Hi! My name is Astri and I'm a Lead 2D Character Artist working in the game industry. I try to make helpful videos whenever I have the time!
I currently use Photoshop CC with a Cintiq Pro 24. I use OBS to record my videos, and Premiere Pro to edit them. Brushes: Previously; Ross Tran set, Jonas De Ro set Currently: Dave Rapoza brushes from this: gumroad.com/l/OykL Dave Greco DG_Main brush
(it's just a wet round brush and a dry square brush!)
Ive been in an relationship and its not been going so well.. Its also stressed me.. I used to love telling that I love art but now I just feel disgust ever since our relationship. The person who i have been with supported me the wrong way. I had 3 months holidays and those 3months were the worst of 2024 for me I was trying so hard to continue on getting better in art and music and I didnt like anything I did, now I just hate it i dont want to look at my paintings, not look at my sketchbook. My parents tell me you are good what r u talking about I dont know how to do proportions, backgrounds or colouring bcz im too broke to buy any supplies but aa sketchbook and pencil. I had an iPad and i was drawing with my other friend After my ipad broke, I was unable to improve digitally, my friend improved soooo much and even got popular while I am still lacking skills. I have a scary feeling, its as if I am going to die soon or smth so I keep rushing rushing rushing. And hurrying up bcz I am scared to leave the world without putting a big memory on it. I really want to become popular. A musician and artist, mangaka. 😢 idk
What does it mean when someone says your drawing is cute when it wasn’t meant to be? (I am nowhere near new I’ve been drawing since 3 but I can’t draw anything except oc’s for the rest of my life and although I use stylized and bright colors, it’s not meant to be cute, but rather those type of styles that can be anything it wants, not only cute) The main reason I’m so bad at drawing is I’m bad at placing things, and no grid method seems to fix it. In landscapes and portraits, anatomy or placements, it’s difficult. It’s got nothing to do with social media, or anyone else’s opinions, it’s just I’m not good enough and can’t follow a single tutorial
The compassion you show to yourself and the patience that emanates from your own self reflection and understanding is profound. This is a real struggle for artists. A demon we wrestle with it seems sometimes. But it's so incredibly worth it. You're right. The pay off is almost guaranteed for anyone with the courage to just try. That pay off being falling in live with the Process indeed. Man God bless you Sis
I can't really draw. I've always been jealous of my friends who draws better than me. When I draw something I really thought it was good till I see my friends art. I felt like all those time I spent on creating my art was into waste. I tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried to improve but still nothing... I just gave up.
Everyone always feels like something they are doing is wrong. The brain is very self-critical because it compares to everything else you have done, and every time something's gone better.
i recently got back into music after a 7 month hiatus to focus on art now arts kinda difficult to want to do lol :’) i think for people who are unhappy with their art, js do the work that’s due until u make it through. it’ll all be worth it in the end since that’s exactly where we started. 💛🫵 ur doing great friendo
I would just like to say that there are two different types of art 1. The first one is professional art, it’s the art where you are taking requests and using your art skills for a business 2. This one is where you can enjoy yourself, paint sketch and do so many more just for yourself and if anyone says your art is bad it can’t be Art can’t be bad It’s a way to express yourself in a unique way Your way your art style
Through this video I realized something, I shouldn’t try as hard with art, not because it’s not a thing worth doing but because I don’t want to be an artist to be an artist, I want to be an artist so I can inspire hope and optimism within others through story telling, plus I also like to be good at multiple things instead of master of one. Especially if I have to be alone to be a master. I will never be good as my inspirations like ub iwerks, Omocat, Jack Kirby, or anyone of those other great artists which changed the world forever. But I can be a funny man, a better psychological horror writer, and an even greater science-fantasy writer, so I think i will give those more of my effort instead
I think my problem is my art is not appealing. Most of my art is practice, not beautiful illustrations. I have like 3 really good pieces. I guess everyone else who has a similar skill just gets so much more attention because they niche down! You don’t see them doing perspective, than anatomy sketches, then course work..
as a traditional drawing artist who learns slower than a three-legged turtle with a limp, i only now know that i have improved drastically after practicing tons for a decade or so. the important bit is focusing on yourself and only use other artworks as inspiration in this way: "that artwork looks good, and i can do it too. with practice."
I feel like, the thing with me, its hard for me to just enjoy art and the process because i work my ass off to try and look for a way to efficiently study a art work and try to improve from it. That feeling just sucks and it just takes the joy out of creating art. Because now it feels more like homework that a teacher you hate assigned more than an actual creative journey
I've developed my own art style by intentionally *not* trying to be as good or better than others. I stopped studying in the sense of trying to draw like everyone else and simply drawing what I felt like, it came out much better.
Hey Astri, I know its been a long time, but do you perchance still have the original picture file. i had to do an emergency reinstall of my PC and i have a horrid feeling i lost it. where could i message you to give you my email if you still have it <3
You actually don't have to hate your art to improve. This is the mindset that lead me to hate and quit my art. Starting back up I've been trying to adopt a more positive mindset towards my art. You can improve while learning to love your art too.
4:15 No, I have no choice but to compare to better artists because I never actually drew when I was a child to my late teens until I became a young adult, unfortunately the regret and the depression doesn't go away. AHAHAHA there's no old me... just regret seeing young people actually trying to draw something when I didn't in the first place.
i feel like im torturing myself by learning both drawing and programming 😭 after trying and failing to make games for >5 years i finally made my first game thats kind of enjoyable, but i remember the creativity droughts and the self loathing because my code would always get really messy and unusable. but after trying and picking up knowledge while making stuff, the code is so much neater and its so much easier to add new things. its still bad compared to bigger games, but im happy with where it is and all of my improvement is centered around my own games and enjoyment. im having those exact same problems now that im picking back up art and im being so impatient; i want to draw my favourite characters doing stuff but the proportions are way off and the lines start getting messy and unreadable. but im still going to try and enjoy the drawings because they're still concepts that i made real, even if they're bad
Lately my art has sucked recently. For some reason ever since I bought this art app, it’s been horrible. I go back to the other art app and it’s still bad. I don’t know what happened, but my art still sucks.
I had cried (I’m dramatic I know..) for a few minutes, because I had worked on this art for my whole day, I barley took breaks, I wanted it too be PERFECT. But I then saw my friend’s art when she came over, it looked AMAZING.. Later I wrote bad and scribbled on the art, I’m dramatic but some people may get it… Thx for reading this far. :-/
Imagine you are making an art with all your passion but when you decide to colour or add something it ruins or when you take a photo to post it looks like nothing but crap....how devastated and demotivating it feels like
I was at my lowest low when I watch this video I hated my art something wasn't all right there was a mistake everything was going wrong until I learned art is like skating you have to fall and get back up again to learn that's the only way you're going to get better😊
