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Sorry dude. 69 likes. Can’t do anything

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*high Five*

That's my whole life 😂😭.

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The artists that can accomplish this deserve some kind of lifetime achievement award

Onepiece

Oof.. Right..

Not to worry we'll all be dead soon.

@@09nob thanks :)

@@idkdude1118 You're welcome ha ha.

Matthew Lawton I’m 37 and this ALL I think about now.. I’m seriously thinking of going to therapy to get over my obsession with how quick time is passing as I age and scurry quickly to my death !!

@@warbrothers7745 If you're not familiar with it? look into Zen Bhuddism it's all about being in the moment and there are lots of ideas and practices they use that can be very helpfull to slow time and get the most from it and stop worrying about it, Mindfullness is all nicked from Zen Bhuddism before anyone mentions it but Zen is a much richer and more fullfilling pursuit.

...yeah... that'd be me

Firebal612 me 3

Yesh that's me

procrastinating rn 😩

But I CANT wanna crosshatch right now,,, I have to sell my fake turnips on my Nintendo game to pay off my debts to an evil raccoon... And I also don’t want to worry about the real crippling debt

Yah but imagine making only one project every 13 years. He gotta make money too, you know. It's an industry after all

Kuuryo , well said...

@Kuuryo There's a difference between taking your time for something as religiously significant as the Chapel, versus something you feel like doing and want to make money off of. The majority of his points were more geared towards adding so much detail that it took more time to replicate. If the ceiling of the Chapel was a comic, Michelangelo would definitely have skipped out on some details. And even then, do you think that painting took 13 years? You forget just how fecking long 13 years is. I get it, there *is* definitely a time and a place for everything, but in a world where (morbidly) death *is* the passage of time, you gotta play it smart. And, 9/10, cutting your corners and your losses leads to new and interesting things in the long run.

@@gemgem24able Yup. It's not like he's able to charge 13x as much as comics that take 1 year to make.

@Kuuryo He probably didn't need such detailed backgrounds in every panel, though. Like the train station example, he said it could have been a street corner. Nah, it could still be a train station, just do one decently-rendered "setting the scene" panel, then the rest of the scene can just be the characters talking with far simpler backgrounds that just suggest a train station.

some scenes are, but that train station goodbye scene is mediocre

I mean, did it really PAY off tho?

His rent /mortgage probably disagrees

the difference between being considered underrated in 20 years and actually gaining something from a project in the now is a vast one

Well if anybody was to say that in hindsight saving time is a good idea it'd have to be the guy who spent 13 years finishing one piece of work. I'd like to think there's people out there who never finish projects who would advocate for spending more time and dedication to their projects even if it feels like time is being wasted. Tonoharu looks absolutely amazing =]

NothingPosted905 but why

@@gunby9322 because it takes forever

hahahahhahahaha

@Joshua Peter Yeah but I mean it still took him forever.

I'm your 1000th lol, just saying

Art is art you can do what you want either work hard or not. So yeah embrace lazy

i think that ”work smarter, not harder” really applies here

Ani me girl

you joke but yeah, that's exactly it

Terrible generalisation.

Tell me, do you draw art? So?

@@miketheartist6865 i have tried stippling, scribbling, and hatching.... simply using these shading techniques are very time consuming when you work on a sheet the size of A4. Also they have principles you have to follow, if you dont follow the principles you end up with ugly results.

@@jjsamuelgunn1136 not everyone uses digital

@@jjsamuelgunn1136 i think most of your statement is unnecessary... its an overkill to be honest You couldve left it with just "i agree, not everyone uses digital because they dont have the tools to be able to do so"

@@jjsamuelgunn1136 dude, chill... Why are you mad?

Me too

Would be great... Hope it'll be able one day.

People in the past lived more than 1000 years 😌

The more years you live the smaller 1 year looks and because of that time goes fast like when ur 1 year old 1 year is the span of your whole life so its longer when your 2 year old 1 year is just half ur life so it feels like less time....

@@jonathanSpg it really is true

oh hey its austin mconell

wtf i did not expect to see you here austin, how odd

Im thinking of picking it up myself, how is it?

I love you, Austin.

Hello hope you're having a great day!

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Lmaooooo what time saving tips would he give if that's the case? 😂

@@andeleon6838 "If you wanna do stuff wake up. Comas are too time consuming. Don't do them.",

work both smarter and harder

@@purpleey well said

moto moto?

I think moto moto likes you

There's a poster in my classroom that our teacher talked about on the first day that says "Work smarter, not harder" and the "not" is crossed out and replaced with "and"

That is wicked ..LOL

@Augustine Lobo exactly, the type of shading he uses is very time consuming (but it looks pretty if you ask me)

Ever wanted to spend like a week on a single drawing while also destroying your wrist? Crosshatching is the answer

@@fiercekitty4982 i feel like he could do it faster if he like scanned in the unhatched version and did the lines digitally imo

It's possible to use hatching as a texture then scan it to apply digitally.

Ty

gonna eat u like a burbe as thank u

> makes a list video > doesn’t use time stamps

​@@evanshlom1 > makes a greentext > on youtube

I feel that way now at 18

@@Greg12839 same and I'm 13

You should start with a throwaway idea and not be afraid have it end up crappy.

@@philltheotherguy1868 aye, since this point I'd been placing responsibility on myself through a schedule, and by organizing my efforts so that I keep my focus singular. It places a responsibility for me to focus and discuss either with others or with myself the concepts that I need to learn. If anything this pandemic has been a godsend for me to really sit down and make things happen.

That's the way you should feel. Life is over before you know it so get to fucking work, kid!

Curtis Lock ouch

Oof

yeaa would match the title somehow lol

That would be a meta-meme

haha

Adnan A , IMO just judging from the samples in the video it looks to be a masterpiece

Or a huge waste of time

Screenshotting your comment for future advice! Thanks

Thank you:D

Ps thanks for the time saving tips.

Or, you get halfway through, realize deep down it's not working and you should quit, but due to sunk-cost fallacy you lie to yourself and waste another 6.5 years on crap

*cough cough* yandere dev *cough*

@@Zedryx69 The opposite. He worked through the game for years now, perfect or not.

@@user-fe8gx3ie5v this reply was 4 months ago.

They also start their careers in middle school. Check out Death Note and Bakuman for reference.

@@JamieRobles1, they had to... Either you make the delivery on time or an ax hits your series...

What are the cheats?

@@lucianaproano4109 Swiping is one of them. Reusing the same image over and over again like furniture. There is a book on it by a guy named Macleod about comics and manga.

@@aemonwarrick4654 to be fair in the days of old those same tricks where used by everyone on the industry not just Japan, and they where used because if you didnt use them the cost of the series could very easily spiral out of control, now a days thanks to computers it's easier to actually anímate stuff instead of taking a thousand shortcuts

*waves* over here. But I really shouldn't be down about it. There are a lot of graduates that have to grapple with the quicksand called debt after the fact.

old comment ik but look up hatching brushes! you can even avoid doing that 😆

@@xxscribbledragonxx9744 just about to say the same, my life changed when I got procreate lol I was basically using mspaint before

Ibis paint also have hatching brushes😇. Don’t copy and paste lines

Exactly. I have a style already, and was trained in drawing class that minute detail can detract from the impact of the image, and message you are trying to convey. I learned how to “abbreviate” the image.

Sure, but how many people will ever make money from their self published books anyway?

How can I publish a comic and manga? And maybe win money?

Wow. I'm.... suddenly glad for embracing the teachings of efficiency and laziness so early in my life.

Yeah, I need to learn to beat that second bad habit!

@@Captain_MonsterFart The chances of you making money if you publish 1 book a year are higher than if you make 1 book every 5 years.

Both fit the bill.... Be lazy is a bullet point, so short and to the point (even if in a rather extremely simplified way) is what it should be That point should just be reasoned as to not be ashamed/afraid of cutting corners or doing things the easier way, you aren't trying to sell Forbes 500 price tag stuff, you're trying to sell at most a European Premium comic (100-120 USD tag and a Graphic novel at 100-140 pages with full story in it, not multiple part, three to five volumes stories)

Lazy isn't necessarily a bad trait, but if it's the only trait then yeah

Efficiency still carries the air of perfectionism that this video wants to help tame, I think. Laziness has a connotation that prioritizes the well-being and enjoyment of the artist over the outcome of the work. I know many artists that would be better off indulging in healthy amounts of 'I could, but I don't want to.'

I for one am all for the glorification of laziness tbh

work smarter, not harder

As a conlanger who's only beginning to feel her language is real and supple after four years of tinkering, I salute you. Really. At present, the only real financial future I see in it is selling my friends calligraphy tattoo designs, but I'm glad I'm making it.

@@liimlsan3 Share, now

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@@liimlsan3 I have no idea what any of those words you wrote mean, but I know that linguistics is diffcult, so bravo!

@@starmorpheus (It's literally a rickroll.)

MUHAHAHAHAHA REALLY But we should agree, that Araki did a great job :_) and so Lars did...

lol

He made about 100 times more stuff with his time, though.

And its being referenced in every anime possible

Zer0 ever heard of Kentaro Miura?

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What are You doing here ?

Wut?

MiraiKim 👋

Cheers! Your channel is great by the way, I remember looking through your videos when I was tablet shopping!

Brad Colbow I

maybe it looks good BECAUSE it took forever?

larsmartinson just curious, how much did your book make you? Great video btw

Atila Balint I think they already know that.

I tend to be perfectionistic too...and the best advice I ever got from a teacher was to just stand five feet away from whatever I'm doing to make sure I'm not going too crazy. On digital work I just keep the navigator window open, but pretty small, so I can look over and see the piece "far away". It helps me to see what is important to render, and what's unimportant. Like right now, I'm looking at a fanart of Lyn im doing, and its clear that I need to render out her boots more than lets say...her eye or rope. On those, its clear on the navigator that the line art I made is doing all the "detail" work for me (even though thats very simple itself) so that lets me save time on coloring it. Whereas the boots/dress takes up far more room, is more visually important, and has less lines, so more detail is needed in the color stage. And when I feel like I'm getting frustrated by the work, I just get up and walk away for an hour, and then do a "walking pass". I just glance over while walking to do something else, and ususally I find that whatever I was getting upset over just doesnt matter because you don't even notice it anymore! the above things have helped me so much in regards to my mental health and speed. Now instead of 1 art piece per like, two weeks, I can output 1 every day or two (and I like the painterly style).

I hope yours turns out well!

How's it going with your work now?

since the 6th grade.....so like 3 years? I guess that is a pretty long time when you're only 14 haha

Oh same, I’m 14 too! I’m trying to create a webcomic with tons of action and stuff but mostly am a character designer. How’s your creative path going?

@@PancakeTheKat they made this comment 2 years ago they're 16 now

H.C.Brown hey holly love your channel and your art ❤️

Hey It’s Holly!

Not gonna lie. When I saw the detailed background I was reminded of Purgatory. Not that it's necessaryly a bad thing XD

Haha, it seems like every second video I click on has your comment beneath it!

Oh mah god it's mommy

Amazing comment, I hope he has read it.

Thats true. But you wouldnt frame one of his pannels on a wall .

@@thejurassicchicken1445 Yes you would. It deserves a place more than a Garfield strip.

No its Koichi x Rohan

@@thejurassicchicken1445 from the pictures i saw, i absolutely would

Dylan Edge 13 years is a long time for a project though. If you want to be efficient and produce the works you plan to make after the current one, efficiency is vital

Efficiency >> Perfection

Artists tend to be like that. Even great painters tend to see their old paintings and think "Oh god I drew that? I need to get better!"

I think there is value in regretting, you get to learn and change something you disliked. That doesn’t take value away from his work but it does help develop a better approach for future projects. Like he said he’d love to do the same thing, but he’d also love to be more efficient and put more of his work out there... preferably before he hits his 70s

if you wasted 13 years on a project that that could easily be done in a few years, would you be super proud? that's a really big mistake

What could he do to do better? Oh wait, you’re just a troll.

doing something is never a waste

I wouldn’t say “waste” I genuinely think some projects are worth the time.

oh you could waste way more than that. I'm a solid 20 something years into doing nothing more than having basic concepts in my head and a few notes written down.

Welcome to art. Hell, welcome to creating ANYTHING. You're not wasting your life, you're doing what you want with it.

cmon it's trash

@@IAMSOUND99 Hi Trash! That's... an interesting name haha... And I'm a user with an actual brain, unpleased to meet you! (:^>

@@HOPEfullBoi01 ok genius

Oof

but ain't nobody complainin'

yes this is a legitimate question please mr. lars, tell us, how did you do that?

I would imagine that he obviously did other work, which contributed to shifting priorities aways from tomoharu

its no questions that he had to work other things

there's the unemployed poor and the unemployed rich

I mean Tonoharu is about his experience teaching english in japan. So he was possibly doing that.

The Mangaka from Solarin and good night pun pun das something simliar :D

It's cheating!

@@romandorin it's not really cheating if it's more effective

Lame. Computers are turning comics into an assembly line art form. There' some software that now can read a photo and create a 3d digital figure to trace. More and more you don't even have to be good at drawing. Long live gorgeous india ink and cross hatching by hand.

That's a great idea! If you do cross hatching well, all of your lines are supposed to be consistent. By doing it on a computer, you save time, and no one can tell the difference.

Airborne Cthulhu I like your version more

Non Johns lol, thanks

Airborne Cthulhu that's genius

.when u r trying to be more creative than u think u r...shit happens..

Airborne Cthulhu you are not smart person

Thanks for the kind words!

Awesomepedia I totally agree with that.

Awesomepedia Hi!! My name is dawann Allen, and am young self taught artist. I would like u to come check out some of my most best how to draw videos and tutorials. By the time u done watching my videos, u will be half way from being amazing artist.

That's pretty good advice! Thanks for spreading the word.

Edotter xerox?

@@pasjan1183 XD They make printers, which can scan documents.

@@pasjan1183 thought I was the only one who was gonna ask that.. pft us photoshop era youngsters right

How did it go??

*COUGHCOUCHALSKSKE* JoJo's Bizarre Adventure *HACK COUGH COUGH AKKAAK HUEGH*

Lol, if I killed you, id get 100 million dollars, hehe

Vagabond is finished. It was shown in a private art exposition

Lu Rohr lmao no

lovetownsend a man of culture mentioning Berserk and Vagabond.

Everything turned grey after my depression.

Gotta work at depression physically. Go outside, jog, lift, sit in the sun. Pills and videos just aren't going to alter your body chemistry.

@@EgoEroTergum Nobody wants to work on it that way especially because the medicine is a quick fix.

omg Alex Krycek I thought you were dead

Syd C But you have to. Depression is not just sadness as you may already know. It's also a physical, crippling state highly related to your gut health and melatonin /serotonin levels. Many people underestimate a good intake of probiotics and the absolute hell you're putting your body in, when you go to sleep after 12:00 P.M, just to give some examples.

probably prostitution

Asking the real questions. I was wondering about that too.

better than that i guess, if he was famous he'd be in some talk show watched by millions to talk some random gibberish and oh... promote his new thing. i like this way better. an unknown promoting his work on his own and offering something actually useful to the audience. fair enough, good stuff

Great quote. And definitely , I think finding a good balance between productivity and quality is crucial (easier said than done).

Hinaga Moizaf looking back while looking in the future is the key to existential crises

LagiNaLangAko23 is it? Lol. Good! My point is basically that, though some things might be too late to do at this stage, learning to draw is definitely not one of them. You're 30, I'm 31, and I'm just learning too! We can learn simultaneously ^_^

Welcome to the crew :)

LagiNaLangAko23 It's never too late!