/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>artist with less skill follows me
>engage with them and befriend them
>give him useful critiques and insightful advices
>see them grow as an artist and improve their craft
>tfw I helped an artist improve
Crabbing aint got nothing to such feeling of gratification.

>>6790436
>How do I stop seething at popular artists and focus on my own artwork instead?
Basically, seek your own path, understand yourself and commit to your own goals.
The reason why you are upset at other's gains is because you havent defined who you are as an artist, nor what you want to do as one. Once you figure yourself out, you will realize that most of these people's gains and goals dont align with yours, and if they do, they wont hindrance you because you have understood that you are you and they are them.

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>>6790657
>dont check social platforms too often, if at all
>engage with only your small social groups
>focus on having fun while drawing
>stop caring so much about making it big on social media
These are very helpful too.

>>6790558
This is, in my experience, one of the most soul draining things ever. Maybe it's just me, but being big among a bunch of very small people is very awful, you get the worst of big artists while still being a nobody because you're prone to being hated and it feels like you're just dealing with idiot sheeps that you NEED to shepherd around. Not to mention it says a lot about yourself as an artist if all you can do is appeal to who are smaller than you, it's like bullying kids in a playground as an adult, it's dumb.