Just recently I thought I was happy/proud of how my art was going for me, looking at my improvements, then it happened, someone dropped some criticism my way, I can handle critique and all critique js adhered too and if the person who critiques looks they can see their criticism being use to better my art. But this person wasn't doing it to help or be nice or anything like that, they did it to be mean, and hateful, or at least thats how jt seemed, what made it worse was the fact that they were a good artist, talented and amazing, and when I saw their name I thought "OMG THEY MIGHT LIKE IT!!" but they didn't, they hated it and shit all over it, making me delete it and never post that image again... It hurt and I fell off track and stopped drawing for a bit. But then I decided to take a few trades and got back on my horse again, hoping to not just match but surpass this artist, show them, prove to myself and them, that i am good, and iam just gonna get better!!
(the artist was a babyfur/diaperfur popfur but no one is gonna get a name from me btw)

im curious to know who, personally. but im hungry for criticism, but there is a diffrence between criticism and taking shots. i give a shit how popualr one is, because as i can criticise my own art, i can see the flaws in others too. takes two to tango and im not afraid to call out flaws as well if i feel im not being critcized, but mocked....

I really dont want to say because fans are crazier than the artists tbh, and i think they were having a bad day

a bad day isnt an excuse to single someone out and mock them..

Thats true but i cant help but be afraid of the fans, i have been called a tracer by crazy fans before and literally run off this site (they wouldn't stop spamming me and got a lot of their friends to do it as well) because I spoke ill of their god apparently, this is also why I stream because I got tired of the accusations of tracing, being called called a tracer in the art world is like being called a rapsit in the real one, even if you're innocent people will still believe the rumor and hate you

About is all I can say is that I know how you feel. You just have to accept you for you and go at your own pace. You have to also consider that what makes an artist great is not necessarily their so called mastery, but their ability to repeat their own style and performance consistently. Find a kind of image that you really like, and that represents you and your style. "Find yourself, rather than compare yourself to others" I think that's basically all I'm saying. When you learn to love yourself and your own style as an artist, nothing can keep you down.

thing is, i feel i need a mastery to achieve my style my figures, how i draw i have a grasp on my style and like it. its my technical mastery i dislike, how i color and my knwoledge of light and dark and how it wraps, plsu jsut anyhting olor related >3<

i mean, learning to love myself is hard for reasons outside art, but within, i like what i do, just i want ot be better, is the issue. i see others be as good as they are, and i NEED to be as good as them. if imma dothis, my mindset is, i have to go all the way and be as good as possile

Well, that's good ^.^
Stick to your goal then. There's really nothing else to it.

I love your art and always look forward to seeing your submissions. You have a very unique style (that for me reminds me of the French style of cartoons from the 60's), and you definitely draw some of the most masterful examples of facial expressions I've seen on here. :3

that comment on facial expressions is the nicest thing i have heard to date on my art ;A: <3 thank you so much for that! do you have examples of these french cartoons? i would be very interested to compare them :D

I think it's the way you do eyes, but it puts me in mind of Cubitus and Marsupilami. :3

dealing with insecurities can be tough and something im not being very good at myself recently...errr....I think you just have to keep pushing forward and doing stuff that might scare or intimidate you because of your insecurities, because if we dont challenge our insecurities they only get stronger and harder to deal with.

my issue, is i may seem to handle them well, but i hold them all ina nd turn it into self loathing and beat myself up emotionally for not being what i think is good enough. the struggle is coloring, ive no clue how to mix and make the stuning colored images some artists make and that is the biggest corner of my insecurity at the moment >3< i try new ideas, but i dont understand it, and tuts are only so helpful at times >3<