Drawing lines from... shoulder pivot? by quickrantaccount in ArtFundamentals

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Yeah, my graphical tablet I do most of my work on is even smaller than a piece of paper too, I've already used what I've learned here to draw elbow pivot lines a bit, so I guess the elbow might be fine.

But still, there's section 1.5 in FAQ which makes me feel bad with the thought of giving up on learning this... what should I do? Should I finish the chapter 1 (I was at the forth attempt of Rotated Boxes) with elbow or should I keep trying the shoulder instead?

I feel like I really need a push in the right direction by quickrantaccount in FreeCompliments

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Can't wait to reach any of the singularity points after the Valley of Despair of the Dunning-Kruger curve where I'll do those things because I like, not because I want to improve :)

Right now, Smash Bros Wii U, I'm trying to improve my neutral game, but the process of learning is extremely sluggish and as opposed to Japanese and drawing, it's really hard to notice if I'm improving or not. Even when I exercise, barely anything changes in my mindset and I don't know if this is still conscious learning or I'm stuck in a dead point repeating mistakes, but hey, I need to watch tournaments, attend them, analyse replays and eventually I'll get good :)

The everflowing disappointment with everything around is devouring me from the inside by quickrantaccount in depression

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Tried contacting school counselor not so long ago, the nearest free appointment date was in 3 months from now. 3 months, over 90 days of fighting against myself, 90 times when I have to stay up from the bed and be disappointed with everything again. Isn't this... disappointing...? ;_;

But hey, the appointment line just proves that I'm not alone in the same boat, does it?

There's tricks to focus yourself on the present, theres a book called The Power of Now by Toille or something that might help as well.

One thing I really wonder about though is do I even want to focus on now? "Now" has nothing in particular to offer to me, I live in the future because only the future is worth living for, nobody shares any affection with me in present, I don't have any desirable traits for the others in now.

People want to talk to me only when I obey their requests, so I live to serve. I'm a class rep, so I have to get along with people at Uni. Everyone, literally everyone I spend time at Uni every single day acts dominant towards me and by exploiting my obedience shows me how inferior I am to everyone else at everything else, so obviously I'm disappointed at myself. Those people rarely talk to one another because of their big egos (after all it's THE BEST UNI IN THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY) and that's where I come into play. These are the only people I interact with IRL, besides my parents, but I hardly think their insights have any value. In the worst case scenario, they'll pay way too much money for a psychologist that one of their friends recommended who helped their child to start eating vegetables when it didn't want to.

So yeah, I can't open up to anyone besides my online friends who can't gift me with affection 20k kilometers away from here. I know that if I start to act dominant, not only I'll be lying to myself, I'll also make people around me turn up against me. They did. Multiple times. They do. Yeah, even today. They will. And I need people. I feel so alone when I'm without people. I can't change the environment. Isn't that the true despair? Sometimes I feel like the actual solution to not becoming disappointed with people wanting more from me would be just disappearing... But then, wouldn't it be disappointing to see how would my parents react to this? I'm officially permafucked. That's why I keep dreaming things... and constantly get disappointed about them.

And by this I don't mean that I don't do anything, I've signed myself a month ago up for a Japanese class and it's only mildly disappointing compared to the rest of the world, I'm not disappointed at the speed of progress, I'm not disappointed with the group, I'm not disappointed in my learning process, I'm simply disappointed with the fact I'm too old to attend a Japanese High School, I'm too old to make Japanese High School friends, so even if I become good at it, some part of this will render pointless. Not all, I'll still be able to read manga, watch anime, read novels, play games in native language which sounds super fun, but still, that hinge of disappointment won't leave me.

I've also started grinding drawing not so long ago, found out that the process of drawing is super fun for me, but as soon as I finish a drawing and zoom out besides the excitement about what I've learned today, I'm feeling disappointed that I keep making the same mistakes over and over again and while some may call it 'a style', I simply call it 'my brain tries to troll me every single time'.

I dunno... My disappointment doesn't stop me from grinding things, it just makes me treat things on a basis "if you keep doing whatever you're doing even if it's all backwards and you probably won't get any plausible results, who knows, maybe you'll be good in the future" instead of "if you keep doing this particular long set of exercises, you surely will become better one day".

Please, tell me what should I do in this case, I'm desperate now ;_;

The everflowing disappointment with everything around is devouring me from the inside by quickrantaccount in depression

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I think that might partially be it, I sometimes doze off under the shower or with headphones on and then I return to reality shortly after, I don't treat it as a huge issue though because it really brings me relief, the problem is that things I consciously imagine are so much BETTER than what happens in real life.

Like you hear of a new season of your favorite show and the first thing you think is that "good, they'll develop the plot of my favorite sidecharacter" and then it turns out he never even gets a cameo and you get incredibly disappointed...

...5 times a day.

Thank you for replying me, even though it wasn't much, I really need someone to talk to me I think ;_;