Making Art Friends is Hard

Hello! I just wanted to point out something from the beginning section of the video. I’m a first generation child of Mexican/Honduran immigrant parents. I saw someone mention how I’m generalizing everyone from Latin America as Mexicans by mentioning loud parties and music, but I specified that it was my mom who’s Honduran who likes loud music. When it comes to the toddlers party, there’s so many different types of Latin Americans living here who are very social. They love partying, my neighborhood is very close, and loves to include everyone, treating each other like family. which is why I mention them as my people. My parents struggled a lot with xenophobia so they went to neighborhoods that were immigrant friendly. My videos only speak on my experiences, this is my channel after all. I just wanted to clear that up, that’s all!

The worst part about not having friends in general and being an introvert is that every time i want to look up advices people always say that you have to be with a friend group to not lose motivation. Like, COME ON MAN T ^ T

I actually prefer having art friends than being a big artist on social media. The internet is such a toxic place! Especially for small creators like me. If anyone wants to be moots i'll be here! ❤

Making connections IS hard, and creatives are sometimes really quirky. That quirkiness can be a little off putting at times. But I promise most people who love making things want to bond over self expression. I think finding something you genuinely find interesting about them (how they dress or what they are making) and telling them you like it, no matter how absolutely cheesy, helps a lot in the beginning. So long as it’s authentic, it automatically gives you something to talk about. So don’t feel bad about having to be the golden retriever! Everyone relies on someone else’s friendliness and courage to feel welcomed and appreciated. And don’t give up on the shy ones! Sometimes what they need is consistency to feel safe opening up. Just frequently greeting them often helps. Inviting them to draw with you, or offering to look at each other’s sketchbooks can create a slower, cozier environment where they feel more comfortable. So don’t feel down, you’re not the only one. We all struggle and it’s a skill to develop. The right people will come into your life ❤🐶

wanting more friends that you can relate to is so REAL!!!! when school ended, me and my friends ended up doing very different things and while I love and cherish them, it gets kinda lonely to be in such different paths. that being said, THE ART COMMUNITY SEEMS SO SCARY LIKE???💀💀 maybe they are just really introverted and don't know how to react??? some people just appear to be super intimidating, then they turn out to be just as nervous as we are!! I hope that you'll make art friends soon, sometimes we end up connecting with people at really unexpected times, and I'm sure that time will come for you!! (also I know this comment is already pretty long BUT the soccer obsessed dad struggle is so real😭😭I'm brazilian and my dad is always onto that lmao)

It feels impossible to make art freinds, I just want a group of people that have similar interests tbh, so I could share my art with them and they could share theirs with me, and give eachother tips and Critiques, that'd be fun

Hispanic household is so real 😭 I can’t have my peace without them being loud

since ive been introverted my whole life, and had troubles making friends since very little, recently trying to take art seriously after what seems like a life time i completely get you. making friends in general is HARD yo. making ART FRIENDS is, hardcore difficulty hard.

I found something weird and it might get me some hate but art communities are a weird double edged sword.. Specially when you have a collection of people who want recognition or a career in art.. You have people who deep down want to help you and encourage you but they also very aware that you are also their competition.. I would imagine it happens the same in many competitive fields, even more so in fields effected by the current growth of A.I.

I think one of the reasons it's so hard to make art freinds is because (for me, at least) artists are veryyy intimidating, it's bad anough that I'm always feeling judged and not confident in my art, but another artist who probably understands alot more then me is sooo... idk, just hard to get over it lol

As an artist myself I decided not to go to art school at all I instead went to a school with different people so I can learn from them and get more experience

Its hard to make new friends too, especially if you feel self-conscious or like too anxious to come off normal. I made some friends unexpectedly through an art group, and well.. there wasn't a goal aside from just 'hanging out' to draw except for the yearly book we used to publish. We'd hang in public spaces and talk about some life things or chit chat how's life going or hey have you tried this new material? But as everyone got older everyone withdrew to their own comfort circles because every person has a unique view and or preferred human to hang out with. So we broke into smaller groups...then everything changed when covid attacked, and everyone's been a little too busy with their own things now. Its hard, but I try to poke them now and then. I'm trying to revive the regular hangouts in hopes I can draw new and old peeps back, but finding safe 3rd place spaces are getting harder to find and I need to coordinate everyone's schedules. At least you're trying, don't give up :) Try again.

Yeah, I can totally relate! I really wish I had art friends, finding them is so difficult especially ones that are on the same wavelength as me! I just wish I could find people who are fond of the same things that I am 😞

While I don't go to art school, I relate to struggling to talk to anyone in the art classes I have gone to. and I agree trying to talk to other artists online is TERRIFYING lol

damn youtube algorithm got so real wtf, you're also an artist that can't find art friends irl and has a loud household so they can barely find time to record videos and live in a mexican area by Chicago??

i'm nigerian so i relate to the loud parties lol and the amount of parties are a lot i've lost count with the amount of weddings i've been to 😭 i didn't go to art school but, as for making friends in uni, i met most of my friends were via clubs /societies like anime, games, etc and post-uni, i've made art friends from going to art events! also it helps if you meet up with people after the event too. i table at conventions and i've made friends in the artist alley as well :D it's a slow process to make friends. when i graduated, all my friends moved back to their towns so they became long-distance friends. i had no friends that lived loacal to me and i had to start from scratch in a way to make irl friends

I really love the artstyle! But I felt the second hand embarassment when greeting new people😂, being the more social one seems like I'm bothering other people😅. I would like to see more of your videos!

artists seem to have huge egos and are very insecure initially so there needs to be a setting that removes these before any of them can really get along in any productive way (as an artist who has zero art friends for the last 30 years, including going to school)

Ya’ll are making friends instead of enemies???

I want to be friends with people so bad, I can tolerate literally anything what they draw (as long as it's not illegal), but NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS WHAT. I was trying to keep up with a rule "everyone in the room just waits for someone to talk to them!" Because that's true for me, but people DON'T WANT TO TALK AT ALL