Take a break for a while, if you feel like picking things back up and trying again, do it in small doses until you feel more comfortable. It'd be a shame if you quit, but you do what you feel you need to.

I'd say it would be best to take a break, maybe figure out why your computer just did that. Could be some underlying hardware problem. Is also why they say to save often.

I know how bad it is to lose all your progress due to a crash. Some programs can have crash protection built in them (Paint Tool Sai 2 actually does)

I would take time for yourself, but I would not say to move on from here.

normally it auto saves every five minutes but for some reason it didnt here. and then saving manually just crashed the program. it only auto saved once after an hour so theres something wrong with the program for sure, and just crashing on save on a tiny file. Ill probably need to ditch medibang and use something else

Will see, sorry for the dramatic course this took...hope to be better

I would definitely recommend another program then. Maybe a recent update cause that to malfunction.

Just do what you can.

Gawd I wish I could say something smart but I get those feelings all the time.
Best thing I can do to help is to side track myself and do something just like for fun without making any strings attached to it no matter how it turns out.
And yea it's hard to get art noticed nowadays if you don't spam social media with a pic like every day which sucks.
Also reason I save and backup my stuff every couple of mins. It's the worst when you lose hours of progress coz GIMP and my PC decided to potato on me.

Figuring out my FA login to yell at you.

Sono, the quality of your work is leagues ahead of mine and I can say that having full confidence in my own work. Don't do that self-depreciation thing you've done for years, it just drags you down further and I know you don't want that. :v

Take a break, scribble a bit on your own through different mediums since computers can be a bit finicky, just don't stop drawing and don't try to tell yourself that people don't like you or your content. You got this, fren.

yeah thank you sol, thanks for checkin n and stuff you know? it really means alot. I might, i thought about cranking out my sketchbooks if i can find my pencils. Sorry for all of it n stuff thanky

Dude, chill. Your art doesn’t suck. I had fun collabing with you those two times. If I weren’t so lazy myself, I’d probably do it again (without taking onmost of it myself🤗). I’ve lost a project once to a program crash and just did my best to try again. I’m sure you’ll be able make something great once your war crimes wrist heals and you’re done spying on Russia for Hawaii.😌

And as to your characters, you do wonderful expressions that make them a joy to look at.

yeah ive calmed down a bit, apologies. things just exploded over build up of so much crap this year/last year. And lol. i am drawing right now a little bit, hand still works just need to keep the wrist straight. Yeah, would love to again someday, how you been man?

i do try, thank you, i just think i need to improve my versatility with them and stuff.

Oh believe me, I know the feel. I also had a little "rage episode" like that not long ago, were I ended up breaking my hand's bone for a month or so.

I want to share a little experience, I have been suffering in silence for 4 years thanks to a certain user, whom I was friends with, until a month ago where I decided to stay stop, and block him for good.
But the thing is that, is not fair. You give everything in your power to make things right, but despise that; life just decides to hurt you, and benefit and give good things to the person who hurt you more.

I know damn well it feels demoralizing, like nothing is worth it. You try and try, but sometimes it feels like bumping into a wall.

But here's the reality. It's not easy, it takes time. Each person goes at its own time and pace. If something doesn't work, gotta try a different approach. Look around for help, tips, other artists. Study how they do stuff, or look at their stuff and think "How can I take inspiration from this/How can this help me?"

Not everyone has it easy at first, or second. Hell, I started posting stuff back in 2013 in deviantart.
I stopped because honestly no one cared, then returned again in 2017, where still no one cared, up until a few years later.

I'm not gonna say "Numbers don't mater, just draw what you like" (Drawing what you like is important, but numbers DO mater. The thing is that sometimes they might not be high for several reasons, not because "Art is not good enough")

Just gotta keep trying, at your own pace, don't force yourself too much, if something doesn't work, try another way around it, but still practice the thing you struggle with later.

You do have a cool style with tons and tons of potential, you are not bad at all, but also remember no one will ever be perfect, that's what makes us human.

As for the crashing and not saving stuff. I'd say for you to get used to constantly "ctrl+s" to save, or take a screenshot of your progress and post it in a personal discord or personal gallery everyone once in a short while. That's what at least I do, since I also got a bit scared of the crashing happening xd

Good luck homie, wishing you the best for the future, stay strong and keep drawing!

Thanks bro, i have been feeling a bit better since i posted this and i had this spat, i just wish sometimes i could figure things out a bit more smoothly, i hate coming off as so volatile because I really do try to maintain myself when I can, just the circumstances make that so difficult. Im sorry to hear that I didn't know someone was really being a jerk with you, you didnt deserve that at all. Social spaces do frequently reward bad behavior I do feel that.

I guess why I get so frustrated about it sometimes is Ive been unable to hit a steady pace for myself after a long time, and actually stick to being invested in keep doing it, i take long breaks be it just losing interest or just getting depressed and such. But yeah I mean, some people don't even start their art stuff till theyre older I've seen it, so I know its never quite too late for me, but I guess I want to hit that point where things dont feel as uncertain? Like Im just been lacking in confidence.

Yeah mainly I think I need a more consistent schedule and actually working on stuff more often to kinda poke my head out more for people to see stuff. Just as said its been hard lately with circumstances. To be honest I dont even expect big numbers and I dont think id really be someone to do commissions at least outside of friends, i burn out too fast lol. It just helps to have associates take a look at what I did and acknowledge it, positively or negatively.

Honestly the crash was such a bizarre turn of events, as usually I do save often, and those saves are accompanied by an auto saving every 5 minutes, which I thought was working that time, but for some reason, wasn't. So thats on me for relying on auto features, lesson learned! I tried to save to the programs cloud feature and I think what happened was my version was a couple times out of date and since it couldnt connect to a server it just closed the whole application for some reason. Letting my guard down once and thats what I got haha. Frankly I should either move back to SAI or try Krita, Medibang has snappy feel and a well tuned stabilizer thats not overbearing but it has some jank like i described. Ill think about that, im just dumb and hate dealing with complicated UI of some of the other programs lol.

Thank ya again and I will, though I may take a little break and write some stuff down for my characters first, as thats been long overdue and i want to contextualize them a bit better, give them something to do other than smut shenanigans!

Oh yeah, that happens to me A LOT. That's why you see me not posting shish for looong periods of time xd but it's just how it is for a lot of artists. It's a rocky road in the search for the best scenario, but even after we go too far, we still have struggles.
All big artists do. At least the ones that care about their art and such.

I'd say to have a comfy place, something to eat, some good music or a podcast in the background. Watch some shows or movies, play some games to get inspiration.

Copy and paste images or ideas into a place you can get easy access to see them later. Make an account and check Pinterest (I have been doing that and helped me A LOT) but yeah, gotta find the best possible zone to get confortable with.

As for possible programs, I only use Paint Tool Sai 2, because I only use the most basic stuff. I have been recommended Krita (Tho a bit demanding on the computer) and Clip Studio Paint too, but I like the basic easy stuff to work with, so I stay with Sai 2 lol

Good luck homie, and take your time. All comes on it's own time.