This is like therapy by an artist for artists. This guy is a sage.

Imagine me living in a room that looks like shit with 2 more roomates getting drunk somewhere atm, most the students are all drunk and drugged which is not what I imagined at all before i got here, i got like 7 dollars per day or less, sometime so depressed and lonely, I statred smoking again. Im sitting here listening to Adam and all i got is this tablet in my lap and my computer under the bed because the room is so tiny for 3 persons. This man is the inspiration to me as a person because i am in this part of my life where im not happy but everything gets chill and calm when i paint while I listen to you bud. Spread possitivity and keep fighting for your dreams guys.

When I was in college and also my first job I literally obliterated my body, energy drinks, smoked a bit, ate terribly and it caught up to me. I caught typhoid fever and in the end my immune system was so damaged I couldn’t fight it off and it became a chronic infection that lasted over a year. It’s 2 years later and I’m still recovering. I’m getting better but it’s extremely slow. Please take care of your bodies people, in the end your health is what matters because it pertains to yourself. Thank you Adam for this video! It’s such an important topic especially sense our modern culture tells us that we need to destroy ourselves and even values when people do sadly.

Adam, I think you should concider a therapist career for artists, you have many great skills and you are a fantastic artist, but the world needs your insight :)

this is how i feel right now, i see myself breaking down day by day. i force myself to go forward, work 12 hours a day, so i can finally feel that im doing something right. but at the and of the day im sleep depraved, stressed, alone and have sleep hallucinations. thank you so much for this video. the best thing this month which happened to me was that i found your channel. i get 10 times more support from your videos than i ever got in my life. you are amazing xoxo

I swear the topics of your videos lately are messing with me. They are so in my head... I feel like I am being shown exactly what I want to see like I'm stuck in the Matrix lol.

People say I push myself too hard, but I think that I slack off way too much. I will do 1 or 2 hours of work on a day off, and the rest of the time is procrastinating, or stressing out over which project to work on. I am 30, and have been trying to do 3D graphics for about 10 years. I am good, but not good enough. I have too many ideas, and I never specialized, as I am generalist. I keep thinking that I should specialize, but If I were to specialize, I can't decide what aspect I would specialize in, as I feel that defeats the entire purpose of getting into this in the first place. Ifs hard for me to do projects for fun, or stay a generalist, because I feel like after 10 years of not getting anywhere, maybe I am wasting my time. So I end up doing something "fun" to distract myself from the feelings of not being able to decide what to do. So people tell me to relax, and have fun, but the problem is, that I do that all the time, I just don't enjoy it, because I feel like I didn't do enough work yet (which maybe was only an hour on a good day) Then people say that money doesn't give you happiness, but how can I relax and have fun without guilt if my financial situation keeps getting worse, and I can go homeless any day, and then if I am homeless, I can't do any art anyways, and then you can't do anything for fun and enjoy life becauise you will be on the street. Art has given me more money than any other job I have done, but I keep getting depressed, and then I can't do art for other people because I stress out that I am not doing a good job at a fast pace. I can do good art if I take my time, but if I take my time, I will basicaly be getting paid WAY less than minimum wage because it takes me so long to do something that I consider good. I can do it fast, but then it looks bad. So I have to eicher charge a rediculous amoutn of money for what other people can do much faster, or I decide taht I work for 2 dollars an hour. If I can only do the right project idea (of which I have many) then it can get an audience, and I can sell my own indie games, and merch (such as shirts) then I can be happy doing projects that I enjoy. I just strsss out because if I choose the wrong project then I am wasting my time chasing ghosts. My goal is NOT to do art for other people. I hate that so much. I only want to do my own projects. In the past I considered doing freelance or trying to get in the industry, but I feel ike its a waste of time since I only want to do my projects anyways. Then even if I do go the industry route, its so much work and conpetition for something that I don't even want to do in the first place. I try freelance for extra money, but I stress out so much over the speed of my work. It takes me so long to do stuff, because I like to experiment, delete, redo. try something else. Try a new workflow, and see what works. If I charge by the hour, or am on a deadline there is no room for experimentation, and I stress out so much and get really depressed. Working Retail in the meantime, and that barely pays the bills. How am I supposed to support a family on a job that I share with Highschool kids? If I can only get my art in order then I can have more money, and time to do what I love. People tell me to start dating, but I think that is a waste of time if I can't even support myself.

Adam Duff is a member of a 9 year old army :O

Can we please please please get a LucidPixul Discord server? Pleeaaasseeee.

This is so true :) I've been trying to starve myself to lose weight and pushing my mental limits to the brink to put out as much content as possible and I felt really burnt out. I thought I was just weak but it turns out that my body was giving up because it wasn't getting the nutrients it needed. Never sacrifice your health.

The teacher will appear when the student is ready. I guess I’m ready to hear this in 2022. Thank you Adam! Shoutout from a fella Montrealer! 👩🏼‍🎨🙌✨🍀✨

Just wanted to share a recent development in my life that really coincides with this episode. I currently have a job that lets me interact with hundreds of creative people a week, talking about their projects, the materials they need to use. I get to share my knowledge and expertise about certain art materials to complete strangers. All the while I'm learning new things, new material combination that I get later pass onto more creatives. I've never been in a job that I thoroughly enjoy and have so much to offer by just being 'me'. Now I recently have an opportunity to step up the corporate ladder. Two years ago I would've jumped on it. Two years ago was when I had no clear desire or career path that I was pursuing. My art fell apart, my happiness was degraded. I just wanted more money (and not for lack of trying, I tried my darnedest back then to get management position. I was devastated when I was denied, but in hindsight I am so thankful that it never came to fruition.) Jump back to today, and this opportunity has been presented to me on a silver platter without me trying. Just me being me and doing what I'm good at. And it's honestly a hard decision to make. I'm finally in a place where I'm happy at my day job, it doesn't mentally grind me to dust and I have the time and, most importantly, the energy to do my art and thrive with it like I have never before. My job is part-time and my partner and I make enough money to live comfortably, pay all the bills and some extra to put aside(like shopping sprees for acrylic pouring cause now we are both addicted to it). To take this management job I would be giving up what I love to do, interacting with people and sharing my knowledge, I would give up my time and energy. I would be spending 80% of my time at a job that is no longer aligned with my career. It will be more stressful, in a bad way, But the money is obviously better. So what do I do? Exactly as Adam says. The importance lies with your health, physically and mentally, and emotionally. I ask myself the question in a different way, 'Does this opportunity allow me to further my art and my career in a positive manner?' For reasons above, the answer is no. And it's a difficult answer to accept because of how money driven society has become, but short term pain will fruit long term gain and happiness. Additionally, I offer more to the business if I stay where I am, in the front lines. Moral of the story, align your decisions in life with your truth north - bit by bit.

Can we please get these into a podcast? These videos are just amazing!!!!! Thanks so much!!!

I've been quietly watching your videos for several months, but this one struck such a chord with me that I had to stop by to say thank you. Our society loves to assume that hard work = being a good person. It doesn't, in fact it's especially hard to be a good person when you are anxious, stressed and tired. Thank you for reminding me of that.

I'm not crying. You are.

Thank you so much Adam!!!!

Thanks for making me cry in 3 minutes flat, ADAM! JK. We love you, and you know it.

Definitely needed this talk. Thanks for everything you do Lucid!

Ahhh, jesus mate, there are something you say that is just pure gold. Keep on being brave brother. Exactly what I have been needing to hear.

I feel that sometimes I push myself alot because I just want to be like the artists I like and their work inspire me to keep going. I want to tell my stories, but I would be burned out with all of the information I want to write down and I end up having to give myself a break. I am not expecting perfection from my work, but my job makes me truly exhausting and once I am done with my shift and have time for my art, I would be ready to go to sleep. I am very grateful for having a job to pay my bills and have food on the table, but with all the stress from the Coronavirus and everyone panic buying in the beginning of March, I would be very tired. Thank god I am still going and having time to work on my art work with my cat at my side ^w^

Thank you for the videos man .

You are great Adam, keep up the good work. I love these videos.

blessed by words

Thank you for another insightful video. I hope your daughters get well soon. It's good to hear someone be so honest about what can go wrong if you let things get on top of you.

I love you , Thanks a lot for everything you said

Your advice is great thank you!

Thank you pappy Duff :P haha you can tell every video you make is completely from the heart :) thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much Adam, your videos help me a lot.

Man, I really needed this one today. Thank you for your wisdom sir, your talks are really helping me. You are like a friend that's always there for me when I need him.

Too true. Beautiful message here.

Thank you for the wonderful content. I really appreciate for what you're giving us!

Thanks so much for the videos you continue to make Adam. You are so relaxing to listen to and always keep me thinking about how to maintain a healthy life as an artist. Great stuff as always

Your videos are absolutely great. I thank you for what you do and your are saying very important things

Adam, you seriously know to talk to and reach fellow artists. This is exactly what I needed to hear today.

I really love your talks I can relate to pretty much everything you say. Wish I had found your channel two years earlier but experiencing mental and physical health issues also made me learn my lesson for good.

Man, I’ve just binge watched all of your art-talk videos and I have to say that this thing of being a healthy artist. And listening to your body and mind is so important. There are so many artist I’ve idolized that have been so incredibly toxic and “tortured”, that it’s really fucking cool to see someone speaking from the opposite end of that spectrum. Thank u so much ❤️

thank you so much for this video it really helped

Thank you so much for posting this video. You put into words just how I was feeling/what was going on when I was in college. I made the decision to leave for my mental health and I'm so happy. When you began to speak my heart filled with joy of finally having someone understand. Thank you for talking about this.

Your message is so important, I think, for everyone not just artists. I wish I had someone like you to come talk at my school it would definitely help my generation to hear this message on a down to earth real level.

And here we are, another nine years old. i love your videos dude, they are cleaning my mind... thanks for that.

I don't know how you do it Adam but all of these talk video's hit me to the core and I cry from every one of them, and that's not a bad thing. You have so much wisdom in you and hearing a lot of these topics said out loud is very confronting. Love your videos.

Video tearing me up. I think I have some thinking to do. Thank you for these videos, they are sorely needed.

Been binging your videos and im learning a lot about art and life, I've started to take everything slow and steady and I've improved more than I ever have in the last 6months, in fact i've started to enjoy art again, keep sending the message, its very beautiful

You deserve more views. thank you for this video. I am slowly healing from a major depression and you words help me.

thank you so much Allan, listening to you in the background while im working, really inspires and helps with the frustrations as artists deal with day to day, after listen to your broadcast it always leaves with a smile on my face

im so hyped for this , and its been like only 10 seconds XD. i already know that i will get motivated to draw again with this video.

These videos are all really great, have them on back to back while I work.

thanks Adam, your vids helped me so much through uni and life ❤

2 years ago I was pushing my self so hard that I often lost sleep for good ten days. I still pay the price with a chronic insomniac problem. I started loving my self sleeping 8-9 hours and eating good food + making art 4hours daily. Now am fine, i feel great.

I truly love these kind of videos, where there is beautiful music, your beautiful voice, a piece of work in progress, and a message you want to deliver to the world. They are calming and you can just listen to them while studying. Thanks. Also obviously they are helpful xd

I'm going to came back to this video later, when I can concentrate solely on it. I really need to hear what you have to say and take in every word because in all honesty, your words are changing my life.

Thank you for doing these talks and reading the comments. It's particularly uplifting for me, because I am the most zealous artist in my group of friends and so I often find myself alone. While I think we have got some differences in worldview, your videos have been such a positive thing in my life. Last week I watched a few in an afternoon and then immediately rearranged my furniture and set about trying to take better care of myself. I've neglected sleep and rest for too long, since I am in school full time for my BFA in illustration while simultaneously working 30+ hours per week at a confusing and anxiety-inducing day job. Up to this point I ignored the tiredness and anxiety but now I'm taking rest and balance more seriously. Thank you for probably saving the overall trajectory of the rest of my degree!

hey man, been watching your vids for quite a time now / listening to them ala podcast while i draw too and idk if its your voice or the topic of the video but you've been helping me stabilize mentally. this is like therapy. so thank you for making these videos.

I'm so glad you're speaking about mental, emotional, and physical stress. We for some reason aren't taught about this at all. Health is the most important thing in life. I have hashimotos.. it sucks. I wish someone had told me all this before I got sick..

Thank you... really thank you... you just showed me what will happen to me if i continue this non-stop pushing myself 3d game art path with no rest, i was always wondering why i was so tired, no inspired or motivation to do stuff and you just explained why it happened, and while some part of the video reflected past jobs art/non-art with abusive bosses and expectations, i thought that keeping myself learning and learning, going through lots of tutorials and not resting was not affecting my emotional, physical and mental state but i was wrong, while it is great to improve in art skills and any kind of skills, however, not resting, and not giving anything else time but art and personal proyects eventually wore me off and got burnt out as well... I have been depressed lately for not being able to get in the game industry yet after learning 3d and practicing for 7 years, i even went to university for a game art degree for 4 years, and some lots of courses, i'm 27 and the last months i was wondering if i had chosen the right career or i was just wasting my time, but now, thanks to your video, the way i see it now, i'll go for a slower pace now, after all it's just another job, and yep, they will replace me and/or just fire me so... only one life to live and i wish to enjoy it instead of taking it so seriously all the time. Thank you for this awesome video, your videos are very inspiring :)

This video really hit home five months ago when I first watched it and since then I have listened to the talk a few times when times are hard because I feel like it reminds me of what's important. I have been struggling with my life and endured a terrible job for a long time. I think I want to make a living as an artist but I feel super stuck and see no way out. I'm trying to graduate, maintain a stable job (both in a field I realized I don't care so much about) and keep the at dream alive and it's really hard and eventually resulted in a burnout. A job is just a job, it's just a way to make a living but everyone seems to treat it as something more. I feel like a fraud for secretly just wanting to be an artist.

You're awesome!

Thank you for this video, I needed to listen to this. Last semester I had a professor in my art school that would unpurposely break students mentally/emotionally, thinking that destroying students would rebuild them to become stronger artist. I never imagined myself as someone who would experience burnout but it was a first for me. I had to stop doing art for a month before I can get back into it.

I feel like im on therapy...thank you soo much this was soo relaxing!!♡

thank you

@Adam Duff your videos are making me good. you are a very nice person.

Hey Adam, a bit late to the party but let me take a moment from my stressful assignment and just say that listening to you has helped me once again. I have been burning out this past week and i have been very depressed. Also was too afraid to talk to anyone because i was afraid my negative energy would rub off on the people around me. This helped me a lot, thanks so much.

You are amazing to listen during an art process but judging by the comments you already knew that. Great Video.

I haven’t yet managed to launch my career, but am near the cusp... And I just need to thank you for this. Your personal stories and advice never fail to inspire me. Even when I’m having a rough time, in art or the rest of my life, your videos give me hope for the future. It’s been hard for me to find the words: But especially with this video I just have to give my sincere thanks for your honest insight and thoughts. It means so much to hear these tales from a professional artist.

this video really hit home, i just got out of a crap job and got a really job i love where i wake up exited to get to the office every morning. But it's hard when that crap job is with your family and that crap boss is a direct parent, it's hard to leave because you feel like you have a responsibility towards theme. Anny how thank you for the video

Finally got to watch this, as I fell asleep like 2 hours before it aired. I have only recently pushed myself seriously in a creative way, and of course I overdid it. When I work I always tend to push myself wanting to get the work done as quickly as possible, even if at my own expense. So it has been difficult to learn what my limits are, when I am so used to just working myself sick. It was funny when you mentioned you weren't talking to us as though we were children, I feel most of my teachers back in school did just that. Except for my 5th grade teacher MR. Wallace who you remind me of. He was the only teacher whose name I can even remember. He had my full respect for never looking down on his class, and treating us like people first and students second. I only ended up having one other decent teacher I can remember but I forgot his name, he was my 8th grade Social Studies teacher. He also was extremely personal, he was also cool because he had a car and motorcycle collection. But he valued his personal relationships above all else, he had a great couple of stories of riding at Sturgis with Jay Leno who he got to know as a friend. I'm sure you will be most of your students MR. Wallace... that one unforgettable, Respected, and personal teacher.

Truly touching video, Adam. I have a job right now that is sucking the soul from me. It's not a difficult job (in fact it's quite easy), and it pays very well. However, my wife is unhappy, and I am racked with the guilt of knowing that my kids will be raised thousands of miles away from our close extended family. This video puts things into perspective and has me re-thinking a lot of things. I can't express enough how grateful I am for these videos you are making. You're words are so inspiring and always provoke deep thought. Thanks, again!

I hope your girls are better

I graduated in May of 2008 with my B.F.A. in Studio Art and it was only in the last couple of years that I finally was able to make some headway in recovering from the burnout, toxicity, and box that resulted from my time at university. I kept trying over the years to get back into art but I frankly wasn't passionate about it anymore, I rather quite hated it and resented my degree but I couldn't let myself give up on and for a while it was for the wrong reasons (the money put into said degree). I ended up finding a good online art community that started helping me think about art differently and I gave it a more serious go back in 2017. I fell back into the box of doing what I felt was expected instead of what I find fun. Then last summer I started making gameplay videos and editing them, this seemed to finally help me enjoy being creative again and helped me learn so much about that side of myself. Finally, the healing really started to begin. It wasn't until I was finishing what will be one of my last acrylic paintings last month that I realized it's not the mediums I have issues with it's my type of art. The only thing that was acceptable at university was anything that wasn't cartoonish in nature. I love illustration and drawing in a more cartoon type of style. With this realization, a lot of weight has lifted and the box burst open. I got stuck in the mindset that because I was good with a particular medium and at painting semi-realistic portraits of horses that I needed to do them, it didn't matter if it made me happy because it made other people happy. Several years of art classes slowly killed the rebel and creative spirit within me to just do whatever made everyone else happy. No wonder I had issues with making art after I graduated (besides being way beyond burned out). I'm now getting back into finding a new cartoon style for drawing my horses and thinking of little illustrations I could draw too. This has made me incredibly happy. I'm also going to only work with mediums that excite me i.e. graphite, charcoal, ink, watercolor, gouache. I am in such a better place now and it's because of online art communities and seeing other's passion and wanting that back for myself again. I still have some healing and re-wiring of my thinking to do but I'm a much better place than I was a year ago and I now see hope and am feeling that itch of having to at least sketch something no matter what it looks like because if I don't I'll explode. So thank you for talking about what you do because you're right we need to find a balance and enjoy life. Even if I'm not going through the exact topic that you're talking about I always get something from it.

Your mother must be so proud of you. :) love you man.

2:46 Hey Adam - thank you for reading all the comments, and yes, what you do matters! You are a calm voice I can listen to and relax while drawing with. 9:35 - this is exactly how I am feeling now at my current job. I really really hate it, feel stressed out all the time about it, wish i would get sick so could stay home. So I know I need another job, but feel like don't have time/capability to find another, both because I have art projects I want/need to get done, but also it seems literally impossible to find a job that won't bad-stress me out and still pay enough to live on.

Topics and tohughts that every artist/creative struggles with, you are by far my fav youtube channel and a great inspiration, keep up the good work.

I just found this channel and I've been listening to your videos all day at work now. My working place is very supportive of me and I get a lot of chances to grow as a person and as an artist. Still, sometimes I get very bad anxiety and I feel like I don't have any control over what my hand is doing. I feel like, I should be more skilled than I am at my age, I get angry, that some tasks are harder to me than I feel like they should be. Despite everybody being very happy with my output, I downtalk myself a lot. I didn't even realize it until one of my friends at work pointed it out to me. She said: "Why are you're being so harsh on yourself? You wouldn't talk to a friend like that? No? So why do you talk like that to yourself?" That really hit me in the face. I never understood what people meant, when they said, I'm being harsh to myself. It always felt so vague to me. But now I understood and I am making a concious effort, not only being a good friend to others, but also being a good friend to myself too. Your videos give me courage. I am really, deeply touched by the things you say. You make me feel like I'm not alone with my struggles and I really appreciate that. Thank you for sharing your precious time and knowledge with us! You are a real inspiration!

lovely thank you keep it up for good work and take care

i just found this channel today, i'm not an artist but i find your story and your experiences very inspiring to help me moving on. it's like chicken soup and ASMR put together as a remedy for a tired soul. thank you very much. you have one more subscriber.^^

Hey Adam, thanks for this. I've always had an awful problem with staying in toxic jobs or pushing myself beyond healthy limits because I was always taught that the world wasn't going to be kind to me, and that I would starve unless I pushed myself every day, all day. You're helping me shed that mindset and realize that "No one becomes successful by sleeping or resting" is ridiculous. No one becomes successful by burning out either, Karen.

I decided to rewatch this video as someone who's probably experienced burnout I'm not 100% sure it was burnout, but yesterday I was crying half the day and now I just feel....tired. And it was definitely caused by self-imposed pressure and stress But yeah, this was really helpful to hear, as I'm trying to rebound as quickly as possible.

32:46 that actually made me cry thank you

My story is not that unique but I like to share it to feel a relief. Last year I entered the university in art major, and I have a LOT homework every day. Studying traditional art with gouache, watercolor, pencils are so hard for me. I spent all my days at home, painting again and again. The reason why I struggled too much is that I cant draw as much as I "need". I had like no time for drawing in photoshop, expressing my own ideas and thoughts through art. As a result I gained weight, have depression and been antisocial for about 6 months. But most sad I am sick both mentally and physically, still suffer from why my body dont work that well( took long to realized that all I need is to have a happy life, no matter what my marks are. P.s. dont push ur self too hard, just stay in comfort with yourself and live! Thanx for the video, the topic is important for me!

Thanks, Adam for putting out less popular wisdom. I was wondering if you might be able to make your own playlist for the recent videos you've uploaded? On burn out, inspiration, popularity... and so forth.

36:10 - Jesus, dude. Why you always got to make me cry? This is the 3rd video you've done this to me.

I can't seem to shake this thing off my head I don't remember which video it was where you said something along the lines of "can you ask yourself, are you a good person? and reply yes, without any doubt?" these words still echoes... I keep being thrown a few months ago where I was baking cookies a roommate walked in, asked about it, I replied "it's for my parents" and he said "you're a good person" at that moment I shook my head vigorously and said with a pained laughter "not at all, I'm far from being good." yet.. I was there spending my time and care to bake for my parents who hurt me so much... am I really that bad. I don't blame my parents for what happened in my childhood but I am hurt for them refusing to see the struggle I was in. for their narcissistic nature which didn't allowed me to be in pain. they were too busy painting their family with a perfect hue. only they were a martyr, a saint, and I was just a "spoiled child who refuses to grow" so many things they said that stabbed me, marked me... all the struggles I had were my own fault. but I was in reality sexually abused by a family member I carried it on my shoulders as if it's my duty I was betrayed by the concept of love and family there wasn't any existing trust in the world even less in myself I remember the first times where my best friend hugged me, happy to see me.. how I was petrified. petrified by physical contact, and completely alien to that sign of care. When she expresses that she loves me and will never abandon me, I cry like a baby, like I never cried before.. not in a bad sense but like as if I was naked, vulnerable, but in complete trust.. it's weird to explain I never felt like that with my family.. I'm still so alien to that feeling it's been 10 years we're friends, she changed my life it's still in a long process of healing but I'm doing better

Oh man! Is it normal crying through all of your videos like this?

this was just amazing. i need to listen to this again later on. one of the most helpful videos on here. Is there one where he explains how he quit smoking? what mindset u should have for that

Hey, I'm a relatively new follower, and I'd like to thank you for getting me focused again on pursuing my art goals. I don't do art professionally; I work for the Forest Service and serve in the Guard. However, art is something that's always been a part of me, and even past college, I've been looking for channels to follow and sites to join to better myself in my artwork. Listening to several of you videos inspired me to get more serious with drawing and practicing. In particular, your recent video discussing being yourself was something I wish I had heard a long time ago after years of trying to break my personal style completely just to mimic artists that are better than I am. I just have a couple questions (apologies if the answers are covered in other videos). > What recording program do you use to record your process? I'd like to start recording some of my work, but I don't really know how to go about it as far as what programs are better than others> > Right now I share my work on Facebook, ArtStation, Deviantart, Instagram and Twitter. I tried Cubebrush for a while, but I found it difficult to navigate/post there. Do you have any other recommendations for websites to post work and browse others? Again, thank you very much for the inspiration! It means a lot.

Ive never related to a video more in my life

I don't know what 2 say that sad and good teachers master dad talk really nice good day for u and family.

This one hurt. Lost a 4 year old romantic relationship because I didn't listen to my body and feelings. I'm growing though, thanks for the video!

Dammit. Where's the button just to like all of your podcasts at once? I love your videos. Always listening them when painting and I think there's some videos without my thumb up. sorry about that. Anyways... thank you!

It's hard not to push yourself for everything you have got when so much is on the line.

Hey Adam! quick question, do you watch vaatividyas dark souls lore videos? The creatures youve been painting lately would fit so well into dark souls and i fucking love it. i love your vides please keep them coming because im learning alot, thank you for that :)

Hahaha now I want to try that prank and rotate my pals car. I know it would make for a great laugh.

I just found your channel some days ago and I need to say I'm loving it very much. Started drawing like 1 month ago. Could you tell me which artists do you use to the backround music for your video? I like to draw and study listening to that kind of music

thank you for this video adam, i want to share a recent story. where i applied for a job at this animation studio in my city. I sent in my cv and my portfolio through email and a couple minutes later i received an email that they wanted to interview me the next day. I was excited and happy, that they liked my work and they responded immediately. The next day i went to the interview, and it was so bad i was just shocked at the end. The interviewer was not in the mood, I had a gap in employment because i was diagnosed with an illness, and when they asked about it i elaborated. And then they asked if i was ever depressed. Maybe i should have lied adam, and told them no. But i felt that i should be honest, I told them yes. The side effects of my medications gave me depression. After that they said, "We can deal with the chronic illness, not the depression." I sat there silent and shocked and i thought to myself, is it even okay for them to judge me based on that. They told me to send in my application next week and apply again, and this time, "be happier". Coz my depressed energy (idk what he was talking about, all i did was be serious for a job interview tbh) might disrupt the workplace. they even said that my outfit, a formal white blouse and black loose pants was too depressing. Was i not supposed to wear a formal outfit to a job interview? I went home feeling numb, and that evening i really cried. I just felt that, they liked my work somehow but they just didn't want me.

I so love you

your works remind me of Dark Souls so much

Adam you have no idea how much this helped me. Although I discovered this truth myself some time ago. A real shame I didn'T get this message a few years ago before I wrecked my health irreversably. I got lucky and my Crohn illness is not as bad as others might have but still it wreckes your life and takes your preciosu time away. Oh and I have a small question. What to do when yoru familly pushes you into situations (school, job etc.) which are unhealthy for you and stress you so much that your health suffers but you cannot do it otherwise your familly would disown you. What to do?

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That actually happened to me. Professor at college suddenly dumped at us a task we had to finish in one night. I did, but pushed my hand too much and earned myself a carpal syndrome for the rest of my life. So now time I can spend drawing and using computer is limited, operation is too expensive and doesn't guarantee success, so. Don't be stupid like me, put yourself first.

Adam! Have you any tips for artists who specifically want to be fantasy concept artists (subjects to study, etc.) Or is it better to not go in with a locked frame of mind like that?