Bearable Arts

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

But you freely admit the system is bad. That it values the wrong things.

After Bush’s No Child Left Behind bill, education became much more “data and facts driven,” ie it started this emphasis on standardized tests and the “need” to always improve upon previous test results. This led to teachers being forced to teach to the test, so you no longer had teachers who taught fun lessons just because it is an engaging form of instruction with educational value, you only get lessons that check off standards. (If you ever wondered why teachers always had the standards written out on the board with stuff like “The students will achieve an understanding of the texts’ use of metaphors and be able to generate examples of their own” or some nonsense, it was so that if admin observed them, they were spoon-fed what standards were being addressed with the proper buzzwords in educational circles.)

Continue on this course of viewing education as being about test scores, then it follows that school is just about going to college, and college no longer is about gaining specialized knowledge, skills, and expanding your depth of your understanding or the the breadth of your experiences. College instead becomes “a financial investment in your future.” If you’re a millennial or older Gen Z, feel free to take a shot if you heard that exact phrase from a councilor. College became strictly about money, and it implanted this idea that more expensive schools meant more lucrative jobs, and we all know where that has led.

Continue on this path that only sees a degree as having monetary worth but not something with any personal value, then yeah, it’s understandable that people are just going to do whatever is the path of least resistance to get the piece of paper that says “I have the soft skills available to get a mediocre entry-level job that I’ll be turned away from due to the economy.” Note: it’s understandable, but not justified. Yes, it fucking sucks that the world doesn’t see the value in personal growth, or exploring ideas, or testing truths, or discovering new concepts, because those are only of any worth if they can be patented and marketed. No, you don’t get a pass to just accept it because it sucks and it’s easier to be filled with malaise and ennui. We already did that, it was called the 90s. Everyone was irony poisoned and it allowed for a massive wave of conservatism and neoliberalism.

So much of my adolescence, I always heard jokes about taking “underwater basket weaving” classes. Usually it was either a joke because it was a notoriously easy A to cushion your GPA, or it was a filler elective class that wasted your time when you were going to be some hot shot lawyer or big time doctor, author, professor, philosopher or whatever. But honestly? Some of the best classes I took at my university were my non-essential classes. I took three years of jazz just because it was cool and I learned so much about some of my biases regarding music, and that opened me up to seeing some of my biases in other areas too. I might not have reached that perspective if I didn’t do that. Those trumpet playing skills serve no function at my job as a data analyst, but they made me a better person, and that’s what mattered.