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I have a complicated relationship with my drawings...
| Then after that time being fucking depressed feeling like shit and that everything related to draw is stupid and painful, I force myself to draw again and then the circle repeats... I'm telling y'all this because it takes so fucking much of my mental stability to continue the cycle, so IS THIS FUCKING NORMAL OR AT LEAST RELATABLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO CREATE ARTSY SHIT!?!? I need to know if any of y'all go thru this, please tell me...
| If the general consensus is that this is abnormal and worrying I will fucking book a therapy season immediately, but since I don't have anyone to talk about this shit I'm asking you, danger/u/... And I think that's all for now... Peace and I will read you l8r.
| It's completely normal. I went through it, my other friend that does art went through it, my other other art friend, my other other other art friend, some other art person I know, you get the idea.
It's hard learning and getting to love your art. That was me for about two years or so then one year I pretty much stopped. Only drew about three things that year. I genuinely felt like quitting art.
A big part of learning to love my art for me was creating my own unique style of art.
| With a unique art style I could begin to care less about if my art isn't as good as others because I was happy that I finally created a style I like that was just so me.
After that, eventually I began just thinking all art is equal. It really is. Everyone goes through that struggle as an artist. Everyone puts in as much effort and goes through as much problems as anyone else. We've been through this together.
| Now I'm drawing in different styles again, not just staying safe in my own style and it's good. Been confident in my own art for a long time now.
That's just my experience. I don't know exactly how everyone else overcomes that problem, but hopefully just knowing helps. Misery loves company afterall.
| I relate to op so much, I thought I was the one who made this thread
| I've had an art block for like 2,5 years, lol. Managed to overcome it by reading a book by Betty Edwards. Now I draw basically every day. Not all drawings end up good, especially for last 2-3 weeks, but it does not upset me, because I know what I'm capable of, and that, well, I'm not the best artist (at all, lol), but I am confident in my skills enough not to cringe about every bad drawing I make
| What I'm trying to say is that maybe you should try continue drawing anyway, despite the quality of drawings doesn't please you. I mean, the mindset "Even if it sucks it's still better than nothing" By the way, if u dont like ur drawing doesn't mean it really is bad. Other ppl may even like it. If you don't have ideas for what to draw, try doing exercises, you'll improve and maybe even find it fun
| Also you're not obliged before anyone, even if you have a vast auditory of subscribers or whatever. Try simply drawing things without the urge to make a fucking masterpiece. It's not necessary to show it to anyone or to fear that ppl will hate you if they see it. Once again, they might even like what you've drawn
| >>ccd547 I mean, I do feel better when I draw in styles different than my "main" one, but at the same type I feel I'm avoiding progress by ignoring what makes me hate my main style... Even then, reassurance to just fucking draw in whatever style I want is appreciated, thank you:")
| >>972f44 Hope you can find a way to stop the goddamn cycle, perhaps drawing with friends or venting in your art may help, it has helped me sometimes, before this whole pandemic shit... Even then, I guess my best tip I can give is draw leaves, those who are just a long middle piece and then just lines and lines and lines, English is not native language so I have no idea what they're called... But drawing them relaxes me so much...
| >>a6bb48 I think this is what I needed to hear the most, that I have no obligation to draw with anyone, I've gotta remember that and that not all drawings I dislike are bad, thanks so much, really appreciate it:")
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| Hello g/u/rls, the problem is this one. I love fucking drawing, I have done it "seriously" since 3 years ago, and there's some stupidly obvious progress in my craft over this time-frame, but nowadays everytime I finish a drawing I'm proud of I get the serotonin rush for 2-3 days, then I feel like everything I draw is hot garbage, I doubt my skill and then fucking draw nothing for 3-5 weeks...