What's the best tip you ever got?

[RagtimeMoz]

Starting off I'd say the best artist tip I ever got was to be full on motivated to get into the art industry. This student art teacher that told me this used to have art shows in his garage, and would call up museums all the time to see if his art would be displayed.
If any of us can find as much motivation as that guy I believe you could achieve anything.

Would love to hear your pearls of wisdom, dosen't have to be art related, any tip that you think is the best!

[darthmongoose]

Always start out with a short self-contained comic before you launch into a long-form web or print comic. You don't want to make all your beginner mistakes in the first few pages of a longform comic and end up with something inconsistent and that makes a bad first impression. Plus short comics make great portfolio pieces.

-Tip I learned from the fantastic people at Sweatdrop Studios many years ago.

[Lensing]

You learn the most when you create and get critique.
The harder the critique the more you learn
Create regularly, ask pros, ask people who don´t have
a problem with telling you that it sucks and is boring, learn to
listen to critique from everyone, also people with no clue,
the reader later has no clue and is not a pro and if they
think your story is boring then you are unsuccessful and
don´t know why and just because you were too proud to
listen.
I uploaded sequential art to facebook groups and they
ripped it apart, some told me what I can do better.
I said thank you to everyone and i learned a lot with
just one single critique and it felt like I learned more
than watching tutorials for 6 months

[Legendofgenii]

Flip the canvas.

I was really stubborn to try it, but it does work.

[TheLemmaLlama]

This! Also, actually having a finished thing under your belt is a permanent boost to morale and when you feel like your current project will never end, you can look back on the little things you've finished and regain faith in yourself :]

[TheLemmaLlama]

i learned a lot with just one single critique and it felt like I learned more than watching tutorials for 6 months

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I actually feel like artists can get a little too obsessed with critique; I've seen many a thread asking for feedback only for the advice to be a bunch of little tweaks, and the artist applies the advice and ends up with something not that different from the original. I feel like if I asked for feedback on literally everything I draw, I'd never get anything done :'D

[Lensing]

Artists shouldn´t get critique for every little step because a lot of things they can answer themselves.
Specific questions are also the key

[MasterValkyrie]

"Just because you are young, that doesn't mean you have to be a "Young Artist". Take your time and develop what you want to write. I would much rather read a masterpiece from someone in their 50's than a piece of garbage from an overly ambitious 19 year-old."
-My coworker/friend.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

It was twenty dollars.

[jasonboredd]

When I was still in high school, Christopher Paolini had a facebook Q&A. He had written his first novel in high school and I had been inspired to do the same. I asked him what advice he had for a writer just starting out. He replied with:

"Writing is a marathon, not a race. Take your time, even if it takes years."

[BarBarKetrab]

Take breaks. It really did wonders for my physical and mental health, stopping the 3:00am drawing marathons that is.

[EncryptedWriting]

Just believe in yourself.

I know it sounds really basic, but I know that if you even just fake confidence, it can turn out real. It is scary and the world is not always bright, but if you have the belief in yourself, then you don't need it from anyone else.

[EldestSisterMian]

in regards of comic making I guess one of the best tips I ever got came from here! "Try to make the actions happening more clear" I keep that in mind for now on, I also learnt a lot from my teacher but those are general lessons I cant recall rn

[TheLemmaLlama]

"Just because you are young, that doesn't mean you have to be a "Young Artist". Take your time and develop what you want to write. I would much rather read a masterpiece from someone in their 50's than a piece of garbage from an overly ambitious 19 year-old."-My coworker/friend.

"Writing is a marathon, not a race. Take your time, even if it takes years."

This! This is the reason I'm glad I didn't get very far at my earliest attempts at making comics. My ideas have become much better and more cohesive after letting them marinate in my head for a few years, and I wouldn't want to be stuck with the obligation to finish the dumb stuff I started out with :'D

[MeltingCORE]

• It's okay to have "weird" or unconventional art ideas, just look at Grimes and Björk! They're both superstars whose work is way out there. (And also two of my inspos.)
• Don't suffocate your art because you're afraid of what your family, friends, etc might think. Your art is yours alone and you deserve to make whatever your heart desires.
• SAVE FREQUENTLY

[Swamp]

First person to point out my comic was nothing but talking heads. I got upset and didn't draw for like a month, but it eventually pushed me to improve my panel design a lot.

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