Living on Purpose - people sketching episode 17 

You don't need to keep these short. People like to listen to you and watch you draw. It's like hanging out with a friend.

I missed these videos...glad you're back! 👍

"I'm gonna try to keep this video short." Good job, Will.

Great to see you back at it. I seem to be perpetually in that zone of which you speak.

I'm inking one of my drawings as I listen.... this talk has really help me feel not so alone 😊 I feel I'm in a cross roads yet again. Forgetting to trust myself and worrying too much. Now that I have finally decided to take my sketching as something I want to do and put time and energy into it,... frightening. Hearing this has made me smile and reminding me to keep moving forward. Thank you Will, for sharing. Thank you for being you. Thank you for your art.

These are definitely my favorite videos on this channel. These intimate little drawing sessions with Will really feel like sitting down and having an honest conversation about life with a friend. They are always inspiring and make me feel better when life is getting me down.

I usually never ever comment on videos but I just had to say that I love your people sketching videos more than anything on the internet, you really inspire me and after I watch one of your videos I feel so motivated and flowing with creativity. Thank you for your videos and I really look forward to watching all the rest to come.

Will, you keep saying that you meet people that are "better" than you but I honestly can't imagine that they are! You are one of my favorite artists and I love listening your view points on life... Thank you and keep going please!

Please don’t keep them short!! I love just sketching along with you and listening to you talk

"Try and keep this video short" hahaha, yep. Great to see another people sketching video! It's always such a treasure hearing such genuine and meaningful topics. I always feel ready to be a better person, like, rejuvenated. So thank you very much! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)

Finally an honest individual and a fantastic artist. Thanks for the video.

I just moved to Portland, Oregon from Dallas, Texas about 3 months ago and I understand how living in a new city can change routines. Thanks for the upload!!

Hey! Glad to see you are out of that curve in your road. Thank you, as always, for sharing. It's so nice to think on how far things have come and remember watching your videos from a much earlier. I think your mentorship reaches further than you think or get to hear back on. I finally made good on an idea I've been wanting to do (making canvas costumes and painting them) and it was very rewarding to have it come to fruition. I've made myself wear it any chance I get to share it because it makes me happy and teaches me to be okay to be proud of what I have made. I am even working on others. Learning to do things for myself is a very hard lesson and learning to be proud of my own work is also hard, I have fear that I'll fall into those pitfalls of conceit or stagnation - so much so that I sometimes don't allow myself to have confidence in my own work. It's a "fun" paradox. Anyways had fun drawing while watching your vid - it was very ... communal :)HOpe things continue moving in the right direction for you and looking forward to the next video! *^_^*

It's always good to know that people around the world go through similar stages in life as you. And it's rather delightful to see your positive attitude about it. Every time I watch a people sketching video I get a lot of energy to keep going on. Right now I'm at the point where people are pushing me towards the thing I'm good at but not enjoy doing. So, yeah... Thank you for sharing your thoughts :)

As a 17 year old, it's been really tough to know what I'm going to do with my life. It's been really easy to give up and put off improving myself and working at what I love. But thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and insight with us. It really inspired me

I love your giggles and that you have a humble sense of humor. I am a fan.

Thank you for making these videos!!! This one was published on my 40th birthday, and everything you're talking about (beginner's luck, intentional living, etc.) resonates with me. It's extremely helpful to have assurance and encouragement like this, along with the sketching wisdom. Thanks again, and your drawings rock!!!

Unlike so many other youtube videos, I never feel guilty for watching one of these. Every time I tune into your channel I am encouraged, challenged and motivated. God really has blessed you with some great practical wisdom about these topics, and it challenges me to really think about the headier issues you touched on this video.

It's great to see another people sketching episode, I've missed them. Thanks for all the great advice you've given!

Great to see you producing new videos. I wondered about your Inktober pieces. They flourished with imagination, I kind of thought you'd continue it as a possible collection. As I move forward with my own career I feel I'm always pushing towards a more fulfilling / workable workload. I feel a little bit closer everyday, I know part of it is being able to share my journey with other creatives who are on similar paths.

Will, I really enjoyed this episode of People Sketching. I've been away from drawing for sometime now and am feeling inspired with your work. And I agree, sound effects play a very important part in the creative process. BTW, you have an infectious laugh. Keep doing what you do.

Your videos always help me out and I always learn from them,Keep them up.

Dude Will, you crack me up so hard. Thank you for this video. I hope your air clears and your path comes to light.

Keep it up Will. Love the positive energy you put out there. If the universe is watching it'll send some of that energy back your way.

You have no idea how much I love these long videos of yours Will! Please keep making them! :D

Love your commentary and your little old lady with cat. YOU always make me smile with that laugh of yours. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. -donn

Since seeing your videos I've gotten myself a mid-tone book, and my shading, perspective, and rendering has increased exponentially! Thanks mistah T.

I like these long videos, it's nice to listen to while I'm working on my art school homework. I hope everything is ok with your family

So glad to see another people sketching video! I don't know how, but I always tend to watch your videos at exactly the right time, so what you say really resonates with me. I know a lot about resistance and coming against barriers, and also how things come together when you get into alignment. I just recently moved to San Diego in march, and I've found I'm not too happy here. I think part of it is that I didn't move for the right reasons, or I was looking for the wrong things; I wanted to make money. Now I'm at the point where I've needed to step back and reevaluate where I am in life and where I want to be. I've decided to move back to the mountains for a few months, then move on from there to a job where I'll be able to save up for animation school. I've wanted to get into storyboarding for a long time, but was having some of the same reservations you're having now. So my friend and mentor who is a revisionist and storyboard artist told me to go for character design, which feels a lot more natural. Maybe that might be a good choice for you as well? I could definitely see you doing amazing things there! But I definitely feel like I'm starting to go towards that alignment again. Things are coming together, like my family actually pitching together to get me a professional tablet to work on, and I'm just generally feeling happier and more relaxed then I have in a while. Your video just came at a perfect time where I'm really trying to figure out where I stand and make the right moves from here. So thanks a bunch for taking the time to make this video. I definitely appreciate it, and know I'm not alone. Also, that little old lady was friggin' adorable!

I watch your videos when I'm sad because you're a really positive person and extremely talented.

So glad you're making videos again! Seriously, your "lecture" videos are my favorite. I love listening to artists experiences. I'm starting a "part time freelance" job on top of my full time job & I needed to hear a lot of this right now!

I agree with many of the comments on here in that you really do provide a type of communal/hanging out with a friend feeling when I watch your videos. This subject hit at a good time for me to receive your thoughts. I'm currently struggling through finding my purpose and finding ways to make progress towards something every day. Thank you for stretching yourself out there and posting your people sketch videos. They are the top reason I check my youtube subscriptions. Even if I just have them on in the background, your infectious laugh always seeps through the noise and they're a great playlist to play over and over again while I'm drawing. Have'ta keep the positive vibes fresh in my head! :D

the point is, I'm not really into caricature but something about will just keeps me watching! These videos are uplifting and keep my creative energy flowing, thanks loads, keep them coming! ^^

Watching you erase so many times, encouraged me, because I erase alot, now I don't feel so bad

Maybe you could publish a book with a bunch of your people drawing sketches? You seem to be very passionate about them and they're really awesome!

You are such a good support when you tell us these things. Thanks Will. - Becky

Loving your videos! Regarding the little old ladies with blue hair: they actually have blue hair because they use a purple shampoo that keeps their white hair from slowly turning dingy and yellow(from pollution, smoke, ect) . But, if you use it too often your hair turns blue/purple. :)

I appreciate your heart, talent and openness. The "total alignment" you speak of is referred to by Napoleon Hill as "definiteness of purpose". You're probably already familiar with that term as you mentioned him yourself. It is amazing, as if the universe itself is saying "You got it! You found your place in the world! Now I can open the floodgates to keep it flowing!" It's truly a great zone. But, as you say, difficult when you're not in that place. Perhaps we're just germinating, marinating... Blessings!

Mr. terrel, thank you for share and support artists always. I'm from Brasil and always watch your videos, they are really inspiring. Thak you!

My favorite RU-vid video series continues!!

Wow, Will Terrell, I'm so happy I found you. Your talent is only rivaled by your worldly wisdom. The universe is so weird. Last year I went through an entire depressing year applying for jobs and not getting any at all. Not a peep. When I finally got a job offer I was stoked...only to receive another job offer a week later. I had to turn one down, when I had been struggling with no offers for months. Sometimes I feel it's all a cruel joke. :-)

I could listen to you all day. Thanks for making these videos. I am in university and I am working towards 3D animation, but drawing is something that if I were to get right, I probably would do it as a living because I love it so much! So it's good to have people like you giving us advices :D

Love these videos Will! They're rally motivating, I love watching them whilst I draw!!

Inspiring talk as usual. You should charge us for these counseling sessions! Looking forward to the gouache videos. You really jumpstarted my return to art with the information you shared about grey markers. Your thoughts are deeply relevant to so many of us. And as someone said you've become a good friend that we invite into our homes regularly. I always get excited when I see a new upload. Don't shorten anything. And let us know how it's going out in Cali Cali.

Welcome back Will, great to see you making videos again. I can relate to a lot of what you said, thanks for inspiring us.

Man, you have a lot of wisdom. Thanks for sharing!

She totally looks like my great grandma! Watching your videos in 2014, I grew a lot as an artist and that's when I decided I wanted to be an artist as a profession (until then I had been telling myself it was just a hobby). At the time, I was using the same old chisel tip prismacolor markers and really learned how to better my use of them from watching you color.I'm rewatching all your videos this week and drawing like crazy (like I did in 2014) and I wanted to let you know: Your videos inspire me to constantly better myself both as an artist and as a person (because the two go together) and you are one of my art heroes.

Once again, thank you for making these videos! It was definitely worth the wait!

I really enjoyed this video. I appreciate the comment about feeling out of alignment. I also have felt out of alignment. I want to spend more time doing yoga, art and japanese tea ceremony while I teach English full-time. It's hard and I often don't know why I just come home and vedge in front of the TV instead of doing the hobbies that give me pleasure. Thanks for posting.

So happy to see your people sketching videos again Theyre the highlight of youtube!

Glad you're back! Hope all will be well and continue to be for quite some time to come!!!

Dude how do you know what to say at critical times in my life? seriously- going through so much of this and more and man- you always know what to say. thank you so much for this will. im not even over halfway done and im very pleased with whats been said. you help tremendously

Wow - love your sketches but even more - loved your deep thoughts. Art Philosophy 101 - cool. Thanks

I always listen to your people sketching episodes while drawing myself. Besides you always bring up good points and make me ponder about my direction in art as well. Please keep it long as always. Enjoying listening .I always learn something new from you. thanks,

This video is very touching... Great artist with a Great heart; Thank you so much sharing your Wisdom (good advises). As I always say to myself: "If you don't try it, you will never know; and if you make mistakes, at least you learn something, and will do better; the person who never failed, well, because they never try".

You were asking about past experience about beginner's luck. What I'm gonna say is not recent one, but it's something that's always in the back of my mind... When I started out in my passion, I was super young but I befriended one of my idol (turns out he was the boyfriend of a girl in my animation class). He was older. Anyhow. It was going well and he helped me a lot in my formative years. The events and opportunities he gave me are still some of my best, self-defining memories. Meanwhile, he was about to get his big break and I was getting intimidated by his success (and self-conscious). Then it got serious stupid quick (viral-like before it was a thing) and he became quite literally THE huge hit (not kidding, "THE"). It was insane and well-deserved. Meanwhile, I was going sideways and took what looked like that "good conflicting offer". I stalled and kept going into that different direction, gave up any links I had with my idol and just slowly died inside over the last 10 years doing something I got really good at but don't enjoy in the slightest. Eventually the success backfired spectacularly for the guy, and the fallout was just as immense as the rise. It's been years now, and still whenever someone mention his name, even in passing, it's a near guarantee of a gigantic unstoppable flame war. For a long time now, I just can't help but feel like this is a doomed in you do, doomed if you don't scenario. It's terrifying, yet I can't help but be... jealous I guess? At the same time I can't help but feel I share similar personality traits that would doom me too if I ever were to be even a fraction of his success. Fear of failure is frustrating, but fear of success? It's the worst... I wish I could just... get a coffee/beer with him, and hear the full story. But at the same time isn't that the epitome of selfishness, to try to get closure on something that haven't even happened to me? Am I a crazy stupid person? Hell, would he even remember me? God I must sound like some sort of giant hipster.

Great to see one of these people sketching videos again! Wonderful hearing all that wise advice too. :) About a year back I made one of those diagrams to figure out what I wanted from life... and today I am studying in a programme of my dreams for game art. Life can be so weird sometimes!

Will, you rock!! I've sadly lost track to drawing about a year ago, and totally burried my dream of being an artist, coz i thought i wasn't talented enuff... But ur videos and your lifestory really gave me motivation again, i've never made so much progress in drawing since ive picked it up again. thank you for sharing ur story with us, keep going dude!

thank you for this video!!! you inspire me , and you are a god teacher, I have learn so much from your videos. so thank full!!!

That laugh is adorable :)

I'm currently taking a drawing class and I've been looking at random videos of artists at work and I'm at the point where I think I want to call you one of my favorites, because I love seeing your whole process from start to finish, and your interesting reflections on life. Plus, you have one of those infectious laughs. I'm starting to want to draw more cartoonish things because of these videos. XD

Welcome back. I really enjoyed watching your Inktober drawings, but I'm happy to see you doing more character sketches and talking about art and life or whatever happens to be on your mind.

Hairless cats (Sphynx) are the BEST! I used to work for the Humane Society and got to spend time with some and they are some of my favorites. They definitely have to wear sweaters... a lot. Perhaps the next time you draw one, it could wear a sweater. ;)

Always fun to hear you and see your art

I understand everything you said in this video. I am experiencing a lot of resistence in perfessional life right now as well. I am glad you are back. I missed your people sketches they always make me laugh.

I haven't even watched this yet but I gave it a thumbs up cause I know it's going to be full of tasty nuggets. Dude, something about your videos, watching a high level artist, and what you're saying.. it all comes together in such a way that has really brought me true inspiration. I'm not spending (aka _wasting_) as much time playing video games, etc.. I'm getting back to my roots; *art*. I'm not going to get into my whole life story here but I appreciate you, Will! I appreciate what you're doing with these videos.. it's helped myself and countless others who are now probably too busy creating to come back and comment.

hey will. man its amazing how i can go from fully youtube browsing the web to literally sitting at my desk actually watching and listening to you like.. it feels like im in kindergarten listening to my teacher everytime i see a new video from you haha and its really amazing that you have that gift to inspire and truly touch home with alot of really personal struggles that i and im sure alot of others are going through in such a uplifting and reassuring way. thanks for making your videos (:

This is some solid advice. Like...I'm really, REALLY glad I listened to this video. My cousin and I have been forging a graphic novel over the last couple of years. I'm trying to grow as an illustrator and he is trying to grow as a writer, so we decided this is what we're going to do. But we're completely wet behind the ears, I know nothing about the world of working in comic books but I want to so badly. I want to do many things, but this is definitely one of them. Thank you for the wise words.

Will! Your Back !! I absolutely love your people sketching vids (with the narration). They always seem to help me focus and self evaluate; which I need to do at times. Anywhozzle, thank you for all your drawings, advice and much needed inspiration! :D

You are so inspiring to me man, I take your wisdom to heart, and so far it's had nothing but a good effect on everything I do. Stay awesome.

Epic laugh and sound effects, and very sound advice! I love how positive you are, and these videos really inspire me to improve myself, so thank you!

I love your people sketching videos they are so funny to listen and watch and i love drawing and listening to your voice of your people sketching video

Holy crap, when I first saw the picture of that woman I thought it was already an illustration…. Btw, I'm glad you're back with this videos, I missed them a lot!!

I felt you were talking direct at me!! thanks Will!! You always entertain but most of it...you always inspire!!! :D

I always feel so happy and inspired after watching your videos :3 I also get the strange urge to paint owls

Thanks for the great art and introspection!

I've taken drawing with you talking in the bg, and its a delight. Thank you so much for all the advice, I carry it with me whenever stuff are too much. Best of luck on your decisions, and lots of hard work for both of us!

Watching you always motivates me - especially when I don't really know what to draw, so thank you for that (:

“Thankful I don’t have Ebola” is how you know this is a period piece haha

I love your videos idk why it always applied to my life thank you for all the context you gave

It should have been to long... But amazingly, that hour went so fast. Thanks for the philosopy lesson. Wish you the best!

Funny enough, most hairless cats don't have whiskers. They also feel like fine velvet :3 I have been drawing every single day since I started watching your people sketching videos, thanks for the inspiration!

Thank you for your video. It was very informative. Much appreciated. You reflected a lot of my own sentiments about my own artistic journey. Thanks again. Keep on keeping on!

You inspire me so much!I miss your videos .💛

i saw the drawing and i kid u not i instantly smiled ear to ear ur drawings are amazing u r my favorite artist

I'm sort of in the boat where I've been working towards this dream I have for around 2 years. . . with practically 0 success so far to show for it. Haha. Most days it's the hardest thing in the world to just pick up the pencil and draw because there's just that ominous attitude of "why even bother? nobody really gives a damn.". But the thing that keeps me going is seeing how far I've come from where I was, and I can just hope that eventually I'll reach that point where people will see something in my work that makes them pay attention. The artist's life is a highly underestimated stress-inducer, that much is for certain. Haha! Also part of my issue is being so critical of my own work because I have this image in my head of what I want my works to look like and represent, and not being able to achieve that is. . . nicely put, "nerve-wracking".

I Always love the people sketching video's. It's great that you mentioned Napoleon Hill. A lot of life problems can be summed up with negative thinking. If you're feeling torn between storyboards and comics try looking for the best possible and try to go for that. Don't look at your current state of wealth, emotion or succes because those can change rapidly. I learned that in a book called "100 ways to motivate yourself by Steve Chandler".

I really like you, man. Your laugh is so contagious!

Your videos are awesome keep up the great work. I'm also currently going through some rough times, and you're right. I need to find my purpose and work for it. thank you for sharing your wisdom.

I can't really watch the video ''cause I'm at my job, but just listening to this I've learned a lot ;)Yeah and that laughing ,made my day .

Hi Will, love the passion you have for your art. Thanks for making videos; you make the world a better place! :)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, bro. It's very inspiring.

Pretty awesome !! Missed them videos . Keep em coming !!!

Will, im glad you're well, missed your content, but more importantly your carisma. Any who, keep doing great things! ~Mike

Missed you man, glad your back. :) you make my day wayy better

You're an amazing artist I always wanted to do art for a living (I'm currently a 15 year old junior in high school) and I never knew how to go about it. Ever since I found your channel (probably about 4 months ago or so) I've been really pumped about learning to become an illustrator. Thank you for all the motivation man, keep doing your thing. Btw, your style is dope.

Welcome back Will! Glad to see your happy face again! :D

love your chuckle in the beginning

I really love your way of talking (and what you're talking about) and your passion and fun about the small things when you draw/sketch :)

Doooood!!! Nice!! I love drawing people. They're all so different and wacky! Haha! I'm actually gonna go do some caricatures for the opening of the new avengers movie come this Saturday here in my little town of Albuquerque! It's gonna be a blast!