Make Art Out of Curiosity not Fear | Art Tutorial

Summary

In "Make Art Out of Curiosity not Fear," David Choe shares his journey into the world of YouTube and art instruction, emphasizing the importance of creating art from a place of curiosity rather than fear. Choe talks candidly about how being a middle child shaped his explorative nature, pushing him to try new things, even when outside his comfort zone. He delights in the process of creating and encourages others to embrace curiosity in their artistic endeavors, noting that true happiness and creativity stem from this mindset, rather than focusing on results or comparisons to others. Through humorous anecdotes and his unique, colorful approach, viewers are inspired to see beyond conventional techniques and express themselves freely.

Highlights

• David Choe talks about embracing his identity as a Los Angeles hipster and a newfound YouTuber! 🎥
• He introduces his 'nonprofit' persona—with a quirky twist! 👒
• Choe shares stories about his childhood challenges and how they've fueled his curiosity! 👶
• He demonstrates drawing with a white crayon, symbolizing unseen potential! ✏️
• David emphasizes creating out of curiosity, not fear, for genuine artistic expression! 🎨
• He discusses the joy and importance of failing as part of the creative journey! 🚀
• Choe reflects on how the best results come from unexpected places! 🎉
• A playful tale about breaking the norms and encouraging a clown to be unique! 🤡

Key Takeaways

• Embrace curiosity in your art, not fear; this leads to true creativity! 🎨
• Forget the results—it's about having fun and enjoying the process! 😄
• Being unique and trying unconventional methods make your art stand out! 🌟
• Don't worry about others' opinions; focus on what makes you happy! 😊
• True art isn't about perfection; it's about the journey and exploration! 🧭

Overview

David Choe's art tutorial is anything but typical. In this lively video, he sheds the conventional artist persona and dons his 'nonprofit' hat—a symbol of breaking free from traditional boundaries. Choe humorously addresses being labeled as a hipster and transitions into his YouTube career, setting the stage for a unique exploration of creativity.

Choe takes viewers on an unexpected journey with stories from his childhood where dares and challenges pushed him out of his comfort zone. He demonstrates this mindset playfully, drawing with a white crayon to show how much we create is unseen yet valuable. His message is clear: real art comes from curiosity, not fear, and the willingness to explore and fail leads to unexpected discoveries.

Throughout the video, Choe challenges societal norms, urging viewers to reflect on why they want what they desire. He entertains with colorful fashion, dynamic storytelling, and humorous anecdotes, all to encourage a life lived creatively, free from the constraints of fear. True creativity, according to Choe, emerges when one dares to be different and embraces the unknown.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Identity The chapter "Introduction and Identity" opens with the speaker, David Cho, addressing a recurring question from his audience regarding his choice of fashion, specifically his hat. Cho humorously identifies himself as a "Los Angeles hipster," linking his identity to his origins in LA. He shares a recent change in his life, surprising many of his family and friends by becoming a YouTuber. Despite not initially aspiring to be a vlogger or influencer, this is the path he finds himself on. He acknowledges his various recognitions - some know him from 'beef' or 'thumbs up,' but he suggests that his new identity as an online content creator marks a fresh chapter.
• 00:30 - 01:30: Nonprofit Persona and Crayon Art The chapter titled "Nonprofit Persona and Crayon Art" begins with a discussion about the concept of 'nonprofit' with a humorous twist, where nonprofit is spelled as 'gnonprofit', emphasizing the silent 'G's. The conversation also plays on the word 'profit', jokingly spelling it as 'p-r-o-p-e-t-t' with two 'T's. The chapter continues with references to receiving calls about being a YouTuber and teaching art, suggesting the speaker's involvement in online art education. The playful dialogue combines elements of wordplay and a light-hearted take on the nonprofit theme.
• 01:30 - 03:30: Overcoming Fear with Curiosity This chapter explores the concept of overcoming fear by channeling curiosity. The speaker illustrates this idea by engaging in an impromptu art session with a broken crayon found on the floor, symbolizing how one can transform apprehension into creativity through curiosity and action. The narrative suggests that fear can be mitigated by redirecting focus towards creative endeavors, turning the unknown into a canvas for expression.
• 03:30 - 05:30: Creative Process and Reflection In the chapter titled 'Creative Process and Reflection,' the speaker begins by humorously mentioning how their drawing with a white crayon is invisible, illustrating a playful metaphor for unseen creativity. The narrative then shifts to the speaker's personal background, sharing that they are a middle child with two brothers, Jimmy and Paul. The speaker describes themselves as a surprisingly shy child, even receiving awards for being the quietest kid. The segment contains a reflection on the dynamics with siblings, particularly focusing on the influence of dares from the speaker's brother Jimmy, which led to many daring adventures.
• 05:30 - 09:30: Balloon Art Experimentation In the chapter titled 'Balloon Art Experimentation,' the author discusses stepping out of their comfort zone to explore new art techniques. They acknowledge the influence of fear in their early life but emphasize their inherent curiosity, which drives them to experiment and explore different creative avenues, such as hitchhiking. The chapter indicates a shift from a fear-governed approach to one driven by curiosity and a willingness to try new things.
• 09:30 - 13:30: Exploring Artistic Composition In this chapter on 'Exploring Artistic Composition', the focus is on the importance of curiosity in art creation. The speaker emphasizes trying different techniques and suggests that true art emerges when artists create from a place of curiosity rather than fear. This approach, although it may lead to unexpected or 'ugly' results, is seen as essential for genuine artistic expression.
• 13:30 - 15:00: Creating from Curiosity The chapter 'Creating from Curiosity' discusses the inevitability of failure and the importance of learning to enjoy the process rather than being fixated on the end results. It highlights that winning or being good at something doesn't necessarily equate to happiness, as evidenced by some successful people who don't seem genuinely happy. The key takeaway centers around having a good time and questioning the superficial happiness projected by celebrities or influencers.

Make Art Out of Curiosity not Fear | Art Tutorial Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 a lot of you when I say a lot of you I mean six  of you have been like what's up with the hat Dave   you look like a Los Angeles hipster well let's not  get it twisted I am a Los Angeles hipster I'm from   LA and you don't get hipper than this okay and uh  I've shocked and surprised uh a lot of my family   members and close friends lately by becoming a  YouTuber now it wasn't always my dream to be a   vlogger instagrammer YouTuber influencer but here  we are a lot of you know me as David Cho some of   you know me from uh beef some of you know me from  thumbs up but you can forget all that cuz when I
• 00:30 - 01:00 put this hat on this hat right here when I put  this hat on I'm nonprofit did you say nonprofit   like the charity yeah I guess maybe a little  charitable but nonprofit is spelled g n o n g   the G's are silent and profit you mean like P R  O fi t no with a p p r o p e t t two T's and so   I've been getting the calls the calls hey Dave  you're a YouTuber you teach art now your like uh
• 01:00 - 01:30 art instructional videos no I'm not but when this  hat goes on when it gets screwed on when this is   on I'm nonprofit and I'm super super super sketchy  what does that mean well here's a bag of crayons   right and I found this broken one on the floor  here's white what are you going to do right now   what are you going to do right now well I'm going  to start drawing stuff stuff and you're not even
• 01:30 - 02:00 going to know what I'm drawing because it's with a  white crayon it's invisible right I don't know how   many of you out there have brothers and sisters  I got two I'm the middle I'm the middle child in   that sandwich uh I got Jimmy and Paul and uh you  you might not believe this but I was super shy   as a kid I didn't talk that much I got Awards and  stuff for being the most quietest kid and then um   for those of you who do have siblings you know  you get challenged a lot you get dared and my   my brother my brother Jimmy he would dare me to  do stuff and so I did a lot of stuff outside of
• 02:00 - 02:30 my comfort zone that I never wanted to do so a lot  of people asked me about this technique and yeah I   could make this entire Channel about art technique  and uh and and I will I'll show you some technique   it's not all or nothing but for me so much of  my early life was ruled by fear and um for me   at least I have always been a curious person even  when dared or not so that's why I hitchhike that's
• 02:30 - 03:00 why I try different techniques cuz I'm always  interested in those things so for me real art   true art if you really want to go for it see like  I kind of lost the way here cuz I'm I'm drawing   with white is what is when you create from a place  of curiosity hm let's just see let's see what   happens uh and a lot of people they don't create  from a place of curiosity they they create from   a place of fear so when you create from a place of  curiosity and really you know a lot of really ugly
• 03:00 - 03:30 bad things are going to happen and you're going  to fail a lot but a lot of interesting things are   going to happen and and if you can divorce  yourself from the results then you're going   to have a really good time and that's what it's  about anyways right you just want to have a good   time sometimes you see people win at things and  they're really good at things but they don't look   that happy people ask me about hey hey what do  you think about this celebrity or this influencer   or this you know and I go what do you want me to  say about them they're like well what do you think   about them and they go do they look happy to you  do they look happy to you I mean a lot of people
• 03:30 - 04:00 have made the arguments that this is the worst  art that I've ever made in my life and well I sto   doing this kind of thing and to draw something for  real and to them I say no so now I think I have   something here but I I won't know till I I reveal  it Black Ink it's not Magic ink or anything I   guess it could be magic that's all it is is Black  Ink and I'm a little bit nervous because I know   there's people watching but also I like it when  you [Music] watch this isn't anything like how
• 04:00 - 04:30 I thought it would be back to the drawing board  I'm sitting in my uncomfortableness right now and   I'm wondering what went wrong well this really  isn't the nicest paper so now I'm questioning
• 04:30 - 05:00 my cheapness why did I go with this cheap paper  I should have got better paper number two this   would have looked better if I pushed harder so  why didn't I push hard why why was I so scared   why was I being so timid with the pushing  but let's experiment let's see what happens   if I do this by the way I've never done this  before I don't know what this is going to look like there well that's  interesting that is interesting
• 05:00 - 05:30 there's something already happening here and I'm  just going to go with it and instead of trying   to use my brain I'll turn my brain off and just  follow the path that's already been set out in   front of me all right now I'm having fun I'm  having fun right now trying not to think too   much and just you know sometimes like obviously  you see this is I'm dressed very colorfully this   morning and yet the paintings seem very emo and  very Gothic so my wardrobe betrays me so I I'm
• 05:30 - 06:00 not g to try to make sense of any of what's  happening and just let it happen I could sit   here and say I don't care what you think I care a  little bit what you think but for the most part I   don't care what you think but I care a little bit  so let's clean our brush so we don't waste this   brush right they say you can't polish a turd but  is that true is that true some lipstick on this   thing maybe the this will be make more sense if  I sign it did that fix it you know what I'm just
• 06:00 - 06:30 going to be honest with you whatever I'm going  for this morning or what I thought I was going to   go for this morning is not working maybe I'm the  problem maybe the Hat's on a little too tight oh   hold on a second hold on a second maybe the canvas  is wrong maybe the canvas is wrong maybe I've been   focusing so much on this that the canvas should  be this maybe it should be this you know who was
• 06:30 - 07:00 scared yesterday you guys aren't going to believe  this you you want me to tell you who was scared   yesterday the clown the sad clown you mean the  clown making these balloons yeah I stole all these   balloons from kids yesterday and then after I I  saw the clown guy packing his balloon materials   up to get in the car and everything looks like  what it's supposed to look like that looks like a
• 07:00 - 07:30 butterfly that looks like a bee this looks like a  bunny and I said hey why not give it a bunny face   with be wings and make this this ear like this big  and like make give them legs with their swords why   not try stuff different you know he said hey hey  man I just had a long day with these kids like
• 07:30 - 08:00 can you please leave me alone and I said well why  not just try like you you know how to obviously   manipulate these balloons into doing whatever  shapes you want why not try to make some like   abstract insane looking you'll be the guy you'll  be this dude that's unique to yourself you'll be   the one clown that makes balloon animals that look  different than everyone else's right and he said   leave me alone no I want to make something today  I don't know what it's going to look like I don't
• 08:00 - 08:30 know where it's going but my intent is to blow my  own mind flowers please is there a story here a penguin why you got to deconstruct the balloon  form Dave what was wrong with why why why mess   with it it was perfect already was it was it  sitting here challenging that guy hey why don't   you do it why don't you do it why don't I do  it why that's what happens a lot I meet artists   and I meet people and I go hey why don't  you do this why don't you do it why don't
• 08:30 - 09:00 I do it why don't I do it how pumped would  you be if you went to a party and you got   this are you effing kidding me are you  e it wasn't about this it wasn't about   that it was about this my focus was on  the wrong thing the entire time I was
• 09:00 - 09:30 there was another one there was another one oh oh I didn't even do that one did  I just make myself a new hat did I just   make myself did that just happen that  just happened well we got to try it on right oh man what a wonderful morning do you know  it's the morning it's not even night time yet and   it's already awesome you know they say put your  thinking cap on this is my thinking cap for today
• 09:30 - 10:00 I didn't even do anything yet and I'm already  thinking great stuff you know what what happens   when I put on both okay what are you feeling this  is this is what I know you're out there just send   send it to me is is this live just send it to me  telepathically what what a house okay yeah here we   go house chimney yes chimney okay there we go what  a truck okay here we go is that what a truck looks
• 10:00 - 10:30 like the little thing up there that's a truck  right oh dog you guys like dogs here's a dog sitting big tail like that okay what else oh I uh  the stick figure again here's a here's a here's   the angry stick figure I'm not even going to  draw the face and you'll already know here we go
• 10:30 - 11:00 what's that you guys all know that you know  what that means you know what that means   hands on hips hands on hips means someone's  angry someone's angry or you're just really   tired hiking up Griffith Park is it a full moon  tonight or is it a crescent moon who doesn't   like chicken McNuggets there's this one there's  the boot one and then there's the kind of eight   one right let's not forget the dipping sauce it's  Kung Pow right there sweet and sour so what I just
• 11:00 - 11:30 did is draw some shapes and you're like that  doesn't look that cool well like I said I lost   my way this morning obviously you could see the  energy shift I'm way more excited now now that I   got my new thinking cap on so now we're going  to turn this into a piece of Fine Art it just   went from chicken scratch scritchy scratch super  sketchy gibberish and now we're going to turn it   into Fine Art how are you how are we going to  do that well the young man who said he wanted
• 11:30 - 12:00 this truck do you ever think about why you want  what you want oh yeah because my brother used   to drive this and my dad and before him and his  my grandfa oh no no I saw it in a movie in the   movies in the movies I saw this truck and that's  why ever since I was a kid this is the do you   ever think about why you want what you want you  ever think about that I want this kind of house   this cuz I saw someone this and I and and they  made me this I want to be this kind of artist
• 12:00 - 12:30 I want to be a comic book artist I want to be an  abstract artist I want to be this kind of athlete   because I saw Michael Jordan because I saw Michael  Jackson because I saw Mike Tyson because I saw   some Michael do something you're a poser you're a  poser but like my friend LS told me this morning   now it's your time to be a composer do you know  how to come pose so you're not posing anymore   the way you dress the things that you want your  style it's a facade you're a liar you're a poser
• 12:30 - 13:00 and now transform like I just did you never  ever seen balloon animals like this before   you like oh there's a bee there's a bunny you  never seen this is before now it's your turn to   be a composer so how are we going to compose this  how does this chicken nuggets Dog House Crescent   Moon Hands-On hips and truck become a work of art  you just get off on yourself you trace yourself   you start tracing your own drawing then you stop  and you go beep let's just make beeps for you all
• 13:00 - 13:30 over the place beep boop bong bing bong bo bo  ding dong ding bing bing bong ding bong bing binging ding well what did that do Dave it doesn't  look any better you made it look worse well now   it's a video game you guys like mazes you like  Crossroad puzzles you like sidoku you just go   like this and the game is don't touch the dots and  don't go over your own dark line so you just make
• 13:30 - 14:00 little games for yourself within the line you go  around these boobs you go around these Bops and go   bing bong ding dong it's like Ping Pong it's like  Pinball it's like whoa what's happening what's   happening what's happening what is happening you  sure talk a lot Dave yeah it happens when I'm in   the studio by myself you think this is a lot who  are you talking to sometimes I talk to my mommy
• 14:00 - 14:30 sometimes I talk to my daddy is it comfortable for  you to draw with balloons around your neck and a   giant hat on and a hot pink sweatsuit why should  I take any advice from you you're wearing a pink   jumpsuit right now well I'll double down and say  you should only take advice from people wearing   full pink jumpsuits how about that you ever think  about that so I'll I'll say it again and I'll   sound like a record on repeat true creativity true  art is when you create from Curiosity curiosity
• 14:30 - 15:00 not fear curiosity all that other stuff it's just  technique and it looks like a pretty picture but   we can all do that now anyone could take a pretty  picture anyone could do an AI prompt anyone could   do that but when you create from Curiosity then  you're living you hear the music you like my   composing I just turned you from a poser to a  composer and you can get in there you can get
• 15:00 - 15:30 in the weeds you know oh there's a little white  spot there there's a one there there's there it   depends when's the painting done Dave when's the  painting done when's the painting done when's   the painting done are we there yet are we there  yet are we there yet we're there fine art thanks guys shck out