~ClawOfTheFallen

Dude, there must be something in the water because i was feeling the exact same way last week. I recieved lots of wise advice in my journal about it. It might be worth it for you to read since I don't think I could repeat everything and do it justice. [link]

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No one artist is truely better than another. We all have differeing styles, and different points of view...so Its no big man...dont let it get you down.

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I feel the same way. A lot. And it goes beyond my drawings as well, into other stuff.

I don't know if this will help, but...

Another one's sucess does NOT equal your failure.

Like I said, I don't know if that helps, but remember that if you don't already know it. It helped me a little.

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I can't believe you're only [insert young age here]! And you draw so well.

FUCKING WOW.

Thanks for the link. I already know of a whole bunch of those facts, but it still doesn't cut it because it's not necessarily that I'm a bad artist.
My problem is that I'm ashamed and feel like I've fallen from grace when I look back.
Like, I totaly envy those artists that are art machines that come up with full colored works in a blink of an eye since they already developed their skills to absurd levels.
My problem, the one that's making me feel bad at this time is the fact that I don't draw as much as I did before (even thou I realy am getting better on that, I've drawn a handfull of decent linearts in 3 weeks when I used to do the same ammount in 3 months) and the big one, that is my inability to make decent color works for lack of skill... Traditional or Digital.
Like, I've already made a handfull of both, but they're completely undeveloped, misused, full of mistakes and often don't fit the style. I try to work on it but I can't last long before I start to critisize myself to tears and feel smothered by pressure.
I was indeed feeling miserable and I'm feeling a tad better now, but still it was something I needed to let out and discuss with my peers.

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See you in the War of The Fallen...

I realy try not to think about this stuff and things get a lot easier. Hell... My artistic life got a lot better after I simply stopped checking out DA. I have 32.767 deviations in my message box and never looked back. XD
I only check a handfull of people and comment on the little guy's gallery since I know how it is to be overshadowed. But the thing is to keep on doing it for yourself as well as for your goals.
But yeah, it was just something I needed to talk about, you know?
I just gotta find a way to beat the blocking I feel when I try to practice coloring and finally go the distance.

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See you in the War of The Fallen...

That's what I used to do. Leave dA for awhile. (The worst part would be all the messages and deviations to look at... xwx)

Though, unlike you, my artistic work wasn't getting any better or worse. Just nothing.

But I dunno... Things just got easier for me when I started to accept it. I said "SCREW IT. I'm gonna stare at this fag's gallery until I stop giving a shit."

It worked. For the most part. XD I'm not so bothered by it anymore.

And ironically, an artist that had been a source of dread because of her skills, you could say, (And she still is kind of) she had become my inspiration. Took awhile though...

Well, that worked for me, but whatever works for you should be good.

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I can't believe you're only [insert young age here]! And you draw so well.

FUCKING WOW.

Ungh I hate that shit.

I know I'm talented, but it's like... ffff I never feel like doing anything half the time except a commission here and there when I need the cash D:l

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Mistakes are just a part of learning though. You figure out what works and implement that, discard what doesn't, and focus on continuing to work on and improve upon the stuff you're bad at drawing. At first, it might not look up-to-par for awhile (especially if you start comparing to the works of others), but you can't let that shit get you down. You just not there YET. That means you will eventually get there to that place where you want your art to be, not by wishing it was better, but by continuing to work hard at it no matter what.

And artists all put art out at different paces. There are great artists out there who are slow (taking lots of time into one piece), and fast (who seem to complete alot of pieces in a short amount of time). The one who takes their time is neither more or less skilled than one who can push out alot stuff very quickly. In the end people judge the end product, regardless of the time it took to make it, above all.

Try not to get too discouraged, eh?

We're all still learning and trying to get better (an endless journey of self-improvement), and, if we don't give up, we will continue to get better. It's just a slow process. ^_^