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I Want to ___, But I'm Not Good Enough"
3 years ago
"I want to draw this picture I have in my head, but I'm not good enough at drawing, so I can't".
"I want to write this story I have in my head, but I'm not good enough at writing, so I can't".
I have these thoughts constantly, and they're so infuriating.
I know that what I have to do is to draw/write anyway, and just ignore the thoughts. Because the only way I will get better is practice.
But the problem is, the creative part of my brain is a shy little puppy who only wants to come out of his kennel and cooperate if my mental environment is calm, happy and inviting.
If there's even a hint of fear of failure in my mind, then my creativity puppy turns tail and runs back into his kennel.
And no matter how hard I try to force myself to draw or write, I can't produce anything without my creativity puppy.
Do any of you have this problem? How do you make your creativity puppy feel safe enough to come out of his kennel and work with you?
"I want to write this story I have in my head, but I'm not good enough at writing, so I can't".
I have these thoughts constantly, and they're so infuriating.
I know that what I have to do is to draw/write anyway, and just ignore the thoughts. Because the only way I will get better is practice.
But the problem is, the creative part of my brain is a shy little puppy who only wants to come out of his kennel and cooperate if my mental environment is calm, happy and inviting.
If there's even a hint of fear of failure in my mind, then my creativity puppy turns tail and runs back into his kennel.
And no matter how hard I try to force myself to draw or write, I can't produce anything without my creativity puppy.
Do any of you have this problem? How do you make your creativity puppy feel safe enough to come out of his kennel and work with you?
From what I have seen you upload, your work is good, and as you establish; how do you ever expect to get better, if you don’t get more experience?
I do understand, it is natural that some artists do have self-doubt, but like I mention, you are good.
Keep in mind too, you are doing this art because YOU enjoy doing it, it is for your leisure.
So, you are the main demographic for who you are doing art for.
Do you get what I mean?
I agree with everything that you said. I agree that I can only get better if I keep practicing. And I also agree that I'm making art for myself, I am the target audience, so it doesn't have to be "good", I just have to enjoy the process of making it.
I guess the hard part is trying to really internalise those beliefs. To really make myself believe it.
Probably the best way to internalise them is to just keep drawing anyway, even if I don't think I can. Every time I draw something, I prove the "you can do it" voice right and I prove the "you can't do it" voice wrong. It makes the "you can do it" voice a little bit stronger every time.
The things I lack confidence with the most are drawing characters front-on, or at a diagonal angle. And drawing a wide diversity of different kinds of characters with different body types.
I really need to just dive in and do those things, because I can only get good at those things by doing them a lot of times until I get the hang of it.
Thank you for the encouragement ^w^ I will keep trying regardless of my negative thoughts. I just needed to get it off my chest. Thank you for encouraging me so much ^u^