Overcoming Art Block - Staying Productive and tips to keep pushing!

[@yiannispk3331]

the best art-block cure (for me at least) is watching other people's streams, and especially your streams Dave have helped me very much with this, I'm pretty sure other people have been helped from this as well, thanks 🤘🤘

[@goblinobz]

Same! I love Dave's videos. They really inspire me!

[@DaveGreco]

Well thanks so much! I just always try to find something small to latch onto... to keep myself moving forward.

[@emannijoy760]

I like this format, I kinda just leave it on while I'm working so I don't feel too alone lol

[@wjsnoncrack6342]

How do you know what I'm going through right now? This is exactly what I need thank you!

[@keeley565]

Congrats on 90K! Love your videos!!

[@HardcoreWoodworking]

More Drawing with Dave episodes are all I want in life

[@mirrormountain8927]

I got into a block and didn't draw for 10 years... just got back into it. Thanks for chatting with me on Twitch

[@TheDripstone95]

Thanks for your work Dave, you're a beast!

[@josed.toledo6668]

In order for me to break free fron an art-block I need to sit back and entertain myself with a videogame or a movie. I love your work Dave and I'd like to see you doing more sci-fi stuff!

[@srgusantiago]

Finding your work on Artstation got me out of a long artblock period in my personal works. Thank you for all of the content you're creating, it's amazing.

[@pukepok]

so, nearly a year from the release date of this Dave´s video. I find it, just in the middle of one of my worst art blocks i´ve ever had, like 3 weeks long. And it just give me so much hope. I´m going to follow some of the advices u gave here, and if they work, which i just hope it does, Dave u will be my hero as always

[@clickerflight819]

I would love more drawing with Dave! Thank you fir your beautiful art!

[@aaronwilkes2989]

Whilst watching this video has been a huge help with continuing my illustration during lockdown, i have not been out in months due to isolation and have really needed this advice. My brain has rotted to a point I’m struggling to even start pieces. Because of this video you definitely made yourself another subscriber, thank you.

[@DaveGreco]

Thats amazing ty! I hope it sparked a little something for you

[@aaronwilkes2989]

It really has I reckon and I know this is a lot to ask for but ima level 3 mature art student in Lichfield campus practicing fantasy concept illustration with my books I’m writing as a foundation, is there any other medias I can contact you on to show my drawings etc ? It would be really cool to bounce ideas with a professional in what I wanna do.

[@daviddunnartanimation9267]

Great shirt. Thanks for making this video.

[@nicolaegirnet5175]

Since i have started watching you i really improved my art,gave me a lot of motivation and for that i thank you,so lucky that i found your channel.

[@nicolaegirnet5175]

Btw congrats on hitting that 90k man,u deserve much more.

[@anotherdude9456]

When you mentioned you were almost to 90k I immediately was thinking you were gonna say 1 mill. You really deserve it man your content is top notch man!

[@ashw547]

As much as I loved how nice the editing in the last video was, these sit down and talk videos are my favorite over all. The white canvas can be so daunting- I find watching your streams, browsing pinterest and artstation help me a lot. But I think it would smart to get outside alone and let my mind wander like you said in this video. Thanks for putting out such good content!

[@davemarinas2575]

1:10 I didn't expect to see Titania Prime in this channel. You got a new sub _katukayo_

[@DaveGreco]

haha ty man! When I'm not painting.. I am usually on Warframe these days.

[@tahaesat5404]

Congrats on making it to 90K subs Dave, I've been following you for a couple of years now and your art is great inspiration for me

[@Tombuxtondrums]

Thanks for the video Dave! Love these vids! Currently creating an entire world for a game I'm personally making! these motivational vids really help!

[@cobyroberts9678]

Making my own world too. Good luck on yours!

[@TK-421_66]

More drawing with Dave would be great. Anything with getting values right is always helpful as I always seem to struggle there.

[@GavinMichelliArt]

I've started putting your videos on while I paint, and just having this constant flow of beautiful process painting and informative commentary really helps me get the work done. Thanks!

[@LisaIngArt]

Awesome art

[@Newgrfx321]

Excellent advice! I am a pro artist as well and constantly working, and when I’m not on a project I am trying to address my weaknesses and make breakthroughs with my art process and fundamentals. You spoke of few great examples to get over “artist block” and the word that I’m always thinking about is balance. My mental and physical health is usually the doorway to getting in the flow and directly linking my visualization to my work. Thanks for your transparency about this very important topic. Looking forward to all your work and video content on this page. You’re awesome!

[@DaveGreco]

Thank you so much! Yeah i think I prob should have talked more about life balance.. Exercise, eating right, is always huge for me to feel good and to get my creative juices flowing. Thanks so much!

[@Epicaart]

The part where u said that at sometime you can not even draw a face anymore for some reason was so relatable. Thought I was the only one. I draw faces all the time, but sometimes all of sudden I just don't remember the structure and placements and it keeps looking off.

[@Starlitskateboards]

My better ideas always come to me when I'm away from my studio and or art supplies.

[@paulashin5133]

cheers Dave. You are a big inspiration for me. If I didnt get so distracted with streams I'd watch you every time hahaha "keep working every day" is a lot like the War of Art book I read one day. It really changed how I looked at my daily works and it greatly helped with my art blocks. I still have them from time to time, but I found some systems to help me cope with and def. the "sit and do" at least the minimum I needed helps a ton.

[@kayaeki]

Dave thank you for sharing Team Bradleys link, they're such an amazing couple doing amazing job to contribute and help the art community, thats crazy and you tooo!

[@DaveGreco]

They are an amazing part of the art community and am super happy to help them.

[@septendecim7390]

One of my main issues is trying to start a new piece after finishing one. Going from a finished piece to basically restarting always messes with me. Makes it hard for me to get my anatomy right or motivated to even work on it. Especially when I have an idea in mind, but no matter how many times I try to sketch it. It's just not coming out how I'm picturing it. Which is the art rut I'm in right now. Also your draw with Dave is my favorite series of yours.

[@katiecanine4548]

I really like this format. Just one thing that came to mind after watching this time lapse: I would just really like to see the finished painting at the end of this video (if it´s finished yet?). Everything else was well done, I like your calm way of talking.

[@saliuarts]

I really liked the video. It was refreshing, watching your video with you talking in the background while i try to draw. It was really good. More please 😅

[@CoreyBrownFX]

90K SUBS, congrats!!!

[@kantigua5544]

thank you. you said some stuff I didnt know I needed to hear

[@ronrootart6475]

I think once a month Drawing with Dave would be great! Love the videos so far! Keep it going!

[@zurgotic]

Hi dave! Do you have any idea when you will complete the piece with the girl and the little monkeys? I saw it on stream and it was amazing!!!

[@thor7af3]

Lots of useful advice here, as always ;) As someone interested in breaking into the video game industry as a concept artist and animator, it's been phenomenal to watch your tutorials where you produce beautiful splash art and "promotional" style pieces. But I'd also be interested to see your process for "thumb nailing" through to refining a concept for a character/creature/environment before it gets finalized. Would it be possible for us to see an example of the design and art process you went through for "Crowfall"? Perhaps with some community interaction where we collectively come up with a "design brief" and watch your walk through of the process - That would be helpful! Especially because at this point I get the idea that polished, promotional style pieces take a moderate amount of patience and a lot of prior work before starting, and I'd like to get a better idea of how fast you need to be with the conception/thumb-nailing stage, and the subsequent steps leading up to that final splash art.

[@carlkjellander7881]

great video, do you have any idea on how combat the feeling that nothing you make is original and has been done before?

[@Xinoxschannel]

done download ur brush dave....i hope i can be awsome drawing n coloring in photoshop... love the concept art u have made there...awsome pose character.. and coloring from grey scale i awsome... i hope i can do like that uhuhuhuh😓 so far2 away my skill to compare with u... btw power super duper artwork 💪👍

[@Howie_vibeMaster]

Love the atmosphere in the drawing you did, and for the next drawing with Dave maybe a mage girl surrounded with crows

[@napostrophen]

Had to subscribe after seeing your work showcased on art stations ig

[@INSANE40K]

Hey Dave, big fan here ! I was wondering, in the future when you're doing tutorials or some sketch video for youtube, if you could put a history window somewhere, it helps to see all the tools you use and the whole process while you're working, only if it doesn't bother you or it clogs up your screen 😁

[@Chropoles]

uh oh! it's super dangerous now! you just hit 90k WooHoo!

[@franklinfisher6251]

Dude I love how you're listening to Our Last night. Honestly their music and countless others inspire me when doing art. I love music that tells a story.

[@jasjawubbolts4535]

I would really love to see you design a character / story on suggestions, kinda like Subjectivly does it. Ps: small suggestion, show the final piece at the beginning of the video. Mohammed Agbadi does it like that and I feel it really helps me understand the process better if I know what you're working towards.

[@linttastic]

Cool video as always Dave! My problem isnt art block...it's art suck lol. I have a lot of motivation and ideas, but I think what I do is too sucky and then it becomes a chore to practice haha.

[@Nadiaxel]

Dangerously close to 90.000???? - ahem - DAVE, YOU SOON HAVE 100K AND YOU WILL GET A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doing some Friday free-drawing now, and I'm happy this video came just in time (TwT)

[@DaveGreco]

You're the best Nadia thanks for always supporting me! the Plaque will replace that calender!

[@wizanfrost]

@@DaveGreco XD nice change

[@jessemoose7656]

Is there a way to install your brushes with my Mac?

[@LatinGman]

God i wish i was 10% as good as you are man. That's my issue... comparing my art to others. T-T Got to break that habit. I've been on a 5 month rut. Can't seem to break it either... Guess. i''ll go for a ride and see if what you said worked...

[@littleripper312]

I'm so dumb, I took on more work than I can do and because I'm so burnt out I've had to subcontract some of it out. It didn't even occur to me that I was working too much until I told another creator my problem. Guess I learnt my lesson. I always like to work my butt off and do as much as possible but there is a point where the work nose dives and you start to hate your life.

[@DaveGreco]

totally yes. I tend to take on WAY too much work sometiems.. since so many ideas sound great and I want to work on them.. then i look at my workload and always wonder "what in the world have I done to myself.." its good to know that though moving forward so y ou learn how to say no. thanks for commenting!

[@Tombuxtondrums]

1 person clearly hasn't painted with the DG_Main brush yet...

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

It's not available for krita. Although, I did like the video because he makes a lot of good points.

[@hiddentidesgaming]

@@renealbrechtsen9743 Actually. Krita can support it as a stamp tool. I use it daily on Krita. If you need help, I had explained it in his discord.

[@ninja_tony]

Brushes don't matter, it's the artist using it that matters.

[@mahosartcorner8500]

❤️

[@gingerbeedraws8969]

I've been having some severe art block as of late, even worse is the crushing fear of never being good enough. Any advice on how I can boost myself up and continue drawing, even when it seems impossible to?

[@heiboi2]

Question: what is your normal canvas size in pixels and your dpi?

[@DaveGreco]

Usually around 6000 pixels wide at 300 dpi. Usually large enough for printing if a client or myself needs it.

[@heiboi2]

@@DaveGreco thank you good sir, for everything you do.

[@caves5224]

Anyone knows platforms to share art works or where to keep motivated? I’m new to digital art, this is the perfect video I needed at this moment, I find my works ugly, lifeless or painful to see and I usually leave them incomplete.

[@caze0018]

Can you make a video on figure drawing?

[@asentienttoaster12]

I'm going through my longest art block as of yet, 6 months

[@jordanada]

"The worst thing to do is... to try to think of an idea... is to look at this" -blank page- Literal lol XD

[@belomettinavyy1068]

8:40 what happend there :/ i wanted to see all the process

[@githug6508]

Titania! UwU

[@cresdc8481]

How... And I just planned that I'll take a rest for my art block today

[@kytill2396]

Hey any1 could you let me know if I can use Daves brushes in krita. :)

[@pointerariza]

is that a warframe?

[@RhiowMeow]

Drawing With Dave: Big Cat Portrait ^.^ I know, I'm evil.

[@travisratto5418]

Titania! Hahahah

[@furuki60]

Can you help to give me advice? I forgot how to draw even i'm drawing last week.. this is frustrated me.. thank you..

[@cobyroberts9678]

By drawing what do you mean? If the body i would recommend studying anatomy about it. You dont have to know everything about it but enough to get by. Maybe you could even modify it. What else? Hmm if you have trouble with lighting and shadows. There are references that show how light behaves when shined from different angles. I don't know if this answered your question but if this helps though.

[@hennimm]

8:41??? wath?? sudden? ...lt...It suddenly changed.

[@fizzyflower8103]

Sorry for asking, but can I have permission to convert your brushes to the free art program Krita and then share them? 🙏 This will really help a lot of Krita users who can't afford or doesn't want to use photoshop! Your brushes are really cool!

[@cobyroberts9678]

You play Warframe?

[@Bi0Dr01d]

I have a suggestion for your next drawing that is both different and potentially challenging. Why don't you make a drawing of Jesus Christ? Not like the catholic paintings with the glowy head and the renaissance hand gestures, but in the way you would like to be painted if someone painted you. It would be very interesting and it would be unique to your channel.

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

10:35 cons for real are real fuel

[@delta9999able]

Whenever I get so called "art block" its mostly that I feel like my art is worthless and I suck at everything but yeah you can call it whatever just it doesn't help fixing underlying psychological issues.

[@oliviapenelopehope4497]

I am only stopped by my inability to make good art. I can make art, but it’s shit. I’ve never more than 100 followers on any site because anyone unfortunate enough to come across my work will realize that it’s garbage and across away as fast as they can. Maybe they’ll appreciate my work when I’m dead. Not like it matters. I’ll never be able to make anything anyone would want to pay me for.

[@aleboo7670]

23 seconds ago? wut?

[@djhutchison]

Pushing yourself to work is not being creative, and probably hurts you as an artist. You should be creating art because you want to, not to satisfy the demands of others. Try to keep in mind that you're creating art, not making hamburgers.