Your art sucks, and that's OK

Is anyone else at that stage where you've improved a lot faster in the past, but all of a sudden you just stop improving for a while or just improve really slowly?

Art is a painful depressing and a lovely journey

“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.” ― Stephen McCranie

I literally spent 4-5 hours on my art.. and I'm proud of it.. until I go on Pinterest and I see ppl that are way better than me. That ARE THE SAME AGE AS ME....

Here's the thing though I feel proud of my art until I see someone else's.

I always feel like absolute trash when my art isnt good, but than i remember that everyone started somewhere. Every beginner should remember that and just keep going, it can only get better

My friend once shared an art advice to me "if you think you're current drawing is ugly, look back on your oldest drawing and see how much you improved"

"stop obsessing over how good everyone else is and focus on yourself" - thank you so much i needed this!

The best art advice I've ever got was. "When you're not happy with your art. It's because you can see what you need to improve. And you know what you need to work on." Also "remember, to anyone with less skill than you, what you're doing, basically makes you a wizard. "

what I've learned so far is that if you're comparing yourself to your favorite artists you're never going to get on the level you want. What really helped me personally was looking at artwork that I enjoy and actually thinking "why do I enjoy this?" then looking at my own art and asking "how can I make this better?" Instead of comparing get inspired

I’m 24, and from middle school up till high school, I used to draw pretty well. Then I stopped for a number of years, and now I just get so frustrated with how horrible my art has become due to me not practicing continuously. When I see other people on YouTube who are my age and who have practiced continuously and their art looks amazing, I’m both filled with awe and regret for not continuing. Sometimes I feel like it’s too late, but this video helped me to realize that it’s never too late. I still get frustrated and throw away paintings the second it goes south, but I’m willing to work through this frustration for once.

This reminded me of a funny image that cheered me up. a guy brings a cake to a table, and looks over at the other guy's cake. He thinks to himself, "man his cake is so much better than mine" then another person comes in after the first one left, knife and fork ready. He thinks to himself, "Oh boy! Two cakes!" I forget that art isn't a competition. We aren't jostling to get the viewers attention. There is always love to be shared, even if you think your work doesn't deserve it.

My brain: draw My eyes: draw My hand: lol wuts a pen

I’m in an art university and tried my hardest and thought it was pretty good and then I got feed back saying “You sure you want to do art?” I felt like crap

It's hard staying positive when you know that no matter how harr you try and how much you improve, your art doesn't get any recognition or love. Makes me want to give up posting for others to see and hoping I can make at least someone happy

As a kid I hid behind my art to escape problems. I love doing random sketches and doodles on whatever paper I could find. I didn't bother learning the basics of art like color theory, shading, anatomy or anything like that because I didn't take art seriously. As long as I have a pen or pencil to sketch with then I'm fine. Still, people around me would praise my work saying I'm so talented. So, for my entire life I considered myself an artist because people see me as an artist. Only when I reached my senior year of highschool did I struggle with my identity as an "artist". I joined an arts program in senior high because art is literally the only thing I'm good at. Putting myself in a class full of artists made me realize how much I lacked in terms of skill and knowledge in art. I felt ashamed to call myself an artist. My classmates would talk about these different types of pencils, brands, techniques, terminologies that I had no clue of. I didn't want to feel out of place with these kids so I practiced, I experimented other mediums, I studied the different brands, I tried new artstyles. In the end my art did get better and I felt proud of myself. Then the pandemic happened, I went through the longest art block I've ever been in. For almost a year I stopped drawing. I found myself unmotivated to draw anything. After things got a bit better I pushed myself to sketch something. After that I drew nonstop. This went on for about two months but then I got busy cause college entrance exams were coming up. Now, I'm an architecture student starting her 2nd year this august. We have this one class where we are taught to draw and render plants, interior and exterior facade of a house in pencil, watercolor, and colored pencil. I thought "Oh, this sounds pretty easy. I have past experience with art so I'll do just fine." None of the work I did satisfied me. I felt like I rushed those assignments just so I can reach the deadline which affected my work. I did not feel happy seeing the works I've done and the grades that disappointed me. I tried my best. I spent all-nighters just so I can pass something good, and yet, why do I feel like my work is still mediocre? I did a few commissions in my free time which gave me a break from all the stress of architecture. Ever since then I struggled again with my identity as an artist and as a person. Am I really an artist? Why does it feel like those years I spent learning art was all for nothing when I see my art next to someone's that's actually good. I thought I knew what I was doing when in fact I barely know anything. Art has been with me my whole life, so, If I'm not good at art then what am I? I'm not sure if I should continue architecture but I don't know what else to take. Plus my parents don't want me shifting cause tuition is expensive af and I don't want to put them through more burdens.

I really hate making art sometimes i feel like my art equals to my self worth it’s because it’s the one thing I committed my whole life and I feel horrible when I see how my art isn’t how I want to look

I've been drawing for 20 years at least, have a degree in visual arts, and I still feel like everything I do sucks. These videos always address beginner artists, but I wish there was more advice for people like me who still don't like anything they do. I searched everywhere for advice for people who are NOT beginners and google literally didn't have a result for me. The only link it had was for something unrelated to my question. I think I've just given up on ever liking my art and just do it anyway.

I hope this helps people. I stopped drawing completely because i never improved. I started drawing when i was a teen, tracing over a character and looking at it for hours. I wanted to make these myself, so i studied, and studied, and practiced...i never got good, i could never make an art that anyone, not even me liked. Of course my friends tried to cheer me up, saying "it will get better" and other nice things. But there i was, month ago. Drawing my line art, stroke after stroke i just ended up with a bunch of trash paper in my room. Nothing was good. One year of learning human anatomy, reading books and even taking a week off just to practice, or drawing for 24 hours. Nothing work. Piece after piece ended up in my trash bin, and the past month i bought a simple notebook with blank papers to just, fill it. And it wasn't just me not being able to fill it. There was no paper left. Nothing more to draw in. So i decided to stop, it took me 5 years worth of just...throwing papers out and buying tons of pencils to finally say that i can't, and will never be able to do it. And i'm sick that now youtube throws videos of people..."learning to draw anime in a week" or "draw xy in 10 minutes" i was never able to do those in 5 years. But i hope people will get inspired by this, and they will create beautiful artworks and paintings. Best of luck to everyone on this journey.

My biggest problem is i dont have motivation, it just feels like ill never be able to do anything that looks good