Silas Zindel 😁

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. ~Pablo Picasso

@@NatPaintThat Congrats, your art teacher was garbage as an artist.

Galagya ? I don’t understand why you are directing your comment at me. I just smiled at Silas’ comment...

@@ThatGreenSpy MASTERS are ORIGINAL! . . . INSPIRED by "Great" Artists!

@@madarakun9952 k

I agree with what you said about Aqua, it made me laugh XD. Thanks for the timestamps btw!

#5 is Rest, not stress. :)

ty!!

@@ravenshadowz2343 I re-watched the video specifically to figure that one out :D

I've already seen this talk once years ago and only after reading your comment I realized it isn't a ted talk lol

@@anima94 S A M E O M G!

wait what. this isn't a ted talk?

It has the same structure as one mate

wait.......isn't it?

omg I feel you my friend!!

its tough trying to transition into digital as a traditional artist, just doesn't feel the same, though there are cools stuff you can do with digital it still feels like a whole new thing to learn.

Tali De I thought I was the only one!! I totally agree. My hand and eyes are definitely not as trained to map out space and color on digital

Shout out to my hoochie sleepin in the heat gettin off da beat

They are both transferable tech always wins

Yes!!

That's funny

You haven't seen too many Ted talks then.

wait. this isn't a ted talk?

THIS Should be in Ted Talk!

Progress is impossible without aiming for perfection . It only creates more problem and eventually you find yourself regressing .

@@morganolfursson2560 How about this phrase instead? "Progress is when one moves a step forward toward perfection"

@@morganolfursson2560 perfection doesn't exist. Progress is realistic.

@@morganolfursson2560 no. The idea of perfection is an illusion. It's not accessible in the slightest.

@@pagethreemodel This is a very western approach to things.

I enjoyed reading that

Plot Twist: Those warnings of semis making wide right turns was actually the REASON why there were Hot Wheels cars left on the road...; 😱🤯

Expected copypasta, was pleasantly suprised. ^.^ Such a wholesome little story. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Your words will change my life for good and I will come here again to thank you .

Europpa wow very good advice! Love it! Will try fo sure!

What he meant by stealing well is being able to compose a new product out of existing elements. Plus, it's not stealing if you give credit, especially not if it's sharing notes. 👍

Ah okay haha sorry, not really my kind of humor :P

Your kind of humour must suck...

Hm...some unknown internet person using a racial excuse for why someone didn't find them funny. Yeah, real pro comic. Maybe it's the -comic's- humor that's no good. Some just love tearing others down for no good reason. You're fine Amanda! I'm a writer, not an artist but I still found the video and the list useful. I think it works well for any creative person. I might write down your reference list for myself as a little self esteem boost to keep at it. Thanks! =)

I suspect it was not meant as humor, dear.

shoutout to my fellow traditional artists trying to succeed in a digital world

@@anthonyphung4956 I've tried traditional painting. It's a whole nother level of difficulty. Props to you if your sticking with it.

Supreem Court yes

what do you do for conscious learning tutorials?

Yes exactly! This and receiving feedback are my two biggest challenges at the moment. I would spend hours listening to music or podcasts and just doodling away, not producing stuff that made me feel, I dunno, not much of anything about what I was doing. I also struggle to show my works to other people - this is going to be an ongoing hurdle, I think.

The biggest waste of time is not being conscious ... .. . I believe this is one of our biggest hurdles, For me this is where meditation comes in, so to be in the moment, and not blundering away from here and now.

- Andrew Price, 2020.

@@Abhishekganesan 2016 or 2017?

@@MrYeet-ip4qj 2016 yes lol. I watched that video in 2020.

Nicolás Ramírez thanks mate. I really do think it's important to share the failures. Showing only the highlights just demotivates people when they try it themselves.

hey have you heard about the blender pin poster that you will be to buy on game guru and put in your own pictures. time to inject and look like a body for the whole world and get sexy huh.

Blender Guru I watched your color theory and I was wondering is that how pixar/Disney films use color scripts to make there textures and lighting off the color wheel ? is lighting for animation films called cinematic lighting. I know cinematic lighting has the teal, orange like in transformers or dark/light blue like in movie underworld. But seems light in animation film has more of a volume lighting effects .

his presentation was far away from being awesome.

yea mean that as in like really bad, or more than just awesome?

I think people should perfect a narrow area of drawing, it saves time as we are all weak in a certain area (my weak areas are cars, vehicles, planes, landscapes, seascapes, bird'seye angles)

@@AtticusStount just focus on your niche but at the same time try to add some of those elements on your niche work.

@The Tyro of Toriyama What if at the end of the day the only thing that matters is doing what we really want to do? I mean, people from my acting class said I were really good, even the best of the whole class. They insisted I had to keep studying and one of them even asked me to start an Acting Agency with her. But... I didn't want to. The amount of time and stress it takes is too much for something I don't even have full interest on. And this happens to everybody. Maybe we are good in something or can be really good in that... but don't want to do that simply because our interests are different. I know people who are amazing artists but prefer music.

@The Tyro of Toriyama Yeah, in that case I completely agree with you! But let's not forget all the succesful artists that don't master every aspect of the whole art.

@The Tyro of Toriyama I do exactly the same and I found that to be the only way that works for me. The problems comes when we are scared of jumping into the void. In a world of pencils and paper the worst thing that can happen is breaking the pencil nib, lol. If I stick to what I like... I eventually end up doing most, if not everything I need to do to achieve my goal. If I am scared of drawing hands just because they are hard, but I do like drawing people, is time to assume people have hands, hahah

oh you got jokes?!

HAR

Lol🤣🤣🤣

*"Just do one line a day." That's what my drug dealer says too. I'll try to get him to make a KZfaq video.* by Azul Amazigh.

speedracer77 so is he going to?!?!

Andriy Vasylenko yes!!

I'm going to quote you a lot :D

the thumbs up one

exactly! i love the way you put it :) btw i wanted to refer to the same issue. they kind of oppose each other, dont they? well anyway, you have said it all ;)

Totally agree!

Kids to school

so true I have tons of paintings and sketches in my closet that I never finished because I didnt think it was good enough or got tired of trying to make it perfect I'm barely trying to learn this lol

thanks for the quote man. really vital to know as a creative.

"but when it comes to work for clients or your daily challenge, being done is better than being perfect." So true!! Francis Bacon, Produced nothing for a year or two. It's not that he did not paint, but that he only wanted to put forward his best work. Sometimes perfection shows up by accident at other times it may take volumes to achieve. Wished I had been his trash man !!

After putting hard work in your painting to make it after long time of work perfect, with very precise drawing in the small things. I think your satisfied with your painting then, when its finally done with perfection and then colored perfectly. I dont understand why many of these artists draw so many sci-fi female faces. These sci-fi women in thoese paintings just got stupid look, so its not so impressive and its sci-fi, so it does not feel real, when its just some anime girl, so its booring drawing not singel bit impressive. Thoese drawings about stupid anime girls with stupid looks on their face just feel more annoying to look at, than feel like good drawing. Better drawings would be making drawing about imperialistic era naval ship battles or drawing about battles in WW2 with airplanes in sky or with tanks in ground for example, when their really epic to look at as painting. Then drawing about dark force user holding red lightsaber would be also epic and battling some light force user, when it shows in the picture very strong power with the dark force user with his red lightsaber.

No u

@Janet C. Hunter turning it upside down or looking at it in a mirror is also good

@Janet C. Hunter some1 should go suck on a lemon whilst spinning in the air with their eyes closes

If you want to sell your art online, I am in quest (haha, fancy world) to talk to artists and see their artwork online. If you are intrested, do reply to this comment. :)

I do love making art but I just don't always have motivation for it. It's so much work but it's the only thing that fulfills me.

Indeed, you can also say Practice makes Progress not perfection cause perfection is an idea humans came up which is nearly impossible or is impossible to achieve cause we always aim for something once we've had a thing.

I studied traditional lacquer ware with gold leaf , gold powder and inlaid Urushi Makie and traditional silk kimono making techniques and both the masters who taught me had the same motto . ”完璧が当然、完璧以上を狙うは目的。” which was written or carved on a board at the entrance of the atelier. It means "Perfection is the minimum, you must aim for more than perfection" I guess this is why Japanese or asian art in general is so much about the detail and the perfection of the execution. There is no such thing in Japan as "perfection can't be reached" quite the opposite, "perfection can and must be reached" I f you take for example the work of Jakuchu and its magnificent Roosters paintings. And compare it to western paintings . What is extraordinary when you understand his work is that he painted on, silk fibers mixed with plant and tree fibers, sort of paper and therefore unlike western style painting you can't fix a mistake because once the ink touched the canvas whatever you draw or paint can not be erased or drawn over . Which means that his work is perfect from start to finish, without a single mistake , because if he had made one, he would have had to start over . Same with lacquer , once you apply the lacquer, there is no turning back , and if you draw with gold on it , it sticks immediately and can not be removed so the work must there again be perfect from start to finish . I am part French on my mother's side and i am married to a Japanese . And when i saw Notre Dame burning i was horrified while my husband was more shocked . What shocked him was that workers who had been restoring the cathedral had smoked on the scaffolding although it was strictly forbidden , he was also shocked that dust that had accumulated for decades helped the fire to spread and then he was shocked that people needed to donate money to rebuild it . There is a temple in Nara called Horyu-Ji , which is the oldest and largest man made wooden structure in the world , it is 1200 years old , entirely made of wood and has never burned , nor was it ever damaged by earthquake . The point is not that it was made by master craftsmen but that it was taken care of. You will never find dust anywhere in the temple because it is entirely and very thoroughly cleaned 4 times a year , so dust will never accumulate . When it went through renovation it was always done by the elite carpenters and craftspeople of the country and none of them would even think of smoking inside or around the building (Actually smoking around Horyuj-Ji guarantees you some time in jail and a very salty fine, as it is strictly forbidden ) , and finally Horyu-Ji is insured , meaning that if anything was to happen to it , the insurance company will cover whatever it takes to fix it . But what i mean to say is that perfection is in the detail and is not out of reach . It is not about skill it is about attitude toward things , it is about paying attention and showing a lot of respect not only toward what you do but toward yourself and toward the persons you are doing something for . Notre Dame burned because people didn't pay attention and neglected the building instead of respecting it . They used it, they enjoyed it , they were proud of it , but they did not respect it, and they didn't pay attention to details, and this is why it burned. The problem in the west is that we live by the quote by Seneca "Errare humanum est" which means "To err is human" , while in Asia this concept is unthinkable . Besides we believe that this quote is "Errare human est" when the actual quote is "Errare humanum est, set perseverare diabolicum " which actually means "To err is human, but to persist in error is diabolical." Actually i believe that " Errare humanum est, and , set persevrare human est " To persist in error is even more human (in the west) . But it doesn't mean it can not be overcome . Conveniently in the west , when something goes well we congratulate ourselves , and when something goes wrong or we can't achieve something, we blame Diabolicum , the devil. In Asia they are not that self indulgent and self righteous , When something goes well , it only means that they did their job properly and there is nothing to be proud about , and when something goes wrong , you point the finger at yourself and accept the responsibility . Perfection exists , in art and in many other fields . In spite of studying art for a very long time , i am a veterinarian , married to an MD . When we operate (surgically) we can't enter the room thinking "to err is human" , mistake is not permissible , the surgery must go flawlessly and we can't make a single mistake , and if we do , not only aren't we going to blame the devil for it , but neither are the owners of the dog or cat or the family of the patient . Perfection is the strict minimum , aiming for more than perfection is the ultimate goal . The only way to achieve perfection is to never lose your focus , never be self-indulgent, never be self-righteous thinking that you are good at what you do, show respect for what you do and whom you do it for and pay attention to every single detail never overseeing anything . When i operate on a animal i am always thinking about the animal's well being, about its life being in my hands and how much longer this life must last , about the owner who will be devastated if anything goes wrong, about everything i have studied in veterinary school and my years of experience. But i am also extremely grateful for my years of studying art in Japan , because i was taught the proper attitude to adopt when doing something, in order to do it right . You can't do more than perfect though , but nothing can stop you from trying, so that "a least" you will achieve perfection. Hopefully !

@@morganolfursson2560 very interesting point of view and for sure food for thought. thanks for sharing your opinion on the matter. i often struggle with perfection in my artworks. i want them to be perfect, but sometimes my vision of perfection is flawed and i even make things worse in the process.

@@morganolfursson2560 I thoroughly enjoyed reading your insightful educational interesting and enjoyable comments in your post, thank you.

@@VAPIDISM You're very much welcome . Thanks for your kind comment too. All the best .

I listen to audiobooks which makes me paint longer when im really enjoying a story

SAME

love this example : )

cute ❤

Those who have organised thoughts don´t need information in fucking numbered bullet points.

Same goes to a martial artist

serious

basically the same thing as the subject of this video.

I guess your own perfectionist approach is the biggest blocker.

the guy is quite slimy

Maybe, but I wouldn´t have watched if it had that title. I´m glad I did, it was good advice.

@@margarita8998 tittle? You mean title?

ReyRoSho how did it go

Ha ha. That's good but if that's truly the case then don't you think you should be investing a bit more time on learning how to learn?

im sure he's fucked if he's saying "can't 'wait'" meaning he hasn't done it yet. Meaning he is unlikely to get where he wants if he can't start immediately.

well spotted ! do or don't do there is no try !

What color them nails painted today lad?

same :)

how has it turned out now?

Yes, did you finish?

@@GrandTheftBalow has worked out great. If it helps anyone else: I also read an extremely inspirational book a friend recommended to me called "Mastery" by George Leonard. He basically says that these phases of feeling stuck are a natural part of the road to mastering a skill. He calls it "the plateau" and it will be there in phases for the rest of your path. Mastery, he says, is about steady practicing eventhough you feel like you're not progressing... and of course steady learning. I can only recommend it as well.

Wtf this mean if I'm bad at sleeping

¡DITTO!!!🙄

Insomnia. I can't relate

thats incorrect. it takes 10000hrs to "MASTER" a skill. you can get "good" in a few hundred.

@@TheSighphiguy The "10000 hours rule" has been largely debunked since then though.

LOL if you want to get better, get better.. thats it.. your comment is like one of this "im so woke, please like this comment" comment.. you know.. doing your best and also reach out to new lands, is a good thing.. sticking to what you like is okay but just staying there without ever reaching other limits is bad!.. in my own comment, which is propably gone..(i dont know why) i just already said it.. i couldnt draw boys.. i thought well.. i just stick to it! but this wasnt a realistic view on the world.. there are not just girls in the world and as i wanted to get more authentic and original i needed to learn also drawing boys! and even if i couldnt in the beginning, im now better in it than before.. just learn, learn and learn out! learn new! JUST LEARN! doing just.. one thing is not just lame.. it shows that you wont even try to get better.. lol

There's no niche for drawing cute girls anymore, it's so overdone it's been run into the fuckn ground

TheTheoristx3 Just the first sentence in your clueless comment is enough for me to know that you’re probably a very bad artist or that you don’t possess any artistic skills at all. “If you wanna get better, just get better” Thank you for those words of enlightenment. How was humanity even able to survive without your wisdom? We are truly not worthy, you fucking moron. And don’t even get me started what i think about the rest of your comment.

I find it odd everyone attacking the OP's comment. If you he's absolutely right about both points.

@@mikipav1064 You completely looked past his point just to make a pissy comment just for the sake of it. He had a good point, continue learning and branch out. Your comment is just insecure and obnoxious.

I’m definitely gonna do that

Ciaran Boyle thank you!

Q . Old Moves

Eric Holliday they should start a petition for it on a website called change.com or something

BigBenEco NotMyJob! i rather call it more personal than lonely

I guess I would too. I was more pointing out the fact of working in solitude, rather than the idea of being alone or rejected.

BigBenEco NotMyJob! oh yes man i get you 100% it is a journey that we experiemce with others, but must do alone

So is that a good thing or a bad thing? Atm I'm really confused ;-;

Well, it's being productive, while also not having anyone on discord to talk to, so a bit of both.

May you put that into context please? Is it just that you dislike TED or the topics they promote?

William Craven Hmm can you be more specific please? Which video was that, I'm really curious.

William Craven Disturbing. I suppose there's an agenda everywhere, even in places that promote themselves as free thinking and development driven, yikes. Thank you for replying.

this is only a shame because people deserve the right to be stupid in a public forum (healthy fat people exist, scientifically speaking). better example of TED "silencing" people?

There have been a couple of interviews on the Joe Rogan podcast where former Ted speakers described both the suppression of content and an oddly cultish atmosphere in the organization itself. They can be viewed here on youtube, so you can take them at your own measure.

dont alot of other artist say perfection and not volume? for example you shouldnt be doing alot of stuff but like 1 thing form start to finish as good as you can?

Create what you love comes first not last

This is how programming is for me sometimes.

I have that problem, even more now with instagram, it's like look at this kid who is only 15 and do awesome stuff, and here I am doing crappy work, even when people compliment me regurlarly, but that's because they don't do anything art related, so being on instagram for me is like going down a rabbit hole, I can admire their work but at the same time feel bad about it.

So true! It's like a bear trap for one's development

I have the same habit. Instagram is the only social media (besides KZfaq) app I use and being surrounded by artists of immense skill leads me to doubt myself, however, it's also been one of the main motivations that still pushes me to do my best. Seeing artists like Andrew go from zero to where they are today makes me ask myself "Why can't you do the same? You have a love for creating art and two healthy hands" I hope you experience the same uplifting inspiration

Best thing i've found to work is challenge yourself and compare your current self to your past one, did you improve in something or whatever, works well as i tend to obsess with things that interest me.

i do not agree. just to know that i'm pretty good in what l do, chek me on instagram (giulyarts). Comparing to others challenges you, and moves you to go and take what you want. Yes, compare yourself and even think "im not good at that", trust me, you need to prove yourself you were wrong, cause we work really fast to prove we are better than negative thoughts

Rebecca Jo Anthony I had a choir teacher say literally the exact same thing. He doubled as a band teacher too!

and be sure you change your underwear daily... super important.

SR47 water is like oil in a car you’re body just doesn’t perform at 100% I went long periods of a days not drinking water and noticed the difference

Lol

@@santiagopino2407 good job not dying

Richard Hawkes thanks man :)

Yeah, like the guy looking at his cell phone or the one who wouldn't raise his hand for anything, even "who has heard the phrase, 'practice makes perfect'?" Speaking in front of an audience isn't easy, as an audience member if you're not going to at least give them your attention and basic participation when prompted, then why even be there?

That is because, perhaps, the presentation wasn't particularly captivating and nothing new wasn't there. The auditorium looks rather disappointed than interested. Their expectations were different than the delivered information

Well, one problem was that it came across more like a "Oooh, I learned to draw! Look how good I got at it!" speech than anything else. The second problem, tying into the first, is since he mainly use his own amateur stuff to get his point across most people are probably sitting there and thinking "Who the hell is this Andre Price guy anyway?"

yeah that's the point of likes, if anyone could give as many as they wanted, it would lose its meaning 🙃

Well, there was a time when KZfaq had 5-star system. But I suppose like/dislike is doing it's job

Me too, he's amazing!

Pockys haha thanks :P

AeroAndZero I was so happy he made it

Bidoof Games Me Too

Kinzuko that's probably a bad way to learn. Too much info in too little time seems bad.

Yeah, that's the exact opposite thing Andrew was advocating for.

Correct practices males better, perfect is impossible. Never stop trying tho

Perfection is usually irrelevant, and more important, impossible... focus on the realistic.

That’s a trap. The obvious, inevitable flaw there occurs when you can’t resolve certain ideas due to weak technical prowess. Develop skills first and cultivate ideas on the side. Once somewhat comfortable, technical proficiency can evolve preconceived ideas. It can also cultivate its own set of ideas you couldn’t have without developing the skill. You can always opt against using a known skill; you can’t opt to instantly use an undeveloped one.

Ideas are easy, executing them is the hard part.

@@EulogyfortheAngels He´s actually right, he´s basically talking about the Alberti's principle of art, that is: "it´s not about the technique, it´s about the best idea", hence the technique is just a detail, a path to put an idea in practice/develop the idea. It´s secondary.

Oh yes I'm actually reading that book right now! It influenced several of the points in this presentation :) And yes the book is awesome. Highly recommend it. Dispels several myths about what being an original is about.

“We have no art, everything we do is art” :-)

They didn't say it was perfect they said it was good. Mix up ur question to hey u inspire me can u cc my work. Something is off.what would u change up ..does this color look right.that shadow seems off is it just my eyes? Ppl r used to others showing up or off their work..many don't want the cc on it or get attitude. Ppl can't always tell that ur mature and grateful enough for honest cc ..❤️jenn

Try to be more specific with your questions, like "is the anatomy wonky or is the shading any good?" Like that

Same with me and my mom