How I *Actually* Find Art Inspiration & References

Do you only use pinterest for art inspiration or references? Well, in this video, I'll be going over other ways to find and get art inspiration or references, such that you can find great references that are tailored for you.

[AKI]

Just as i tried to find pinterest alternative pinterest is becoming full of ai

[KoKabegami]

For those who want to better utilize YouTube for learning art, one of the most helpful things I have done for this is to make an alt account dedicated to art! Do not watch or interact with a single video that is not art related while on this account. If you see videos being suggested to you that aren't art related, click "not interested." Even if its something youd like to watch. Look it up on your main account later. This account is meant to be a zero-distraction zone for focusing on illustration.
This is something I started doing fairly recently and I found that I am not only drawing more frequently, but I'm being exposed to far more creators I never saw on my main account because that account was catered to over a decade of varying interests. On this account: no distractions. Only study and motivation.

[Taro-pjjj]

Beside from Ai Art, pinterest had a serious issue about the art thieves, before Ai was even a thing, reposting someone's art is already a common thing in pinterest, and most of them doesn't even give credit to the artist.

Its not once that ive encounter people who repost art from my favourite artist, no matter how many times i asking them to delete the post or report to pinterest, they never seem to remove the reposted art at all.

[MedioPlague]

Thanks for this vid! Pintrest hasn’t been the same since the rise of AI

[shironcafe]

Pinterest nowadays either shows you the same 20 pictures or bunch of AI gens.

[Dx_Ach]

Sakugabooru is also really good for looking at sakuga scenes from anime for inspiration and composition

[laureldreams]

PURE REF SO THATS WHAT ITS CALLED!!!
I've seen it EVERYWHERE but never managed to find the name of it, this is such a life saviour!! Thanks!!

[No.Thank.you.]

I NEEDED THIS VIDEO SO BAD OMG I'M IN AN ART BLOCK CRISIS. I LOOKED AT MY MOST DETAILED ART VS MY OTHER ART I'VE BEEN MAKING LATELY AND I CRIED. I WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE EASTER ART, ECT SO BAD AND I MISSED THE DEADLINE. NOT JUST THAT IT'S APRIL FOOLS DAY AND I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET PRANKED THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[AKZILLA]

Please making these secret Chinese art tutorials, you are the best!!! 🙏

[LACHRYMA]

i remember as a kid i used to watch a lot of speedpaints by artists like hyanna natsu and nekorina and developing my artstyle through that and being so inspired by them

[DarwinRoger]

you should search movie photography as they get you more dynamic and interactive reference. it helps when you're trying to draw characters and struggle to make them look like theyre in the same room

[MaiHarinesumi]

For my inspirations I mainly use Pixiv, and it's there I learned a lot of things from many cool tutorials that are very useful to try on!
With the section "How to draw" it goes from general character creation to full illustrations, since then I never got back to pinterest again.
I realized how Pinterest was way too messy after using it twice and realizing that too many arts were just stolen :/

[EllaBArt-zpwn]

I use AI art as references not for the drawing or rendering techniques, but for the color palettes and how to arrange them. While some times I don't use references for draw something that I already have a good idea in my mind

[Bez]

Thanks :) Just finished my biggest painting ever! 5 characters, The painting was taller than my desk.. Took 4 weeks and around 50 hours - I’ve been in hibernation ever since.. This’ll be very helpful!!

[good]

Great timing I was thinking of ditching Pinterest lately

[Waspinmymind]

Buy art books you can source that don’t have ai art in them.
Buy basic anatomy books for artists or go to a library. Let’s not forget that physical media exists and can act as an alternative to digital media.

[Justme-vhbu]

This is just so amaizing, sensual and different. You can see the effort and love put into this masterpiece. It's something else... my new insporation❤

[mrbob]

my pinterest doesn’t have art at all instead it has other things i like in real life and i draw those things

[outlawsyl]

There are playlists on youtube that imitate real art school live reference classes. They have timed pictures, usually with minimal clothes or distractions. It's not exactly the same, but not too bad

[pakapepe]

Thank you very much for this video! I just downloaded the Xiao hong shu app it looks amazing