Wait, that question is too easy.

"You just need a bit of talent, a bit of patience, a bit of discipline and tons of practice. EASY!"

OK. Let me rephrase that into a harder question to answer:

Our definition of a True Beginner is someone with:

• No talent
• No skills
• No patience
• No discipline
• No time to waste

That is our definition of a TRUE BEGINNER. Someone who didn’t have the “calling” or the “fire” to become a great artist.

Someone who takes a pencil and feels weird about it.

Someone who when they try to draw, inside they feel they have no idea what they are doing.

So, can a true beginner become really, REALLY good at drawing?

And most importantly, can this happen to you?

My answer is, YES!

(And I am backing this up with scientific research -- check the FAQ at the bottom)

The reason why you are probably skeptic by now, is because you are most likely…

“I think I can do this!”

This is when you start giving it a try.

You look at other people’s art and that really makes you happy and excited, it makes you wish you could draw like that too.

Then, you decide to give it a try!

Maybe this happened recently, but I am willing to bet that most likely this happened years ago, and you are further down the path of disillusionment.

“It sucks when my drawings are not like what I see in my mind.”

This is when we start to realize that this might take way longer than we thought, but we are still maybe a bit optimistic.

Maybe if I really put myself into it, I can make it happen”“

This is what happened to Waylon and me years ago.

When our drawings didn’t reach the standards of what we were imagining.

We were able to imagine really cool characters with interesting backstories, but we were never good enough to make them come true.

Chances are, you are probably feeling the same.

We take a piece of paper, try putting some doodles in it, and then we stop because when we draw, we don’t love what we see, and the more we try, the more we feel we are not getting anywhere.

It sucks when the idea we have in our heads is better than what we are able to do.

It’s not that you lack imagination or inspiration, it’s just that, it is INSANE to continue pursuing a lost cause!

What if it doesn’t pay off in the end? What if you put all this time and energy only to get nothing to show for it?

But we don’t lose hope yet, we haven’t tried everything, we can still make it happen.

We push forward.

“I tried learning from books, courses and tutorials, but it didn’t work.”

This probably has already happened to you, from the email responses I got, this is where I believe most students fall into.

We got many stories telling us how they tried learning from books, courses and tutorials, but still they felt they were not getting anywhere.

Some tried learning anatomy but it was so overwhelming that they felt it was just not for them.

In my case, I was just not satisfied with my work at all.

I would try so hard to get better and better, but what I was doing was not working (this is when I decided to give up at my 17).

Sometimes we just have no idea how do we actually improve!

Sure, we see the teacher doing a beautiful demonstration, but when we try it, it looks nothing like what the instructor did, and we have no idea how to do it properly!

And worse than that, we see everybody else getting it right, except us!

It feels like we are falling behind and the more the course progresses, the farther away we feel from getting it right.

And when you contact the instructor, you usually get answers along the lines of: you just need to be patient, it will come to you, just practice.”“

I hate that. I hate it! Writing that just made me cringe because of some past memories.

Practice is what we’ve been doing! Practice and more practice!

So much so, that it feels like we are doing the same mistake over and over; like we don’t know if what we are doing is making us better or not.

But all hope is not lost yet:

If books, courses and tutorials failed, then maybe I just need to push harder!”“

And we keep pushing, not super optimistic as in the beginning, but we keep at it.

“I don’t think I’ll ever be good enough, no matter how hard I try.”

So after practicing and practicing, and not getting much help from some teachers, we end up giving up feeling frustrated thinking that maybe no matter how hard we try, we will never be good enough.

Now, sometimes we do notice improvements. YES!

But the sad part is that those improvements are just not significant enough for us to continue pushing forward.

Because hey! If we are not getting any better, why keep trying, right?

So, the best idea appears to be to convince ourselves that we will never be good enough.

And then, after all this effort and energy, we arrive at the last phase in the path of disillusionment.

“It’s useless to keep trying, this is a waste of time.”

If you are at this level when you convinced yourself that you can’t improve, I believe your skepticism is 100% justified.

I know because I’ve been there.

This happened to me, and it happened to Waylon too, remember?

No matter how hard we tried, it was just not working, so why keep trying?

Well, after explaining the 5 phases of the path of disillusionment, I want to get back to the question I started with.

So, after all of this,

So, what do you think?

If you are in phase 1 or 2, then your answer is: “Yes! Of course a true beginner can become good at drawing!”

But if you are past phase 3, then you have your doubts.

Well, you already know my answer.

Even after having experienced the 5 phases I think it’s not only possible, but it’s also real because I’ve seen it many times, and I want to see it happening with you.

So, my question is not, can a TRUE BEGINNER become good?”, the actual SUPER HARD QUESTION is…

Maybe this can be a surprise for you, but you already know the answer.

You just keep applying the 3 Punch Combo.

Understand that you go through 3 stages.

If you are a TRUE BEGINNER, then you start with 2 minutes of drawing a day.

(Scientific research by behavioral scientists back this up* -- small changes lead to big results, and your brain can always improve.)

Focus on mastering the elements you want to be drawing.

Think of drawing as a buffet, just put into your plate the things you like the most, and you will enjoy drawing more and more.

If you want to paint backgrounds, master perspectives.

If you want to design characters, master anatotomy.

If you want to draw creatures, master animal anatomy.

A mentor will help you make sure you are always on the right path and will save you from WASTING YOUR TIME on things that don’t work.

Can you combine all 3 punches into 1 single program?

Yes.

We actually made it so…

Introducing

Get 15 years of drawing experience in 2 weeks.

Yukio Onishi is a self-taught professional Illustrator from Japan with 15 years of experience in drawing.

He has been working professionally for 6 years and has had published work for the last 4 years.

Because he was self-taugh, he understands the frustration of not knowing exactly what you are doing when you are trying your best, and not getting the results you want.

Even after some setbacks, he was able to become a professional illustrator.

His published work includes:

• 2-Week Bootcamp Intensive
• Total of 16 Hours of Classes with time for students to practice.
• Lifetime Access Course so you can take it at your own pace.
• Access to the Yukio Onishi's Discord Server to post Drawing Assignments.
• Discussion, Support and Drawing reviews through the discord server.
• 1 year of 1on1 Feedback from me or our Certified Instructors on assignments delivered in the Discord Server.

"What if I am a true beginner?"

Again, we define a true beginner as someone with:

• No talent
• No skills
• No patience
• No discipline
• No time to waste

Well, again, focus on Punch number 1. Go little by little.

You don’t need talent, skills, patience, discipline or time to put 2 little minutes of drawing a day.

HARD FACT:

You have 16 waking hours every day (assuming you sleep 8 of the 24 hrs).

That’s 960 minutes.

If you spend 2 minutes drawing every day, you still have

958 minutes every day!

YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR EVERYTHING ELSE!!

Remember, if you are a TRUE BEGINNER, you need to focus on building the habit first, skill building will come later (3-5 weeks later).

Think of it as a journey in 3 stages:

• Habit Building (3-5 weeks)
• Skill Building (1-2 years)
• Style Building (the most fun!)

Here is what is most likely going to happen. On week 3, you will expand your practice to 7-10 minutes, and you won’t even feel it.

Then you will expand it to around 30 mins, and that is when you will be up for the races.

30 mins a day doing specific assignments will help you get enough progress to convince yourself that you can do this – This will be the skill building stage.

Once you are a believer, you will start putting up to an hour a day without much effort. You will do it simply because you enjoy it.

"What if I don’t have time to draw?"

If you don’t have time to draw is only because you haven’t tried my Drawing while eating”“ principle (especially useful for busy people like you and me).

My big discovery was when I realized that when I was eating, I would have to wait around 20 seconds while chewing food, with my hands doing nothing, just waiting for me to swallow and put in the next bite.

I then experimented with little 20 second intervals, bringing a sheet of paper, and drawing while I was chewing food.

That’s when I became a believer.

Now, because I need to keep eating everyday to stay alive, and also because of my new belief of “eating without drawing is boring”, even in my busiest days, I practice 30 to 60 mins a day without much effort (That’s a fast breakfast, fast lunch and fast dinner).

Even with family, I can be chewing, drawing and talking with my brother (or rather listening, it’s impolite to speak with your mouth full).

Drawing while eating has made my life way more enjoyable, and best of all, ANYBODY CAN DO THIS!

TRY IT!

"How does this bootcamp work?"

Bootcamp days

This program is the recordings of a bootcamp we had live on October 2021.

You can go through the recordings at your own time. The best approach would be to take it 1 day at a time.

IMPORTANT: Make no mistake, this bootcamp is still alive. Students, instructors and even Yukio Onishi Sensei are still posting on the Discord group to this day.

LIVE DISCORD SESSIONS

From time to time, you might catch Yukio Onishi sensei live on the discord server, and when you find her, you can ask questions and she can answer with personalized tutorials for you in a live class.

Here is an example of a recent tutorial Sensei did for a student:

The class covers anime drawing, but Lone wanted to know how to draw animal characters in humanoid form (like the RPG Game Solatorobo: Red The Hunter); so Onishi Sensei did this tutorial just for him during a live discord session.

The cool thing about those live sessions is that you can just join Onishi Sensei and watch him work on a professional Manga that will be published later in Japan.

PRE-RECORDED BOOTCAMP

All sessions were recorded, edited and uploaded to our school in clips for your convenience.

Sessions lasted for 2 hrs, but those long sessions were splited into small clips so you can check them topic by topic, instead of having to sit down for 2 hrs (perfecto for those who can dedicate around 15 mins a day to learn).

We did this so you can go through the program at your own pace.

All assignments can be delivered at any time on the discord server and will be reviewed by certified instructors to guide you along the way.

That is why we added an entire year of feedback through our discord server.

Can you see how this is becoming more and more possible?

Enroll today, and I will see you in the bootcamp!

"What will I learn?"

You can take the training at your own rhythm, but if you want to follow up as we did live in this intensive bootcamp, you will learn a ton in only 2 weeks.

Here is the breakdown of each day:

Curriculum:

"What if this program doesn’t work for me?
What if I don’t improve my drawing?"

This 3-stage system works because we have been working hard on it and has been battle-tested for 3 years (since 2018)

• Habit Building
• Skill Building
• Style Building

If for any reason you don’t see any results after going through the program, doing the exercises and getting guidance from our certified instructors, we will give you your money back and you get to keep the course for free.

We are the only school to back up our claims with a life-time guarantee.

"What if I don’t like the course?"

So… Who would you rather be?

1 year from now, some students are going to start drawing like they’ve never done before, their family and friends are going to start asking them to do drawings for them, and they will be enjoying the power of putting on paper whatever they can imagine.

And some other students are going to keep feeling lost, not knowing what they are doing.

Which one do you want to be?

Hey, if the year is going to happen anyway, why not give it a try and become the one who gets the improvement.

(And also, remember we are the only school to back up our claims with a life-time guarantee)