Which Style Is The Best? (Professional Advice)

[@sunderark]

Well said, Tim. My biggest mistake in my career was letting my employer/teammates influence the way I draw or what is considered a good style/art in their eyes, despite even being an art director at said company at the time. It had been pretty damaging in terms of the long term in my growth as an artist and as a person in general. When I left the company I worked with it took a while to find myself again and went back to my first love of being an animator. Now 8 years later it's not only become my main way of working but it's also brought me a lot of joy and monetary independence, so much so that I've managed to start a small studio and providing my family with a home and comfortable lifestyle. I used to be a guy who would scoff at the idea of a style and finding one for oneself, not because of what I really believed in but because I was jumping on the bandwagon of people around me when in reality it is very important to the wellbeing of oneself. It's pretty much a self discovery and identity thing.

[@trip_carroll]

Hey Tim, just want to say that I appreciate these videos you're producing. You bring a thorough, nuanced understanding to the art making process that is wonderful and incredibly helpful. Thanks for your work!

[@dakotagarcia997]

Every so rarely there’s just the one video that covers exactly what you need to hear. This one helped a lot and I’ve started meditating more on this. Thanks Tim

[@samreevesartist]

I found your KZbin channel in the last week or so, and I just want to say thank you. Your advice is honest, clear, and very much needed.

[@ALLISMIND]

Your art makes my mind travel, its so beautiful (just like yourself lol)

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Have you found the perfect style yet??

[@Dugrath]

I'm very stuck right now in this process. I've been drawing for little over 2 years (not as consistent as I would have liked) and it feels my progress is stagnating and I'm starting to not enjoy it much. But I tried digital a handful of times and love the painting process of blocking in shapes. I've found artists on both sides that I absolutely love but it seems my love for linework is all but disappearing and my urge to painting is growing. I feel compelled to finish the sketchbooks I have before starting digitally and really diving into it to find out if it is indeed the route I want to take. I feel my own style will eventually come through based on both in the long term, and maybe ill learn to combine the two.

[@silentobserver888]

This was an excellent video! Your vocabulary verges well with your discerning wisdom. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@vikitheviki]

Gaston! 😁😁

[@Blood_Rapture]

Wow Tim, Thank you for this!

[@frcastro1981]

This videos are so good. Thanks for do it.

[@sketchpadartco]

Great stuff! I'll just add that having a place where I can look back as I try various processes helps me a lot, could be a collection of sketchbooks or in my case social account that I post regularly to. It's kind of like going down various paths but always having breadcrumbs to get back to a specific process that stood out.

[@Neko123Uchiha]

Very nice video! I think my style is a result of my impatience - but in a good way. My drawings rarely take up too much time and when I try to draw a bigger and more elaborate scene, I tend to get bored pretty quickly. So, my style more sketchy and comic-/manga-esque. I could certainly push myself to draw more detailed things, but I would not be happy with the longer process. I think my style and way of drawing is a direct result of that. Adapting the style to the process is actually pretty interesting, sort of developing in terms of what you do as an artist anyway, and don't try to force yourself into a specific style.

[@BetinaLundkaerJensenartist]

My first "artistic" love was comic books - back in the day ;-) "Valérian et Laureline" by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières (just found out that he passed away in January!) ... and Moebius and Enki Bilal. I just never felt that I could be a comic book artist myself - unfortunately -

[@nonono9681]

Great video, what i find hard about style is the deconstruction of it, specially on 2d, cant find how to analyze it and learn it into my work.

[@russellpatnoe748]

If you can take Bill Perkins composition class on New Masters Academy he breaks down and demystifies style really well.

[@artwhat..]

Codex.. great video,Now I'm confused,ha..I think you nailed it, wish you would have covered art desire cost Factor..ex. to use Photoshop you got to buy a computer $2 to $300,you got to pay for Wi-Fi every month $30 ,you have to purchase Photoshop off the internet $10 a month..ex. art supply cost, like I don't want to do watercolor even though I think it's great medium because of paper cost.. but that's beside the point..hey, how's about skeleton warrior? With a cheap # two pencil

[@an4ximander]

Great videos. Is there a name for the art style at 13.02, where faces on characters are only 2-3 black dots or strokes(eyes,nose). On twitter I ask guys that make this type of drawings but they dont know how its called(haha...maybe indeed it doesnt have a name..I guess its not sketch because sketch has clearly eyes and noses). Im good with colors so I prefer to practice on this kind of style ...than trying to learn how to draw details.

[@kayakMike1000]

Steve McNiven _nailed_ it

[@kuregga]

Hey Tim! Just bought your course (Line and Color Artisan). Do I need to use it together with KZbin videos (as additional materials) or is it enough to use only course materials (that is, course videos and KZbin videos fully overlap thematically)?