My Art Through the Years (Redraw & Reflections)

Honestly, as someone who likes to draw themselves, this is really inspiring. Especially now that I've started to shift from being confident in what I make, but it not being really very good at all, to making some pretty good-looking drawings, but always feeling like it's not good enough... I love how honest you are about your art, it helps me a lot :)

Comparison kills every joy. Drawing for the sake of drawing helps. Really like the redraw!

4:30 I'd like to say- find something that makes you excited to draw it, and give it your all regardless of skill! For a long time I struggled a lot with jealousy and comparing myself (including with this channel, lololol) but this year I got really invested in something absolutely ridiculous... Cowboy movies from the 60s! Which sounds crazy but it's carried me through producing so much more work and studying images much more and working on more exciting work! Just look for what makes you happy and excited to sit down and draw, and practice and study will do the rest :-)

This video feels like an artist sitting next to me at a warm fire explaining their art journey, it feels honest and sincere. I don't know how to explain it but I used to be so head over heels in love with drawing (even though I felt I was so bad at it haha) growing up, but when I got into high school I completely stopped. I'm still in high school, and I'm still not improving. I guess it's just nice to see that someone as talented as you encountered a similar hurdle in high school and still eventually improved and got out of it, gives me faith that I'll get out of this rut as well. Thank you for sharing your journey and I hope you continue to grow! <3

I'm not an artist, I'm an amateur writer, but your words still helped. Thank you :) Also amazing video! You are genuinely a brilliantly gifted artist and videographer and I can't wait to see how you improve your craft. Thank you for sharing this with us.

you are incredibly talented! it’s always a joy to see you uploaded

That paper slam at 2:03 legitimately jump scared me lmao

michelle, you're absolutely incredible! so easy to see artists we admire so much like you who seem so far ahead and forget that they too had to put in the work to get where you're at. such a beautiful video - thank you for all that you share :") <3

those brushes are sick, im pretty unlucky as far as finding decent brushes goes, would you consider making a video showing off your brushes?

When it comes to comparing to other's works, I've found one way that helps me is giving one compliment to the art you admire. By doing so, I'm acknowledging that there is something I like but does not degrade my own work, as I have my own set of experiences and skills, as well as improvements. For example, when I came across this channel a few months ago, I found myself drawn to the flowiness and use of clear strokes of rough textures inspiring as well as the cinematography to your videos that create such a personal form of storytelling only you have. I've been only draw a bit more serious this last year and I find myself really enjoying every new improvement I make by analyzing other's works and what make them stand out. I hoped this helps in some way and I wish the best of luck to anyone who is struggling with perfectionism in the creative process, which I am still dealing with. You can do it :D

I love your voice!

I mostly draw characters, from both my own original stories and fanart of pre-existing characters that I love. I think that's where I find joy in drawing. Because I'm so invested in these people and their stories, it's really fun for me when I get the chance to explore who they are by drawing them in different scenes. Each drawing is a moment in time for them, and can reveal more about their character, making them more real. With this approach, I think it's easier to avoid worrying about comparing your skill to other artists, because it's not about how well you drew this character, it's about how the drawing represents my understanding of them and how it shares that perspective with others.

Not only do I love your work, which is so inspiring and beautiful! But I absolutely adore your voice!! It’s so beautiful. Thank you so much for this video. It gives me hope about my own ‘journey’ with art. 🌟

Lowkey it's nice to see you restart a picture, redo elements and showing the amount of time you spend on it. I draw in a bubble a bit and feel super unproductive with the hours I spend on stuff.

Really thank you for sharing your progress, just right now I'm struggling with my art and i feel that every day worse, and seeing your journey make me feel I´m not alone in this and figure at that feeling unconfortable with our habilities is normal and not mean we have to abandon our goals. I really admaire your art so I hope you do well on your journey.

Your honesty is so appealing. I really appreciate hearing an artist I admire has the same doubts, but kept going and got to this place.

What amazed me so much looking at your drawings through out the years is that you did try a huge massive variety of styles and they are all spectacular. I really admire you for that! Note: So glad you read The Book Thief too:")

I really love your videos and the fact that you show both things you are proud of in your work and things you want to improve, it feels more realistic and relatable!

I know you said you almost didn’t make the video bc you didn’t like the outcome of your redraw, but honestly that is the most relatable, honest and inspiring part. I think many school taught artists, me included, can relate to how you used to be so focused on the technical master copies and accuracy because it was impressive but also its important to learn the basics. After the basics are learned master copies are very restricting and don’t leave room for much growth in the direction of expressive character art that you’ve now shifted your focus too bc of animation. I also appreciate that you decided to switch to digital for the redraw after hitting a brick wall 😅, your main medium is digital bc of animation and it was rewarding to see how much your approach to art has changed. I feel as if a part of my traditional technical skills has dropped, it feels as if I’ve lost the ability I once had, or more so, i don’t have it in me to do 20 hour realistic master copies anymore. (Do musicians ever loose the ability to play the technical fundamentals? I guess that’s comparing apples to oranges. ) I do still greatly appreciate how traditional art looks and feels compared to digital so I try to switch and practice periodically. I do Digital art on procreate on my iPad and it is definitely the most efficient and portable way for me now to do art. But imo it doesn’t match the look and feel of traditional drawing and painting. I do want my skills in traditional and digital art to improve in tandem with each other. Great video btw! It has gotten me to think about my own artist growth and journey, and it is humbling to hear that “progress is not linear” Also Your use of multiple textural brushes in a single drawing is something I envy and wish to figure out how to do well in my own drawings. I have the most trouble with procreate texture brushes, I feel if I tried to replicate what you do with textures mine would look like a mess of streaks and grain. You are incredibly talented! I thoroughly enjoy your videos, they are so educational and also incredibly high quality and visually appealing!!!!

you’re such a big inspiration 🥺 thank u for sharing your wisdom with us all !!