/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5187439
When I was a kid I was also fantastic (for my age) at drawing. I was just the guy who could draw. I made other kids feel bad because they would just feel lost. They felt like there was no point in even trying to compete.

When I got older I realized used to draw a lot and I haven't really done it much, and I caught myself thinking I could if I wanted to.

I remember once in 2010 or so I commented on this picture of a car design on facebook and I just said it was ugly or something and someone told me that if i think i can do better i should design my own car.

So I sat down and drew maybe the most pathetic and embarrassing drawing ever. I wish I still had it. Showed a total lack of understanding of proportion, perspective, anything appealing whatsoever.

Was a real wakeup call. A reality check. So I started watching videos on youtube on how to draw cars. I would draw them on post it notes at my cubical back when I worked at this bank.

And at the end of the day, I just learned that I really really fucked myself over with that egotistical shit.

It's so cringe looking back. I set myself back decades.

And here's the real moral of the story. I think the reason I wasn't drawing for a long time is because I was afraid of failure. I was afraid that if I actually tried it would be shitty. It would be like getting a C on an assignment. And I'd rather get the 0, so that I could tell people that if I had actually tried it would be great.

It's so immature and such a terrible toxic, unproductive mindset.

So ... you must get rid of that ego. You must make mistakes. Accept you suck, and work through being shitty. Your potential isn't worth anything. It's a check you can't cash.

You are only worth what you can do right now.