Finding Your Art Style

tips for finding the art style you've been looking for :P

timestamps:
0:59: brainstorming
3:19: concept sketching
4:56: perspective

[kwingle]

my problem is that I see an artstyle and it immediately resonates with me

It's EXACTLY what I want my art to look like- but I get mixed answers from people on whether or not I can copy the artstyle of any varying degree

[thefoxboy.]

I for sure recommend playing around with styles!! My style changes a lot, and if you've seen my work you'd know that, play around with brushes, shading styles, even canvas sizes, your style doesn't have to be one set thing and you can change it! Eventually you'll find how you draw, and you'll enjoy it! Just keep sticking to that!



also thank you for putting my art of the penelope and dante lore in the end LMFAO

[sorryimsunny]

for me, i switch art styles depending on _what_ exactly i'm drawing. drawing a character with a more gothic look? go for a gothic art style. drawing a character with a more soft look? go for a more soft art style. if you looked at my art, this would probably be pretty clear pretty quickly. so yeah, mine just varies a ton, depending on context. :)

[sunstartle]

intro is so funny to me because i think you have one of the most distinctive styles ever

[LeopoldWinsley-qwyl]

not you explaining exactly how I feel every single time I glance over previous art I've drawn at the start of the video.

😶

[Apollo_BugBard]

Thanks for putting my fan art on it I love your vids!!❤

[mango_ckie]

my artstyle is 50/50 it either comes out as the best thing ever or looks like trash
although my style is kinda limiting

thanks to you i got into drawing emo/scenecore cats with stupidly bright colors so thanks for that even tho im a little late to the edgy sparkle cat phase

[unnecessary_lectures_guy]

THANK YOU, THOSE ARE AMAZING TIPS
BUT THAT INTRO IS SCARY ACCURATE, I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST TOOK MY THOUGHTS OUT OF MY BRAIN 😨⁉️

[ashrwoah]

Thank you for making this video! I open commission soon and was worried my multiple art styles (scene, hyperpop, and soft) was gonna cause problems for my commissions 😭

[Brenilla]

Nice put together video.
Simple fact of the matter is artstyle dose change/drift over time and it aint a bad thing. Mine had adjusted over the years. One of my favorite things about keeping all my sketchbooks and old posts up is that i can see how it's changed. After 8ish years, small little changes can add up to alot.

[kittiilavender]

Can you make a video on tips on how to design Ocs? I struggle with coming up with a design that I am completely satisfied with.

[Tanookicatoon]

Been at this for 25 or so years. I personally describe "style" as "the imperfections any single artist makes while trying to copy another artist"
"Style" is short for Stylus, or Stylo. French for "pen". As in, the thing you hold. Your pen isn't going to get you there.
YOUR SKILL is what is going to get you there.
Do you want to know how to get that skill?
PRACTICE,
Artists don't "change" their "style". It grows with them. It's influenced by their inspirations and where their life takes them.

Have you pressed "read more" yet? You probably have, good.
Do you want to know the real secret? The secret that animators, like the ones at Disney and Sullivan Bluth have been doing for years?
Put on some training wheels and TRACE.
Yeah, just trace. Find your favorite artist and trace ever every single thing you like from them.
DONT STEAL THEIR ART. DO NOT STEAL. DONT DO THAT, DONT STEAL
Study the strokes you make to recreate what they have. Do your best to mimic their line work.
Try to sketch over their figures to learn the construction an shape of everything.
Be Spongebob drawing a circle.
Do that so much until you're confident in taking the training wheels off and freehanding your own original ideas.
You'll find out that this brute force method will be the quickest way to learning a style.
It's what artists do in the industry to keep animation consistent for every frame and every scene.
If it's okay for them, it's okay for you.
JUST DONT STEAL. THIS IS FOR LEARNING ONLY. DON"T STEAL.

[kingsdeez]

yooo this is actually pretty pog and helpful

[flurryee]

THANK YOU IVE BEEN STRUGGLING SO BAD <3

[cheese_myst]

Finally a simple video showing how to find your art style thank you so much btw this is SeaDragonAnimates but I changed it couple of time

[gold]

I can't draw for shit, BUT I always love learning how artist thinks. . . Kinda helps communicate to others and at times makes me see the details that I never thought of look at

Ie, shade/colors. . . And also include this vid ^^

Thank you so much

[loveheapz]

your videos are so entertaining ahhh 🙏🙏

[Sebby.sprout]

I’ve gone through 5 different styles in 2 days

[Katezz]

This is helpful tbh I have too many art styles

[Merepickle]

how can i join your server? it would be nice to be in a community full of artists... X3