I don't know if you wanna hear this, but "If it's not broken, don't fix it". I cannot understand what you're feeling (Well... I write, but it's not the same as drawing), but you have a ton of fans who love whatever you post. If you wanna change your style for yourself, then go for it. But trying to change just for the fans because you don't think you're good enough? Well, that's not true. You're a great artist (at least if my opinion means anything)

I'm not an artist and I've never commissioned you myself so it's easy for me to ignore but you speak of others and your own need to improve. You can go to school but what would they teach you? You're already an artist and you could draw what you'd spend the school fees on to draw what you already could.

If you feel you need to take a break from FA then do it because life really does feel better without thinking of this website and similar stuff ones much. Take a break and come back in a few months or a year if your commission list is done. Nobody worthwhile will antagonize you for doing good

Why do you feel like your drawings are unfinished first of all?

There is nothing wrong with wanted to improve your style, coloring, shading, character design or anything about your art. Suggest you talk with other artists you respect and ask them for their opinions about your art and ask them if you can stream alongside with them. Sure, you will run into some creeps that won't be helpful, but I'm sure you will find more than a few artists that will be honored to work with you to improve whatever portions of your art style you're unhappy with or feel needs improving.

Just my two cents. I always loved your art and always will

Let me tell you some things.
A) To me, and to many others on this website, your art has barely ever looked unfinished.

B) Do you think your art style is getting worse? Because it's not. This happens to every artist I know, they get to a certain point and think that they aren't getting better, or they think they're getting worse. Please, listen: you're not. You're always getting better, every artist is getting better every time they draw. There may be a tiny voice in the back of your head saying you suck, but I can assure you, you don't. And please don't waste money on art school, there's so much you can learn from the internet. Countless art tutorials on youtube, countless nude model websites specifically for art practice- point is, you're kinda set, gaho. Don't let anybody tell you your art sucks, not even yourself. I love your art, and 7132 other people love your art, too. :)

I think you're experiencing the core sensation of being an artist. :)
We are our own worst enemies 99% of the time. It's a normal thing, I think. Lord knows I've felt it myself for a long time, and I don't think we ever truly stop feeling it. It's a heavy thing, living in ones own skin. The viewers get to see the masterpieces, that which we want them to see. But we have to face our own perceived inadequacies with every brush stroke.

As for advice, you could ask 100 different artists and get 200 different answers. Many of them quite sound, but distinct. Here's mine. Branch out a bit, and try some other media, such as paint or sculpture or figurine painting. Maybe learn Blender, or perhaps oil painting. You can't unlearn, but you can certainly expand and evolve. You don't need to do fetish art either. It can help to tell a story you want to tell, and let the story be the driving force rather than the drawing itself.

And people might slap me for this, but it also helps to take a break from fetish art as a rule. It has certainly helped me when I was feeling lost, and it does when the feeling inevitably creeps back up in me. I don't recommend taking art lessons, unless you see a class that really stands out to you, they usually end up frustrating and boring in my experience. It's like taking commissions, except you gotta pay the client instead, and draw the most boring and bog standard stuff imaginable, I have never enjoyed an art class. XP
I find it best to just watch YouTube videos. Art youtubers are some of the most whimsical and inspiring people I've been able to learn from, and they've inspired me to branch way out beyond what I do here. There is a lot that I don't show on FA, but there's a long list of reasons I don't post as much these days. Besides work, I dabble in all sorts of art forms. I feel that has been the best thing for me as an artist, not only to grow, but also to squish that sense of crippling self-doubt. I still love drawing tickle stuff, but I learn so much more doing non-tickle stuff, because then I have to really think about what I can do to make a piece sing, instead of letting the fetish carry it all. I've come to love art more stepping away from my favorite motif. But I always come back when I'm feeling it, because I simply love tickle art. :p

In short, I think it would help to practice other art media, and maybe take a little break from kinky art. Watch youtubers making art, they're a goldmine of information and lessons. Branch out, spread your wings, and fall in love with art all over again. It can get heavy drawing the same brand of content for years on end, I know that all too well. If you'd like a suggestion on a starting point, it worked wonders for me to make traditional art again, coloring with alcohol markers. I find that they worked well with my style. Trying new media can be daunting at first, it helps to have a character to try new things with, in my case I render Merrick fresh in new ways.

And for what it's worth, I think you're an excellent artist already, and you can learn whatever you put your mind to, because you've already done the hardest part in starting the journey all those years ago. The world of art is your playground now.

The everpresent need to change or improve is a constant for any artist. And the satisfaction from learning something new or discovering a new trick will forever feel rewarding. But it's very understandable to feel intimidated with experimentation when you have an audience that are expecting specific content made in a specific way.

I adore your artworks. The expressiveness, the poses, and the scenarios you create are fantastic. But especially in this flood of gen AI I think it's important that the finished image is not what matters. There is some immutable quality at your very core as a creative person that I connected with. That can never be limited to the way you draw anatomy or do shading. And while I'm sure there are people who don't, there are definitely a lot of people who feel the same.

So my 50 cents, however unhelpful they might be, is take whatever time and do whatever you feel will allow you to best express that spark.

Coucou !

Je me permet de te répondre en français, et je vais essayer d’éviter un roman-fleuve (spoiler, c’est loupé !)

Je te soutiens dans tes efforts vu que suis plus ou moins passé par là vu que j’ai voulu m’améliorer pour des raisons pros : illustration, concept art, tout ça : je ne bosse pas encore dans le milieu, mais je m’en rapproche un peu plus à chaque fois. Je confirme qu’abandonner certaines mauvaises manies et apprendre de bonnes techniques n’est pas toujours simple.
Je n’ai par contre jamais bossé mon anatomie sérieusement car ça n’a jamais était mon truc. Je ne dessine pas vraiment de persos sauf pour mes dessins fétichistes et honnêtement je trouves que tu te débrouilles bien mieux que moi : t’es plus productif, t’as clairement plus d’expérience en poses complexes, et je doute que tu passes autant de temps que moi à te prendre la tête avec une main (LE truc que je déteste dessiner), une jambe, etc.

Alors primo, tu mentionnes des soucis de confiance en toi, insatisfaction quand à ton travail, etc. Bienvenu au club, en ce qui me concerne je n’aime pas 99 % de mes dessins, je les considère comme au mieux "pas trop honteux" et au pire "foirés".
Saches que quelque soit ton niveau ce type de soucis ne partira pas tant que tu ne l’auras pas réglé psychologiquement. Même après des années d’apprentissage mon syndrome de l’imposteur est au plus haut. En fait c’est même pire : plus j’apprends de nouveaux trucs, plus j’ai conscience de la quantité de choses que je ne sais toujours pas, et donc plus je doute, chose qui n’existait pas quand j’avais commencé à dessiner.
En fait plus tu vas apprendre, plus tu vas relever la barre au dessus de tes capacités actuelles : c’est bien car c’est ainsi que l’on progresse, mais au risque de se frustrer (beaucoup et souvent!)
J’aimerais te donner la solution miracle mais je ne l’ai pas, à part ce commentaire que j’avais vu en ligne un jour (je vais paraphraser) : "le pro n’abandonne pas et ne panique pas quand il se heurte à un obstacle car il a compris que galérer durant le processus créatif fait parti du jeu."

Tu veux t’améliorer donc c’est bien, ça montre que malgré le manque de confiance tu ne baisses pas les bras ! :)
Perso je te conseille de faire une liste de ce que tu veux améliorer, avec des objectifs réalisables et atteignables en disons un an : à nouveau c’est pour éviter de se frustrer en essayant de gravir tout l’Everest d’un coup.
Par exemple est-ce que tu veux améliorer l’anatomie ? Ou la colo ? Les enviros et les fonds ? Les poses ? Le panneling en BD ? Autres choses ?
Etc...
Et ensuite tu peux classer cela par ordre de priorité et/ou facilité. Tu te concentres sur un truc durant quelques semaines voir mois, et ensuite tu passes à un autre domaine.

Prendre des cours peut avoir un coût non négligeable, en plus du temps d’apprentissage, mais je suppose que je ne t’apprends rien là.
Si tu veux juste t’améliorer en anatomie sans casser la tirelire, commence déjà par faire du gesture drawing, et en faire beaucoup. J’étais tombé sur cette vidéo où le gars a commencé à en faire 60 d’une minute par jours, donc une heure en tout. J’avoue avoir essayé et avoir abandonné rapidement, peut-être que je retenterai un jours : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1reZfctRc

Niveau muscles, t’as le logiciel anastomia qui est passé en béta et qui reste gratuit pour le moment. J’avoue ne pas l’avoir testé car apparemment certains antivirus le détectent comme virus, mais ils en parlent sur cette vidéo si ça t’intéresse : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8A8HnS7Ps

Je crois que c’est tout ce que je connais niveaux cours gratuits, à part ce que tu peux trouver sur youtube (genre cette playlist par exemple : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXbAPr21di9nmPb0-72_avg9QhiPUHyg) ou drawabox (mais il ne fait pas l’anatomie : https://drawabox.com/).

Au niveau des cours payants qui peuvent aider sans trop se ruiner, tu peux toujours tester artwod : https://artwod.com/
Ça été crée par un gars qui est passé de débutant à professionnel dans l’industrie en juste quelques années car il a bossé les fondamentaux comme un malade. Il y a des cours sur différents thèmes (pas seulement l’anatomie) avec une approche assez ludique (voir trop) au niveau des exos.
ATTENTION cependant, ils avaient une formule à 9€/mois qui donnais accès à déjà pas mal de cours, mais je viens de vérifier et je crois qu’ils l’ont viré et à présent c’est 17€/mois avec du contenu en plus. Si c’est le cas, honnêtement je ne recommande pas pour juste apprendre les fondamentaux : ça commence à être cher je trouve.

Enfin si c’est ton truc, tu peux toujours essayer de trouver une commu (discord, groupe facebook, etc.) qui s’entraînent à dessiner et qui font des séances d’exos en commun.

Dans tous les cas bon courage et ne te décourages pas, et je suis curieux de voir que que tu vas nous créer si tu essayes de t'améliorer encore plus ! :)

Oui c'est marrant à quel point on peut accepter les erreurs des autres, mais pas les siennes en dessin.

Que tout ce qui n'est pas fait par toi est forcément meilleur, parce que dans les faits t'es le seul à faire attention à tes propres erreurs...

Mon prof de dessin m'a souvent dit que je lui faisais penser à un sportif qui s'entrainait dur mais ne trouvait pas le courage de participer à une compétition, et en ce sens il n'a pas tort, moi qui ai toujours cette image de gens qui vérifieraient mes dessins à la loupe pour tenter de spot la moindre erreur et me le faire savoir à part que ce n'est jamais arrivé, excepté quand c'est moi qui demandais qu'on me révèle mes erreurs.

En fait quand j'y réfléchi je finis toujours par arriver à obtenir le résultat que je veux en dessins (la plupart du temps) mais ce au prix de nombreux échecs et de nombreux ragequit...genre la pose où Atta sort de la télé dans mon dernier dessin, j'ai du faire une douzaine de tentatives avant que le résultat ne me convienne.

Et même s'il reste des merdouilles, ben je crois que pour le moment c'est mon dessin préféré jamais réalisé.

Il faut à tout prix que je sorte de ce carcan...si je ne suis pas plus actif, si je prend du retard, ce n'est pas par flemme, c'est une peur perpétuelle de l'échec ou de ne pas progresser, c'est la sensation d'ennui et de frustration de me dire que je vais me heurter à une manière de faire qui ne me plait pas alors que c'est la seule que je connaisse...

Des fois je me dis "fuck l'anatomie il faut d'abord que je m'occupe du posing", et quand j'élabore la pose je me rend compte que sans connaissances plus poussées de l'anatomie je n'arriverai pas à ce que je veux.
Que je commence par l'un ou l'autre, sa némésis revient toujours pour me saouler.

Enfin bon, je pense que je devrais essayer de me lancer dans un des projets que j'ai en tête depuis un moment, faire éditer une création que j'ai dans la tête et que j'aimerais voir matérialisée.

Je vais m'y plancher sérieusement.

"genre la pose où Atta sort de la télé dans mon dernier dessin, j'ai du faire une douzaine de tentatives avant que le résultat ne me convienne."

Ah ben je trouve que tu t'en es bien sorti et c'est sans doute l'un de tes meilleurs dessins, donc ouais tu peux en être fier !

"si je prend du retard, ce n'est pas par flemme, c'est une peur perpétuelle de l'échec ou de ne pas progresser, c'est la sensation d'ennui et de frustration de me dire que je vais me heurter à une manière de faire qui ne me plait pas alors que c'est la seule que je connaisse..."

Oui, je comprends tout à fait. Moi j'appelle ça le syndrome du "oh merde, je vais encore me croûter par terre" en voyant une peau de banane.
Un truc qu'on ma conseillé, et que je ne fais pas toujours car je ne suis pas assez sérieux, c'est de s'échauffer durant 30m-1h en dessinant quelque chose de relaxant qui serait à 100% dans notre zone de comfort. Comme ça pas de frustration en dessinant, on crée de la dopamine, et ensuite on peut se lancer sur un dessin plus sérieux et potentiellement plus stressant.

Bon courage avec tes futurs projets ! :)

One idea when your art is feeling stagnant is to try a different medium of art. You could try doing 3D or pixel art as a way of developing new art skills while also taking a break from your current art routine.

it is called a "style"
just don't over think it

just do whatever makes you feel best

honestly finding your artstyle is on an artist by artist basis, some find it in a month, others take years, you just happend to find your style quickly

its perfectly fine, we all enjoy your art as it is, and honestly, i understand art takes time to make, do i wish you'd make more art of atta in her dom gear for example? yes, do i understand your a person and art takes time? also yes

at the end of the day just make the art you wanna make and don't worry about the voice in the back of your head

Some Points I can Unterstand from my own artworks, but let me Tell you this :
For ME you are one of the three.greatest artists in the tickling area.
I am very sorry that you feel Like this and I can only speak for myself but I want to say :
Please stay Like you are.
You are enough.
🫂

Don't get yourself down. You are a phenomenal artist. Don't let anything or anyone make you think otherwise. We love you for who you are and what you make.

Although writing isn't the same process as drawing, I do very much relate to this. Imposter syndrome and burnout are a huge bitch, and I think that at times it can feel like you aren't happy with what you've made- But I think that it's not The Art itself necessarily. It can be- Feeling stagnant can hurt, especially when you've been doing something for Years, and haven't noticed any improvement. But, y'know, not noticing it doesn't mean it's not there.

Not to armchair psychoanalyze, but I think a lot of people who wind up making porn for their community are always pushed by numbers- Fur Affinity has no true Algorithm to speak of, which certainly helps, but doing things for the numbers, for the comments, for the likes, seeing what people favorite, what they don't, when to post, it's fucking crushing. I assume, I wouldn't know I don't post much </3

I think the best thing you can do is look inward, not outward. You can change your art style a million times but if you don't Feel like you've gotten any better then none of it will matter. It might be worth doing more art that you keep to yourself, or close friends. Anatomy studies, SFW pieces, personal work, anything you're particularly interested. Just so You know you did it. So You can say you did it.

I wish you the best Gaho <3 I hope you find a solution to this that works for you. And if you wanna talk to anyone about it more, my notes are open. You aren't just an art machine, you're a person, and you deserve to feel like one and nothing less.

I personally think your anatomy is EXTREMELY on point and very expressive.
As some mentioned, it could be one of those things that many artists may struggle with. Feeling of stagnation, worthlessness or not improving.
But learning is fun. You could try using references or videos for something you didn't do before, or for something you think you struggle with. Let it be anatomy structure or some different shading techniques.
You are also the only one I know of, who does inctober for a WHILE, none the less, on paper! Which is crazy to me, and looks like quite a dedication on your part.
I don't have many cool lifehacks for that, since I struggle with things like these myself, but what I do know, is that your art looks extremely polished and fun. And as long as you can have fun drawing what you draw, let it be same pose, or same situation, who is there to judge you.
After all, why do artists even draw? I would have guessed, because it's fun! It is for me! I hope it also is for you! I mean, I doubt you'd make so much art, if you didn't have fun with it in the first place!

Xal'atath feet focus shot nice :D Btw, you're not an impostor don't have impostor syndrome, you're a great artist and I follow you because of your style. I don't really know how you want to evolve it further besides more details here and there? hmm

Well i agree with many here already posting. We can only guide you in the direction , it's you who needs to take the choice and pave the road you want.

Honestly i think you're doing fine and improving over time. Perhaps it's not as fast or as specific as you want it yourself tough. Plus it's indeed an artists curse that you think that what you created isen't good enough. It's fiiiiiine , don't worry to much about it.

No worries, that's a mood every artist faces now and then. But it's nice to talk about it with your viewers indeed. ;)

I'd say take your time, cool down, get some rest from drawing, and sooner or later you'll have your epiphany. If sharing my own experience is of any help, in more than one occasion I asked myself why do I draw - to impress, to make a living from my art or just for fun, and at this point I do believe drawing would lose its magic if I ever make an obligation out of it. :D

Anyway, cheers. ;) Hope you find your answers soon enough.👍

you should try and draw with others more. it really helps learning how other people do stuff. there are plenty of lessons online too you can learn from. Sycra was a youtube channel which was a big help for me on how to sketch.

My advice would be to study tutorial videos and sketch with friends!

https://www.youtube.com/@Sycra/videos here is said Youtube channel btw. they were a huge boost to how i work and draw and cover many aspects of digital art. hope this is helpful!