WORST Art Advice Of All Time

Compilation of Mohammed Agbadi talking about why the art community hates art advice, some of the most hated art advice, and why artists find them problematic.

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[nor-MAL-cy]

It's honestly shocking how much useless advice I've received...none of it worked. 😓 I was told once to change my whole art style to improve by someone 😭

[Kinn]

I like how my art mentor put it for me "art is a hobby, art is for fun, use everything that you are given. Do not limit yourself, your not taking an exam."

[TerelinT.Venomous]

"That isn't REAL art because it isn't realistic." - My art teacher in 2nd grade after I gave her a drawing of a mermaid :/
Bestie what?? I was 6?? 😭😭

[MaryGen-xozf]

3:09 “don’t use reference”
Leonardo DaVinci: alright Madam Mona Lisa, you can go home.

[StudioHannah]

Explanation on “don’t use black”!!

You can totally use black in your art, but you shouldn’t rely on it as a default to darken your colors when painting. Black is a powerful pigment and it can turn your bright red into a reddish-black VERY quickly. It makes yellow look muddy. USUALLY you want to darken a color with its complimentary color. As a rule, I try to avoid black when I’m mixing my colors unless I want to bring down the color’s chroma or I’m at the very end of mixing the colors and just need it to be a taaaad darker. Or if I want to paint a pure black to offset other colors I’m using.

It’s actually very good advice but it’s meant as a color mixing guide for people who aren’t masters at mixing colors yet and not as a general all-of-art rule.

[Mumther_Flame]

I am definitely guilty of answering with "I just practice" when people ask me how I started drawing, because I just made little characters and stories and just did my best to convey it. It's a tempting thing to say because when you do it for so long, you don't even think about it.
Like the saying goes, "all art teachers are good artists, but not all artists are good art teachers"

[acd.flwr]

the people that say "digital art is not for real artists" are so dumb considering the fact that most tv shows, cartoons and movies have ART AND ANIMATION made by PEOPLE on DIGITAL PROGRAMS 😭😭 i swear some ppl need to keep their advice for themselves.

[LordKaraOfficial]

"i drew off the top of my head, reference is cheating"
Bro, your own memory is a stored REFERENCE

[theULTIMATEVOCALOIDFAN]

art style is not valid/ not good" like, if every art style was the same what's the point of doing it???

[_angel_]

"You didn't finish! There is still white!!!!" or "Why didn't you use 'true' colours???"

[FinnH-mhdl]

Honestly everytime my sister asks me for tutorials on how I draw, or asks me for tips on improvement I tell her “Study what you struggle with, and if you get stuck give it a minute and come back to it.” Because that’s what’s worked for me. I use trail and error and study mine and others’ artworks and mistakes so that I may improve.

[DasGnomo]

One of my Professors once said "Not every Teacher is a Good Professional, and not every Professional is a Good Teacher".

And throughout the years I've seen how REAL that is.

[TheRealTormentor]

Being told to "Just draw" reminds me of when I was in elementary/middle school being told to "Just focus"

[anothermoon]

I think every human is born an artist, being creative is a human trait. Just some people loose the childlike wonder for art on their way to growing and some (artists) are keeping drawing. And sometimes people who lost it on their way, are starting as adults anew and I think that's wonderful 👏

[YouTube_enjoyer]

People say don't use a ruler but i can't even use it right😭

[hyphencubed]

One piece of "advice" I've heard is using the bucket fill tool is "cheating".
And another piece is your art always has to be perfect. As in lines have to be smooth, colour has to be within the lines that sort of thing.

[Tonya-fe]

the art community was doomed from art lore

[Huddywuddy]

The reference one is easily the worst for me.

Some of the greatest artist of our generation AND past generations were pretty reliant on using SAID references. Hell man like let’s take it to anime a highly popular form of art in today’s society. THAT uses reference, like nearly every mangaka uses references from kishimoto (Naruto) to people like Oda (one piece) and etc.

If you’re starting art, don’t be scared of using references. You don’t need them for LITERALLY EVERYTHING. But it’s not immoral to use, of course see how you work without references sometimes so you can understand what you need to improve on. But references aren’t bad to use and never have been, been that way for literal hundreds of years😭

[helen.faunway]

The main things that really helped get my art to the next level are 1) all objects are made out of planes and 2) simplifying planes into straight-edged shapes is the quickest way to understand those planes and create the illusion of 3 dimensionality.

[pearlthenephilim]

"Stop drawing in an anime like style, no one will hire you unless you draw realism"

This is just.. discouraging when you're just a hobby artist