Keep at it, it just takes time and effort to get where you want to get to. :)

Been there, dude. Hope it passes. If not, it was a good run. I certainly liked your art.

I eternally feel that way. but for what it's worth, I think your art is fucking fantastic

same here but it's so habitual now that I know eventually I will go back to it. It is just what I do. I have a feeling you are the same way. Just takes time to allow it to happen. Just be natural, especiallt to yourself.

it's really difficult for me not to draw
it's instinctual now and the first thing i want to do when i have an image in my head
but i just keep reminding myself that it won't turn out the way i want it to so there's not really any point in doing it

practice is the only way to get there. you're young, and your skill level is pretty high for your age and having had no formal training. why give up?
even if it's not 100% what you want, be happy with the parts you like, and work on what you don't. it's a process.

exactly. i think all artists experience the 'it's not exactly what i had in my head' thing.... and to be honest, i don't know if there are any artists out there who can get what they want exactly onto paper. somewhere between the brain and the hand, something just doesn't work out %100. probably the elbow.

it is a process, though, and the process should be enjoyed. i started having fun with art again when i stopped seeing it as a means to produce something, with completion as the priority. the priority of art is creativity, often calls for adaption, improvisation, and innovation. i think these are great tools to have, not just as an artist, but as a creative, thinking human being.

i wish there was a way to like/upvote comments because idk how to respond but it was a good answer