Boosting Productivity and Advice for Young Artists - Draftsmen S1E02

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  @ProkoTV · 7 years ago · pinned

  What helps you guys stay focused and disciplined?

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• CH

  @chocofro3 · 7 years ago

  This was 41 minutes of personally attacking me. <br><br>Lol I love it.

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  @jixster1566 · 6 years ago

  &quot;If you do what the culture says is normal, how will you ever be countercultural enough to succeed in something so odd as professional art?&quot; This is... wow. This is huge

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  @P4MI · 7 years ago

  I listened to this while i was painting and was very productive until I stopped to make this comment

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  @apeeatape · 7 years ago

  There&apos;s a saying: Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Applies to art 200%

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  @Studiofaeltube · 7 years ago

  I really struggled with focus last year, and focused entirely on improving it in the beginning of this one. First off, I quit videogames / drinking / partying almost entirely. I had a lot of problems with my neurotransmitters, to the point that I couldn&apos;t focus for more than 10 mins on anything. During this detox phase, I used Pomodoro techniques to focus on sprints of 25 mins with resting periods. &nbsp;Months later my concentration has really improved. &nbsp;Recently I&apos;ve been waking up really early to try and start the day with making art before my day job, and ending the day with practicing.

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• MI

  @mikys97 · 7 years ago

  Listening to marshall is like gaining countless of experiences within not even an hour. Great series 👍

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  @Dalpsyify · 7 years ago

  Wow... what a pleasure. I watched Marshall&apos;s 1996 lectures on perspective and I rarely see teachers who are at this level of passion and drive. You can really see it behind his eyes. For what words cannot say, and only as a mere frame of reference, I put him in my legendary league with Robert Beverley Hale.

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  @BlackGrje · 20 hours ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UpJYZFnitc&amp;t=1426">23:46</a> i actually found out recently that i was the MOST productive when i was literally sitting in the living room with a table, and my pencil and sketchbook, where everyone was going infront of me and talking and doing their things <br><br>that was the time i was the msot productive in, i was drawing 3 to 5 pages a day<br><br>but now, i can&apos;t even draw 1 consistently<br><br>this is actually why i came back to this podcast

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  @DaemonicPossession · 7 years ago

  I found this really interesting and it hits home. I&apos;ve wanted to learn to draw and sculpt for years, buy all the equipment and then sit at my desk watching Netflix with all the equipment next to me. After watching the shows have this anger towards myself but it doesn&apos;t seem strong enough to change my habits.<br><br>Saying that I have started sculpting in the past week and went back to watching your videos on drawing the Loomis&apos; head, and instead of sitting watching my 2.5-year-old play and watch cartoons I got a piece of MDF, &nbsp;A4 paper and a red pencil. Within 10 minutes I&apos;d drawn 20+ badly drawn heads with an overhand grip. That is 20 more than I&apos;ve done in 2 years. Sometimes you don&apos;t have the tranquility to draw or work and just have to plow through it.<br><br>It&apos;s going to be a long road, but here&apos;s to starting.<br><br>P.S. Anyone want to play a drinking game next Podcast? The rules are you take a shot every time Marshall references a quote. Good Luck.

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  @TiggyBloom · 7 years ago

  Honestly, I desperately need talks like this to kick my ass and remind me that I need to turn things off. I think I try to justify having the 10 tabs open on my browser because &quot;What if I a client has a question&quot; or &quot;I need to look up a bunch of references&quot; but that isn&apos;t the only way to do things.

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  @doodledoodledab · 9 months ago

  &quot;I&apos;m only ten... actually I&apos;m eleven.&quot; This kid is cracking me up

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