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THANK YOU about the boob thing. In addition, I would like to add to other things. One, to further your point, boobs being a traditionally, extremely feminine traits also suggests that being less traditionally feminine is needed to be taken seriously as a strong and smart character. Two, the fact that removing boobs is used as a way to de-sexualize characters both suggest that flat chested women are less attractive simply for having smaller breasts and that big breasted women are naturally to be seen more as sexual objects than smart, strong individual characters.

Honestly "Don't shade with black" is just overused and lost it's previous sense Now people use it everytime someone uses black to shade, but that criticism was mostly applied to airbrush black shading, which most of the time just looks... Bad, or dirty to put it lightly No one had a problem with cell shading, just these smudgy looking shades done in black were meh

I don't care much about the Calart's art style ITSELF, what drives me crazy is how many amazing artists have their style MURDERED by the school for the sake of marketability after college.

I would kind of like to add on the the "Just because a women has big boobs that automatically means that they are sexualized." In my opinion, it's not necessarily the fact that they have large chests that makes them sexualized. The way I see it, it's more so of how those characters are treated. Say for example, a female character with a large chest, and people automatically feel the need to lewd that character, or just have other characters make inapropriate comments about them. A big example of this kind of treatment can be seen in anime. Basically what I am saying is even if a character has a large chest, if the main focus on that character is their personality, or their stories, goals, etc, then that doesn't mean that the character is sexualized. Unfortunately, there is a lot of poor treatment of female characters with that kind of body type that I see in media.

ah yes, pinning a rotting banana to a wall is definitely an example of creative self expression

My unpopular art opinion is that coloring is an underrated art form that should be appreciated more.

Here’s my art opinion: it’s not the art supplies you use it’s about how skillful you are you don’t need copic or any expensive items to draw To add a bit of context I meant for beginners so sorry for the miss conception

opinion: there is no such thing as 'color theft', you dont own colors. even people copying an entire color pallete isn't any form of art theft. 100% sure someone in the world sometime has done the exact same color pallete as you.

I seriously don't understand the obsession with complete originality. People seem so afraid to be compared to something they're similar to or actively try at all times to break the mold instead of just doing what they do. I'm a jazz musician, so maybe it's the different field, but we all start by imitating and becoming ourselves. And even with that, there are plenty of people who's art exists as exclusively playing other people's music. Why the originality obsession? Just do you, if you're comparable then check that artist out and see how they approach things and hope they do the same with you

as a middle schooler with a curvy body, i am constantly having to watch out for boys because i have gotten sexually assaulted one too many times for my body type and it is infuriating. im a minor, i am not an object for you to please yourself with. i totally agree with the boobs thing and it is very bad representation of desexualization in characters that are presented to children.

My unpopular opinion: Drawing scars and Bruises in art giving it some kawaii pink style is not bad,its an art style called "Yami Kawaii". If people get triggered by scars or something like That, then thats their responsability

"I think anime is an overrated-" video immediately gets interrupted by an ad with dancing anime girls.

16:24 the thing about artists getting hurt by things correlated to their art, is that it's often because they attached themselves, to their art. When you attach your self esteem to your art, you're making that thing your ego, your sense of self. And when someone critiques it they're now critiquing your ego thing and it feels like a personal attack. You have to separate your self from your art and realize that it's a skill you're practicing that you are trying to get good at.

I feel so guilty when I’m using a reference but I can’t get the hands right so I trace the outline and draw it out in my style- it’s not like I’m selling it or anything. But I still feel bad..

it bothers me *just a little* when the *only* thing everybody can say about an animation is "wow so smooth". The smoothness is only down to frame-rate, and even the clunkiest animation can look smooth with some extra in-betweens. It kinda makes me feel like, what's the point in trying hard at the other skills that go into animating something if nobody's gonna notice?

I actually get a lot of people pointing out that my artwork specifically reminds them or makes them think of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. I don't really take insult from this, as I actually really love his art style so it makes sense that I would take some level of inspiration from it. It just comes as shocking to me as I, before having the similarities pointed out to me, have not thought of Araki as one of my artistic inspirations.

I disagree with traditional art as a dying art form it just feels more alive and has literally essence of me within it

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I don't even think Gumball should be completely lumped in with Cal Arts. Have you seen the cast? The Wattersons? Sure, they're drawn in the Calarts style. But almost every other character have their own weird styles and design quirks.

Something that REALLY gets on my nerves, I dont think its unpopular, but its when someone sends art in some chat and someone replies with something like "I suck at art" or "im giving up art because ill never be that good" or something, it makes the original person who sent it just feel really bad and it isnt flattering at all

I always thought the "don't shade with black" advice meant when you're putting one color over another color at a lower opacity to shade, don't use black because it will just desaturate the color, use a colorless saturation so it doesn't look as flat Not like, don't use full opacity black in dark places since I think that's really common in comics and other professional art circles

It's funny how people add The Amazing World of Gumball as one of the shows with the Calarts art style, yes the main art style that the Wattersons are in is similar to the style but the show is exclusively known for having a mixed media animation style.

As a highly opinionated woman who has the misfortune of having big tits... thank you for what you said. I frigging hate those steriotypes. My breast size is primarily a factor of my genes. You can reasonably assume based on it that I may suffer from back pain as a result. It has no bearing on my personality or physical strength (unless you want to argue the muscles in my back and abdomen might be a little stronger but I find that factor negligible, your mileage may vary). I unload my own heavy groceries from the car. I completed my university coursework same as anyone else who went. When I draw women in art... I often depict them as larger chested, partly because when I make art the ideal form I'm drawing from is one I aspire to on my own physique which has big boobs and a narrow but well proportioned waist... also I draw a lot of inspiration from world war 2 era pinups... so there's that. But the point is on a aesthetic level it has to do with the idealized form I'm trying to conceptualize. If you interpret it as sexual that's on you... for me it's about confidence and body positivity.

I don't mind people saying my style is like Steven Universe as much as I used to. On the "Your art looks like this", my only grievance when people do that is when people start picking my art apart or try to tell me what I was trying to make. For example: I have a character named Partillion. Someone came up to me and asked, "Is that supposed to be Diva?" "Uhh, no? This is Partillion, a character of mine." "But they have the cheek things!" "The black tattoos on his cheeks that extend to the back of his head?" How do people look at this 6'3" black man with purple hair down to his ankles and covered in tattoos and insist he's this thin, fair-skinned woman??? And don't even get me started on people thinking he's Rose Quartz.

the opinion about not complaining about younger artists being better felt like a direct callout to me cuz literally this morning i whined a bit about how people younger than me are more talented 💀💀💀

sharp edged cartoons are coming back!!! like Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles has a FUCKING AMEZING STYLE!!! also the animation is so GOOOOOODDD

When someone noticed that my art was a mixture of OG Teen Titans and Invader ZIM mixed I was happy because I wanted my art to be nostalgic and remind people of the early 2000's

removing sexual features from characters to make them less sexual is like making girls at school cover up

As a women with big hips I agree with everything said about how removing the bigger breast and hips hurts more than helps.

"Most unpopular opinions arent actually unpopular" *You asked this on twitter what did you expect?* But also have an amazing day Zizi

Something that bugs me. When someone says they can't draw a stick person. Just wut stick people aren't meant to be something crazy they don't need to look "good" Another one is someone saying "I can't draw at all" and when you say "Just keep trying" And the person pretty much belittling you for saying "Keep trying" with "I have tried it doesn't work!" and other stuff It bugs me so much they act like there is no way to even try and get better at art like you must be a master within this amount of time if not you fail at art just... wut that not how it works! I'ma gonna stop now before I got into a rant lol

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I believe shading with black referers to blending with it, like with painty art styles.

I'm late to the party but the people that comment "but what if I have a different style?" or "not everybody looks like this" under anatomy tutorials make me so angry,, maybe the post wasn't made for you? Just a thought

The stereotype that women with the Double D's are weak is inherently false. I mean, they have to carry those things on them all the time. That's gotta build *something* after a while. Also, yeah art is fuckin hard, that's why I love it! Seeing the finished product after investing hours into it feels so accomplishing in it's own right, and even more so when shared with others. Art is one of the few things I genuinely care about and enjoy doing because seeing something I made myself is truly fulfilling to me. That's why I (as well as many others) like to draw, it's because of that *hey I did that* feeling!

17:22 is one I relate too much to. It’s not more of a coping mechanism for me, sometimes I’ll straight feel like I can’t draw anything whatsoever and I have no talent. It just hurts a lot. And no, I’m not doing this for attention, it’s how I genuinely feel.

"I think anime is an over-" *get's interrupted by an ad honestly that was great timing, I almost choked on my drink.

I had a ex friend who shamed me for being a young artist I been drawing digital art for 3 years as a 16- 18 year old and she was doing it for 5-7 years (She was a adult btw and I was a minor when she @ me for my skills) and I was jealous that I learned how to draw within 3 years at such a young age I honesty felt horrible for being a artist at my age, but I blocked her and just yeeted her out of my life People need to see that yes, there may be artist who are young and who learn fast but don't shame them for it, it's a horrible feeling to be put down like that just because we're young.

My art opinion: Photorealism is boring imo, especially on tiktok. It’s all the same to me, the glossy lips, random objects, fruit, eyes, there isn’t a twist or something. It gets repetitive and boring really fast. I can respect and admire the effort and practice put into it, or the way they draw or shade, but honestly it’s not interesting to me. Now, if someone were make something original and make it look realistic, that’d be cool.

I'm SO called out by the "individuality drawn eyelashes will not make your fursona's eyes prettier" cuz I do have/draw anthro ocs & individual eyelashes is apart of my art style

16:45 There I am Gary there I am :D I didn't expect to be featured here tbh haha

Personally, I used to beat down my art that I posted because I wanted to roast it before someone else would, because I had no faith in my work, especially when I have a family member who's way more talented at it than I. But I'm past that point now and I post my work with more confidence. Just thought it might be worth sharing a point of view

I think the criticisms about shading with black usually refers to just taking an airbrush and using black, which doesn’t always look the best. It’s not talking about careful stylistic uses of black that you see in graphic novels.

Womens bodies should not be sexualized unless purposely put in a sexualized context by the owner of said body! Even then, women are more than their bodies and being sexual does not justify treating women like objects! (I know the whole video wasn’t about this, but i felt it was important to say)💗

Also if you're going to redesign someone's OC, and not a show character, please ask them first, don't just take their work, "fix it" and post it saying you made it better

13:26 I agree to an extent cuz I hate it when people "desexualize" characters by just drawing their boobs smaller. But the reason most artists don't like the big booba'd designs is because often the artists who draw them literally only draw female characters with big boobas. And also the boobs are often the focal point of the drawing, so much so that the character has their nips pointed upwards and their chest is thrusted all the way out. It just looks really bad and unrealistic imo. Obviously drawing big booba'd characters is fine, but when the character is being drawn for the sake of sex appeal its usually really obvious from their expressions and pose (i.e bouncing, forearms pressed against the sides of chest)

Dumb question: How do you know if your artwork is too close to being traced or copied? Sometimes I use references and I feel like I don't use enough...

10:24 I honestly LOVE drawing realistic drawings when it comes to drawing walkers/zombies. I also have many art styles because I cant focus on one art style right now I'm basically just experimenting with a bunch of different styles and think that those tutorials are helpful to people who want to experiment unless it forces an opinion on to the viewers for an example "I think that the _______ artstyle is better than ________ artstyle" pretty similar to your opinion lol

✨unpopular art opinion ✨ I love the way my alcohol markers smell. Before I got alcohol markers I had sharpies and I also liked how they smelled. Every time I opened a marker I would sniff it. I have two brands of alcohol markers now ohuhu and copic. Ohuhu markers smell better than copics.

I always tought the shading with black thing only aplied to low opacity black and not full straight black cuz it lookes very cool

6:15 the only time shading with black is just awful is when it’s used with an airbrush tool

I guess my "unpopular opinion" is that You don't have to learn how to draw realistically before drawing in a more cartoonish manner. ESPECIALLY if you're drawing as a hobby, because if you don't like realism, doing that can just be exhausting and could make you not motivated to draw for a while I think it's different if you want to be an artist and have a job in that field, then it's much more helpful to know realism as well Also second one that is kinda unpopular but kinda not: If artists aren't asking for criticism, don't give criticism.

one of the worst things about having my art compared to something else as in "this looks like this" is that often i was working really hard on making it look the opposite of that thing, e.g "wow that looks like (insert name of artist)" and even tho i love the artist i was trying to develop my own style, y'know? but its understandable i wouldn't blame someone for saying that it just sometimes hurts

imo all my ocs are somewhat comfort characters for me and i struggle with really bad gender dysphoria (im trans masculine) so drawing my own oca with tits makes me uncomfortable

my unpopular art opinion: hands are very easy to draw when youve learned the basics

My opinion: I hate when I see instagram artists that only do trends. Like phone vs tablet, 2018 vs 2021 and etc. it’s obvious that they are only doing it for the likes and follows.

Bring back early 2000's cartoon's art style people!!!

Ok, as a person who literally figured out how to draw human(ish) characters LITERALLY FROM TRACNG A SINGLE HAIR TUTORIAL, tracing seriously helps and it can help developing artists SO MUCH.

4:51 omg it's me 😃 Yeah I should have added that selling also is a "No No", but tried to make it short, because Twitter is quite limited.

Idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not but half of the people who say that their art teacher are mean are mostly lying about their teacher or is incredibly dramatic. Just because your teacher told you to practice realism so you can get better at anatomy does not make them a bitch, they are there to help you so you won’t have to use references all the time also another one and the whole artist community is dramatic in general.

My art style uses a lot of sharp edges and sometimes the soft shapes. Like I enjoyed the sharper cartoon styles as someone who grew up on it. You can say it was part of my inspiration journey. I thank those for existing and getting me to where I am today.

did not see the twitter post so im going to put it here; drawing oversized sweaters is cute sometimes but can be extremely overdone. just learn how to draw hands, they dont even have to be realistic

i believe the shading with black means not just adding a solid black color but taking black color on a layer over the drawing then lowering the opacity and using it as shading. that makes the colors look flat and kinda unflattering

Well when, i will be an attention horse and type my own unpopular opinion: 1.You don't need real anatomy to draw stylish things. You can take notes from real anatomy, but you can simply create your own anatomy for your specific style that would work within a specific style. 2. If you can't draw something, or you're bad at drawing something... look for a workaround to turn it into a stylistic choice. I can't draw backgrounds, so i decided to make them very abstract and looking like stained glass. I also am bad at drawing geometrically correct cityscapes, so i draw backgrounds very distorted and wide, like a fish lens.

when i was younger i was told by artists as developed as i was to "not use the burn tool to shade." I was using black. I got really upset about that, stopped shading for a while, and now i shade with dark colors close to black. Then again another time they tried to give me art critique that would completely change my style. i did appreciate it but all they did was exactly what i did but in their style.

Unpopular Art Opinion: don’t post art on Instagram the algorithm will destroy your page *that’s a fact*

Me just kinda vibing and watching the speedpaint and like "mmm yes catgirl without salaaaad spedpant :o"

i think the thing that makes people so upset about others saying "that looks like this!" is because they want to be that person others compare peoples work to. they are trying to make their own recognisable style. its branding.

I have a feeling the person who claimed “exposure is good!” was just salty that they had to actually pay an artist they wanted to “commission” (if you can even call it a commission-like sheesh if you don’t have the money then don’t commission them.)

I can agree with alot of the things in this especially the one with how "Big tit = dumb and sexualized" I like to make characters with a wide range of body shapes and personalities and it hurts hen i post a character with large boobs somewhere and people think its sexualizing them

Unpopular art opinion: Saying that you should *never* reference of off anime is an outdated saying. Sure, you probably shouldn't be referencing off things like Sailor Moon, or Dragon Ball, or One Piece, because, yeah, they aren't anatomically correct, and not just counting the eyes. But when we have anime like Death Note, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, etc; anime with much more realistic styles, with more correct anatomy, I don't see why you can't reference those anime. Not every anime should be used as anatomy reference, but saying that you can't reference any anime *at all* , it's a very closed minded veiw. (This was probably worded like shit.)

My unpopular opinion(or popular possibly) is that fanservice doesn't really matter. I don't really care about it, if it's there it's there, it not it's not. I find it somewhat weird how some anime fans make a big deal about it being censored. Obviously if it's essential to the plot then sure you can be mad. But for example in Trails of Cold Steel 3, a jrpg, there's a scene where one of the girls is in the shower. There's no real reason to show it other than for fan service. If that scene were removed for whatever reason the game wouldn't change but some fans would be mad and i don't understand why they would be mad.

Un popular opinion: Edgy ocs can be good too

My unpopular opinion is that being ashamed of your work and saying how bad it is is not humble but rather selfish. You make everyone around you un comfortable and feel like they need to praise you more to lift your spirits but we all know that doesn't work and the artist will still be "boohoo woe is me" rather than appreciating any praise given to them. Being okay with or even proud of your work feels a million times better for everyone involved. INCLUDING YOU!

Question, who is this adorable character you’re drawing????

im a young artist that grew up on digital art and traditional art, and since then, ive improved on my anatomy, color theory, and character designs. but, because of this, my friend group of artists... are pretty annoying. when i draw one of my friends oc and tell them, their like “oh its probably better than mine design isnt it🙄” it bothers me a lot, because no art is better than anothers. (sometimes)

Here’s an unpopular opinion, “Some artists overcharge their commissions and the ‘it’s industry prices’ is a more toxic than you think”. Especially when you take into account that all the people spouting that aren’t going to be buying commissions from the overpricing artist

12:30 another thing about this, some artists say "don't give critism" but my opinion is, if you post, videos, art, writings or music online you should allow critism, unless it's really harsh and hurting your mental health, yes stop people from doing that, but if someone really want to help you grow, you shouldn't blafg it off, I critised someone on their artwork saying how they should use more sketches that could improve their artwork, I was happy they thanked me for that

While exposure is obviously good for unpopular or beginner artists, it isn't a valid form of payment because you can't ensure that the artist is actually going to receive an increase in follows/veiws. Especially when the person who wants to pay them an exposure doesn't have a fanbase based around art in the first place, like zizi said.

i draw for exposure, but that's because i don't have access to paypal as i'm a minor and my mom's kinda sucky, but i'm saving for it! so i think payment in exposure is probably acceptable if that's the only possible form of payment

10:28 BIG AGREE. I watched so many artstyles in youtube and none of them were the artstyles I wanted to have but nonetheless i still followed it but now I'm having a problem with my artstyle because I can't let go of my youtube artstyle/parts to achieve the artstyle i want. If I was younger I would have told myself to just go to pinterest and find the artstyle i like instead of going in youtube. btw im talking about those type of tutorials on "right and wrong/I'm right you're wrong just follow my lead" thing and bash artists for it

All you need is a pencil and you're all set for sketching

Solid black shading looks wonderful, when people say the advice to not shade with black they mean it in a different way, for example, if you are painting an apple, doing studies, teachers will say ‘dont shade with black’ meaning dont use the tube of black paint and mix it with the rest because the shades you see in real life contain some hue. This translates to any media,not only oils. Color and light theory, obviously, when you know the rules you can break them on purpose and create something new¡

one of my most unpopular opinions is that hyperrealism just stops being impressive at some point and just ends up becoming annoying and obnoxious. obviously they're good at art and there's definitely plenty of impressive and creative hyperrealism out there but we've all seen the same drawing of a close up eye with a single tear falling from it, or a mouth holding [insert random object here] between its teeth, or that one picture of billie eilish, a million times and its just annoying and repetitive at this point. it gets to a point, at least for me, that it doesn't even read as art anymore. just a photocopier or printer and it hinders your ability to really appreciate it. TL;DR impressive=/=creative, most hyperrealistic art is boring as hell and i'm tired of pretending that that's not true. obviously draw whatever you want but goddamn at least try and have some creativity

When people try and haggle prices with commission artists, and they keep it at the normal price, but the customer calls them rude. That's not even rude, they're just enforcing boundaries. You know what's (justified tbh but still) rude? Haggler's Fee. I've found that even if it's mean its a pretty good way to dissuade people from trying to haggle. If I give you a price, and you say "can it be [this amount] cheaper?" I'm actually gonna ADD that amount onto the fee and refuse to go lower. And i'll do it again every time you ask.

funny dog

the thing about the “calarts style” is that most of the show creators (for the most well known shows) didn’t even go to calarts. the term was originally coined to describe the iron giant

Fun fact: me and my best friend would trace those tutorial books and examples, I didn't do it as much as she did it, she's a good artist, I struggle to draw a mouth 😅

I want to add my personal experience onto the tracing point: When I was in around first grade, I copied all of the eeveelutions (not traced, but I did try to make them all look exactly like the photo) and, I mean, now I can draw a pretty convincing canine/feline body. Just don't post it online without credit and you're golden.

17:29 best thing i can say tho people who suffers on this is to just compare yourself to yourself, whats the best way to know you improve it is by looking back at your old worngs

3:54 don't forget about the duct tape banana thing

the tutorials are realism cause it helps to understand the real thing if u wanna draw it stylised

I think when people say dont shade with black, they dont mean solid black. it's mainly talking about one of two things, 1) shading with black and turning down the opacity, which often doesnt look as good as when you shade with a color and turn down the opacity, or 2) shading with an airbrush tool with pure black, which just kinda looks bad

1. Boobs are a natural thing women use to feed newborns and toddlers. Saying something like that is sexual is extremely offensive, inappropiate, and a disgusting take while also telling women that they should be ashamed of themselves for having such. I am sick and tired of people sexualizing women, one way or another. 2. Tracing is good for muscle memory and mental memory. As long as you don't copywrite and as long as you eventually try to draw without tracing, it should be okay. 3. I could never really get into anime shows, though I like the style and occasionally implement it into my own art when the piece calls for it. 4. Lastly, another reason why traditional art is fading is because there are alot of traditional artists who say digital art isn't real art, which is insulting and a lie. Due to this, traditional art just looks bad (this isn't always the case but sometimes it is for me. Sometimes it feels like whoever is saying digital isn't real art is just showing off their traditional art in spite...I could be wrong but that's just how I feel)

I hate how people single out anime for no reason I personally don’t see the problem with anime, what is so wrong with it People say it’s weird because of how sexual some of it can be, but if you think about it, shows in other countries are sexual as well I don’t like how people who like anime get labeled as “anime kids” can’t people watch what they want t Watch without being made fun of for literally no reason Nobody makes fun of people for liking the office Nobody makes fun of people for liking football or sports

I hate complimentary colors. I know they're whole thing is that they look good together and stuff but I HATE them Red and Green is the worst color combination. I hate it. Even for Christmas it just looks gross to me. Blue and Orange annoys me. Purple and Green is the only one that I find mostly okay. I just hate most complimentary color combos and it's weird because THEY'RE MENT TO WORK TOGETHER. But instead I like Blue/Yellow and Red/Purple.

Unpopular opinion: art

IM DEAD i literally heard you talking about harem anime and thought "hm wonder if i'll see any monster musume when i pause" THERE WAS LIKE 3 IMAGES IN THE FRAME I PAUSED AT 💀

Ngl, that banana that was duct-taped to a wall is pretty funny