I used to call my paintings quick sketches because most of them took me 30-60 minutes and it felt quick back then, then I did some more thinking about what sketch means - it's a quick picture we make to use later for a regular painting. So no more "quick sketches" unless they really are quick sketches (definitely not rendered) :D Although I noticed that many people do that to have an excuse for mistakes - if it's a quick sketch then they feel justify to mess up more. And it's ok to do such things, but at some point we have to consider whether we really make some regular paintings or if all our art pieces are "just quick sketches", because then there's something wrong.
Saying something is a "quick sketch" is usually the artist opening the door for compliments. If an artist says their full blown, perfectly rendered piece was "quick" or "easy" it makes others say, "if thats just the sketch, I can't imagine what an actual painting looks like" and it makes the artist feel better about themselves. Its kinda like reaching for compliments by being humble but at the same time putting yourself on a pedestal. Another equally detrimental habit artists do is trying to finish pieces in the most or least amount of time. If an artist says a masterpiece took them an hour, people might think they're extremely fast and capable. On the flip side if they say they took over 30 hours to finish something, people will admire their effort and dedication. These kind of habits stem from artists seeking validation for their craft and confirmation that they are good at it.
@Jraqn We had one yt "authority" who claimed that no good artwork can be made under 60h xD Unfortunately many young people admired her (and probably still do) and believed that what matters for a piece to be good is spending +60h, not learning fundamentals (that girl never even heard of those, she just copied others' fanarts). Plus same with not using references - for some reason not using them and messing up partially is supposed to be more impressive than using a ref and doing it correctly. It's pretty awful that there are so many people claiming they want to be artists but they don't want to learn fundamentals and they are proud that they don't use refs, it doesn't matter they mess up a lot and don't make progress. They answer that, here another annoying thing, it's "their style".
"Guys, can we please draw our faces into our drawings" 3:32 I really don't get this faceless trend in illustration either, the face is the most enjoyable part in portrait drawing for me personally.
@@riproora9966 yea it is what it is. A second of exposure is good exposure I guess 🤷🏾♂️ Thanks again for spotting my work. I really wanted to get advice from a fellow artist to see where I could improve on
14:52 "You're really getting up there. Be sure to send my best regards to your friends over at the uh... retirement home" bru i'm a year younger than Sam and i felt that lmao
i know. a thing you could do is while you're working on your first sketch, flip the canvas a few times to make sure the proportions are correct. if you ever forget to do so after merging layers and the proportions look crooked on the flipped side, use liquify to fix it up.
@samdoesarts question: do you think you can paint in ANY programme, even if doesn't have all the features like blending liquify? I'm using android devices, can't afford any expensive programmes just yet and been using autodesk sketch but I'm not sure if I should start just investigating into clipart or whatever is available on android... any advice pleaaase
You can get a program like Photoshop for free (if you pirate it) GIMP is free and can do p much as much as Photoshop does. A skilled artist can work with the tools they have, it's just that better tools make it easier, but doesn't automatically give you the skills (you can see this in videos where traditional artist use cheap vs expensive art supplies)
