In Art… Storytelling is More Important than Rendering and Technique

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[seakexin]

this is inspiring, i’m gonna try this with my left hand

…oh wait, i’m left handed

[HoennianTurnip]

i’m left handed, just try this for long and you’ll see what we have to go through. the smudges are SUCH a big pain

[maicey_t.]

I appreciate this reminder. sometimes I get paralyzed with worrying my art isn't good enough. but that's not the point.

[Sleepless_Chaos]

Internet art dad over here inspiring me to pick up a sketchbook for the first time in 2 years... I'm not crying, you are.

[musiciseverything]

I swear this man has the ultimate unspoken rizz with his expressions

[LightningShiva]

I stumbled across your channel a few days ago and I really love your content! It's making me feel less shitty about my art and gives me motivation to just keep going and have fun, instead of just seeing every "error" that I make or what I could do better next time. I'm really grateful for that!

[drydrybnesshorts]

It's literally midnight and this video single handedly gave me a spark of motivation to do a whole painting right now. Just goes to show how this man and his art is so amazing.

[totally_not_clara]

I found your channel about a month ago and I swear I watch like 20 videos of your every day. I love your videos and your art so much! Also, you NEED to do a whole drawing left handed!!

[mmalinoff]

I’m a left handed artist and was really cool and unexpected when you started drawing with your left hand. Thank you for all of your advice! I love storytelling with my art. ❤️

[Tekyng_of_Baregan]

Proof that you've been training your eyes and not just your hand

[notsuicidalfosho]

Even his left hand doodles are better than my right hand drawings !😭

[spiceo]

“For now, just focus on storytelling- and everything else will be alright.”

As someone who’s been stressing over putting together a flashy portfolio so I can apply to study animation at an art school, I really needed to hear this

[qhmtwql]

Boy, your left hand drawings are so much better than my right-hand ones, and I'm right handed >.<

[BuenoSama-xkre]

I always felt like art is expressing a feeling. It isn't the best definition but the best I could get to.

[september_]

I love the advice you give to all upcoming artists- I've used some of your advice and techniques and it has helped me so much with my work! I'm getting out of my comfort zone with cartoon characters and starting to work with perspective in my art class- and the things I have heard from your videos, the work I see have helped me so much! Thank you!

[shavelsmith]

To be honest your motivation is what keeps me going. I'm a Jamaican so family motivation isn't really something I'd get but just one of your videos will make my day.

[cassandracleveland]

I love that you teach so much in your videos. It’s not just about “look what I can do!”

[austin_bennett]

This could be a stylistic thing but I even noticed there's a level of beauty in imperfection like when I was in school & someone who drew really good simplistic drawings (think of diary of a wimpy kid & other simple characters) they might not be good at drawing a full on scenery but they could draw an epic stick fight scene when they're board.

Another example being the journal entries in RDR2 where Arthur Morgan would draw a bird, major landmark, or something related to the events in his journal they're rough yet still have a nice level of detail & charm to them

[smxkerings]

just starting my first artist journal and this is a big help. I'm skilled enough at creating art, but panelling and the composition surrounding it was never my strong suit, so I usually stick to A5 when attempting journals and just creating small pieces. just starting in A4 and this is a big help for my confidence - here's hoping it works out! gradually working larger scale and it's going well so far

[CinnamintGut]

Thank you for this good, important reminder! I’ve recently taken up drawing/painting as a hobby and I’m starting to realize that I really only get motivated to create when the subject is meaningful in some way. It’s not all about aesthetics. 😊