We aren't machines! Lol. Yea, I find it laughable when others expect it to be done so fast. I think we see that issue here on the forums sometimes too.
As a non-artist, I had no idea it took that long. But I think that’s because my only experience with big art projects is the things we had to do in art class in middle school and that was spread out over several 50-minute class periods (where you were usually talking to your friends while working) so I don’t have the best understanding of how long it takes. I would’ve guessed anywhere from 1-4 hours.
But that just goes for anything. If you don’t do it, you probably don’t know how long it takes to complete that task. If you’ve never sheared a sheep, you probably have no idea how long that takes. As someone who raised livestock, it takes f’ing forever because you have to first wash the sheep, then blow dry it, then shear. And wool coats aren’t exactly quick to dry.
Oh, I totally know, and I empathize. Creative work is work. Once a person breaks out on the level when they can obtain payment, that payment gotta be worth the efforts.
I think this is a major reason I love time lapses on youtube. They help give non-art people more of an idea of how much is actually involved beyond the computer does it all. But I don't think that's really just an art thing. Lots of people assume they can do anything. After all, how many people just think they can sit down and write the next best selling novel? I used to have it all the time with horse riding too "it's not a real sport the horse does all the work" like "it's not real art the computer does it all". There's always the simple answer of "ok you do what I do then if it does it all for you".
Yea. I understand why she didn't know the amount for time it takes. And I am happy that she was willing to learn about it to help her understand. I was just surprised by it. But you are right, there are things that we all don't know. Most of my surprise did come from the fact that I message her a lot throughout my process and show her the progress and it surprised me that the timing for it never clicked. But I get it! Just something to think about I guess!
Big this! Even for "simpler" art styles you can see how it takes time to know how to stylize things and whatnot and it still looks nice alongside all the other steps in drawing
It one of the reasons why I'm kind of glad that even though my family doesn't draw they're still understanding of the time and labor that goes into the work. Plus my dad was kind of a reference to that and he did traditional work, so whenever I look at his old pieces I can only imagine the amount of time it must've took to render everything.
That's generally how I respond to people who are smart-alecks about it. It's one thing to just not understand the effort. It's another to be a jerk about it and then try to convince me it's useless. I have no patience for people like that XD
Time lapses are so great. And they are good for non artists and Artists alike! It can especially help us artist to learn process and technique when we are trying to emanate a certain style or just starting out in our art journey!
Same here. It is fine to be confused or lack understanding, but at least be open to being educated about it and don't assume you know everything when it isn't something you specialize in or spend a lot of time doing.
Kinda wish more people were open to learning cuz like...it's fun to learn?
It's why I love watching those "How They Do It" videos with manufacturing and artisans practices. There's so much attention to details, it's mesmerizing.
Mom's kinda the same way -- she's seen me work on my panels before and asks questions. And I end up telling her about modes for shading, layers for coloring, and shortcuts. She's not an artist, but she eats up learning about it.
Why don't more people wanna feel that?
My mom does the same thing! She will listen to anything I have to say about art and the program I am using. She listens, she will watch me draw and watch speed paints or even look at other artists work and help me analyze it anytime I ask! I love that she is like that!
Yes, just open clip paint or sai and tell it to draw a full 30 panel webtoon episode, leave it on and in 30 minutes its 100% complete and ready to upload
High key I think thats exactly it. They either don’t realize how long art takes, or they think that because we do it for fun that being willing to do it for peanuts makes sense to them. They don’t get that it is like asking a professional landscaper who likes to garden in their time off to come over to their house and perform work for barely anything, they think it cant possibly be work!
One time I had a doctor ask me what animation was. After telling me I was going to be poor my whole life and should get used to bussing tables if I wanted to do art for a living.
Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I’m going to supplement my art paychecks with food service, lady...
@Freemints30 oh yes, I want
The typical case is "no, not really" lol. I do think that people that are steeped enough in a family member's or friend's work can have a pretty good idea, but the general populace who either doesn't know someone like that (or like in the case of the sibling in the OP, evidently didn't pay very close attention despite having a family member doing art) definitely not.
Like for example, I think my close group of like 5-8 friends have a pretty good idea of how long my art takes since they've been around me doing it for like... over a decade. Same goes for my parents who would see me working on different drawings growing up and probably don't know the intricacies but definitely have a sense for it. But I'd be hard pressed to believe that any of my more casual acquaintances who follow my art pages or extended family really have a good idea of the time it takes.
Imagine even in my case of custom painting where paint has to dry properly I get inquiries if the paintjob can be finished in a day and if they can wait for it to be done. Like cleaning, sanding, and masking the item to be painted can take the whole day already... and that's just the prep stage; before the first coat of paint even touches the surface. Now putting the base colors and the designs on it when following proper drying time between coats takes some time as well. They think projects that takes me 4-7 days to do can be done in a day so I always tell them my procedure and how its not comparable to DIY paint with spraycan done in a day project.
Yup, I've seen that before which is part of the reason I don't offer realism anymore plus I hate doing it. I once started a commission for this woman that was friends with my mom to do a small tarot deck and the offer was pretty low for all that work plus she was pretty rude so I ended up dropping the commission. And then I get the occasional aspiring writer asking me to draw their manga stories for free labeling it as a "partnership" it's like, what do you think I do just throw my Cintiq pen at the screen and BOOM theres art? I have medical bills to pay there's no way I'm working for free or accepting low offers.