How Pewdiepie Became A Better Artist Than Half The Art Community Overnight

mohammed agbadi talking about Pewdiepie's new journey to becoming an artist and how he almost became a better artist than half of the art community overnight.

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[spaceinvader]

Let's not gloss over the fact that this man just showed his first skecthbook to his audience of like millions of people, I mean...I don't know how many people I would show my first sketchbook to, the only one was my brother and that's it, props to him that is very admirable to me.

[randomroughneck]

you gotta remember that pewdipie has a SHIT ton of photoshop experience from before youtube, so he does have some understanding of colors and coloring and composition, even though that was decades ago, like you said it all comes back after starting it back up again. interesting tidbit

[donaldbothe]

3:30 that hits so close to home. I used to do alot of drawing tutorials and heavy referencing, but it took high school art and lots of practice from my unreferenced drawings to look nice, and even longer for me to escape pin-up territory and add backgrounds and all that, 10 years for me to get here, and still so much to improve

[Mitchichen]

Him saying he feels cringe for drawing anime as a 34 year old...I felt that, dude. When I was a teenager, my own parents made snide comments about me drawing anime. It was baffling to me as my dad did art as well, and commented that maybe someday I'd start drawing "real art, " rather than trying to bond with me over a shared interest. It's been a lifelong process trying to undo the damage they did to my sense of passion and relearn to love drawing. There's no reason to tear fellow artists down, it doesn't help them "improve" you're just being mean.

[SleepyRulu]

Pewdiepie proves that ai bros are wrong.

[raioh]

I don't really watch his content, have no connections to him, but seeing him happy at his own drawings and improvement is pretty wholesome, it's such a good feeling too look at something you made and being proud of it.

It also shows how progress looks like, it's not linear, you keep failing and studying going through ups and downs then it clicks and all of sudden you think to yourself "I did this? me? really?" haha such a good moment

[sophroniel]

I needed this video. I am 30 and I was feeling really down about not drawing in a long time, feeling I will never be good now because I am too old. But now I have more confidence to try again, because I am actually able to try and improve if I work enough at it! Thank you for this video ❤

[yabe-kfptentacultist]

Seeing Felix improve in 100 days has made me realise I've kinda been neglecting my drawing skills. I should get back to drawing.

[devinsauls]

As an artist myself, we welcome PewDiePie to the Art Community! 🤗

[JuhoSprite]

Dude ur video quality is INSANE, like actually it looks so perfect

[fumoshi]

The morale of the story is that trying and failing is NOT Zero improvement, it's some of improvement because you are finding your way, and making mistakes is part of it.
Everyone make mistakes, no one should leave just because making just one mistake

[danishmirza]

The way he is so good at colouring too

[astrus]

His drawings are so sweet, I really liked what he was doing and hope he continues working on his art!

[DangericeDreams]

I’ve been drawing since I first started high school. I kept that momentum going for almost four years, and I saw serious improvement in such a short period of time. However, somewhere along the line, I lost my motivation, and I haven’t been able to get back into drawing regularly for such a long time. But now, *I have to* get back into it. I’ll start posting progress pictures tonight to keep myself accountable.

Thank you for the inspiration!!

[brandoniswhoiam]

I love how Felix just stayed in his own lane instead of worrying about what others are thinking and doing.

I should really follow this path.

[Juu_ichi]

As an artist, gotta give the man credit. He didn't resort to AI, picked up a pencil, and learned to draw.
edit: AI losers in my replies proving my point

[AkikoWasHere]

Just a lil thing about how you mentioned him learning to use markers really quickly, almost too quickly, I feel like that can significantly vary depending on the person, I had the same experience with markers, where I was able to pick up on them almost instantly once I had some good ones, I feel like he may have been in a similar situation to me, where I was surrounded by a lot of art that would be easy to replicate with markers, because even if somewhat difficult, the markers are pretty easy to get used to, especially if you have been looking at references almost everyday for the past weeks.

Though, it is totally understandable why you would think that as way to quick of development, as at the beginning he started off really slow. I think this may have just been something that he had a talent for, like he said at the beginning where his drawing just 'clicked' after 20-odd days, I feel like he had another one of those moments around that time.

Awesome Video! Really helped me get a lot of perspective on better ways to practice and develop my skill, thank you for pointing out many of the things, the video was enjoyable and very helpful!

[SavvyCD]

“You have to get through the shitty drawings before the good drawings start to show up” this is exactly what I’ve been struggling with lately! I used to draw all the time, but then I took a year long break with only a couple of drawings in between. That is because I was in a bad relationship and my ex made fun of my art style for being too cartoonish/anime and was mad that I drew so many boys. After the break up, though, I’ve been getting back into drawing and I was so confused as to why I lost all of my skills and couldn’t draw anymore. After drawing for a few days, though, I got them back + I draw even better now! I thought I lost all of my passion and talent- that I just didn’t like drawing anymore. But I didn’t! I was just in such a bad place I didn’t have the motivation anymore. Watching all these art videos helps my skill and motivation :) I may even begin posting my art again.

[Stigmatikk]

I think what's often left out this conversation is that even as a beginner, Pewdiepie already has a bigger visual library as an adult than someone much younger than him. I drew a lot in high school and plateaued around 18 so I just kind of stopped drawing.. for 10 years. Then at 28 I felt inspired again so I got myself a new tablet and surprised myself. I was making things leagues better than I was at 18 because that whole time I was unknowingly building my visual library just through observing the world around me. Then I just practiced casually for the next 10 months (no set routine) and now my skillset is finally at a place where I feel comfortable working on my long-term project. Moral of the story isn't to stop drawing for 10 years, but not to stress too much. Improvement will come with time and practicing in a way that works for YOU will help accelerate that process. Some people thrive under routine and set drawing schedules, I personally don't, but there's no one "right" way to creating better art.

[dizzy_ddigital]

He is not a "complete beginner" solely because he has done editing professionally since years before starting YouTube. That's why he understands certain aspects of body proportions, angles, and light/shades. Of course his motoric skills all seem to be learned throughout these 130 days challenge, but he himself has understood artistic aspects since long before.

Ps. I'm a PewDiePie fan since 2015 :)