跟讀練習: How To Side Hustle With Your Art - 通過影片學習英語口語
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I've always wanted to be an artist, ever since I could remember.
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My mom, however, had other plans for me.
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She wanted me to achieve all these great things.
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Deep down, I had my own ambitions and dreams.
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And when she found out, she wasn't very happy.
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She was concerned about my future.
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Being an artist meant financial instability.
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And somewhere I'd struggle to make ends meet.
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I mean, she made a lot of good points.
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But times have changed.
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Things are different.
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And I believe if you have the talent and pursue it, it can take you far enough to make a decent living.
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So here are some practical tips on how to side hustle with your art.
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Before I begin, I want to show you my drawing essentials.
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A sketchbook, drawing papers, my pack contains a pencil, a comic pen, a brush pen, a felt pen, another brush pen, a fine tip pen, black ink, pencil sharpener, and an eraser.
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It's not something I can easily fit in my pocket.
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But imagine if I can.
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This is the Galaxy Note 20.
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It comes with a built-in stylus and has single-handedly replaced my drawing essentials.
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Special thanks to my sponsor, Clip Studio Paint.
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You can enjoy a 6-month free trial through the Samsung Galaxy Store, and the sign-up is really simple.
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I was able to activate it right away.
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Clip Studio Paint is available on other platforms like Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.
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And it took me less than a day to learn how to use it.
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Alright, let's get started.
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Something that has helped me tremendously is using a tripod.
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It kind of works like an easel.
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It just makes creating on the go easier.
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I can work just about anywhere.
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An important skill that can help your art is marketing.
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Small things, like creating your own stickers, can get your art out there.
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You have printers now that can print and cut out your own stickers.
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I personally buy a lot of stickers from illustrators that I discovered through Instagram.
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You can imagine that if those stickers are placed on a phone or laptop, it's basically free marketing for your art.
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So let's take it to the next level.
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A brand contacts you, and they commission you to create content for their social media.
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There's different types of content you can make, like photos, videos, but I know one thing for sure, brands love art.
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They can use your art in their emails, website, social media, and even print it on merchandise.
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So these stickers here were commissioned from an artist that once did an illustration of my brand and tagged me.
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And that was actually how I discovered her work.
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And still to this day, I work with her.
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Try creating things for brands or creators, and if you can tag them, hopefully they reach out and collaborate.
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And stickers are just the beginning.
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Your art can be used on all sorts of things.
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Clothes, bags, in this case this illustration was made for, can you guess?
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Blotting sheets.
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But this can also go on a book, an album cover, whatever.
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If you think about it, just about any consumer goods you see out there had some sort of design applied to the product.
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And I know tons of people who bought something just because the packaging was cute.
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So if you learn packaging design, imagine what you can create and make better.
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But let's say you're more into digital art, like GIFs that you can use on Instagram stories or Twitch stickers.
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This is a useful skill to have.
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I've commissioned an illustrator to make stickers for my own brand, and I love seeing other people use them on their stories.
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Stickers can give your audience a creative way to engage with your brand.
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And if you want your own branded stickers, first, you need a verified Giphy account, which isn't hard to make.
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Once you have that, upload your GIFs and make sure the background is transparent, and it should take a day for it to be approved.
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After that, it's ready to use.
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Another useful skill to have in your back pocket is storyboarding, especially if you're in production.
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This helps the director tell a better story.
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And there's a reason why this technique is used in movies, animation, commercial shoots, just about anything that requires sequential storytelling.
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And if you happen to know someone in production, just let them know that you can storyboard any future shoots.
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Even a makeup video like the one we shot here needed a storyboard.
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And because of the storyboards, we were able to get all the shots needed for the video.
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Speaking of makeup, this is something that has helped me as a beauty creator.
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Instead of applying makeup on face charts, I just paint directly on a photo to create the look.
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It's kind of like storyboarding but with makeup.
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I've had times when I do a lot of makeup trial
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and error and my skin gets irritated after removing and reapplying over and over again.
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And trust me, that's no fun.
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So doing this saves me a lot of time.
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So if I like what I see, I'll recreate the look.
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This was a test look I was practicing for a new collection.
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Personally, I like to practice my look first before a shoot so that I can save time on set.
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So I'm holding here my first computer drawing.
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This was made from a very old black and white computer.
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And I'm really glad my mom kept all these for me.
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She actually saved all of my childhood drawings in this giant notebook.
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And when I was much older, she surprised me with this.
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honestly my most cherished gift.
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And I forgot how much I drew as a kid.
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There's something I want to stress on is always keep your drawings, even the ones you think are bad.
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Because one day when you're older, like myself, you can always look back and see how much you've grown.
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And it's kind of crazy because I remember my dream was to be a fashion designer, then it changed to a manga artist, and then a character designer for games.
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I ended up being something else, but I'm still able to create and that's what matters.
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Speaking of being a manga artist, I found out later how much work goes into it.
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So not only do you have to write the story, you have to draw everything and this, add screen tone.
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So whenever you see a shading or texture in a manga, that's a screen tone which is this.
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You peel it off, you stick it on and honestly I don't even know if I'm doing this right.
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And with the razor, you have to carefully cut out the excess screen tone and wherever you don't want it to be.
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This is kind of like the equivalent of a select tool.
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Then you have to peel it off and there's still more and I'm not done yet.
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I still have to remove more.
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So I'm butchering this demo but you get the idea.
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It's a lot of work and it took me around 20 minutes just to do this.
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This isn't even a full page.
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So manga the old school way may not be for me but that doesn't mean I can't make one.
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I was able to play around and create a page
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so Clip Studio Paint already has templates ready to go and
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if you select a panel you can sketch things out and you don't have to worry about drawing outside the lines.
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If you're a storyteller, bringing it to life visually just brings a new dimension to your work.
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As an artist, creating a story like a comic, manga, or webtoon is another great way to get your work out there.
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There are tons of manga and webtoons that turn into huge anime series and live actions.
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So there's definitely a chance.
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And you can even collaborate with other creators and build a team.
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One can do the drawing and inking, the other can do the coloring and speech bubbles.
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You never know until you try, and there's tons of tutorials on how to start one.
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So the time it took me to make that one cat drawing the traditional way, I was able to finish this entire page.
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Time is the ultimate currency in production, so you want to save as much time as possible.
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But of course, I always appreciate the human touch.
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Nothing can ever capture pencil and paper, but we're getting pretty close.
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This stylus has a sensitive pen pressure that makes it feel realistic.
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In the comic world, a g-pen is reliable because it can create thick
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and thin lines depending on how much pressure you apply.
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You can find the exact g-pen here and notice the line quality is reflected by my pen pressure.
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Pen pressure is super personal and you can calibrate your pen pressure so that it feels as natural as the real thing.
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When I started to draw digitally, I struggled.
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There was definitely a learning curve and I preferred my paper and pencil, but what helped me get better was drawing as I normally do,
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then scanning my drawing or taking a picture and importing it into the program and re-inking it digitally.
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And if you want to create the cleanest line art, I recommend inking in a vector layer so that you can reshape your line with ease.
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That way, if you want to go to print, your line art will come out cleaner.
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And if you mess up, don't worry, you can always just undo and try again.
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I used to be really insecure about my art, and I compared myself to other illustrators.
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As I've grown, I've come to realize that we all have different styles, and we can always improve and evolve.
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If I want to get better, I just gotta draw more, practice, and be open to learning new techniques.
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And there's tons of tutorials you can find online.
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I personally like to watch speed paintings because I can learn a lot through their process.
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And is it just me, or is coloring therapeutic?
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I know they sell those adult coloring books, but coloring this way is way more satisfying.
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Plus, you can create so many cool things.
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If there's anything I've learned on this journey, it's investing in yourself and the right tools.
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You never know what hidden talents you have in there, and it starts by trying.
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There's always something new to create, a new story to tell, a new memory to cherish.
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If you do what you love, you'll never work another day in your life.
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Good luck.
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語法與表達方式分析
影片中使用了一些關鍵的語法結構和表達方式,以下是幾個示例:
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- 祈使句:講者使用像“嘗試創造東西”這樣的祈使句,鼓勵聽眾採取行動。這種句型直接且具有號召力,適合用在口語練習中。
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在影片中,有幾個單詞和短語的發音可能會對學習者造成困擾。這些難點包括:
- “art”:這個詞的發音需要注意舌頭位置,確保您在發出“a”音時能夠清晰準確。
- “commission”:這個詞可能容易被快速說出來時吞音。練習時可以慢慢分解音節,確保每個音節都被清晰地發出。
- “content”:此字在不同語境中發音的細微差別,尤其是在句子的重音位置變化,對提高英語發音的敏感度也是一種挑戰。
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影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構,並附上影片中的原話:
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 條件句 if + 從句,will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if I like what I see, I'll recreate · If you do what you love, you'll never |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | I've always wanted · have changed · has helped |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | are placed · were commissioned · was made |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | people who bought · tone which is |
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