DEALING WITH ART FRUSTRATION | 100K Q AND A SPECIAL 

as someone who’s currently struggling with drawing anything without hating it, this is helpful qwq :D

I think another important thing is to never settle for where you already are. I see so many people go like "Well, I suck at lineart. I'll just do sketches only for the rest of time." It's an ok mindset if you're only drawing for fun, but you should always be striving for more if you're doing it for self-improvement. If I notice I'm lacking in a particular thing (perspective, backgrounds, unique designs): I make it the focus of my next few study sessions and pieces.

Have you guys heard the video of Pewdiepie learning how to draw? Watch closely, pay attention to around day 24 There was a sudden change of pace, he suddenly got better as if something clicked inside of his brain. This is basically breaking the ice, overcoming the hurdle of becoming an artist. I bet every artist treaded this path as well. The most important thing with becoming an artist is to never let that dreadful first phase of "Why cant I draw good?" overwhelm you and make you give up. Because eventually, after enough perseverance, it will click. I would know because the same happened to me.

I've been drawing for about a year now, and I did develop this idea of improvent through continuous and consistent drawing. And so I did, I drew more consistently and began seeing an actual improvement in my ability. And then today, everything just fell. I wasn't drawing anything good. It wasn't even "something looked off", I was drawing actual dogwater. And now I don't know what to do. I've gone to several videos but all its done is given me the same question, including this one; "Am I actually cut out for this?" I don't want to give up art. That's the last thing I want to do. But I'm in a hole and can't get out. I don't want to give up and be free from learning art, but at the same time I feel like everything is futile... Especially seeing the progression of artists such as yourself showing how far they've improved in their first year, and yet my art sucks way more than everyone else. Those I'm in art discords with are hundreds of times more talented, and I just feel like I'm an ant trying to be in a herd of tigers... It can try, but an ant will always be an ant.

Thank you; I really needed to hear this. Been depressed & frustrated with my art journey as of late & have been discouraged to draw due to having the mindset that I'm wasting my time or end up scrapping my drawings because it doesn't look good. Lately been getting back into doing sketches & studies thanks to mindful advice from other artists that I watch. Hope to continue to make steady progress & not beat myself up if I don't like it; it'll get better with time ☺️

your brushwork and line weight is immaculate

Been drawing for a few years now, i remember feeling happy with my drawings, even though they weren’t good, now i can look back and be happy that i kept it up and my friends and family were so supportive of me.

I always feels so frustrated with myself when I don't draw something right. I just wanted to learn to draw again because I quit when I was junior high school because i feel like I'm not good enough when i see my classmates gets so much attention from how good their drawing is. Now that I'm in senior high school, I hope that maybe oneday I can finally master all of it (anyway is is alright to take a break, once a while? I feel like I'm wasting my time if I take a break, i dont want to fail 😔)

this is very inspiring to hear! Currently goin through the i hate whatever i draw phase, so now I'm motivated to just "trust the proccess" :')

Thanks man, I'm self taught too I'm 17 and working on female anatomy and keep getting stuck on the shape and stuff like that but looking back at my old drawing are getting my self esteem back up. thanks for the vid.

Wow I remember watching a video of yours a few months ago and seeing the sketching now, you've improved considerably! Gives me mad motivation!

The glasses girl was very handsome 👀 I like your style

Big thanks for you for saying copying is an important skill. It gets talked down on and discouraged by a lot of artists, even some of my favourite art teachers on youtube, because they're afraid people will misunderstand and misapply what they mean by copying. It's currently the only skill I have confidence in, so by you saying it's important helped me have the courage to practice again today.

I've been watching your tutorials for half a year now and they're really helpful, especially this one was really helpful

I hate drawing with a fiery passion but I also enjoy how my drawings turn out occassionally. Maybe it's worth trying to persevere.

I personally have that exact issue. Traditional vs Digital, I think there can be a balance(I'm trying to work on that) between the two. Sketching/lineart/draftsmanship I think can transfer easily between the two. A simple sketchpad and even just an HB pencil (or mechanical) is good enough. Just doodle, sketch, take notes in that pad. You can then go back and redraw it digitally(furthering the muscle memory) or scan a good sketch. Alternatively get a pen or multiliner and a pencil with a good pad(like those hard cover ones) and do the work and linework almost like a field journal. And again go over to digital. Of course with Ipads(with procreate) you can negate that. But there's still something about that sketchpad that it's smaller, cheaper and just good enough to get something down fast.

Your artstyle is like feast for my eyes, im always not stisfied with my drawings, but whenever i watch your videos i came up with many ideas and solutions, so thank you for making videos and sharing your process ❤❤❤

Lovely guy, lovely art, i love this!

man i cant stop just pausing the video, screenshotting and putting your practice sketches into my "references for later" folder there is something to it, the mess of perfectly curved tapered lines that add up to make amazing hair ? or the perfect composition of these faces/heads ? or is it just the clean and gestural use of the simple brush ? i have no idea haha probably all of the above youre great inspiration

Your videos and so chill and thoughtful! Love your content and your work 💫

Generally it helps to be humble but strive for excellence at the wake time. Feel positive about the task and do it with a go getter attitude. That positivity to try and also to learn will help out tremendously with avoiding frustration

i love your vids sm, great as always

I drew shapes, failed again and again for an hour, cried for 30 minutes and gave up...this as been hapening for weeks if not months since i "came back" to art, stopped for 2 years...and even before, i drew a circle and cried, why? Because failure...just because failing is something that make u go down as quick as a rock, your video is incredible, i love your art, your advices are amazing but i am not progressing, but im gonna keep trying, and not progress and i know it. Thank you, keep doing videos, have seen the improvement of other people trough your videos. But for now...my journey is out of the railing

The nanami one made me cry wtf

i went through and threw away all the things that were not original, at the end i had nothing left... all my sketchbooks gone - it was all just referenced copied and art studies, nothing - no value all bad habits no improvement all a waste of time and nothing to show for it. I tired to get into art school but couldn't get in, i needed a teacher because clearly i couldn't self teach myself. Some of use can do it alone some cant, all the time and effort all i got was tendonitis from it lol

3rd🎉 love ur video bud

perfect timing!! ive been so frustrated with art recently im glad to see this on my feed

Niro, you are my inspiration :)

it really a special video and for my case i started digital art this week and it really painful and frustrating like i tried to do line art multiple time time but all my sketch became ugly for no reason and my drawing became ugly when i turn on the reverse effect or mirror effect forgot the name i thing for a beginner digital artist to start line art is a challenge i will start with coloring instead

! I really needed this video to push me back into my artistic vibes again! Thanks! Trying to make another piece before next year!

love the way u drew nanami and those other guys

2:44 there is no shot the third one is art bro

thank , this help in studying physics

Love the "Stop trying hard/Don't care about other opinions/Care about self growth" type if videos in which I can directly see why exactly I am NOT able to do that. You want me to not be envious of others and frustrated with myself while you show me that stuff?

Was feeling of quitting but damn every video you make makes me want to pick up my pen and start drawing shit

I don't think drawing is gambling, in my opinion, if you start drawing or doing art only for money or a "why not trying", yes it is but if you start drawing because you take a good time, you enjoyed it, that help you or smthg i don't think it's gambling, because you spear good time doing it it's like video game you play it to take good take you not "throwing" your time, moreover you learn something new who can be usefull in some way.

Idk, I still feel like I can't learn or practice. I absolutely dread the thought of picking up my pencil and stylus because when it comes down to it, it's just an incoherent mess. I really don't know what to do, I think I'm just not made for it.

thank you for answering my question, i hopefully wish to get your level. thanks

Hi Niro, would u make a video about how ur coloring or rendering process?

Can you PLEASE stop using the discord notification sound in your video?? I keep checking my discord because of it.

Hey i have a question... I see you draw atleast 20 characters or something around that number in every video you upload... So what i wanted to ask is how do you come up with the concept of how they look, facial expressions, hairstyles, cloths etc like its not easy to match everything...

A stump I'm running into is that I took a Hiatus from drawing. When I decided to pick it up, from rust, my skills had detoriated.

great video but I gotta disagree about AI being just a tool a drawing tablet is a tool a pencil is a tool a camera is a tool because they cannot create the images for you AI in another hand does the job for you it is the definition of automation but yeah I agree about AI art not being art in the first place

Thanks for this video, I was starting to get really frustrated this week

Thank you so much for this advice!!! I've been gambling recently and had to stop mortgaging my house. I will keep going and not give up and believe in the dream!

i love your videos

I find it hard for me to draw front face,i get really frustrated whenever i take the picture and flip it,it so hard to fix it😢

so good!

Started to learn to draw only 14 days ago and I'm using the exact same tablet you bought when you started 😂

I watched and liked all your videos on youtube 😃

I don't know where to start learning drawing, whether from the head or where to start. I also struggle with drawing hair. Do you have any information that can help me? ❤

"keep drawing everyday"

Omg i needed this so much i have a strong art block of 1~2 month and it feel like it will never go😢

bro, unrelated but i thought the discord notification sound was mine😭

I love your videos, can't wait for more uploads!

okay jokes aside I would really like a vid on how to draw hair plz

How can I develop a art style similar to yours NIRO

I use this for gambling

I'm at the point that I know what I need to work on, what my weaknesses are. I know some anatomy knowledge and I need to do more gesture drawings to glue those pieces of information together... but daaaamn is gesture drawing annoying to do sometimes. I know that I should treat it as 'warm-up' instead of a chore... On the topic of looking at other artists, I'm past the 'envy' stage and instead I see them as what I could be if I put in the effort ( what I could be if I just fuckking did my gesture studies)

a week ago, i bought a samsung galaxy s9 ultra, and clip studio paint. i studied graphic design in high school but at that time, i hated drawing. i always wanted to draw whenever i felt like to. but now, i'm at a point where i really want to improve myself and build discipline. i always used a tablet or things like that as an excuse and i told myself that I can't draw on a paper which was completely wrong and ridiculous. i am not too bad but i am not good either, especially full body, eyes in different perspectives, etc. i am getting bored, i don't like my art, I can't draw like i want to, i feel like i'm stuck. it's not some art block, i draw a lot. i feel like I don't know how to draw and I don't know how to learn neither. i want to make a comic, or some short animations, or just illustrations. i watched thousands of videos about it but i'm really feeling like incapable of improving and I don't see myself improve at all. i put my draws from 4 months ago next to my recent ones just to realize nothing changed and I didn't learn anything. (thank you for reading my vent lmao) anyways. i like the drawings in your videos, thanks for the videos 🥰

When you mention that all the artist you talk to say to draw the basic does that mean the fundamental, or just shapes like you show in your video?

Like if you think Niro should be as successful as Mr. Beast

Make a video on how to find art style coz I'm struggling for 3 yrs

How about age? 26 is too late to begin concept art for games? Also in digital sculpting too. Im already on 3d modeling mouse and keyboard

video discord sfx alway make me thought i get noffication on discord😭😭😭😭

It must be nice being talented 😂

I used to wrap my old Wacom graphire tablet in paper when I first got into digital to mimic the feel of drawing on paper!

What tablet do you use? Is that the huion kamvas pro 16 2.5k?

VN HOW I DEAL WITH DRAWING FRUSTRATION | Q AND A Answer; GIT GUD.

8:49 i was wondering who that was and then the little curse came out lol

I will never not be frustrated with my art

This is very inspiring ❤

FAZ O L 😂. I have some frustrations about of my drawings, my faces it's so ugly, so ugly it's make desire to give up. Another thing its make don't drawing, it's has my table is so small, if a have a side my 2° monitor ocupping that space, that i wanna use to make some drawings.

How do you study with art book because I find it very difficult

TOJI

Hey remember that anatomy video you did 7 months ago?Could you do another one for feet,ankles and facial features

Sister Tao from Gokurakugai?!

How do you spell the artist he said at 10:34

New sub ❤😊

MAN 🥺🥺

Early

noo not the nanami drawing 😭😭😭😭

My main background is in math, logic, and analytical thinking rather than art. I've always wanted to become good at drawing and have been practicing a lot lately. However, I realize that it will take a lot of time, and might compete with my other desires to become a great mathematician and programmer. How can I find the time to become a master of both domains? Is that even realistically possible?

hmm

are you Filipino?

Who else is pathetic like me at even drawing lines, shapes and ellipses?

please turn off these discord sounds i always think i got a message

“i don’t mind ai because it doesn’t effect me” 😐 what happened to artist solidarity

don't ever use that discord sound notification again PLEASE you made me go insane

How come you don't want to draw professionally? Is it because you wouldn't want art to be your job? And you wouldn't want to associate it with work or you might not like it anymore? Because you're probably good enough to get a job as a concept artist or something if you made a portfolio

Please draw in paper

Kuvshinov is a plagiarist though, and they always draw the same character with different hairstyles. I find their art extremely boring and uninspired.

dat discord notif hdjfs

Promo-SM

Oops

Personally I didn't hate my art when I was first learning, the more decent I got the more I hate it and get frustrated with it lmao

I fucking forget how to draw due to how mad I got HELP??? (I have anger issues)

I like your stuff but Ilya Kushinov is one of the WORST examples ever. He's a known tracer and his stuff is the very definition of soulless art.