What level is your art?

[jensrichard77]

I would say you could be at least a level 2 or perhaps a very well hidden 3????

Thank you, that I'm glad to hear.
But I do feel that I'm just an odd blue figure trying to fit in amount great artists.

Love to hear a 3-party view on this...

[NanettesClouds]

Ever hear of Mushbuh??

This guy is fantastic and uses a really similar "0.5" style as @jensrichard77

(Also mushbuh is published...)

(Several times)

(You can buy their books in stores)

[jensrichard77]

Woohoo. "0.5" for the win

[GesuGesu]

I'd say it's level 5 considering the level 4 examples were pretty simplistic in terms of backgrounds.

[GesuGesu]

I don't have very many samples left after a computer wipe. I'd say I'm a solid 5 for now. I'm in the middle of an intense art training camp period right now where I'm super motivated to take on too many projects and learn literally everything.;;

[dawgofdawgness]

I’m not the only one who thinks this video is whack, right? The standards don’t really make sense and I don’t think the artist has a consistent idea of what makes art “good”. Not to mention a good 80% of the artwork is in that one specific furry art style - there’s barely any variation. You can’t simply rank one artist above the other because they’re “good at color theory” or “their composition is good”. There’s way more to art than just that and it’s unfair to say one is better just because their line work is nice or something.
Also, how is this:

On the same level as this:

?
There’s no way of ranking yourself using this system cause it doesn’t make any ham sense lol. If there’s anything to take away from this video, it’s that every one of you is at level 28. I’m looking into this too much, aren’t I.

[PabloRomero]

I agree. Also i noticed very little difference between levels 3 and 4.
Anyway i will just show my stuff

[DiegoPalacios]

I think in this case the video is trying to measure mostly the degree of how much the artist knows what they are doing and to avoid any bias on certain art styles . That is why awkward lines was a common trait on lower levels. (the degree of success on evaluating the images shown is up to interpretation)

Is hard to measure art skill when comparing 2 completely different styles, so seeing those 2 level six can be confusing.

It also doesn`t consider the art-style flexibility an artist may have. Some may draw really glorious art in a certain style,like realism but may not be able to draw on a cartoony style.

The mostly Furry artstyle in the video is probably because these are the people that sent their art to be measured on the video????

But i agree some of the examples of art level were too confusing

[Rhonder]

Hmm hard to say. I'd say that i lie in the 3-4 range per the standards of this video, but it fluctuates violently xD like i absolutely have panels here and there in my comic that are more like 2's with fancy coloring on top to hide the horrible line work, because i value speed and maintaining schedule over absolute quality for that, but then illustrations i spend more time on are closer to 4? I dunno lolol.

[sarrowsmith10]

It also doesn`t consider the art-style flexibility an artist may have. Some may draw really glorious art in a certain style,like realism but may not be able to draw on a cartoony style.

I think you are so right about this. That's why when you apply for art schools and art jobs most places want to look at a whole portfolio to see where your strengths and weaknesses lie. Also, sometimes anatomy is less important when you do stylized work.

For example, both of these are my work:

There are certain subjects I tend to draw better? And isn't that like all of us? I've met some people who have incredible pencil/ink skills and have had plenty of professional gigs working for big publishers, but their colors are just MEH. It's not their interest or passion, so its not well practiced. Doesn't make them a lower level artist.

[Freemints30]

Well now I feel I might just have entered level 3. I believe I'm pretty good with things such as colors and OK with lines. However anatomy is were I have my biggest problems with.

[Wumbl]

Level 5 I guess? 6? One or the other.
My anatomy is basically solid, and while lineart is still a bit laborious for me I've got a good sense of colour and light.

[booklove]

My level is feeling very excited to post it right after I finished, and feel extremely doubtful the next day. It just looks way shittier the next day for some reasons.

[writercynknapp]

Subzero

[lynestjules]

Although the premise of the video is interesting, it's not possible to rank yourself just by the video itself. Personally, on a rank from 1 to 10... I'm maybe a 6 or a 7 if we're talking about cartoon style art.
I'm probably a 3 in realism, because that's not my style, even if I studied anatomy.
I'm not good at drawing everything. Certain things might take me longer. I'm no layout artists, so that tends to take me an enormous amount of time.

Going just with the video itself, I'm probably a 6. I don't feel comfortable putting myself at the highest rank, there's just too many cartoon artist out there that their skill level is beyond mine. So, it makes no sense that I'm a 6, but can't rank myself as a 4 or a 5. Unless I'm so rushed and exhausted and I have to push out a piece of artwork that I regret 30 seconds later. But, on a regular day, I'm not a 4 or a 5.

[LCT_m_a_d]

There were some good thoughts and critiques offered in this video, However I really hope creators here don't read too much into the idea of ranking your art.

Comparing specific aspects of work by work is good to recognize that you are leaving some useful techniques on the table or that you are not doing something in your art that others are.

But, I think we need to let go of the idea in society that other people are productive at a higher or lower level than us. That was probably not the intention but I think that this should be plugged for those who might feel that they're "only a 3 but wanna be like a 4 artist"

[jensrichard77]

Don't be so hard on yourself.
zero is when you don't have any art. and you have that.

Let's just play with the "I can't art" category of 0.5 as I called mine art.

Where do you see your art from 0.1 - 0.5 (I guess that mine Blue Life is the hig tire of this category)

But what to work on for you to get a higer tire?

I guess that if I ever should get out of the 0.5 and into a 1, would be when my characters gets human anatomy with elbows and fingers.

[frgmnt]

Ooh I've seen that video before. I get the intent behind it, and I think it's pretty neat overall, but I agree it's generalized (though it would be hard for a short video to not be). No artist only makes works that are within just one level, unless they're really brand new and never drew anything since kindergarten.

I personally disagree about 4 being a "buyable" level, that would be at least a consistent 5 imo. Because of the amount of competition there is, getting people to buy your art requires more than just passable skill, unless maybe you're targeting a niche audience.

As for me, this video doesn't make me very optimistic about my art I've been drawing "seriously" for several years, and yet I'm still only around level 4 - and that's on (rare) good days... I think my best pieces are around 5, like the ones below, but normally it's an unattainable level for me - it requires literally all of my effort. I've been like this for a few years already, and since I'm a self-taught artist with motivation issues and no work ethic, I'll probably never get much better.

My level 5 (?) examples

[inkycharland]

Yo, great stuff. Do you have any links to social sites where you post regularly?

[inactive_account]

I thought it would be hard for me to get better as well. I struggled with anatomy, never could make my pieces look dynamic, interesting, less stiff. That was last year in september. Then I decided to start actually learning how to draw, because I could no longer improve by just drawing.
Our styles are completly different, so I can't really advise you on that, but try to look up some anatomy references, maybe get a book.
When it comes to coloring, however, I did not color my drawings AT ALL. Then in november last year I discovered this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCps08eOJfFRm00TE5LStIIg and it helped me to understand the process. What exactly one has to keep in mind when coloring (as well as color theory, general mindset, some photoshop tips that can apply to other programs), and still it took me 8/9 months to feel comfortable with what I'm doing.

And I went from this:

To this:

I still have lots of things that need improvement, but I hope you can see some differences

Oh! And the last thing, one of the most important ones: don't push yourself to hard. Learning takes time, especially if you study on your own without a teacher. Good luck :3