Did i write it all to hype myself up a while ago because I too had my doubts and needed to see it written out to see how insane my idea of quitting actually is? ABSOLUTELY YES. And it helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I found it again so I figured I want to post it here too for my own archiving needs.
Look, there's always going to be someone better at art than you. Someone who improves faster, for whom learning seems to come easier, who gets seemingly quicker results. You can either get upset or angry and say "it's no use to continue, I quit", or get infected with their joy and draw.
Obviously, a person who starts in their 30s by focused daily studies *is going to* improve quicker than someone drawing just for fun and without much direction since they were a kid. It does not cheapen the improvement of that person. It also doesn't mean that the other one can't improve by using the same technique either - daily focused studies tackling your weak points. It's heartbreaking to me to see so many artists find another one's progress to be hurting them... Please, keep drawing. Keep drawing for the sincere joy of drawing and see how much you are going to improve within 100 days, 6 months, 5 years. Get out of your comfort zone, replicate art you want to make (don't post it though if it's a direct copy), study artstyles you aim for, analyze the techniques, and implement them consciously in your own works. Go back to the basis if you lack them - study light and form, fill gaps you skipped with anatomy, *keep drawing*, even the 10 minutes a day, and are GOING TO MAKE a DIFFERENCE. If you give up now, you will never see your art in 10 years from now!!!
Yes, this is about the heartbreaking comments about Pewdiepie's art project!!! I'm SO happy for him though? Look at him, look at how *happy* he is just to be making lines on paper, to replicate art he likes and it keeps getting better and better... When was the last time you allowed yourself to be that happy about making lines on paper? For me sure it's been a while now, but seeing him makes me feel like... I *choose* to see it as something to make me remember that it's not impossible to find that joy again ♡
If you stop drawing now, you better look back at the *you from the past* who picked a pencil for some reason and say that to their face. "Sorry, we're done because someone is better than us." How insane!! Instead, take a break, reconnect with yourself and *come back*. And *draw*.
WE ALL START BY NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD A PENCIL!!!!!!!!!!!!
