WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:04.690 This video is here so you can take a piece of your art and figure out what level it is 00:00:04.690 --> 00:00:09.290 and what you can do as an artist to get to the next art level. 00:00:09.290 --> 00:00:16.100 For this episode I asked you to send in recent art you made so I could rank it, talk about 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:19.340 it, and give everyone else examples of art on each level. 00:00:19.340 --> 00:00:24.810 I got so much art--- 00:00:24.810 --> 00:00:28.180 Level 0 Art that doesn’t exist at all. 00:00:28.180 --> 00:00:31.359 You were scared your drawing wouldn’t be perfect so you never made it. 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:32.359 It’s nothing. 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:33.359 It’s level zero. 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:36.780 Level 1 Level one is an interesting place to be, because 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:41.569 you will often see full illustrations here that have characters and a background (basiabear02) 00:00:41.569 --> 00:00:46.200 - something that gets more rare on level two and three but shows up again as the artist 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:47.629 gets to a high level. 00:00:47.629 --> 00:00:52.120 If you’re on level one, you usually spend a lot of time on your art, even if it’s 00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:53.399 a simple character. 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:54.399 That’s normal. 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:59.039 As you get more drawing experience and get closer to leveling up, you will get faster 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:00.039 too. 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:05.630 The two areas that need most improvement at level one are basic line and coloring quality, 00:01:05.630 --> 00:01:06.630 and shape. 00:01:06.630 --> 00:01:10.899 At level one, the lines on your drawing aren’t as confident as a level two artist. 00:01:10.899 --> 00:01:12.890 They might look a bit shaky or scratchy. 00:01:12.890 --> 00:01:16.530 You can see this on THEGAMERGOD and Silver Berry’s art. 00:01:16.530 --> 00:01:21.820 Or, if the lines are more purposeful and well placed, level one art is held back by anatomy 00:01:21.820 --> 00:01:22.820 and shape. 00:01:22.820 --> 00:01:25.459 Joshua’s pony here is a great example of that. 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:29.929 You can see the technique to shade and draw is easily level two, but the character itself 00:01:29.929 --> 00:01:34.810 has some significant anatomy problems, most noticeably on the too thick neck and overly 00:01:34.810 --> 00:01:36.169 long body. 00:01:36.169 --> 00:01:41.479 A level one coloring technique has scribbled in fills for traditional art, like Dennydo1’s 00:01:41.479 --> 00:01:46.149 piece, or in digital art, white gaps (anonymous 20) or pixellated edges (Tony Tony Chopper 00:01:46.149 --> 00:01:47.149 & Adrienne). 00:01:47.149 --> 00:01:50.310 Filling those areas in and cleaning your edges on digital art is an easy fix. 00:01:50.310 --> 00:01:54.709 For traditional art, think about how the stroke looks. 00:01:54.709 --> 00:01:57.969 If you scribble in the fill, the pencil lines go everywhere. 00:01:57.969 --> 00:02:01.959 But if you use your pencil and only move it in the same direction back and forth, the 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:03.619 coloring job looks more uniform. 00:02:03.619 --> 00:02:11.769 The difference between level one and two is that the coloring job at level two looks cleaner. 00:02:11.769 --> 00:02:12.769 Although the biggest factor for digital art at level one isn’t coloring, usually. 00:02:12.769 --> 00:02:13.769 It’s line quality. 00:02:13.769 --> 00:02:17.730 A level two artist can have solid fill coloring jobs like Dylan and Bri, their lines are just 00:02:17.730 --> 00:02:19.219 more smooth. 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:23.060 If you are drawing digitally, one of the things that may help is learning a different program 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:27.069 to draw your art in. 00:02:27.069 --> 00:02:32.739 FireAlpaca and Krita are what people watching Scribble Kibble recommend the most for drawing 00:02:32.739 --> 00:02:33.739 still images. 00:02:33.739 --> 00:02:34.739 And they’re completely free! 00:02:34.739 --> 00:02:35.739 The other big difference between level one and two is shape, or proportions. 00:02:35.739 --> 00:02:36.739 At level one, your eyes might not be in the right spot, or parts of the body might be 00:02:36.739 --> 00:02:37.739 different sizes than they should be. 00:02:37.739 --> 00:02:38.739 Level two art is just that little bit better at drawing something in a way that looks right. 00:02:38.739 --> 00:02:39.920 The most important thing you can do to level up from level one is keep drawing. 00:02:39.920 --> 00:02:42.450 Do not worry about your art being perfect. 00:02:42.450 --> 00:02:46.469 Keep drawing for fun, draw things you like, and you will automatically get the experience 00:02:46.469 --> 00:02:49.680 you need to reach level two. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:52.599 Level 2 If you’re in this area, your art shows some 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:55.519 improvement over where you started at Level 1. 00:02:55.519 --> 00:02:58.750 Lines and colors are cleaner, but if there’s shading, it’s imprecise. 00:02:58.750 --> 00:03:01.840 Anatomy and shape problems persist. 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:06.909 XiaoChio’s inking job is much cleaner and precise than a Level 1 art piece, but it’s 00:03:06.909 --> 00:03:10.629 still slightly fuzzed and smudged compared to level 3. 00:03:10.629 --> 00:03:14.670 More importantly, the balance of the character’s shape is off in terms of the upper body to 00:03:14.670 --> 00:03:21.019 lower body ratio, particularly how far down the arms reach. 00:03:21.019 --> 00:03:25.620 Even if it’s a dwarf character, we get the feeling she is going to topple over. 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:30.120 The head of Tiki’s anime human is fine, but it would be much larger relative to her 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.450 body, especially since she is leaning toward us. 00:03:33.450 --> 00:03:39.139 Characters that are well proportioned at level two will still look somewhat boxy, simple, 00:03:39.139 --> 00:03:41.599 or undefined relative to level three. 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:45.500 Astroblaze and Carbon Coffee’s heroines are more solid proportion-wise, but their 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:49.590 sleeves don’t fit the form of the arm that would be there underneath. 00:03:49.590 --> 00:03:52.510 Clothes are usually to blame for the boxy feeling. 00:03:52.510 --> 00:03:56.489 At level two you’re taking more time to make sure overall the character looks right, 00:03:56.489 --> 00:04:02.099 and not thinking about how different types of fabric would flow over your arms. 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:07.180 For digital artists, level two is the experimental coloring and shading phase. 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:12.930 You’ll try different coloring styles like EPICSHEROOC and XPShowHost did - and you’ll 00:04:12.930 --> 00:04:15.629 notice it doesn’t fit very well with the rest of the drawing. 00:04:15.629 --> 00:04:19.359 You’ll try some shading, but you won’t really be sure about where to put it or how 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:24.030 to do it, so what happens is instead of emphasizing the subject of your drawing, it ends up looking 00:04:24.030 --> 00:04:26.660 like dark or light areas wherever. 00:04:26.660 --> 00:04:33.030 Burning-Sol, Ashylyn S, Flame Alicorn, LPS Sketch Art are a few of many, many cases of 00:04:33.030 --> 00:04:34.030 that. 00:04:34.030 --> 00:04:38.040 You can improve shading by thinking about where the light source is and how it would 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:43.960 cast light and shadow over your character, not as a 2D flat picture, but the 3D mass 00:04:43.960 --> 00:04:45.190 of the character. 00:04:45.190 --> 00:04:49.819 Sure it’s flat on the paper, but really good drawings know how to add shadows to make 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:51.449 it feel deeper than paper. 00:04:51.449 --> 00:04:52.449 Lighting is not a very easy thing to do. 00:04:52.449 --> 00:04:54.690 I recommend drawing some still life. 00:04:54.690 --> 00:04:58.840 You know, the thing where you put an apple on a table and draw it on paper, paying attention 00:04:58.840 --> 00:05:01.660 to where it’s light and where it’s dark. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:07.710 Speaking of shadow, pencil sketches at level two will be light and not have very much contrast. 00:05:07.710 --> 00:05:10.350 For comparison, here is a level 5 sketch. 00:05:10.350 --> 00:05:12.419 Clear dark and light areas. 00:05:12.419 --> 00:05:16.980 If your sketch looks like Timmsey’s, Silver Draw’s, or Kitten Cakes, don’t be afraid 00:05:16.980 --> 00:05:22.310 to push that pencil down hard to make your sketch darker where the shadows are strongest. 00:05:22.310 --> 00:05:28.789 ArtistTUBBS and Arctic Spirit have a good sense for contrast. 00:05:28.789 --> 00:05:32.710 On Level 2, Infinityrise asks: I was wondering if my skill level would be 00:05:32.710 --> 00:05:35.539 good enough to apply to an art college this year? 00:05:35.539 --> 00:05:36.539 Yes. 00:05:36.539 --> 00:05:42.520 Now, if you want to apply to a prestigious art school, you need to get to level four. 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:43.660 At least. 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:44.660 But! 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:49.289 A local college or community college will have less harsh portfolio guidelines. 00:05:49.289 --> 00:05:53.670 If you are determined you want a career in art, I suggest trying to find summer college 00:05:53.670 --> 00:05:58.500 classes you can go to, or art activities related to the art field you want to be in. 00:05:58.500 --> 00:05:59.500 Anything. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:02.770 Draw a lot and read online about building a portfolio. 00:06:02.770 --> 00:06:08.599 CynderGirl77 sent this drawing and asked if she would be qualified to animate. 00:06:08.599 --> 00:06:12.320 Anyone watching this is qualified to animate. 00:06:12.320 --> 00:06:17.759 Start sooner than later, because the skills it takes to do animations are different from 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:29.720 making a single illustration. 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:32.569 Level 3 Level up! 00:06:32.569 --> 00:06:37.030 Level three is the brink, where a piece of art is almost solid, but there are one or 00:06:37.030 --> 00:06:39.129 two areas that need improvement. 00:06:39.129 --> 00:06:42.319 If you’re at this level, figure out your weak spot and practice. 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:46.450 A level three artist rarely has issues with line. 00:06:46.450 --> 00:06:50.070 Unlike the previous levels, their strokes look bold and confident because the artist 00:06:50.070 --> 00:06:52.689 is more comfortable with the anatomy and shape of what they are doing. 00:06:52.689 --> 00:06:53.689 They might make a light sketch of the character’s shape before doing final lines, which helps 00:06:53.689 --> 00:06:54.689 with confidence. 00:06:54.689 --> 00:06:55.689 Even if there are no visible outlines, the edges of features are smooth and purposeful, 00:06:55.689 --> 00:06:56.689 like KetchupKat. 00:06:56.689 --> 00:07:00.349 As for shape, while the subject at level three is, for the most part, proportionally sensible, 00:07:00.349 --> 00:07:04.819 the pose it is in might be awkward and unnatural, like heilix’s cat. 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:09.789 Or maybe everything else checks out fine, but there’s an imbalance in the character’s 00:07:09.789 --> 00:07:10.789 symmetry. 00:07:10.789 --> 00:07:11.789 (MaeraFey) 00:07:11.789 --> 00:07:16.199 In cases where you look at your art and still instinctively feel something about the shape 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:22.590 of it is off, like BlackRose, captain_whisker, snickerdoodledandy, and Striiking, the best 00:07:22.590 --> 00:07:25.479 thing to do is study from real life. 00:07:25.479 --> 00:07:29.050 Even if you’re making cartoons, you need to know the rules to break them. 00:07:29.050 --> 00:07:35.259 When drawing fantasy creatures and settings, reference items related to what you are drawing. 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:37.850 A lizard for a dragon, for instance. 00:07:37.850 --> 00:07:40.289 Also a quick trick is to flip your art. 00:07:40.289 --> 00:07:45.480 Then you’ll know if it’s off or not. 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.879 Level three is where you should start paying attention to composition. 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:52.789 Composition is how all of the pieces of your drawing look together on the page. 00:07:52.789 --> 00:07:57.470 While gamergirlrebel’s coloring technique is only level two, the piece of art as a whole 00:07:57.470 --> 00:08:01.950 is very interesting to look at, whereas if you flip to Dragons Ponies, there is a lot 00:08:01.950 --> 00:08:06.840 of unused, bland, empty blue distracting you from the characters. 00:08:06.840 --> 00:08:09.639 Nothing some vigorous cropping can’t fix. 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:11.039 Vigorous cropping. 00:08:11.039 --> 00:08:15.469 Ebonyinkstone’s composition is very confusing. 00:08:15.469 --> 00:08:19.879 Besides the sheer number of jarring colors and lighting, it’s hard to tell if the focus 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:23.130 of the piece is the mask, or the characters behind it. 00:08:23.130 --> 00:08:27.740 Moving the faces to natural focal points like here and here would help. 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:32.360 Nitsua Sensei’s composition is more focused, although it would be interesting to see something 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:37.390 like this, which draws the focus towards observing a planet, or this, loneliness in space. 00:08:37.390 --> 00:08:41.760 A lot of composition is about the mood you want to make and what you want your art to 00:08:41.760 --> 00:08:42.760 focus on. 00:08:42.760 --> 00:08:46.610 If you’re ready to move on beyond drawing a single character with no background, go 00:08:46.610 --> 00:08:47.810 read up on composition. 00:08:47.810 --> 00:08:52.530 Kiltketeer and Fredson are probably level four artists who submitted a quick drawing. 00:08:52.530 --> 00:08:56.190 A level four would be the same drawing, just with more polish. 00:08:56.190 --> 00:08:57.370 They could sell sketches and concept art in this level three style. 00:08:57.370 --> 00:09:00.410 Dragons Ponies wrote that they’re curious about how to make their art better because 00:09:00.410 --> 00:09:02.551 they’re having a hard time improving. 00:09:02.551 --> 00:09:04.730 My note on that is it’s rare to improve suddenly. 00:09:04.730 --> 00:09:10.100 It usually takes a year, and you won’t notice the improvement until you look back at old 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:11.100 art. 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:13.570 It may not feel like you’re improving, but you are. 00:09:13.570 --> 00:09:18.020 Slothman asks about what to do when you get so concerned about your art looking good that 00:09:18.020 --> 00:09:21.130 you quit, or don’t make anything at all. 00:09:21.130 --> 00:09:24.660 That is the number one struggle almost every artist has. 00:09:24.660 --> 00:09:29.220 We stare at what we’ve made and think about how bad and terrible it is, and how it didn’t 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:30.230 go as planned. 00:09:30.230 --> 00:09:34.840 If you want to be happy as an artist you’ve got to conquer that overly-critical habit. 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:36.970 It hurts your productivity. 00:09:36.970 --> 00:09:41.140 Stamping out the little whiny devil in your head is different depending on what kind of 00:09:41.140 --> 00:09:42.290 person you are. 00:09:42.290 --> 00:09:43.290 Try setting a deadline. 00:09:43.290 --> 00:09:44.290 Personally my desire to improve is stronger than my fear of failure, so I keep drawing 00:09:44.290 --> 00:09:45.290 out of sheer willpower. 00:09:45.290 --> 00:09:46.290 And I’ve got people like you who believe in me, so I want to live up to your expectations! 00:09:46.290 --> 00:09:48.700 If you’ve got a calmer, more peaceful personality - try taking a step back from drawing and 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:49.900 do a different form of art. 00:09:49.900 --> 00:09:55.280 You’d be surprised what you’ll learn about drawing while making a really bad clay sculpture, 00:09:55.280 --> 00:10:01.330 stuffed animal, oil painting, wood carving, papercraft, pencil sketch, you get the idea. 00:10:01.330 --> 00:10:07.180 Nobody knows your art and its flaws better than you do, so it’s easy to be overly self-critical. 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:08.180 Relax. 00:10:08.180 --> 00:10:10.830 There’s no pressure for you to draw. 00:10:10.830 --> 00:10:14.980 Any pressure you feel that you need to be a certain way or at a certain level is all 00:10:14.980 --> 00:10:15.980 in your head. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:16.980 {Sometimes I'll really want to draw something and I'll imagine it in my head, but as soon 00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:17.980 as I open my software and get my tablet and pen ready I start getting thoughts through 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:18.980 my head of "What if it doesn't come out as I want?" or "What if this is just a waste 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:19.980 of time?" and the most I'll end up doing is a sketch before giving up on it and not wanting 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:20.980 to go through with it. 00:10:20.980 --> 00:10:21.980 I have an artist friend who is always telling me to just try and continue with the drawing 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:22.980 but I can never pluck up the motivation or courage to do so and it's beginning to make 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:23.980 me genuinely depressed when I even hold my tablet pen now. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:24.980 What would you suggest for me to be more confident with my drawing again?} 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.980 Level 4 The criteria for level four is, “would people 00:10:25.980 --> 00:10:26.980 buy art drawn with this level of skill?” 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:30.940 At level four, if there are anatomy problems, they are rather small and unnoticeable. 00:10:30.940 --> 00:10:32.920 You can’t sell bad anatomy. 00:10:32.920 --> 00:10:34.470 It’s really quite that simple. 00:10:34.470 --> 00:10:38.970 The are some exceptions, like DieKnuddlerin, the back leg on the raccoon wouldn’t lay 00:10:38.970 --> 00:10:43.780 like that considering the proper tucked nature of the right one, but the drawing passes anyway 00:10:43.780 --> 00:10:47.100 because it has level four everything else. 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:52.300 Composition of a level four piece of art is solid; rarely will there be any useless space, 00:10:52.300 --> 00:10:54.910 or confusion about where you are supposed to look. 00:10:54.910 --> 00:10:59.580 Some pieces will be especially well composed, like this comic page by Amber-Draws that leads 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:03.660 your eye through the page in an interesting way. 00:11:03.660 --> 00:11:09.150 Another difference between level three and four is color choice, aka color harmony or 00:11:09.150 --> 00:11:10.200 color theory. 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:15.830 Up until this point you may make pieces of art that have colors that look gross or unpleasant 00:11:15.830 --> 00:11:16.920 together. 00:11:16.920 --> 00:11:19.050 At level four, that goes away. 00:11:19.050 --> 00:11:22.200 A drawing does not have to be complex to be level four. 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:26.540 Simple drawings at level four are very clean, constructed, and pleasant to look at, like 00:11:26.540 --> 00:11:30.450 Fox Called Blue, SauceSource, and ghostyjunky. 00:11:30.450 --> 00:11:31.450 Letters from level four! 00:11:31.450 --> 00:11:33.440 Kitty Nuki: I just painted this yesterday and I'm really 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:37.970 happy with the result, but at the same time not really, and I can't understand why or 00:11:37.970 --> 00:11:39.500 what can I do to make it better. 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:41.270 Liking and disliking at the same time. 00:11:41.270 --> 00:11:42.950 I think we all know that feeling. 00:11:42.950 --> 00:11:46.910 So yes, the question is how do you make something at level four better? 00:11:46.910 --> 00:11:49.890 And in some instances, you can’t - not without starting fresh. 00:11:49.890 --> 00:11:53.070 I mean, how do you improve this drawing by Frost Kitten? 00:11:53.070 --> 00:11:56.220 Changing it defeats the simplicity of what it is. 00:11:56.220 --> 00:12:00.860 You could say, oh, add shading, but adding shading wouldn’t make this a better drawing. 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:05.960 Drawing this again as a hyper realistic cat with a bow would require more skill, but the 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:07.630 drawing would also no longer be a cartoon. 00:12:07.630 --> 00:12:09.680 Kitty Nuki’s art is the same thing. 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:12.670 There is nothing technically wrong about this art piece. 00:12:12.670 --> 00:12:17.050 If you draw something like this and are unhappy, ask yourself this: 00:12:17.050 --> 00:12:20.720 Are you dissatisfied because your art looks like this and not this? 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:27.050 If so, quit drawing cartoons and start practicing traditional or digital painterly style, because 00:12:27.050 --> 00:12:30.580 a cartoon is never going to look like the Mona Lisa. 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:34.430 Were you trying to capture an emotion with your art? 00:12:34.430 --> 00:12:35.430 What was it? 00:12:35.430 --> 00:12:38.950 What would you do differently to get closer to it? 00:12:38.950 --> 00:12:46.310 At level four, if you want to further improve your skill you have two options: formal or 00:12:46.310 --> 00:12:47.680 informal training. 00:12:47.680 --> 00:12:52.040 There’s no two ways about it, if you get to four as a self-taught artist, you need 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:55.050 to get some edumucation to proceed. 00:12:55.050 --> 00:12:56.050 Read a book. 00:12:56.050 --> 00:12:57.050 Do life drawings. 00:12:57.050 --> 00:13:01.680 Look for classes by artists who have been working professionally for more than ten years. 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:03.530 And that brings us to 00:13:03.530 --> 00:13:06.670 Level 5 00:13:06.670 --> 00:13:11.790 A level five piece of art has distinction of being absurdly well executed in almost 00:13:11.790 --> 00:13:15.520 every way, and on top of that, it’s interesting. 00:13:15.520 --> 00:13:18.220 In many cases, it’s not just a drawing, it’s a piece of art. 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:19.220 Suburbanwinemons is my favorite example. 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:20.220 I can’t stop looking at it. 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:24.450 KatAuroraMist has a wonderful command of colors in this piece, and compositionally the directional 00:13:24.450 --> 00:13:29.450 rush lines direct your eye to the most important part, the cat’s face. 00:13:29.450 --> 00:13:32.920 A couple pieces at level five could use slight anatomy adjustments, like sha-ga’s feathers 00:13:32.920 --> 00:13:37.850 and left leg, ReedFoxStudios in the glasses and eyes, MrChiken in the lay of the body 00:13:37.850 --> 00:13:42.670 in the water - this angle is if she were standing up in the water - but geeze, look at how beautiful 00:13:42.670 --> 00:13:43.830 these are. 00:13:43.830 --> 00:13:47.370 Awkward-Hermit is so close to level six. 00:13:47.370 --> 00:13:50.940 The element holding it back is the execution of the woman’s face. 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:55.450 A level six piece would have much more defined light and shadow contrast that would give 00:13:55.450 --> 00:13:57.360 it lifelike depth. 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:00.410 A front positioned nose should be symmetrical. 00:14:00.410 --> 00:14:04.000 Something that elevates a five above a four is texture. 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:08.300 A piece that would otherwise be a bit plain if it were only flat colors has something 00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:15.000 special to it that gives it texture, like HowlingWithMoon’s dappled painting. 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:16.370 Same here for Kartase. 00:14:16.370 --> 00:14:19.170 Here’s one of the exceptions, HulluMel. 00:14:19.170 --> 00:14:22.671 This is an incredibly strong character design thanks to its unique features. 00:14:22.671 --> 00:14:24.495 The cat is fluffy, but you can feel the weight to it in the stocky legs and body. 00:14:24.495 --> 00:14:27.640 cattymadi on level five asks: Is my art good enough to animate? 00:14:27.640 --> 00:14:30.860 Dear cattymadi, your art is too good to animate. 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:35.500 If you tried to animate this without a team of anime animators, you would weep in a corner 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:38.140 after spending five months to create five seconds. 00:14:38.140 --> 00:14:39.970 I’ve got a tutorial for character design for animations on my agenda for the future. 00:14:39.970 --> 00:14:43.100 Synchro Centaur’s character is perfect for animating. 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:46.600 Simplify your characters and cut the shading completely if you want to give animation a 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:51.130 go for the first time. 00:14:51.130 --> 00:14:59.180 Anything I have to say about a level five piece is just a tiny thing, if anything at 00:14:59.180 --> 00:15:00.180 all. 00:15:00.180 --> 00:15:03.780 I considered collapsing level five and six together, but I decided to pull a few exemplary 00:15:03.780 --> 00:15:06.060 illustrations out of five. 00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:09.100 Level 6 Six is the level where I can’t help you. 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:13.190 If, for some reason, you want improvement on a piece of art of this caliber, seek out 00:15:13.190 --> 00:15:17.900 a similarly skilled artist who works in the same type of art, an art critic, or a professor. 00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:29.920 I could say a bit at length about why each of these is level six, but put simply you 00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:36.370 can see the intent behind every stroke and color is that of an artist who knows what 00:15:36.370 --> 00:15:40.410 they are doing, whether by training or by instinct. 00:15:40.410 --> 00:15:41.480 Wow. 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.620 I’m dead. 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:46.040 This episode took two weeks to make. 00:15:46.040 --> 00:15:50.060 There are about 1,200 pieces of art in here. 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:52.490 You can make this episode better. 00:15:52.490 --> 00:15:56.870 Open the credits document below, pick one or two names, click their art, and leave a 00:15:56.870 --> 00:15:58.970 comment of some kind. 00:15:58.970 --> 00:16:03.540 Not everybody who sent art posted it online, so not everything is in there, but a lot of 00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:04.540 it is. 00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:08.580 You can tell by the link what site it’s on so you can find something on a site you 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.580 use. 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.580 You’ll make the person’s day. 00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:14.430 Especially for small artists who don’t get a lot of comments. 00:16:14.430 --> 00:16:15.430 Go now! 00:16:15.430 --> 00:16:16.430 Be free! 00:16:16.430 --> 00:16:19.310 Oh my gosh, I’m never doing this again. 00:16:19.310 --> 00:16:22.350 *groan* No new episode next week! 00:16:22.350 --> 00:16:23.350 I get a break! 00:16:23.350 --> 00:16:24.350 I’m giving myself a break! 00:16:24.350 --> 00:16:24.610 See you on September 23!