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T^T Frustraighted with my Art Skillz.
12 years ago
I dont normally whine about things. But this is driving me nutts.
NOTHING I draw feels genuinely satisfying. I feel like my style is all over the place. Which Im sure has to do with the fact that I want to dabble IN EVERYTHING. I want to be more realistic, but I also want to pull of lovely stylized art.
But its all just exploding into a huge mess!
Im torn about every decision I make on every part of a picture. I flounder at what to do with backgrounds, they end up looking cluttered and busy.
My drawings feel stagnant and void of movement and emotion. Even when I think I am putting emotion into it. I often find myself compensating emotion to make things look right proportion wise. Like I wont draw my characters smiling because when I draw them neutral they look way better.
Ontop of that I over do things. I like detail and I am overly anal about things. I see people who slap paint on some picture rough and hurried but it looks gorgeous. I try that and I start flippen because it isn't perfectly blended.
Is it weird to miss the way you used to draw?
I miss how I used to draw ! I just drew shit and was happy with it! My style wasnt bouncing around, I may have struggled with a few things but more with stuff like making hands not look like sausage. My coloring seemed to be better put together for my type of style !
It feels like Im pushing a bolder up a hill and the closer I get to the top the steeper it gets and just as I think Im about to roll over the precipice to the other side I loose it and go tumbling back down .
BWAH ! >< I just want to draw and be happy with what I draw.!
I know the feels.
I've been trying to get more commissions for practice.
But, nothing really satisfies me.
Except one badge I did, it's pretty gangster.
Trueeeee.
I didn't really think of it that way.
The $4 commissions I'm doing are custom to the customer and I will do anything except reference sheets.
So... yeah.
Okay lol now Im rambling. Thanks for the advice ^^ made me realize something though,