hello, I'm Captain and
I drew this!
yaaay!
um today
we're gonna be talking about art struggles
and struggles
I feel like a lot of artists have
and it's hard to
it's hard to remember that all artists have like around the same problems
like we all usually hate the same general kinds of things
and have the same kind of problems with being a creative
and I feel like this video might help a litte
not only with like me
figuring out what I have problems with or what
what I struggle with but also
for other people to watch and see that "oh, I have the same problems"
let's get started~
I'm gonna put my glasses on
there's gonna be a glare but
I can't see
one thing I know a lot of people have a hard time with is recognising progress
(sigh)
where do I begin with progress?
it is an eye opener of how much progress I have made in my art
I have been drawing for maybe...
(mumblings)
so 11 years
I have been drawing for 11 years
it's been a lot
(laughs)
a lot
and I'm happy
with uh
the progress I've made
this picture
I drew when we first moved to Georgia
um
my dad gave us this travel, crayola sketchbook
I drew that when we first moved here
and
I mean at that age I didn't think it was good
I didn't think it was bad either
I was like "I'm just drawing"
"cause I like to do that"
I was like "I got this blank paper, I can do whatever I want with it"
and so I did and I drew this lady
I was watching a lot of Kim Possible
and in Kim Possible, their eyebrow connects to their nose
so I wanted to try that then I didn't like the way it looked so I just connected her eyebrows together
and you get this girl
I think I was around um
that was 11 years ago
11 minus 23
math
so yeah I drew this around the age of 8? 9??
it was a while ago
like a long time ago as you can see
progress!
since I kept that
uh last year I was doing a September drawing challenge and it was like draw something like
something old that you have
and
I drew this
which is that same girl
so yeah, progress!
comparing one to the other
and I'm still kinda happy with this one because I feel like
later
when
if
no, WHEN I get better
at my craft
I'm gonna look at this
and be like
"hey look how far I got" just like I did with that one
like I've gotten faster at drawing like
the base of the body like
(snaps)
dish it out real quick!
so yeah, progress is a hard thing for people to see
I see a lot of people saying
"oh"
"I'm not getting better"
or "I've always drawn this crappy" or
this and that
even in their art
the people who
doubt their abilities
you can see the progress in it like
maybe they stopped
clashing colours in their art. maybe they stopped shading with black
progression isn't always like a
drastic style change
sometimes it's just
"hey, I think I'm gonna use more blues in my drawing because I feel like it compliments it better" or
"I feel like I'm gonna start shading a bit with orange or something cause...I dunno it's easier for me
so yeah, progress is a tough thing to tackle
um
and then there's style which is
the bane of everybody's existence
style is a hard thing to establish
because nowadays everything you draw looks like something else to people
you can draw anything and it can be compared to anything so
just honestly
just brush it off
it's never gonna stop
cause our minds are just wired to relate it to other things
and there's nothing we can do about it
we can get mad about it but that's not gonna change anything
you get mad they'll just be like "ok psh"
"that still looks like such and such" like
like "oh that's nice"
"that still looks like Lapis Lazuli, right?"
(laughs)
our brains
our brains are always putting two and two together, that's what our brains do like
you have the creative side and you have the knowledge si--I don't think I got those sides right
but yeah you know what I mean
one sides like, "oh that's so pretty. I like the way"
"the dress flows. I like the lace. oh, I like the way she did this. I like the way she did that."
then the other side of the brain is just like
"YOU KNOW THAT SHOW YOU WATCHED??"
and you're like "yeah?"
"DOESN'T THAT LOOK LIKE THAT SHOW??"
and you're just like "yeah!"
and some people vocalise that and some people don't
it's gonna happen
people are gonna make connections to things and to your art and
for me
when it happen I'm just like "oh okay..."
I don't really
I don't really react
I'm just like
that's fine
my thing is
they can be like "oh, that looks like Lapis Lazuli
and I'm like "Thank you! BUT DO YOU LIKE IT THO???"
and if they say "yes," I'm like
"then we're cool"
(snaps) you like my art
we're good
I'm gonna be rambling a lot
(sigh)
I think I said in the first video uh
I gave up trying to be an artist
well, professional artist
I don't think it's gonna happen in my lifetime
I know I'm not that old, and I know I have time, but
there's a lot to do
like my skill level is not at a spot where I can be like
like I can lean on it
ya know?
like if I wanna like
be a professional artist I gotta put like
I gotta put the work in
to get better
cause I don't practise enough. I'm just gonna put that out there: I don't practise enough
I draw
I could draw everyday
and I don't practise the stuff I'm bad at
(laughs)
I don't have the mental stability to just
throw myself into something I'm gonna hate later
like I use art as
kind of an escape honestly
so I don't have time to make that a chore
ya know?
like if I have too much at a time like
I start slowing down. I don't want to do art as much
it's just a mess
I try not to weigh myself down with too much stuff
ya know?
like too much stuff to do artistic wise
because like I said art is an escape for me
like I do it to feel better or I do it like
to express myself
as you do
when it stops being fun that's when I stop doing it
same thing with writing
same thing with RPs
same thing with the Adventure Time stuff
it stopped being fun
and it started being more like stressful
creatively
if it's not fun I'm not gonna do it
or I'm gonna have a hard time doing and that just gonna be an ordeal
like what I said with my first drawing
when I was like 8 or 9
I didn't do it
for praise honestly
I didn't do it
because I thought it'd be good
and I didn't do it because
for any other reason than just to do it
which is how I feel art should be like
if you feel so inclined to be expressive, do it
draw something
I have the luxury of not doing art as a profession, I can do it anytime I want
I don't have a deadline to
like even with uh
the contest gifts I'm drawing
I don't have a deadline for those
I'm doing them
I'm doing them just as like
I feel like it
but when I do contest things
or when I do commissions
um
I feel pressured to finish those, of course
because it's for other people
and they either paid for it or did hard work for it and I feel like they deserve it
it's so easy to get frustrated
with art, because you're taking a piece of yourself and putting it on a blank canvas
and
when that piece of yourself is not something you really like or it's not aesthetically pleasing or
somebody else doesn't like it
or nobody likes it as much as you do
it's
it's
its draining
I'm just trying to think of words
art is draining
and it's also the reason why I take a lot of breaks
like
sometimes I'll disappear from instagram, somtimes I'll disappear from DA
or YouTube or
SnapChat even; I'll just stop and be like "I need to take a break."
so yeah
art is hard
very hard
but
it should be fun
I feel like. me. just me personally
it should be fun first and foremost
I dunno. I'm a really simple artist
um I started doing art because it was fun
and
that's how I wanna keep doing art. I have to remind myself
I have to have this sketchbook as a reminder like
I did all this art because
I thought it was fun
I did it because it was fun!
and um
I wanna keep doing art because it's fun
now, I'm so worried about what I put in sketchbooks
but honestly, this is just telling me like
"do what you want, like, it's really no big deal"
"because you used to put WHATEVER you wanted in these sketchbooks"
"and you did not give a crap"
mostly this video is for people
for the social media artist; for the
people who are just starting art
people who are considering getting into art and stuff like that
just do it for fun
and
maybe you wanna do it as a profession one day
and if you do it enough
then
you're definitely gonna get better
it's...good
(laughs)
"DRAWING: it's good!"
that's all I can say, it's good
just keep drawing
it's hard
it's very hard
and there's so much
there's so much content
there's so many artists nowadays
like we have access to SO many artists
art envy's a tough one
but you just have to remember that we're all in the same boat
look at me
(laughs)
we're all in the same boat
we've got artists from all around the world
posting things on Instagram
posting things on DA
and
we're getting jealous of each other
and it's so easy to do that, but
just know that it's hard for everybody
we're all jealous of each other
but the best we can do is
tell our story in the way only we can
like only you know the story that's in your brain
even if you see something that's similar to something you wanted to do
still do it
still do it
because
only you can tell your story
nobody can tell it like you can, honestly
that's the best way I can say it
like you've gone through experiences that maybe the other person hasn't gone through
whether it's through one drawing or through just a character design
or through a comic or through an
illustrative piece. only you can tell that story
because it came from your mind
you're putting
something from your head
onto a blank piece of paper
and making something out of nothing
like I said the first video, "You're a wizard, Harry"
"that's awesome!"
you just made something out of nothing, even if you don't like it
even if it looks like crap
you did that!
you can do something a lot of people think they can't
a lot of people don't even TRY to
there's always gonna be someone who doesn't like your art
there's ALWAYS gonna be someone who doesn't like your art
there's ALWAYS gonna be someone
there's always gonna be somebody, but there's always gonna be someone who LOVE your art
so just keep doing it until
until YOU love it
honestly like
bump what people say. keep doing it until you're happy
I have like
1,000? 2,000? post of
of drawings on my Instagram
and not that many followers, but
I still post on there
for the people who do follow me
because
each like means
hey, they looked at it and they liked it, and maybe
it struck something inside their hearts
maybe they felt some way
by looking at my art
maybe they saw it and was like "oh, I can do that better"
or saw it and was like "oh, that's great; I wanna do something like that"
or they saw it and was like "oh, that's where I wanna be"
any of those reactions or beyond
is a blessing
for me
cause
anytime I can inspire somebody to do art
that's
I feel good about what I'm doing
I won't be an artist professionally, but if I can inspire people to do art I feel like I did my job
everytime I get a comment that says
that says like "your art is so gorgeous" or
somebody who puts my art into a folder that says
"art goals" or "inspiration"
I die a little inside with happiness
oh my gosh, I'm getting emotional
(laughs)
not gonna do it
this is not gonna be the--this is not gonna be the vlog I cry
if anything I want to instill feelings into people with my art!
(sigh)
I could've said that smoother but
I'm not gonna cut it out, I'm gonna leave the stutter in
art's gonna be hard
art's always gonna be hard
but I know you can do it
cause you're cool
my advice
would be to
just draw
that's kinda my advice for the whole video
it's "just draw"
anything creative is just a good idea
it's good to keep those creative juice flowing
my advice would be to just keep drawing
just do it
like even if it's a doodle; even if it's just like
like a piece that's gonna take days--even if you don't finish it just
do something
just get started on something; don't stop
if it's something you're passionate about
if you got to the end of the video
thank you!
this got reall deep
for me
cause I'm really passionate about art
I love art!
I do it like everyday
and
it makes me happy
sometimes it makes me sad
but the happy outweighs the sad most of the time
if you got to the end
thank you!
you're cool
that's cool
if you didn't
that's okay
you're still cool
um thank you for being here
I hope you drew
I think that would be expected
you should be drawing while I'm talking
(laughs)
thank you for listening to me ramble about
something I'm very passionate about
and probably wouldn't be able to get this passionate about in public
but yeah thank you for being cool and listening
um
I'll try to do another vlog soon
I'll make a poll for what I should do next--though I'm running out of ideas
honestly
more speedpaints
uh
working on the tutorial
(sigh)
I wanna do the tutorial
for um
how I coloud
but the way I colour changes so often
but I've had the same formula for a while it's just
the act of recording
the stuff
I already have a script for the tutorial, it's just the act of recording the stuff for it
um
leave a comment down below if you want
um about some art struggles you have
something you struggle with
art struggles unify us
as artists
cause it's good to see that other people are struggling the same way--we like it
I'll see you next time
have a good day
goodnight
good evening
afternoon?
have a good time in whatever you're doing
and please stay creative and stay loose
byeeeeeeeee
bye!
I forgot what I was saying
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