Why are some people quick to give up art?
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Sunburst_Odell
Some weird teen on the web that likes cartoons
As many have said, a lot of people give up because of one or more of the following:
-they feel like they don't improve
-they are disappointed that their art gets little attention
-they don't enjoy it
-they don't have the time and must make sacrifices
-they get discouraged upon seeing better artists
-they are impatient
I have never wanted to give up art, but I did want to give up posting it at one point. When all of my friends(in real life, might I add) got many more watchers on DA than I did, I got heavily discouraged. I kept going though. I want to say this story has a happy ending, but I never surpassed either of them in watcher count, which was a mere 100 watchers over the span of two years. I ended up quitting DA though not because I wasn't getting results(I got over that) but rather because my parents condemn it because they believe it had bad influences on me(I was in a bad headspace but they blamed it on the attention seekers there even though that was not the case.)
Whenever I feel discouraged about my art or feel like I don't improve(such as the fact that my twelve year-old cousin became a high quality artist in merely a YEAR), I look back on my older stuff or even redraw an old piece. It gives me reassurance that I have gotten better. As my talented artist cousin once told me, "you'll never get as good as you want to, but practice will make your art improve." So I don't give up. After all, I have plans to be an animator sometime in the future and that will be a very difficult task, so I can't give up.
-they feel like they don't improve
-they are disappointed that their art gets little attention
-they don't enjoy it
-they don't have the time and must make sacrifices
-they get discouraged upon seeing better artists
-they are impatient
I have never wanted to give up art, but I did want to give up posting it at one point. When all of my friends(in real life, might I add) got many more watchers on DA than I did, I got heavily discouraged. I kept going though. I want to say this story has a happy ending, but I never surpassed either of them in watcher count, which was a mere 100 watchers over the span of two years. I ended up quitting DA though not because I wasn't getting results(I got over that) but rather because my parents condemn it because they believe it had bad influences on me(I was in a bad headspace but they blamed it on the attention seekers there even though that was not the case.)
Whenever I feel discouraged about my art or feel like I don't improve(such as the fact that my twelve year-old cousin became a high quality artist in merely a YEAR), I look back on my older stuff or even redraw an old piece. It gives me reassurance that I have gotten better. As my talented artist cousin once told me, "you'll never get as good as you want to, but practice will make your art improve." So I don't give up. After all, I have plans to be an animator sometime in the future and that will be a very difficult task, so I can't give up.
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Sunburst_Odell
Some weird teen on the web that likes cartoons
At one point, neither did I. In fact, I was worse than most beginners on this forum. But practice got me where I am today, even if I still have a long road.
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At one point, neither did I. In fact, I was worse than most beginners on this forum. But practice got me where I am today, even if I still have a long road.
I mean, I can't say I've completely given up on art but it's becoming apparent I am bad at it. I sometimes draw. I enjoy the feeling I get of being lost in my imagination, trying to make some of that appear on the paper in front of me.
Sunburst_Odell
Some weird teen on the web that likes cartoons
A lot of artists tend to see their art as bad when it really isn't. Maybe you're inexperienced, but it doesn't neccessarily mean you're bad at it. Like I said, just keep practicing if drawing something you want to be good at. It takes a long time, but it's worth it.
Sunburst_Odell
Some weird teen on the web that likes cartoons
That's pretty good! Sure, they aren't perfect, but they are really cool!
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Some Moron
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Art is fake. You're welcome.
Jade_the_rabbit
New Member
That hate yourself and art video probably covers it but I really think it's the same frustration in trying to make something and having it not match your vision of it that makes and breaks all creators of art whether or not they consider themselves as such and there is a very fine line that's really just a choice to let that frustration bring you down or motive you.
This is with all skills not just art as people are both ambitious and competitive by nature in seeking to bring their ideals into reality
This is also a unique paradigm because people who say don't have the tenacity to produce their ideals through direct work like for drawings just doing it over and over until they get good
They'll instead use something that they do have the tenacity to obtain like say money and become a patrean or customer of art and look for someone else who can make that ideal or idea a reality for them
Thus is born business and trade, etc
This is with all skills not just art as people are both ambitious and competitive by nature in seeking to bring their ideals into reality
This is also a unique paradigm because people who say don't have the tenacity to produce their ideals through direct work like for drawings just doing it over and over until they get good
They'll instead use something that they do have the tenacity to obtain like say money and become a patrean or customer of art and look for someone else who can make that ideal or idea a reality for them
Thus is born business and trade, etc
Skychickens
Late Healer Ferret
I’ve noticed a lot of people assuming art is a talent. That it’s something people are born with and are just good at. Then they assume because they aren’t that they never will be. Or they assume all art is only visual.
It’s not. It’s a skill that took years of training and studying and researching. It’s practice until you bleed levels. It’s taking breaks and not being afraid to try again some other time. And it’s also music and writing and acting and dancing. It is designing and sometimes coding.
People can be very narrow minded on what art is and isn’t. That causes a lot of roadblocks.
It’s not. It’s a skill that took years of training and studying and researching. It’s practice until you bleed levels. It’s taking breaks and not being afraid to try again some other time. And it’s also music and writing and acting and dancing. It is designing and sometimes coding.
People can be very narrow minded on what art is and isn’t. That causes a lot of roadblocks.