This has given me a lot to think about. It's funny, spontaneous moments of creativity oftentimes result in a more concise image for me, perhaps because intuition is more in tune with what the focus is? Definitely agree on the importance of knowing when to hold back on the 'bling' so as to not overwhelm the audience or lose your vision in the creation process. It's one of those things that is inevitably sharpened with practice, and discovering what elements matter most to you to communicate. I think with social media too, the beauty element has been heavily emphasized to the point it's at the forefront when developing an idea, even if not necessarily needed, which I still need to work on lol. Very informative video, thank you!

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Right on. I would often find good results just winging it when I was starting out. And this would make me concerned that I didn't have full control... That I wasn't a "proper artist". But I think the reality is that there is a little bit of magic and spontaneity in any good process. It's hard to control these things with conscious thought. Instead, we need to build our intuitive skills and trust the process 🙂

Your art is delicious. There is no other way to put it

@MrHazz111

7 ай бұрын

That's actually a great way to describe it. Juicy and sharp.

@lemonyandzesty

7 ай бұрын

I love Tim's art. So good.

Thank You sir. I was confused how to draw "compositionally correct" and "narratively effective" until today. now I think I can balance them out now. Thank you so much.

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

Excellent!

Thanks for this video! I have heard tonal, but this explained it so well. I have always been drawn to the light and dark but I’ll be curious now to see what some of my favorite artist use. I am just starting out and this is another thing to consider in my artwork but it makes sense. I was always heard and worried about more contrast when it’s grey out but now I see I can use color too! When I think I heard it all I learn something new!

It's so interesting, the differences in needs between comics, versus illustration or even fine art. The need for easy readability in comics means many of the panels will benefit the story by being fairly simple, straight-forward, and fully considering the readability from panel to panel, while communicating the emotional context of the characters. Whereas in illustration and fine art, you need to make what may otherwise be fairly mundane objects (like the vase of flowers) into something really interesting that seems to want to communicate something more than it is. I've struggled a lot with deciding if I want to focus my efforts more towards illustration, even fine art, vs. more towards comics. Of course I don't have to pick between one or the other, but as far as which to focus more on at any given time, that's been difficult for me. I love comics and manga, and want to tell stories, but it also kind of bothers me that my art must be in the service of telling a story, which means I need to write a story first. Whereas with fine art and illustration I can start drawing straight away, but sometimes I feel like I don't know how to make single images in a way people will care about. But you've given me a lot of food for thought here. Thanks for making this video!

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

Right on! I had a lot of these same thoughts and struggles early on in my career for sure. And, frankly, I still do think about this a lot. Here's a few thoughts that really helped to clarify things for me. Firstly, I really view the completed book, the finished product as the artwork. This is something that's hard to experience until you obviously do finish one, but I think the fact of having a physical printed book, even if it is just one book that you self-print and self-publish is amazing. There's something about holding that finished product in your hands that transcends a lot of the other types of art that I have created. And there is an encapsulation of a finished product there that is hard to beat. Which is to say, that if you do complete a book or a story it may have that feeling of polish and finality overall that you're seeking. The other thing that I started to do a lot more of is to create very simple single page stories where I would just sit down and come up with some silly idea and then draw it. The other thing that I started to do and this really did make a lot of my art take off more than it had previously... Was to start creating illustrations that had a very narrative bent. Most of the works that I've created that people really seem to respond well to have this idea- where there is a feeling that this is a story that this is a moment in time that there is a larger world outside this image. This also helped me to get a lot of concept art jobs doing this exact same thing where I was able to create the backgrounds and the characters all in one image. I don't think that my environment skills or my character skills were necessarily as good as other professional artists, but my ability to combine them was rare... And probably still is. So I think there are always skills where if you focus on story and narrative, you can create work that is special. Even though from a craft perspective it might be somewhat lacking... Anyway, these are a few thoughts that have helped me. Let me know if that clarifies things at all!

@lemonyandzesty

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDrawingCodex Thanks for your insight! It's good to see that a pro like yourself deals with the same questions and thoughts. I hadn't even thought about the fact that since I haven't finished and published a book yet, I lack the experience of how that might affect me. Same with illustrations and art pieces too, in a sense. I've made plenty of cool drawings, but I haven't really made any large, finished pieces, let alone gotten prints made, had a gallery exhibition, or done illustration work for a project that got published. And I do want to self-publish some books, both comics and artbooks, so I will continue to pursue that. I guess this is one of those things where it can be hard to really know yourself and exactly where you stand until you get some achievements under your belt. I also love your idea of making 1 page comics and illustrations with narrative elements. Sounds like a great way to think about this when I just want to draw, but don't want to have to write something out before I can draw anything. That way I can focus on writing the story when I'm more in the mood for that. I do like to write, just no where near as much as I like to draw. Thanks again!

@Nathan-P

3 ай бұрын

@@TheDrawingCodex Hi Tim, thank you for this incredible content. I've been studying art seriously for over 4 years on my own and your advice has been immensely useful. I focus on story-driven illustrations. I just went through your Mini Illustration Workshop and learned a lot about refining my process. I've watched many other videos of yours and you consistently inspire and offer useful insights. I resonate with your struggles, philosophies, and advice on so many levels. Thank you so much. I also took a few hours to search my artistic influences and inspirations to create an influence map as you suggested. It's mostly finished, but I'm still getting ideas and refining it.

This is the perfect video for me today because I’ve been struggling to get all of my story elements into a good composition. It is hurting my heart to sacrifice that for the sake of looking pretty.

Im so glad for your videos! Used to go to an art school but life took me in a different direction, your talks sort of fill that need to think about drawing again

Great insight man! And rarely talked about subject, at least in the way u did here. Most talks on the subject are purely prescriptive and kinda narrow. Following you now!

awesome video and awesome art!

Thank you

Thanks for your awesome video tips again, Tim. If possible, I have a very small request: can you make a video length around 7-8 minutes? I would love to watch bite-chunk videos length like this.

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Are you thinking just of smaller bite sized tutorials? Or sped up? I keep trying to make shorter stuff but it always ends up being longer :) working on it!

@DEADEYESpress

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDrawingCodex No speed up, just bite sized tutorials! I had ADHD so very hard to concentrate on long video with too much info. 🤣

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

So like 1 concept or teaching idea at a time?

@DEADEYESpress

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDrawingCodex Yeah. In my opinion, the bite sized tutorial, in general, should be: 1. Small topic (ex: hands, legs, torso, etc...) 2. Explain the structure (ex: what're the features of the Orc character? Such as big head with fang, green skin, etc... ) 3. Process breakdown (ex: draw big shapes first, then skeleton, form, etc...) 4. Add some personal exp (ex: how to stylized the Orc character from the already drawing? How to "fuse" between references, etc...) 5. Enough talking (don't bla bla too much in no.2, no.3 and no.4) 6. Acceptable length (~5-7 mins) There was an artist that I followed, recently he posted a clip exactly as I wrote above, after watched it, I understand how to draw a spaceship and bypass my fear about it (because I don't understand the structure, the details). Here is the clip: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmF7wcamfaWZeJM.html Another artist is Chommang, he had similar method of tutorial. I hope to see similar things from you soon since your channel had a lot of unique drawing content (mostly "comic") which I've never seen from the others. 🥰

Hi just want to ask what's the book you show in the first part of the video?

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

Andrew Loomis' Creative Illustration :)

@bp.baniel4828

7 ай бұрын

thanks :) @@TheDrawingCodex

1:47 tim, whats the name of this book?

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

That one is Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis!

@lemonyandzesty

7 ай бұрын

That's from Creative Illustration, by Andrew Loomis. All the Loomis books are gold.

@lemonyandzesty

7 ай бұрын

Oops, sorry I see Tim responded while I was still watching.

@kawanandrade1120

7 ай бұрын

​@@TheDrawingCodexthank you, tim

@kawanandrade1120

7 ай бұрын

​@@lemonyandzestyhaha thats no problem, thank you for your answer

1:51 what book is this?

Thank you very much. I find this video very useful and exactly what I need right now. And it motivated me to find you on Instagram. Your art are amazing ❤

Hi Codex.. nice talk about, what I like is(where the puzzle pieces fall composition) and let the person think what they want,ha. Everyone's a critic, who cares? They don't,they just want to act smarter than you. I go now🥸

@TheDrawingCodex

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Right on :)