DO YOU HAVE THE 7 ARTIST TRAITS??

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#learntodraw #artisttraits

[YTartschool]

Studio background is missing because I’m still in Japan but I’ll be back home for the next one so no need to panic 😱 I’ll be back on the regular upload schedule soon… Also hope this helps ❤

[illslegal]

7 ARTIST TRAITS:

1. (Strong) Curiosity
2. Stubbornness (You never let yourself give up)
3. Self-critical (being aware of yourself)
4. Tolerate delayed gratification (the ability to be patient with progress and wait for results)
5. Focus
6. Natural creator (the desire to create)
7. Popular tastes (More pros than niche stuff)

[Syl_]

The absolute mood swing of tonight from self hate, to laughter, to now the 3 am motivation to draw is oddly surreal.

[yeashizzo]

I think I’d cry if I couldn’t be an artist. I think I would hate every other job.

[NihaoMas]

I rarely comment on videos, but I thought it would be a good time to share something in this sea of comments. I've always had an interest in drawing, used to doodle all the time at school, but I was always being scolded for it because i wasn't paying that much attention to my studies. I did tell my parents that it was something that interested me but never attended classes. When i got out of highschool, I tried got into an arts bachelor, and I did, however I would always get doubted at as in, would that have a professional exit afterwards? I didn't care, but it was a prominent question I was given repeatedly. When the classes started, I not only started to feel that I wasn't cut for it, besides not knowing anything about art and seeing everyone was just so much better and natural at it. But also, one of the teachers, the one that was supposed to enhance and teach me the tools to achieve that long time dream told me, 3 months in, what was I doing in these classes when I just wasnt made for art. That comment really made me sink in my own negative thoughts. My classmates would also laugh at me for being the worst in the class, so I ended up quitting 4 months in. I've never really picked it back up, never considered giving it another try. I am 27 years now, I am at a point where, i've never found what I really like, and I consider myself to not have any remarkable skills, 3 months ago, a familiar thought came back from these years, and the interest blossomed out of nowhere, I bought myself a tablet and i've decided I was not only going to pick it up again but also that i wanted to succeed at it. Im three months in, i'm saving every single file I do, and I can see my progress, from not being able to even draw a square or a triangle, to the things i'm able to see and do. I do tell myself everyday i'm not going to give up, but the amount of info and knowledge does stress me a lot ( im easily stressable ). But this time, although im really lost in all of this, I did swear not to get to the point where I tell myself " if i havent stopped 4 years ago, what would I be able to make? " a recurrent question that always haunted me. BUT NOT THIS TIME!!!11!!!111 ty for reading my bible fragment xoxo good luck to all of you, and thanks to Marc, for being the teacher i've never had. :*

[swizguard]

Hearing that you have ADHD/ADD too was really encouraging. It's something that's definitely been a struggle for me, but knowing that the person I look up to has fought through it too gives me a lot of hope!

[CoolPiggy]

As someone who didnt start drawing until highschool and thought I could never be an artist, I have learned that even though I lacked (and still lack) talent or natural finesse with my hands, I can be an artist through hard work and perseverance, because I am doing something that I enjoy. So don't let anything stop you from becoming what you can become

[bovinleephann]

I think a lot of these traits can be learned over time. While I'd consider myself a natural creator (my mind runs rampant), I'm still learning to really embrace delayed gratification when it comes to my art, because I sometimes feel like I need to "catch up", when frankly literally nobody that has my best interests in mind is judging me for me not feeling like I'm as good as I feel like I should be

[kayedmund]

Can relate with so many of these, but especially that lack of focus rip. I also have adhd (not officially diagnosed bc that stuff is expensive and i am poor rip) but when it comes to being able to focus on a piece, i am either all in for 10 hours, unable to move, or ready to quit after 10 mins and there is no in-between lol. Couldn't say the last time i completed a piece beyond a sketch tho, which sucks a lot since I've been wanting to do a comic for years now, so the dream seems so far away. Sigh

[justalex]

Yeah, I learned that being a professional artist sucks the fun out of art for me, especially the idea of deadlines and a continued steady output is what kills my passion to draw, so I became a motion designer instead. That's still connected to art in a sense, but it's a thing I can do 40 hours a week without thinking too much about it. I still draw quite a lot and try to improve as much as possible, but only as a hobby and because I enjoy doing it.

[LC_Redcube]

Nooo, at the last one! I was so close lol

Nut hey, the "being a creator" part for me is such a huge part of me that it compensates

[rib]

i would maybe rephrase the last one as "having an eye for aesthetic". Cuz "popular taste" probably rubs people the wrong way hahah

I think the subject of your drawing doesnt matter as much as how you present it. Good composition and colour is what I personally pay the most attention to to make a drawing look good and pleasant to other people

[mclarenp]

Im drawing since I was born, eveeryone around was making friends, communicating and I was drawing and creating worlds and characters in it.
I dont know anything different, I cant stop it and I dont know how society is works.
Im such introverts who cant live in the society.
I can make music, write poems, scenaries, design everything, I just SEE and HEAR it, I understand logic in all it, not rules or instructions, I dont need to learn anatomy for knowing anatomy and be able to draw it or make it from clay.
but I cant communicate with people, I just dont have any choice

[LuoDrawing]

The lines in this painting are simply too precise, every stroke is just right, and in terms of detail processing, your line drawing is equally commendable

[theshadowofgod]

Came at the exact right time. Thank you. Actually took a big step for myself a few months ago and went to an energy shake/healthy shake/tea store and asked if by chance I could make a painting for them....just had the drive for that one project. Saw the stubbornness portion and laughed SO hard, and the focus. Haven't been diagnosed with anything so I won't claim any, but hard to focus on drawing for hours when you got crippled, deformed hands. Traits, strive for them/have them, spot on. I am disabled physically and this may be something to help pass the time but one small thought can grow into something absolutely beautiful if cultivated. Keep creatin' ya'll

[EverNeophyte]

As the saying goes "There are two kinds of people, the entertainers and the entertained", so yes I do think so, art is entertaining. 7th point is fundamental truly, if you ever want to live from that, but no one said you can't have your niche, that with time could find some audience. The problem is if you are too stubborn in that niche thing at earlly stage. So there is a humility lesson to take, as an artist taste does not place him beyond the viewer.

[savageshark]

Thank you for this video. If anything this helped me to reinforce my own thoughts on my career as an artist.
I would say #7 is a big one especially. Finding folks who share those popular tastes is a big part of keeping one encouraged and to keep going at the creative process. I wouldn't be at the stage I am now without have supportive crowd of friends and clients.

[klowdz]

I have so many creative ideas, and I lose motivation often to create anything and it makes me sad. Im only realizing it now that this isn't something I simply just enjoy from time to time. It's in me to create things, so much so that I feel lost when I don't. Thank you Marc for this video its opened my eyes. I need to create, its what I was born to do... I am an artist

[storytimewiththecrimsondm]

on point 7: i want to say, that my tastes are weird and no one likes them
but that clearly isn't true when there are lots of artists doing similar things. its by no means mainstream, never will be thankfully, but it is enough that there's clearly an untapped audience for my stuff.

good video overall

[badtactics]

I came to this video absolutely terrified who I thought I was was going to be shattered, and finished it incredibly inspired to live up to who I am and work towards what I want. I already put reminders in my calendars to draw the days I’m free. Thank you Marc