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In this lesson I'd like to just touch on a few points about maturity as an artist, that I hope will be
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encouraging to you, and also just really help you on your journey of becoming a great character artist.
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The first point is that, I want to encourage you to be very selfish about your art.
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And when I say selfish, I don't mean not loving to others, what I mean is really do the work you want
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to do, and focus on your own work- don't worry about other people's work.
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Don't worry about comparing yourself to other people's art.
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You could never be them, you could never do what they do, simply because you aren't them. Focuse on your
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own work focus on your own style.
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Focus on your own art goals.
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That is very very important.
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When you look at someone else's work, perhaps an artist you feel might be better than you, look at it
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in an appreciative sense, and also see what you can learn.
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But if there's something I want to caution you against, never ever ever ever compare yourself to another
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artist. Once again:
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You are not that person.
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It is very likely that it is impossible for you to do work in the exact same way that they do it.
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It's just not possible, you're not them, you are you.
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So focus on your own work and your own self
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in a sense, in terms of how you create art. Create art that you want to do and in doing so you're not
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pandering to the art that you think people want to see or that might impress others.
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Do art that impresses you.
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I think that's primarily what I want you to get from when I say, "be very selfish with your artwork." Create
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artwork that impresses you, and that meets the standards that you would want of yourself.
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Next I'd like to talk about fear.
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Now, I'm no stranger to fear in art although, I have to say these days I don't really worry about it that
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much.
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Of course we will all experience fear in art and in art making to some extent.
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The first thing on to say is that, if you have the time, if you have the inclination, and if you have the
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funds to do it, definitely buy a book called "Art and fear". It will be very very helpful to you and your
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art journey and it's definitely an excellent read, and it covers many of the fears that artists typically
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feel, right.
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So, definitely consider buying "Art and Fear", it is a great resource, it is a very valuable resource for you.
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The second thing is, you're going to have to learn as you're drawing and painting that failure isn't
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something to be feared.
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Right.
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Failure is actually wonderful.
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Think about a kid who burns himself on the stove for the first time, right. At that moment.
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Sure, it does suck.
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I mean he's burned himself and that's horrible.
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But, he has learned something pretty valuable from that experience, and it's unlikely that he's going
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to make that mistake again.
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Right.
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So what I want encourage you to do is, start becoming fearless.
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Be courageous, be brave.
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Don't stare at the blank page in trepidation.
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Don't worry about drawing or put it off or procrastinate because you're worried it might not be good.
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Who cares about good? What is good?
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I mean, do we have various ideals and standards of what we feel good is may vary from person to person.
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As long as you're learning the theory, you're practicing daily based on the theory, you will gain skill
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in art.
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So you don't need to worry about being good or that creating a good piece.
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Just create the work you want to create, and over time, you will reach a place where you realize that
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you've gotten to where you wanted to be in your art.
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Ultimately that's what is going to come down to.
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You're going to want to be somewhere, and you're going to have to take a journey to get there.
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So let go of your fear.
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Maybe it's too easy to say that to you, to let go of your fear, but I won't encourage you.
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You need to be courageous.
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You need to be brave.
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And more importantly, you need to be willing to fail.
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You need to be willing to fail a lot. If you're unwilling to fail and you don't like the taste of failure;
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perhaps art isn't for you.
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Lastly, I want to talk about the fear related to technical ability- that is your ability to draw good
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lines, to understand forms, to implement the theory correctly.
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Technical ability is very much a learned thing.
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It is very much a learned thing. You learn the theory, You implement exercises, you grind it into your
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brain, and eventually it becomes a part of you. When it becomes a part of you,
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you start doing drawings,
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People look at your work and they think it's magic coming out of that pencil, but really it's just repetition
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of the theory, constantly hammering it into your brain, that you're able to eventually make it a part
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of you.
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So I want you to not be afraid of doing art because you're worried about your technical ability.
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It really is a technical thing.
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Once again remember: Art is a medium.
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So when you're learning how to implement in this medium, it really is just a process of "well this
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works, and this doesn't work'.
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I also want to add, that you know, when you talk about character we're talking anything that's kind
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of realist.
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Right.
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We're differentiating ourselves substantially from people who do abstract art and post modern art and
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those other types of art forms.
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We really are realists.
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And the beauty about realism is, realism is rules.
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You learn the rules, you implement the rules, you get better at art.
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So really, don't fear drawing and creating art and perhaps even completing this course because you are
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worried about your technical ability. You'll see after the course is complete, that you will have the tools you
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need, the theoretical tools you need, to start practicing and refining your technical ability into
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just a beautifully crafted, let's say "weapon of art" if you wish.
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You'll find that the course will provide you with plenty of tools that you can use to really refine
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your technical ability to something really beautiful and something that really works for you.
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