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@wyntrheart
2 жыл бұрын
I thought I would be immune to these kinds of fear/shame restraints because I genuinely don't feel the need to prove myself to anybody but me. But I am coming to learn that even fear of _my own judgement_ and feeling inadequate to _my own standards_ can be as destructive as fear of rejection by others, and maybe even worse. I'm learning that I need to push myself to make things even when I know I'll be disappointed with the results, not only because this will improve my skills, but also because I need to loosen up and learn to make struggle into play, instead of making play into struggle. Thank you for this video, it has really helped me to understand what has been holding me back.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad the video helped! These are all important realizations, and while acknowledging them is the first step, it's entirely normal for it to take time for them to sink in fully.
@emmet_xrcmiy3
2 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@Calamity556
Жыл бұрын
As someone who has been severely struggling with lack of motivation driven by fear, I can't agree more that this video has been a HUGE eye opener for me. I am very excited to start Drawabox! I think it's just what I needed to find my passion for drawing that I had as a kid once again.
@9HeartSoul
Жыл бұрын
Hallelujah 🙌🏾 😂 cause the universe just gave me that same lesson, you rely gotta be free in self I art, art is free..
@sambarnes2759
Жыл бұрын
This man made a free drawing curriculum and is also giving out free therapy. Truly a comrade
@daniencuentra9523
5 ай бұрын
@darioschaefer Trust me when u get to this video after having advanced some more on the curse this makes total sense XD
@sophiaodegbo-olukoya7324
3 ай бұрын
U sadly beat me to this. That's what I thought too.
@weetdoog
2 жыл бұрын
it's really nice hearing that what I'm feeling when creating art is completely normal. i genuinely thought there weren't many people struggling with being just *so* embarrassed about their art and their skill level.
@kikolektrique1737
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@friendlylisek7920
Жыл бұрын
yep!
@joaquimneto5617
2 жыл бұрын
To be honest, tearing the drawing is what sold it to me. Such a powerful statement.
@Inksploded
Жыл бұрын
Tbh it hurted me so hard like it was so good
@st.altair4936
Жыл бұрын
It made me... _ahem_ *uncomfortable*
@bobhill-ol7wp
11 ай бұрын
I heard a monkey scream in agony
@zhanucong4614
Ай бұрын
@@st.altair4936testimony without spilling of the blood is worthless
@AlecBGood
Жыл бұрын
I know this video is about drawing, but that whole "why not now?" talk is important for ANYTHING in life
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. It always warms my heart when I have students come back after having gone through the course, or an amount of the course, and tell me how it's not just helped them approach learning drawing, but how it's helped open their eyes to their capacity to learn whatever they're interested in, in a healthier manner.
@explainedlake6451
7 ай бұрын
FAIL - First Attempt In Learning ;)
@mommaduck79
2 жыл бұрын
I've tried to get better at art and came to draw a box and quit multiple times in the past 5 years, so I'm exactly the type of burnout person Uncomfortable talks about in this video. THIS is the most important lesson for most people, and i'm so glad it's been included. I picked up a pencil (yes, not a pen) and started drawing again last night. I actually really enjoyed it - despite knowing that my work was flawed. Since I've visted draw a box so many times, I do still attempt to use what i've learned whenever I pick up a pen (or in my case, a pencil) - but I didn't have the same obsession over doing things 'the draw a box way'. I thought "These drawings aren't bad. Not great - but not bad. How about I visit draw a box again and get serious?". Immediately I felt myself reverting to my old burnout mentality. That's not to say this is an issue with draw a box - because I think that it's GREAT - and I hugely appreciate Uncomfortable's efforts for making such an incredible free learning resource that is accessible for everyone. But, it is a problem with ME, that I have stumbled to move beyond. Anyway, I noticed some changes and updates to the website and youtube channel and found myself here. The answer given at 15:38 made me so fucking happy. It sounds so stupid. but it has finally given me the green light to actually 'draw for fun'. I don't know why, but I could never seperate the work from the play until now. Whenever I tried to draw anything for the sake of drawing all I would hear is "I didn't use my shoulder", "This isn't a continous line", "I'm chicken scratching" etc. and it was extremely mentally exhausting. I'm glad this video was made, and I really think that this time I will stick to draw a box for good because I finally feel as though a big mental barrier has been removed. Gotta love Uncomfortable's continued development of his Draw A Box series. I hope he understands just how helpful he really is for me and a lot of others. Also, RIP Mr. Monkey Business. Such a good piece, but I respect the gesture in tearing it apart lol.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear this video had a meaningful impact for you, and helped clarify a previous misconception. I definitely think a lot of people were falling into the trap of trying to apply Drawabox's principles and restrictions beyond its intended scope, so it was definitely a pretty high priority for me to go back and update these videos, to help clarify that point.
@raifkenedy3
2 жыл бұрын
the immense stress i felt when you tore that paper 😭
@ziaahmad8738
2 жыл бұрын
exactly that hurt man, it was such a good drawing hhh
@CosmicVitamins
4 ай бұрын
It was play, play is fun, he drew it to tear it up, and that was fun to him.
@arihaviv8510
2 ай бұрын
Don't worry... it's saved on KZitem 😊
@indras7497
2 жыл бұрын
I actually get the point, those last pages of the notebook, we know they are not that important and nobody's gonna see it, so we scribble aimlessly and we create a masterpiece. But when we sit down with all those materials and with a fresh page......can't even draw a stroke, fearing how it would turn up. Actually you addressing each and every anxious feeling of a beginner is so thoughtful... goin on to watch all videos of yours ;)
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear that I've been able to touch on a number of your anxieties. There are definitely a lot of barriers that students put up for themselves - it's normal, and extremely common, to the point that sometimes those of us who've gotten further forget that they exist, or worse, see them as a sort of "badge of honour". It just perpetuates the same frustration and unwellness that holds people back.
@varshamandapalli9643
Жыл бұрын
I discovered Drawabox like 2 hours ago, and I'm extremely happy I did. I want to learn art professionally, and I'm starting now. When you tore that good drawing, my face was like, "😱🙊😳." This is a reminder to not take everything seriously and just have fun with your art journey. I cannot wait to learn and change my beginner mindset . Thank you a ton for creating such an amazing website and content.
@peebo1440
Жыл бұрын
Just some encouragement 3 months after you discovered drawabox! I hope you are continuing your art journey and learning/working/playing art! Keep at it! ❤
@varshamandapalli9643
Жыл бұрын
@@peebo1440 Oh, thank for your comment :) I'm trying to draw and learn everyday. Had a few hiccups but overcame them and I'm not stopping ❤️
@flamingaish
Жыл бұрын
keep going varsha !!
@Omer-ub9mz
2 ай бұрын
Progress report?
@Vyrkhan
15 сағат бұрын
@@Omer-ub9mzlooks like she gave up
@BaddeBadger
4 ай бұрын
Despite everything, the 50% rule is the part that has made me fail every time I do Drawabox. Doing something to fail makes me anxious since it goes against what we are conditioned to believe about 'valuable' product that results from our labor. Unlearning things makes me anxious because it feels like time lost and wasted. Thanks for this video. It really does mean a lot to reframe how I look at drawing and making art.
@meat981
2 жыл бұрын
The lesson at 4:00 actually made me feel happy instead of upset or scared. I've been practicing all day and I've made massive improvements. But when I make me some doodles, bad moods go away u.u (automatic drawing) I'll 100% use the 50% rule And absolutely with the positive and negative thing. Breaks are really useful, and I have adhd so I do just wander off a lot. I've found that breaks helps a lot, often when I come back after a break I do better performing compared to exact moment I stopped before the break.
@marise-cellardoor2031
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who was mid-doodle when you mentioned the challenge of this (initially thought I was being chastised haha) Thank you so much for mentioning ADHD in this! This is something that I really struggle with and has put me off courses in the past. Truly means so much to feel included. For the first time in a long time I feel motivation to pick up art again
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear it! It's definitely something many of our students struggle with, and I think it can, if not addressed, undermine one's confidence and make them feel like they're not suited to this task. It would be naive to say that we're all the same and that we all face the same struggles - but in recognizing and talking about them, we can show each other that there are paths forward for each of us.
@mogblin
4 ай бұрын
I've been working through lesson 3 of Draw a Box, and I came back to this video. I just want to say, Draw a Box was so important for me in learning a healthy mindset towards drawing and being a beginner. It gave me so much confidence and also reassured me that it was okay to be a beginner and to fail and to make mistakes. Because I have to make mistakes in order to learn. There's no race to the finish line or secret advice that not knowing will doom me to failure for the rest of my life. There are so many other art tutorials/courses out there that are really demoralizing and make a beginner feel like they are going to fail no matter what, and the pressure they create to succeed and get everything right is so paralyzing and overwhelming. Draw a Box is a lot kinder than that. I'm glad I started here on my drawing journey. It's been great to learn the fundamentals, but also the philosophies of the course have been really encouraging.
@Uncomfortable
4 ай бұрын
I'm glad to hear that our approach has resonated with you. What you recounted is certainly our intent, so it means a lot that it's having its intended impact!
@joshuar.7729
2 жыл бұрын
I've only been doing Drawabox for a little more than a week, but I went back to this video while feeling unmotivated, and it helped a lot, very well done!
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that it helped!
@Lingatsu
2 жыл бұрын
How are your progress since the beginning ?
@joshuar.7729
2 жыл бұрын
@@Lingatsu I just recently finished the 250 box challenge, although, I did more than 250, due to the fact that I didn't apply line extension correctly on the first 230. Today, I just started working on the arrows exercise. If you're wondering about how my progress in drawing overall has advanced, I'd say that my 50% rule drawings tend to use more perspective than beforehand, but I haven't really been paying attention to that. Hope you found that useful. However, I'd suggest you not make judgement about the course by what I say. I am less than 2 lessons in, so my progress has little to do with all the things that can probably be learned through drawabox.
@Lingatsu
2 жыл бұрын
@@joshuar.7729 I see thanks for your answer and congratulations to keep going with the course. On my side I feel a little unmotivated recently but maybe it's temporary.
@Something-nh5ds
Жыл бұрын
@@joshuar.7729 Hey! How are you doing on your journey?
@laurewinkelmans9501
Жыл бұрын
For me this makes perfect sense. If you view drawing too much as a technical skill and you put pressure on yourself, you get burnt out. You should draw what you want. For me that's why I began taking lessons from drawabox.
@Badartist888
6 ай бұрын
11:00 Also worth remembering that concentration is a skill like so many others. Just speaking for myself, I thought I might have ADHD (nope just boring old autism with bi-polar) but by making a few life changes my concentration has dramatically improved and I'm living a much more fulfilled life and I kind of wonder how I thought I ever had ADHD. Obviously ADHD is real (my partner has it) I just don't and thought I did. They were: - Far less social media (almost none and always to a time limit). This was the big one. Your brain registers every post as a separate thing and released dopamine. It ruins your brains ability to concentrate like nothing else. Just using less social media is probably 50% of the result and also it only takes a few days of detox and sitting in some boredom before your brain resets its reward centres. - Only using screens for specific purposes. Related to the last one but the next step. I wasted so much time doing repeated game loops while half-watching KZitem things I didn't really care about. Lost so much time in it. Now my computer stays off unless I have a specific reason to use it. Same for tv and phone (well phone is on but I don't use it for social media). Of course that reason might be 'watch a funny video while eating lunch'. But more often its me doing things that, while still fun and my hobbies, take a bit of work. ie writing, prepping for my DnD game etc. - Read more. It's so much more satisfying than games. If I go back to a game I get bored really quickly then return to my current book. I mix up the topics. Things I like, things I know nothing about, fiction, non-fiction, self help, even some text books I got my hands on. - Changing my self talk from praising myself for innate qualities (talent, intelligence etc) and praising myself for putting in the work. For an explanation watch the Andrew Huberman KZitem channel episode about the growth mindset. Basically training myself to enjoy the grind and seeing the results and stopping the talk I do about how I can't focus for any time as its a self fulfilling prophecy. Also learning to enjoy the process. - Knowing what I am doing with my time. Like instead of 'practice art' I spend a few seconds to think about what thing I want to learn or practice. Been doing that for most things and its really helped me organise my day and get shit done. Far more than vague goals of 'clean' or whatever. - Meds for my bi-polar. With my psyc I tried a few different meds until I found one that helps me the most. You have so self advocate for your mental health and also work on it away from psycs. A one hour appointment every month isn't going to solve all your problems. Like anything you gotta put the work in. While meds haven't been the biggest change, they have allowed me to do a lot of the changes. Considering it takes seconds a day to take my meds it has the single biggest time/ advantage ratio by a huge margin. Of course I am lucky in that I live in a country with good, cheap, health care. Anyway, that is a list of things that helped me with my concentration and putting in the work.
@midnari
2 жыл бұрын
Haha! Failure can't stop me! I have failed at everything I've ever done - You can't fear the inevitable, you can only challenge it!
@billiebyron9890
5 ай бұрын
i know i'm gonna hate the 50% rule, but i'm also excited about it, weirdly enough. i picked up a fear of failure from traditional education, just like you said, and i've known that for ages - but i've NEVER had anyone give me advice on how to work through that fear other than "just stop being afraid to fail!" all that does is make me upset i'm failing at not being afraid of failure. but separating work from play and following the 50% rule are things i can ACTUALLY DO. i guess what i'm trying to say is - thank you for giving me an actual strategy for dealing with my fear, instead of just telling me to get over it without telling me how. edit: oh, and thanks x2 for acknowledging ADHD right there in the video. made me feel seen. 💕
@Uncomfortable
5 ай бұрын
Honestly I was worried what I said here wasn't that different from telling people to draw just for the hell of it, so I'm glad that you felt the video goes further and provides you with something more actionable. That said, there are people who struggle so much with that fear that they physically cannot do it. Those cases really fall outside of the scope of drawing, and benefit from more professional help - counseling, therapy, etc. to break down the underlying causes of those extreme emotional responses, and help develop strategies for managing them.
@akiuta4
8 ай бұрын
Wow I mean specifically addressing my struggles as a person with ADHD right there in the video. This really meant something to me. It feels so nice and genuine for you to acknowledge me and say that it's okay if I'm different with how I do it. Your course has the persona of a strict teacher. With the 250 box challenge and all. But I truly know that you mean it all well. Unlike the teachers who just say they do. And doing this all for free on top of it. ..... You're so awesome.
@lydiamoo16
Жыл бұрын
my art never recovered from the three years I spent pursuing STEM, and I never understood why it was so hard for me to relearn to draw. I forgot to start with these fundamentals and place so many limitations on myself, and as you said am crushed with the pressure to make things as beautiful as my past art which really set me back.
@coreo6688
2 жыл бұрын
Ok, I typed about a month and a half ago(?) that I'm gonna start, unfortunately I didn't because I heard you talk about ADHD, I said hmm I heard about ADHD before why don't I check it out, it turns out that I actually have ADHD and my depression and anxiety stemmed from ADHD, so thank you for this, in about 2 weeks I'll get on medication and in another 2 I'll start therapy when I'm gonna start medication I'll try to come back to Drawabox and start getting into it, I really would benefit from doing this but I thought it might have been a better idea to focus on mental health rather than the course so I only played with art instead of learning a lot of new things but not to worry I am but 18 years old I have all the time in the world now, so thank you again, now even if I don't finish Drawabox I still have to thank Drawabox in a couple of years.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I'm honestly deeply gratified to hear that you were able to seek diagnosis and support, and that you've got such a positive, healthy outlook on this. You're right - you do have all the time in the world, and no matter where it takes you, you're clearly walking down a solid path, with a good head on your shoulders.
@lunarex2731
2 жыл бұрын
Im completly struggling with this, I wanna draw some cool anime characters but i dont know how to draw a simplified body. I go to look for assistance online and i get told to go learn anatomy or even figure drawing. I dont wanna keep drawing only headshots but i dont know where to look that tells me how to make a simplified body that i can draw with little anatomy knowledge, and thats when i get discourage and want to give up.
@noob_artistrrrr
2 жыл бұрын
Anatomy is too advanced to learn for a beginner, at least for me so now instead of learning anotomy I'm learning the fundamentals like shape and perspective.
@lunarex2731
2 жыл бұрын
@@noob_artistrrrr thats what im doing now
@ReblazeGaming
2 жыл бұрын
Well to learn how to draw a simplified body you need to learn how to draw a realistic one first or at least study it alongside trying to draw simplified bodies
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
One thing to note is that you said you want to draw some "cool anime characters" - that implies, to me, that you're focused on drawing them well. That's normal, and a natural desire to have, but the point of the 50% rule is to get accustomed to the idea that your drawings aren't going to be particularly good (many will be downright awful) right now, and that it's okay. That you don't have to draw something well for your time to have been well spent, and that it's not a waste of your time if you don't have something concrete to show for it.
@lunarex2731
2 жыл бұрын
@@Uncomfortable thx uncomfortable
@Crick2x9
Жыл бұрын
Ok seeing him tear up that drawing really... bothered me...
@Fludd-Stop
2 жыл бұрын
Never before have I felt a video resonate with me so deeply, I adore how this video bluntly tackles so many of those natural fears and doesn't try to hide the difficulty and vigorousness that is to come with this course. I am so excited to learn with this course!!
@mohamed-amenyussuf1185
Күн бұрын
The funny part about this video is that It addresses all the fears that I'm thinking right after they pop into my head lol.
@comrade_raptor
2 жыл бұрын
i think the crux of this video is actually an incredibly important lesson to learn and apply to just about everything we do in life. Thanks so much for this
@hoodwinkedDaDon
Жыл бұрын
You are one of the most amazing educators i've ever seen. Like, the things you consider are so human, it's beautiful
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the kind words!
@DK-ym8jr
2 жыл бұрын
The approach on the 50% rule was actually very enlightening on many things. Like why immersion is so helpful for learning a new language. Thanks!
@WakeUpMaggie
Жыл бұрын
I might use digital tools for the 50% rule, since it's something I'm excited to explore. Outside of that, I fear the depressive episodes that could come from "failure." I have enough of those as is! 😭
@megangilmore9355
Жыл бұрын
This video is incredible. Every point he makes is something I struggled with and went through myself. I'm jumping back into drawabox after a year and after I've just gotten my 250 box challenge critique back (I've been assigned 20 more lol). It's hard not to view this as I'm a failure because I need more practice, but who cares!!
@Lingatsu
2 жыл бұрын
I find the 50% rule really hard. For 30min of lesson i find 30min of free drawing really long. Especially because what I draw isn't beautiful to me. I know it's not the mindset but do you have some advices please ? I have high requirement toward myself. And when it's not "good" enough I easily want to give up. I'm also bored easily so even 20min of free drawing seem really loooong in comparison to the lesson when I have a goal (finishing the lesson). I may have ADHD.
@nerfytheclown
4 ай бұрын
I also rather liked the monkey businessman. I also love transitory art. Sand castles and snow creatures...great video. Great program.
@theunknowndoodler
3 ай бұрын
I started this course quite a few years ago now, however abandoned it after getting sick of a few too many lines. I've finally returned with a bit more maturity and the 50% rule, although gruelling, is a brilliant idea and I am excited to test it out.
@ttgsct
2 жыл бұрын
i’m just starting DAB (first lesson) and I did the 50% rule. the results were so bad but i’m glade i did it when i know nothing about drawing and already expected the results to be absolutely garbage anyway. It would be much harder if I waited until I learned quite a few lessons and have to accept my ugly drawings then after all the practices ive done. (I even had fun drawing those silly things after doing it a few times)
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
Keep it up! Glad to hear you had a little fun with it.
@Kennedy-c1y
Ай бұрын
The part where he talked about how if you post your art online it will just be ignored isn't really true because just the other day on titkok I saw a 13 year old getting doxxed for posting there art
@noonewatchesmyvideos3891
Жыл бұрын
Great lesson! I'm just looking for a TLDR here... Edit: Ok I'll just do it myself TL;DR - Spend 50% of time learning art and 50% trying to drawing random shit yourself (anything is fine, no need to be too strict on applying the techniques learned in drawabox). Don't be scared of failure. Also, the slight tremble when he tore up the monkey drawing lmao
@Cruxinoli
2 жыл бұрын
The only reason you're not improving is because you're not trying to draw the stuff that you want to improve on. Oh my god why did I realize this so late.
@MistyHaven
Жыл бұрын
I needed this, Uncomfy. I'm happy to see your mastery in both constructing and conveying philosophy of art (and life) has persisted. Hope you're doing well
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
Good to hear from you! Both Scylla and I are doing well. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video - out of the whole course, it's definitely the most important one, although one that people still do struggle to fully understand and apply. But it's all one step at a time.
@MistyHaven
Жыл бұрын
@@Uncomfortable I am SO happy to hear you and Scylla are going strong!! God that warms my heart to no end. It's definitely something I neglected when I was doing the fundies and now that my life has settled out of some...chaos, I definitely plan on just doing some art for its own sake. Oddly enough, it was doing a small craft project of making a little rock decoration with my grandmother that made me think: the process of creation with no particular end goal, no way to fail, but just trying, knowing that you could adjust something in the future if you so desire, is so freeing and fun.. so human.
@adamusedsplash8734
Жыл бұрын
This takes me back to when I was determined to get better at drawing and I spent every day working at it for a few years. Drawing just isn't for me. As much as I'd love the talent. I think you've got to be blessed with intelligence to learn this insanely difficult skill. I failed and gave up. Hopefully others will have better luck.
@qwertydavid8070
Жыл бұрын
THIS!!!! This type of mindset is not only important for drawing, but for literally any creative hobby. And yet almost all the tutorials skip it. They obviously don't do this on purpose, these people have drawn for so long that a lot of these concepts just come naturally to them, they don't have to actively think about them. So they incorrectly assume that they come naturally to everyone too. School convinces you that failure should be avoided at all costs. Having the context that failure is actually beneficial for creative hobbies would make pursuing them much easier and actually enjoyable. The problem is that everyone assumes that creative hobbies are pursued in the same way as academic learning, which is just wrong. And again, they're right to think that because that's what they've been accustomed to for years. Failure is a critical part of growth. Thank you so much for clarifying this!
@mohamadparadox2453
2 жыл бұрын
then i'll do whatever i want, also i have been going through drawabox years ago all i've been doing is writing and writing *every* single page of drawabox giving me needless exhaustion then i realized that i don't need to do any of that, the best way to learn is action after all everything is clicking here,
@bigrice5047
2 жыл бұрын
This is my ASMR. I actually just put this on as I'm doing the ellipse table to warm-up both my muscle and importantly, my spirit.
@mihose8822
Жыл бұрын
I have a problem that i cant enjoy drawing even tho i realy want to
@thinkinggrin165
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow... The 50% rule hits hard. I am just watching this out of curiosity. I want to create Animations or further Interaktive Videogames. Therefore learning Blender and currently Unreal Engine. "Tutorial hell" or "i am not ready" is one hell of a problem. In my case it also leads to heavy procrastination. Not feeling prepared to tackle anything instead of just having a bit of fun without restrictions and judgement and not looking for the next tutorial for the "pile of shame" of unfinished tutorials.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely. I actually come from a game development background, and worked as a game programmer for several years (primarily using Unity). What I say here is equally valid for programming - the most effective approach I used when teaching myself was picking a project and allowing it to guide what I went about learning and when. In other words, I would constantly run into things I didn't know or understand, and upon hitting such a roadblock, I'd find a tutorial or article addressing that issue specifically, or perhaps the topic more generally, and would get past it, only to come up against something else. I was able to see my progress in relation to what I ultimately wanted to build, and never got mired in the "copy my code" type of learning you see in most tutorials, because I would always be applying it to my own work. I suppose there is a difference, but it's not that important - the fact that just writing random characters in an IDE won't compile. But when you're drawing, you don't have to draw *correctly* in order to have a drawing at the end, and so there are no barriers aside from those we impose for ourselves.
@thinkinggrin165
2 жыл бұрын
@@Uncomfortable Thanks for answering. I will surely keep that in mind 😊 KZitem did not give me a notification 💩
@ayushmishra-mg9dz
Жыл бұрын
hey from where are you learning blender please reply
@captainmoondog1947
2 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video, although I have a question: I'm an artists who does commission, I can still try this 50% rule?
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
You certainly can, but I think it would help to understand that this rule is targeted primarily at people who do not have the kind of confidence or willingness to push their boundaries that I would assume to already be present in one who is willing to do paid commissions. So, to that effect, I would want you to choose your proportions - that is, instead of 50/50, maybe 33/33/33 - between study, play, and work (commissions). Or, since I imagine commissions are probably not going to be a consistent thing, you may alter that as needed from week to week.
@Lingatsu
Жыл бұрын
This remind me of the "growth mindset" from Carol Dweck. I think I currently have a "fixed mindset" (persuaded to not able to learn drawing due to a lack of patience and talent). But I'll do my best to changing that to a growth mindset. By the way, do you plan on creating a book with all the lessons ? It would be great to support you.
@Stellana
2 жыл бұрын
"The worst that will happen is people will ignore it. No one will be angry, because no one actually cares." I wish this were true lol. I've experienced people making fun of my art pretty aggressively before. 😅 The internet can be brutal to beginners.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
Oof. In which corners of the net did you generally find that to occur?
@Stellana
2 жыл бұрын
@@Uncomfortable Fandom circles. Which I think can be generally welcoming, but some people entertain themselves by putting other people down I guess.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
@@Stellana People do get really weird when they take arbitrary ownership of something and start policing others in how they engage with it.
@Gina-if6zh
Жыл бұрын
I get the point but nooooooo I liked monkey business man 😰
@Gossamer24
6 ай бұрын
I'm enjoying the course so far and the videos help a lot. Thank you for making them (and the course over), I'm starting to learn drawing in my 30s and it's been so helpful to have the course to be a guide. : )
@zieteniere7500
9 сағат бұрын
I have a question - when we're drawing something without a reference, how will we know how or what to draw if we can't remember it? When I think of something and start to draw it, unless it's a very common object that is simple, I can't think of how to draw it. For example, I can think of an apple, a tree, a rose. But beyond these simple shapes, if I want to draw, say, my own pets, I can't imagine the necessary details in my mind to be able to know where to put what. Is that the point of the exercise? I'm worried about spending time executing incorrectly/bad habits on details or proportions that don't make sense. If drawing is muscle memory shouldn't I start by trying to ingrain doing things well? It almost feels like quizzing someone before they've even been exposed to the answers to the quiz - I don't want to get stuck in a loop of answering wrong over and over because that was how I practiced it initially when I could have just studied the course material.
@jasondads9509
2 жыл бұрын
I swear i saw this video a month or so ago
@so5532
4 ай бұрын
Thankful that you mention ADHD 🙂
@vulpeeze
Жыл бұрын
The 50% rule is so useful for programming, i can't wait to use it for drawing too. Tutorial Hell is too big of an issue for the same fears 😭
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
I strongly agree. Once upon a time, before changing careers towards concept art and illustration, I was a game programmer - and while that is something I studied in school, what I learned in college pales in comparison to what I learned from simply diving in, accepting that failure was inevitably, and learning from embarking on projects well beyond my ability.
@logansyoutube
Жыл бұрын
Hey Uncomfortable, is the 50% rule there so that we make sure we are getting enough time to actually practice and put the knowledge in action, or is it to reduce the amount of knowledge we consume in a day so that we don't overwhelm ourselves? I'm sorry if that was difficult to understand but I hope that was easy to decipher. :)
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
In this video, I talk about both as reasons as to why the 50% rule is important, because they are both valuable reasons to follow the rule. It's not one or the other.
@racistlightyear4504
Жыл бұрын
i struggle with ADHD and i think it's the reason i cant apply the 50% rule! i get distracted from the drawing to study well. what should i do?
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I can't provide advice when it comes to specific conditions - so I would recommend, if you haven't already, try to get the ADHD addressed by a professional, so you can be armed with the tools you need to pursue the things you want.
@drenji463
Жыл бұрын
I've also got ADHD. Try these things while keeping in mind that even among us ADHD folk, nobody is the same. These things work for ME. Also, these are things I do BESIDES being on meds and going to therapy so if you aren't doing these (yet) for whatever reason (there are plenty valid ones unfortunately). 1) Assign a space on your work desk or wherever in your home that's always ready to go for a drawing session. I went overboard here and permanently set up a wooden drawing board that I can tilt on my work desk at home. I always put a sheet of A4 paper and a sketchbook on it. That way I can start a session with very little friction. I'd also keep spare A4 paper within arm's reach for during your session. 2) Set a timer. Maybe you heard about the pomodoro technique. You set a timer for 25 or 30 minutes during which you draw with full concentration. Afterwards, you do a 5 minute break and then you work another 25/30 minutes. Rinse and repeat. If you find yourself having a rough time with this, start with 10 minute intervals or even less and work your way up. A kitchen timer or even better a timer that has preset buttons for certain intervals is great for this because it further reduces the friction between you and your brain and the task at hand. 3) If you have regular work hours set a schedule for when to practice. Set up a phone alert that reminds you of it. This one has varying degrees of success for myself but I also have a very irregular work schedule right now. 4) Put a reminder of the 50/50 rule on your workspace. You could cut a circle out of a red sheet of paper and write "50/50" on it and glue it to your drawing desk or something like that. Be creative. Physical cues can be helpful for ADHD people because we tend to forget things (and for other reasons). 5) Start small. This ties back into what I mentioned with the timer. Start setting the goal of drawing EVERY DAY without any goal like "1 hour daily" in mind. Once you have done that for a few weeks start working your way towards 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes etc. I am back to 30 minutes daily even though I am at lesson 5. 6) Accept setbacks and don't be hard on yourself. You will have setbacks. You'll reach points where you can't draw 20 minutes a day if your life depended on it even though you were drawing your ass off for the past 2 months. That's life in general and not just us ADHD folk... it just tends to happen more often for us and it can be more extreme. With time YOU WILL GET BETTER AT BOUNCING BACK! But I won't lie to you: it can be rough at times. Especially the first year. 7) Never give up. If you burnt yourself out accidentally, don't quit yet. Scale back your daily drawing time if needed or go back to doing 5 or 10 minute intervals for your drawing sessions. Stop DAB completely for a week to a month (set a reminder for when you want to start again in your phone's calendar app) if you have to and then get back into it SLOWLY. After nearly burning out after the 250 box challenge I actually started taking at least a week break after each homework submission before starting to even work on DAB again. I'd draw for fun or look at other less intensive excercises in the meantime.
@racistlightyear4504
Жыл бұрын
@@drenji463 thankkk
@drenji463
Жыл бұрын
@@racistlightyear4504 keep pushing through brother! 👊
@araadhyabedi144
Жыл бұрын
You mean I can draw anything even if it looks stupid?
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
Yup.
@saph100
2 жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, how come drawing should go into a shredder afterwards. some of us want to create a timeline of our growth.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
You may have misunderstood - you should be drawing as though what you produce will be destroyed when you're done. You don't actually have to destroy it, and my doing that with Mr Monkey Business was really just to accentuate the point. I actually think it's a good thing to create a timeline of your growth, and I've done the same for mine.
@saph100
2 жыл бұрын
@@Uncomfortable Thinking back I understand what you mean now, avoiding fixation or attachment towards something being the first step to enjoying the act itself.
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
@@saph100 I think we all find that there are things we aren't necessarily ready to absorb or understand in the moment, but that we can come back and reflect upon later.
@saph100
2 жыл бұрын
@@Uncomfortable That and I knew quite a while back, I just didn't have the notifications on at the time to reply to that haha, and plus it takes time because we all got personal lives. Thanks for the advice.
@saph100
10 ай бұрын
To add to this after a long while I'll say that there's a Japanese proverb called wabi sabi, where even imperfections can be creative if not more beautiful than the actual reference itself, and I believe that's what doing it for its own sake is because there can be many varieties of that one reference.
@MultiMetalsnake
2 жыл бұрын
I wasn't watching the video, i was listening to it. And because of that, this part here 15:08 is a legitimate jumpscare.
@dragonusmolamola4140
2 жыл бұрын
we both got jumpscared i was literally looking at pictures of ants when that happened
@nonome8206
8 ай бұрын
You should've lead with this 15 years ago. Now i AM a failure
@SyoDraws
7 ай бұрын
its never too late to start going in the right direction. Dont give up. :)
@Alithium0
Жыл бұрын
the whole double as great life advice man, thanks man!
@jaysadler2476
Жыл бұрын
Honestly this is the video that I needed back then when I started drawabox years ago. In 3 years of learning how to draw, I only allowed myself to play a few times: when I was ill so I couldn't care less about the results- and it was fun, good looking even. Since then I've hard a hard time letting it all go again as I want to achieve my goal and be "successful" but as you said in your video, it definitely comes from fears and mental health issues. Bc of it, I can't draw for fun at all, I get mad at how bad the drawings look etc. I truly feel like all these fears, self pressure etc are the only things actually stopping me from getting better at drawing. Having the right mindset is so difficult for me. This video is what I needed and what I still need today. Thank you, because now I finally get the point of that rule and now that I should work more on my mindset than my actual drawing skills for now. Drawing became a huge work and even a chore. I hope by allowing myself to fail and play, it will get fun and relaxing again. Just like painting, actually. For some reason I don't pressure myself when I paint. I have no expectations. I just paint. And it's fun. And it even looks alright at the end. But what sticks with me more is not the end result but how great it felt when I created it. So I totally get the difference. It's that I feel like I don't *have to* be good at painting.
@Uncomfortable
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear the video resonated with you!
@BattleDuelists
Жыл бұрын
Every other month I comeback to this video, and it keeps me going. Thank you
@puddlestomp7325
6 ай бұрын
There were some points in this video where i thought to myself "my god he's talking about me." I grew up drawing as a hobby and took a lot of art classes and got decently technically proficient, but eventually it became less about enjoying and more about trying to be better, and it just made me feel terrible. I quit drawing for 15 years, and now am trying to pick it up again. The same was true for music. You put words to something I couldn't really explain to people when I told them I just gave up art, it didn't make sense to them.
@Uncomfortable
6 ай бұрын
I hope there is some solace for you in the fact that your experience is entirely normal, and that it's something the majority of people struggle with. At the end of the day, the desire to be good at something can quickly overshadow what other motivations we may have had to be interested in that area of skill, and so retraining our brains to think of it outside of the context of constant achievement is necessary - although it certainly takes some doing.
@Chichilllive
Жыл бұрын
Heya, I’m diagnosed with add, and I can’t focus without something in the background or else I’ll malfunction lmfaao. Music is a great help and helps me focus! Any artist who have the same problem as me, I suggest music while drawing!
@melsgalleria
4 ай бұрын
I just recently found a video about this course. I hadn't heard about it at all until then. Firstly thank you for making this free, and available to all. I know a lot of work went into this and to offer it free is huge, even with a sponsor. Also thank you for mentioning those of us with adhd.
@Chaser10100
2 жыл бұрын
Do you think the 50% rule can be effectively applied to other artforms? Like creative writing or composing music?
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
I do feel like it's an important element to learning anything - but how exactly one might apply it, I'd leave that to people more knowledgeable in the given field in question.
@greatestcait
2 ай бұрын
This exact fear of failure is what has been absolutely debilitating to my endeavors in writing. I hope that, by tackling my fear with a pen, I can conquer it with my keyboard. Thank you, uncomfortable.
@a.beckles6656
Жыл бұрын
Haven't kept up with draw a box because it got really hard. I have been watching videos of other artists & I needed to hear this information. Looking to get back into draw a box soon. Thanks.
@janellecande
Жыл бұрын
same
@artistfool-mf6pf
Ай бұрын
watching you tear up the drawing Hurt!
@zhanucong4614
Ай бұрын
testimony without blood is worthless
@Quat
2 жыл бұрын
Rip monkey business man you will always be remembered
@maslinolovcherik8387
Ай бұрын
"The worst what people do is ignore" Ohhh the irony . Watching how people in almost every social media just crush anyone who even trying to draw just because they are beginers.
@Alresu
14 күн бұрын
Only halfway through the vid and so far the most encouraging for me here is the background drawing. My medium is wood, not paper and with wood burning I can't just erase, so seeing the eraser free drawing process in an early vid of the course raises hopes.
@jakkels3206
4 ай бұрын
omg,,,the murder of the business monkey made my jaw drop..but...makes sense..but damn that was brutal XD hahaha
@k4liburne283
2 жыл бұрын
So Comfy, the half 50% rule is to draw what i want without caring how the results will be, with my current skills right? Let's say, my goal here is figure drawing. When doing the play part, i can't seem to draw what i had in mind. Because i know that i know nothing about gestures, shapes, anatomy, and so on. Because my mind keeps telling me it will fail, miserably, like it won't even look like a figure, holding me from making that first stroke. How can i deal with this? Should i rotate my studying from drawabox lessons to learning figure drawing before i start doing the 50% play part?
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
Ultimately it comes down to accepting that you have an amount of choice in what decisions you make, and what actions you take. There is no one grabbing your wrist, keeping you from making that first stroke. It's just you - and while the brain is a deceptively powerful thing, and sometimes people have to go to war with their own brains to overcome and regain that control, accepting that it's just you there stopping yourself is an important bit of perspective. That said, I too struggled with that kind of fear. I have another video where I talk about it, here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/zp2inICibH1kmqw
@toasega
11 ай бұрын
Personally, I'm here more because I have specific art styles for many of my major ideas, but I can't draw those ideas in those styles without knowing the fundamentals of drawing, like form and perspective. I CAN draw it, I just don't know HOW yet.
@chtulurr
6 ай бұрын
The reason I don't think tearing apart the drawing doesn't prove the point fully, is because if it truly doesn't matter you can make the same argument for keeping the drawings too. In reality each effort matters, and maybe it's harder to not tear apart a really shitty drawing rather than tearing apart a good one. Maybe it would be infinitely more important to encourage people to keep ALL the drawings, especially the really bad ones.
@Halosecretweapon
Ай бұрын
Tearing up the drawing makes a very fine point. It also elicited monkey sounds from myself. Good shit. Enjoying these so far.
@am-ir2bx
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to this I realised the bad things that art therapy can bring when all I needed was to scribble whatever. I just had the most amount of happy and calming chemicals I ever had since I was a kid. I did it on an erasable board and I never felt so free as I did as a kid. I'm so happy that I freed myself from thinking what looks right and just putting my hand to the surface and moving it creates so much joy XD
@Whitepandemic
3 ай бұрын
My only issue with the 50% rule is, when u limited time to really get any drawing done. Fear of failing isn't the issue im faced with lol.. its the fear of not having the time. But ill give it my all >:)
@torcik00
7 ай бұрын
17:20 are you reaching for reffrence beacsue you're afraid to draw something badly or Are you afraid to draw something badly because you are reaching for reffrence ~ Suguru Geto
@sebay4654
Ай бұрын
If i had the ability to draw as i want to i would spend every hour of every waking day id be illustrating the thousands of scenes and character concepts i have in my mind
@DoraPaul-mw6uy
3 ай бұрын
Im actually good at drawing a subject but i have no knowledge in drawing itself shading form nothing
@isaiah3613
9 ай бұрын
4:15 is it weird that I went hell yeah instead😅 I mean the whole time I've been practicing arting I've always made sure to spend more time drawing than studying because I believed that would help me learn better, then I realized I didn't understand the fundamentals so I wanted to find tutorials online and now I'm here
@akarina_toth
5 ай бұрын
i have a question, though. For the 50% rule, can we use still life as references and just draw different parts of it? Like is taking a bottle as my reference and using it for the basic shape but adding some patterns or change some aspects of it fine or does it come under just copying? And what if i just sketch something but from different angles? Is that okay??
@Uncomfortable
5 ай бұрын
It all comes back to intent. If your intent is to create something of your own, and use reference or objects from life to help you with parts of it, then that's fine. If however you're only focusing on drawing that object, exactly as it is - that is, letting what's in front of you dictate what gets drawn rather than making your own decisions and choosing reference elements to pursue those decisions, then it would not be appropriate for the 50% rule's 'play' portion, and would instead be considered part of the 'study' portion.
@akarina_toth
5 ай бұрын
Hmm ok I think I understand now
@akarina_toth
4 ай бұрын
uuhh got another question sorry lol but i was wondering would it be fine to draw characters from memory?
@Uncomfortable
4 ай бұрын
@@akarina_toth Yeah, that'd be fine. If you haven't already, do be sure to go through the written material that accompanies this topic, as it goes further into understanding the spirit behind the rule, which in turn can be used to gauge whether something is appropriate or not for the 50% rule's play section: drawabox.com/lesson/0/2
@zombiezzz0
2 жыл бұрын
I decided from a self help book to start doing things that I've always wanted to do and one of those was drawing and most of the advice they give are the same on in this video so I find that Hilarious
@Artistic_vibe_Anne
6 ай бұрын
Excuse me sir I think you should also do a live stream so some beginners can ask questions
@Uncomfortable
6 ай бұрын
Students ask me plenty of questions via youtube comments as well as on our discord chat server, so there are plenty of existing opportunities to do so.
@Artistic_vibe_Anne
6 ай бұрын
@@Uncomfortable ok sir got it
@zatty232
9 ай бұрын
Why do you have to speak such uncomfortable truth :(
@Uncomfortable
9 ай бұрын
Wouldn't really suit the username if I only stuck to what was comfortable!
@zatty232
9 ай бұрын
@@Uncomfortable Can't argue with that. :p
@SurealG
2 жыл бұрын
Its Kinda funny how I was doodling when you where talking about not doing so
@shutupack5389
9 ай бұрын
The one thing I keep coming back to is characters from stories I like. When I feel like I want to draw a certain character, I can't decide it I should draw it completely from memory or not. The issue is this character looks really complex and hard to remember. When I draw him out based off of completely bare memory, the resemblance is completely off. Would it be okay if I just took a glance at art of the character for a quick reference, and then closing it before drawing? How rigidly should I follow the "let it be bad?" principle because I feel like if it resembled my chosen character ever so slightly more than it'd make the act so much less painful.
@Uncomfortable
9 ай бұрын
You kind of answered your own question. Ultimately this stuff comes down to the intent behind the choices - if you want to reach for reference because you want to spare yourself the unpleasantness of having the result come out poorly, then you're doing it because you *need* that result to come out better. The purpose of the 50% rule is to allow students to get used to drawing things that don't come out as they'd hoped, so they can ultimately become more resilient and experience less (or ideally, no) pain from it. Given that this is very much still something you're struggling with, I believe you should allow the resemblance to be completely off. Once that causes you less pain however, and you're generally less bothered by it as a whole, then you can certainly glance at those references.
@wyntrheart
2 жыл бұрын
this sounds like exactly what I need!
@ja3d
6 ай бұрын
Please draw something affordable for us this draws give me fear on drawing an quit learning to draw
@AceComics
2 жыл бұрын
Wow - the first few minutes of this video were such a slap of reality! I've never heard my own fears and trepidation about drawing stated so perfectly.
@sasjay8288
9 ай бұрын
4:00, Me who's already made all those mistakes and already fixed them:Kalm
@youshakhalid7319
2 жыл бұрын
Great video uncomfortable. I just have 1 question regarding the 50% rule, I'm also learning pixel art which at it's core also drawing, but the methodology differs alot from traditional drawing. Will working on pixel art count towards the 50% rule?
@Uncomfortable
2 жыл бұрын
That's a bit complicated, and it's honestly hard to make a concrete call on that. I think the best answer I can provide right now is that it's okay for pixel art to constitute part of your 50% rule time, but that you'll probably want to mix it with other kinds of drawing as well.
@arendjedonk863
3 ай бұрын
The intro is tooooooo long. It is losing the message, keep it clean and simple please.
@RuinedTemple
3 ай бұрын
Mr. Uncomfortable, before I begin to attempt this course, I have a question about the "play" part of the 50% rule... Are we supposed to draw ONLY directly from our imagination during that time? When I used to draw often, years ago, I almost always would find a drawing that I liked by another artist & then just mastercopy it or copy it & then add in details or alter it how I wanted. But, I would like to develop the skill to be able to draw anything that I want from my imagination or anything that I can conceptualize/think up, without being dependant on copying others' designs. So, for that part of the 50% rule, should I not copy others' artwork or designs at all & draw ENTIRELY from the imagination? I, too, have aphantasia, & the prospect of that is pretty intimidating at almost 40 & feels very... yucky, err.. squirmy? Idk. However, if that's what is advised or "the rules" for what/how we are to draw during that half of the 50% rule, then I will try it that way regardless of how it feels. Thank you, Adrian
@Uncomfortable
3 ай бұрын
I do touch on this in the "FAQ" portion of the video, which is also elaborated upon in the text portion of the lesson which you'll find here: drawabox.com/lesson/0/2/faq but to give you a short answer, no you are not required to only work from your imagination, in the sense of reference not being allowed, but there are certain ways of using reference that would constitute a study rather than play. Specifically, this would include any situation where you are reproducing an image exactly as it appears - a mastercopy (or masterstudy as they're also referred to) is an exercise used to learn how the artist made their choices as they worked through a piece, so that we can better understand the choices we make, and how we make them. And so, as an exercise, it would not fall under play. Similarly, copying a reference photo directly would also be a different kind of study - and thus would not constitute play. Using multiple pieces of reference however (which I demonstrate in this video with the example of a woman riding a tiger through a market), where you are making your decisions in terms of what goes where, and choosing reference based on what fits *your* intent, rather than allowing those references to dictate your choices, is fine. The only situation where I would not recommend using reference at all however is if a student is actively afraid or hesitant to work without them - that they reach for those references as a necessity, rather than as a tool. In that case, it would be more important that the student break down that fear by facing it head-on, choosing to draw without reference. Then, once that fear is weakened, you can go back to using references and will probably find yourself less tethered to them as a result. Ultimately what you do for play is not meant to help you improve your skills. It is there to break down the expectations we impose upon ourselves (like that arbitrary feeling that at age 40 not being able to draw at a certain level feels yucky, despite being 40 years old actually saying very little about how much time you've spent learning to draw, and how you've gone about it), as it's those unrealistic expectations that manifest as barriers to our growth. One last thing - a lot of people create this idea around drawing "from your imagination" as though it is a very specific badge of honour that one can only achieve by specifically drawing without references of any sort, just pulling stuff out of your head. But that's not actually what it is, not in the slightest. It all comes back to what I said earlier about the "choices" we make. About being in control of the idea of what it is we wish to draw, and not allowing the tools we use to dictate those choices. Reference can - and often does - still play a role, it's just one that helps elevate what it is we ultimately produce. The use of reference in this manner itself is also what fuels and develops our internal visual libraries - allowing us to take bits and pieces of that with us, and rely on it later when no reference is available. But it is not the absence of reference that qualifies as drawing "from your imagination" - it's how the tools themselves are used. I can draw without reference, and I frequently do - but if I'm working on something where the end result matters, whether it is for my portfolio, or a piece for a client, then I will absolutely use reference to help me produce the best result I can. The result is still a reflection of my imagination though, because I was in control. I chose which tools would help me achieve my goal, rather than choosing the goal that would fit my tools. So, I wouldn't worry too much about the whole "drawing from imagination" thing right now, because it's more likely to create its own arbitrary barriers in your path, created by yet more expectations of how things *might* be, rather than how they are. Rather, in developing your spatial reasoning skills, and learning to understand how the objects you're drawing are built up with individual three dimensional forms, and how they relate to one another in 3D space, you will find your ability to draw from your imagination, to use those references as tools rather than decision-makers, improving without you even intending for it to do so. Drawing from my imagination isn't something I've practiced all that much, in a direct or specific sense. Rather, I practiced my foundational skills (spatial reasoning again being the most important for this), and allowed the rewiring of my brain to manifest in how I was playing.
@KuroChaser
14 күн бұрын
rayos... ahora me va a tocar buscar terapia antes de volver a este curso xd
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