
It's been a while since I've vented, 7 months to be exact haha sometimes it feels good to just write and draw about how I feel.
And currently I'm in an absolute burn out with my artwork, more than half of my work lacks character it's just an eyesore in my gallery. I can easily say I'm not proud of my work or very confident when drawing, my art just kind of sits there in my gallery with no attraction towards it simply because my work isn't very interesting.
I've been trying to experiment with different styles because I see so many other artists out there with amazing work that I wish I could replicate. However I only get so far experimenting then lose all motivation to continue because I have 0% inspiration and it sucks...
I've even been tempted to start completely fresh with a new account but I simply can't because I've sent 4 years on this account building it up to what it is.
In conclusion I'm lost and I don't know what to do anymore :C
And currently I'm in an absolute burn out with my artwork, more than half of my work lacks character it's just an eyesore in my gallery. I can easily say I'm not proud of my work or very confident when drawing, my art just kind of sits there in my gallery with no attraction towards it simply because my work isn't very interesting.
I've been trying to experiment with different styles because I see so many other artists out there with amazing work that I wish I could replicate. However I only get so far experimenting then lose all motivation to continue because I have 0% inspiration and it sucks...
I've even been tempted to start completely fresh with a new account but I simply can't because I've sent 4 years on this account building it up to what it is.
In conclusion I'm lost and I don't know what to do anymore :C
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What you need is more exposure so you get more varied stuff, because your swf commission stuff is pretty neat, and of course more exposure means more people means more ideas means more structured/good-forced experimentation (?) to meet 'em
And I know the feel of having next to no inspiration, I'll start writing new stuff but as soon as the music changes I peter off, lose my train of thought and wrap it up with a 'I'll get back to this later' knowing full well I won't ;-; (Though at least I can fuck with it in my head, dunno if you can really change style around without actually DOING it which would drive me nuts I'm sure D:)
Maybe try working on smaller bits, when you're fooling around with styles, if you don't already? Chug through it now and then- it could be no inspiration, it could just be an internal fear of changing and somehow worsening, because there's so much choice and we're conditioned to want 'the best' choice.
Maybe take an artist or two you want to shift more towards, figure out some 'theme' and spit doodles out and refine 'em as you go along, so there's structure to it? Rather than just having the goal of "I want to be like that" with a zillion ways to go around it, throw a dart, pick a theme and see if it helps focus you! I misheard a police blotter sample in an ASURA track (Simply Blue) as "Zealot 385", decided "okay this is some character's name" and ran with it, got a good chunk, found I WANTED to go back and poke at it some more and a year or so later I had a viable short that a little while after that was part of the main story
There's just a heap of variables and sometimes I think the best thing you can do is set a few of them and see what becomes of it, and if nothing does, change 'em until something sticks- even if it takes years. (I've been in a lore drought for years, I mostly just do machines and stuff, and the odd tidbit comes out of it here and there, sucks but I literally can't force it)
Your work is pretty interesting tho dork, but I know how people self-critique and we all want stuff WE can feel is interesting to ourselves too so go get 'em :D
And I know the feel of having next to no inspiration, I'll start writing new stuff but as soon as the music changes I peter off, lose my train of thought and wrap it up with a 'I'll get back to this later' knowing full well I won't ;-; (Though at least I can fuck with it in my head, dunno if you can really change style around without actually DOING it which would drive me nuts I'm sure D:)
Maybe try working on smaller bits, when you're fooling around with styles, if you don't already? Chug through it now and then- it could be no inspiration, it could just be an internal fear of changing and somehow worsening, because there's so much choice and we're conditioned to want 'the best' choice.
Maybe take an artist or two you want to shift more towards, figure out some 'theme' and spit doodles out and refine 'em as you go along, so there's structure to it? Rather than just having the goal of "I want to be like that" with a zillion ways to go around it, throw a dart, pick a theme and see if it helps focus you! I misheard a police blotter sample in an ASURA track (Simply Blue) as "Zealot 385", decided "okay this is some character's name" and ran with it, got a good chunk, found I WANTED to go back and poke at it some more and a year or so later I had a viable short that a little while after that was part of the main story
There's just a heap of variables and sometimes I think the best thing you can do is set a few of them and see what becomes of it, and if nothing does, change 'em until something sticks- even if it takes years. (I've been in a lore drought for years, I mostly just do machines and stuff, and the odd tidbit comes out of it here and there, sucks but I literally can't force it)
Your work is pretty interesting tho dork, but I know how people self-critique and we all want stuff WE can feel is interesting to ourselves too so go get 'em :D
Yeah I suppose....just not entirely sure how I'd get more exposure o: the only websites I know of are furaffinity and ych.commishes, those and deviantart but DA is pretty dead :/ I was actually thinking of making a new account there too heh
Yes! I get exactly that, music usually inspires me to draw but the second a song comes on that I'm bored of I just decide I'll work on this art piece later ugh
I know changing my style will be hard but I'm just really not happy with it currently, I also don't really follow a theme with my artwork. I'm really into fantasy but since my art skills are not that great I usually can't draw out what I envision in my head which is really frustrating.
I'll definitely experiment more I'm just an impatient person at times
Yes! I get exactly that, music usually inspires me to draw but the second a song comes on that I'm bored of I just decide I'll work on this art piece later ugh
I know changing my style will be hard but I'm just really not happy with it currently, I also don't really follow a theme with my artwork. I'm really into fantasy but since my art skills are not that great I usually can't draw out what I envision in my head which is really frustrating.
I'll definitely experiment more I'm just an impatient person at times
I mean if I wasn't a stuttering asocial introvert and thought about recording a lot of the times I fucked around with games I might have had a modest following and could signal boost to more than *squints at twitter* 17 people, four of which are actually two people, only 3 of which I actually know, less than half are furries and most of the normies are either people who followed me because of some dumb political backhand I took at a sovcit, or are ACTUAL BOTS. ;_; (I mean I've posted it to a discord server I know well but everyone is either broke af or lurking so GODIMUSELESSAAAAAA)
And yeah I haven't been on dA in ages, hilariously though my notifications still stand at about 22k which is what I gave up on when i tried to crank that down... about five or six years ago.
THEN DO WHAT I DO AND BINGE REPEAT THE SAME SONG FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY CARE FOR ABOUT AN ELEVEN SECOND SEGMENT AND YOU'RE WILLING TO BINGE THE WHOLE FIVE MINUTE THING FOR THE BUILD UP TO THAT ELEVEN SECONDS OF BLISS (dont actually unless you want to hate it forever, always, but I do binge stuff for pretty much an entire day or two before it drops down to 'pretty frequently played/ wont get out of my head at work... for all eight hours.)
Also that sounds like me (minus the actually having art skills bit) when I want to add details to commissions and I'm like SHIT HOW DO I EXPLAIN THIS IN A WAY THAT IT WILL BE RIGHT BUT NOT KILL THEM VIA DETAIL OVERLOAD? (I reeeeeeeeally don't want to commission anyone for any sort of long form gif because I shit you not I can't even imagine walking in my head without the LEGS CLIPPING AND GOING SPAGHETTI WOBBLE I DONT KNOW WTF GOES ON OR WHY I JUST AAAAA) But there's really no way but forward, even if the first batch of attempts are middling at best. It's probably annoying and disjointed but if I hit a point trying to explain something that I just sort of hang but I know I've got the gist there I just abruptly end right there and if it needs work I know I'll get asked about it later. So even if you can't draw *exactly* what you want you can get a gist of it, and maybe the next batch of doodles can work on the specifics but in other poses or whatever else includes one, maybe two more things (probably more minor) that you want to work on; cast the net wider so you can see progress somewhere, but not so wide that you get to thinking that because it's not ALL improving at once, it's not good D:
And yes, twinsies! One of the few reasons I've never seriously tried to art is I know I've got way too high aspirations for what I want for my own shit (sci fi concept art right out the gate) to have any hope in hell of being patient enough to get there with everything else in the way xD But hey momentum starts off slow and builds faster and faster :D
And yeah I haven't been on dA in ages, hilariously though my notifications still stand at about 22k which is what I gave up on when i tried to crank that down... about five or six years ago.
THEN DO WHAT I DO AND BINGE REPEAT THE SAME SONG FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY CARE FOR ABOUT AN ELEVEN SECOND SEGMENT AND YOU'RE WILLING TO BINGE THE WHOLE FIVE MINUTE THING FOR THE BUILD UP TO THAT ELEVEN SECONDS OF BLISS (dont actually unless you want to hate it forever, always, but I do binge stuff for pretty much an entire day or two before it drops down to 'pretty frequently played/ wont get out of my head at work... for all eight hours.)
Also that sounds like me (minus the actually having art skills bit) when I want to add details to commissions and I'm like SHIT HOW DO I EXPLAIN THIS IN A WAY THAT IT WILL BE RIGHT BUT NOT KILL THEM VIA DETAIL OVERLOAD? (I reeeeeeeeally don't want to commission anyone for any sort of long form gif because I shit you not I can't even imagine walking in my head without the LEGS CLIPPING AND GOING SPAGHETTI WOBBLE I DONT KNOW WTF GOES ON OR WHY I JUST AAAAA) But there's really no way but forward, even if the first batch of attempts are middling at best. It's probably annoying and disjointed but if I hit a point trying to explain something that I just sort of hang but I know I've got the gist there I just abruptly end right there and if it needs work I know I'll get asked about it later. So even if you can't draw *exactly* what you want you can get a gist of it, and maybe the next batch of doodles can work on the specifics but in other poses or whatever else includes one, maybe two more things (probably more minor) that you want to work on; cast the net wider so you can see progress somewhere, but not so wide that you get to thinking that because it's not ALL improving at once, it's not good D:
And yes, twinsies! One of the few reasons I've never seriously tried to art is I know I've got way too high aspirations for what I want for my own shit (sci fi concept art right out the gate) to have any hope in hell of being patient enough to get there with everything else in the way xD But hey momentum starts off slow and builds faster and faster :D
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