STUDY SMARTER: Building on your Reference

[@ZeeOwlMan]

Oooooh, so THAT's how you take the good parts of a subject you like, but at the same time avoiding to learn certain bad parts of said subject. Thanks for this. I was really struggling with how to properly pull that off, since all I really knew was just copying something, and taking notes of it. Will definitely speed things up with my style studies.

[@halogear9993]

This is a great video! It has helped me take a new step in my journey. Thank you so much!

[@BarrettM96]

Brilliant video. Such an under-appreciated topic. I've been struggling with being a slave to reference and this video is a nice kick in the butt to break out of the mold. I cant wait till you are as well known as your skills and video quality deserve. How the hell is this only 1k views

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks so much, that means a lot!

[@nashonightmare]

I found your channel through the new Tyler Edlin's video on contrast. You earned my sub right away. Really great breaking down of the information and easy to follow. I would really expecting a A-Z course on these art stuff from you. Thanks Tyler! keep up the good work! EDIT: These two videos are the ones clicked the composition for me. Thanks again!

[@tylerbourneart]

Thank you so much, that means a lot! Welcome!

[@Davidv91]

I’m so glad I found your videos as I’m been stuck in what to study to improve my painting and rendering

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks for watching! Glad you're enjoying them :)

[@raptorboss6688]

All your videos are sooo good!! One of the best art KZbinrs fr

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks, that means so much!

[@ramondias9530]

Really great video, thanks for sharing.

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks Ramon!

[@myrrysmiasi4866]

I do so much game art that I've been struggling to find the momentum to work on studies or just art for my own enjoyment, even tho I really, *really* want to. Watching this was the first time in ages that I feel an urge to put pen to paper that might actually get through that inertia! You have my gratitude for that, and the advice too!

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks so much, that means so much!

[@Octto_TV]

crazy good points, i hope you get more noticed soon... your channel has been a great source to learn and relearn art.

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that!

[@YassineCherifi]

Thank you so much I am still too much of a beginner to do some design but it's really amazing seeing how you break down a piece and recreate it at you own look, super helpful as awalys and I appreciate you Tyler 🙏

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks Yassine! I really appreciate your continued support!

[@ooffs_artflows]

Awesome work man thanks for the points

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks so much!

[@Anmoart]

Ty for taking time for these videos. Do you know how to set a plan to focus on study + learning but create these topics or ideas that help to apply composition, etc because I struggle a lot to find what to draw/paint. Ty again!!!

[@tylerbourneart]

Thanks! That's a good question. I kind of hate studies lol, because they feel too much like work. I think having a personal piece or project is a good way to go. Having something you want to do for yourself, that isn't studies, makes studies a lot more focused, because you'll run into something in your own project that you don't know how to resolve, and then you can go out and do a studying specifically to fix that issue, and then apply it to your thing. You can sort of do the inverse too, where if you like a composition of someone's work, you can make your own piece with completely different subject matter, but use their composition as a rough base (just don't copy it 1-to-1). If you don't know what to draw or paint, just look at the world and other people's work, see what sparks an interest, maybe try to combine 2 ideas together. Just do something you find interesting, because that'll keep you working on it, and as I said you'll be more driven to solve the problems if it's something you want to work on.

[@EldritchUniverse]

Do you have any advice for getting through the ugly phase? Half-way through your rendering process of the rocks I would have found them to be too ugly to continue and just given up. There comes a point where my beginner brain doesn't know anymore how to make something look more polished, finished and in process good. And I can't even express in words why that is.

[@JoshuaImagines]

An advice from someone on this art journey like you. My advice for you is that regardless of the result, assume that you are already good at it. Essentially improving your confidence is more important. Do it with confidence regardless of what you are seeing

[@tylerbourneart]

I agree with what Joshua said. The ugly phase is a really interesting part of it, because we all seem to go through that for every piece but I don't know if it's discussed much other than "just get through it". I think what makes it such a difficult part is, that's where a lot of the decision-making happens, because you have to "fix the mess". But a few things can help. As Josh mentioned, try to keep confidence up to get through it. Trusting/remembering the process helps. Like in this one a lot of work was done up front on the composition, and I didn't change that, so even when it looks terrible, the composition is probably working (or going to end up working). So if you do a bit of planning at the beginning, you can rely on that to see you through. You can also try different processes to see what works best for you. Some processes just resonate better (you can think to yourself it looks bad now but I know I still have to do Steps A, B, C, so that should resolve the issues; and that confidence will just build the more you do it/once you find a process you like). As a general answer, I would say if you're about to give up, give yourself a window of time to fix it and force yourself to do that. Just say okay I'm going to give it another hour, or two, and then I'll call it quits, but let's see if I can manage to fix it in that time. And sometimes it'll work, or be enough to see where it's going and you can keep going; and sometimes it just doesn't work (and that's okay). But we need to push through those struggles, because that's where we learn.

[@alinerdelav]

No, its ok, i dont like 1 by 1 copies, because that happens to me, i tend to mindlessly copy qnd not learn anything