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rant about being an artist and being yourself
13 years ago
I know we, as artists, need to listen to critique. I know we ought to socialize about our work. And I do my best to, and.. so should you.
But at the same time... be yourself. Don't worry so much about what other people think about you. Don't worry about the appreciation you get. Don't change yourself to please someone, ie draw more porn for views. Try to not freak out if you don't get a response to your stuff. Happens to me all the time, so, I guess I just gotta suck it up. Artists always take everything too personal, fact.
People will tell me it's wrong to defend critique with: it's my style! and it IS very wrong, but you still gotta keep in mind that the artist may have another vision than you. Art is a personal quest, yet, believe me, with some experience we can tell "stylized" from "sucks", and if you're not willing to sometimes be OPEN MINDED and accept that you CAN BE WRONG, your quest will be half-assed.
You can do this thing with your life where you make a big decision. I keep trying to figure out what that decision is, it's almost like it's just the decision to begin making decisions, to take charge. YOU are what matters the most in your life. It's the most egoistical thing to say, but it can be used in a good way. The decision to find out what hole you are down, and instead become the best YOU. It took me a long time to make that decision, as a person, as an artist, and others (read: my mum) would push me to make it, but I was the only one who could. Until you do that, you live your life half-assed (Half-assed has nothing to do with skill, btw. Some really bad artists out there are not half-assed. Some pretty decent ones are. ). I've changed. I'm fed up with being nice. Sometimes I feel like this huge engine blasting forward, something that I keep dulled down all the same.
Anyway. I'm pretty sure right now people would want me to go for quality over quantity, and I also frequently get asked to draw something more hardcore which I'm not into at all. Look deep into yourself... what do you want people to like your art for? Is that what you're drawing right now?
And with that, if anybody wants critique lemme know.
I'm still sick but it seems like it's gonna be over in a few days.
But at the same time... be yourself. Don't worry so much about what other people think about you. Don't worry about the appreciation you get. Don't change yourself to please someone, ie draw more porn for views. Try to not freak out if you don't get a response to your stuff. Happens to me all the time, so, I guess I just gotta suck it up. Artists always take everything too personal, fact.
People will tell me it's wrong to defend critique with: it's my style! and it IS very wrong, but you still gotta keep in mind that the artist may have another vision than you. Art is a personal quest, yet, believe me, with some experience we can tell "stylized" from "sucks", and if you're not willing to sometimes be OPEN MINDED and accept that you CAN BE WRONG, your quest will be half-assed.
You can do this thing with your life where you make a big decision. I keep trying to figure out what that decision is, it's almost like it's just the decision to begin making decisions, to take charge. YOU are what matters the most in your life. It's the most egoistical thing to say, but it can be used in a good way. The decision to find out what hole you are down, and instead become the best YOU. It took me a long time to make that decision, as a person, as an artist, and others (read: my mum) would push me to make it, but I was the only one who could. Until you do that, you live your life half-assed (Half-assed has nothing to do with skill, btw. Some really bad artists out there are not half-assed. Some pretty decent ones are. ). I've changed. I'm fed up with being nice. Sometimes I feel like this huge engine blasting forward, something that I keep dulled down all the same.
Anyway. I'm pretty sure right now people would want me to go for quality over quantity, and I also frequently get asked to draw something more hardcore which I'm not into at all. Look deep into yourself... what do you want people to like your art for? Is that what you're drawing right now?
And with that, if anybody wants critique lemme know.
I'm still sick but it seems like it's gonna be over in a few days.
I do wish it was possible to fave journals, or repost like tumblr because this is just...right. So very, right. <3
I can put it on dA, you can fav journals there for some silly reason.
As for doing what pleases you, I am way in agreement on this. I do a great deal of futa and there are a lot of people who like it from me and perhaps a same amount who groan about it when they see it. In the end I do it because I dig it, for various reasons. Art's always been something I did to entertain myself and -then- share with people, in that order. I don't see that changing any time soon.
"There is no wrong way to do art, but you aren't
doing it right," and then leave it at that. I've gotten
that from two different teachers, and neither of them
really taught me anything about art.
Since every person is a unique set of factors, there really can't be any hard rules for how to approach them, one has to use all their common sense and wisdom to evaluate each new encounter. Sometimes you'll be wrong and they'll blow up at you, but that doesn't mean you're a bad person. Call it experience, apologize, and move on.
:)