You are not a Real Artist, you're just an Illustrator...

Join me in the studio for a chill painting session and let's paint a movie scene from the 80s classic movie Beetlejuice #painting #beetlejuice #drawing #illustration #art #oilpainting #sketch
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[@AlpayEfe]

You can grab the painting at alpayefe.com/store 🫶🙌

[@manbat]

You have mad skills sir. Very inspiring.

[@manbat]

I'm a comic book and animation artist and your vids give me inspiration to step out of my comfort zone a jump into painting more. Keep up the great work.

[@lindaheath784]

The way I look ait it is an illustrator has to be an artist ( ability ) and also use their imagination (creativity ) hence Artist

[@ssavaart]

Beautiful work. And love the sentiment of artists/illustrators. We’re all artists. ❤️

[@Egg0-]

O- I was literally just thinking about u when I was watching this vid! I can't believe you actually commented tho!

[@tanishnaidu]

haha, two amazing artists at the same place!

[@michaelschrader8242]

I met a gallery owner who looked at my work and said “Oh, you’re an illustrator…” in the least complimentary and most pompous way imaginable. For some reason it made me feel awful at the time and still irritates me. Thanks for making this video and defending the craft. There is plenty of room at the table for all. Thanks again.

[@silverblue73]

I wonder what exactly it was that disappointed them

[@loveisfreedom777]

And i Wonder where There is a difference… an Illustratior makes Art too. Those Gallery people Are weird 😅

[@emma24ism]

In my experience it ‘abstract’ ‘artists’ that are lucky if they sell one painting in their lives that say things like that.

[@adriennepriceart]

My aunt, who is an artist who sells landscapes, said that to me in a condescending tone and it stuck with me for life. So for a very long time I didn't even look into illustration because it wasn't "art" but I finally came around and accepted that I like illustration AND that it is art.

[@Sir.Prizatak]

Perhaps you would like this related topic as well, I found it yesterday. It's up to you. Cheers, mate. "How to Deal with Gatekeepers as an Artist": kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYi8mGiXj751a8U&ab_channel=ArtSocial

[@normtayla]

"if i do pull it off" meanwhile always pulling it off lol

[@AlpayEfe]

😂 there’s always a Chance…

[@bellblue5527]

@normtayla Facts 😂

[@alessiapodgorica1260]

My art teacher always told me to not create "such illustrative works" just because he liked the non figurative compositions. And most of the time I had the same feeling with the character designers as you did with the illustrators, that I really admire. Being an illustrator shouldn't mean you cannot count as an artist, and being an artist mustn't mean you can't considerate different creative approaches. Thank you so much for this video❤❤❤, the painting is just perfect.

[@BenHeffernanArt]

Show me a fine artist that can paint portraiture as good as this. Yes I'm with you paint who and what you admire.

[@felicagriswold7276]

As my Grandpa used to say…. “ Call me anything you want, just don’t call me late to supper” You are an artist to me. Fun to watch be it movie art, traditional portraits, Trompe-l’oeil, small or large and easy to listen to and understand. You keep making, I’ll keep enjoying. TFS

[@davidsamford4711]

You, my friend, are 100% an artist. Artists create. It doesn't matter in what medium they use. Fashion, sculpture, painting, drawing, clay, graphic designers, architects, physical, digital and so on. Illustrators are artists. Illustration is a pivotal skill in creating art. So rude and short-sighted of people to put you down to build themselves up.

[@AlpayEfe]

No worries, I don’t mind… I am what I am 😋

[@reginaldforthright805]

It’s a straw man argument. The reason he’s not an artist is not because he’s an “illustrator,” it’s because he shamelessly and slavishly copies reference photos.

[@JohnDoe-ej9mi]

@@reginaldforthright805 Bro make no sense, by following your way of reasoning every kind of portrait is a "copy" then, cuz it's a personal reproduction of a reference photo / image / reality . Even if you do a photo-realistic painting , you are still a artist because you are making something new made of paint in your way .. Require skills , hours of study , color theory etc etc and it's not something a lot of people can do . Painting is not a so popular skill.. do you know ? Also the people doing these comments, just wanna deprecate his artworks out of jealousy or i don't know what . there is nothing constructive about that . There is a reason why one of the most expensive painting ever sold is 3 stripes of paint on a mono-color background . i doubt you know that either tho 🤣

[@acerlaptop2661]

Cope

[@bakurascoffeeshop7960]

Is a Software Developer an Artist, since he creates something new? Aren't there a lot of people that create stuff, that aren't typically called Artists, like carpenters and other craftsmen? And if you called them Artists, people would simply be confused and ask you what the heck even is Art then.

[@changemymind06]

I wish humans would resist the necessity to categorize EVERYTHING and just enjoy art for what it is... art. You, sir, are an amazing painter regardless of the subject matter!

[@scottyboy6269]

Yet they complain about AI art

[@changemymind06]

@scottyboy6269 Yeah, I'm sure it comes from a place of fear and pride. Being afraid their jobs will be taken and knowing that images created by AI are a conglomerate of art created by real people sourced from online, yet not getting by credited for it. I mean it's like people who say digital art isn't real art either (which as a traditional artist, I totally disagree because I sucked so bad at digital art I hired someone to create a simple logo for me). It's just people's opinions based on their own biases and lenses. There is also a smaller group of people that feel traditional artists will become sort of 'special' types of artists, such as stick and poke/hand tattoo artists vs. machined tattoos. Traditional art & DIY crafts will always have handmade qualities to them that make them special. think I fall into that category since technology isn't going anywhere, things change, & processes evolve. In such a fast-paced world centered on instant gratification, that is to be expected - AI art is only the beginning.

[@scottyboy6269]

@@changemymind06 I'm on the fence with digital art, MANY of them are just awful it's cartoony looking, then there's the fact a processor does a lot of the work...gradients, selection tool, undo etc. And they always leave the background etc "stylized". Along with many of them cannot do traditional mediums, which baffles me. But if I was paying anyone for artwork for a board game, video game cover etc etc. I would stipulate it HAS to be non digital. I want the original, and then there's zero chance of the crazy twitter mob losing their mind about AI art :D Plus oil paintings have all that amazing texture you cannot replicate until 3d printed paint art becomes a thing.

[@changemymind06]

@scottyboy6269 that's very true! I like your point of view. I'm of the same opinion as you as far as a processor doing the work, but personally, I wouldn't go as far as saying it ISN'T art completely - it's just different art. I have seen some digital art that makes you double-take, and one would think translating digital art to traditional would be easy, but I think both have their own idiosyncrasies that require patience and learning. I actually drew my logo but it isn't 'perfect' which is why I want someone to translate it to digital...although after my previous comment, I'm thinking of keeping it as is and enjoying the not-so-perfect line here or there. I already am more enamored with a graphic novel, for example, if I know it was completely done traditionally so I would hate to be an unintentional hypocrite! Also, 'art' has seemed to expand to mean how efficiently and well a person can do something, like programmers can be their own sort of artists and poets are word artists. I guess I'm sort of reaching now lol but I guess I just mean there is room for all sorts of art, and we are not required to like all of it.

[@sincorazon9920]

@@scottyboy6269 digital art is becoming a must for any artist looking to work with any companies, they do not really prefer traditional in a lot of spaces now, doesn’t mean they wouldn’t exactly accept it, but the medium is becoming a mainstay no matter how much it streamlines the process, so is AI art, we just have to level with the times.

[@pearlhartney9]

Beetlejuice Beetljuice Beetlejuice! Loved that film. And love the painting of course. They are making a Beetlejuice 2 as well.

[@TheMediaMachine]

If you do what you love, whether you paint or use other mediums, whether illustrative or abstract, you are an artist. Those who try to say you're not are just projecting their own insecurities to feel superior to you. They feel small and so they want to use you to feel bigger about themselves.

[@lynromero8002]

Absolutely. Artists should do what they are passionate about, it's what drives us to keep going. Negative opinions, frequently from those who've never tried any....

[@ElkayEQ]

I'm not an artist and I'm not an illustrator but I know the feeling of pure joy when I see your work. I don't give a hoot what you're feeling while you paint...I LOVE the results and for me, that's all that matters. Great piece, sir.

[@LeoPlaw]

It took me years to appreciate small paintings, but the amount of progress I made through the quicker turn-around time won me over. Now I paint more small paintings than large.

[@JoshieDeMie]

I think the distinction between artist and illustrator is the same as squares and rectangles. All illustrators are artists, but not all artists are illustrators. Artists can use any medium to make their art, whether that is paint, ink, clay, granite, wood or steel. Illustrators are artists that specialize in pictures. They are more broad than, say, an oil painter, but more specialized than the broad term artist.

[@MoomieNamaste]

Wow you nailed the details Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 💚💚💚💚🎆🙌!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheDaeldren]

As a fellow artist I’m just admiring your brush strokes and Palette. Also fan art is extremely popular with the algorithm. All artists hope somebody will pay money for their work.

[@mickybetts7957]

All illustrators are artists, not all artists can illustrate! Love your small movie paintings, what was that spray you put over the acrylic wash? Also are they real oils or quick drying oils?

[@Videoaddict345]

This is a stunning painting. Norman Rockwell is regarded as a renowned painter, and he was quite definitely an illustrator.

[@Deiwert_Shock]

Towards the end of his lifetime Rockwell was classified as low brow and less than an artist by the fine arts community. But Rockwell is easily one of the best painters through history.

[@anchesenamonsims5356]

I absolutely love this!!1 Beetlejuice is one of my favourite films and with this piece I think you have done Tim Burton (and Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder) proud!

[@rodneysmith8565]

Dude, I paint like Pollock and there are several of my paintings that I think are really good. What you do is something I could never touch in any lifetime. Keep it up.

[@AR-uz4tf]

I love you so much for this one! This movie holds a special place in my heart and you’re so amazing at what you do. ❤

[@vonkatartistry]

Another epic piece 👏👏👏 I know the feeling of being stuck in "realism". I'd love to do more cartoony or anime style stuff, but really struggle to get past the realism in my brain 😅😅 it's so bizarre

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

OMG I struggle with the same thing! I want to do illustrative stuff. I personally don’t like realism. I feel like if it looks too “real”, it might as well just be a photo. Not that I don’t appreciate the skill it takes people to make realistic images, but I just don’t personally like it. I want to create illustrations, and yet I naturally try to make my work look too realistic. It’s frustrating.

[@JC-Robotics]

In my opinion, an artist is someone who inspires others with their work, and as someone who doesn’t create any art at all you have definitely inspired me to try and start learning how to paint with your channel! To me your work is impressive and inspiring, so to me you’re an artist!

[@leizylromero]

Beetlejuice is a fun movie ☺️

[@moonlightgator]

This is an amazing painting. Thank you for sharing. I think the smaller the painting the harder it is to paint the more talent it takes to make it good. In my opinion it makes it more valuable. Not the size that matters but how good it looks.

[@bel-ladonna7409]

I appreciate you sharing how you’re feeling and what you’re thinking. This is probably my favorite video of yours. Real and relatable.

[@aprilsmith601]

I have always loved art - creating it and seeing work from other artists that inspire me. I could never stomach the snobby side of the "art world", however. So much of it is like "the emperor's new clothes" - someone can literally make a pile of trash, and as long as they have the right story and the right platform to promote it, someone will pay big bucks for it. I mean, if people like piles of trash, that's cool, but people who create other types of art shouldn't be looked down upon for being true to their own style and vision. I'm always fascinated by how you create such beautiful illusions - the strokes are loose, but precise at the same time. All your hard work over the years shows in how effortless you make it look. Thank you for sharing your process and thoughts!

[@marials9245]

Your talent never ceases to amaze me!

[@rakeshchoudhary7391]

You are a great artist sir

[@desertbloomke]

This work is absolutely beautiful🌹✨️

[@larryhuffine2814]

I absolutely love your work and your channel thank you so much. You are so inspiring and so talented again thank you

[@bleuvertetforetdepin7308]

thank you

[@reddnacpil4420]

anybody can be an artist. you have to be skilled to be an illustrator.

[@theanimelibarian7881]

Yup

[@theanimelibarian7881]

Same people will congratulate random splashes have literal garbage

[@mcthrifty_art_]

I loved watching this come to life! Beautiful!

[@sillyanastasia]

Thank you so much for helping me to clarify my understanding of real art.

[@Muktarshuaibu58]

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[@mikederasmo7621]

its all in the colors !

[@cinderella-kj2zu]

You are absolutely talented

[@ChuckLeeMBM]

loved this!! These movie paintings are so great it like my childhood and I love it!

[@CAVEDATA]

Fully agree with the title. The aims are different.

[@GeraldO800]

Incredible as always!

[@Samahra01]

ILLUSTRATION IS AN ART and you are BRILLIANT!!❤

[@philipmurphy2]

This looks incredible

[@stephaniegrehan9084]

Looks awesome as usual.

[@LiobaBrueckner]

The painting looks so beautiful in real life 🥹 you inspire me to get better every day! 🫶🏻

[@AlpayEfe]

Aww 🤗

[@sarjslack]

This is so cool and looked like a ton of fun!

[@AlpayEfe]

Yes it was 😊

[@Kobolus_Faun]

All those tools and liquids

[@corephysicaltherapyexercis1027]

Top quality video Alpay! Very entertaining, and insightful… and the outcome was 🔥! Can’t wait for the next one… but while I wait, I’ll watch it again 😊

[@HalfWarrior]

Beautiful work Alpay!

[@AlpayEfe]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@lukrezialaval2406]

I love that you painted a scene of Beetle Juice. I loved that movie. And your painting. My personal experience with the artist/illustrator debate: In the past if people ask me what my job is, I said 'I am an artist'. They always reacted weird and didn't know what to say. Most people have still the 'Artist is not a job! They don't make money and starve!' stance to the whole thing. Someone actually ask: "Oh yes? When did you have your last art exhibition?". (My personal stance to that is, you don't even have to make money on art to count as an artist.) Now I tell people, 'I am an illustrator'. People react very differently to it. I get questions sometimes like 'For Kids Books?', or 'For advertising?'. That's something they understand more. Also: Every illustrator is an artist, not every artist is an illustrator. ;)

[@sketchbookscheming]

I love the movie, and you gave the characters such a unique twist in their looks.

[@danaparsonsliquidcosmosart2669]

We love beetle juice and they are making a sequel so perfect timing. I love this painting. If i wasnt utterly broke id want to biy it. You are an amazing artist.. i am in awe of your skills

[@aureatora]

I love this movie and you did amazing!!!!

[@SweetPinkPiahh]

I love your art, you inspire me everyday to draw and be better and I love your choice of colors, they always make so much sense together. So thank you from your student you’ve never met.❤

[@AlpayEfe]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ChantelleArts]

this looks incredible 😍

[@cassandraluxmoore3718]

I love Beetlejuice, you've done well!

[@ClayLoyd]

You do awesome work Alpay Efe! There is a point I reach during a painting where I get loose and the jitters are gone due to sticking to the process and my plan for the painting like you said. Artists illustrate and illustrators make art but regardless I choose to watch your videos over any other artists/illustrators on youtube.

[@daveseeley8689]

BRAVO!

[@CrazyCoolArt615]

I love it

[@jamiemartinez7211]

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Great subject matter... As an artist myself, I believe you are your own hardest critic. Don't be so hard on yourself. I love watching and learned some great things from your videos. Great job my friend

[@mattie4775]

I’m impressed

[@ledoem]

Very nice video! And quite interesting to see a bit more about your process! I enjoyed it very much 👍

[@BenHeffernanArt]

Nah man you're the real deal. Artist through and through!

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[@Mario-lm8np]

DUDE YOUR A FANTASTIC ARTIST AND EVERYBODY KNOWS BEETLEJUICE !🎨!

[@jamaeljavier9228]

Day-O! Is a daaay-o! Daylight come an me wan go home! awesome painting as usual. Thanks for doing this one, Alpay! Love this movie

[@isirlasplace91]

It looks fantastic!!! I love it!! One of my favourite movies 😁

[@AshSchultzArt]

Absolutely delicious. I’m just starting on my large beetlejuice portrait for spooky season and this was delightfully inspiring!

[@kevinvillasuso7307]

Wow! You’re good

[@pastmasterdan4080]

Nice work 🎉

[@dcarbs2979]

You've answered a quandery I had. Not if illustrators are artists - of course they are! But if it is worthwhile pursing my study series of film stills. I did pen & ink stills study for composition. I may well now explore them as a subject and art in it's own right. Thanks Artists who call people "just illustrators" are simply insecure about their own not-as-good-as-it-could-be 'art'. To make theirs look good, they have to demean yours.

[@nikbl4k]

i like the angle on the characters

[@zoewhiteart7676]

Awesome painting!

[@crashkeyz1]

So cool

[@ArtePelaArteEri]

Awesome sir thanks!!

[@unmodernize]

Great motif

[@PersonPlaceThing1]

There is a distinction between artist and illustrator. Artists express themselves through many mediums. Illustrators, musicians, photographers and writers are all different catagories of artist is all.

[@gavinreid2741]

One comparison to make is your art work against classical academic drawing. A clear and obvious diffrence. At art school we only worked in charcoal and always drew from life. Never from imagination. Never from photography.

[@nezbit8989]

I don’t know about technical critique but I do know what my eye’s like and this picture is fantastic. All those beautiful colours creating a mood and feel. I absolutely love it well done 👌👌

[@williamkuroki7683]

Outstanding

[@Persefon33366]

Very cool ☺️

[@MagatsuNimura]

Alpay, seeing you talk about tiny brushes and tiny faces makes me remember about your idea of painting a miniature for a video! As a miniature painter myself, I wonder from time to time, if you'll give it a try eventually! I'd love to see your take on a tiny plastic soldier :D BTW, I love Beetlejuice, and I loved the painting.

[@tyham726]

I love the movie "Beetle Juice!!"

[@ausaiden]

Art inspires illustrators.

[@kevinhardy8997]

Apparantly, real artists make pictures of rectangles. Genius.

[@naturejelisabeth]

Thank you for sharing your perspective bout illustrators/artists! ...I still don't understand, were the difference is or should be. Same with photographers... I guess I see it as you do - illustrators, photographers, sculpters, painters, drawers, potters, florists, architects, gardeners,... they are all artists of there own kind. I find. Thanks for the tip with the knife!! That's awesome!

[@tinneyo5714]

You are not a real artist, you are THE real artist 😅 congrats again for creating such a vibrant and modern painting from an older source!

[@carmennavar6961]

I think your work is fabulous whatever people call you . Who cares the end product is great thanks

[@annelinhsen1067]

Great, I like it!

[@victorart-]

Wonderful~ your painting skills are amazing🍀🍀👍

[@emilymorris6214]

YOU ARE MOST DEFINITELY AN ARTIST! Also, Who hasn't seen Beetlejuice?? Love your work, Sir

[@Viola5501]

Let’s just say the only thing missing with painting of some of the Greats artist that’s hanging in museum, are the numbers, I believe if anyone can create art that is appealing to people, you have earned the title of a artist, artists work hard to create, it takes years to be any good, know matter what your working in, some people take the easy way like letting a computer do it for you that to me isn’t a true artist. Illustrators are just as much a artist as anyone that can create and produce art people like and admire.

[@nickorange4881]

they are making a sequel. im not sure if its a movie or a series though. the painting came out so good.

[@AmandaInEly]

I have to go see the movie again now. Which I'm pretty sure I first saw in Frankfurt.

[@joshcrackedboooi2392]

i think of art as a genre of entertainment an illustration a genre of art

[@corinaskunst]

Super tolles Video!

[@parttimepunks]

Oh man. I’d love a print of this! Especially now with the sequel about to destroy my cherished memories of my favorite film.

[@cpoco]

Brilliant as always! For those that don't know Beetlejuice... they can remedy that, for the sake of the film itself and the fantastic Harry Belafonte soundtrack ;)

[@nicole3641]

What a stunning piece of art. I watched the movie back then as a kid and even at this young age I fell in love with Lydia's style. As soon as I could afford buying my own clothes they all were black or red. Until today my wardrobe is filled with lots of gothic, avandgarde black and some red clothes. Too bad I found this video too late to buy the painting.

[@staceypeak199]

I feel free when I consider myself an illustrator rather than using the aimlessly broad term artist. Thank you.

[@AshB_Watercolors]

“No body is going to recognize this”….. dude! It’s freaking Beetlejuice! There’s a new one coming out too! I think it will be recognized!

[@probmfk]

Nice to hear this. I too, have been called an illustrator before in a sort of "well you're not an artist" way like you mentioned. It hurt for a long time but this is reassuring. I am what I am

[@CrazyCoolArt615]

I wish I was 1/4 the artist you are.

[@kikkic.235]

I've always just thought that Illustrator was a profession title. One that artists can go for in the job world, not a title that actually defined whether someone was an artist or not. There are so many artists in the world and all of them are wonderful with their own styles. You, my friend, are a wonderful artist. (I thought that might be Beetlejuice near the videos beginning and didn't want to assume, and it makes me happy that I was not wrong on that first thought. It looks great!😊)