What great artists have in common

[@vssudarshan89]

1. Respect the Fundamentals/Basics. 2. Search for Knowledge. 3. Consistently Sharpen your Skills. 4. Stay motivated and passionate about what you do. 5. Believe in yourself.

[@octaviof.g.7316]

love a list

[@RayanMADAO]

Everytime I learn about the immense amount of hours my favorite artists put in it just reaffirms how much natural talent is bullshit

[@ethanwalker3392]

+Mayo taizou or at least that it is a very small portion of being a successful artists.

[@BobbyChiu]

I left "talented" out on purpose:)

[@Oppurtunafish]

Bobby you're such a great motivator.

[@muffin9106]

Oppurtunafish omg I love your profile picture

[@JTMC93]

'Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars.' A quote on the wall at my High School.

[@BobbyChiu]

Great quote! -Nancy

[@Blueissuperior]

I was just talking about this with a friend. that the fundamentals are always something you have to go back to.

[@AngelosLH]

This was refreshing, been having massive confidence problems lately and not knowing if i'm on the right track at all - feeling like I just go in loops forever covering fundamentals , covering things I've drawn a million times and never moving forwards - thinking like 'at this point in my life as an artist i should be confident enough to put down the fundamentals and create things for myself!' And I mean...Its true that my balance has been a bit 'off', but it's really comforting to hear that the mega pros keep at it. And I guess its not a surprise that they do, at all, but when you end up stuck in some weird corner with the self doubt voice feeding you lies constantly things can get super twisted outta perspective :o.

[@bellezavudd]

Laying it down for the amatuers. 4 yrs later this is still motivating . Thanks!!! ✌

[@BobbyChiu]

So great to hear that this video is still helpful after all these years!! Thanks for watching :) ~S

[@nine-vi7rw]

Wow, taking every single piece of advice you just gave. As a college student, I've felt like I don't have time for practice, but now I feel like I couldn't be more free in life than now, minus all the procrastination. I'll be very happy and satisfied if I get to do art for the rest of my life. Thank you so much. This was inspiring. ♡

[@animaterob]

Masters always practice the basics. Thanks for the video.

[@BobbyChiu]

Yes they do!

[@JanisVeide]

Hey Bobby, thanks for the video! You should make a motivational poster with those points and characters next to them, would totally want one for myself! :D

[@diogocarneiro9475]

+Janis Veide I support this! Lots of potential

[@AdolfoZeevaertYrizar]

+Janis Veide i want that poster too!!!!

[@BobbyChiu]

+Janis Veide LOL... maybe some wallpapers? :)

[@JanisVeide]

+Bobby Chiu Sure! :)

[@josephcrown7783]

+Bobby Chiu I also think its a great idea. Where will the wallpapers be available?

[@DEKILL_official]

How can someone dislike a video like this? What is the reasoning behind disliking a video like this? It's obviously based on personal experience, and he's just trying to expand our experience and help us become what we strive to be. How can you dislike a person trying to help people be the person they want to be? That's messed up...

[@sannyfolkesson2226]

maybe was Tom Preston

[@bogaziciliceohaluk]

you have a problem fff why do you care about those losers? You are way more of a loser than them to care about them.F***ing idiot trying to make a point...

[@peaveejay2700]

Too late to reply but let's just say bad people exist and some of those had a reason why they do it

[@earthdragonart9242]

Some how some People just want to watch the world burn.

[@gensischosen251]

Earth Dragon Art dark knight refereneces

[@linarangel1063]

As always your videos are a great inspiration for me! :D Thanks

[@BobbyChiu]

Aw thx!

[@bulbasaur3230]

Lina Rangel u

[@princessjellyfish6057]

Bobby Chiu I love your videos, they're so relatable. I like knowing I'm not alone with how I feel about certain things.

[@SC-on6zm]

Your videos give me the life, truly. These days I was feeling quite low about my art and my career as an artist, but now your advice is slowly putting me back on track. Thank you very much, Bobby!

[@thaumana8489]

"Believe in yourself" - You know, it's actually one of the toughest and crucial resolutions when it comes to refine your skills. There was a fellow student who seem to be really inspring because of his skills at first glance but soon after some years of studying I noticed that he has a major problem which drove him into a corner of stagnation. He only took those fellows with a successful career history seriously, ignoring the fact that they want to mark themselves out of the rest without giving feedback or willing for interaction with others - so he never got a chance to get an advice from them. On top of that he only focused on the numbers of followers and likes on their art profiles and often compared it with his own, realising that they are poles apart (naturally because they are way much longer in that line of business and within the community) which resulted in absolute demotivation. After a while I visited his gallery again and noticed that he completely deleted his portfolio. Later he told me that it's just because he want to start anew until he'll get much more followers than before right at the beginning but never gave his works the time to get a widespread acceptance. Than he repeat that procedure and got demotivated again and again. Telling him that his works are actually high quality for several reasons did not help because sadly he does not take the criticism and compliments which are coming from others who aren't his favoured peers seriously. It's really a pity because I think he had the potential to becoming much better if he wouldn't always thwart himself. This lack of self-confidense can become truly destructive, so in my opinion it is one of the most important artistic virtues to trust your own skills and never getting unsettled just because of few of less followers. Their numbers won't increase anyway with such an attitude.

[@voltapix]

Thank you, Bobby Chiu.

[@akunlamanyafathya]

really need this, thanks for existing

[@lol51679]

I wish I found your channel earlier...i really needed this

[@adrianlucashernandez9324]

Man when i started the fine arts career i watched your tutorials and now i´ve finished it im on a schoolism course and im really learning a lot, also watching these videos... to me you´re an incredibly significant teacher. Thank you.

[@junghoseok1411]

After watching this video I immediately stood up and put my art tools out of my box and just created and practiced art with a lot of motivation! You've got a new subsciber here 👍

[@Pokipati]

you always hit at the right time into right place! thnak you! looking forward to every new video!

[@user-bp5kl4yt8h]

As a very young artist I find this super helpful! Thank you, Chiu!

[@erinh114]

Thank you from a young artist! I listen to your videos while I draw and they're so motivating and full of concrete real life advice. Idk where I'd be without them!

[@raddude206]

nice video, thanks!

[@icocid239]

so on conceptual levels and covering these traits to varying degrees perhaps may edit to add on to this in case i missed anything. to put it in my own words in order to help understand. with additions i believe that naturally mesh as a whole. perhaps it sounds excessive for art categorically but treating it as life itself I think would help manifest important elements in contributing to a more successful and fulfilling hobby/career this may be overthinking, contain many overlaps and contradictions but I can't help but feel compelled to list these not in particular order - grit, stamina over intensity, consistency not perfection - growth mindset - high executive functioning - habit management - self control - conscientiousness - defensive pessimism - self continuity, prudence - self awareness, metacognition - lack of self criticism, cognitive reframing/restructuring - mindfulness, cognitive defusion, distress tolerance "surfing the urge" - high self esteem, respect, strong personal values, standards and self concept - vulnerability - conviction, "reality distortion field" - stoicism - intellectual awareness, curiosity and development - exposure/experience - mastery orientation, expertise, adaptive perfectionism, kaizen - autodidacticism - heuristics - systems thinking - actionable and strategic planning - neutral point of view, lack of delusion, distortion, bias and fallacies - lack of mental, emotional and personality problems that would inhibit growth - emotional intelligence - creative lifestyle and ambitions

[@tinysarah3525]

The thumbnails of your videos are the cutest things I love them

[@z4lm276]

thankyou bobby,you inspire many people including my self,really lucky to find this channel.

[@johnelliott9920]

Great information! Thanks!

[@BenjaminCerbai]

Thank you for those advices ! It gives me the boost I need to tell myself "Hey ! You don't draw enough ! Take a pencil and go work, you procrastinator !". :)

[@OrgulloCero]

Everyone sees great artists and say: "wow, you're so lucky to be that talented!" Everyone of them should watch this video. I love that you said everything so clear! this is great, I love your videos ^^

[@drewdhartel72]

another great video, thanks for the inspiration bobby!

[@BobbyChiu]

You're welcome!

[@MrVisnet]

Great video to get me fired up in the morning! We're all athletes, what if Messi decided to quit training, just showing up for the big matches? Nobody would be talking about him in a year from now.. Stay hungry!

[@BobbyChiu]

That's right! Just got to stay hungry… Real hungry

[@anik4921]

so good as always !

[@FlavioGrecoPaglia]

Thank you, Bobby!

[@katyagreene7497]

Bobby, you are SO inspiring! I try to watch your videos on a daily basis while working. They give me strength and motivation, they remind me why I do what I do. Thank you! :)

[@lazytitannn]

When I feel struggle, you always come up your videos right in time! Thank you.

[@narutomoonkun]

Thanks Bobby for the tips!Have a nice Day!

[@BobbyChiu]

Thank you. Have a nice day as well!

[@mike0rr]

Your videos are really some of the greatest art pointer videos I've found on the internet. Thank you very much for these.

[@yourwellnesstoday]

Good timing as always, each of your videos always seem to inspire. Thank you bobby.

[@BobbyChiu]

My pleasure. I'm glad you liked it

[@iwdogan]

Thanks for this summary Bobby. Much appreciated!

[@BobbyChiu]

You're welcome

[@gabrielsgrovepottery]

That moose reference totally gave away your canadian-ness. Lol. Love your vids!

[@nanooktotem6468]

shoot for the moon! even if you miss you will land among the stars... Also chose your dreams not as the person you are now, but as the amazing artist / person you will become.

[@0101799]

Always loved those little creatures with plants on their head! Your video always helped to get motivated!! Thank you, Bobby!!

[@user-rh9ki8pr6b]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm entering an art contest and this is really helping to motivate me during the process.

[@geneisisshift5727]

im 12 and i understand everything this guy is saying its cool that someone as young as me understands what great things ppl can do if we all work together

[@geneisisshift5727]

:|

[@avaeasley4364]

I am also twelve years old, yet I have the ability to use proper grammar and punctuation. Please do not post another comment until you can use proper linguistic skills. You are impacting on all the rest of us, the twelve year olds that are intelligent. If you continue to post comments such as this you will destroy our already dismal reputation.

[@geneisisshift5727]

The Last Sunset lol you rlly think i give a fuck about reputation

[@dp2989]

I'm young and I also understand what he's saying! (I'ma 10)

[@victoriousgray5479]

Wow... I thought I was the only one. 0-0

[@SaladiesProductions]

Thank you! I needed to get back on top of my art, this was very motivating!

[@BobbyChiu]

Right on! You're welcome

[@boshrasajirati5248]

you almost saved my life, thank you!

[@gatamandra2539]

I've just discovered your videos and they are freaking awesome, so inspiring!! thanks a lot for this vids!!

[@ainebainne2393]

"If you're aiming for the big moose," honey, we're all aiming for Jared.

[@taetaeluvuwu4898]

Dean Winchester XD

[@maryujin3271]

the fandom is everywhere~

[@ACrowNamedPoe]

Thanks, I really needed to see this.

[@cashewchee7095]

Thanks a lot, this hit me hard. One day I'll stand beside you and say Hi to your face.

[@watsak6840]

I can't thank you enough for your efforts on everything from schoolism to these inspiring and helpful vids Bobby!!!!!!!!!

[@Nina-dk1sb]

I think you missed that they don't "got to" stay motivated or hungry, but they just are. They don't have to force or remind themselves, they just continue. Because that's their reason. If I don't sketch for a few days I literally get depressed. Oh the other side, the joy I get from making and learning about art is so strong, that it has lifted me out of a depressive phase before. I don't think "I'm never gonna be great", because my interest in art is so strong that I know I will pursue it til the end of my days. I don't have to stay hungry or believe myself, I just do naturally.

[@BobbyChiu]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic with us! You've brought up a lot of points that many artists will be able to relate to. Thanks for watching😊 ~S

[@RodrigoOtaguro]

Great video and very great tips Bobby, thank you very much!

[@BobbyChiu]

My pleasure

[@jas_094]

Thanks for all your videos and podcasts Bobby. Every time I feel "bleh" about doing art, I just check out your channel and it gives me a slap "hey! get to work!" \m/

[@PaintingwithEnrique]

we all love art

[@KoKunTe]

thank you for the video!

[@flaviamoyanoart]

Thank you Bobby!! That was really inspirational! I'll put everything you said in practice!

[@TekGeisha]

I'm so happy this video was showed as recommended :D Thanks for your advice! I became your subscriber. Cheers!

[@BobbyChiu]

hey thank you very much Clau. New video coming tomorrow on Pencil Drawing Techniques

[@laurav179]

Believe in yourself is the first step, the rest is bonus.

[@BobbyChiu]

You are right about that!

[@FurryToraChan]

Thank you for these words ~

[@BobbyChiu]

You're welcome

[@DanaAlink]

aah I am really at the moment in my "career" if you can even call it like that. That I feel it all of a sudden takes effort to believe in myself and be passionate about it. When I decided I wanted to pursue an art career roughly 3 years ago I was SUPER motivated and passionate. I knew EXACTLY how good I was NOT and that motivated me to become better as I highly believed (and still do) anyone with the right mindset can become great. I have grown so so so incredibly much in 3 years and now all of a sudden I am hitting this immense wall of before non existent self doubt. everything I make is not good enough for me, resulting in a downward loop of even lifting my pencil being difficult. I force myself into little exercises, and joined groups like daily spitpaint to get inspired and join in and lots more, but I sincerely feel the need for a "next level" and I don't know how to get there. I have been staring myself blind at how badly I wish I could afford online courses with personal training like schoolism without having to step back and do random non art related jobs to afford it. But it is these kind of little motivational videos that sometimes do the trick of getting you out of that negative loop. Thank you for that!

[@dansprogis4521]

+Dana Alink Forget the spit/speed painting. Seriously. Focus on studying, it takes time for things to sink in. Have you tried joining a life drawing class? One of the most helpful things in my background and location design believe it or not was studying the figure and the way light falls on it, and studying a master before going into a session and attempting to figure out what they were thinking is really helpful for motivation.

[@DanaAlink]

+Dan Sprogis of course I have. there are more ways of becoming better, those are the obvious things you are mentioning which I am well aware of:) But thanks for trying to help me non the less. anyway, speedpaintings are a wonderful way of getting out of your comfort zone and focussing on getting your forms better and forces you to not fiddle on details to much. Next to that joining the spitpaint group helps me to keep on drawing even when I am in a block. Further more it is great to learn about composition, values and colour. besides studying the basics, when a person becomes better but not on their top there are different ways to become better then only sticking to basics. just like strength training you will need to find new extra angles to push your brain to the next level. All I was talking about is that I want to reach the next level and how I am now I know the best, fastest and safest way to become better would be lessons from a senior artist that really knows what they're talking about.

[@dansprogis4521]

+Dana Alink Well maybe I was speaking from experience when it comes to speed painting. Compared to composition and master studies, Ive never learned anything from it but maybe its worth another shot. Anyway...more importantly you don't need to be able to afford stuff like motivarti or imaginism. There are plenty of little known great artists out there that dont get a thousand emails a day from aspiring artists that are willing to help the right kind of people (ie motivated, driven, strong work ethic and great attitude) for absolutely nothing except putting in the work. It just takes some asking around. This I know from experience.

[@DanaAlink]

+Dan Sprogis I can understand that! I am off the opinion that it is very person dependent what is a beneficial learning experience for the one and not for the other :] (this is also why for example the one art teacher could be totally awesome for one artist and not for another) I definitely hadn't thought of searching for lesser known artist though to ask for tutoring while I am following tons of artists like that, so thanks for that tip!

[@dansprogis4521]

Oh for sure! It wouldnt make sense for someone into graphic character design like Stephen Silver's work to go to a guy like Sam Nielson for mentoring. The key is definitely to find someone in line with your artistic sensibilities, that being said however, a great artist can work in almost any style. np and good luck!

[@ivoryhuyhart4396]

Well said Bobby

[@catmenot7143]

Bobby, please interview Ilya Kushinov and Guweiz. They are my absolute favorites!

[@j-hump7893]

Sweet video.

[@orchidmiso]

Great video! All your videos are always so motivating.

[@deeimpossible]

This really made some things click for me. You have a new subscriber! Keep up the videos and thank you!!

[@marc-andrevoyer9973]

Nice video! Actually makes a lot of sense :)

[@OldeVikingOriginal]

Thanks a hundred times man! You really helped me to step up my A game.

[@sageserendipity]

It feels good drawing something while watching such an encouraging video about drawing! :D

[@milkbread5036]

thank you thank you thank you Bobby :)

[@miocherrim]

Thank you for the video.Thank you for inspiration and motivation.Your videos remind me never to give up and always to go forward. Thank you so much!!

[@maikevanb]

Thank you for all your honest and helpful videos. I think it's better to help everyone out of the pit the sometimes fall in by throwing a (figurative) rope in. Knowledge is power that can help you become the better version of yourself by accepting who you are first and working on the things you want to get better in next. I always felt bad for how i'm "still not good enough" but now i see that you get nowhere with that mindset. Months i've been working on accepting myself and by doing so getting better in my work to! ^^ So if you read this, it's never to late to love or at least accept yourself and the struggles you face. It will be worth it.

[@brushworkatelier]

This is amazing! Thanks for this knowledge!

[@donutplanetstudio8866]

AMAZING ONE🍻

[@MacSmithVideo]

thanks!

[@guyelnathan7098]

Great video! Would love to see a Schoolism podcast! Any chance?

[@Distrakt]

Awesome post

[@whiterabbit5491]

thank you so much for this...

[@tigorboraspati2390]

Thanks Bobby for creating these awesome little plant people full of tips, philosophy, sharing, thoughts, and always with positive attitude and mentality. I have been following your work and your updates through out the years. And to be honest, i think you are one of my early influencer and inspiration for me, when i first decided to pursue my career goal in digital painting/ digital art. Thank you for everything. Keep up the great works and stay positive! Warm regards, from Indonesia. God bless

[@BobbyChiu]

Thanks for your comment +Tigor Sidauruk! I work at Schoolism! It's always wonderful to hear how other artists are inspired! Keep up the great attitude and positivity! Sending you best wishes from Canada :D ~ Richelle

[@rimbouras8546]

i love your videos !!

[@TheOnlyVitik]

You're handsome and your message is amazing!

[@PilferpupCartoons]

It's so wonderful and inspirational listening to your videos. Thanks for the great talks! :D

[@KatherineDattilo]

I can attest that even if you know all the basics, if you completely stop making art for a couple years, you *will* feel like a beginner when you pick it up again. Now I make time every day, no matter if I feel like it or not, to draw, to study, to practice.

[@davidburns1753]

Do all that Bobby suggests, however, know too that luck is sometimes and even often, a portion of the artist's success. You cannot sit in your room or studio and expect luck to find you ....... NO, NO, NO, you have to get out, do shows, get into galleries, even enter local art contests. Nobody comes looking for you and your art, you have to get it in front of them, anyway that you can. Know too that even though the internet (your website, social media) helps, it only can do so much ... in person experience of you work is, by far, the best prescription for having luck find you!

[@unaanguila]

Thanks for sharing! Once I heard that x hours of doing y activity helps you master it, but I discovered that a skill doesn't stop achieving that goal, as you say in the video about this great artists that keep growing, true is that if you stop to learn and to practice it feels like your skill declines.

[@ashermtavares]

These are great! What do you do to stay focused? To avoid distraction or help you push on forward?

[@Un4eseen]

thanks

[@Aratta13]

awesome

[@yoRRnl]

keep practicing. To be honest..that is one of things i really do wrong. I have lost that part to much.. i work and when i finish my works for a client i step in the next project. Or do multiple a day. But i dont feel myself going foreward. I need CHANGE! :D

[@MrsRemi]

Thanks for the tips

[@BobbyChiu]

Dessert is a great motivation :-)

[@meganruhnke3962]

This is scaring me because you are literally telling me to keep on doing art constantly but also you are telling to keep on learning. I still am and I will never stop but it's scaring me because I haven't been able to do much sketching or practicing because I have so much school work to do. I only have time over the summer. I do have two art classes I'm taking in school but they don't give me the freedom to do the art I want. I feel art trapped. Like I have all of these ideas and I can never get them out cuz I'm stressed over college and school. So I'm struggling between art and college. Just a struggle. I don't know if I want to be an artist or a psychologist. I don't know if I can make it as an artist because I don't know how to draw digitally even though I want to learn. I don't have the software or the equipment to learn how to do graphic design plus I don't have any room on my schedule senior year to take any graphic design classes. Idk what to do. I want to everything but I can't. It's a constant struggle and I'm so fricken stressed out. I love art but I can't reach my full potential because I feel held back.

[@BobbyChiu]

Life can push you in all different directions at times! You sound very passionate about art! Try to just put aside 15 min. a day and that might help satisfy some of your creative urges or spark some more!!! Maybe even help relieve some of that stress! As for learning programs... they can be learned at anytime and are constantly changing. Just remember drawing skills do get better with practice. Keep drawing.:)-Jody

[@LaurenMakai]

This is so inspirational . 😊🎨

[@jharoldgustilo4937]

this is a great advice! thankss sir

[@retryhikaru184]

Hello Bobby, You're missing a very important point, I have taken the liberty to take apart this video and bring forth some value from your words. Since you still keep this video up and living, I will assume your opinions have not changed. Here goes: Craig Mullins, he's not just studying fundementals, and it's not the point of his answer to you. Craig much like you, me, and anybody else, is just looking for mistakes which he can take apart and understand. This allows him to then see his own mistakes and be a little bit better (not just being an artist, but in any role and in any decision). Success is not a single thing you practice, success is dependant on many things and cannot be narrowed under a single press of a button. Nothing is constant, everything is constantly changing. It's not about always practicing, you misinterpret the word "practice". Practice is not a button you press and everything turns into gold, practice may be good somewhere and other times it's very much useless. Situation changes from instance to instance. You can't just sweep the bad of the table and say something is absolute. That would be 99.9% not true. "Staying hungry" is not actionable, it just originates from discovering one's flaws. „Reaching their absolute potential“ Again you're missing the point. Potential is not an abstract entity, things have potential or they don't, and there are many things that do and even more that don't. Potential has a replacable value, which makes it anything but absolute. Potential stands for good but stuck with mass of (insert custom scale) bad. „Can you keep drawing if you never sharpen your pencil“ Based on your topic called „sharpening your skills“, the point is not to be sharpening it excessively but to do so, when it's required. This varies. "Be extremely motivated and pationate about what you do" Again, this is not an actionable advice. Motivation is a reward. Passion is beyond ideology. Passion happens when we run away from our responsibility. „You can either sit on a couch or you can keep drawing“ Not a valid example you're giving, you're missing a lot of details that happen in every person's life, which you cannot know anyway (personal traumas, detachment issues, depressions, you name it). Option is never a subject of two things to choose from. „Copying“ is thinking you can use a button (metaphor for a replacement) which you keep to press it when you think you need it. If a certain process has worked for a certain project, that does not mean you have to take it literarily and do the same thing for another project. See what you did, and be critical. You may understand why it was bad and move to a next stage. It's funny that the things that has made me click your video was not the illustration in the thumbnail (your advertisement), but the fact that the only correct guy out of the five roots was taking notes without bothering anybody with his early stage development.

[@sergioten38]

Great chiu!!! that last one.. believe in myself... i think for most people thats like one of the most dificult and is one of many things that i struggle.. i dont know why but i just dont :( i try to study the most that i can i draw every day, i have now a sketchbook (i finally got it!) and still i dont believe in myself... maybe you can make a video on that :D thanks for all chiu!! :D

[@BobbyChiu]

Great idea! Thank you

[@cryan9137]

As one works, their pencil is naturally sharpening itself, and continually shortening. But eventually you run out of that pencil, and need to go grab a new pencil. I feel that this better tells the story of fundamentals or practice.

[@BobbyChiu]

Depends how you draw. If you're always drawing with the tip with your pencil it will get more dull but even still, if you're constantly drawing eventually the tip wears out. Thank you for your comment!

[@cryan9137]

Bobby Chiu That's my bad Bobby, I left my model too unexplained. I wasn't referring to a real pencil, but the 'artist's mind'. The artist's mind represented by the model of a pencil. With this pencil, working(professional or personal work) and practicing sharpens it, and the lack of work or practice will dull it. The 'rust' that occurs from not drawing is essentially this. Working will shorten this pencil; because it is being sharpened, like a real pencil it will shorten. Practice will sharpen the pencil without shortening it. You can still work with a short pencil, but the length of your pencil will equal your flexibility and perspective on your work. Working with one skill-set and one perspective will lead to methodicalness, same-ness, and even deterioration of the ability to draw things as they really are(detailed and true to life). The best artists aren't just sharpening their pencils, they are swapping out the 'pencil' they use all the time. For example, Craig Mullins and his library of different working processes. Or Iain McCaig, who notices how his knowledge of anatomy decreases and as a consequence he starts to draw everything 'simplified.' It's still good and sharp, but when something really requires a fuller knowledge, he is lost. His pencil has become short. So Iain McCaig then will study anatomy and attain a new, fresh pencil, and a re-gained flexibility. Why this model? Sharpening one's pencil doesn't explain enough why the best art professionals are the best. Sharpness is only good to the point that you are very sharp; you can't get any further after that. To become the best you need to go beyond sharpening. You need to sharpen AND reach for the next best pencil, the next thing, a new way of doing things. When this person you were speaking of was looking for how different artists draw anatomy, he's not looking to sharpen, he's looking to create a new addition; a fresh pencil for himself. The best are always looking for new ways to do things, always re-evaluating, always noticing when they have flowed through the same river too much. Sharpening does the opposite; it minimizes and perfects what's already there. So, you have to ask yourself then; is what you're doing sharpening your skillset, or broadening it and changing it for the better?

[@BlySS93]

Amen

[@victoriagriffin8996]

ive been wondering why my talent and art as decayed and now i know why. i dont draw everyday like i used to.

[@voiceofreason1663]

haha. Your tips apply not only to artists but can also be applied to life in general. You are like the Tony Robbins motivational speaker of art.

[@NattieRides]

Thanks Bobby. Your video is really great, but I have to say belief is essential not a bonus.

[@BobbyChiu]

I respect your opinion. When Mike Mignola created Hellboy, he said to me that he didn't think it would succeed. When I started to pursue my goals of working on movies... I didn't believe either. Sometimes if we just keep marching forward, belief actually catches up to you later on or not at all until you achieve your goals. This is why I called it a 'bonus'