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Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« on: September 30, 2016, 07:49:16 pm »
I've been on a slump in a project and I thought I'd look up videos of the basics or general advice to see if maybe I will get some tiny tip that I can take in and expand on.


I found Jenna Moreci. And her advice isn't horrible, but it treats me like a child. I do think it can be good but other times I see her just giving advice to show off her weirdness and how she can give advice.


And it's cringe worthy. It really is. And she underclass or dumbstruck down the examples to situations that rarely happen in a real scnario.

I rather not even share a video from her because I think it's that bad. For the record though, regardless if she has written anything or not that is actually worth reading, I just cant stand how it's about her personality first, advice second and it's hard to watch. I never completed a single video.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2016, 03:11:27 am »
The very first video on her youtube channel I watched and the moment she gave her first reason why she chose to self-publish , I already knew she's too afraid of getting shot down and that she craves growth in popularity plus quick and big buck - doesn't work that way in our world , hun . Her advice were okay , but seeing that she hasn't reach the point where she can back up her advice whenever being questioned , it's going to self-contradicts itself and herself and already her sales on Amazon says it all (Low ranking and amount of reviews = low sale) , and that's not just all , but I'll leave it at that .

Also , I took the liberty of reading her first chapter free on her website (up to chapter three) and I must say , I'm seeing lots of amateur mistakes and it's very predictable on the get go , thus not digging into the story at all . But heck , writer's not my main job , so I'm probably ain't spotting the more deeper flaws the critics on Amazon somehow managed to . Feel free to google it and read it yourself , netizens .

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2016, 03:56:35 am »
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that. But I didn't want to bring up her book simply because I've seen people who have been published give bad advice too.

But yeah a lot of what she says is on the surface level. I don't hate her but I really do feel like she's simply trying to show off.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2016, 12:57:39 pm »
I looked her up. She looked like a model but then I saw her videos and I think I know what you mean.

Sometimes when someone gives me advice they act like such a big shot and I don't want to be friends with them anymore.

If I saw a video like that I wouldve stopped within 2 mins and moved on LOL!

but who knows, there should be worst out there.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2016, 01:35:58 pm »
I'm sure there are worst...but I haven't seen one as worst and as popular.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2016, 06:34:26 am »
I'm sure there are worst...but I haven't seen one as worst and as popular.
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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2016, 12:49:59 am »
He's definitely up there along side Crillry. But I was looking in more of writing than drawing.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2016, 06:37:46 am »
If it's writing , not sure I've found one ... yet .

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2016, 11:33:27 pm »
Yeah I don't even know if there is a list of worst teachers for me. Hard to remember them lol.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2016, 07:18:05 pm »
As far as tutorial videos are concerned, I find that there are a lot of how to draw videos that only teach you to draw one specific thing or some set of things in one specific way, and they don't tend to break down the basics or explain visualizations. They just kinda speedpaint and throw music over it.

That's not to say that speedpaint tutorials can't be helpful, but rather that they don't teach as much as someone who sits down, does something, explains what they're doing, and gives helpful tips along the way like where to hold the pencil or a new way of thinking about the subject matter.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2016, 05:36:15 am »
I don't think most speed drawing is designed to make you learn but just see certain techniques if you know how to use those programs as well as they do.

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Re: Worst tutorial or advice videos?
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2016, 12:48:51 pm »
I don't think most speed drawing is designed to make you learn but just see certain techniques if you know how to use those programs as well as they do.
More correctly , it's more like educating them (or rather showing a way , their way) in putting all learned and mastered foundations into motion by creating the very first proper , finished artwork .

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Speedpaints are still a form of tutorial , but it's definitely not for beginners , that's for sure .

One thing I've noticed after scouring through the nets for writer's tutorial videos is that they all fall roughly under the same circle as the said person Lumaria's mentioned there , so far .

 

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