It is in a alot of different ways whether its the all consumingness of your passion, The pain that caused you to be that passionate about stuff in the first place or in this video the endless arduous struggle to reach a goal you see in your mind but can never reach in reality. ultimately any passionate work is attained not in the first try but by striving to make things better through hard work. Therefore Art is passion Passion is pain
Beethoven said this about being an artist: "The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun." Same idea.
That actually makes sense. Everytime I draw I have to ask others if it's decent or good, because I personally see it as garbage. Last year I drew this really cool snake, that others praised me for it. But I saw the lack of good shading, some parts that I designed that looked out of place, some of the scales were just badly drawn, but still others saw that snake as my best piece.
@@derboe_thebeast6869 It's a compound sentence; you can't just focus on one clause rather than the twain of them. The second clause practically agrees with you.
“We know that the stories we’re writing need conflict, so why are we so scared of it in our actual lives?” Those words are magical; really spoke to me.
It's because it's fake conflict you know isn't real. Therefore, it's easier to be desensitized to it because it's fake. But for it to actually happen is a different story. Personally, I thought that was obvious, but I understand how differently we all perceive things, so have a nice day.
Lo diré en español pero traduscanlo .creo que es porque en ls historias ficticias nosotros creamos conflicto pero sabemos que este personaje alfinal de la historia muchas veces conseguirá tener un buen final un buen futuro que sea la recompensa por todo lo que a luchado y en la vida no tenemos certeza de nada la incertidumbre nos hace temer si quizás terminaremos por ganar este conflicto o el conflicto nos superara, o si al final de todo lo que pasamos encontraremos esa recompensa que las historias siempre tienen
@@morningstartruth exactly. I don't know about anyone, but while I may get frustrated at times when writing my story, I probably won't be depressed while writing it cause if I am depressed then I wouldn't have the energy to write at all. Besides, I write the best and the cleanest when I'm energized, like right after my first cup of coffee or after a power nap. I used to have clinically diagnosed depression, and I'd feel like shit almost everyday, even just going to the shower is difficult. If I barely even have the energy to take care of myself, how tf would I write a good book?
"I hope you're plagued with dissatisfaction your entire life." - Bob Ross talking about how not being satisfied with your work makes you want to strive for better.
What if that dissatisfaction takes way too much of your time that you actually end up with nothing? You strive for better, you keep trying and trying for months and years, and still hates it. That results in progress starting to slow down and you get even more frustrated. At that point, I start to question myself if art is a path for me. I love painting but hate it at the same time to the point where I get so excited to start something, I have an idea and skills but eventually, end up with nothing because I hate everything about it. And if I take a break from painting, I miss it and regret not using that time to finally create something. And it goes like this over and over. I'm talking years and years here. Not weeks or months.
@@Danuliq952 well at that point I feel like you would have to balance out your dissatisfaction with not caring if you make mistakes. If it gets to the point where you are constantly picking out mistakes, it will just start to feel more like a chore and less like something you actually enjoy, so my advice would be to make some art where you don't care if you mess up and then make some art where you are critical of your mistakes. The best decision I have ever made was getting a sketchbook for this sort of situation. In sketchbooks, you can make something super shite, but you don't have to show that sketchbook to anybody, it's simply for your own progress. If your primary medium is painting, I suggest using an acrylic painting paper or planning out your paintings with a normal sketchbook and some colored pencils. Hope this helps!
actually I just cleaned my room! :D finally realized I shouldn't be content in my mess and my accidental hoarding. unfortunately, I'm nowhere near done but at least I'm done with the outward mess
As a digital artist, the undo button is my best friend. It's very hard for me to love something i draw, because I know there's someone out there who could've done it better. I struggle with self worth issues even outside of my art. I feel that everything I see wrong with my art is a reflection of myself. Artists project their feelings and experiences onto our work, whether we notice it or not. It's up to us to use that feeling to push ourselves forward.
the problem with making art is that you know that art is a reflection of yourself. Art is the essence of who you are. So when you see your art, and decide it’s not good enough, it’s the same as knowing that YOU are not good enough.
But when you decide that your art isn’t good enough, then you’re the only one who decides. Can the artist judge themself and their art rightfully? When is something or someone not good enough? I think if you say to yourself; “my art isn’t good enough, and so am I”, you can better say “I think that I and my art isn’t good enough yet”
I'm quitting my course because I can't enjoy the process of digital art for some reason. Traditional is just the way to go for me. It's not worth for the final piece, hate all of it.
Skycleave You should do what's best for you! It's good you gave digital a try, even if it was just to see it wasn't the right medium for you. If you feel perfectly fine just making traditional art, then that's great!
Finest Films We are also the architects of this magic, so we are aware of the trickery mechnism behind it. We wanna see magic done by others, since we can never truly enjoy our own
I heard once that an artist is never satisfied, because we’re comparing our creation to the overwhelming, awe-inspiring we see in our heads. But other people are impressed because they don’t have that fantasy to compare it to. To them, it looks like we made something out of nothing. *And we did.* We collected bits of the art and world that inspires us, and channeled into something that didn’t exist-because the idea of forgetting it was worse than not getting it right. Remember; no one was born able to hold a pencil, or even what a pencil was. When you see someone good at drawing faces, or hands, or composing-all you know is that they’re good at that one thing. As far as you know they could be less ‘happy’ than you, not have close friends. Because the time spent towards mastery didn’t come from nothing-every choice to stay inside and draw required taking that time from other hobbies and interests. We are standing on a collection of the works of engineers who built our drawing tablets, papers that were pulped from trees, crushed pigments-processes that only exist because someone had an idea and cared less about it being prefect than about what they could do if it existed. All ideas change the world, just slightly. Your ideas could end up inspiring others, make them smile-or at least, let you rest a bit easier knowing one piece of yourself will survive, no matter what. We’re all just so obsessed with giving credit to ONE that we forget you can translate the genealogy of every ‘genius’ to a dozen of their mentors, family, culture, and coworkers. The only way to guarantee you don’t improve is to never try.
"I heard once that an artist is never satisfied, because we’re comparing our creation to the overwhelming, awe-inspiring we see in our heads. But other people are impressed because they don’t have that fantasy to compare it to. To them, it looks like we made something out of nothing." YES.
Briana Maria i paint. and i relate to this on a spiritual level. like every time you paint, it feels like there's always something missing even if someone tells me it's very good because i always just think they're being nice... 😢 which is why i've held off painting for a while.
“Draw for fun” it isn’t easy like how it is said, sometimes an artist needs is letting their anger out with just painting the brush back and fourth while crying over the fact that they’re never gonna be good enough.
I also used to draw for fun of characters from my childhood cartoons, now I draw things to be exactly how I want in accuracy, but I can’t express emotions the same way so I paint as an emotional outlet when I’m specifically vulnerable, mainly when I’m mad at someone or something, it clears my head, that was when it became my comfort spot
One weird thing I noticed while looking back as a kid, is that I never really gave a care in the world while creating art. Even if it looked weird, I did it because it has encouraged creativity. Seems like now a days it's hard to enjoy art, because of all of these "art rules" and our feelings of self doubt, stress, anger and resentment. It's just weird, but it is defiantly noticeable. I would probably assume that the exposure to the internet as a teen or a young adult has changed the way I think of my art, but that may not be the case.
It's not about the rules, it's about the knowledge that you have that something looks wrong and when you go do some research you realize that in order to fix it you have to take things into account that seem more complex than you thought
When someone asks me "So, do you like drawing?" I'm always like "It's complicated" 'couse I always have a thousand of breakdowns during drawing, my mind just goes like: "I hate this, I hate drawing, Why am I so bad?? WHY IS EVERYONE BETTER THAN ME? WHY DO I EVEN TRY?! I HATE MYSELF" but I'd feel guilty if I just stoped drawing after all this years, 'couse "It's my passion". It hurts so bad, but the feeling when I've actually done something and I kinda like it, is worth it. Well, I think so??
As a fellow artist, an online writer to be more accurate, although I obviously cannot speak for everyone, I have gained a perspective on writing throughout the seven years I have been doing it for. Even though my first stories were mere copies of stories I liked, I wanted to write because I wanted to share something with the world, to give it a piece of myself, and those stories were a great part of that. As I began to work harder and more originally with more complex plots, the need to release the ideas trapped in my brain grew and grew. I have never really finished a project, and the novels I have finished, I have erased from the public view, but I will never give up because it would be too painful to spend my years seeing those ideas never realized, despite their worth. It's the same with poems, which have gained me a small audience, but an audience nonetheless since I am a member of a local literary group for young poets, and I even wrote a poem for a charity event recently. As months pass, progress always grows, and I write a lot thanks to my abundance of ideas and work ethic. I, like a lot of artists, can feel egotistical and unworthy and terrible and a lot of negative adjectives, which sometimes stalls my writing progress in a rather over dramatic manner, but I follow the Idea and always continue. As long as you bask in the light of the wonderful Idea, you should be able to appreciate art to a degree at all times. But that's just my opinion, and I am sorry if I sounded vain. What do you think about this stranger's overlong essay?
Those are literally traps from your mind, and if you think about it, it only bothers you because you believe in them, since they may not be true It's very easy to feel like art isn't for you or that you'll never be good enough when things are going wrong, but you have to learn how to deal with your dificulties in a healthy manner You can use that deep sense of hate towards your work and channel all that energy into investigating your mistakes with more logic, by focusing on studying more a certain ability that you currently lack or through observing others and what you can learn from them rather than comparing yourself to them Comparison is like a race in which runners are in different positions and are expect to win when it's clearly not possible. People have different starting points, different life experiences and different abilities as well as the lack of them in diverse fields. Respect yourself and be fair with you. Regardless of the fact that it was never about being better than someone else, but seeking for growth and experience with each other
This happens with me too. While I am drawing, it's very common to me to have a mental breakdown because I am expressing myself and feel like it's not good enough, then I remember bad things that happened with me or start creating dialogue that never happened and feel bad about. Drawing is a therapy but makes me have a breakdown because I am expressing myself, my feelings and my aesthetic.
I'll help you all, imagine a girl who used to be an innocent happy child, now shes a struggling 14 year old her crown shattered and her wings burned in despair. if this helped you're welcome, if not sorry
Smoke a fat joint of some choice marijuana, that gives me plenty of creative motivation. I’ve written some of my best music when I was not stone cold blown, and not high enough but when I was in that Goldilocks area where the porridge was just right and I was able to receive transmission from spirit, that’s when the songs write themselves and end up being hits
Yes yes! I feel that same way exactly. I have the potential and head knowledge to become an excellent artist if I put in the time, but when I look at other great art I react with both those emotions. Sometimes I lean toward giving up to soon. But mostly I try to find short cuts to paint faster so I can earn more money for my time. Knowing I could do better is confusing to my brain.
A mentor of mine who is dead now but a very good and qualified artist said to me, there will always be someone better than you and someone worse than you. Your job is to keep moving to being better. That statement is what I hold on to
So this is why I hate getting complemented on things I do. I always think "I'm not smart" or "I'm not talented, stop sugar coating it and just tell me the truth." because I want feedback and I want things I do to be perfect.
As a musician i can completely relate, every song i do i feel like it insnt perfect so i always change everything bit by bit until im overall dissatisfied and scrap the project completely. i feel like knowing when your work is bad is good but you should never overdo it
I understand. However when I stay away a long time from a song I've written and then hear it again with fresh ears, I'm usually surprised that I then find it either totally wonderful or awful. LOL. I've learned that I can't judge my own work correctly until I put it out of site and mind for a while and come back to it, to hear it again. The same goes for my artwork.
Im not an artist but you are saying that you are not fully satisfied or that you should not overdo it ....but when the song is finished and the listeners love it ....doesn't that make you happy and satisfied ...it should be seen as an accomplishment since it is ❤
Same here! One thing I have been trying out lately is when I hit that point of scrapping the project, I instead decide to put my energy into major changes to patch it up and make it work. Not gonna lie when it does work, its really cool and its taught me how glaring imperfections that I think are worthless can still be made beautiful in a profound way.
I feel like artist just never feel good enough, we’ll look at someone more successful than ourselves and automatically break down after feeling inadequate to the other person. It’s something we all need to work on collectively, even the “best” artist still felt like they weren’t doing things right, and it’s even worse when you know being an artist is all you have.
My problem as an artist is, I have too much in my mind too ever get it all out… And I feel like whatever I do, it’s not coming out exactly how I envisioned it
True...everytime I see another artist get a lot of positive attention because of their work, I always want to burn myself out. For example: there is another artist in my class everytime people talk about her art, I grab a piece of paper...
I write, I draw, I sculpt, I create worlds and characters of my own. There’s something about art or writing or anything creative at all that is amazing. You see the mistakes and correct them, which leads to you getting better as you correct each tiny flaw. There’s also something that this video helped me realize. I’ve gone through many hardships, and just like the flaws in my works, I see what bits are wrong with me and fix each one and then the hardship is over.
as an artist my biggest problem is feeling exhausted from real life responsibilities to the point i no longer can enjoy art, then i keep seeing other artists getting better each day while i'm stuck in the same place. art is my secret place, a place where i build my own world but as i get older i feel like my mind is stuck and i lost all of my creativity and freedom. this makes me wonder if all artists really love such thing called freedom.. or is it just me being so childish despite i'm already an adult. edit: i didn't expect my comment would get this many likes so thank you. i read all of the stories below, stuffs have been happened to me too ever since i left this comment, i just hope everything will get better for us who really struggle in life and i hope we can enjoy arts again.
@@felixputz5190 relatable, I'm here a sophomore in college struggling in a course that I don't like and wasn't even going to end up doing after I graduate. I just wanna stop and help my parents and at the same time focus on my art as well.
I am also stuck in a job I dont like but I need to work, otherwise I dont have money for a living. So I just end up being exhausted from life everyday and still have to draw and force myself to keep in touch with art. Or I will loose it for ever. Sometimes I hate being alife.
"Constructive Pessimism" is a nice way of saying it. Doubting our capabilities of being great is an instinct we all share and one that should shape our mind, not our emotions (easier said than done lol). But I'd rather acknowledge all the flaws in my work, be it a film, than being brainwashed to think that no-one is appreciative of how great my work is. However, no matter how good something is, there will always be someone who does not like it and you just have to accept that.
I don't like the term "Constructive Pessimism", I think its intent here falls flat in outer contexts, but I really like the discussion it gets out in this very particular context. I write, I've written stories, scripts, and my best writing is poetry, but there are issues with my writing that if I didn't acknowledge them with some level of pessimism, I would oppose those who criticize my writing with a delusional attitude. Without getting into the details of my struggles, I see other struggling writers or aspiring artists who have delusional attitudes all the time. Who want to bathe in self-obsession and only be around those who will kiss their ass about how amazing they are. These people don't work on revising their material with an open mind, they double down on their flaws, and have trouble resonating with people who have experienced a broad degree of artistic expression in their lives. Good artists look for good criticisms, and if they find enough applicable to them, they can become great artists.
To all my fellow artists: your art is great. It is not perfect. I’m sure there’s definitely a lot you can still fix but you are worthy, good, and brilliant! Keep on!! 🎤📸🖌️💻🎨✏️🎬
A set designer in the 1950's once said, "When I sit alone in a theatre and gaze into the dark space of its empty stage, I’m frequently seized by fear that this time I won’t manage to penetrate it, and I always hope that this fear will never desert me. Without an unending search for the key to the secret of creativity, there is no creation. It’s necessary always to begin again. And that is beautiful." - Josef Svoboda
That is such wisdom. It makes such sense too that the key to what is ‘true creativity’ to you in this very moment, is something different every moment. It isn’t something that can’t ever truly be answered, because once it is that answer becomes another million questions. If that weren’t true, creativity would already be long dead. Accepting that this is the nature of art and the nature of being an artist, will perhaps allow us to accept that trying over and over again endlessly is our highest form of art. And that is worth pursuing for its own sake
I'm going through one of those "I can't write" and "I can't draw" moments. I haven't written or drawn in a month or two. I've only doodled. It's ok to take a break. Everyone has their breakdowns. But eventually there'll be a time when you won't be able to stop. Don't give up. Don't lose your passion. I know I will eventually get back into the grove of things and I'll start to do what I love again. This video helped me understand what's going on right now. So uh... yeah... that's what I wanted to say...
Trash Bag dont worry, i feel you, sometimes i dont draw for so long i dont remember how to hold a pencil, and its mostly because of how insecure im of my art. doodling is a good way to get out of this. sometimes when i doodle during my artless periods, those doodles can change into someting bigger and better and it puts me on my track again !
That is most certainly true. I had writers/artist block for about a month and a half. I was able to draw again after about three weeks, but the writing, I only just got back into it a few days ago. And when I did, I wrote more than I ever had in an entire day.. It may take a while, but when you come back, you come back even more powerful than before. Fresh, new ideas, and hands that crave work await you.
VonSmore well I don't think I'll ever get back into drawing sadly. it's been 9 years now since I drew last. I really miss those days where I wouldn't have a care in the world and just drew. I did some pretty weird and interesting drawings when I look back at it. can't help but smile at my past glory now.
Completely agree. It's important and normal to take breaks. Going through art blocks is only going to lead you to more ideas. Art/Creative blocks are essential and all a part of the process of creating something.
Aww man, as an artist and an author I relate to this so much. Sometimes the perfectionism gets to you especially involuntarily compare yourself when you see others' works, so much you don't want to even touch your work anymore. It's like, every love and dedication you've put into that piece of work is being rejected
If you are a writer, just like me (starting) you should always remember that you are making the people that read your stories feel emotion. You are helping people with their emotions in the basement of their minds and with that you are making people happy. As long as your story does that, it may not be good enough for the critics but it's good enough for me. "The greatest art is that of making others happy."
(Use the traductor please) Me quiero dedicar profesionalmente a la escritura, y lo que me motiva es que la gente disfruta y sobretodo VIVA mis historias como en carne propia, que lloren, rían y disfruten en simples palabras. He probado haciendo pequeños relatos cortos, de hecho estoy en un concurso ahora, pero según familiares cercanos no tengo futuro. No quiero contarte mi vida, perdón si me excedí escribiendo, solo quiero decir que comparto ese sentimiento de hacer que la gente disfrute con mis relatos.
"No." "NO." "Erase, erase, ERASE!" "What eVEN." "Ugghhh this is so cringyyyyyyyy" "Kill me noowwwwwwww" *A few hours later* "HALLELUJAH THIS IS EPIC I LOVE MY LIFE"
My art teacher told me once something and i haven't forgotten it. "Don't be afraid of the color." I had this project and I couldn't paint it correctly. I wasn't in an advanced class, just a regular one. They all seemed to be doing better and the pictures always came out great. but I felt inadequate. i felt wrong to be sitting there. I didn't know what to do with my hands when I painted or how to stroke or when to use water and how much. She felt it was better we got over the fears and over the struggles by learning. I was one of the kids that didn't improve. it really does bug me. I was truly not using enough color. I would put some color down and feel it was too strong. I was afraid of putting too much ajd not being able to remove it. It's funny how it taught me so much about myself. How afraid I am to pour my heart out or how or when to do it. how much to express and what to share. I bottle up everything. I dont give myself away. I won't even talk unless you say something to me. I'm afraid of the color of my mind, my ideas. When I was younger I would paint rainbows and write stories on my computer through notepad. I loved how it was seemingly endless and I could just let my mind run about anything and anyone. I would picture a girl in my head, create a name, give her personality, likes and dislikes, motivation, background. I'd put her through treacherous environments that would change her character and then shed become stronger or escape. I could combine comedy and horror in one story. I could bring into light the most depressing deepest thoughts I'd ever dream of and put them in the narrative of an elephant. I could picture love without hate and make adventures with no end. To this day I have so many stories I've started since i could write over 200 of them in my computer and none of them have an ending because id just go on and on. I haven't touched or made a story in years. I haven't edited anything. I haven't painted a picture because id sit down and feel blank. I'd come up short. id have ideas but feel I'd need organization. Like i need to mastermind it all before darting across the pages. Like I needed a map or outline and without it I can't even begin. At least I have my dreams. I dream every night and even though the ending is never fully finished then it ends. it's never quite dome but my brain parts from it and leaves it in my subconscious to fade like the moon when the sun rises. Funny how art tells so much about you. I just hope that before my own life ends I can think of something close to a good ending. you're never truly ended, you always have laundry and a meal planned. Errands to run and people to stop by and check with. but I want to feel some sort of peace before I go. Maybe my own story won't say the end but I'd be okay with it. as my story ends time goes on; the history that will never finish, the eternity that goes on when our bodies stop. my story is simply apart of a bigger story that includes everyone's who jas read this comment and who hasn't and everyone who had an existence or almost did. everyone who was an idea is in this big story and it goes on forever. My story for me needs some bit of closure and maybe that's creating something again, or meeting somebody, but if it doesn't it will end and life without me will go on. I can't be afraid of color anymore.
Wow, you're a very good writer and have a way with words that I don't, sadly. Everything you said here I experience, and it's true. I am afraid of the colors in my mind, but slowly and with time I'll let them pour out. Someday I will, and hope you will, too.
Ambar Rivera After I made this I started a new story. One that the child me would have wrote and I just kept going as long as i could. I'll probably add nore. this video inspired me
Keep Your Mellow Chill I appreciate your enthusiasm but i wouldn't know how to do it. I never know when to share it either. because its nowhere near finished and it's made to run on forever. You know?
That is LITERALLY me right now. Everyday when I draw something or think of a new story to write, I am never satisfied with what I come up with. I know its not because I am not creative, but because I am just not having the best ideas my brain can muster, or my art is not as good as I know I can make it be. And honestly, I feel like I will never be satisfied, which frustrates me. I can only hope that one day I will reach a point of my ability that I can finally accept as my limit.
I understand. I've learned something that both Einstein and Edison said about creativity and our brains. And that was basically they took advantage of the genius that lies in our subconscious minds. They both would think on what they wanted to know, or a problem that needed solving, and then put it out of their minds when they got stuck. Later out of nowhere the solution would just pop into their heads at the oddest times. Both said that often the solutions would come just as they were waking up in the mornings. When I was writing songs, I kept a pocket tape recorder in my pocket or close by at all times because when I was doing something else and not thinking about my projects, suddenly out of nowhere I'd get something wonderfully new when a brilliant creative idea would simply pop into my head. I wish all creative people could know this. I've come to believe that there is a genius in all of us "if" we can practice trying to learn how to let it out. :)
I'm a violinist and this applies to music in very much the same way. You could get every technical aspect of a piece right and yet there is always something lingering in the back of your mind about that sound. It's an almost unobtainable something that drives me mad.
I struggle with this a lot with my videos. Thanks for breaking it down and making me see the trouble from another perspective. The animations were amazing too!
Exactly, the way he breaks it down not only makes us see another perspective, but helps us realise that the struggle is just natural and that you are not alone.
I am not an artist myself, but whenever I draw some people would say it would say its good, but there's always a feeling of mine that says '' it looks ugly '', I think it is because I can always see the flaw in the art itself, so much so that I can no longer see the beautiful part of the art that I made.
I'm a happy artist! EDIT: I have a rule: I draw/paint as good I can. I dont expect more. I am happy with what I can, because I can't do more then 100%. Thats my simple life rule. I do my best and if it's not enough, well... that happens. If it is necessary, then I learn. I study. So I have freedom - there are no bad mistakes in learning, because you learn with mistakes - I study a lot. So I get more power, for more art, and more ways to create art. You cant do wrong this way.
I was a happy artist when i was still a student but now that i’ve became a full time artist, i’m a not-very-happy artist. My inner critic really stressed me out to the point it affect my health as well. I experienced hair loss, skin problem, and weight loss because of my stress. I always feels inadequate and always looking for mistakes in my art. I think if i can’t see my flaws, it means i’m not growing but whenever i did that it also makes me suffer. I’m seriously contemplating to quit art because i don’t know if it’s worth it for my health but on the other side i can’t deny that i love making art so much.
Take a break. I've heard somewhere that ourselves are our best critic but sometimes it can lead to self-destruction, which is not healthy. I say take a breather, look back at your old/previous artworks and see the things where you have improved OR can draw now with more confidence. I struggle with this too but what I've learned is that striving perfection especially in art.. is a waste of time. Why? because we, ourselves, aren't perfect to begin with and that's okay. Actually, mistakes are even the ones that brings out the beauty of something. think about it :>
Like the other comment said, it would be good for you to take a break and focus on your health. Don’t force yourself to draw because there’s will lead you to burning art and wanting to quit (which is happing to you know). I’m assuming art is a passion for you so even if you take a break (however long) I bet you will go back to it. I don’t know if you believe in God but you can talk to Him and ask Him to give you peace and to have a sound mind. Just pray to Him in general because He loves and cares for you. You can focus on building a relationship with Jesus. I don’t know if art is your job but if it is maybe look for a easy job somewhere like working at a cafe or something and focus on art has a fun side thing for a little bit till you feel rested. You should always give yourself breaks when your start to feel burned out and your health is being affected because your art will always be there but your health might not. I hope you are doing better. God bless you!
It's always good to look back at your old work and see how much you've improved. It's also good to take breaks! What you can do is very special, artists are a very important group of people. There is no such thing as perfect, perfectionism is overrated. Flaws exist in nature and so they are not bad to exist in art. You are a part of nature so you are going to produce things with flaws, it's inevitable and trying to defy that will only break you down.
i used to think I was a good artist and then I go on the internet for 2 minutes and see much better art than mine, instead of motivating or inspiring me, it sort of just brings me down even more. It also has a lot to do with my anxiety, whom took all interest I've had in drawing and now I can't even bring myself to draw again without crying anymore. I really hate the fact that I got into art in the first place now.
Hi Angeli P, I can feel you. Hey please don't be too hard on yourself, you know we all come from different horizon with different background and different abilities. That's why you shouldn't compare yourself to others. Now let me tell you, if you admire some other people's work, that's cool Angeli ! Why? Because it means that you have choose the right thing to do, because somewhere in yourself you wish you could have creat these masterpieces you're scrolling on, otherwise I guess you'll be indeferent. All these artists doing things you like, don't look at them as your competitors but as your Mentors. You should knowledge yourself about them, study there workflow, understand all the process behind the creations you like frome them. This intellectual part also goes with the inspiration process, of course it takes time at first but it will later help you to get what you want faster then you believe. And don't be afraid in front of what seems to be complex, complexity is only the reflection of our non-understanding. If you take time to deconstruct peice by piece you will understand how these beautiful artworks hypnotized you at the first place. Now add to that a lot of practice, use what you learned to help you to create what you have to create, and sooner or later you'll be the one who somebody else will look up to. Let me tell you one last thing Angeli, in my point of view, what makes art so fascinating is what it has in common with the universe, they neither have buanderies. A tremendous amount of artwork have been created, but there is still an infinite amount to bring alive. Take care, and also don't forget to have some fun in what you do.
dam was it that bad angeli? i have those moments too which at times i try not to stay in that moment looking at others work for too long. For me it does piss me off though that i just cant seem to get the backgrounds done or overall set the mood of my character to blend in with the background yet i have seen other drawings where it seems so simple but i know that has never stopped me from drawing could be stubbornness
My art teacher from my studio told me this today: It's so easy for us nowadays to get discouraged or give up easily because of just *too much* information we have access to. I tell myself to see other artists' art that are better than mine as goals, and something to learn from. I'm doing quite well with that I might suppose, but occasionally I'd still get negatively affected by it. I would ask myself "why can't I still draw like them?" Self doubt and all those negativity come pouring in. Especially now with art school portfolio deadlines closing in on me I feel like I'm struggling. But you know what? It all comes down to who has the patience. While we may constantly feel like art takes up a lot of talent, without hard work and persistence it doesn't mean anything. And by persistence that can mean 10 years, 20 years, or a whole entire lifetime of honing your skills. Back then every artist in the world was stumped by Picasso when he started doing his thing. That didn't stop every other person from making art though. The point is, I'm pretty sure none of us are geniuses, so in all honesty there's no need to be on the very top of the world to achieve something with art. What's most important is honing the skill into a profession, and that, takes quite bit of time and work. As someone who is also fighting on this path I hope you still continue doing art. And honestly, take a break and take it easy when it becomes too much. Art doesn't mean much if it isn't a bit enjoyable. Wish you the best!
I feel you. I'm so proud of my art and then I see videos of better artists who have more experience and some good art supplies and that just gets me so angry.
As an artist, I often feel frustrated in my work. This is nothing new and no surprise. It never feels good enough, no matter how many times I try over and over again trying to find the "perfect" way to paint it till I'm at least slightly satisfied. Even then I can never be truly happy with it. I do this time and time again, to the point where I end up crying. When I get to those points, I like to come to this video. Since I've never seen a video that captures being an artist so perfectly, yet still gives me some motivation to keep going. So thank you so much for making this video. If I had never seen this video I don't know if I would have kept making art.
I'm so glad you said all that. It speaks my own thoughts about my own work also. I never knew that other artists went through the same thing I do while creating. This information is such a big relief today!
As a person who is both an artist and a perfectionist and who never had anyone else feel the same about obsessing on every little detail, this video was comforting and spoke out to me
Same, I’m an introverted perfectionist artist who’s been around extroverted and social people most of her life, which I understand as my desire to be pushed by them to see me through others peoples eyes instead of mine so maybe I will not judge me as hard as I do with myself, but at the same time is a problem when I cannot open to anyone close bc they wouldn’t understand my side of the story as I live in a country where people should be open, festive and chill so to them I just look cold, unsocial and too serious on things that don’t matter to other people but me.
This whole video showcases a mindset I've been trying really hard to achieve over the past few years. The attitude you have shouldn't be "I'm not good enough." It should be "I'm not good enough _yet."_ Adding the word "yet" to the end of every "I can't" statement is really the key to progress and being happy with your life, and it's done a hell of a lot of good for me.
You’ve peaked as an artist when your creation matches your vision. We may never get there, but the only way to guarantee that is to avoid experimenting. You can be content with yourself while striving; often it is that basic security that truly allows us to leap outside our comfort zone, knowing however low our self-worth crumbles, our basic respect for ourselves will be there to catch us.
Instead of thinking "it's not good enough" I like to think "I can make it better". With that I recognize the flaws not as mistakes but rather an opportunity to improve my overall skills in that field so that maybe, in the end, i can be actually good at it. Though good can be improved and good also isn't perfect, and I, for myself at least, found a whole new definition for the word "perfect". Rather than something is "without flaws" it means something I worked on "pleases my expectations" or "I'm happy with the way it turned out". Because once it reached that point, it can hardly get any better. It's perfect the way I define it for myself.
This is great! I personally believe that nobody is only one mood everytime. Sometimes I am the "I'm shitty", "sometimes I'm the "it can be better". Depends on the day and mood
Disclaimer: This isn't the same for everyone, its just my experience. I'm still very young so I'm sorry if some things in these sound naive or deep for some. Seeing this was kind of a wake up call for me. Recently my parents have been getting incredibly strict for no reason whatsoever, and have been taking away almost all of my equipment to draw. It's led me to lose all motivation of progressing because I can't handle the small time frames I get to do them, it just isn't enough. So I tried to find other things I could do, like old hobbies etc. to fill this emptiness. I wanted to be content and I just hadn't cared for my hopes and dreams anymore. One day I'd finally got what I wanted, I'd excelled in most of the hobbies, had friends with similar interests, was in great health, a good life outside of that, and I was pretty content. But in some ways, I was actually straying further and further from the truth. Sure these things may seem good on the outside, but something was missing. Growing up my father had never pushed me, and my mother was far too busy. It was always "atleast you tried," "nobodys perfect," "you don't have to do that," "maybe you should settle." I never did the activies other kids were doing, because I didn't have to. I never hung out with them or did meet-ups, because I wasn't allowed most of the time, but also because I didn't care. I let this image form of me where it was okay to settle for a mediocre job, with mediocre friends, growing up with a boring life. Any joy I had was from an external source, I was terrified of finding it within myself. I was clinging onto amazing memories I'd had with my family and others, the sights I saw, anything that had some sort of positive (and only positive) meaning, material after material, it didn't matter what it was related to, I was essentially trying to live in my past. But I wasn't always like that. When I was younger I was full of ambition and determination. I would draw day and night, filling up usually 20 pages or more a day. I was a spark to everything around me and I never settled for not getting back up again. I persevered through rough times. If my younger self were to look at that statement, she would wonder why I even though of it in the first place. But I didn't get here from giving up, did I? I kept telling that to myself and I tried and tried to get out of that mindset, but as I got older my parents got stricter and stricter. I never had a moment to concentrate because they were always micromanaging. It slowed down a lot of things. The results began to show, I'd stopped caring about myself or my health, I wouldn't even try to survive. My parents flipped the blame on me and did more things. They began to take away my drawing materials because "You don't even draw anymore, whats the point?" They deemed anything unessential as irrelavant and only wanted me to focus on school and becoming some top of the line doctor. (But only known for that on the street I'd live on, of course.) It made me lose everything, my identity, my inner self, my conscience and other things. I tried pirating others dreams I found fullfilling on the surface but werent ever good enough. Do I need to explain more? Then I saw this. I realized what I've been doing to myself. I've been destroying myself. I'm going to find myself again and keep going, wether the world likes it or not, these may be tough times, but I didn't get here from giving up, did I? edit: thank you guys so much for the support! 🫂❤ sorry I didn't split this into paragraphs, I sort of forgot I wrote this qvq, but I hope everyone who is going through a similar situation is doing well and I just wanna say to never give up, you got this 🫂 💗 :>
As another young creative, I can relate to this very deeply but in a slightly different way. (Ive been lucky enough to make my passion my life but have lost my enthusiasm in doing so.) I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story and I hope you can find that spark again soon. It’s belongs to you and only you. Good luck :)
Wow man, what a great video! I am struggeling with doubt all the time and this message really made me realise it's not only natural, but it's also desirable!
I was severely blocked and frustrated with my work and I just happened upon this video in the next moment, this is exactly what I needed to keep going thank you
I'm a happy artist, and my secret is to not push myself too far onto perfeccionism when i make art, simply because art is what i like to do. I really like drawing, and if i got discontent with how i draw, i'd probably just give up, so i don't, i see my mistakes, i correct them the better i can, imove on. I can't stop making art or else i'll never get better, but if i get fixed on getting better, i'll stop making art.
As a fellow artist, I approve. Finally, someone who's NOT faking depression in the comments. (Just a joke, pretty sure no one's faking depression. Their comments are just unnecessarily edgy and hopeless lol)
@@SKB-and-PlasticFred ironic that when i made that comment i was currently going through a depressive episode and art was one of the few things in my life that i was sincerely happy about, i'm glad i focused on that feeling because i really wanted to spread something good
Whoah, I guess I need to stop fixing myself on getting better at art. I always want to get better and better but the good thing is I will always get better. :D
I think many artists are depressed because they embrace nihilism through political grant systems. Artists are often leftist because the system is and that's the market. It's so subtle they don't even realize they are being manipulated into it. I'm an artist and happy too. There's the idea for many artists and critics that unless something is nihilistic and depressing it can't be serious art. Perfectionism doesn't make you unhappy. It's a necessary phase. Art culture is very demoralizing and ...nihilistic. Do people think Michelangelo, Botticelli and D'vinci were depressed? Why be an artist if it leads to depression. That's an indication your art is depressing maybe. Feed your head with right images and ideas and you won't be depressed.. otherwise stop being an artist. Another reason too is that artists often have no boundaries. They open their minds without any sense of navigation. being open is good but without a moral compass it leads to great darkness.
Once one artist said: "turning my pain into art is my way of escape from it" i felt that way so many times... that when i am actually happy i found my self being an absolute stranger. I'm just so used to hate my self in so many ways...
I also struggle with this. I don't know if you're a fan of Nirvana (the band) but what you said reminds of a Kurt Cobain lyric that always resonated with me "I miss the comfort in being sad" (from their song: 'Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle') I wonder if this video from Geek Psychology may help your mindset: ruclips.net/video/-l7ALhgBnwE/видео.html I found it encouraging, and hope you do too. Its really hard when we are brought up to endure misery in our childhoods, that happiness and contentedness can feel so alien to us. But I really believe creativity, in whatever form that works for you, can help transform pain into something positive that can connect with others. I read in Johann Hari's book on depression that connection is the antidote to depression and negative self thought. I hope you find this or something that helps. Don't let your brain beat you up, just because it has been programmed to (I'm presuming from childhood). Write a list of all the good things about you and concentrate on them and ask people who know and care about you to list 3 things as well (I learnt this in therapy). I've also heard that if an nasty thought comes up, to distance yourself from it just thank your brain for its "interesting" opinion, but don't take it to heart. It's just one those negative thoughts that tend to pop up and you can talk back to it and tell it good things about yourself and start to practise self compassion. Also if we get our brains used to being compassionate to ourselves, we will also be kinder to those around us. I keep meaning to get a book by Kristen Neff on this. Sorry I've gone on! I don't mean to lecture - just your comment resonated with me and I'd like to help you and others if I can, as I often wish other ppl would help me when I'm low and crying out for help by writing comments on RUclips cos I have no-one else to talk to! Best wishes.
As a writer, erasing everything and starting all over again is REALLY common, especially in a recent story I'm writing, I literally started the story 4 TIMES. Starting a story is way harder than ending it, and because I love it so much I want it to be perfect, this feeling that There's something missing or I can do better always haunts me and it feel really terrible.
One thing i hate is rereading the beginning i wrote and going "ohhhh god i missed the mark so hard" but I can't change it without changing the whole story
It hurts. I cant be as good as i wish i was. I will publish, and post, and I'll see what could have been much greater if i just waited, or revised, or was just better. Thinking about that makes me not want to do it at all.
And that is why it is best to keep a journal just for that book/story so you can write down every little idea. We can figure it out but writing different versions of our story is bound to happen anyway. It’s a long struggle but if you have enough passion and dedication to keep in going then it can be possible to finish a story.
I disagree....when i draw for hours every night I of course always say "that's not good enough" but when I reach a new best of my art so far i immediately feel so proud of myself and how far I've come and know that i need to start from point zero again and reach a new best ....all of that suffering is immediately erased by reaching the top of a mountain that took so much time and effort to reach...you realize how much you have progressed...if that doesn't make an artist happy or proud than not much else will...at one point that feeling is almost addictive and you need to get better and better to hit those points...artists are capable of being the happiest people on this planet...saying artists are sad or depressed is not always true.
There's one downside to it though (at least with me): every time I want to create something better than before, so I either end up creating nothing, rather than something just as good or worse, or I create something worse, when I feel I could actually do more, because I'm too scared of the rest.
When an artist truely wants to become good at what they do(especially when they see others doing amazing work), they definitely reach depression alot, but you'll notice depression being more tolerable, because you know that feeling and you know what to do to get rid of it with your self made remedies, whether its by creating more or immersing yourself into a particular vibe. Artists who aren't struggling are artists who are comfortable. And comfort often leads to not progressing in skill.
He used the title as bait sort of, what he explained is the process where an artist struggles to get something done, I for one has been struggling for two years now to produce a short film because I keep working out the details and I don’t like it, he just explained my situation
I don’t believe happiness is entirely absent when making art: the problem is how we often try so hard to get what we consider the “right” results, that we don’t actually stop to enjoy the very process of creating something. Sometimes, making it up on the spot can be a lot of fun! Not only are you allowing yourself to have the freedom to experiment with various ideas, but you’re discovering more and more of what you’re capable of. To me, it’s similar to taking the time to embrace what makes life precious. 😊
Personally I dont care about the flaws, I really like getting better. What truly makes me unhappy is that I put so much effort into producing so much work but I feel so disconnected from everything I make, not to mention the lack of interest from my peers, whilst beginning to feel creativity slip away from me because I'm being set a project I feel unable to create something for self because I dont think it has a purpose, if it isnt for my work or for show I feel like I cant really create for myself anymore this is what truly brings me down personally thank you for listening to my rant please have a nice day
The way you feel is a totally valid thing. This is exactly why when I was a kid I decided I absolutely DID NOT want to be a professional artist. It’s totally takes the fun out of making stuff for myself. I hate the idea of everyone else EXPECTING something from you like that, and art can be very emotionally involved. Not to mention that I don’t want to be obligated to do art to keep a roof over my head, yuck… I decided that art would remain a side hustle, and my main career will have to be something with technical knowledge that has to be applied in a more prosperous avenue. I still don’t know where life will lead me but I’ve felt exactly the way you did, so think it through…
perfectionism is the achilles heel of creativity. as an artist, i actually disagree with this video. you have to move on to progress; you have to make 100 bad gesture drawings to make 1 good one, 50 bad paintings to make 1 decent one. It's practice, mileage, and you can't spend all your energy on one painting when you don't have the skill to execute it. many nights and days have been devoted to paintings i've worked on for hours, and hours, and hours. I can be painting and think it's amazing, and im almost satisfied. A day later, I come back and it's absolute shit. I'd be upset, annoyed with myself, painfully knowing that all my paintings have been that way and they will likely be that way all my life. A few days go by and I realize it's not as bad, but I can distinctly make out its flaws that I don't have the skill to fix yet. At that point, move on. Maybe repaint it in a few years. And what if there's a deadline? you have to accept a work you're not entirely satisfied with. And you have to be okay with that. Sketching would be even worse for me, dissatisfied at their amateur quality. Being a perfectionist, constantly being upset with yourself, working endlessly on small mistakes while failing to see the larger picture... no one would be happy that way. I've dealt with perfectionism, in both piano and art, and it has slowed my progress, killed my self worth, and yes, made me unhappy. I've progressed so much more moving on and accepting small mistakes, while working on the fundamentals and working on my overall skill level. Accept that you can't be perfect in every small detail, work on the larger picture, and you don't have to be an "unhappy artist."
So essentially... You either didn't watch the video and hence disagree with it based on the title, or watched it and completely missed literally everything he said in the video...
I definitely agree with your comment, but personally i don't think that's what they meant. "Being okay with discontentment." Not being content with our art but being content with the fact that we are not satisfied with our work.
I actually think this is a good thing. Rather than being "pessimistic" i truly believe artists are non-conforming individuals, we're always chasing perfection, "it could be better". Perfection itself might not exist, however the search for it builds a sense of constant improvement. At least that's how I see the glass half filled :']
I laughed as you caused me to realize for the first time that we artists are always chasing the Holy Grail. LOL. Meaning the grail of perfection that's different for each of us. But those who don't chase it are a lot less interesting people to me. LOL.
Funny. I think of artists as people who don't have a real marketable skill, so they try to pass putting their feelings into some subjective garbage and then cry when nobody understands them. Everybody is an artist.
The feeling when you push yourself beyond where you ever thought your skill limits ever were; then breaking through that barrier into an entire new world of opportunity and self confidence is one of the best feelings as an artist. No matter what your craft. You impress yourself with something you thought you'd never pull off. You feel pride and joy and so many other emotions all in one fleeting moment. The moment when you realize you've done it. It pushes me to think out of the box. And in those moments of extreme self doubt, when I'm thinking: "I'm not good enough", "I can't do this", or "I should just give up". I think of my past breakthroughs. I think of the happiness I felt, and of all the self doubt I experienced right beforehand. It is absolutely worth it to keep trying. No matter how bad you think you are, keep trying. You are good enough. You are talented, and smart, and special. No one else can create or think in the exact way you can. And that is my favorite part about art, and the art community. We are all so different, yet the same in our core. Don't ever give up on yourself. You can do it!
It's been uploaded 1 minute ago and already has 1 dislike. It's disheartening to see how people dislike content that creators work hard on without even watching it first
haters will never go away....unfortunately. I treat this as a glass is "half full". There are also 95% likes, so I like to focus on the people that do like it. Kind of like drivers out there on the road. 95% are good sensible drivers, 5% are total idiots behind the wheel.
+Dale Roossien true someone has gone out of there way to create something and share it with the world and its sad that some people will hate on that...
i really hate how being a perfectionist has been so normalised. being a perfectionist IS NOT just wanting to draw straight lines or not liking incompleteness. that's just being human. perfectionism is what is described in this video.
Your story about climbing is EXACTLY why do many people are convinced they can't draw! Like no you can draw you just have to do it. I wasn't born being a good artist, I had to practice and improve my skills
I've always wanted to write poems because I feel like my pencil just flows across the paper like a boat on calm water. I love writing so much, I write in a diary every day.
They just made a comparison of one subject that could be related to another. You are gushing over what is known as an analogy. In this case, they are describing how a feeling of passion that allows them to write poetry. There is no need to specify what type of pencil or paper it is, or what boat it is or if anything is under the calm water. The analogy is satisfactory as it is leaving out those descriptions.
im an artist and the reason i love art is for the moments where i am daydreaming and almost not here anymore, how truly freeing it is to let go of yourself
I feel like the best ideas always come when you don't think too much, when you're just having fun without expecting to create a masterpiece... then comes the hard work, the phase were you have to develop that idea and to me 90% of this phase is sheer frustration and doing things over and over until I feel satisfied.
I just started crying. I simply can't send away my poems because I rewrite them over and over again. It's so amazing that other feel the same. Thank you.
This is without a doubt the best video Ive seen in a long time. You put all the feelings that I had from a while in to simple words. Sometimes I doubt my work or ask myself where am I going with this.. But this inspired me to keep going.. I think Ive more clarity now. Thanks a lot buddy! This was really really helpful! :)
But... if a glass is half full/empty, it isn't 99.9% empty, it's 50% empty, which would also be 50% full, therefore making it no different than just saying half full or half empty.
Astral Cosmos Celestial the Third you know you think you're smart, but you're not that smart. You think logic will save you? It won't. Einstein himself said :"logic can take you from A to B, imagination will take you anywhere!" be an artist. Be grateful if the glass is half empty, it means you can fill it with whatever you want!! just because 97% of the Universe is made of Dark Matter is does NOT mean nothing is there, it only means humans can't see it therfore you even have oxigen in the glass , you breath it but you can't see it, then how come in his absence we die?! open your eyes. See with the MIND.
This idea of having to be depressed in order to create has been with me since I can remember. As artist, that’s all we really know how to do. A classic blessing but a cursed story. All artist have something inside of them that’s just needs to be brought to light. Find your way and push through with that sound, texture, or whatever you create. Just do it for you. I read something a while back, “I just make music I wanna listen too, and if ppl like it than that’s cool” so direct and simple, yet that statement covers a lot of ground for an artist to say.
@Elizabeth Ingalls I second this, the depressed artist trope is really embarrassing. Though I wholeheartedly agree with the mindset of just “doing what I wanna do, and if people like it that’s cool”
This is EXACTLY how I feel with singing & songwriting and also story writing. I sometimes don't even start a project just out of fear that it could turn out bad or just a little bit worse than I wanted it to be and I am so restricted by my fear that I feel ashamed of sharing it with people even tho I really need feedback and even help to continue songs or stories or arrangements and it's so heartbreaking in a way because I love to write songs & stories but if I keep feeling like they aren't good enough then I can't make progress and aknowledge that I am getting better at what I'm doing.
Tamara Hofbauer I feel the same, especially with songwriting because I have so many ideas and I want them to be good but I feel like they will never be good enough and I want to make something good. otherwise it's kind of worthless to others or something like that...And right now I'm trying to do something against it but it's hard
The problem with art is that for a lot of us, we don't like making art, we like what we make in the end. Your skill will fall off no matter what you do, no matter how much you practice. Then you just quit. You don't want to make anything ever again, and that's okay because you're just not good at it. Look. Unless if it's your job, just take a break. Come back, and if it still isn't working, you can't even make the simple shapes you want to make, you can't make anything you envision, not because you're not creative enough, but just because you're not actually good enough... Here's a shocker, just give it up and try something else. If you're really that discouraged and it's just not your thing, you just can't be as good as you used to. THEN JUST QUIT. You can always come back to it if you feel like it. However in my case I started music and coding, now I have two other things I'm good at. No matter how set you are as having your big talent to be art. Just Branch out and try new things. I used to be a really good furry artist, seeing my creations just filled me with happiness. However eventually, I just couldn't do it anymore at all no matter what. Even with reference. I couldn't create anything that I envisioned. Not even a basic face. And because of that I decided to quit out of frustration. And here I am living my best life, very happy that I made that choice. Tldr: there's no shame in quitting if you're just not physically talented enough. There's always something else out there for you
i was working on a painting for 2 months and i still haven't finish it, but i feel bad because it's not good enough, i tried my best to put layers and layers of paint to make it better, but still it's hard for me to accept it, and when i start to feel good about it i started seeing other paints which made me think my painting is bad, and what worse it made me feel like as if im a bad selfish person, as i was mixing colors i had to do it over and over, mixing burnt brown with prussian blue to get black or grey i had to do it over and over and over again, it feels satisfying but at the same time unsatisfying, the satisfying thing is that im mixing them with the knife, but it's hard to get the color i want the color i desire, the painting was of a cool grey horse, with red clothing with brown, back ground dark cool grey mixed with burnt brown and prussian blue, people tell me my work is good which made me happy, but then they forget about it and leave and tell other people that their work is the best and no one can beat them, which made me feel bad and that made me feel selfish, starting to hate myself, but I want to love myself and live happily because I believe life is a great thing that i have ever had and I don't wanna waste it, when i use the red crimson to color the clothing, it reminds me of dark blood and many stuff, and when i want dark orange i mix ochre with blue, blue looks so different then orange but when you mix them it becomes 1 beautiful color makes me believe that no matter how different those 2 people are, they still can become one, as i start using titanium white, it makes me see things calm and quiet, makes me think what would the world look like if there's no colors, would it be black or white, no because those are colors are shades, could the world be invisible, but how invisible we can see nothing behind it, it's weird, things like that makes me overthink weird stuff, and soon i will finish this painting and enter a gallery, i still feel low about it as if no one would like it, but i will still go, i most try believe in myself, but its hard, i wanna become better and better, i wanna keep going, i painted this paint with pain. I standed all day painting it, my hands are tired my shoulders hurts my back hurts my eyes hurts, i been overthinking alot about this painting I didn't get some sleep, i got sick but still working on it, my eyes became red and teary but I'm still gonna work on it, its apart of my life my dream, my head hurts and it still hurts, i barely get to talk to people because i wanted to work on this painting, what made it take longer time because its a big size painting, bigger then A1, Leonardo da vinci took all those years to paint mona lisa and it became great and famous, so i most try take my time too and focus and give more details, but im still unsatisfied, i will stop working on it and reveal it when I'm satisfied with this work, And this is the story of the painting i started working on since 2 months ago, it's pain, but being an artist it's apart of my life it's one of the things i live for, and the thing i love, i was born for this, even as a child i used to be. A lonely kid with no love no friends i was so lonely so the only thing I loved to do to make the time move fast and, so that I don't feel lonely, its was drawing, painting, watercoloring and its was something i fell in love with, it became a big part of my life and it became more like a living being to me, so i tell myself i must not hate the thing that made me survive, even if its looks bad, i should see it as a beautiful thing, which made me go further and work more, i wanna show people the work i did and make them feel it, the beauty of it, and make them satisfied with the work i did, like how i wanted to be satisfied, it makes me happy, i maybe selfish and wrote weird stuff in this comment, but yea thats my story whether you like it or not, its the way i do, its ok if you don't like my work or the things i wrote, everyone have their freedom and opinions to make, and we as an artists have to accept them, but doesn't means we artist should change our ways
Reading that isn't a waste of my time, it's inspirational, beautiful, the struggles that you've been through, I'm sure it will worth everything once it's done. Life is art, someone who have passion for art can see the world in a different way "full of inspiration". I hope you for the best, best of luck my friend
Do you have any picture of your painting? Im pretty sure its amazing, but as every artist (incñuding me) we are never fully happy with our creations. May I see yours?
The part that stuck with me was when he said that discontentment drives creativity rather than those magical moments when everything comes together. I see it as those moments when all those hours of blood, sweat, and tears come to fruition, it makes it all worth it, and will continue to make it worth it. I suppose I am an optimistic-pessimist, lol
The key is finding balance. I a writer and I never think that something I wrote is good or even finished but I also know that it just seems to me like that. After putting many hours into something, I'll just tell myself that it's time to stop and to move on to the next thing. And even though I never feel like I've done something great, I will always know that I've done something better. Better than the past me did and better than most others could do. And in that I am satisfied. If I ever reached perfection in something I wrote, writing itself would lose its sense because I've already done the best possible thing and I'll never do anything better.
I, as an animator, feel blessed that this video came in my recommended section on the time it did, as I had just tried designing a character for about a trillionth time and just erased it entirely because "This is ugly, is this all I can really do?" After going through this cycle many times I realized I wasn't going anywhere with this. I quit. Just before completely deleting the project I checked RUclips for a reason I myself didn't know, I just felt like it. I found this video. I realized that I was indeed going NOWHERE by going through the "This ain't good, let's erase it"-cycle. I did not become happy with my 100%, which was bad. But I only looked at the bad part, not the 100% part. I was, while doing those drawings, at my current peak and yet did not just accept that this is good, for now. I am emotionally drained for literally nothing, It was so many hours wasted. I won't do that mistake anymore. I will, by repeatedly making my 100% better, be satisfied; And I am, with my current 100%, happy.
"it's like the stories we're writing need conflict, so why are we so scared of it in our actual lives?" damn that got me. ive been toiling over my documentary for months, editing and re-editing it because I just can't seem to find a good enough conflict. yet in my actual life I am sometines ridden with anxiety, avoiding it like the plague... which makes me realize that if someone were to film a story on me, there would be nothing worth showing...
I had this problem when making fanart and I said “is this still art” or “would this exist without me” and I soon started doing very simple self portraits no paint just pencil to paper and that’s when I REALLY saw what I was fighting in my work. I create characters I love because they make me happy but I also reflect on myself on original work. It’s impossible to create an idea that wasn’t thought of before so you need to look at your warm and as yourself what makes it YOURS.
See I had this problem at first, but then I just learned to not be so hard on myself. You can't be perfect. Just love yourself, embrace your strengths, work on your weaknesses & eventually you'll be where you want. You can't debilitate yourself.
I love this video. I once asked if any artists were at one moment satisfied of their work, and a friend answered something I'll always remember ; a satisfied artist is a stagnant artist.
Nölwenn Roberts I see so much of that in some RUclips artist channels. Rarely do the self criticise or respond to criticism. Never do they improve either. Those who do on the other hand, have art leagues better. It's incredibly motivating in a way, to stay critical and keep going.
Been a professional singer for 13 years. Singing paid most of my bills this year. Still convinced I can't sing. Thinking next year is when I put it all on the shelf and stop. I just never get as good as I want to be, where it's all just easy and smooth sailing. Bloody perfectionism. Gonna try constructive pessimism now. Thanks for this video.
Sweetie the most important thing I want when listening to a singer is that they are resonating with my own feelings and emotions and thus bringing them up to the surface. If your singing evokes memories and deep emotions in the listeners, then your singing is perfect. When you sing, live totally in that moment and "feel" the message in the song. Others will be affected by that and that's more important than having a "perfect" voice. Please don't quit.
Every art I make I hate, I decline that I made it and refuse to think I’m a proper artists, whilst my friends believe I’m really good at drawing, my teachers believe I’m well creative when I can’t see it, none of it, at all
As an artist I’m always proud of my work. Flaws and all. Yes i also agonize about the details, but fuck man there’s a point where it’s not worth it. Having poor mental health well affect your art in a more negative manner that a healthier state of mind. So Id rather be making art when I’m happy because I tend to have a genuine good time. Even if I have to do like 30 takes.
That’s so good man, that’s the way to go. Don’t let anybody convince you that this mindset can’t still “push you to improve”. I find the best art comes when you don’t think too much about it, despite recognizing your flaws. It’s the process that counts.
@@moethemoon exactly, tho it’s not overthinking itself. It’s more agonizing over perceived flaws and trying to make something perfect which is impossible and could lead to resentment, and burn out.
Instead of embracing the negative feelings you get from your art and becoming edgy and depressed, you choose to live with it and love your art no matter how it looks while still wanting to be satisfied with it. Props to you, man. Compared to the other 90% of the comments, you have hope in your talent :) EDIT: Typo, when I typed "live" I accidentally typed "life", like what on earth, myself?
actually art is about breaking perfectionism. perfect is basic, not breathtaking. accuracy and realism is mostly not really captivating, not baffling. and you have to be baffling as an artist. you have to do sth that nobody did before and that‘s nothing perfect.
"All of this discontentment, all of this self doubt, doesn't mean we should quit, it means we're actually onto something." I was working on a 2 sided story about how a guy meets his old imaginary friend after 10 years by having a psychosis and I was stuck on how to end it, but now I realised that the story isn't what I think it should be, but rather what it is.
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I made a new video about the shame & snobbery that surrounds making art: ruclips.net/video/7MaMOGZw-0c/видео.html
Gonna watch this right after it.
Your video really inspired me.
Thank you so much for this!
dont care
@@drgus8042
You cared enough to leave a comment
@@henrykb.7808 didnt ask about your opinion
@@drgus8042
Alright troll
Art is passion.
Passion is pain.
It is in a alot of different ways whether its the all consumingness of your passion, The pain that caused you to be that passionate about stuff in the first place or in this video the endless arduous struggle to reach a goal you see in your mind but can never reach in reality. ultimately any passionate work is attained not in the first try but by striving to make things better through hard work. Therefore Art is passion Passion is pain
Passion can also be sex, and sex is awesome as fuck c:
xaal carlson so trueeee
thats pretty gay
xaal carlson just like learning Japanese
Beethoven said this about being an artist: "The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun." Same idea.
JosiahofSilverton my favourite composer
Aaaah Beethoven. Such a great composer.
want to save someone from a depression? give them that.
That actually makes sense. Everytime I draw I have to ask others if it's decent or good, because I personally see it as garbage. Last year I drew this really cool snake, that others praised me for it. But I saw the lack of good shading, some parts that I designed that looked out of place, some of the scales were just badly drawn, but still others saw that snake as my best piece.
What a legend
Something my martial arts teacher once told me. "The line towards perfection exists, but it's impossible to reach the end."
Salvador Dali in a nutshell--he always painted a level below he could really achieve, cause he never wanted his work to reach perfection
I would highly disagree on the fact perfection would exist
@@derboe_thebeast6869 It's a compound sentence; you can't just focus on one clause rather than the twain of them. The second clause practically agrees with you.
its like trying to reach y = infinity on y = lnx
@Adrian Schneider wtfs a francophile
"Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.“
- Roger Ebert
helps you release emotions and depression
What does that even mean
Well you can always do a confession repent of your sins
@@yungmaikihow bout a confession and repentance,that’s the real answer to freedom
Don’t want to like to keep it at 420
“We know that the stories we’re writing need conflict, so why are we so scared of it in our actual lives?” Those words are magical; really spoke to me.
It's because it's fake conflict you know isn't real. Therefore, it's easier to be desensitized to it because it's fake. But for it to actually happen is a different story.
Personally, I thought that was obvious, but I understand how differently we all perceive things, so have a nice day.
Personally, I prefer to be in conflicts, like a fire smelting iron, I want to get stronger, so fear conflict will just make me stay as an ore
Lo diré en español pero traduscanlo .creo que es porque en ls historias ficticias nosotros creamos conflicto pero sabemos que este personaje alfinal de la historia muchas veces conseguirá tener un buen final un buen futuro que sea la recompensa por todo lo que a luchado y en la vida no tenemos certeza de nada la incertidumbre nos hace temer si quizás terminaremos por ganar este conflicto o el conflicto nos superara, o si al final de todo lo que pasamos encontraremos esa recompensa que las historias siempre tienen
@@morningstartruth exactly. I don't know about anyone, but while I may get frustrated at times when writing my story, I probably won't be depressed while writing it cause if I am depressed then I wouldn't have the energy to write at all. Besides, I write the best and the cleanest when I'm energized, like right after my first cup of coffee or after a power nap.
I used to have clinically diagnosed depression, and I'd feel like shit almost everyday, even just going to the shower is difficult. If I barely even have the energy to take care of myself, how tf would I write a good book?
You also wanna be so damn deep huh
"I hope you're plagued with dissatisfaction your entire life." - Bob Ross talking about how not being satisfied with your work makes you want to strive for better.
Clarisse Tudon Bob Ross? The god of the comfort zone and mediocrity? That's ironic.
@@dannypavlov913 Mediocrity?
@@piopio2413 ^^^^
What if that dissatisfaction takes way too much of your time that you actually end up with nothing? You strive for better, you keep trying and trying for months and years, and still hates it. That results in progress starting to slow down and you get even more frustrated. At that point, I start to question myself if art is a path for me. I love painting but hate it at the same time to the point where I get so excited to start something, I have an idea and skills but eventually, end up with nothing because I hate everything about it. And if I take a break from painting, I miss it and regret not using that time to finally create something. And it goes like this over and over. I'm talking years and years here. Not weeks or months.
@@Danuliq952 well at that point I feel like you would have to balance out your dissatisfaction with not caring if you make mistakes. If it gets to the point where you are constantly picking out mistakes, it will just start to feel more like a chore and less like something you actually enjoy, so my advice would be to make some art where you don't care if you mess up and then make some art where you are critical of your mistakes. The best decision I have ever made was getting a sketchbook for this sort of situation. In sketchbooks, you can make something super shite, but you don't have to show that sketchbook to anybody, it's simply for your own progress. If your primary medium is painting, I suggest using an acrylic painting paper or planning out your paintings with a normal sketchbook and some colored pencils. Hope this helps!
Contentment is the enemy of progress
I need to clean my room now
haha
tru
actually I just cleaned my room! :D finally realized I shouldn't be content in my mess and my accidental hoarding. unfortunately, I'm nowhere near done but at least I'm done with the outward mess
I just had a massive clean of my room, and it's still not 100% tidy...I have too much crap....
Why clean? To be content with the state of your room once again? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
As a digital artist, the undo button is my best friend. It's very hard for me to love something i draw, because I know there's someone out there who could've done it better. I struggle with self worth issues even outside of my art. I feel that everything I see wrong with my art is a reflection of myself. Artists project their feelings and experiences onto our work, whether we notice it or not. It's up to us to use that feeling to push ourselves forward.
Same, for me it's my partner eraser
"I bite the eraser cause I love the taste of it"
Digital art isn’t real art
@@kinetic20 bruh
@@kinetic20 💀 you say with digital art as your pfp
the problem with making art is that you know that art is a reflection of yourself. Art is the essence of who you are. So when you see your art, and decide it’s not good enough, it’s the same as knowing that YOU are not good enough.
Perfectly said
woah well spoken
But when you decide that your art isn’t good enough, then you’re the only one who decides. Can the artist judge themself and their art rightfully? When is something or someone not good enough? I think if you say to yourself; “my art isn’t good enough, and so am I”, you can better say “I think that I and my art isn’t good enough yet”
Sorry for my poor English
Deep.
I always think the process is more beautiful than the piece itself
Brockjay Nope the process make me want to nuke my house
Somehow I feel like these are both true statements.
Taco The Human Yup
I'm quitting my course because I can't enjoy the process of digital art for some reason. Traditional is just the way to go for me. It's not worth for the final piece, hate all of it.
Skycleave You should do what's best for you! It's good you gave digital a try, even if it was just to see it wasn't the right medium for you. If you feel perfectly fine just making traditional art, then that's great!
For others our work might be magic..but for ourselves it will never be...' cause we always know we could do better..
yeah, that is right
Finest Films We are also the architects of this magic, so we are aware of the trickery mechnism behind it.
We wanna see magic done by others, since we can never truly enjoy our own
eladbari well put
this is so true
Can't agree more.
I heard once that an artist is never satisfied, because we’re comparing our creation to the overwhelming, awe-inspiring we see in our heads.
But other people are impressed because they don’t have that fantasy to compare it to. To them, it looks like we made something out of nothing.
*And we did.* We collected bits of the art and world that inspires us, and channeled into something that didn’t exist-because the idea of forgetting it was worse than not getting it right.
Remember; no one was born able to hold a pencil, or even what a pencil was. When you see someone good at drawing faces, or hands, or composing-all you know is that they’re good at that one thing.
As far as you know they could be less ‘happy’ than you, not have close friends. Because the time spent towards mastery didn’t come from nothing-every choice to stay inside and draw required taking that time from other hobbies and interests.
We are standing on a collection of the works of engineers who built our drawing tablets, papers that were pulped from trees, crushed pigments-processes that only exist because someone had an idea and cared less about it being prefect than about what they could do if it existed.
All ideas change the world, just slightly.
Your ideas could end up inspiring others, make them smile-or at least, let you rest a bit easier knowing one piece of yourself will survive, no matter what.
We’re all just so obsessed with giving credit to ONE that we forget you can translate the genealogy of every ‘genius’ to a dozen of their mentors, family, culture, and coworkers.
The only way to guarantee you don’t improve is to never try.
I think I’m going to hang this comment on my wall
@@itsmeloart I’m so glad you liked it! I wasn’t sure whether I should write it at all. But now I’m glad I did.
I ain't readin allat
As an artist going through burnout, this comment made me cry
"I heard once that an artist is never satisfied, because we’re comparing our creation to the overwhelming, awe-inspiring we see in our heads.
But other people are impressed because they don’t have that fantasy to compare it to. To them, it looks like we made something out of nothing."
YES.
I feel like this video changed my life
Hi Marie!
Didnt expect to see you comment on this two years ago.
OMG HI-
Omg what the heck hi
lmao marie why are you here
PAINting
Briana Maria WritING
both have ING, must be something in that
Yes, they're both infinite verbs
I'm a painter
Briana Maria i paint. and i relate to this on a spiritual level. like every time you paint, it feels like there's always something missing even if someone tells me it's very good because i always just think they're being nice... 😢
which is why i've held off painting for a while.
Briana Maria I've said that phrase for so many years but no one really understands the actual meaning. they call it "over dramatic"
“Draw for fun” it isn’t easy like how it is said, sometimes an artist needs is letting their anger out with just painting the brush back and fourth while crying over the fact that they’re never gonna be good enough.
I draw for fun and spend moments laughing about what I'd usually consider weird proportions and off stuff
When I'm asked about why I draw, I always say it's a hobby, not for fun lol
I used to draw for fun when I was a kid but now my drawings have a purpose so they must look *_exactly_* the way I want them to look.
@@bicguitar8585 i also draw for fun. Sometimes I draw purn when I’m horni. Or draw hearts when I’m in love
I also used to draw for fun of characters from my childhood cartoons, now I draw things to be exactly how I want in accuracy, but I can’t express emotions the same way so I paint as an emotional outlet when I’m specifically vulnerable, mainly when I’m mad at someone or something, it clears my head, that was when it became my comfort spot
One weird thing I noticed while looking back as a kid, is that I never really gave a care in the world while creating art. Even if it looked weird, I did it because it has encouraged creativity.
Seems like now a days it's hard to enjoy art, because of all of these "art rules" and our feelings of self doubt, stress, anger and resentment. It's just weird, but it is defiantly noticeable. I would probably assume that the exposure to the internet as a teen or a young adult has changed the way I think of my art, but that may not be the case.
Change medium. If you feel like that when painting or drawing start sculpting in clay or whittling wood.
It's not about the rules, it's about the knowledge that you have that something looks wrong and when you go do some research you realize that in order to fix it you have to take things into account that seem more complex than you thought
same
Know the rules, learn why each of them is there, and then break them intentionally B)
When someone asks me "So, do you like drawing?"
I'm always like "It's complicated" 'couse I always have a thousand of breakdowns during drawing, my mind just goes like: "I hate this, I hate drawing, Why am I so bad?? WHY IS EVERYONE BETTER THAN ME? WHY DO I EVEN TRY?! I HATE MYSELF" but I'd feel guilty if I just stoped drawing after all this years, 'couse "It's my passion".
It hurts so bad, but the feeling when I've actually done something and I kinda like it, is worth it. Well, I think so??
As a fellow artist, an online writer to be more accurate, although I obviously cannot speak for everyone, I have gained a perspective on writing throughout the seven years I have been doing it for. Even though my first stories were mere copies of stories I liked, I wanted to write because I wanted to share something with the world, to give it a piece of myself, and those stories were a great part of that. As I began to work harder and more originally with more complex plots, the need to release the ideas trapped in my brain grew and grew. I have never really finished a project, and the novels I have finished, I have erased from the public view, but I will never give up because it would be too painful to spend my years seeing those ideas never realized, despite their worth. It's the same with poems, which have gained me a small audience, but an audience nonetheless since I am a member of a local literary group for young poets, and I even wrote a poem for a charity event recently. As months pass, progress always grows, and I write a lot thanks to my abundance of ideas and work ethic. I, like a lot of artists, can feel egotistical and unworthy and terrible and a lot of negative adjectives, which sometimes stalls my writing progress in a rather over dramatic manner, but I follow the Idea and always continue. As long as you bask in the light of the wonderful Idea, you should be able to appreciate art to a degree at all times. But that's just my opinion, and I am sorry if I sounded vain. What do you think about this stranger's overlong essay?
Those are literally traps from your mind, and if you think about it, it only bothers you because you believe in them, since they may not be true
It's very easy to feel like art isn't for you or that you'll never be good enough when things are going wrong, but you have to learn how to deal with your dificulties in a healthy manner
You can use that deep sense of hate towards your work and channel all that energy into investigating your mistakes with more logic, by focusing on studying more a certain ability that you currently lack or through observing others and what you can learn from them rather than comparing yourself to them
Comparison is like a race in which runners are in different positions and are expect to win when it's clearly not possible. People have different starting points, different life experiences and different abilities as well as the lack of them in diverse fields. Respect yourself and be fair with you. Regardless of the fact that it was never about being better than someone else, but seeking for growth and experience with each other
I’m feeling the same way don’t want to sound depressing but I’m ready to leave it all alone.
This happens with me too. While I am drawing, it's very common to me to have a mental breakdown because I am expressing myself and feel like it's not good enough, then I remember bad things that happened with me or start creating dialogue that never happened and feel bad about. Drawing is a therapy but makes me have a breakdown because I am expressing myself, my feelings and my aesthetic.
That’s literally exactly what I feel often. I make jokes about how art is both the reason I’m stressed and my stress relief lol
It's so hard to find the damn magic.
The Dirty Laundry and too easy to find dirty laundry :P
I'll help you all, imagine a girl who used to be an innocent happy child, now shes a struggling 14 year old her crown shattered and her wings burned in despair.
if this helped you're welcome, if not sorry
The Dirty Laundry yes
The magic is in your head. It's your job to share it.
Smoke a fat joint of some choice marijuana, that gives me plenty of creative motivation. I’ve written some of my best music when I was not stone cold blown, and not high enough but when I was in that Goldilocks area where the porridge was just right and I was able to receive transmission from spirit, that’s when the songs write themselves and end up being hits
Writing - writhing
Painting - pain thing
Singing - sinking
Dance/dancing?
Sculpting?
Filming?
Photography (shut up haters, it IS art!)
Birdyy You are soooooooo right about singing. You have to sink into the song. 🎤
Sculpting - Skull bing
Dancing - Down thing
Filming - Fill man
Symphony - Sin funny
Drawing - Drawing (like, from a well)
Draft - draught
Sneha Kushma they meant it to be negative stupid
Drawing = Drowning
It’s that feeling of inadequacy when you see someone better. It makes you both want to get better and break down and cry at the same time.
Yes yes! I feel that same way exactly. I have the potential and head knowledge to become an excellent artist if I put in the time, but when I look at other great art I react with both those emotions. Sometimes I lean toward giving up to soon. But mostly I try to find short cuts to paint faster so I can earn more money for my time. Knowing I could do better is confusing to my brain.
A mentor of mine who is dead now but a very good and qualified artist said to me, there will always be someone better than you and someone worse than you. Your job is to keep moving to being better. That statement is what I hold on to
So this is why I hate getting complemented on things I do. I always think "I'm not smart" or "I'm not talented, stop sugar coating it and just tell me the truth." because I want feedback and I want things I do to be perfect.
Mønøtøne Løu Exactly how I feel
This is me.
Tbh it's the sugarcaoting that hurts most.
same! it gets annoying quick, doesn't it? ooh feel the salt forming in your heart oof lmao
Sweet as Honey Bees This is me too
A new art movement: DEPRESSIONISM
that's not new at all
more like You-like-it-but-i-still-think-im-not-good-enough-ism, it has been around for centuries
More like SNOWFLAKEISM
edgy.
Ashiro IT'S NOT A PHASE MOM
*Life is a drawing without an eraser.*
That is probably the most deep thing I have heard this month.
That......is......truly beautiful
The Singing DreamCatcher 1 you litteraly have inspired me to draw this statement without an eraser.
True...
The Singing DreamCatcher 1 dank memes
As a musician i can completely relate, every song i do i feel like it insnt perfect so i always change everything bit by bit until im overall dissatisfied and scrap the project completely. i feel like knowing when your work is bad is good but you should never overdo it
I understand. However when I stay away a long time from a song I've written and then hear it again with fresh ears, I'm usually surprised that I then find it either totally wonderful or awful. LOL. I've learned that I can't judge my own work correctly until I put it out of site and mind for a while and come back to it, to hear it again. The same goes for my artwork.
@@joycehandersonfriends3225 I feel the same sometimes
Im not an artist but you are saying that you are not fully satisfied or that you should not overdo it ....but when the song is finished and the listeners love it ....doesn't that make you happy and satisfied ...it should be seen as an accomplishment since it is ❤
Same here! One thing I have been trying out lately is when I hit that point of scrapping the project, I instead decide to put my energy into major changes to patch it up and make it work. Not gonna lie when it does work, its really cool and its taught me how glaring imperfections that I think are worthless can still be made beautiful in a profound way.
I feel like artist just never feel good enough, we’ll look at someone more successful than ourselves and automatically break down after feeling inadequate to the other person. It’s something we all need to work on collectively, even the “best” artist still felt like they weren’t doing things right, and it’s even worse when you know being an artist is all you have.
Exactly...there is nothing I am "good at" that does not involve being creative in my work..
I just think sometimes, these very successful artists who are also absolutely amazing. They really feel shitty sometimes? I tend to think that not lol
Speak for yourself
My problem as an artist is, I have too much in my mind too ever get it all out…
And I feel like whatever I do, it’s not coming out exactly how I envisioned it
True...everytime I see another artist get a lot of positive attention because of their work, I always want to burn myself out. For example: there is another artist in my class everytime people talk about her art, I grab a piece of paper...
you've really outdone yourself with this video
Right? Great simple animation. Great simple music score.
If someone famous voiced this it'd probably have gotten 10 million views its initial week.
Do you know what the name of the music is?
Ethidian because they're famous? Lol
Yes?
Could you please tell me the name of the song Ethidian? I really like it..
"It's like, we know that the stories we're writing need conflict, so why are so scared of it in our actual lives?" this line hit me so hard
Me too man, me too.
Hunter Koontz because we don't want to end burned out. Both ways are very dangerous. We need equilibrium.
I write, I draw, I sculpt, I create worlds and characters of my own. There’s something about art or writing or anything creative at all that is amazing. You see the mistakes and correct them, which leads to you getting better as you correct each tiny flaw. There’s also something that this video helped me realize. I’ve gone through many hardships, and just like the flaws in my works, I see what bits are wrong with me and fix each one and then the hardship is over.
"Never have I known an artist of any kind who was truly happy, they all suffer with what they create. What they create for us"
-my mum
a very wise lady...
wow, what a wise mum
was she truly happy ? is there any truly happy people ? Is is something to
be envied ?
Interesting.. but a bit limiting. God bless your mother.
Is this a joke because I feel stupid that I can't figure it out
as an artist my biggest problem is feeling exhausted from real life responsibilities to the point i no longer can enjoy art, then i keep seeing other artists getting better each day while i'm stuck in the same place.
art is my secret place, a place where i build my own world but as i get older i feel like my mind is stuck and i lost all of my creativity and freedom.
this makes me wonder if all artists really love such thing called freedom.. or is it just me being so childish despite i'm already an adult.
edit: i didn't expect my comment would get this many likes so thank you. i read all of the stories below, stuffs have been happened to me too ever since i left this comment, i just hope everything will get better for us who really struggle in life and i hope we can enjoy arts again.
i also suffer because of the same reasons .. stuck at a desk for 11 hours a day when i just wanna play guitar and sing ..
Facts
@@felixputz5190 relatable, I'm here a sophomore in college struggling in a course that I don't like and wasn't even going to end up doing after I graduate. I just wanna stop and help my parents and at the same time focus on my art as well.
I relate heavy to this
I am also stuck in a job I dont like but I need to work, otherwise I dont have money for a living. So I just end up being exhausted from life everyday and still have to draw and force myself to keep in touch with art. Or I will loose it for ever. Sometimes I hate being alife.
"Constructive Pessimism" is a nice way of saying it. Doubting our capabilities of being great is an instinct we all share and one that should shape our mind, not our emotions (easier said than done lol). But I'd rather acknowledge all the flaws in my work, be it a film, than being brainwashed to think that no-one is appreciative of how great my work is. However, no matter how good something is, there will always be someone who does not like it and you just have to accept that.
Btw Simon, I appreciate how you're experimenting different styles for your videos. Keep up the good work, man! :)
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Thanks Pandan ! Interesting point.
I don't like the term "Constructive Pessimism", I think its intent here falls flat in outer contexts, but I really like the discussion it gets out in this very particular context. I write, I've written stories, scripts, and my best writing is poetry, but there are issues with my writing that if I didn't acknowledge them with some level of pessimism, I would oppose those who criticize my writing with a delusional attitude. Without getting into the details of my struggles, I see other struggling writers or aspiring artists who have delusional attitudes all the time. Who want to bathe in self-obsession and only be around those who will kiss their ass about how amazing they are. These people don't work on revising their material with an open mind, they double down on their flaws, and have trouble resonating with people who have experienced a broad degree of artistic expression in their lives. Good artists look for good criticisms, and if they find enough applicable to them, they can become great artists.
Ethidian well said!
To all my fellow artists: your art is great. It is not perfect. I’m sure there’s definitely a lot you can still fix but you are worthy, good, and brilliant! Keep on!! 🎤📸🖌️💻🎨✏️🎬
A set designer in the 1950's once said, "When I sit alone in a theatre and gaze into the dark space of its empty stage, I’m frequently seized by fear that this time I won’t manage to penetrate it, and I always hope that this fear will never desert me. Without an unending search for the key to the secret of creativity, there is no creation. It’s necessary always to begin again. And that is beautiful." - Josef Svoboda
Wow you already in your 80s? You lived a good life.
That is such wisdom. It makes such sense too that the key to what is ‘true creativity’ to you in this very moment, is something different every moment. It isn’t something that can’t ever truly be answered, because once it is that answer becomes another million questions.
If that weren’t true, creativity would already be long dead. Accepting that this is the nature of art and the nature of being an artist, will perhaps allow us to accept that trying over and over again endlessly is our highest form of art. And that is worth pursuing for its own sake
That's me...
Me: I can take criticism!
Also me: *already breaking down before you even said a word*
blueswagman isfitnotfacewithtapethem.
whoa, calm down dude..
sounds like an IxFP to me... Lol same though dude
blueswagman isfitnotfacewithtapethem. Shut the fuck up.
Me: Yeah man, just-- *sniffle* just lay it on me.
Friend: Uh... are you okay?
Me: Yeah, *tears welling up* I'm good.
Friend: Your, uh... it's... it's really good!
Me: *full on crying*
Friend: ... -_-
mE
I'm going through one of those "I can't write" and "I can't draw" moments. I haven't written or drawn in a month or two. I've only doodled. It's ok to take a break. Everyone has their breakdowns. But eventually there'll be a time when you won't be able to stop. Don't give up. Don't lose your passion. I know I will eventually get back into the grove of things and I'll start to do what I love again. This video helped me understand what's going on right now.
So uh... yeah... that's what I wanted to say...
Trash Bag dont worry, i feel you, sometimes i dont draw for so long i dont remember how to hold a pencil, and its mostly because of how insecure im of my art. doodling is a good way to get out of this. sometimes when i doodle during my artless periods, those doodles can change into someting bigger and better and it puts me on my track again !
That is most certainly true. I had writers/artist block for about a month and a half.
I was able to draw again after about three weeks, but the writing, I only just got back into it a few days ago.
And when I did, I wrote more than I ever had in an entire day..
It may take a while, but when you come back, you come back even more powerful than before.
Fresh, new ideas, and hands that crave work await you.
VonSmore well I don't think I'll ever get back into drawing sadly. it's been 9 years now since I drew last. I really miss those days where I wouldn't have a care in the world and just drew. I did some pretty weird and interesting drawings when I look back at it. can't help but smile at my past glory now.
Just started my "break" and my art friend is getting mad. My other one doesn't know because I send her all my doodles.
Completely agree. It's important and normal to take breaks. Going through art blocks is only going to lead you to more ideas. Art/Creative blocks are essential and all a part of the process of creating something.
Aww man, as an artist and an author I relate to this so much. Sometimes the perfectionism gets to you especially involuntarily compare yourself when you see others' works, so much you don't want to even touch your work anymore. It's like, every love and dedication you've put into that piece of work is being rejected
If you are a writer, just like me (starting) you should always remember that you are making the people that read your stories feel emotion. You are helping people with their emotions in the basement of their minds and with that you are making people happy. As long as your story does that, it may not be good enough for the critics but it's good enough for me.
"The greatest art is that of making others happy."
(Use the traductor please)
Me quiero dedicar profesionalmente a la escritura, y lo que me motiva es que la gente disfruta y sobretodo VIVA mis historias como en carne propia, que lloren, rían y disfruten en simples palabras. He probado haciendo pequeños relatos cortos, de hecho estoy en un concurso ahora, pero según familiares cercanos no tengo futuro. No quiero contarte mi vida, perdón si me excedí escribiendo, solo quiero decir que comparto ese sentimiento de hacer que la gente disfrute con mis relatos.
Ye
when ur a writer who specializes in angst 🧍♀️
What if the content is depressing
JAHSJASHAJHSAHUHU
"No."
"NO."
"Erase, erase, ERASE!"
"What eVEN."
"Ugghhh this is so cringyyyyyyyy"
"Kill me noowwwwwwww"
*A few hours later*
"HALLELUJAH THIS IS EPIC I LOVE MY LIFE"
*Wish I can say the last phrase.
And it's stick figures LOL
Wow u said it all 🙌🙌
The next day, looking back on it:
How did I miss that?
@@anonymousperson6228 And then, "it could have been so much better if I had worked harder on this part."
My art teacher told me once something and i haven't forgotten it. "Don't be afraid of the color." I had this project and I couldn't paint it correctly. I wasn't in an advanced class, just a regular one. They all seemed to be doing better and the pictures always came out great. but I felt inadequate. i felt wrong to be sitting there. I didn't know what to do with my hands when I painted or how to stroke or when to use water and how much. She felt it was better we got over the fears and over the struggles by learning.
I was one of the kids that didn't improve. it really does bug me. I was truly not using enough color. I would put some color down and feel it was too strong. I was afraid of putting too much ajd not being able to remove it. It's funny how it taught me so much about myself. How afraid I am to pour my heart out or how or when to do it. how much to express and what to share. I bottle up everything. I dont give myself away. I won't even talk unless you say something to me. I'm afraid of the color of my mind, my ideas. When I was younger I would paint rainbows and write stories on my computer through notepad. I loved how it was seemingly endless and I could just let my mind run about anything and anyone. I would picture a girl in my head, create a name, give her personality, likes and dislikes, motivation, background. I'd put her through treacherous environments that would change her character and then shed become stronger or escape. I could combine comedy and horror in one story. I could bring into light the most depressing deepest thoughts I'd ever dream of and put them in the narrative of an elephant. I could picture love without hate and make adventures with no end. To this day I have so many stories I've started since i could write over 200 of them in my computer and none of them have an ending because id just go on and on.
I haven't touched or made a story in years. I haven't edited anything. I haven't painted a picture because id sit down and feel blank. I'd come up short. id have ideas but feel I'd need organization. Like i need to mastermind it all before darting across the pages. Like I needed a map or outline and without it I can't even begin.
At least I have my dreams. I dream every night and even though the ending is never fully finished then it ends. it's never quite dome but my brain parts from it and leaves it in my subconscious to fade like the moon when the sun rises. Funny how art tells so much about you. I just hope that before my own life ends I can think of something close to a good ending. you're never truly ended, you always have laundry and a meal planned. Errands to run and people to stop by and check with. but I want to feel some sort of peace before I go. Maybe my own story won't say the end but I'd be okay with it. as my story ends time goes on; the history that will never finish, the eternity that goes on when our bodies stop. my story is simply apart of a bigger story that includes everyone's who jas read this comment and who hasn't and everyone who had an existence or almost did. everyone who was an idea is in this big story and it goes on forever. My story for me needs some bit of closure and maybe that's creating something again, or meeting somebody, but if it doesn't it will end and life without me will go on.
I can't be afraid of color anymore.
Wow, you're a very good writer and have a way with words that I don't, sadly. Everything you said here I experience, and it's true. I am afraid of the colors in my mind, but slowly and with time I'll let them pour out. Someday I will, and hope you will, too.
Ambar Rivera
After I made this I started a new story. One that the child me would have wrote and I just kept going as long as i could. I'll probably add nore. this video inspired me
Will you share it?
Keep Your Mellow Chill
I appreciate your enthusiasm but i wouldn't know how to do it. I never know when to share it either. because its nowhere near finished and it's made to run on forever. You know?
Rae Dai That was beautiful. I truly hope you choose to write again because the world needs you.
That is LITERALLY me right now. Everyday when I draw something or think of a new story to write, I am never satisfied with what I come up with. I know its not because I am not creative, but because I am just not having the best ideas my brain can muster, or my art is not as good as I know I can make it be.
And honestly, I feel like I will never be satisfied, which frustrates me. I can only hope that one day I will reach a point of my ability that I can finally accept as my limit.
I understand. I've learned something that both Einstein and Edison said about creativity and our brains. And that was basically they took advantage of the genius that lies in our subconscious minds. They both would think on what they wanted to know, or a problem that needed solving, and then put it out of their minds when they got stuck. Later out of nowhere the solution would just pop into their heads at the oddest times. Both said that often the solutions would come just as they were waking up in the mornings. When I was writing songs, I kept a pocket tape recorder in my pocket or close by at all times because when I was doing something else and not thinking about my projects, suddenly out of nowhere I'd get something wonderfully new when a brilliant creative idea would simply pop into my head. I wish all creative people could know this. I've come to believe that there is a genius in all of us "if" we can practice trying to learn how to let it out. :)
oh shiiiiiittttt
something tells me you can relate
my reaction
same dodie
Same
Omg dodie I didn't see you here the last time I was scrolling through comments nice to see you
I'm a violinist and this applies to music in very much the same way. You could get every technical aspect of a piece right and yet there is always something lingering in the back of your mind about that sound. It's an almost unobtainable something that drives me mad.
Liam Kedian I'm a grade 7 violinist and I cannot relate to this enough. The only thing I am proud of is how far I've come in the past 5-6 years.
agreed
Liam Kedian oh my god I play euphonium this is incredibly accurate
Liam Kedian this is the same for me with my flute
Mudkip Love I KNOW!!! I trust my ears more than those things :P
I struggle with this a lot with my videos. Thanks for breaking it down and making me see the trouble from another perspective. The animations were amazing too!
About a movie Yep. Pretty much what I was about to write! ;)
Exactly, the way he breaks it down not only makes us see another perspective, but helps us realise that the struggle is just natural and that you are not alone.
About a movie I was intrigued by your channel name so I gave it a look and I think it's beautiful! Your editing is so good!! keep it up
Agreed I do as well.
I am not an artist myself, but whenever I draw some people would say it would say its good, but there's always a feeling of mine that says '' it looks ugly '', I think it is because I can always see the flaw in the art itself, so much so that I can no longer see the beautiful part of the art that I made.
Honestly I would steal your art because it's beautiful, kinda twisted Ig
I'm a happy artist!
EDIT: I have a rule: I draw/paint as good I can. I dont expect more. I am happy with what I can, because I can't do more then 100%. Thats my simple life rule. I do my best and if it's not enough, well... that happens. If it is necessary, then I learn. I study. So I have freedom - there are no bad mistakes in learning, because you learn with mistakes - I study a lot. So I get more power, for more art, and more ways to create art. You cant do wrong this way.
@@yikes5818 oh shut up
@@yikes5818 when I saw this comment I said "y i k e s"
unless your miserable and are dead by the time your 40 than your not an artist your a person who makes art XDDD
@@parkercraven9554 sir or ma’am, the doors over there... 👉🚪
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I was a happy artist when i was still a student but now that i’ve became a full time artist, i’m a not-very-happy artist. My inner critic really stressed me out to the point it affect my health as well. I experienced hair loss, skin problem, and weight loss because of my stress. I always feels inadequate and always looking for mistakes in my art. I think if i can’t see my flaws, it means i’m not growing but whenever i did that it also makes me suffer. I’m seriously contemplating to quit art because i don’t know if it’s worth it for my health but on the other side i can’t deny that i love making art so much.
Never stop
Take a break. I've heard somewhere that ourselves are our best critic but sometimes it can lead to self-destruction, which is not healthy. I say take a breather, look back at your old/previous artworks and see the things where you have improved OR can draw now with more confidence. I struggle with this too but what I've learned is that striving perfection especially in art.. is a waste of time. Why? because we, ourselves, aren't perfect to begin with and that's okay. Actually, mistakes are even the ones that brings out the beauty of something. think about it :>
Like the other comment said, it would be good for you to take a break and focus on your health. Don’t force yourself to draw because there’s will lead you to burning art and wanting to quit (which is happing to you know). I’m assuming art is a passion for you so even if you take a break (however long) I bet you will go back to it. I don’t know if you believe in God but you can talk to Him and ask Him to give you peace and to have a sound mind. Just pray to Him in general because He loves and cares for you. You can focus on building a relationship with Jesus. I don’t know if art is your job but if it is maybe look for a easy job somewhere like working at a cafe or something and focus on art has a fun side thing for a little bit till you feel rested. You should always give yourself breaks when your start to feel burned out and your health is being affected because your art will always be there but your health might not. I hope you are doing better. God bless you!
It's always good to look back at your old work and see how much you've improved. It's also good to take breaks! What you can do is very special, artists are a very important group of people. There is no such thing as perfect, perfectionism is overrated. Flaws exist in nature and so they are not bad to exist in art. You are a part of nature so you are going to produce things with flaws, it's inevitable and trying to defy that will only break you down.
So True.
i used to think I was a good artist and then I go on the internet for 2 minutes and see much better art than mine, instead of motivating or inspiring me, it sort of just brings me down even more. It also has a lot to do with my anxiety, whom took all interest I've had in drawing and now I can't even bring myself to draw again without crying anymore. I really hate the fact that I got into art in the first place now.
Same here.
Hi Angeli P, I can feel you.
Hey please don't be too hard on yourself, you know we all come from different horizon with different background and different abilities. That's why you shouldn't compare yourself to others.
Now let me tell you, if you admire some other people's work, that's cool Angeli ! Why? Because it means that you have choose the right thing to do, because somewhere in yourself you wish you could have creat these masterpieces you're scrolling on, otherwise I guess you'll be indeferent.
All these artists doing things you like, don't look at them as your competitors but as your Mentors. You should knowledge yourself about them, study there workflow, understand all the process behind the creations you like frome them.
This intellectual part also goes with the inspiration process, of course it takes time at first but it will later help you to get what you want faster then you believe.
And don't be afraid in front of what seems to be complex, complexity is only the reflection of our non-understanding. If you take time to deconstruct peice by piece you will understand how these beautiful artworks hypnotized you at the first place.
Now add to that a lot of practice, use what you learned to help you to create what you have to create, and sooner or later you'll be the one who somebody else will look up to.
Let me tell you one last thing Angeli, in my point of view, what makes art so fascinating is what it has in common with the universe, they neither have buanderies. A tremendous amount of artwork have been created, but there is still an infinite amount to bring alive.
Take care, and also don't forget to have some fun in what you do.
dam was it that bad angeli? i have those moments too which at times i try not to stay in that moment looking at others work for too long. For me it does piss me off though that i just cant seem to get the backgrounds done or overall set the mood of my character to blend in with the background yet i have seen other drawings where it seems so simple but i know that has never stopped me from drawing could be stubbornness
My art teacher from my studio told me this today:
It's so easy for us nowadays to get discouraged or give up easily because of just *too much* information we have access to.
I tell myself to see other artists' art that are better than mine as goals, and something to learn from.
I'm doing quite well with that I might suppose, but occasionally I'd still get negatively affected by it.
I would ask myself "why can't I still draw like them?" Self doubt and all those negativity come pouring in. Especially now with art school portfolio deadlines closing in on me I feel like I'm struggling.
But you know what? It all comes down to who has the patience. While we may constantly feel like art takes up a lot of talent, without hard work and persistence it doesn't mean anything. And by persistence that can mean 10 years, 20 years, or a whole entire lifetime of honing your skills.
Back then every artist in the world was stumped by Picasso when he started doing his thing. That didn't stop every other person from making art though. The point is, I'm pretty sure none of us are geniuses, so in all honesty there's no need to be on the very top of the world to achieve something with art. What's most important is honing the skill into a profession, and that, takes quite bit of time and work.
As someone who is also fighting on this path I hope you still continue doing art. And honestly, take a break and take it easy when it becomes too much. Art doesn't mean much if it isn't a bit enjoyable. Wish you the best!
I feel you. I'm so proud of my art and then I see videos of better artists who have more experience and some good art supplies and that just gets me so angry.
As an artist, I often feel frustrated in my work. This is nothing new and no surprise. It never feels good enough, no matter how many times I try over and over again trying to find the "perfect" way to paint it till I'm at least slightly satisfied. Even then I can never be truly happy with it. I do this time and time again, to the point where I end up crying. When I get to those points, I like to come to this video. Since I've never seen a video that captures being an artist so perfectly, yet still gives me some motivation to keep going. So thank you so much for making this video. If I had never seen this video I don't know if I would have kept making art.
If you feel overstimulated man take a break, take some breathers and remember that failures are just bricks in the walls of success
I'm so glad you said all that. It speaks my own thoughts about my own work also. I never knew that other artists went through the same thing I do while creating. This information is such a big relief today!
my art teacher to me "You're not shy on using that eraser are you?"
+Wako Griffin that's beautiful
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Wako Griffin what does that mean? I want to know
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I wanna understand the meaning
As a person who is both an artist and a perfectionist and who never had anyone else feel the same about obsessing on every little detail, this video was comforting and spoke out to me
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Don't worry, the absolute majority of us artists are like that!
Same, I’m an introverted perfectionist artist who’s been around extroverted and social people most of her life, which I understand as my desire to be pushed by them to see me through others peoples eyes instead of mine so maybe I will not judge me as hard as I do with myself, but at the same time is a problem when I cannot open to anyone close bc they wouldn’t understand my side of the story as I live in a country where people should be open, festive and chill so to them I just look cold, unsocial and too serious on things that don’t matter to other people but me.
This whole video showcases a mindset I've been trying really hard to achieve over the past few years. The attitude you have shouldn't be "I'm not good enough." It should be "I'm not good enough _yet."_ Adding the word "yet" to the end of every "I can't" statement is really the key to progress and being happy with your life, and it's done a hell of a lot of good for me.
Carmenyoohoo holy... you just made me go to 0 to 1000 thank you
I love u
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Great mindset adjustment!
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You’ve peaked as an artist when your creation matches your vision.
We may never get there, but the only way to guarantee that is to avoid experimenting.
You can be content with yourself while striving; often it is that basic security that truly allows us to leap outside our comfort zone, knowing however low our self-worth crumbles, our basic respect for ourselves will be there to catch us.
Instead of thinking "it's not good enough" I like to think "I can make it better". With that I recognize the flaws not as mistakes but rather an opportunity to improve my overall skills in that field so that maybe, in the end, i can be actually good at it. Though good can be improved and good also isn't perfect, and I, for myself at least, found a whole new definition for the word "perfect". Rather than something is "without flaws" it means something I worked on "pleases my expectations" or "I'm happy with the way it turned out". Because once it reached that point, it can hardly get any better. It's perfect the way I define it for myself.
This is super insightful, thank you for sharing!
Insightful thanks.
This is great! I personally believe that nobody is only one mood everytime. Sometimes I am the "I'm shitty", "sometimes I'm the "it can be better". Depends on the day and mood
Thank you for sharing this, I'm gonna try using this phrase myself whenever I do my drawings
Thank you for sharing,this was very well written and helpful :D
Disclaimer: This isn't the same for everyone, its just my experience. I'm still very young so I'm sorry if some things in these sound naive or deep for some.
Seeing this was kind of a wake up call for me. Recently my parents have been getting incredibly strict for no reason whatsoever, and have been taking away almost all of my equipment to draw. It's led me to lose all motivation of progressing because I can't handle the small time frames I get to do them, it just isn't enough. So I tried to find other things I could do, like old hobbies etc. to fill this emptiness. I wanted to be content and I just hadn't cared for my hopes and dreams anymore. One day I'd finally got what I wanted, I'd excelled in most of the hobbies, had friends with similar interests, was in great health, a good life outside of that, and I was pretty content. But in some ways, I was actually straying further and further from the truth. Sure these things may seem good on the outside, but something was missing. Growing up my father had never pushed me, and my mother was far too busy. It was always "atleast you tried," "nobodys perfect," "you don't have to do that," "maybe you should settle." I never did the activies other kids were doing, because I didn't have to. I never hung out with them or did meet-ups, because I wasn't allowed most of the time, but also because I didn't care. I let this image form of me where it was okay to settle for a mediocre job, with mediocre friends, growing up with a boring life. Any joy I had was from an external source, I was terrified of finding it within myself. I was clinging onto amazing memories I'd had with my family and others, the sights I saw, anything that had some sort of positive (and only positive) meaning, material after material, it didn't matter what it was related to, I was essentially trying to live in my past. But I wasn't always like that. When I was younger I was full of ambition and determination. I would draw day and night, filling up usually 20 pages or more a day. I was a spark to everything around me and I never settled for not getting back up again. I persevered through rough times. If my younger self were to look at that statement, she would wonder why I even though of it in the first place. But I didn't get here from giving up, did I? I kept telling that to myself and I tried and tried to get out of that mindset, but as I got older my parents got stricter and stricter. I never had a moment to concentrate because they were always micromanaging. It slowed down a lot of things. The results began to show, I'd stopped caring about myself or my health, I wouldn't even try to survive. My parents flipped the blame on me and did more things. They began to take away my drawing materials because "You don't even draw anymore, whats the point?" They deemed anything unessential as irrelavant and only wanted me to focus on school and becoming some top of the line doctor. (But only known for that on the street I'd live on, of course.) It made me lose everything, my identity, my inner self, my conscience and other things. I tried pirating others dreams I found fullfilling on the surface but werent ever good enough. Do I need to explain more? Then I saw this. I realized what I've been doing to myself. I've been destroying myself. I'm going to find myself again and keep going, wether the world likes it or not, these may be tough times, but I didn't get here from giving up, did I?
edit: thank you guys so much for the support! 🫂❤ sorry I didn't split this into paragraphs, I sort of forgot I wrote this qvq, but I hope everyone who is going through a similar situation is doing well and I just wanna say to never give up, you got this 🫂 💗 :>
Good luck bro, I’m confident you can make it and be one of the best in whatever field you want to pursue that would make you happy :)
Wow. Your life is just the same as mine. I wish you to pursue what gives you fulfillment. Your words gave me confidence too. Thanks for sharing!❤
I know I won’t be able to do anything about that, but I would want to give some encouragement!
As another young creative, I can relate to this very deeply but in a slightly different way. (Ive been lucky enough to make my passion my life but have lost my enthusiasm in doing so.) I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story and I hope you can find that spark again soon. It’s belongs to you and only you. Good luck :)
Beautiful.
But could be even *more* beautiful if it was made into clear paragraphs.
Wow man, what a great video! I am struggeling with doubt all the time and this message really made me realise it's not only natural, but it's also desirable!
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Shoty no!
Shoty whatever
I was severely blocked and frustrated with my work and I just happened upon this video in the next moment, this is exactly what I needed to keep going thank you
I'm glad to hear that :)
@@DSLRguide Same here :) Filmmaking can be so hard and so simple and beautiful sometimes !
I'm a happy artist, and my secret is to not push myself too far onto perfeccionism when i make art, simply because art is what i like to do. I really like drawing, and if i got discontent with how i draw, i'd probably just give up, so i don't, i see my mistakes, i correct them the better i can, imove on. I can't stop making art or else i'll never get better, but if i get fixed on getting better, i'll stop making art.
That’s good, keep that mindset
As a fellow artist, I approve. Finally, someone who's NOT faking depression in the comments.
(Just a joke, pretty sure no one's faking depression. Their comments are just unnecessarily edgy and hopeless lol)
@@SKB-and-PlasticFred ironic that when i made that comment i was currently going through a depressive episode and art was one of the few things in my life that i was sincerely happy about, i'm glad i focused on that feeling because i really wanted to spread something good
Whoah, I guess I need to stop fixing myself on getting better at art. I always want to get better and better but the good thing is I will always get better. :D
I think many artists are depressed because they embrace nihilism through political grant systems. Artists are often leftist because the system is and that's the market. It's so subtle they don't even realize they are being manipulated into it. I'm an artist and happy too. There's the idea for many artists and critics that unless something is nihilistic and depressing it can't be serious art. Perfectionism doesn't make you unhappy. It's a necessary phase. Art culture is very demoralizing and ...nihilistic.
Do people think Michelangelo, Botticelli and D'vinci were depressed?
Why be an artist if it leads to depression. That's an indication your art is depressing maybe. Feed your head with right images and ideas and you won't be depressed.. otherwise stop being an artist.
Another reason too is that artists often have no boundaries. They open their minds without any sense of navigation. being open is good but without a moral compass it leads to great darkness.
Once one artist said: "turning my pain into art is my way of escape from it" i felt that way so many times... that when i am actually happy i found my self being an absolute stranger. I'm just so used to hate my self in so many ways...
I also struggle with this. I don't know if you're a fan of Nirvana (the band) but what you said reminds of a Kurt Cobain lyric that always resonated with me "I miss the comfort in being sad" (from their song: 'Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle')
I wonder if this video from Geek Psychology may help your mindset: ruclips.net/video/-l7ALhgBnwE/видео.html I found it encouraging, and hope you do too. Its really hard when we are brought up to endure misery in our childhoods, that happiness and contentedness can feel so alien to us. But I really believe creativity, in whatever form that works for you, can help transform pain into something positive that can connect with others. I read in Johann Hari's book on depression that connection is the antidote to depression and negative self thought. I hope you find this or something that helps. Don't let your brain beat you up, just because it has been programmed to (I'm presuming from childhood). Write a list of all the good things about you and concentrate on them and ask people who know and care about you to list 3 things as well (I learnt this in therapy). I've also heard that if an nasty thought comes up, to distance yourself from it just thank your brain for its "interesting" opinion, but don't take it to heart. It's just one those negative thoughts that tend to pop up and you can talk back to it and tell it good things about yourself and start to practise self compassion. Also if we get our brains used to being compassionate to ourselves, we will also be kinder to those around us. I keep meaning to get a book by Kristen Neff on this. Sorry I've gone on! I don't mean to lecture - just your comment resonated with me and I'd like to help you and others if I can, as I often wish other ppl would help me when I'm low and crying out for help by writing comments on RUclips cos I have no-one else to talk to! Best wishes.
god, ive been so hateful towards my own art that this video made me tear up, its so relatable to me and beautiful
Mash Boy shut yo baby us up
*watches* never mind I just cried.
I'm sure that every artist, professional or amateur, should see this. It's truly inspiring
As a writer, erasing everything and starting all over again is REALLY common, especially in a recent story I'm writing, I literally started the story 4 TIMES.
Starting a story is way harder than ending it, and because I love it so much I want it to be perfect, this feeling that There's something missing or I can do better always haunts me and it feel really terrible.
The beginning is always the hardest
npc
One thing i hate is rereading the beginning i wrote and going "ohhhh god i missed the mark so hard" but I can't change it without changing the whole story
It hurts. I cant be as good as i wish i was. I will publish, and post, and I'll see what could have been much greater if i just waited, or revised, or was just better. Thinking about that makes me not want to do it at all.
And that is why it is best to keep a journal just for that book/story so you can write down every little idea. We can figure it out but writing different versions of our story is bound to happen anyway. It’s a long struggle but if you have enough passion and dedication to keep in going then it can be possible to finish a story.
litterally me today:
"what do you think of my last painting"
everyone: "amazing, spectacular, incredible,..."
me: "i'm gonna burn It down and kms"
SAME
I like your name...sumtin Wong 😂😂😂
Hahaha same!
420 likes... I can't put one more... that would be too sad...
sumtin wong same
I disagree....when i draw for hours every night I of course always say "that's not good enough" but when I reach a new best of my art so far i immediately feel so proud of myself and how far I've come and know that i need to start from point zero again and reach a new best ....all of that suffering is immediately erased by reaching the top of a mountain that took so much time and effort to reach...you realize how much you have progressed...if that doesn't make an artist happy or proud than not much else will...at one point that feeling is almost addictive and you need to get better and better to hit those points...artists are capable of being the happiest people on this planet...saying artists are sad or depressed is not always true.
That's the point of archiving,
Looking back at the work you used to do feels good
Brings back nostalgia also you know how much you have improved
There's one downside to it though (at least with me): every time I want to create something better than before, so I either end up creating nothing, rather than something just as good or worse, or I create something worse, when I feel I could actually do more, because I'm too scared of the rest.
When an artist truely wants to become good at what they do(especially when they see others doing amazing work), they definitely reach depression alot, but you'll notice depression being more tolerable, because you know that feeling and you know what to do to get rid of it with your self made remedies, whether its by creating more or immersing yourself into a particular vibe.
Artists who aren't struggling are artists who are comfortable. And comfort often leads to not progressing in skill.
He used the title as bait sort of, what he explained is the process where an artist struggles to get something done, I for one has been struggling for two years now to produce a short film because I keep working out the details and I don’t like it, he just explained my situation
True.
I don’t believe happiness is entirely absent when making art: the problem is how we often try so hard to get what we consider the “right” results, that we don’t actually stop to enjoy the very process of creating something. Sometimes, making it up on the spot can be a lot of fun! Not only are you allowing yourself to have the freedom to experiment with various ideas, but you’re discovering more and more of what you’re capable of. To me, it’s similar to taking the time to embrace what makes life precious. 😊
yes! this reminds me of that 2 monkeys animation the one where they try painting (if you know which one i mean, try looking it up)
Personally I dont care about the flaws, I really like getting better. What truly makes me unhappy is that I put so much effort into producing so much work but I feel so disconnected from everything I make, not to mention the lack of interest from my peers, whilst beginning to feel creativity slip away from me because I'm being set a project I feel unable to create something for self because I dont think it has a purpose, if it isnt for my work or for show I feel like I cant really create for myself anymore this is what truly brings me down personally thank you for listening to my rant please have a nice day
The way you feel is a totally valid thing. This is exactly why when I was a kid I decided I absolutely DID NOT want to be a professional artist. It’s totally takes the fun out of making stuff for myself. I hate the idea of everyone else EXPECTING something from you like that, and art can be very emotionally involved. Not to mention that I don’t want to be obligated to do art to keep a roof over my head, yuck… I decided that art would remain a side hustle, and my main career will have to be something with technical knowledge that has to be applied in a more prosperous avenue. I still don’t know where life will lead me but I’ve felt exactly the way you did, so think it through…
perfectionism is the achilles heel of creativity. as an artist, i actually disagree with this video. you have to move on to progress; you have to make 100 bad gesture drawings to make 1 good one, 50 bad paintings to make 1 decent one. It's practice, mileage, and you can't spend all your energy on one painting when you don't have the skill to execute it.
many nights and days have been devoted to paintings i've worked on for hours, and hours, and hours. I can be painting and think it's amazing, and im almost satisfied. A day later, I come back and it's absolute shit. I'd be upset, annoyed with myself, painfully knowing that all my paintings have been that way and they will likely be that way all my life. A few days go by and I realize it's not as bad, but I can distinctly make out its flaws that I don't have the skill to fix yet. At that point, move on. Maybe repaint it in a few years. And what if there's a deadline? you have to accept a work you're not entirely satisfied with. And you have to be okay with that. Sketching would be even worse for me, dissatisfied at their amateur quality.
Being a perfectionist, constantly being upset with yourself, working endlessly on small mistakes while failing to see the larger picture... no one would be happy that way. I've dealt with perfectionism, in both piano and art, and it has slowed my progress, killed my self worth, and yes, made me unhappy. I've progressed so much more moving on and accepting small mistakes, while working on the fundamentals and working on my overall skill level.
Accept that you can't be perfect in every small detail, work on the larger picture, and you don't have to be an "unhappy artist."
couldn't have said it better myself :)
I feel like you havent watched the full video
So essentially... You either didn't watch the video and hence disagree with it based on the title, or watched it and completely missed literally everything he said in the video...
I definitely agree with your comment, but personally i don't think that's what they meant. "Being okay with discontentment." Not being content with our art but being content with the fact that we are not satisfied with our work.
The perfection of imperfection
I actually think this is a good thing. Rather than being "pessimistic" i truly believe artists are non-conforming individuals, we're always chasing perfection, "it could be better". Perfection itself might not exist, however the search for it builds a sense of constant improvement.
At least that's how I see the glass half filled :']
I laughed as you caused me to realize for the first time that we artists are always chasing the Holy Grail. LOL. Meaning the grail of perfection that's different for each of us. But those who don't chase it are a lot less interesting people to me. LOL.
as a wise zerg once said:
"never perfect. perfection goal that changes, never stops moving. can chase. cannot catch."
@@halo12390because once you do get to it, you need something else to long for
I'm not an artist but going for perfection is what drives me to improve my skills
Funny. I think of artists as people who don't have a real marketable skill, so they try to pass putting their feelings into some subjective garbage and then cry when nobody understands them. Everybody is an artist.
The feeling when you push yourself beyond where you ever thought your skill limits ever were; then breaking through that barrier into an entire new world of opportunity and self confidence is one of the best feelings as an artist. No matter what your craft. You impress yourself with something you thought you'd never pull off. You feel pride and joy and so many other emotions all in one fleeting moment. The moment when you realize you've done it. It pushes me to think out of the box. And in those moments of extreme self doubt, when I'm thinking: "I'm not good enough", "I can't do this", or "I should just give up". I think of my past breakthroughs. I think of the happiness I felt, and of all the self doubt I experienced right beforehand. It is absolutely worth it to keep trying. No matter how bad you think you are, keep trying. You are good enough. You are talented, and smart, and special. No one else can create or think in the exact way you can. And that is my favorite part about art, and the art community. We are all so different, yet the same in our core. Don't ever give up on yourself. You can do it!
It's been uploaded 1 minute ago and already has 1 dislike. It's disheartening to see how people dislike content that creators work hard on without even watching it first
Aryan Gupta it has 3 now.
Tubzed tbh I thought this video was useful, I think people who dislike his videos are just jealous of his knowledge.
haters will never go away....unfortunately. I treat this as a glass is "half full". There are also 95% likes, so I like to focus on the people that do like it. Kind of like drivers out there on the road. 95% are good sensible drivers, 5% are total idiots behind the wheel.
I don't get the whole dislike thing, if I'm not into a video I just move on and feel no need to dislike by clicking a button.
+Dale Roossien true someone has gone out of there way to create something and share it with the world and its sad that some people will hate on that...
i really hate how being a perfectionist has been so normalised. being a perfectionist IS NOT just wanting to draw straight lines or not liking incompleteness. that's just being human. perfectionism is what is described in this video.
No, It is Not
Prakash Shrestha you offer no counter argument.
Weird that I only create sth when I am desperately sad
right? me too.
same
BAP 21 me too
Same. Its art therapy.
Same that's why I hate all my drawings
Your story about climbing is EXACTLY why do many people are convinced they can't draw! Like no you can draw you just have to do it. I wasn't born being a good artist, I had to practice and improve my skills
so true, how many of the planets best works of art will never exist because of people who gave up too early?
I've always wanted to write poems because I feel like my pencil just flows across the paper like a boat on calm water. I love writing so much, I write in a diary every day.
you made me really, like really read a book that you might write in the future, i mean even the usage of the calm water made me happy wtf
They just made a comparison of one subject that could be related to another. You are gushing over what is known as an analogy. In this case, they are describing how a feeling of passion that allows them to write poetry. There is no need to specify what type of pencil or paper it is, or what boat it is or if anything is under the calm water. The analogy is satisfactory as it is leaving out those descriptions.
Alanna Brown Ehhhh trying too hard
+EpicRavenclaw42 harsh
+Tess W Harsh...like the waves of the sea on a colorless shore.
See what I mean?
im an artist and the reason i love art is for the moments where i am daydreaming and almost not here anymore, how truly freeing it is to let go of yourself
is the best way to release negative emotions
I have definitely lived different lives thanks to that, add to that the cold environment I work and all the hell I was jacked up on
I feel like the best ideas always come when you don't think too much, when you're just having fun without expecting to create a masterpiece... then comes the hard work, the phase were you have to develop that idea and to me 90% of this phase is sheer frustration and doing things over and over until I feel satisfied.
As someone who started drawing as a joke and getting my first drawing tablet. This, THIS is art alright
I'm not depressed but I am pretty goddamn overwhelmed.
Just constant waves of stress.
I just started crying. I simply can't send away my poems because I rewrite them over and over again. It's so amazing that other feel the same. Thank you.
Been working as an artist for over 30 years, still needed to hear this today, so thank you ;)
This is without a doubt the best video Ive seen in a long time. You put all the feelings that I had from a while in to simple words. Sometimes I doubt my work or ask myself where am I going with this.. But this inspired me to keep going.. I think Ive more clarity now. Thanks a lot buddy! This was really really helpful! :)
"The people, who feel their own inadequacies and keep working on it, are the ones who find the magic."
Some say "glass half full,"
Some say "glass half empty,"
Scientists say "glass 99.99% empty."
TheTemporaryChannel that's not an excuse. It's only a point of view. Being positive or negative about life it's a choice
But... if a glass is half full/empty, it isn't 99.9% empty, it's 50% empty, which would also be 50% full, therefore making it no different than just saying half full or half empty.
Astral Cosmos Celestial the Third you know you think you're smart, but you're not that smart. You think logic will save you? It won't. Einstein himself said :"logic can take you from A to B, imagination will take you anywhere!" be an artist. Be grateful if the glass is half empty, it means you can fill it with whatever you want!!
just because 97% of the Universe is made of Dark Matter is does NOT mean nothing is there, it only means humans can't see it therfore you even have oxigen in the glass , you breath it but you can't see it, then how come in his absence we die?! open your eyes. See with the MIND.
TheTemporaryChannel Half full of water half full of air. MWHAHAHA
Michelle Manly yup. at least I made you smile :p
This idea of having to be depressed in order to create has been with me since I can remember. As artist, that’s all we really know how to do. A classic blessing but a cursed story. All artist have something inside of them that’s just needs to be brought to light. Find your way and push through with that sound, texture, or whatever you create. Just do it for you. I read something a while back, “I just make music I wanna listen too, and if ppl like it than that’s cool” so direct and simple, yet that statement covers a lot of ground for an artist to say.
or maybe you're just enneatype 4. ♡
That isn't true. You don't have to be depressed in order to create. Can people please stop saying this?
@Elizabeth Ingalls I second this, the depressed artist trope is really embarrassing.
Though I wholeheartedly agree with the mindset of just “doing what I wanna do, and if people like it that’s cool”
That music thing is how I feel and I do that with all my art :) I'm happier like that.
This is EXACTLY how I feel with singing & songwriting and also story writing.
I sometimes don't even start a project just out of fear that it could turn out bad or just a little bit worse than I wanted it to be and I am so restricted by my fear that I feel ashamed of sharing it with people even tho I really need feedback and even help to continue songs or stories or arrangements and it's so heartbreaking in a way because I love to write songs & stories but if I keep feeling like they aren't good enough then I can't make progress and aknowledge that I am getting better at what I'm doing.
Tamara Hofbauer I feel the same, especially with songwriting because I have so many ideas and I want them to be good but I feel like they will never be good enough and I want to make something good. otherwise it's kind of worthless to others or something like that...And right now I'm trying to do something against it but it's hard
The problem with art is that for a lot of us, we don't like making art, we like what we make in the end. Your skill will fall off no matter what you do, no matter how much you practice. Then you just quit. You don't want to make anything ever again, and that's okay because you're just not good at it. Look. Unless if it's your job, just take a break. Come back, and if it still isn't working, you can't even make the simple shapes you want to make, you can't make anything you envision, not because you're not creative enough, but just because you're not actually good enough... Here's a shocker, just give it up and try something else. If you're really that discouraged and it's just not your thing, you just can't be as good as you used to. THEN JUST QUIT. You can always come back to it if you feel like it. However in my case I started music and coding, now I have two other things I'm good at. No matter how set you are as having your big talent to be art. Just Branch out and try new things. I used to be a really good furry artist, seeing my creations just filled me with happiness. However eventually, I just couldn't do it anymore at all no matter what. Even with reference. I couldn't create anything that I envisioned. Not even a basic face. And because of that I decided to quit out of frustration. And here I am living my best life, very happy that I made that choice.
Tldr: there's no shame in quitting if you're just not physically talented enough. There's always something else out there for you
i was working on a painting for 2 months and i still haven't finish it, but i feel bad because it's not good enough, i tried my best to put layers and layers of paint to make it better, but still it's hard for me to accept it, and when i start to feel good about it i started seeing other paints which made me think my painting is bad, and what worse it made me feel like as if im a bad selfish person, as i was mixing colors i had to do it over and over, mixing burnt brown with prussian blue to get black or grey i had to do it over and over and over again, it feels satisfying but at the same time unsatisfying, the satisfying thing is that im mixing them with the knife, but it's hard to get the color i want the color i desire, the painting was of a cool grey horse, with red clothing with brown, back ground dark cool grey mixed with burnt brown and prussian blue, people tell me my work is good which made me happy, but then they forget about it and leave and tell other people that their work is the best and no one can beat them, which made me feel bad and that made me feel selfish, starting to hate myself, but I want to love myself and live happily because I believe life is a great thing that i have ever had and I don't wanna waste it, when i use the red crimson to color the clothing, it reminds me of dark blood and many stuff, and when i want dark orange i mix ochre with blue, blue looks so different then orange but when you mix them it becomes 1 beautiful color makes me believe that no matter how different those 2 people are, they still can become one, as i start using titanium white, it makes me see things calm and quiet, makes me think what would the world look like if there's no colors, would it be black or white, no because those are colors are shades, could the world be invisible, but how invisible we can see nothing behind it, it's weird, things like that makes me overthink weird stuff, and soon i will finish this painting and enter a gallery, i still feel low about it as if no one would like it, but i will still go, i most try believe in myself, but its hard, i wanna become better and better, i wanna keep going, i painted this paint with pain. I standed all day painting it, my hands are tired my shoulders hurts my back hurts my eyes hurts, i been overthinking alot about this painting I didn't get some sleep, i got sick but still working on it, my eyes became red and teary but I'm still gonna work on it, its apart of my life my dream, my head hurts and it still hurts, i barely get to talk to people because i wanted to work on this painting, what made it take longer time because its a big size painting, bigger then A1, Leonardo da vinci took all those years to paint mona lisa and it became great and famous, so i most try take my time too and focus and give more details, but im still unsatisfied, i will stop working on it and reveal it when I'm satisfied with this work, And this is the story of the painting i started working on since 2 months ago, it's pain, but being an artist it's apart of my life it's one of the things i live for, and the thing i love, i was born for this, even as a child i used to be. A lonely kid with no love no friends i was so lonely so the only thing I loved to do to make the time move fast and, so that I don't feel lonely, its was drawing, painting, watercoloring and its was something i fell in love with, it became a big part of my life and it became more like a living being to me, so i tell myself i must not hate the thing that made me survive, even if its looks bad, i should see it as a beautiful thing, which made me go further and work more, i wanna show people the work i did and make them feel it, the beauty of it, and make them satisfied with the work i did, like how i wanted to be satisfied, it makes me happy, i maybe selfish and wrote weird stuff in this comment, but yea thats my story whether you like it or not, its the way i do, its ok if you don't like my work or the things i wrote, everyone have their freedom and opinions to make, and we as an artists have to accept them, but doesn't means we artist should change our ways
it's fine if you were lazy to read all that, you didn't really have to read it sorry if i wasted someones time
Skyrux Art
That was really deep. And I hope you eventually become satisfied with your painting.
Skyrux Art You took me on a journey. A beautiful, emotional journey.
Reading that isn't a waste of my time, it's inspirational, beautiful, the struggles that you've been through, I'm sure it will worth everything once it's done. Life is art, someone who have passion for art can see the world in a different way "full of inspiration". I hope you for the best, best of luck my friend
Do you have any picture of your painting? Im pretty sure its amazing, but as every artist (incñuding me) we are never fully happy with our creations.
May I see yours?
Very well put.
The voice just has this "edgy" instability sometimes, but this just adds to the flow and the message of the video.
The part that stuck with me was when he said that discontentment drives creativity rather than those magical moments when everything comes together. I see it as those moments when all those hours of blood, sweat, and tears come to fruition, it makes it all worth it, and will continue to make it worth it. I suppose I am an optimistic-pessimist, lol
The key is finding balance. I a writer and I never think that something I wrote is good or even finished but I also know that it just seems to me like that. After putting many hours into something, I'll just tell myself that it's time to stop and to move on to the next thing. And even though I never feel like I've done something great, I will always know that I've done something better. Better than the past me did and better than most others could do. And in that I am satisfied.
If I ever reached perfection in something I wrote, writing itself would lose its sense because I've already done the best possible thing and I'll never do anything better.
Herr Hurbig Beautifully said
I, as an animator, feel blessed that this video came in my recommended section on the time it did, as I had just tried designing a character for about a trillionth time and just erased it entirely because "This is ugly, is this all I can really do?" After going through this cycle many times I realized I wasn't going anywhere with this. I quit. Just before completely deleting the project I checked RUclips for a reason I myself didn't know, I just felt like it. I found this video. I realized that I was indeed going NOWHERE by going through the "This ain't good, let's erase it"-cycle. I did not become happy with my 100%, which was bad. But I only looked at the bad part, not the 100% part. I was, while doing those drawings, at my current peak and yet did not just accept that this is good, for now. I am emotionally drained for literally nothing, It was so many hours wasted. I won't do that mistake anymore. I will, by repeatedly making my 100% better, be satisfied; And I am, with my current 100%, happy.
"it's like the stories we're writing need conflict, so why are we so scared of it in our actual lives?" damn that got me. ive been toiling over my documentary for months, editing and re-editing it because I just can't seem to find a good enough conflict. yet in my actual life I am sometines ridden with anxiety, avoiding it like the plague... which makes me realize that if someone were to film a story on me, there would be nothing worth showing...
I had this problem when making fanart and I said “is this still art” or “would this exist without me” and I soon started doing very simple self portraits no paint just pencil to paper and that’s when I REALLY saw what I was fighting in my work. I create characters I love because they make me happy but I also reflect on myself on original work. It’s impossible to create an idea that wasn’t thought of before so you need to look at your warm and as yourself what makes it YOURS.
I feel like you're bashing yourself too much. People did drawing of Jesus in the past before and how did it not got treated as art?
@@nightslasher9384 SO TRUE
See I had this problem at first, but then I just learned to not be so hard on myself. You can't be perfect. Just love yourself, embrace your strengths, work on your weaknesses & eventually you'll be where you want. You can't debilitate yourself.
I love this video. I once asked if any artists were at one moment satisfied of their work, and a friend answered something I'll always remember ; a satisfied artist is a stagnant artist.
Nölwenn Roberts True that.
Nölwenn Roberts I see so much of that in some RUclips artist channels. Rarely do the self criticise or respond to criticism. Never do they improve either.
Those who do on the other hand, have art leagues better.
It's incredibly motivating in a way, to stay critical and keep going.
Been a professional singer for 13 years. Singing paid most of my bills this year. Still convinced I can't sing. Thinking next year is when I put it all on the shelf and stop. I just never get as good as I want to be, where it's all just easy and smooth sailing. Bloody perfectionism. Gonna try constructive pessimism now. Thanks for this video.
Sweetie the most important thing I want when listening to a singer is that they are resonating with my own feelings and emotions and thus bringing them up to the surface. If your singing evokes memories and deep emotions in the listeners, then your singing is perfect. When you sing, live totally in that moment and "feel" the message in the song. Others will be affected by that and that's more important than having a "perfect" voice. Please don't quit.
Every art I make I hate, I decline that I made it and refuse to think I’m a proper artists, whilst my friends believe I’m really good at drawing, my teachers believe I’m well creative when I can’t see it, none of it, at all
As an artist I’m always proud of my work. Flaws and all. Yes i also agonize about the details, but fuck man there’s a point where it’s not worth it. Having poor mental health well affect your art in a more negative manner that a healthier state of mind. So Id rather be making art when I’m happy because I tend to have a genuine good time. Even if I have to do like 30 takes.
That’s so good man, that’s the way to go. Don’t let anybody convince you that this mindset can’t still “push you to improve”. I find the best art comes when you don’t think too much about it, despite recognizing your flaws. It’s the process that counts.
@@moethemoon exactly, tho it’s not overthinking itself. It’s more agonizing over perceived flaws and trying to make something perfect which is impossible and could lead to resentment, and burn out.
Instead of embracing the negative feelings you get from your art and becoming edgy and depressed, you choose to live with it and love your art no matter how it looks while still wanting to be satisfied with it.
Props to you, man. Compared to the other 90% of the comments, you have hope in your talent :)
EDIT: Typo, when I typed "live" I accidentally typed "life", like what on earth, myself?
So basically perfectionists
Emrahh Not true. Perfectionists get nothing done.
Danny Pavlov
Well I get nothing done
Eh, not really. Not all artists are perfectionists.
actually art is about breaking perfectionism. perfect is basic, not breathtaking. accuracy and realism is mostly not really captivating, not baffling. and you have to be baffling as an artist. you have to do sth that nobody did before and that‘s nothing perfect.
as long your realistic to it, there's absolutely nothing wrong to be satisfied with your work.
"All of this discontentment, all of this self doubt, doesn't mean we should quit, it means we're actually onto something."
I was working on a 2 sided story about how a guy meets his old imaginary friend after 10 years by having a psychosis and I was stuck on how to end it, but now I realised that the story isn't what I think it should be, but rather what it is.
Where can I read the story
@@scary5455 ^
I had a psychosis after tripping at 14
where can I read the story? (2) >
@@ozzystar3545 damn, how are you doing as of late?