What's the point of making art anymore?

A friendly reminder from your friendly neighborhood artist to remember to have fun with your art.

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00:00 - Intro
04:31 - TLDR

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[temperancedraws]

"Fine, I'll do it myself" - Thanos

This quote right here is my very reason for drawing. It doesn't matter if I can commission a hundred artists or have the power to have a hundred different AIs make a hundred different images, it'll never be EXACTLY what I want, and there will always be an error in communication. If I want the art I envision, smut or otherwise, to be realized and shown to the world, I HAVE to do it myself. There is no other way.

[christophermarcantonio]

With your most recent announcement, the context of this video is upsetting. You were a big motivation for me when I myself was feeling uninspired or unmotivated with my work. We should make art for ourselves and have fun with it, everyone has their own creative journey. However by no means should we now encourage that when we hit a creative stump, that it becomes okay to profit off the backs of others. What example does that set? For how disappointed you might have become in your own work, you have a community, and create art tutorials/advice. You can't say simply enjoy your art process, but also trace/use generated images when you really need to. Especially when what funds these softwares, is the very work of other artists that mostly likely inspired you too.

So as a reminder to any artist feeling this now, if you really want to be happy with your art, give your own two hands a chance. Don't be discouraged by the work of others and the hordes of generations bombing social media. The world still values human art, and wants to see what you can do. How you draw hands, your approach to eyes, your method of coloring, your way to render hair, ect. Show your friends, share with your family, maybe even join or start a community.

[TheRadGrandpaShow]

It is not the creation of art that has been lost. But how the art is used. You sound like you are trapped in a rut. It happens to all of us from time to time. That is how I went from Graphic Artist to Tattoo Artist. Find a way that your art is impossible to replicate. AI is already taking over most things and will continue to do so. How we pivot will determine how we survive as artists. Best of luck Josh.

[HenryBenedictUSA]

Get rid of the ego and you’ll find making art more enjoyable. If you don’t enjoy the process then why bother making art at all?

[yuri_nori]

What do you mean what's the point of making art anymore? It's for ourselves it's for our needs to fulfill our creative desires 🤷‍♀️

[JonnyLawrence]

Since generated art began to come into prominence I quickly saw the future and decided to pivot and focus on traditional oil paintings. I was previously a professional animator but always found joy in traditional art. I started off in stop motion, and over time due to client needs it began becoming more and more digital. Ai art actually helped me in reseting back to base and interacting with my art in a physical way.

[BigMike-gelb]

People has always said you should find a career that you love but as an artist it seems impossible.

[CCball]

You're going in the wrong direction bud

[AdamDuffArt]

Josh, this is one of the most important art videos I've seen to date - you're hitting on such a HUGE topic, one which I've had to revisit countless times throughout my own career. (oh and that sketch is

[tigerez_z]

I felt the same way, and i quit my job as a illustrator and animator, and right now i do vtuber models and art as a hobby and personal things to myself, and focus on playing games.

But yeah, ai taking over a lot of things, it's really sad. 😔😮‍💨

[ughestrada]

This was a video I needed right now, thank you! Art for me is a hobby/occasional side hustle, but AI and social media have killed my love for digital art and design. So much that even when making art just for me, I get depressed opening up procreate.

I still love creating, and last year I got into sewing, resin art, woodworking, basically anything physical and doesn't involve a screen. I made my own pop up book, and as janky as it was, I felt so satisfied with it. So, while I still use procreate to sketch out ideas, taking my art into the real world has really saved my love for creating. AI ain't building furniture or jewelry just yet after all.

[LaYvi]

Guess you wore not an artist at the beginning.

[rdzdoodles]

generative AI is a Pandora's box of our time. It almost makes me feel stupid for being such a pro-AI fanboy not too long ago, but I changed my mind upon seeing how it, in fact, makes our creativity rot and stagnate. It is not a tool to "unleash creativity" as the corpos like to overuse the term without feeling its meaning - it's a cheap shortcut to nothingness

[Zee]

I am going to be completely honest with you, Josh.

I…haven’t been happy with my art lately. It’s hard. It’s had seeing myself in my uniqueness and creativity when barely a few people acknowledge it. I had also be ignoring my numbers here on YouTube AND Instagram for the longest time, but now,

they’re getting to me.

I’ve seen the ways others have been doing better than me, I’ve seen people who started after me do better than me. It’s- exhausting, really. I really wanted to quit so many times because of how my journey was stagnating. I try, so hard, not to worth my art off of numbers, but I let myself get consumed by the thought of people seeing what I put out there. I want to put down that pen for good, but then I remember the characters I give life to, and I can’t just take it away by turning for good.

It’s tiring, really.

So, in answer to your question: sometimes there is no point, except for those who truly care and want you to succeed.

[eeekiwi]

Art is self expression and what shows our humanity

[bfkgod]

Josh, I found that AI has actually inspired me to start drawing again. It has freed me of the pressure to make my drawings and paintings highly detailed and impressive, because AI will already beat us at that. So now I can focus on drawing in whatever style I want and just focus on expressing creative ideas and compositions and worlds without needing to hold myself to an insane standard.

[ohf]

I don't actually know why I started drawing. It's just something that I've been doing for as long as I remember and when ever I stop, I start feeling like shit, so I've just learned to always at least doodle. It's mildly annoying that I started to think "maybe I can do this for a job" just before the whole AI BS started. That combined with life really took the wind out of my sails and I stopped drawing, and started to feel like shit even more lol. So I have no why I started but I know that I can't stop now.

[ljthesage]

If there one hard pill I’m coming to terms with as a creative, it’s the fact that no one can control the outcome. As humans we tend to want to determine and control everything which often spill into our craft and then most times creates creative blocks. Letting go and just creating is the only way. Very difficult but I’m slowly accepting and learning

[cinderblockstudios]

Watching Bob Ross on PBS growing up made me want to paint from an early age. These days the tactile physicality and properties of paint keep me going and wanting to try new things.

[kaelmolo]

just saw that you trace from AI, unsubscribing now sorry thanks for all the years.