Very true

"That's no way someone at level 50 and someone at level 1 can grow the same."

@@massimilianodelrosso5495Actually yeah, that’s exactly what it is. In video games it always takes way longer to level up at 50 then 1, or 100 then 50. So if you apply it to art it’s very similar.

there's also, at least for me, the feeling that (the more skilled I become or the more knowledge I study) my art is improving slower than I thought, like I know for example perspective and composition on a theorical level, but my skills don't match that in fact backgrounds are something that I really struggle with

@@NoxilNobody personally i don’t think looking at it as “I’m not improving as much as I should be” and more just that, you are starting to get to the point of your style. There is just critiques that you have that you can fix by focusing harder on fixing them. Like for example your backgrounds, I suggest focusing on learning perspective backgrounds, and purely practicing backgrounds for at least a little while. You will notice a significant improvement in your art, this is exactly what I did and I become so much better at backgrounds. I’m still not perfect at them, samdoesart is MUCH better than me, but he has also been doing them for wayy longer than I have. I only just recently started detailed backgrounds with perspective around last year sometime. But yeah, just the fact I studied it so much, and actually put in the effort to get better, I became a lot better at backgrounds and definitely “leveled up” a lot when it comes to art.

haha, metro

oh wait, me too

why am I so bad at typing . . .

I looked back at a character reference sheet I did 3 months ago because I was updating it and I almost threw up 😭 At least I've improved a lot in a short time ig

@@RavenCrysTT_TT m e t r o

Omg yesss! Would love to see him do that 😢❤

Ikr, the minimal detail in some of them felt more like a style choice rather than a mistake

I've always strived to add the maximum amount of detail that doesn't make the whole thing crowded. With my lack of time now, I had to ditch that and make my drawings simpler. And indeed it's true, less is sometimes more

that's GROWTH

I also flipped through my old sketchbook the other day and I cringed so hard 😭

I had a huge improvement this year thanks to Sam. When I looked at the old stuff from my iPad, not only were the craniums weirdly shaped, but everyone looked like giraffes. Absolutely terrifying

Not that related to the video since obviously I improved, but this reminded me - I was looking at my sketchbook from 4th-5th grade the other day and it was a really funny experience, like I was trying to do still life but had no idea how to sketch, so all the line art was super sharp and wiggly

Same! Two years ago and just…. Circle characters with one eye on the side!

Wlop👀

Honestly, I think that’s still true of sam’s art. He uses such simplistic colors and shapes but executes them so well that it always looks stunning. His style much more easily breaks down shapes and colors to any aspiring artist who views his stuff, and that’s great :)

​@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro i think it just looks that way because of the content of his drawings like "normal people in normal clothings" i feel like if he tried, his art can look as complicated as wlop

@@rassalas4638 Oh he absolutely can and has. I'm talking about the appeal of his older drawings and the reason it's so popular with progressing artists. And even most of his current ones. They are simple and quite effective.

More attainable than* Sorry.

borbs.☺

BIIRRRRB

thats the thing about pinterest... gorgeous gorgeous art. uncredited (still wonderful for references, but you know what i mean)

@@Someone-fn3ijyup,…

Saaaame, I’ve been drawing for so long just for fun but in 2020 when quarantine happened I decided to take it more seriously and improve my art and I’ve come a long way, my fav sketchbook is the small one with the froggy on it, cuz it was my first ever sketchbook and I get so nostalgic looking at it because I used to take walks and sit in a gazebo surrounded by bees and plants with my small froggy sketchbook and try to think of character designs and stories and make concepts for a comic I miss those days when I was new and fresh to art :’)

keep it up and be patient with yourself!

Never quit art 🥺 you may take a break as long as you want , but never quit art 🥺

Patience is the most important point in art.

@@samdoesarts I have an artwork that every 6 months or so I redraw it how I would now and it really helps to see what I've improved on, what I've slacked on and what I'm happy about and because it's the same subject it's a lot easier to see these improvements

I have an apple pencil, but I prefer being finger artist loll

I’m sorry I read that as Bad Apple artist and I was like hol up what Xd

how do you do teh apple pencil? when i do it the screen is always too slippery…

@@YellowTheSus if you want, you can buy a paper-like screen protector so there's more friction. the only downside is that the tip of the Apple Pencil may wear out faster, but if you really can't draw with the normal iPad screen then I'd recommend doing that

I will! Maybe even next week!!

@@samdoesarts :O

​@@samdoesartsYAY

Sometimes you just gotta take a step back and appreciate how far you've come! 😤

noooooo

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woa i use huion too

Same here

Why take art when you can just watch KZfaq

@@Lala-xr4dz fr

Exactly!

FRR

Me who uses a phone with my ✨thumb✨

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barely anyone seems to be a fan of jack here i was looking for these comments!!

IKR haha

and the arms were BENT 😭 (i was drawing the arms on the chest, *very sad* 😔)