Art Talk 11 | Artistic Self Confidence | Stephen Silver

I have created over 300 videos here, I wanted the old ones with great messages to be seen and heard again. I will be replaying an oldie every week from now on so you can still find content here.

I will be now creating All new exclusive Art Talks through my Patreon.

This platform will give me more time and more opportunity to focus on answering questions directly to you through personal chat and going live as well as generate new Art Talk videos each week. I hope to see you there. Thanks for listening all these years.

- Stephen

STEPHEN SILVER SITES:

Stephen Silver is a character designer, author and speaker. Born in London, England and now residing in Los Angeles, Stephen has been a character designer and teacher in the Animation Industry for over 20 years developing Intellectual Properties for some of the largest companies in the world such as, Disney, Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Sony, MAD Magazine, Reel FX, Bento box, Hasbro, Universal, DreamWorks and more. Stephen is also responsible for the visual character development and design of some of animations most iconic and cultural hits such as Disney’s, Kim Possible, Nickelodeon’s, Danny Phantom, Disney’s, Clerks the animated series to name a few.

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[IAMOdoodles]

Self-confidence is key.  Thank you, Stephen Silver! 

[PeterPalmiotti]

Lots of positive words to kick start any art day!!!

[igortikho]

Thank you Stephen for constant inspiration, It's helping a lot!

[Le_beaubrun]

Cheers! Constantly trying harder or just weirder stuff is definitely how I feel I get the most progress.

[TheBhavnapal]

This is so good Steph and you are being realistic and I agree

[geromemariette]

Thank you for the good vibes Stephen it's sooo precious ! I also watched last week video about your "day as an artist" and it really helps and encourage me thinking about my day organisation ! Thank you !

[SmileminerArt]

Thank you so much for the inspirational talk, I'll never give up on my dreams as an artist. Keep being awesome!

[annathalianalapraya]

Thanks for posting this motivational boost Stephen, perfect start for the week!

[paulinemakesse]

I'm thinking to stop my current studying to put my 100% in illustration i have a project in mind but I don't have the self confidence to start and tell my mother that I don't want to continue the university all this for the fear of failing so thank you for this video it's a really good kick!!

[chiparooo]

This applies to anything you want to do. Great advice.

[BAwesomeDesign]

Hi Stephen.

Could you consider talking about "how to start back up again", for people who have either lost their mojo, or maybe for people who had to put down drawing for a several months (maybe because of a medical condition or accident). 

You may not have ever put down drawing (I don't recall videos where you say so) but maybe you still have insight about how to begin again. 

Hitting the ground running is hard; getting back up to speed might seem impossible. 

I'm guessing you might say--draw just one thing a day, and go from there. After a week, draw two things. But maybe you have more ideas, too.

Thanks for the art talks as always!

[JediMasterBaiter]

I like how nearly everyone's profile pic here are caricatures.

[PatyBHoshiBlue]

Hello!
I love your talks, they motivate me to be a better artist, and to have a lot of confidence, and this one just make happy, and was in a perfect moment, because is hard for me to keep my confidence up.
You will never know how much this helped me!
Thanks for being around with the talks and your work!

[fyyaa]

"Be conceited. Believe you can do better than anyone else." - Mashiro Moritaka (Bakuman)

[MrNintendoNb]

Is Steve a brit? His accent seems like a mix of British (scouse possibly) and American.