How to Network - people sketching episode 15 

The thing I love most about your videos isn't that you give great advice, which you do, but that it feels like you're talking to me personally, not like you're giving a big speech to a large audience. :)

the thing that stuck with me most was when you said "There is no perfect." Its just I realized that thats exactly why i don't pursue many things and miss out on so many opportunities trying to got to expert level before even beginning. i realized i kept saying to myself ill go for it when i'm better and but the bar just keeps getting higher so ill never get there or ill miss out on so much trying to get there. So i think i'm gonna go for things now get rejected and go again LOL Thank so so very much im not sure you'll ever realize how much you've helped me.

I love how one is able to somehow "interpret" your moves while drawing...I noticed that, because I've seen all of your videos, I kinda know what stroke or move your going to make, for example when you finish off with the white highlights, every time you just lightly stroke the white with your hand as if you're kinda thinking "ah maybe that was too much, just blend it out a little.." :P I love it! - And I reallt gain a lot from the things you're saying and your advice. It's awesome, thank you. Keep up the good work, it enlightens the world :)

your videos are always like a therapy for me. its like i was listening to a friend giving me advice. you are so great

I love drawing with you while watching your people sketching videos.

....And old truck drivers ( we're listening too!) Really appreciate all your helpful advice. Thanks Will :-)

Whenever I feel uninspired, tired or just need a little motivation I go to your channel and watch these videos. You never cease to put a smile on my face and inspire me to keep going. I aspire to meet you one day, thank you so much.

Ha! When I saw you post the sped up version of El Fabio I KNEW it meant we were getting a new people sketching video! It did not disappoint one bit! Thank you sooo much for all the advice you give us! Sycra actually put it into words what I was thinking in that it feels like you're talking to me directly. I like to draw while I listen to you talk and something about how you talk/teach fuels my creativity juices. Can't wait for more videos!

Wanted to pipe up about what you mentioned about your viewers. I'm at University studying Fine Art with an interest in illustration and graphic design. This video on networking was quite useful information and definitely an inspiration.

It seems like whenever I am uninspired and lacking motivation you put a video up. Every single time I watch these I get refreshed and ready to work. Thank you for these. Your fan Michael Adrian.

my son wants to be a comedian I sent him the following. " make some time to listen to this guy I know its about art but it applies to comedians and is relevant to life I think.. he is my new guru? maybe haha lol he has got good incite" . ps thank you will terrel for your words they help a lot and I love the laugh.

I find your words very inspiring Will. I wish I could've learn that those things in school back then. When there's so many questions you wish you could ask your teacher, but you're just too scared to get laughed at. The schools I went to, people were all like that and eventually you get stuck with that mindset that you gotta follow the teacher and stop asking questions, which sucks! It's not easy after when you're on the market and you're scared to ask questions, it makes the contacts very awkward. YOUR DRAWINGS ARE AWESOME MAN!

You always give me and everyone else such great advise. Thank you so much for taking time to share your experience with us.

Mr. Terrell, I love your videos. They're so helpful and full of good information, yet you stay so jolly and upbeat. Thanks for posting!

As always, an incredible people sketching video! I loved the part where you were talking about meeting Jeff Smith and how you just froze up! Haha! I'm making my plans to attend Comic Con this year, and I've lost count on how many times I've watched your people sketching videos in preparation for it. You've really made an impact on me both in art and in striving to be a better person, so thank you and please keep doing these! They're a huge relief, and especially on this lonely road of an artist I seem to have found myself on!

I always find your videos inspiring! I'm trying to do better myself in many different ways (not only in arts) And one of my failures is networking. Most of the time is because I'm really awkward and/or I don't wont to bother people. Anyway, I'm trying to change that too, even it's difficult. Thanks for your videos!

I dont why, but I always get excited when some of my favorite youtube artists come out with 40 minute videos because I get to sit down and pull out my art pad and have my own art session while they're drawing and giving awesome tips. ^____^

The fun thing for me about digital painting is I can take Fabio... rotate my canvas 90 degrees to the right and as a background paint in the grand canyon. In front of him there would be a big fan blowing lots of wind in his hair I'm just a hobbyist but it seems to me a storyboard and animation artist would not just sketch people in portrait style... that would require a smaller scale of drawing though, with more but still just enough detail It's what I run into when I see your sketches on a rectangular screen ;) flip it sometimes! it's ok to do

I love your little giggles and your quirky characters, it makes your videos so interesting to watch! And you're so talented and give fab advice, thank you! :D

I think you do speak to many people because it is really helpful in general and not just for the art industry. I am a high school junior and I love you channel! Even though I am not pursing art as a career, these videos are like life lessons for me.

this is very inspirational Will, Thanks to you for spending time bubbleling , giving tips, advices to be a great artist in every way, not only in drawing skills

Awesome advise as always! Sometimes we get too focused on getting things out of people and we bed up forgetting that they are indeed people! People have relationships. It's not all about taking and seeing what you can get out if somebody. I'd like to add that when asking questions that you must consider what it is you are asking. If it's something you can learn on your own, or takes too much time out of that person's day, it might be something you reconsider. There's been many times where I've asked irrelevant questions, learned it on my own and realized how silly of a question it was. Some things you just have to learn by doing. I really appreciate your videos man. So much knowledge that helps us become not just great artists, but people also.

Oh wow, every time I watch one of your videos I learn something I didn't even know that I needed to know, but you've helped my mindset so much! Have you learned about all the artists you mentioned by gradually hearing about them through others you know, or do you encounter a lot of peoples work for the first time at conventions or something else? Also, I love the mullet.

when i do my art work, i love listening to your videos in the background, its very motivational and makes me feel really good about myself, I also learn a lot of useful information from it.

This was absolutely perfect for me. I am so shy with people, and no one really notices that. I'm glad you posted this- now if only you could post more sooner!!

Thank's for sharing, and I love El Fabio's mane too. Wise words, thank's.

El Fabio's majestic mullet of majesticness.

Thank you for sharing and opening up, it's really inspirational just listening to how far you've come and all the hard work and dedication you put into your career. All that blood sweat and tears has made you into a great artist, listening to you in this video opened up my eyes, when you were saying how working hard for something makes you truly appreciate it. There's never any short cuts. heh.

Wow, you hit me spot on with the deadlines thing... I never meet deadlines because I procrastinate, and you're right, nobody would wanna hire me that way even if I am likable lol... thank you for that

I just love your characters and you as an individual your advice and humour and just the down to earth nature you have its so refreshing! Wish you were one of the tutors in my university! :D Thank you for reinspiring me!

I love your videos! One thing I really, really, love about your People Sketching videos though is how you look at and view people XD You don't just acknowledge weird things about people and then turn away like most people do, you actually do something creative and funny with certain extraordinary experiences, and the way you do that makes it feel like it isn't always such a bad thing to be weird sometimes. It can be funny. I certainly wouldn't mind being one of those weird people you sketch XD

Heya Will! Don't over think doing tutorials man, just do it your way, be yourself. That's what got you an audience in the first place. Of course your drawings are amazing, but to me it's your personality that got me hooked. Hell of you ask me you're just as much as a Guru as an artist. So go do that tutorial, blabber into that microphone, explain what comes naturally and we'll all love you for it ;)

Cool drawing, Will! You covered some great stuff about networking. I met Jeff Smith once in a bar after a convention and talked with him a little bit. Really nice guy and I've learned a lot from reading his Bone comics. The way he sets up and lays out each page is really impressive.

Real talk, I'm so happy I stumbled across your channel. I actually live near Dallas, and I'm getting ready to apply for art school, but haven't had the drive to work. Something about your videos gave me the boost I needed. Heck, tonight I stopped everything down to go grab a Strathmore Toned Tan sketch book and just have fun sketching. Doing stuff that I wouldn't normally do is tough but soooo rewarding. You are very inspirational sir and I thank you for making these amazing videos. ^^b keep being you man!

I learn so much watching you. Thanks.

I just love your videos Will, thanks for all your advice!

Another great one Will, thank you!

You're always such an inspiration and have great advice. I was in a kind of creative block but found myself filling a few pages of my sketchbook while watching your video. Awesome!

I need like two videos a day from you. I'd have to pull out a dictionary to show how much much I love your videos cause my vocabulary isn't good or wide enough to express how I feel.

I found you through a friend a couple of days ago and I love your videos now!

The Amazing Colleen Doran did a gig years ago with a company that made Fabio themed merchandising. Yes, that Fabio. And one of the things that company gifted her with was a cushion with Fabio's face on it. Doran told on a podcast, with the most brillant elegance, that she used the cushion on her drawing chair, so that for years she sat on Fabio's face to draw.

Again Will thanks so much for this advice!! this was so great!!

Thanks for sharing. This was definitely helpful.

lol I love your intro music, I listened to like 10 times before I actually started watching the video😂

Looks like i am a year behind...time to catch up, thanks and you are my second go to guy to draw with....love your work, your honest commentary is so helpful to someone who doesn't get out much ...Thanks, Jeanne

keep laughing is really contagious

Hey, Will! I really love your videos. I'm an animation student, and I want to pursue a career, or in some way work within the field of animation. I haven't watched all your videos(yet), but I just wanted to say that you make me feel like my... I guess ambitions for the future as an animator and artist are attainable goals, that it's actually possible for me to work with something that I love. I've actually met Neil Gaiman at a book signing, and I was incredibly nervous right up until the point that he walked into the room. Seeing him and speaking to him(even if it was really brief) was really wonderful, he's such a nice person(I even got a hug!). But just seeing him as a real, living, breathing human was really... nice. Knowing that successful people who work in creative fields are, well, people, and not fabled beasts of the creative arts who breathe fire or something is good to remember if given the chance to approach and converse with them. It makes networking less scary. But I don't know what I'm talking about anymore. Thank you for these videos, Will!

You should make a podcast! You have a lot of great things to teach the world!

your laugh >

Thank you so much for making these videos and being so honest. I really like you and your art :D

Yay more Will

Great video as always Will, They always brighten my day :) I'm loving the Earthbound by the way! I'm getting some nice doodles done in it :)

Great inspirational words and sketch :)

You inspire me so much!

That's pretty good advice. I was wondering what does one live off until they finally land that job. I think the problem most people here would have is not being patient and persistent, rather not being able to sustain themselves long enough until they actually make it. I guess thats why eveyrone gets rushy, its a matter of life and death literally. Thoughts? Thanks for the video : )

LOVELY

some great advice!

Thanks for the fantastic and very helpful video, you are awesome! :D

Very interresing as always for the advices and for the draw and just to listen to you laugth is funny :) Thanks Will for your vidéos !!!

Will Terrell, you make the Pocket Brush Pen look so easy to use, and I am told it is the hardest one to achieve? I just got it and at time to come out with it I do a mess! Lol hope it is just a matter of practicing,, A LOT!! like you say! Cheers

Awesome video Will! You give such great advice on art :)

You're surely a good storyteller! Not only because of your great sketching skill but also your articulate and fluent speechs and the amazing ideas. English is not my native language and I'm also not very good at it. But your videos still help me alot. Have anyone told you that you have potentiality to be a speaker? :D

I'm jealous! I wish we had a Jerry's Artarama around here. I would probably end up living there. I wonder if they charge rent if an artist takes up residence in one of their art isles =P

Haha, I recently met one of my favourite illustrators who's been an inspiration to me for so long, exact same experience as you I just lost it and started babbling about how much of an inspiration he was to me. I think we had some actual conversation but its all blurred in my memory :/ he did give me a little sketch he'd done, though, which is pretty cool :)

Made a goal to fill up a sketchbook this month...inspired by you.

YES THANK YOU WILL!!! im underestimated all the time and I feel the same way about it:):):)

Ahh, I just got a TOUCH marker in the mail from my Artsnacks box this month! Personally, I think the color blends a little better than my Copic markers - I can't say much for how long it lasts though. But they're great! It's so cool, you're trying them too! hmm I struggle with networking like a lot of folks that have commented. Haha I have NO problem going up to people I admire and saying hello! But after that I feel like I have nothing to offer in conversation besides "I love your worrrrrrk *drools* "

Thanks Will! :)

love da sketche

Will if you've never seen Kim Jung Gi....Look him up he's on youtube. He just wings it with a brush pen on huge pieces of paper! You probably already know about him but just in case. Peace bro! Love what you do!

wow ! this is awesome :)) why had i not come across ur channel before.. thanks a ton ^__^

Aw, you're so lovely Will. I don't know whether to give you a kitty cat face or a love heart... ah screw it, take both :3 &

yaaay i missed you!!

Hey! You changed your introduction cartoon! Nice style too LOL! :D

sweet mike!

Hey Will, again dude you nailed it some how you manage to answer questions i have didnt realize i had? if that makes any sense anyway sound advice as always, love seeing that you've posted a new video. so much love dude

I would live to sit at a table with you, just cause you are a good human being. Continue on...

I hope I get to walk up to your table at a Con one day :D that is not suppose to sound as stalkerish as it does haha. Thank you for your vids as always. It's great to get these because they are like reinforcement. (Oh! I'm so going to share them with my Junior Achievement class for my last week with them!!! - the topic is personal branding so it'll be perfect!)

Hey will, thanks again for sharing the wisdom I probally would never get from real life teachers ;) Anyways, its a real coincidence that your talking about networking, because i'm going to attend the Behance Portfolio Review community in Amsterdam tommorow.. And I didn't come up with a strategy or something to network with the attenders.. But I always had in mind to just talk to them with a good sense of humor to break the ice, and show some interest in them instead of talking about our Portfolios and stuff, and let the rest flow out. ..Guess your advice wasn't that much different then mine :) Thanks again teach, you always deliver :)

Jerry's Artarama is like heaven on earth for art. It's just a little out of the way for me to get to it, but so worth it whenever I do go. I found you by a comment you made on MaryDoodles recent Zelda video, and I'm quite happy for it. Keep on drawing! And thank you for these videos. On the subject of networking, I have a few short animations on my channel, think you can take a look? Currently I want to improve my story building skills, but I'd be happy to have feedback on anything you bring up. Thanks!

oh my gosh how do you find people or you just have a great imagination

Thanks for all these great videos. They really inspire me a lot. Also I really like it that you do reply comments because most people don't :) .... That was really an amazing advice and it changed my mind a lot but for me may be the problem will be how to meet theses people for a first time, you're talking about what I should tell them that is good but how am I gonna meet them or have their email or whatever you are saying ..... also I really have that problem of being unable to talk to people especially that I look up to (may be you are one of them) ... Thanks again for your amazing videos that really makes difference in my life.

Again another great video with more wonderful chuckles from you! I didn't realize how much I needed this advice but am so grateful to have heard it from you! I was curious how much time you've spent drawing every day and if there has ever been a time that drawing was difficult? "artist block" if you will. Always curious. Thank you for inspiring me.

omg his laugh can cure cancer

Really enjoyed the video, great advice :) I really want to budget and you just started patreon... aghh.. The one I am REALLY interested in is the $5 one because of the digital sketches so I think I'll do that one but it might be all the way in september when I dont have to budget. Worst thing is its only £3 and its soooooooo tempting... (may end up caving in and patroning early)

Hey, I really like your work, but I've always wondered how you find your own style, because I have tried on many occasions. However it always manages ends up looking like other artist's work or very close to their style. Thank you for the inspiration :)

the thing about the permanent pencil also happens with copic markers

Hey Will, I thoroughly enjoy your videos and have watching them consistently over the past 10 months or so. I'm am always eager to refer your videos to friends and class peers in my industrial design course. (Especially the Old sketch books) I humbly accept that I am in the 'its a good thing i don't know exactly how bad i am' phase. I would really love to see a video that overviews Caricature theory. (If thats even a thing.. o-0) I've combed RU-vid and the web, and nothing.. pragmatic.. really exists. Ironically I moved from San Diego to Cape Town South Africa to study design, so the Watts Atelier is not an option :..( Thanks for hearing me out Will. Interested to listen to your thoughts. - Dan

you rock dude =)

Man, this video really helped me. I'm very good at talking to people, but I suck at being professional. On my good days I can socialize with an entire room of people and have fun. Then there's my bad days(which feel a lot more common) where I can hardly give a two word answer. Any advice on how to be professional?

Can u pleeeaaasse make a video on the basics of characturing/cartooning I cant find any good ones and would like to learn

yay, no dislikes on this video.

Hey will I just found your channel, and you cover some crucial Stuff for me in this video. I've drawn all my life but I literally have done nothing with it and I feel like my style and talent have only grown so much because I've gone on way too many hiatuses or just loss of inspiration... I feel old already . Anyways. I feel like I can learn a ton from you. For now can you tell me what were you outlining this cartoon with? Is it a micron type marker?. Also what do you usually draw things with before using markers on them because most things I use (black marker, pencils ) smudge into the color when I start applying marker color :/. It's annoying. Thanks again will I'll talk to you soon!

Hey, I wanna ask how I can draw better i love drawing its just that i suck at drawing i dont know how to start or what to do. any advise?

What are some good places to meet big artists and also just regular people? Like comicon or what?

Will, will you ever do a video about creativity?

I love your videos Will and the music under the sketch videos are just simply awesome! I would like to ask do you have any experience with letraset markers? Or touch markers worth to invest? I would like to buy a smaller set of markers that lasts more than a month (my experience with letraset :D) Poorly I'm unable to purchase prismacolors in Europe :/ Thanks for the answer!

what are those pens/brushes you use to colour your drawings in looks cool... p.s love your style and your laugh is infectious haha

Hi Will! I just love how personal and informative your videos are.

Hi, Will. Can you please give an advise how to study facial expressions and the ways they work? Is there some good book? Or only by observation? (sorry for mistakes- my english isn`t perfect)