How Being an Outsider Can Be Your Greatest Asset

[@francistomalik]

The value that you are offering by making videos like this one is just immense. Thank you 🙏

[@StudioPractice1]

It means a lot to me that you’d send good words. It used to feel a bit like I was/am working in a vacuum. Comments like yours go a long way towards making the videos worth doing

[@vivekjagtap5327]

"Work is made before the opportunity presents itself!" That is very true and hard hitting.

[@gbrl_cyber]

this seems to be a common thing to expect that an oppurtunity just pops up out of nowhere ... i wonder why most of us are having to deal with such an situation

[@deadcardriving]

If you build it, they will come. It doesn’t work in reverse. Great talk Mr. Earls. Much appreciated.

[@StudioPractice1]

Correct

[@KILABANANA]

I'm 36, kind of returning to creative path after years of abstinence, and being jaded I guess.. this channel is very important to me right now

[@lucysunbeam1332]

"There are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on."

[@sebastianm6458]

The work works on you too. Its a refinement process that goes both ways! Being an outsider is tough but being a non starter is truly abysmal. Thank you for the video!

[@ggeessttaalltt]

This is the exact video I’ve been waiting for you to make for a while now. At some point over the last year and a half or so, I realized if nobody’s paying attention to you, that means that there’s no one around to stop you. The same people you see “wasting” the opportunities you “should” have probably are having their energy spread thin and vision narrowed by expending it on the same things you want. In the meantime, you can use yours to shoot shots at angles they can’t see. It’s still not an easy path but getting to play on your own terms is a privilege afforded to the outsider, one that is not afforded in many other areas of life.

[@bizarro20daves]

such a big fan of your videos. criminally low subscriber count compared to the value you are providing.. the good news is, as subscribers come, they go through the archive so just keep on going.

[@StudioPractice1]

Thanks a lot. I appreciate the kind words

[@TheDiascruz]

Your channel is a treasure trove of indispensable advice for (visual) artists that I have never seen so well articulated and expressed anywhere else. Thank you!

[@h4z4rd42]

I think I can't be thankful enough for your thoughts.

[@StudioPractice1]

Thanks for writing. It’s good to feel like you’re not in a vacuum

[@h4z4rd42]

@@StudioPractice1 I had that 'outsider' feeling my entire life, sometimes it bothered me, sometines not. You just led me closer to understand how this all works. You're one of the few worth listening to.

[@StudioPractice1]

@h4z4rd42 🙏

[@martinuhrecky]

Thank you for making these. It's great to see your perspective and learn from your experience, even though you might feel your critique comes across as harsh at times. Your honesty is very appreciated, and it has heavily motivated me to study older designers which I was not previously aware of!

[@williambjorndal8392]

Straight fire. You are really bringing the goods on this latest batch of vids, Elliott!

[@StudioPractice1]

My boy, Big Willy Style - Miss you Bruv

[@williambjorndal8392]

@@StudioPractice1 Likewise, E!

[@THEH4RLEMSH8KERS]

@@williambjorndal8392 "make the music for the stadiums you want to play" - "shyboy" tim

[@N1t_in]

Sire, keep doing this series! finding you have been a big treasure for me

[@StudioPractice1]

I VERY much appreciate you taking the time to write

[@pocketsofoceans9248]

couldn't agree more. all of your vids have been so encouraging. like having a mentor.

[@pocketsofoceans9248]

and might I add, a mentor whose words rlly connect.. touching on subjects I only wished my peers and others would talk more about.

[@StudioPractice1]

I am really grateful for your comments

[@skylarboone3207]

Thank you so much for your honest, clear, and concise adivice. You inspire me greatly.

[@jurefki]

i am binge watching your videos and i feel like I'm getting MUCH better as designer and artist, thank you!

[@blaze-smt]

This is all great as a student trying to make a living with my work

[@dinsfire8489]

Budding artists need to hear what you have to say.

[@StudioPractice1]

Thanks for that

[@makerspace1]

Hey, I'm a design student. I wanted to say I really love your stories and I find the way you present some concepts really insightful. Thanks!

[@StudioPractice1]

🙏🙏

[@CircleOfTheSeptagram]

Your series has made me rethink a decision to give up art by providing practical strategies to not let it be a waste of time/a life. Thank you for your efforts. Please don't stop.

[@stevu]

Great video, this was very inspiring as I am just getting into the design industry ❤

[@StudioPractice1]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Roostabergers]

I have that print in my office somewhere, will have to dig it out. These videos are also great Elliot, keep em coming.

[@Shobz-e8s]

Just had to contact a friend as I nearly had a breakdown from feeling so isolated so this is perfect timing 😢🙏

[@StudioPractice1]

❤️. Make work. Find outlets for it. 💪

[@Shobz-e8s]

@@StudioPractice1 thank you, your words are so much appreciated!

[@vdyson9655]

Work makes us who we are, but ideas on their own don't. One has to put in the work!

[@NORTH33]

needed this

[@ca7582]

What an outstanding episode. I've been procrastinating/ half-assing for like 3-4 years (ever since I decided that I wanted to write, basically). It hasn't been easy, because I started to receive screenwriting lessons, got told by the teacher that I showed promise and that he wanted me in his team like super-fast, then covid struck almost immediately and I had to deal with deaths in the family, depression and a FUCKING existential OCD that brought me to the edge. Now I have fortunately recovered (because I am an absolute mental health champion) but it is undoubtedly the case that I don't have the work. I still have a spot in the production studio (although I feel like I don't deserve it) and also I feel that, being 30, I'm too old to be a noob. But then again, if I don't take the chance now, when? It's so great to be able to watch a video like this, from someone genuine like you, that seems to come at the perfect moment. Thanks for your advice and for sharing your experience with the world

[@StudioPractice1]

Yo. 🙏. My string advice is that at 30. IT IS NOT TOO LATE. it is too late if you decide it’s too late. Make the work. Commit to excellence. End of story. Stay strong 💪

[@ca7582]

​@StudioPractice1 that's what it is ❤ tysm man

[@Shobz-e8s]

Thanks

[@StudioPractice1]

Hey… 👋 Sincere thanks for the Super Thanks! I genuinely mean that. That’s incredibly kind of you 🙏

[@croinkix]

Woah you designed the dvd for fishing with john. I own a copy of that. That almost makes too much sense that you'd be the one to design packing for that one.

[@rowan8985]

Hey Elliot, I absolutely love your channel and this piece of advice coincides well with your previous advice of developing design instincts. Your work arounds for trying to create the work you want to create in the style you want it as well will develop your style and the parts of your work that is YOU more so than the actual content. As a skater so often you hear that people want to film a video/full length but they just need a nicer camera/a Filmer/a car/better spots/etc……etc….. I finally stopped making excuses two years ago with my ideas and just started making what I thought of and now looking back I have accomplished far more than I could have imagined! I Finished my first full length skate video in may and sold out of my fourth batch of hand screen printed clothes, thanks to people like you for giving advice and making the creative journey a lot less lonely and scary.

[@StudioPractice1]

Yo. Killer! I LOVE hearing this. The one thing that I (hope) that I’m not is a hater. IN OTHER WORDS, I absolutely love hearing about people who are living in a way that gives them meaningful work and money and power. I believe the only way it’s going to work for me, is if I’m surrounded by other people who are also killing. I just dug out (a couple of months ago) my original 8mm Sony handycam and the footage is much more interesting than my iPhone. No excuses. I (and everyone else) am doing exactly what I want in every moment. By definition. Any other understanding of my (one’s) actions is a lie. No excuses. ❤️👊

[@b4dsku11]

Mothra goes hard

[@jaimonee]

The discipline you have to not whisper "how you like me now?" at the end of the video is the key takeaway here.

[@ambrosiatea]

Powerful advice, thank you

[@PjStekhovenSmith]

"There is no win and no fail. There is only make."
- Corita Kent One of my favourite quotes which I think dovetails nicely with the theme of this video.

[@eladbari]

Lovely pattern recognition

[@horrificillusion]

Brilliant.

[@mathhew7352]

Your work on here is really great. It’s so fascinating that you worked with Criterion and you do great typeface work. How do you feel about the design firm Intro in the UK?

[@u_u8522]

These stuff should be taught at uni

[@realitydesigners]

This was helpful

[@januaryperson1306]

Learning so much from this video's 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@FroznExp.]

If you have any knowledge on clothing brands could you make a vid on how to build it up to success

[@ritzenhauf]

so...10,000 hours + 10,000?

[@gooch2215]

Thank u 🙏

[@MilanDavidovic-rj7sd]

Or you could try creating your own "inside" (e.g. the Birmingham Surrealists)?

[@MilanDavidovic-rj7sd]

(or did I miss something already stated to this effect?)

[@StudioPractice1]

Boom… right on!

[@MilanDavidovic-rj7sd]

apes together strong

[@DogBearCatSound]

I can't tell if I'm an outsider or if my art is just bad lol

[@StudioPractice1]

Strong point

[@Epicdudebro]

🐐🐐

[@lucysunbeam1332]

all i can see is that dog slobber on your jacket 😂

[@StudioPractice1]

I have a boxer. Dog slobber is part of the game bro. 😉❤️. (Broadcast TV is still a “thing”. No dog slobber there 🙏❤️)

[@StudioPractice1]

Lucy Sunbeam… huh?… Who dis? I think I know who dis is…LOL

[@lucysunbeam1332]

@@StudioPractice1 It's a long lost bro who's been slobbered on too many times by your dogs 😀

[@StudioPractice1]

I figured. Miss you fer real

[@lucysunbeam1332]

@@StudioPractice1 Miss you too, E. Much love, always ❤

[@neggit2063]

Another kino presentation.

[@yubtubtime]

The legibility of the magazine cover you could find is so atrocious, and so visually painful to the eyes, that *it* feels like parody. Sounds like transference on their part 😂

[@yubtubtime]

Truly, your point is right on. I would not have wanted to be an insider in that kind of slop heap of design 😬

[@StudioPractice1]

😆

[@WizEL]

Anothur skosh of edgy financial advice frum thu Jesuit Underground /Lakefrunt Summur House.. Mssrs Wilson and Hamsun would surely be proud.. Tell me guud sur are zee offspring enjoyung a guud dock hop thus seasun..

[@StudioPractice1]

(Spit Take 😢 😢 ) who dis? Who knows so much about the “Earls”? New foilboard for the wake “thieves”. Foiling is the order of the day. It’s rained like an MF’r. So we shall see. LOLz 😉❤️