why am i rushing the process?

[@countryisntgold]

Hey what's up you guys, wanted to make more of a #REALTALK 😤😤 video lmao hope you guys enjoy it and tell me what you think !! edit: upon closing inspection i think i’m going through an art block 💀 didn’t even realize that lol

[@honeybawnches2016]

Why do I rush? I’m eager to see the vision on my head come to life. I’m impatient.

[@countryisntgold]

@@honeybawnches2016 real asf lol

[@punynova]

Honestly, I just don't wanna end up dying before I finally complete my goals- that's usually the only main driving point 4 me •~•

[@countryisntgold]

@@punynova i feel that same way 😌 i think rn i’m just going through an art block 😭 which sucks.. but i’ll get through it!!

[@punynova]

@@countryisntgold Art block sucks- it’s a challenge that every artist just gotta eventually go through- it’ll be rough, but I’m sure you can pull through it (and get even better in the process)

[@countryisntgold]

@@punynova thank you 😌

[@catinacafe7105]

Yeah when doing anything most people want to be good at it for as long as they can. After all what's the point of getting better if you're only good for a year or two?

[@user-sparks454]

Man I feel the same too, I don't gotta be pressuring myself to draw, because pressure is absolute POISON for your creativity👌

[@countryisntgold]

@@user-sparks454 exactly!! i’m still trying to learn this lesson lol forcing myself to take breaks seems like something that’ll help a lotttt in the long term

[@user-sparks454]

@@countryisntgold Well I'll hope you'll have a wonderful time creating and stuff, God bless you bro❤️

[@MaxOBrien-z2z]

Oh yeah, all the time. Especially when I want to rush of joy making a great looking sketch but chasing that feeling leads me to rush it out.

[@DeL2022]

I feel the same way. I am afraid that if I study slowly, I will not get good results in a few years

[@countryisntgold]

@@DeL2022 consistency is the key! and you don’t have to only study, draw what you like !!! 😄

[@None]

So much I wanna do but so little time

[@thegustopia]

only reason i want to rush is cuz i dont wanna die without finishing my manga!!😭😭

[@countryisntgold]

@@thegustopia true!! i feel that 😭 keep working on that manga !!

[@taculo3231]

I'm trying to get into art little by little, but what i do more often is progamming/game dev, and wow it always start as: ultra hyped the first 1 2 days, then overworking and rushing things and not really prioritizing real life issues with pile up start affecting my work, and it gets stressful and rushed, and i barely eke out a finish of something i'm not that proud of, because i knew it could be better if i just SLOWED a bit, and seeing your video at a late night spree of trying to do things better really put into perspective how important it is to just... focus on the right things and be ok with not doing things fast. Anxiety is a real bitch, i swear. Your mic volume/quality makes it a bit hard to concentrate on the video, but it was enjoyable! Hope you have fun on those late night drawing sessions too, being a denizen of the night is a feeling like no other and no early worms or busy work days can change that :)

[@countryisntgold]

@@taculo3231 couldn’t have said it any better 😌 glad the vid helped out even if i was me just ranting LOL and thank you! i wish i could draw all night every night but responsibilities exist 🥲🥲 thanks life lol. and yes my mic quality can be iffy cuz i still haven’t figured out the best settings (i’m lazy lol), but that’s why the subs are there 😎 thank you though, i appreciate the comment !!!

[@KipperTheSeventh]

I've kinda been overwhelmed by all the things I have to learn

[@countryisntgold]

@@KipperTheSeventh me too… it’s tough lol but i suggest finding something that you struggle with, and try to focus on that for a little bit!

[@Caine187]

6:12 I feel like I need to rush because simply: I'm just getting older. Most good artists I see online are either in their 20s or in my age group (I'm 35, still young but older than most artists on twitter) but already has 10+ years of experience under their belt. I have a job not art related, I have bills, my body cant stay up at all hours to draw, and while single now I do want to hopefully have a family one day. My time is getting shorter, yet I know for a fact getting good isn't just a 'I can get this knocked out in a year' thing. That shit can take up to 5-10 years for some 😭😭😭

[@kwadarth]

Social media really puts pressure on top of you to pump out work fast since i kinda went through an art block(? if you could call it that? Of not finding anything to draw that was "worth" posting and that's why I stepped back from drawing as of now to focus on other projects and man, i miss my wife (drawing) And also, dont judge yourself based on how fast you can draw since to me that's more related to your drawing process AKA your comfort zone, if you're constantly trying to learn new stuff it's obviously gonna take you more time and that's okay, since you need to grasp your newfound knowledge and apply it to your work rather than refining your already set drawing process which results in faster drawing. Both ways you're gonna improve and its a matter of preference if you want to grind art or just draw cool characters for fun, you can switch between both of these cuz in the end, drawing is a hobby and you're supposed to have fun while doing it 👌

[@kwadarth]

bro really wrote an essay on yt comments 💀

[@countryisntgold]

@@kwadarth bro wrote an essay 💀 just kidding LMAO i always appreciate the advice!! 😌 i feel as though in the vid i kinda lied.. the more i think about it, social media is a bigger part to my stress than i thought lol because i feel like i could be posting more but now i’m realizing i’m just falling into that social media trap 🥲 >i think this also has to do with me thinking about the final result tooooo much (if it doesn’t turn out good then i shouldn’t post it) and wow… that is unhealthy. and ur totally right, i shouldn’t be judging my speed so much. A lot of this stuff takes time, and i’m going out of comfort zone pretty often so i should try to remember that it will take more time.. and that at the end of the day the importance is FUN !! also yeah i noticed a while ago u took a break from posting, i miss your art fr 🥲 but take as long of a break as you need!!

[@JeffJeffingson._.]

I end up rushing things by accident, since every time I get really into something I get REALLY into something and can only think about it. I did that when learning Japanese and I did so many things so quickly that I burned out

[@countryisntgold]

@@JeffJeffingson._. literally same… i studied japanese so much last year that i burnt myself out HARDDDDD i haven’t tried to study at all this year… i wanna go back to it and try to have fun with it instead of focusing on learning so hard

[@JeffJeffingson._.]

@@countryisntgold ME TOO LOOL i probably wont go back for a while since im more focused art rn

[@sondertekken]

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[@gragh762]

this is honestly so relatable dawg, like i feel the same way 😭 anyway, i loved the video man! youre hella fun to listen to!

[@countryisntgold]

@@gragh762 ayee thank you so much!! 😄

[@KywokiYakasaki]

I feel all that, everything, and what pressures memore is that I need to be faster cause I wanna start working doing commissions again this year, since I can't have a "normal" job like everyone else due to my extreme social phobia, I can't go outside the house by myself so I also don't have a job, and I always wanted to work with drawings. I made money with it in the past but I've been through so many awful things that it made me stop drawing for like2 years, now I need to recover my skills and the pressure of the thought that "I need to start working already" cause I really need money, the fear of not being able to survive my myself, it's stressing me to the point it prevents me from drawing,then I feel like a loser,that I'm not good enough and all those crapy thoughts, even though I already made commissions for people from different countries, but I feel like crap anyway, like if I was not good enough and I'll never make it =\

[@countryisntgold]

i’m sorry you’re going through all that, that’s a very tough situation. I believe in you though! Whenever you feel more comfortable try ur best to really sit down and draw again. Having to be good enough to make money is a whole different level of stress i cannot imagine, so i can’t really say much about that unfortunately. But i hope you can draw again!!! 🙏🙏

[@KywokiYakasaki]

@@countryisntgold thank you, I'm doing the best I can to change all that, I wish it was easy =\

[@countryisntgold]

@@KywokiYakasaki np, i hope things go well for you! 🙏

[@vaughnjackson6297]

The feeling to rush things has never left me

[@wanderinwaffle]

6:13 YES 6:24 and YES to both questions lmao It can be really tough to ground myself after frying my motivation with things like that

[@countryisntgold]

exactly it’s really hard sometimes 😵‍💫 i guess that’s when taking a break / taking it slow is a good thing

[@AnoobishManga]

I think I'm in this same situation, but only because I've set many goals. It can be stressful 😮‍💨 and makes me want to quit at times, but I feel like it's worth it for now. Only because I can see the "gains" 💪 in my art 🎨 as I'm constantly pushing myself. However, I also think that rushing too much can be unhealthy, 🤒 as you said. It all depends on where we're at mentally. This journey is a rollercoaster 🎢, so let's have fun with it, right? 😄

[@countryisntgold]

@@AnoobishManga agreed! (and yeah i’ve dealt with setting too many goals too 😵‍💫) and you’re right, the journey will be bumpy. but having fun is the most important thing!

[@Retro_wave15]

I feel almost exactly the same way

[@countryisntgold]

@@Retro_wave15 it’s really tough.. 🙃

[@althae_the_dino]

Hello hello ! I'd say that yes, this is (again) relatable. Whenever I'm studying stuff or just trying to draw something I'll realize how I do not have the skills I need to draw whatever I had in mind and begin to stress out. My best drawings are the one I made without a goal in mind, while just messing around. And also I'm not patient so ...taking more than 4 hours to draw something is a big effort for me. I would take my time if there was something at stake u know (like money or an art challenge). Anyways good video AND the character ur drawing is really cool (btw why does she has two pairs of glasses ? And how the heck did she get those scars?).

[@countryisntgold]

@@althae_the_dino Hi! yeah not having the skills to make something you want is a frustrating feeling.. but i’d say that when you can break something down and take ur time with it, it can become a whole lot more easier and understandable (but patience is a tough thing sometimes 🙃) and I agree! some of my favourite drawings have come when i had little to no goal in mind, and just went with the flow.. i wish i could do that more often 😭 thank you!! ur asking the real questions LOL the character is Maki from Jujutsu Kaisen! how she got the scars is a spoiler 😭 but she has two glasses bc i thought it would be funny and bc i was doing a little a crossover with Jet Set Radio and gave her an outfit based on the series’ fashion!

[@althae_the_dino]

@@countryisntgold Aaaaah okay well guess I didn't recognized it as I still haven't watched jujutsu kaisen. Maybe I'll watch it one day. Maybe. Anyways nice artwork ! I'm kinda amazed seeing how much time you take for the lineart, and the result is, well, worth it. I'm gonna try doing lineart today for once. This conversation got me motivated.

[@cowardflame6021]

I needed this vid! thx bro

[@countryisntgold]

@@cowardflame6021 no problem!

[@bunzillaa]

currently studying anatomy and i just wanna go ahead and learn the muscles so i can draw muscular people already😔 it will all be worth it tho

[@countryisntgold]

@@bunzillaa real af! i wanna draw more muscular ppl, it’s really fun 😭 but yeah keep it up, it really will be worth it! also osaka pfp 👍

[@benji_drawz]

Hey C.I.G, quick question, do you normally script these videos or just free style it and hope it turns out great and thanks for the incredible video. It really helped me to stop overthinking stuff and not get mad at myself when sometimes stuff doesn't work out. I can't wait to see you blow up

[@countryisntgold]

@@benji_drawz normally i use notes and just freestyle the rest lol my value video was scripted though! and thank you so much 😭🙏 happy the vid helped, and i appreciate the kind words 😄 also ur arts really nice!!

[@benji_drawz]

@@countryisntgold Appreciate the feedback, now I know that freestyling these types of videos is possible and thank you

[@countryisntgold]

@@benji_drawz no problem !

[@cdarklock]

So here's a thing that we all sort of get: nobody cares about your art unless you have a lot of it. This goes for anything, really. Nobody cares about your music until you have a lot of it. Nobody cares about your books until you write a lot of them. Applies to just about any creative endeavour - nobody cares that you made one or two things. They care that you made a LOT of things. So if you haven't made a lot of things, you get that the reason nobody cares about your things is that you haven't made enough of them. And that means you need to make more things, and the faster you can make them the faster you get to where people care about your things. There's only one problem. The faster you make your things, the less you learn from one thing to the next. And it's not really "a lot of things" that people care about, it's the amount of experience - and attendant skill - you got making those things. In 1890, Monet started painting his neighbour's haystacks. He made 25 haystack paintings, which is impressive, but what really matters... what makes them significant... is that each painting shows the haystacks in different lighting and weather conditions. For seven months, he went out to paint haystacks, and each time he took with him the unfinished canvases that matched the weather and lighting of the day. People do not care because Monet painted 25 pictures of haystacks. They care that he spent seven months studying the visual effect of light and weather. If you raced through 25 pictures of the same subject in a week, you would not learn what Monet learned. You would learn SOMETHING, certainly, but it wouldn't be anywhere near as useful or interesting. The race doesn't matter, because it's not about how fast you get from here to there. It's about how much you learn on the way. And learning takes time. You're going to do the same course over and over until you learn what there is to learn, so you may as well slow down and relax and learn as much as you can every time. You're just hurrying to start over.

[@countryisntgold]

wow thank you for this! this is extremely true, and i never really thought about it that way 🤔 I agree with all of this! this puts the need to take my time in a new perspective. slowing down and finding the balance of focusing on learning and purely just creating for fun is important, and both can happen at the same time. so i really should just enjoy the ride 😌 thank you again

[@cdarklock]

​@@countryisntgold​ The best way to "lock down" something you just learned is to play with it. Whenever I get something to "click" in my head, I abandon deliberate practice and just go ham doing an absolute buttload of whatever I just learned.

[@countryisntgold]

@@cdarklock ah true! I should try doing this more to really get the hang of things

[@Mr.Fomalhaut]

One thing that's kinda stood out in my mind is "If you're going to do art it should come naturally" And lately I know the self-discipline mantra is to do it when you don't feel like it but the problem is art depends on the emotions and feelings that you put into it I personally haven't broken my streak of drawing everyday but personally I'm against doing so

[@countryisntgold]

agreed! i've been back to drawing everyday recently and I can say that on those days when things aren't clicking, i try not to push myself too hard. instead of trying to work on something big I'll just sketch some smaller stuff!

[@Qntrr]

Oop my comment got deleted, but I was saying that I don’t feel a need to rush but the idea of coloring my art is kinda overwhelming cause I only draw in black and white,but trying to go digital, love the videos^^

[@countryisntgold]

@@Qntrr i see ! i felt that exact same way when i started to colour my illustrations 😵‍💫 felt like there was sooo much to it. but i took it step by step and it made the process so much easier ! also thank you so much!!!!!

[@Swiss-cheese8]

Nice video

[@countryisntgold]

@@Swiss-cheese8 thank you!