whining
4 months ago
i dont usually express myself on here in any meaningful capacity bc i dont care to but this is my stupid furry art page so ill use it to whine once every ten years i guess . i dont remember the last time i felt THIS bad about my art . like i spent a lot of my early 20s feeling like shit about it, but i also spent my early 20s unemployed, so i didnt really have anything else to do BESIDES sit and draw , regardless of how i felt about my art . but now ive got a job and even though its maybe only 30-40 hours out of my week, its like i get home and i want to do literally anything besides draw . and then even when i DO draw, my adhd kicks in and im picking up and putting my tablet down every five minutes meanwhile my attention scatters btwn like six different things which all require less effort than drawing so of course thats what the brain ends up wanting to spend the time on .
so the adhd makes it hard . and then especially lately i just cant stop comparing myself to my peers which i know is a big no-no but as the saying goes . i Also dont want me to be doing what im doing . people who i love and whose art i adore but who out of no where started to feel, like. threatening to me, bc i feel like i cant stack up to them
im not trying to compete with anybody!! i dont know why i feel like this .
also ive had my ipad for like a year now and i still hate drawing on it but its Right There as opposed to my desktop which i have to get up and go over to and then wrestle with to get it up and running so i can draw
i honestly think i could be fine with everything i hate about my art IF i was just faster at making it . but thats been basically impossible for me forever, i just take too long to make anything. sigh :{
so the adhd makes it hard . and then especially lately i just cant stop comparing myself to my peers which i know is a big no-no but as the saying goes . i Also dont want me to be doing what im doing . people who i love and whose art i adore but who out of no where started to feel, like. threatening to me, bc i feel like i cant stack up to them
im not trying to compete with anybody!! i dont know why i feel like this .
also ive had my ipad for like a year now and i still hate drawing on it but its Right There as opposed to my desktop which i have to get up and go over to and then wrestle with to get it up and running so i can draw
i honestly think i could be fine with everything i hate about my art IF i was just faster at making it . but thats been basically impossible for me forever, i just take too long to make anything. sigh :{
FA+

Like you said, you aren't competing, you aren't here to make fast art. So if a doodle takes five days, so be it.
It's a horrendously difficult feeling to shake off, so you'll probably really have to just repeat these things until it becomes habit. It takes time and you need to be gentle with yourself. Habits just take time.
I too struggle with a mix of "wanting to draw, because it's fun and I like telling stories" and "Not wanting to draw because gosh it's difficult and it takes so much time and will you even finish it? And look how much faster and better others do it!!"
So I know where you are coming from and I know that it's just very much hard to shake off.
But art won't run from you. Doodle a bit here, a bit there, whatever you brain allows, don't judge it or put yourself down. If you are drawing on five things at once, so be it. If you are drawing two lines, and stopping for the moment, then you still drew two lines.
And sometimes, one just has to take a break, do something completely different, then return.
Either way, I do hope that the joy can return for you, that maybe something I said will help and if not, t hat the solution presents itself eventually. I also think that venting can be healthy and that this IS your space, so you should not feel bad for doing so.
Lastly, your art brings me joy. From my perspective, even if I don't see anything from you for months, the moment I DO, it brings me joy. It's not the amount of it that matters.
You also don't owe anyone art. You only owe yourself some happiness.
Miles also said some great stuff too that I can't really say any better, but draw what you love, draw bad art, draw silly little doodles and things the world will never ever see--and it's okay.
do you feel like there are things pressuring you to have an art output? that may be something to pry into