The Most Useless Art Advice I'm Tired of Hearing 

What did you have for breakfast yesterday? wrong answers only!!!

cant draw eyes? cover with hair. cant draw face? cover with hair. cant draw body? cover with hair. cant draw? cover with hair. cant draw hair? cant draw

Can't draw expressions? Don't be a coward, draw Slenderman- Covering the whole face with hair was funny though

Drawing more detailed teeth on a character can look weird really fast depending on the art style.

“How to draw a pretty boy” 1.just draw it.

I think the one about covering features with hair is satire

My tip; don’t rely on materials to think it’ll improve your art style. The quote “use whatever stuff is available in front of you is enough” so a pen, pencil, eraser, paper will work. I’ve learned this lesson 2 years ago when I asked myself “am I to flex, or am I to draw?” It was a waste of money. Sure my mother is very supportive about it and wants me to experience new stuff, but I’m still young and learning from my current state hence why buying shit ton of pens that are the same size but different brands or immediately moving from lineart to painting in a week will be a difficult. Back then, my mindset was just following what other artists own and think “oh if I own this, I will possess his style!” Nah, I was just wasting shit. So learn from my mistakes and study first before buying high quality materials

"Don't draw big anime eyes" Me drawing eyes for half the head: i'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

For fanartists there's two solid ways to get better: 1) becoming obsessed with a certain character 2) out of spite. Spite is a great motivator bc if ppl hate what you do, just make more to piss them off. (of course that's a slightly satirical comment, only the first option has a real life applicable value)

Can't draw eyes? Nose? mouth? Just draw h3ntai protagonist where hair always cover their faces.

The 11:30 tip remembered a tip that gave me one of my teachers that said something like "When you ran out of ideas is when you are the most creative" and then proceeded to gave us for homework a freaking 150 symbols ideas only using a square with a circle and some triangles inside of it! I wanted to cry when I couldn't pass from 100. Worst tip EVER!

As someone who does traditional art (pen and paper), the 'flip the model and erase the inside' tip from the beginning is absolute Hell

heres the best advice i'vee ever gotten for art NEVER throw away art. don't compare to other artists, compare yourself to what you used to make. look for things in ur old art that you have improved at, and things that have stayed the same. and don't be afraid of criticism. you should always strive to improve as an atrist

That one tiktok with the advice of covering all area of the face you can’t draw just had me crying 😭

I wish all artists who offer "just draw" as advice a very 7-month-art-block

17:07 As a coloured pencil artist, I wouldn't recommend going from dark to light since with coloured pencils, you can layer a dark colour over the lighter one but you can't go vice versa (with some higher end pencils you can go from dark to light) but that also depends on the style you're trying to acheive. For me personally, I aim for realism whenever I do coloured pencils . However, whuth more stylised work you might do a different approach IDK

“Don’t make the eyes too big” me thinking back to that time I had a crisis because they eyes were so large I had nowhere to draw the mouth

"to practice expressions, use a mirror or selfies of yourself" Me, who can't look at my own face for extended amounts of time without having a physical reactions: welp im fucked

11:25 That tip can work for when the person already knows how to draw and is out of ideas or just wants to practice without wasting a lot of paper. It's not a good tip for those who don't know how to draw and want to learn.

Fuck that, I'm gonna draw eyes so big that I can hide the hands behind them.

The “cover features you can’t draw with hair” one just had me go what if I can’t draw hair

"Don't just draw, draw a lot!" I once follow that advice, but I didn't improve. The only thing I gained from that tip was an art block...

*has a big eyes and colourful art style* "Uhhhh-"

The people who cover face features with hair are the same ones that put the hands in the pockets and make their characters wear socks at the beach. The same ones that take a photo, blur it and put it on the background. The same ones that put plants brushes in front of clothing folds areas. The same ones that crop the drawing in strange positions. The same ones that put their watermark on a specific blurred untextured part trying to hide something.

That thumbnail is so cursed lol…

Sam does art is absolutely amazing and I love that you are doing this tic tock tips too!

"so, how do you shade?" Me: "buckets" "What?" Me: "buckets."

“Nooooo dOnT dRaW bIg eYeS!!” *Draws even bigger eyes*

11:50 It legit always discourages/demotivates me when someone films themselves drawing stuff that looks so good and thought through and then telling me "not to worry about it being perfect"

As someone who's been drawing for almost 5 years now, these look useful for drawing even more stickman portraits

I got a good art tip for everyone (but mostly for people who have an already defined style) [Draw when inspiration hits you regardless of it's an original concept or not] I feel like my art style has improved from doing that or it increased my confidence with my art or both

Art tip for people who want to be able to draw: 1 believe in yourself. 2 don't be too optimistic or too negative. 3 listen to what people say about your art and be critical about it. 4 think too much and you'll get sick 5 never skip resting! U can't draw if your body & eyes are sore. Go! Do something else. 6 make sure to check your progress once in a while. For that u need to keep your old drawings. Be ready to get embarrassed. It's going to be painful.

damn mohammed agbadi mentioned faline-san, an unexpected crossover but not an unwelcomed one

14:43 is it weird that im laughing at him subconsciously giving the finger?

Lmaooo my friend told me my TikTok was in your video LMAO yes the ✨ just add more hair ✨ is just a joke or for lazy artists who don’t feel like learning, you should definitely practice the things you struggle with xD I’m glad it made you laugh tho!

Can’t draw eyes, mouths, noses? Easy, plagi- I mean cover it in hair

@ 17:42 I’m no watercolor expert but that’s how I shade when using watercolor. I start with the lightest part and build up the value

I kinda like the idea of making a bunch of boxes. I do that everyday before I start work & I fill the with 10 -20 thumbnail designs for the client's project. Then I pick the 3 best & make 3 color/ lighting comps of those

16:53 for the watercolor, color pencil, and acrylic her advice was a 10 out of 10. Traditional mediums are super finicky about how you layer them. If you don't do it in the right order your artwork will be ruined. Bur your right about digital you can go in whatever order you are comfortable doing. That one of digital biggest advantages.

i didn't even realize when i was watching the sponsored portion. that segway was like, 100/10

certified hood classic

I really hope the "just cover stuff you can't draw" one is a joke cuz doing this is basically one of the most cowardly things you can do as an artists If you wanna improve, challenge yourselves, people

Tip: if you have difficulty drawing feet or even hands try drawing them alone in different angles

art tip: don't pressure yourself to try to do better by doing things that are out of your comfort zone, if you want to do those things, do it but don't just do them because you 'need' to improve, do it because you want to improve, also dont pressure yourself to make everything look like the reference when drawing a character

17:03 while she says in the video is truth (you work from light to dark in watercolors), you can also work from middle tones and get highlights. The trick is using transparent watercolors (opaques are a bit more hard to remove, but is not impossible) and using a brush with clean water and paper tissues. Or use the same method while the layer is wet, so you can have highlights with a medium color. Is a bit tricky, but as soon you know how to use it, is pretty useful.

When I drew back at school I icould only consistently do side perspective and often just put a basic shirt under my custerfuk demon heads most of the time I never thought I was that good but got praised everyday for it

Yoooo, would you like to make a " how to Draw Anatomy " Tutorial? I know Anatomy and all, but If Like to see it in your Style since you are more detailed in your approach.

Just a tip: if you're unsure of someone's pronouns just use they/them! 🥰 It helps to try to work it into your vocabulary so it becomes a natural flow in your speech and you can modify it when you get to know someone and/or their pronouns! 💖💖 It's a little better than saying "I don't know this person's pronouns, it seems everyone has pronouns these days" because everyone has had pronouns for a loooong time. Like when we refer to cisgender people with he/him or she/her. Those are pronouns! Pronouns don't apply just to non-cisgender people so it's not too hard to adapt!

"I guess right now everyone has a pronoun" sir I love your videos but people have had pronouns for as long as language has existed 😭 (also if it helps, just using they/them instead of "she or he or they" is a pretty good catch-all and it's much less of a mouthfull!)

For the last one.. as someone who uses all of thoss mediums.. that was a good tip for beginners.. it helps you understand how the materials work.. but as you said, once you understood them you can use them as you want.. (except watercolor.. those are always light to dark no exception)

The "draw a lot and push yourself to get original ideas" thing is pretty useless. I don't want randomness, I want order since that's what ultimately is gonna help me improve steadily. What makes a drawing better isn't originality, but good composition, great anatomy/stylization, good color contrast, counterchange, etc. I think originality and drawing are two separate things that doesn't come entwined. You can be great at drawing without having much originality. Just look at all those paintings from the XVII century and before: Most of them where paintings of regular people doing simple things, yet they ourstand because of the richness of each composition and art techniques used to create them.

that hair tip is such a saviour, who knew you could get away with such a thing just by adding hair!

13:55 this is so me. I have a big difficult to have ideas to draw because I have a lot to learn yet. So it's hard to me to know where to start, decide the composition, perspective, or even in simple images it's hard to decide a pose, and then some people say "Oh, just draw". Yeah, of course, then magically the knowledge will just pop up in my mind and I'll start creating the so called "masterpieces" 👏👏👏

So about the big eyes situation I’d say practice enough and try to draw it simplistic and not complex anime I’ve seen many kids make their eyes extremely cramped and die to them being kids who don’t understand character design the head would also be very cramped

I can tell the ‘just draw’ things doesn’t work being some one just starting out as I drawed alot when I was young and I liked art classes at school a lot , however now i learn about proportion anatomy stuff like that I improved alot

13:15 non-artists and beginner artists always make comments like this. I am tired of the shallow puffed up compliments people give to other people who are doing the bare minimum. It’s almost like people feel the need to praise another person if they have a pencil on their hand. A “masterpiece” is Mona Lisa, David etc. Dear beginners and who have no idea in art, before calling a drawing a “mAsTeRpiEcE”, compare them to actual masterpieces

Step one: Draw. Step two: profit.

I'm so happy Quickposes is back and thank you for this video

9:00 wym by that hasn't everyone had pronouns for years? 😭

I love how this guy add subtitles for people who are deaf!

Hii! I'm a artist and I wanna share some tips that helps me in art 1. Imagination. You will need to imagine the thing/person you're trying to draw. You won't be able to draw without imaginations of what you're drawing (unless you're just doing random doodles or some sort of challenge) 2. Style. You will need to create your own unique art style. This relates to your imagination too! You will need to pick an art style you're going for. Some peoples can have multiple, but its up to you about how many styles you want

That cover the whole face with hair one was hilarious - have a whole comic based on cousin Itt's family

If you're drawing an animal like a cat, or a jackal, you can study the movement of the ears of the creature you are drawing. One con with this is eventually you imagine how the ears would move on your own head and then suddenly when you run, you feel a phantom tail, and when you're angry you feel animalistic ears moving and possibly wings bursting out of your back. You can't speak of this to anyone because you'll sound crazy.

Not sure if this could be considered a tip, but it's helped me be a bit less critical in my sketch work. Work in a permanent medium (I use a pen). You start to build confidence in your work and where you put down lines. I have now 2-3 sketchbooks filled with just pen doodles and sketches and warm ups and I can see how I've become more confident in line placement as the past 2 years has gone by.

i made an eyeless character once not because i cant draw eyes, i'm about okay and almost decent at drawing eyes but i wanted the character to have like a boring feeling so in my attempt to add him the less personality i could i ended up limiting his expressions

your voice is so nice and calming. I like to watch art videos before i go to bed because i usually wake up and draw while eating breakfast and your voice helps me stay tired so i can get better sleep. Keep making good content!

“I guess right now everyone has a pronoun” …. ……. ………. Yeah that’s kinda how grammar works/nm xD

Drawing both eyes at the same time makes it easier to make them even ✨

Dont use reference, reference is cheating, an artist should be able to draw anything blablabla I’m sick of non artists talking the most shit 💀

The first tip, to improve that advice I suppose you could just also flip it vertically, that way the hands also match so if the character just turned around.

« I guess right now everyone has a pronoun » You don’t say… x) Okay I’ll stop making fun of you, because that was honestly a very useful video! Thank you very much for that! :)

My reaction to the third tip: What if you can't draw hair?

Honestly I disagree with your points on 12:30. While it is important to draw things by learning fundamentals and staying within a confinement your comfortable with, drawing tons of art you’ve never drawn before can really bring inspiration and really help beginner artists to expand their comfort zone. I feel like this person could’ve definitely worded things better, but I do still feel like what they were trying to say can seriously help with artists that are new or are just drawing as a hobby. Not every artist is going to want to draw the same way as a professional and not every artist wants to be a professional. That’s just my take on it tho.

Thanks for the quick pose site recommendation!

"Can't draw faces at all?. Just cover it with more hair!! ✨✨✨" Dude, excuse me but, WUAT??

Off topic, but I absolutely love the background music Mohammed puts in his videos.

It was funny when he said I guess everyone has pronouns now like yeah that's how English works

Also because not all anime characters have big eyes, including Boku no Hero that is in the Thumb, which balances big eyes and smaller eyes giving all a diversity of expression to the cast

Me when someone says to not draw big animie eyes while looking at my sketchbook; "You have lost the privilege to look at my sketchbook." EDIT; OMG tysm for 5 likes!

thats why i dont post my art online cause people be doing that and hating on my art lmao

16:00 Artists who only draw Sans: _N I C E_

The biggest tip I've ever received all my life was "practice, practice, practice' e__e;

17:50 "Starting out with a very dark color, then mid tones, then highlights, then darkest darks." I really love this tip this and I have been going by it since then. My shading and lighting have never been better! Thank you!

Great presentation! You’ve used man pictures and talked freely… I could understand everything very good and the informations were great and not to much… Overall a 9/10 !!! 👍 😂

The 100 box guy's tip is good for getting over art block but bad for improving art.

we’ve always had pronouns bud

Sometimes I just like to „just draw“ just for the fun of it and I wanna try figure out the anatomy and right perspective etc myself or make stuff up. But I couldnt have made it to the level I am today without practice and learning, like going to figure drawing classes, drawing and painting still life, using real photos and trying to redraw them as practice. So the tip “just draw” is funny to me, cos if you wanna improve your skills, you wont get better by just drawing. But if you wanna draw but you dont necessarily want to become an artist per se or draw realistic or something, but just to have a good time or express your emotions or it’s meditative to you, then go for it! That’s when “just draw” makes sense and is a valid statement to me. 😊❤ cos thats how i would use or understand that statement.

I love drawing huge cartoon eyes

4:14 loll I feel like that was satire

13:43 I honestly think this person has a very good tip except he’s marketing it as the wrong thing. This Art tip is one I got from an art teacher I really respected quite a while ago. It’s not to make you a better artist, but it’s to train your imagination skills as an artist. Drawing in thumbnail sizes will keep you from obsessing over details and will make you draw quickly so you can fill in 100 boxes. However, the art tip my teacher gave me was that if I ever get an idea for an illustration, I shouldn’t draw the first idea that comes to my head. Instead, I should draw 50 small thumbnails of that same idea, making little tweaks to it and changing it in every thumbnail. This will help me get out more ideas and branch out from my original idea and find an even better version of my original idea. It trains your imagination and makes you explore your ideas on a much deeper level. It also makes you draw things you otherwise wouldn’t draw or things you think are weird or wouldn’t fit well because you have so much space you need to fill and you just want to put something down on the paper. So yeah, good art tip, but it’s to train your imagination, not your drawing skills! :)

okay i really love how he watches the whole video first before talking i hate it when people interrupt the video to say something like just wait so thank you

How to get better at drawing: 1. Get better

As an amateur manga artist, I don't use guidelines such as blue prints, circle guides etc. I just draw character art lines directly on any paper. If I'm done amd everything is fine , I just scan it and draw the artline in photo shop.I must admit that I often use references from other cartoons and anime postures although I just change some of their hand postions. And most likely, I look for a swords man posture since most of the fighting scenes of my characters are sword and shield fighting. For me, it's alright to draw characters even it's not perfect. Anyways, even some of popular animes has flaws when it comes to art styles. For example in Boruto. Sometimes, Sarada's face appearance varies in some scene. Sometimes, she looks like a boy but most of the time, her facial appearance is girlish. Well it's normal.

The cover the entire face with hair is the funniest dumb tip lol

That pronoun comment was...uh

this one was a little harder to watch while drawing - not so much the video's dialogue but the tiktoks - since a lot of it relied on visual instructions. Still just as enjoyable though. Also one of the smoothest transitions to the ad ever, I didn't even notice until half-way through the sponsorship, nice. Looking forward to the next video I watch.

Everyone’s always had pronouns?? 😰🤨

10:26 rhythm heaven!!

9:00 “I guess right now everyone has a pronoun” Everyone has pronouns This concept is nothing new

14:42 did bro just flip me off