Sunday Sketcing : Again

Hey, how are you? I am back. Yeah, this is my third time streaming today. First time, tech got in the way. I got hung up, or whatever you call it, circle of death on YouTube. And came back for a quick one, and I just feel like winding down this day with another sketch. So hopefully you can hang out and stay with me for a little bit. My name is Jason, and this is the Inkspired Life, where I love sketching architecture, sharing creativity I have noticed, I have noticed that sometimes putting positivity out there, you— yeah, you totally get the opposite reaction from people, and that's going to happen. I've, I've kind of have learned a couple things. One, um, to have a thick— kind of a thicker— thick skin. Um, when I was in architecture school, I had a presentation, and I presented my project. You know, I got up there in front of— I forget how many students were in the room— 75 students, and there were professors presented my project, and, you know, I was excited and, uh, revved up about it, and, you know, real positive vibes about it. And then one kid stood up at the end, and he kind of used some profanity and said my project was— we'll say garbage— was garbage. He did not use that word. He was extremely He was like the Darth Vader to my Ben Kenobi, um, just dark, dark. And I have to say, I broke down in front of 75 people. And then my professor said something really negative, followed the train. I broke down and I cried in front of 75 people. I took it really personally and to heart, all the hours I put into that design and all those drawings. Were trashed by one silly kid and half a professor. Um, so anyway, that was, that was a turning, that was an alerting point in my career. Is that the right word? Um, to learn that I had to kind of become a little bit more thick-skinned throughout my architecture career. You know, I put— I'm always enthusiastic, put positive vibes out there. Best I can. And I get negative feedback from clients sometimes, and of course they're paying money, right? I want their feedback, and it's not always going to be what I wanted to hear, and that's okay. I used to take all my clients' feedback very, very personally, um, and it hurt. It hurt. But as time went on, I've learned not to do that. It's just their opinion, their feedback. Of course I listen a process. I could do two things. I can look at the process, take it in, and build on it, right? Those are so— if you put out positive vibes out there, you are going to get haters online. Here I have people keep it for what it is. And sometimes there will be good feedback, um, but if people are It is not who they are. So every single person you meet is going to have a different opinion of you. I deal with it in school. I have kids that like me and kids that don't like me, and that's fine. I am not there for a popularity contest. Uh, I just put my enthusiasm, my energy, and my love into what I do. I've had kids— not too many— but I've had kids in the past say, Mr. Nick, you have way too much energy. Why are you so hyper? Why are you so excited? They're like, they're like dissing my energy level. And I'm like, because I'm doing something, I'm sharing something I love. I know it's a long-winded response, but I hope— hopefully that made kind of sense. Let me know in the comments if that made sense. I hope so. That's just my two cents. I'm kind of liking the sketch. I don't know if you guys can see it clearly or not. I feel like I should have zoomed in. There we go. Oh, it was almost spilt my tea, literally. Yes, choose art over chaos. Yeah, you know, just don't give— don't give in. Don't give in. Try not to let the negativity get to your heart. By the way, let me go back to that story, um. The professor that was so hard on me during that presentation ended up being my favorite professor. We became friends throughout the remaining 4 years I was in. My architecture program was a 5-year program. We became friends, and he told me— he ended up telling me he was so hard on me during my first year, and it was present, that presentation, because he saw himself in me when he was my age. He saw himself in me when he was my age, and he, he wanted— he saw potential. He saw a potential that was there, and Um, it was kind of an interesting, you know, way to— for him to express that. And it kind of makes sense to me, and it made— it does— it makes sense to me. Not at first, but it did over the years. And I really appreciated him. And I think if I had stayed in Miami for him. He's no longer— he passed away. This is a fun What time is it? 9:35. I don't know if I'll do an NYC sketch tonight, but if anybody out there watching has any suggestions of maybe something, an NYC building that you want to see me sketch, just put it in the chat in case we, uh, in case I decide to do a sketch tonight. I'm not sure. I'm just kind of enjoying working on this one right now. It makes sense. It caused me to step back, be silent, redirect my attention. Yeah, yeah, that's the best way to process it. Um, always take a beat, take a beat or two if someone's like being stupid with you. Try to just take a beat couple extra seconds, let it soak in. Instead of being off-the-cuff, reactionary, boom, back-in-your-face kind of strategy, I like to— and it's— I always like to take a breath, literally just take a deep breath, just let it process. It's— and I'm not perfect, I don't always do that. But that's my goal, just to be more self-aware and to know when to step out of yourself in situations like that. All right, it's looking cool. I wonder if I should throw some color on it. What do you guys think? Should I throw some color on this one? Yeah, I think we got rid of the circle buffering, circle of death on YouTube. I think we're back to, uh, normal. My computer needed some updates, blah blah blah blah, and I'm back. I'm back. Yeah, you know what, I'm just gonna break out some colors. Let's play with some colored pencils tonight. I haven't used them in a while, so I'm gonna grab some colored pencils. I added a new color to my favorite colored pencil colors, um, neon orange. Yeah, man, you and orange. Let's just talk color pencils for a split sec. I'm always— not always, but I am asked what are my favorite color pencils and they're in the colors. So Prismacolor Premier, they're just straight up color pencils, not watercolor pencils. Love, love, love these. They're not a sponsor, but if they're out there, I could use some sponsorship for my upcoming workshop this summer. I'm gonna reach out to some people and maybe get some supplies I can give out at the workshop. Um, that'd be kind of cool. Anyway, here are my favorite colors. My new favorite color is neon orange. My numero uno favorite color of all time is light aqua. Neon yellow. Uh, chartreuse. I'll give you 10 bonus points if you could spell chartreuse without looking. Um, neon pink, of course, which became a signature color of mine that I used to use in almost every sketch. I haven't used it quite as much this year, and that's okay. I still love it. Um, what else do I have? Um, another color I really like is— it's an interesting color. It's called Process Red. I love the name. I don't know why it's called Process Red, but I love Process Red. Sorry, I got something stuck in there. I think that's it. Those are my fave colors. All right, let's just do some color pencil on here. Edie says— what's Edie saying? Thanks for drawing the Unisphere last time. Oh yeah, let's, let's take a look at it. I have it right here. So the Unisphere is Right here, that's the Unisphere. I was part of a World's Fair exhibit in Flushing— I'm gonna get it wrong— is it Flushing Meadows, Queens? I don't know if it's Flushing Meadows Park or Flushing Meadows, Queens. So that's the Unisphere. So what was Edie saying? Edie said, uh, thank you for joining the Unisphere. Like I suggested. Oh yeah, of course, I love suggestions. Uh, sorry I hadn't done so at the time, please forgive. Oh, no worries. Yeah, no, no worries. I actually think you did thank me, but if you didn't, it's all good, you're still awesome. Um, yeah, I always love suggestions, guys. I don't always draw all the suggestions I get, but I'm, I'm willing to listen. Cool. Like I said, if you guys do have any suggestions for a New York City thing for me to sketch tonight, let me know. You might throw it down on one of these pages. Let's add some color. I got sniffles. See, this is, this is where I would get a hater at some point saying, why are you using neon orange? This is, I guess this, I guess that is how my haters sound. I don't know. Why are you using neon orange? It looks horrible. Like, that is not the color of the building. Your channel sucks. Those are haters, right? Well That's okay. There are one— I'm sure there are over a billion other places you can go. Um, it's not going to stop me. You know why? Because this is my heart sketching. This is my vibe. This is my emotions sketching colors. This is what is fun. So too bad for the haters because I'm sketching whatever colors I want. Yeah, putting my foot down. Well, that was— that wasn't my foot, that was my hand. Putting my fist down. Boom. I'm being silly, guys. All right, here's that Process Red color. Let's— I don't— let's— I'll show you guys Process Red. You know, we're gonna do Process Red. We're gonna do it right here.