The Best Piece of Art Advice I can give 🎨✨

If this makes sense to just one person I’ll consider it a win 😅😂
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[@kristym8641]

Thank you so much for making this! I feel like this is an important tip for perfectionists and something I definitely needed to hear. Also I'm really glad you're in a place where you're loving your process 😊

[@jujubearart]

yesss!! snake-wing has blessed us with his art advice! i seriously love what you do so much and i follow you literally everywhere, biggest inspiration ever

[@snake-wing]

Thank you so much! That means a lot!!

[@Iciclefeather]

Thank you for the advice!! It's been a while since I've had a little pep talk, and this was definitely what I needed💖

[@snake-wing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zafrasaber]

Thankyou so much, I really needed this right now, it was perfectly timed!

[@snake-wing]

You’re welcome! Glad it was of use!

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

One piece of advice I didn’t really agree with was not drawing something if you don’t enjoy it or don’t think you’re good at it. If you want to get something done fast for a deadline, or are just doodling for fun, this advice holds up. But if you really want to improve at something and broaden your art skills imo you should take time to focus on the things you don’t enjoy or don’t understand. The more you explore something and practice with different techniques the more you will improve, and be able to confidently draw a wider range of things. For example, if you’re struggling to draw anatomy, it would only be beneficial for you to put aside some spare time to practice your anatomy and do some studies of anatomy reference images. Improvement in art is all about pushing your comfort zones from my experience. I really appreciate all the tutorials you’ve made, and it’s very interesting to see how you go about making your drawings, just thought I would give my two cents. (Sorry for the wall of text lol)

[@snake-wing]

Delayed reply because I couldn’t think how to word it 😅) yes I agree, you aren’t going to greatly improve on anatomy if you don’t take time to do anatomy studies etc; certainly I didn’t mean to imply that doing so wasn’t important or sometimes necessary, the point I was not-so-eloquently trying to make was more that if the fact you can’t draw, for example, hands is ruining your enjoyment of art, and the feeling that you *should* be practicing drawing them is getting in the way because you still aren’t where you want to be right now even if you don’t practice them & you’re getting disheartened, then don’t worry about it, just draw them “badly” for now in a way you enjoy; drawing something not very well is better than not drawing at all, chances are if you’re enjoying drawing you’ll start to feel more confident in yourself/your art and feel you *want* to put in some practice anyway (rather than just feeling you should) and it won’t be a chore. I’m sure some people can force themselves to practice and have it yield good results and that’s great! But my own personal experience is if I’m in a bit of a slump with a particular thing and feeling disheartened, practicing just leads to feeling more frustrated & wanting to quit altogether, so it’s better just to leave it for now or draw it to the best of my current ability, and try again to practice it properly at a later time when I’m enjoying art in general again & I’m not forcing it. Hopefully that makes better sense 😂 (tl;dr - practice is necessary but if you’re not feeling it rn that’s fine just have fun instead)

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

@@snake-wing Yes, I agree artists should draw what they enjoy the most and not stress themselves too much, ultimately it’s up to the artist to decide. Just thought I would add how important it is to push your comfort zones every once in a while for the people watching who might have interpreted it the wrong way. Thank you for the response, anyways!

[@cha0s.switch]

Hey! I think I qualify as an OC artist, or at least I draw what I wanna draw most of the time, so I wanna just say this- Yep, have been times where I’ve hated drawing. And that’s where I take a step back, and maybe think of a different approach to the art! (Also, take note that I also kinda feel pressured to make content sometimes, so maybe that’s why and I’m missing the point 🙃)

[@snake-wing]

Yeah, tbh I think even if you’re just drawing OCs, the way social media algorithms work create a lot of pressure to keep producing content which sucks the fun out of just about everything, which is a real shame 😣

[@cha0s.switch]

@@snake-wing Oh my goodness yes, I’ve realised that ever since starting KZbin, I’ve been getting more burnt out, an increased risk of art block, and some other slightly more personal stuff. I also wish that creators weren’t so pushed to create insane amounts of content. Edit: Wow, I didn’t mean to kinda rant X3

[@shepardinthesky]

It took 3 minutes 19 seconds to get to the point of the video.