6:18 "As long as the younger you sucks more then the older current you, you're on the right track." I've used this quote to push myself and grow. The only person I compare myself to is me. And I'm happy to say that I have made really great progress whenever I draw rather it be the body, face and even hands which your video really helped me out on. I been practicing (TWEWY) Style and things are going well. thanks for the video!
What if the younger you had a different more pleasing style? I look at my old drawings and while they weren’t well realistic/anatomy accurate, I sometimes feel as if it has something better than what I draw now xD.
So true. I still have the first ever digital drawing I did. Had 0, I mean NOTHING, no recipe on how to draw a head and I go back and look at that drawing when I need a reminder that I AM getting better.
@@rileydanes5456 Try to figure what it specifically you like about your old work and incorporate it in your new work! I feel like that would be very satisfying to do
Even if you’ve been drawing for years, this is still relevant! I have been drawing for 4 years and i only have been practicing for 1 year. It is good to always look at the fundamentals, and don’t get overwhelmed but set up a plan to take everything little by little, also, remember to have fun! Don’t just study all the time :)
No offense but is 4 years supposed to be a 'long time?'. I'm at it for 5 years now and it still feels like i'm just getting started. I may just be super slow though
@@chaosl9860 It depends on how you practice, focused studies and tackle different fundamentals with repeated practice you can improve even in 1 year, it doesn't matter how long, more like how long you've been doing it over and over, once per week won't cut it
@@chaosl9860 no, it is about this “ phase” that he talks about in this video. First time practicing for example the fundamentals will be slow and harsh and you might not see a lot of progress, but if you keep doing this, it will come easier and you will see differences in no time. If this doesn’t make sense to you, think about it as a sport. Funfact, people don’t see a lot of result the first 6 months of going to the gym. After such a period, something kicks in and they are seeing changes rapidly. Just don’t give up, and watch some more marc brunet on “how to study the right way”
This fase to get in can take years sometimes because people first don’t really focus on improving. As he said, this is something you see often in kids and when they grow older they will start to study the fundamentals
This is the first "art for beginners" video that's *actually* for beginners, not novices with a year or two under their belt. *Thank you.* Words cannot express how much this has helped me figure out the kinda skills I want to develop. Now, I'm a designer and programmer mostly, but I want to be able to do some art to convey ideas to others in a more tangible and permanent way, and now I actually understand what all the crazy diagrams I've been seeing are meant to help me learn and practice! Excellent video, looking forward to more!
I have kinda the same goal, I'm a game developer, primarily a programmer, and I want to learn drawing for concept arts for my games, but also just for the fun of it. Good luck on your journey!
I'm currently taking game art in college and animation, as a child I would draw 2D dragons but now as a 20 yr old I suck massive dong at drawing I'm only 1 minute into this video but i hope this helps me get my drawing skills back, good luck to those of you that are game developers (originally) what i was going for, the math is a pain in the ass.
apologies, the below is because i need to add for my notes/reference 0:00 THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO DRAWING 1:57 TOOLS DON'T MAKE THE ARTIST 3:18 AGE IS IRRELEVANT 5:19 MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS 7:41 FUNDAMENTAL: GESTURE 8:17 FUNDAMENTAL: PERSPECTIVE 8:49 FUNDAMENTAL: CONSTRUCTION 10:07 FUNDAMENTAL: ANATOMY 11:02 FUNDAMENTAL: COLOR/LIGHT 12:29 FUNDAMENTAL: COMPOSITION 12:58 FUNDAMENTAL: DESIGN 13:48 REFERENCES? 14:44 OBSERVE BETTER 15:21 STUDY WITH A PURPOSE
Thanks for mentioning the age thing. I’m 16 and due to mental health I haven’t done much even though I’ve tried to start doing art for years. Then I see a 12 year old drawing realistic human faces and I feel like a failure. So, thank you for affirming me that I can start now and not be a loser.
babe i'm 21, a part of me always wanted to draw but i just didn't. Honestly, for me you are on the perfect age since ins those years where the emotions and life starts to hit you so yeah, imagine all that motivation heh
24 over here and only recently started drawing consistently and practising daily. I feel late in comparison to some, but I'm happy with my progress and my rate of advancement :)
I've been drawing since 2016, at that time I continued to draw, I drew things around, anime characters and so on. one time I started to feel bored drawing and rarely drew, in the end my drawing didn't make any progress. my advice to beginners out there to be diligent in drawing even when you are bored, it's okay if you want to take a break, but don't let you stop because when you stop drawing, you might forget how to draw
I would also suggest you figure out what can inspire you and encourage you to draw more. I get inspired from artists on Instagram or Pinterest (go Pinterest if IG gets too toxic) and I’ve found that gesture drawing really gets me more in the mood to draw, even though I feel like I’m not great with gestures. But these have helped me draw more in the past few months than I ever did in the last ten years, and I’ve improved SO MUCH just from sticking to it.
Then I don't know if I should even start learning how to draw. It seems like my routine with any hobby, whether it's programming, specific video games or sculpting with plasticine, is *"do it for a day or two, a few weeks at most, then get bored/annoyed/lose inspiration and quit for an unspecified ammount of time."* It's not worth learning how to draw if I'm just gonna quit early and forget everything in a month or so. :( (wow, that's like the peak of my pessimism. I haven't even watched the video and I already feel it won't change anything)
@@robertlupa8273 Gotta adjust your mindset before anything else. If you convince yourself of something, whatever the truth is, your mindset and actions will follow that thought process. Try to avoid beating yourself up so much (trust me, experience). Rethink your approach to your hobbies and take baby steps towards whatever you want. That applies to learning to draw or any of your other hobbies. But if you really think something isn’t worth it to you, don’t let that big you down either. Personally, I tend to beat myself up in thinking “oh man, I was supposed to do this and I didn’t,” when I really just set my goals to too high of a level to start with. Monitor yourself and figure out whatever you want. You can adjust whatever you need to from there to work towards what you want. Just be kind to yourself in the process, no matter what you do.
It's always good to get a refresher and taken the fundamentals I'd recently just got back into drawing and I have a drawing pad so I'm collecting a bunch of videos so I can binge-watch and practice.
@@vwlz8637 not really. I’ve been subscribed to him for a while and always found his teaching understandable and helpful. don’t say useless stuff when you haven’t even tried!
I've only started a few months ago and it's really frustrating. Your videos always help me to find a guideline to have meaningful practice and get better tho. Appreciate it as always 🙏
I've been an artist for over twelve years, two of which I've been full time professional, but I ALWAYS get such good value from Marc's videos. I love to just roll back and watch these like I'm just starting off in my journey.
I improved the most with your tips, and I have been watching art tutorials for the past month after deciding to pick up my pen again after literal years of not touching art due to depression. I’m 8 months free of antidepressants now and I feel like colour is finally returning to my life. I’m bursting with inspiration and your content is playing a huge role in getting my life back on track. Thank you Marc.
16:27 “When you don’t need the information it’s discarded, when you need it, it sticks” This is such solid advice. As someone who wants to draw environments I’m been forcing to learn anatomy. But I’ll get to that when I really need and feel like it. Thank you for this.
I am 34 and just started drawing a few months ago and God, this is so much fun. My advice, just start and do it for fun. The improvement you'll notice week after week, month after month, is borderline addictive
When you talk about anatomy, you stated facts. Even for us that do cartoony or not realistic stuff, knowing human anatomy and even animal anatomy is a MUST. I really enjoyed your video :)
I want to say thank you for making these videos for only the price of a sub and a like. I’ve moved myself to tears of frustration over not being able to be at the level I want and your humour has helped me take my art journey at a step at a time. I find myself starting at the basics over and over again when I’m blocked from ideas, and rewatch videos and find new pieces of information I missed. Thank you!
I began art training as a commercial artist in trade school, approx 1978, I was a draw stuff kid for years before. My training began with tools that were obsolete by the late 80s. A few years later I went to community college as a fine art education major. I didn't complete it to a degree bc I felt like I was rehashing what I had learned already in trade school. I'm 61 now and it was very interesting to me to see how art (beginner) is taught now using the current tools. I thought you did a great job of getting a lot of important information across in a short amount of time. Well done!... I hope you inspire and teach someone who loves being and artist and never stops.! Best wishes. And ty for keeping art alive!
Just graduated from an art degree. Your lessons are more in depth and practically applicable than some of the guidance I got at university, especially when it comes to discussing the necessary tasks and steps. Also, the best thing about all your videos is seeing you draw in them, even if it’s just a 30 sec sketch of a rock or a face it’s invaluable to see how skilled artists actually work and draw. The fact that people can access these lessons for free is amazing, keep up the hard work, and thank you Marc.
Thank you for this, I'm a 3D artist who wants to venture into 2D, and I think this will be a great journey. Thank you so much for this video and I truly value the time and effort you put into this.
I've been trying to turn my life around lately, actually pursueing my passions for once. And man, drawing is hard. This video is the first one that seems to actually be for beginners and i could kiss you. It gives me an idea on what to focus on. I finally know a bit more on where to start. Thanks Marc, here's your class fee.
I've been drawing since I was a child and my art style has always been simplistic. However, I self-teaching myself from the ground up so I can draw more complex pieces and improve my skills.
Another reason I love the way you teach! The fundamental reason why your lessons are more valuable than an art degree. “I’ve been a professional artist for 18 years. Now I teach art.” Vs “I went to art school to teach art so my students can be art teachers”
I'm a total beginner trying to learn art because I just want to be able to make nice-looking things while putting ideas to paper and I want to do it just for its own enjoyment. Plus, you are absolutely correct that simply trying to learn new things is good for your brain and overall health
Thank you for making this :D lately I've been thinking to give up on art due to being overwhelm as I don't know where to start. I love art, I've been drawing since I was kid and now I want art to be part of my career one day. So again thank you so much!
Always a good idea to go back to the basics every now and then. I’m working on a video game with my brothers- my responsibility is all of the art. There’s so much to do!
6:28 yes i COMPLETELY agree with this. I have been drawing for 3 years and I can’t even say I’m okay but for the past 3 months,I have drastically improved with my anatomy,anatomy and especially anatomy.
Actually a very well put together video. I am new to art and was previously studying boring engineering stuff. I always feel as though I am worse than everyone else but when you said compare yourself to the year before I realized how much better I got! Thank you for the confidence and the information!
I've been drawing for awhile but I've felt like I hit a wall and didn't know how to get any better. Thus video has given me a clear path to moving forward with my art again and I'm actually excited to learn, practice, and study! ❤ thank you!
Wow Marc, this was SUPER comprehensive. It's basically a recap of everything we learned from you last year, but for those of you that are just discovering Mr. Wizard of Art now, this will straighten out your path and make it a lot easier to see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to art. Great work as always mate, keep it up!
This actually helped me so much. I didn't know where to start and what to learn first at all. This video saved my life fr, it's so well explained and it's really motivating too. I always see lots of artists around me being way better than me at a younger age, so I stopped drawing around five years ago. It took ages to accept that I have my own pace and that I shouldn't compare myself to others and I'm glad you mentioned that too. All in all an amazing video
I've been trying to learn to draw for a couple years in the past but didn't get anywhere (didn't study anything, didn't practice), and now I'm trying again but harder, and your vids are very helpful!
congrats on 1 mill!! i can already see an art empire form from this community. thanks for all your videos, you've single handedly taught me how to study and im so happy with how i keep improving. you really are up there with all the art legends
That's a sub. My wife told me i should go back to drawing again after not drawing sence the age of 16. so roughly 10 years ago. This video helped somewhat for me to nderstand what's goin on or how i could get better, so thank you.
Sir Marc i hardly ever comment ever, but got to say you heavly inspired me, the way you talk and explain and how you addapt to the farious Age and type of ppl really proves that you are a proffessional and good teacher, you can make your information reach all type of diferent ppl whit diferent ways of understanding i have allways found drawing really interesting the way you can expose and communicate whit other ppl throu images allways impressed me since i was a kid but i never really invested too much efford or time on this thing i love so much, once i got older i tryed to invest and improve i watched lots of tutorials and basics but i never understood how important they were, iknew they where important but never understood why, so i got unmotivated got lots of ideas but never could put them in practice has effective has i wanted, so i got demotivated, but after watching this video i kinda accepted the challenge i inputed on myself thanks a bunch, this time i will try to be more patience, and like you sayd manage expectations. thanks alot Sensei, the way you expose this type of information voluntary is trully impressive, hope the best of good on your objectives. cheers!
Just leaving this here for me -Always compare yourself with the you from one year ago, not with other people - As long as you from the past sucks more than you right now, your on the right path Art Fundamentals: Construction Perspective Gesture Anatomy Color / Light Composition Design -Don't be afraid to use references - Observe with an educated eye - Study with a purpose
It is crazy how much this has helped me, and I haven’t even done any of these exercises yet! My main struggle with art is being creative enough to come up with something on my own, without relying completely on a reference. This video has already given me a ton of great ideas for coming up with character designs that I would never have thought of before. Thank you SO MUCH!
I’m so thankful for your tutorials that are genuinely amazing as well as the fact that it’s all for free is beyond amazing. I have seen some genuine growth in my art from watching them, thanks a lot!
i've been drawing for as long as I remember, even tried to go to school but never was able to do anything in my 30 years of existence, because of wasting time but also because I wasnt in a good place mentally. But your videos really helped me push to the grind. And I've taken some of your more mental health advice and found an art community that's been of a great help. So thanks for putting so much time into those videos
thanks for this video. I've been so lost on what i should learn first and even started to contemplate whether i should continue this path or not, but im starting to see my way around now thanks to you. i shall continue on, creating works of art that the past me cant even think of doing!
Thanks man, I’ve been taking drawing seriously for a couple months now to make my comic but I feel that my drawings are flat and my characters stiff. This video has finally shown me what I really have to work on.
I’m just a dumb beginner but I wanted to start commissions - no contacts. Not even 20+ views over my commission sheets. It’s honestly really discouraging but it also just makes me want to get better so I can stick out more in the industry.
hey, another dumb beginner here. My advice for what to do if you want to stick out more in the industry is by drawing what YOU LIKE drawing. If there's a piece that you have already done and you really enjoyed it, then do it again, but maybe use different colors, or a different brush, or even give yourself a smaller canvas to work with.
@zenith613 That's awesome! One digital app that I highly recommend (and the only one that I use) is Krita. It's amazing and pretty easy to get used to for beginners. I hope your first piece goes really well! :)
Single handedly the most helpful informative video on the topic I've ever seen. I feel so encouraged and now know where in the basics I want to begin learning!
Much thank. No irl classes in two years. You are the art messiah delivered to us in the form of a system of a down art teacher on RU-vid. God bless your soul.
So happy that you’re reaching so many people, congrats on your 1M subs! And excellent video, the analogy you made with video character stats was really helpful!
I am impressed that you were able to condense so much information into 17 minutes. Didn’t feel rushed. If I tried to recap the last year a Videos in a single video it would take about as long as all the videos.
Literally me! But then I realized that it's not much about being old, and more that the parts that I was comfortable with in my life are over, getting close to finishing school and going to college or getting a job, having to pick a career and all. Feeling all the pressure around you to have your life set already kinda makes you feel like your life is over, at least for me
I've definitively been inspired by all this digital art floating around on the internet. Makes me want to get into it myself. It's just really cool to be able to create something out of nothing which is also unique in the sense that you're the one who made it.
You've been my number one teacher here in the internets, I'm documenting my own progress into a semi-tutorial series but im an amateur, this makes me feel like im on the right path and maybe shouldv'e thrown more into my own videos as i summarized the first steps in learning/ succeeding in art as self-discipline number one and construction, anatomy(gesture) and perspective as the first things to hone down. Keep up the inspiring work!
I’ve been drawing since 3rd grade, but stopped around 5th grade simply because I got bored, I couldn't find something that made me want to continue drawing, two years later I got back into art wanting to make a comic, but I have no skills (less skill) although I am better than I was last, I feel like I could always get better. But it is so hard to study, I can’t focus on the subject I am learning, and I get frustrated when something doesn't look as good as the video reference I am using. It’s hard, especially with my family which gives me anxiety, trauma, etc. I can't concentrate with them around. I don’t believe I have much time from my childhood (five years). I’ve wasted so much time, I’m trying to get better in the style I want (semi-realistic) these videos really help even when sometimes I can’t concentrate.
Hey Marc I wanted to ask. Would you ever do a video on what to include in a portfolio? I’m going for character concept and I don’t know if I should build a portfolio based on specific companies that I want to work at? Or have a general portfolio filled with overall creative conceptual ideas. Hope you get a chance to read this, thank you for the great content
Thank you so much for making this video! Even though I'm not a beginner, it helped a lot. I was having trouble with gathering all of the fundamentals, and which I should study more often. I've been drawing for 2 and a half years. At the start, I learned a lot from youtube videos. In between I used references and just sketched a lot. But now I'm getting back into learning and I'm going to do it right, thanks to your video!
Thank you Marc. Your videos are great. You're positive while at the same time being a bit sarcastic and entertaining. I'm a millennial getting back into art and trying to take my art seriously as an adult, finally following what I'm passionate about. I watch your stuff when I need a little motivation and a laugh. Thanks for bein here!
I saw beginners guide & thought this would be like middle school level, until halfway through the video I realized that I'm gunna need a good luck to even break the surface XD I am just gunna doodle for a bit as a hobby (I broke my hand awhile back so it makes it even more difficult for me) though eventually I'd like to take it as a more dedicated hobby. I don't really see it as a career option, I was never that passionate about this type of art, though my skills are generally lacking & if I could do some intermediate drawings within a few years it would make me very glad.
Glad I watched the video because I feel like I'm at a big learning curve rn in my art career and this gave me the reassurance that I'm on the right track!
I'm a complete beginner and I found this video super helpful. I do have a questions tho. Do I focus on the fundamentals in the same order he presented them or is there a secret correct order?
You learn them in the order you want, although also a bit of all!! If you want to draw characters, you should probably focus on gesture and anatomy, if you want to draw environments then you should focus more on perspective and construction. When you want to draw full illustrations you'll definitely need colour and composition though.
