I somehow missed this video - thanks for the shoutout Tyler! Super cool of you and I appreciate your kind words. Loving your recent stuff. The VALUE and knowledge you deliver in a digestible way is amazing. Thanks for what you do man!
fowlerillus
great advices, thank you! The reason being stuck as an artist is the same being stuck as a person, individual. It is per person based on variety of choices and circumstances and the good news are there is always something to be done. I have always remind myself sometimes reaching the top peak I need to go up and down following the markers or experiment and go freeride.
sovanima
I think learning to give yourself projects in a manner a client would, then doing it all the way through is a great learning technique.
Badartist
My biggest struggle is always practising, never producing. Filling an A4 page with a single picture seems impossible; I can only sketch small.
ironcockroach
Stuck in a more personal sense, as someone who's trying to break into the industry but having a hard time trying to balance getting to the level of being employable and wanting to showcase my own vision.
zinzolin
Great video! For me, the amount of things one should be capable of and all the aspects that are important are sometimes a little overwhelming. My school was only 2 years long, and I feel like I am still lacking in terms of efficiency and some fundamentals. I am very grateful to be one of the lucky few who actually landed a job right away, but I hope I manage to improve a lot throughout the next year and build some confidence in my workflow c: I love how there is always room to grow in this field, I just hope it starts to feel more manageable one day
Happy new year everyone! <3
Luuzy
Merry Christmas and happy new year Edlin!
You are right about the topic and I think the same way about it.
golem_xiv
Your video motivated me a lot. With a new job we still in the process of adaptation to the workflow and methods. After I got a really hard critic at my artworks I was super stressed that I can't do it right. Then I found your video and it totally opened my eyes. Now I feel like I have a better understanding of process and what I can do better next time. Really, REALLY thank you for guidelines, and good tips you are sharing
dwlosins
I am not in the industry (art is a hobby) and I hope I don't throw cold water on someone, but I wonder, even if you have the necessary skills how much of getting your foot in the door or even hired is by pure chance - being in the right place and the right time and with right person? edit: also, if a studio gets 500 applications do they go through all 500 before making hiring decision or if they come across one the tenth applicant which meets all check boxes they stop looking?
I thought the audio was a bit lower than normal as well.
Houdini_Bob
Thanks for the video. I get a decent amount of work freelancing on the side and also in-house illustrating on a salary but I feel the work is not as rewarding as it once was and I know being able to focus on personal projects would be nice, but I’m stuck as I have a family to feed. I always pursued art as a job hoping that I’d move up some ladder and I think that’s from growing up poorish and a need to prove something but now that I’ve been a working illustrator for 20 years I wish I spent my 20s making my own shit. But enough moaning 😅 as I hit my forties I’m focussed on 2025 being the year of just making the art I always wanted to get paid to work on. All the best for the new year dude 🤙🏾
inquizitive
My biggest struggle is shapes and lines probably, I just can't really do those subtle curves on the stomach or arms
swgman
Great video. One problem though is that the volume is mixed too quietly. I had to turn my speakers up a lot to hear. Thanks for the great advice and teaching!
nigelhill
for me what i struggle with is sort of. still not seeming to have a good base of skills. despite studying the fundamentals, being in a good course and passing my classes and practicing at home, I still just dont seem to be able to apply it !!
aangangelj
Audio is kinda low. Have the volume all the way up on youtube and PC and can barely hear it.
NickRoyOfficial
You need to be a one man show. Not just in art, but in most industries. It's not enough to have great specialized skills and good work ethics, you need to master several different job titles, so companies don't have to hire more people.
And now with AI, I don't think these jobs will even last long.
Cronee
This was great. I will be joining in the email list for
hecnsketch
coming from a poor country, my biggest struggles is having to study at uni (with many aweful subjects) and not having any social life tbh. I'm trying to be more productive but burnouts after burnouts
__seentin__
problem is, you can take all the skillshare online courses and practice all you want, but one thing i find youtubers like you don't mention is how not only are these jobs being merged: Where it would normally take 3 artists to do is now expected of ONE person (in the same amount of time no less); but also how the entertainment industry especially in animation and gaming has a massive turnover rate, where its a revolving door of young 20 somethings that get used up and burned out and deposed of by the time they hit their 30s. It's rare to see anyone over the age of 40 in any kind of "dream job" positions that don't actually exist, they're not meant to suport people who want families or have other obligations (unless your S/O has the more stable job)
LUCK is a giant factor too that I find no one talks about or don't want to acknowledge. A lot of it is out of your control as an artist, so as much as its nice to see you talk about all the technicalities, that's not the reason why most artists are stuck. Its not a moral failing on their part or they're not doing the right thing.
Smieska_
Hmm, I think I lack all three. Although I studied studio art in college. I just have no clue where I’d even fit into the commercial art world. I was attracted to realist painting. Now I’m almost 30, working as a janitor in a factory for the past 5 years, and haven’t picked up a brush since 2021. I just didn’t see the point in developing my skills with no end goals in mind. I don’t know where I’d fit in. But I feel this aching desire to become a great painter that is always simmering away in me. But I don’t have any direction.
prestonowens
Don't get me wrong. This is absolute what is needed to get into the industry,
But sometimes I think i'll be easier for most of us if we get technically good and we teach. Or start your personal brand art related and build a community to sell them products.
It looks that nowadays it's not enough being a technical expert, that in itself takes years.
