talent" of an artist is having enough will power to practice for years

[@leoneedr]

this is the beauty that AI art can never give us, thank you, please never give up because of AI. you artists are amazing, and i can never be impressed enough by how great all of you are.

[@leo-dq7qh]

i hope this stays true cuz as a young guy AI is a double edged sword it does make my life easier sometimes but i also fear it while im taking long term decisions such as starting this journey today or even pursuing school to find a classic corporate job. but truth is the speed at which AI is progressing is daunting its not even impressive just scary

[@leoneedr]

@@leo-dq7qh keep going!! you will never be replaced by AI, it sounds scary, but the power of a beating heart is something AI wont ever beat, i believe that

[@isaniruch]

listening to your background story, I used to be more or less the same as you (although not the relationship part T_T), the last time I drew was in middle school, even after graduated from university and got a job I didn't draw at all, I was forced to focus on making money with a more stable job until this year I can't escape the calling to draw. Now I'm still at 200 hours, trying to train again in my spare time while also studying language. Life is very busy... ( ･´ᯅ･`) well hopefully I can enjoy this 'self discovery journey' in my youth. Thank you, your videos have always been inspiration for us. **btw i am a watamate, i love your june 2023 membersheep art! >_

[@kasiaukaszewicz6297]

I found this video at a perfect time. I've been identyfying with being an artist for a few years now, yet, recently I learned... I'm actually not that good. I didnt practice nearly enough and just sticked to imagining what I could do instead of actually doing it. I suddenly felt so left behind and like all those years were wasted, but listening to your expiriance gave me a lot of hope that I still can improve so someday hopefully I would be able to think of myself as an actuall artist

[@calicolol1072]

Better help sponsorship 😔

[@sugitree]

This is a really inspiring video with a lot of great advice :) what really resonated with me is when you said that the early days is all just grinding and putting in blind effort with little to no reward. I feel it’s easy to get discouraged when you don’t see the fruit of your efforts but knowing that it’s going somewhere is reassuring

[@bloswi]

Alright 10,000 hours it is, time to draw for 5 years *Next day* I give up

[@MangartTv]

you can do it! Good luck 🫡

[@bloswi]

@@MangartTv Thank you :>

[@TheCEOofBlue]

Haha it does feel like that at first, you got this in the bag though, good luck.

[@marklund117]

Even if you take a break it's never too late to continue

[@yavnrh]

This is your best video yet. I think I'll be coming back to it every now and then. Reaching this first quality threshold is really the most difficult, it's when people quit. The video really boosted my confidence, thank you! ❤

[@eclipticsonata1313]

10,000 hours later. "It's like he's cheating or something, my drawings don't look anything like his!"

[@jicoop]

Thank you so much for documenting your journey and making all these videos of what you've learned and how the journey kinda feels like. I feel like I'm following the same kind of path in terms of art skills and all the roadblocks and issues that pop up along the way. It makes me feel a lot better and motivated to continue to grow. And! I really love your art! I hope I can reach a similar point in the next 3-4 years.

[@ilovekatsumi]

whats up with all these comments all sounding the same? anyways, great video, ive recently found your channel, also signed up for gumroad stuff, thanks for everything

[@ikniz2005]

Waking up, being able to do what you love, having enough passion to follow your dreams are the most wonderful things ever! I can work for 10 hours straight with a happy face for my loved job. Whatever it is, whatever people say, don't give up on it!