Thanks for the summery, I personally can't stand these art videos with these pompous life analogies...like...always with the life analogies like the one about 'going to the gym and building muscle is like building skill as a artist'. I've heard that one more times then I can count.
@@VeylmanTheRock I'm guessing they were recommended the video and didn't personally know the channel itself or what to expect from the video, so maybe they watched the video and got this conclusion?
Gathering some supplies to paint with gouache right now (which I almost never do) because somehow the advice and his voice make me less afraid of making mistakes.
This brought me to tears... I often feel like I fall behind because I have a physical disability. I have a muscle wasting disease but art and music are my passions. Sometimes projects would take me longer so this helps me relax and reassure me that I’m doing ok and just because my way of creation takes longer, it doesn’t matter, as long as I’m going at my own tempo. Thank you 🙏🏻
If you're doing something you love you're doing it right. It's so tempting to compare ourselves, as artists, to other artists but the fact is that we all go through a unique process to create our art. If you're doing work for mass entertainment there can be time constraints and being "fast" is part of the gig but if you're making art for yourself make what brings you joy and fulfillment and the pace that's right for you.
This is a late reply to your comment KRIPPLR; by about a year or so; but I share a similar situation with you; I am hemiplegic from a stroke. I loved doing digital painting before my stroke, and have a perfectly good Wacom Cintiq collecting dust because I don’t use it much anymore; and now trying my best on an iPad. It now takes me so much longer to get anything done, because I’m having to use my non dominant hand; I was left handed, but now my right hand is my only option. If you see this; God bless you!(its now March 2022.)
@@HalfWarrior just a response to you and the OP. I’m in a similar situation with a neurological condition. I found that once your illness etc clears away the cobwebs of a previous life you gain a perspective that’s impossible to replicate even by that previous version of yourself. To me that’s a motivator.
It may be a really stupid thing to say this but this pandemic helped me find my true self, I'm introverted and being stuck inside my nest helped me gain so much art progress, because all my life distractions got filtered out and allowed me to enjoy my art fully. I'm sorry for those that got affected by the pandemic though.
Hey, this comment really resonated with me as well. After losing my job all the way back in March, it was honestly the best thing to ever happen to me. I had been going through a really rough time with my personal life and I felt like everything I had worked hard towards was crumbling down in front of me. But as an extreme introvert as well, it helped me beyond imagination. Having all the time in the world in my own isolated space, just focusing on myself, my art, and my thoughts. The entire year was basically an inner monologue within my mind. It helped me figure out who I really am and what exactly I needed vs what I wanted. My art skills grew SO much, and I mean, SO MUCH just within the first couple of months of being quarantined. It ended up being one of the most beneficial years of my life on a personal level, even with the world falling apart. It was definitely a crazy year, but I feel like a lot of people also had this same feeling. It really forced us to stop everything we thought was normal and take a good hard look at a lot of things in our lives. It's definitely a year I will never forget. ❤️
@@Ellary_Rosewood I couldn't agree more. I had the same experience as well and have completely shifted my perspective on myself and the direction I want to go in life, both professionally and on a personal level. Just being home the past year and a half has been incredible.
With all the craziness of the last four years, I have to say: listening to your videos and working on my artistic endeavors has been pivotal in bringing myself back to a place of calm.
Work Smarter Not Harder - in blue-collar contexts, the professionals understand that a little planning, forethought, and organization make everything go exponentially faster.
@@bouyantrite553 if you’ve ever only had exactly 8 minutes to complete a process, whether it’s normal procedure or a problem on-job, you’ll get it. That’s the metric. Some non-white collar jobs I had to be on by seconds.
Every time I hit a slump and feel lost and uninspired with my art I listen to one or two of your videos and my hands immediately start twitching to paint again. Just for the fun of it. And then I produce works I'm satisfied with. Thank you.
Just want to say, these videos, as a full-time commission artist, to listen to while drawing, are very impactful! I find you humble and genuine and full of very useful information! Thank you for your channel.
I don't understand who can put thumbs down for this... It feels like I'm having an art therapy and it's amazing! Your soothing voice calming me down and guides me to my better self. Thank you.
I was struggling with my art for weeks now, thinking I am too slow. And even if I spend a lot of time on my drawings, they turn out bad. I needed, WE needed to hear that. And while listening to this video, I created the first sketch in many months, which I really like. And I am very grateful for that, thank you so much.
If anyone has a no idea how to type a name of a mentioned artist - it's Zdzisław Beksiński Thank you for mentioning him. He's an incredible artist who desereves more recognition.
As soon as you said you want the video to be spent inspiring others do art and not looking at your painting, I had already sat up listening and begun sketching. It’s so nice to absorb your words; they are very impactful. Hearing you say that masterful artists are aware art is patient process makes me feel a little less worried. You help me remember to own my space and my time. From a student artist to you, thank you so much. :)
Thank you for being the art dad me and many need. When I hear u I feel like I'm heard in my heart, inner child, and romantic soul. So thank you for these beautiful videos of life talks. Thank u truly for everything and more.
Really needed to hear all this. I usualy get caught up in a vortex of dispair while trying to do the simplest of things and failing awfully. After a moment I understand that maybe I was going to fast, not even thinking about what I was doing. THIS is why. Thank you very much this video.
Yo im 17 and as a concept artist(student) i always try to keep a balance of speed and quality. Even knowing that YOU just hit me on a spiritual level I've changed for the better. And to that I thank you I wish you many blessings 🙏.
You’re absolutely right about being a student and not knowing what to do with myself. I took fall 2020 off and am going back all online in two weeks (I’m so worried how its going to go; all animation courses online). But i did just get a years subscription to Schoolism and am going to try to use that to hone my skills a bit more outside of my uni classes. I’ve been really trying to better myself the past few weeks after being stuck home for a semester wore my down. I’ve been getting better! I even published my online portfolio for the first time!! Thanks for another amazing video to listen to while I get stuff done!!
Your son's drawing is so adorable. Definitely says a lot. haha I love it! Thank you so much for all your content. Your videos have been such a blessing to me and for my artistic career/life. You're an art angel.
Also, when you talked about Covid being a blessing for us introverts, I really felt that. After losing my job all the way back in March, it was honestly the best thing to ever happen to me. I had been going through a really rough time with my personal life and I felt like everything I had worked hard towards was crumbling down in front of me. But as an extreme introvert as well, it helped me beyond imagination. Having all the time in the world in my own isolated space, just focusing on myself, my art, and my thoughts. The entire year was basically an inner monologue within my mind. It helped me figure out who I really am and what exactly I needed vs what I wanted. My art skills grew SO much, and I mean, SO MUCH just within the first couple of months of being quarantined. It ended up being one of the most beneficial years of my life on a personal level, even with the world falling apart. It was definitely a crazy year, but I feel like a lot of people also had this same feeling. It really forced us to stop everything we thought was normal and take a good hard look at a lot of things in our lives. And to SLOW. DOWN. It's definitely a year I will never forget. ❤️
This has to be one of your best wisdom gifts -if not THE best, and that's no easy choice here. It's not like one has to choose of course, it's just that while I was doing my animation workout, I had to pause and think "wow, I think I just unlocked a new path in my brain, I 've got to pay the man respect". Thank you so much again, Adam
Thank you so much Andam. It's interesting how hard it is to not be influenced away from your art and self. Your talks always seem to hit the spot of what I'm going through. I hope some day I'm able to thank you personally. Have a great week.
Thx for sharing all these with us. Youre prob one of the most inspiring people on this platform - i feel like ive grown so much the last couple of weeks and overcome a big roadblock. Your pep talks played a crucial role in that im pretty sure :3
This is so true. I'm listening to you, taking it in, while painting a piece in Photoshop. Found myself slowing down, and giving more thought to each stroke and color, before putting stylus to tablet.
Hi Adam. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I thought about telling you that the part here where you say that you hope that your videos don't inspire others to look at your art but to create their own has been successful. Whenever I feel stuck, or want to draw but don't know what, I put on your videos. They inspire me to look inwards and to slow down and help me focus. Thank you for making them. Some of my best work has been made with your voice in the background.
Woah the last part, where you talk about how we think the things we think/want to share are 'yesterday's news' really resonated with me. And tempo is so crucial, I noticed a big difference in my approach and progress to drawing ( and painting) when I learned about it and slowed down. Thanks for the awesome video.
i love listening to art talks in general, but i gotta say, i use this channel more as a mean of.. meditation? there is something so soothing about the music, the soft way of speaking and just, the genuine feelings shared through these videos
You've done it again. Every time I listen to you, things just click while I'm painting or drawing. None of what I did here in the last 30 minutes is a masterpiece by any means, but I felt like I was able to get what I was looking for. Thank you so much.
So true! When you become better it's not like you go faster from the start to the finish point in your painting, it's the path that actually becomes shorter, because you make fewer mistakes - you need to make fewer steps to get to the same goal, you increase the percentage of right decisions with your experience. Sometimes the right decision is in your head, because you know what to do since you've studied and observed; sometimes the right decision is in your hand, because it had drawn it for throusands of times. Speed is really just a byproduct of knowledge and experience, because you don't take as much time making mistakes.
Yes, your videos DO inspire me to create my own art. With other creators I often feel like I need to look at the screen, or at the very least I feel a little shame if I don't, like I'm missing something, but... It's never the case with you. Because your videos are PERFECT for drawing. I'm not missing anything: I listen to it all and it helps me crate, and that's what both me AND you want, I knew it somehow. And yes, it might be a shame that I don't see how you draw, or that I'm not as familiar with your art as I could be, but, honestly... that's not true. because listening to you gives me so much more than a tutorial or a speedpaint. It gives me a feeling of how you work, no, of what kind of artist you are. And what kind of artist I am. It lets me hear your artistic voice - and resonate, and hear mine. And I will be eternally grateful for that. Thank you, Adam. Thank you so, so much.
Always love your videos Adam, thank you for being my personal therapist 😄, I'm struggling alot with everything so even just hearing you talk keeps my mind at ease, thank you.
I really love to listen to you, attentively, as I work. And this video really hit me, so I had to take a break, stop in my tracks, think deeper, listening to you looking at myself in a different way. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. Thank you for your time.
I never get tired of your art or your talks. The message is one I needed to hear and this painting is like the house from Up in some darker universe and I'm living for it.
Is gonna sound weird but I watch this video twice while I’m sketching. It’s given me relaxation with calm vibes... thanks so much for sharing this with us I appreciate that...💜
I need a five hour video of you just talking cause I swear to god these videos are so awesome to listen to while drawing! Thank you for all your wisdom! :)
Thank you very much! Your channel and your video were a real discovery for me. These thoughts are very much reflected in me, literally to the point of tears sometimes. Thanks for the work you are doing, you help me to feel stronger, closer to myself. Appreciate it so much
This is so true. Something I am trying to break myself of again is rushing. I used to have to have a full time dead end job to make ends meet until I got my freelance going again. That only left me very few hours a week to work on my craft. I would rush. I needed to get more out quickly so I could get the audience to build my freelance up to get out of the full time job. Now I have all the time in the world and am getting myself back into taking my time with each work.
So many poltical drama and crap going on is freaking exhausting. But thankfully there's still light from diamonds and angels in this dark world. Thank you Adam!
In 2020 I spent the entire year trying to figure out a way for me to do art consistently. I learned a lot about how I work as a person and eventually I did find a really good schedule for myself. It resulted in what was the single most productive year of my life by a landslide. I made more art that year than the previous 5 years combined, but at the same time I still had several long periods of burnout where I made no art at all and it kept happening over and over. You see this is a pattern I've struggled a lot with; I push myself to be more productive in a way that is detrimental to my productivity. I used to push myself to draw for 8+ hours a day because I needed to make up for the time wasted on burnout, which would only result in even more burnout soon thereafter. This was the initial reason why I decided to spend 2020 figuring out a healthy and consistent schedule and it even worked for a while. Eventually though it crumbled and I was left confused, why did I burnout? I thought I did everything the right way this time. The schedule works, I can feel a difference so what's the problem? Fast forward to 2021 and I'm severely struggling with my art, I can't finish any of my work, I hate everything I make by the end of the process and it just keeps getting worse with every piece I attempt. Then I stumble on this video and it all becomes so clear; Instead of pushing myself to draw for more hours a day, I've been pushing myself to pump out more and more work in the span of my schedule, I've been rushing my art. It all makes so much sense, why I still get burnt out, why I hate my work, why every piece I've made in the last 4 weeks seems to get worse and why I can't seem to finish anything. I haven't been giving my art the thoughtfulness, time and care it deserves because I'm afraid. Afraid that unless I hurry up I'll never be good enough. Thank you for helping me reach this realization Adam, thank you for your videos. I feel like a big piece of the puzzle has fallen into place.
this video helped me understand a lot of things, especially in terms of school actually which may be a bit surprising. but the reason behind this is how tests are framed. tests are often timed but I'm never anxious which was always confusing. I have friends who suffer from the limited time frame that is placed on tests and I've always tried helping them out, but never quite could. then this video comes along and helped me understand and I've been sending this not for the sake of any friends who are artists, but rather to my friends who struggle with timed tests or any sort of situation where time was of the essence. and for that, thank you so much
I resonate with how you talk about and think about things! Its something that I’d had really like, frowned upon and shamed by others around me, particularly family. I learned only recently that I am a highly sensitive person, aka HSP, which is a personality trait that is about having high Sensory Processing Sensitivity. Its not that the senses are stronger, but its more that theres less of a filter there, so its about Depth of processing and about Noticing more. Thats why, I think, I talk about things in a much deeper way - not better, just different, going into the nitty gritty and nuances/relations to other topics - which is a similarity I noticed in how you and I talk when explaining something. Its really nice to see that, since a big part of my recovery from my particular mental health situation is in finding my real Self, breaking away from a False Self, and it involves being present, thoughtful, and embracing your Self - including tempo, depth of thought, how you Are - and especially in recognizing that what you Are is a gift. Literally just Being in this world is a very, very positive influence. Notice how being just, together with someone, has such a nice feeling absent of any talking. Thats what kind of influence everyone has, and thats passive, thats innate. We’re all lovable, and we deserve the right to love our Self for who we are. No exceptions. Its difficult to meet up the conscious belief with the subconscious belief of this, which is why my recovery is largely centered on that, but it absolutely is possible. You can actually change your beliefs, and this is coming from someone who has had their brain developed to survive in a life-threatening scenario for my whole childhood, which i have had only 2 years distance from to be honest. Self-hate/shame is a survival tactic my younger self developed to survive, because being myself unreserved was genuinely dangerous back then, so my brain doesn’t work well in a normal world. But, it does change, physically. Therapy is really really essential to that process, but it’s possible. And its worth it to get to where you allow yourself to embrace yourself fully and freely, to really really love yourself, and to break the beliefs of hating/blaming yourself for not feeling okay, for not healing yet or faster, for having pain, for not being “productive enough.” Its really a sense of peace because its almost like a state of no obligation. No feeling of needing justification for Being. Its what my goal is, I dont want to come off as all together; currently I cannot drive safely, am unemployed living under the care of my dad as I undergo treatment, and struggle to get the dishes done and floor swept. Mental disabilities are disabilities, and we need to like, be easier on ourselves even if we don’t have disabilities, to the point where its a no obligation state, aside from what we need to literally survive. Otherwise, I think its a peace believing, or trying to believe, that “I don’t need to justify myself.” A sort of “I am.” versus “I am, if” set of states. This is an example of what I originally started talking about lol, I have trouble cutting/concluding my thoughts/what Im saying, which is just because of who I am. Its problematic when it makes it difficult to communicate, but its not an issue with who I am, but rather something I need to keep in mind and thoughtfully control my actions in consideration with my nature and my goal/intent. I wish I put a bit more thought into what to say/where to cut it off, but that’s something to take for the next time I comment or talk, rather than eliminate myself and my speech. I got in that bad habit before, and it affected my health extremely poorly to where I developed a severe self-hate complex, so know that what we say to ourselves - or dont say - has a big effect on our health!! Anyways uhhhh thank you for your insight in this video!!!! I resonated with it and feel a lot better about my art, and life, process because of it, since I really can seem slow due to analyzing a lot and then executing in short bursts, a key part of highly sensitive disposition! Just like, learning to live, without judgement and shame.
Thank you for sharing this message with the world. I hope it reaches a lot of artists. I know this isn't about me but here is my experience; I used to beat myself up for not being fast enough, especially because I was nearing the age of 30. A friend had thought me a tiny mad idea that if you haven't made it into the gaming industry by 30, you become irrelevant. And as I aged I became more frustrated as I set unrealistic goals (especially needing to be faster and comparing). Ironically having to become faster and faster actually paralyzed me from making art for the remaining 7 years of my 20ies. This video and the procrastination one are golden knowledge every artist should hear and take to heart. Thank you so much for your videos and your calm pace Adam. They, alongside of learning to love and accepting myself, have played an important part in accepting that I am 30 now and that I am still allowed to make my own art. And who knows, perhaps I will still make it in the industry sometime.
Stay strong! As someone who's also in their early 30's and also hoping to start an art career, I definitely understand this feeling of starting behind those who are much younger. Just stay the course and take the time you need to - you can make it.
I’m 30 as well and also feel I’m not drawing or learning fast enough. I tried to cram it all in a day, art and adulting. And now my health has failed me and now I can’t art like I used to be. I realize now the importance of taking it slow. In the process of trying to advance myself, In the end I held myself back. So yeah...It’s okay not to draw sometimes.
@@SteelTwilight @Yama Pishy Thank you both for the kind words. There is another video on Adams channel that had some solid words in there about taking the time you need; 'LUCIDPIXUL Art Podcast - ANTHONY JONES & ADAM DUFF'. I wish you the best 💕
It's funny to realize how i spent my time trying to get rid of everything i was doing right. And then your father-like voice turns me in the right direction. Thank you.
God, this is one of the very few advice videos I listened to so attentively. "It's not about the sped of your strokes, but precision" so on point. I've been looking for this. Thank you very much.
i got the sudden and very real feeling halfway through this video that you were speaking directly to me, personally, through the screen. it almost brought me to tears and i very much needed to hear this advice. this is the first video ive seen from your channel and you've absolutely earned a regular listener. thank you.
18:27. David Lynch is a good artistic spirit animal. I never really thought of wanting to be a filmmaker but it doesn't matter, listening to him for a little while puts me back into a good headspace to create.
Thank you for this talk! I haven't really given much thought into pacing but your videos give me ideas to reflect on while creating. Here's to a good week ahead!
I like to draw or paint when I listen to you, and I always get the best results, I become much more self aware and calm, my mind just becomes quiet and I just concentrate in your words and my work.
eeyyy time to chill with adam as i do exercise drawings ive been super stressed out so thanks adam!! i hope u have a great day and everyone down here leaving nice comments i luv u and stay safe!!!
So interesting I found your channel when I did. Almost feels like a sign lol. Thank you for all these videos. Ive learned so much, not just art but also about myself.
Wow, this video really changed my perspective not only about my art, but my life as a whole and the way I would like to go about it. I really enjoyed listening to this. Thank you. ❤️
Hey man, I've been struggling with finishing my work portfolio as I did bad in university. Thank you for being the soothing voice that calms me in this extremely anxious time for me.
my first drawing tablet is arriving today, i've been sketching casually for many years. Your videos have been a great source of inspiration for me in the past; the philosophical approach you bring to art is incredibly refreshing. Thank you.
Thank you always for your insightful videos. I've learned this last few months the importance of slowing down in my art and it's really changed my perspective on how I approach my work. I'm definitely happier and more comfortable and less stressed. ❤️ Love to you and your family.
About a week ago, I decided to exercise and focus on my drawing fundamentals. This video helped me recall on what I need to work on thank you for this talk. By the way, I this new painting concept. Its cool that you decided to make a architect piece as the main subject.