Sorry, but I've got enough self loathing without outside help as it is.

This is a nice sketch. :) Deer are very interesting creatures in design, very elegantly, woven structures of muscle and grace.


Art block/frustration is common. While it lasts, stick to sketching what you are comfortable/very familiar with drawing. It kind of helps work me out of ruts anyways.

Cheers!

Personal art does help. I'm afraid this is completely unrelated to my slight art block / frustration with my work, but thank you for the advice! :)

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”-Buddha


If this art piece is about what I think it is... I do this to myself as well. ( I have lots of self-hate/loathing...)

The quote above is very hard for me to understand..and even more difficult to believe but there must be some wisdom in it, for it is a very old, from a very "believed in and trusted" source.

I hope very much that it might help you in some way.

Even if this art piece is about what we think it is, it's still very cute. So she really deserve to be loved by anyone, including herself. Well, too sad it's not always the way we want it to be

great expression work. as though you're staring down some troll...

BlueNire You're on the right track. I think I may have an inkling of where you're coming from. 10 years ago, I did not have self-esteem. And this had an interesting, shocking effect: When my then-partner, now-husband told me "I love you" or "you are wonderful", it caused me to respect him less. Because, in the context of not having any self-esteem, it had to mean that a) he was lying, and thus worthy of my contempt or b) he was too simple to see the truth of me, and thus worthy of my contempt. Let me tell you, that jolted me. I knew that this emotional reaction was out of kilter, and that it had everything to do with me, and nothing with him. It still took an awesome counselor and years of therapy & grieving & compassion for self to get better.

And: It can get better. It takes effort, and courage, and it's do-able. And only when I believed that I was worthy of my own love and affection, could I finally accept the love and affection being shown me.

May your days be long, and your life be filled with joy.

Stop self hating *hugs* You're a wonderful person and shouldn't do that to yourself ^__^ *tosses confetti*

This is still really lovely regardless. Heres to a new year that i hope is much better off for you, draw me lots of cutie deers this year <33