I think I speak for everyone when I say that at least once in an artist's career, they feel like they're being held back by something that keeps them from making their best pieces. This can be a fear of branching out and trying new things, or even just comparing themselves to other artists that they feel are better than them. Often times, this leads to an artist believing they'll never be good enough. I know this has happened to me before, and I know how awful it feels. I personally feel that if you are going to look at someone's art that you shouldn't compare yourself to them, but believe that one day you will be able to create something as beautiful as that other artist. Think of it as a challenge, not a defeat. For those of you who have gotten over your inhibitions, do you have some tips? And for others, what do you believe is holding you back from making your best art?
My thing is to aim for things that seem less hard to achieve. Like, if I see a super beautiful piece with an art style that would take forever to master, I just don't place it in my "goal timeline" and instead I try to find styles that are easier and try to master them first. When a piece's style is in the "hard" category, I just think that it's amazing, like it if I can, and that's all.
Oof, I've hit this before. My preferred method used to be to just drop it and try something else, but lately I've decided to just push the project to an ending point and pay attention to what I don't like in the process. I push through the drudgery, and every time I have a thought of "I really hate ___" I make note of that thing and improve upon it next time. A bit less fun, but definitely more learning and improvement that way.
That's a good way to do it! I've done that a lot to, quitting an art piece because I think it looks terrible. But now I've realized I gotta see it through to the end because hey, maybe it'll turn out better than I thought. Being an artist is so hard because while we see all the little mistakes, nobody else does.
Mostly it was just pushing through and actually finishing pieces that finally helped me draw animals, and mostly fourlegged creatures
I always compare myself to other artists, and I feel like I'm getting there step by step. It still doesn't stop me from being pessimistic about it, though. I just try and look and imagine hard on what my piece would look like, and try to replicate it even though it's not exactly how I imagine it.
atm my biggest inhibitor is me. i've been having a hard time trying to break out of my comfort zone because i keep telling myself it'll turn out bad.
