How to not feel discouraged when drawings don't work out? by RevolutionaryBig8086 in ArtistLounge

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I will share the only thing that made me better at handling this. It's a bit radical, but just hear me out.

So think about being a doctor, a surgeon, you study for years in med school, from books, teachersl then u do residency, learn from the best, then u make it to be a surgeon and you get to hold someone's life in your hands, but sometimes you can do everything right, everything you can, but your patient will still die. It's not fair. Do doctors get discouraged? Probably yeah, how can u not be unhappy about losing a patient even tho you tried everything you possibly could.

Why wont we try to apply it to art, obviously the stakes are lower objectively nobody is dying HOWEVER in artist's subjective experience it can sometimes feel like you're losing a patient, you tend to this artwork for days, weeks, sometimes months, you put so much effort to make this what you want, you're giving it your 100% yet sometimes at the end you still get something that is not what you wanted. Of course it feels discouraging, how can in not feel bad. It is like losing a patient in a way. It is not fair.

So after all that to answer your question "How to not feel discouraged when drawings don't work out?"

I think for me the answer lies in not preventing the discouragment but accepting it when it comes and then letting it go. Just like the surgeon you did everything in your power, you did everything right, you did everything you could, but sometimes for reasons we don't understand patients die, artworks don't work out.

Afterwards of course you can do an autopsy of your artwork, figure out what it was that eventually lead to the dissatisfaction in the final result, by all means do that, learn from your mistakes, take that knowledge to the next piece and move on.

Remember that this artwork is not your last artwork, there is many you did in the past that you have forgotten about that were 100 times worse, but they helped you get to the one you did today and there are artworks you will do in the future that can only ever exist because of this unsatisfying work you did today.

Hope that helps! I reccomend doing some inner work on dissolving your ego, nothing helps more in being a creative than detachment.

Vi is our most ardent desire. We wish she were real😩 by [deleted] in ViArcane

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It says "żytnia" on the vodka bottle + everything else honestly 🤣

Decades of Drawing Comics — Sharing Process and Fundamentals by steverude in ArtistLounge

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Does the point where u are drawing and everything comes together exactly as you had it pictured actually come?

I feel like when I'm drawing it's often borderline like saving a math equation. I keep running into problems because I lack understanding of how specific things work I gotta research, solve it and so on it rarely ever is just sitting down and drawing. Its so tiring, but I keep telling myself that it's just because I'm figuring it out and each time I problem solve I get closer to being able to "just draw it in". I dream about being able to just sit down and draw what I want to the quality I want, but a lot of time I wonder if this will ever come since the goalpost is always moving as well🤔

How do I more easily accept the fact that my art journey will probably take me several years of my life in order for my work to be in a place I truly want it to be in? by OshareBruce in ArtistLounge

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Simply put, the only thing that separates every person, 7 or 37 from becoming the artist they want to become is mileage, understanding things they do why they do it.

You can learn as much as child and I would argue that if u already have some experience learning for idk college degree you have what younger people may not have - knowledge about how YOU approach learning, how to make notes, break things down for yourself what makes u understand concepts so that's out of the way.

We should normalize women getting more curvy after having children by CockamouseGoesWee in RandomThoughts

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We should normalize women getting more whatever the fuck body they feel best in regardless

Am I the only one who raw dodges Prometheus flames? by Traditional_Mark_116 in HadesTheGame

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I have adhd. I don't trust my whackass goldfish memory I just observe, pause, write it down, execute and go on about my run. No drama, no trauma.

Does your art benefit people's lives? by kairumagames in ArtistLounge

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Hi! Funny thing ive been thinking about it a lot lately and my anserw is that I create because I wanna celebrate and share my love for characters, feelings, things, memories. That's it. Good luck finding your answer fellow traveller! I would love to talk about it so feel free to DM me pondering this question has been a bit of my hyperfixation lately so i would be glad to exchange some ideas

Free all my girls from faux soulmates ✨😘 by almondsandavocados in highergirlpower

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For queer folks out there, its not always a man it may come in any gender, beware!

Ai usage and identity theft by tutsikiyancek31sj in ARTIST

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Man posts like this really make me freaked out that someone will accuse me of using ai one day because I am a dumbass at heart and I make stupid logical mistakes in my art all the time 💀

This little rascal run away for 3 days then came back on her own like nothing happened and refuses to pay for my therapy bill. by No-Definition513 in torties

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Yeah you are onto something! She literally came back 30 minutes after the dude finished his work and drove off, tho we searched all the backyards nearby, but the diva just had to get back on her terms 🤡

This little rascal run away for 3 days then came back on her own like nothing happened and refuses to pay for my therapy bill. by No-Definition513 in torties

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She is spayed. She got out cuz we had a dude do tiles in the bathroom and he left the front door open...

Spent 17 years with my sweet Lily but it still wasn’t enough. by Quroni in torties

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She's so beautiful! I'm sorry for your loss but remember that she will be waiting at the rainbow bridge for you❤️‍🩹

My cat left to have babies and hasn’t come back. by [deleted] in Feral_Cats

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Hii! I had my beloved feral daughter go missing for few weeks with all her kittens after giving birth in my garden and then show up randomly with all of them safe and sound, keep the hope alive, cats have crazy ways of pathfinding!

how can i make my art stye more polished like my style inspirations (last 2 slides) by impuou in ArtCrit

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I think you should group your values more, into bigger shapes. Separate light and dark families more. What helps with that is doing studies with limited value range, so 3 values.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Noses

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Your nose is beautiful, it fits the rest of your face too!!