I've been taking a personal gripe with how a lot of YouTube channels name and thumbnail their art tutorials. DON'T GET ME WRONG I have YouTube to thank for 89% of my development and improvements in my anatomy and style.
However there's a LOT of channels saying things that have led me to FINALLY START BLOCKING CHANNELS so I don't have to see their stupid thumbnails anymore. I've addressed this sort of thing before:
" DON'T DO THIS! "
These are never actually videos about "flaws"
in my experience, but tend to be "I don't personally draw things like this, so stop doing it". What they're telling you not to do can often actually be a GOOD THING in a lot of other styles. This is someone lording personal preference over you.
" YOU'RE DRAWING THIS WRONG! "
Do you like how your drawing looks? Then NO You're fucking NOT!
" THE SECRET THAT MAKES YOU BETTER THAN 90% OF ARTISTS. "
I saw this more recently and I don't know what pisses me off more; The fact that It's entirely written like a commercialized scam withholding "secret information" or the statement dripping with self superiority over everyone.
You'll watch YouTube Auto Play into these and realize they have literally nothing to say. Just like a financial scheme that encouraged that style of clickbaity headlines.
There are more examples but I won't get too much further into it. The point is BLOCK THESE CHANNELS. They are de-motivational drivel.
Instead find videos named "my methods" or "how I draw/color this" something that offers information but isn't out to critique you before you even know who's talking.
Art is not a solved and perfected science. The little skills we pick up from other artists is how we form our styles. If you see someone doing something that looks cool, learn from what they're doing. But FOR THE LOVE OF GOD don't let some dudebro life coach wannabe tell you for 43 minutes why "your art looks bad"
I will recommend some channels that have been MASSIVELY helpful to my art development now. I hope they'll be of use to you as well:
Hide Channel:
https://youtube.com/@hidechannel2?si=l6s-tdtQYGvod-23
Kuroshiro:
https://youtube.com/@kurohshiro?si=9r8WNHgNs6SgWWyN
NekoRina:
https://www.youtube.com/@NekoRina
Marikyuun:
https://youtube.com/@marikyuun?si=ycI_JpDWhotCTq2q
Tadano Tajima:
https://youtube.com/@tadano_tajima?si=NPA-PPqe36YP7CA4
