/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I haven't spoken to a real human being (aside from shit like bus drivers and cashiers) in over 2 years now

>>3905787
I'm always wary because these fuckers have no way of accurately assessing skill and you know very well how far you have to go before even being competent, but if you try to explain they will just think you have no confidence or lack self esteem.

Just take the compliment with a smile and shut your mouth, you can have a serious conversation with anyone who actually knows their shit and can critique properly. Besides if someone likes your stuff that's fine, even if you're being complimented purely out of politeness that's fine. You can be platonic friends with anyone, they might be helpful to you. Just see it as a pat on the back for your progress so far. Try to ignore it when people have misconceptions like ''you're so creative so obviously you can do my interior decoration/garnish the food/draw [subject you have never drawn before] in [medium you have never used]''. Keep your talk short and don't go on diatribes

>>3905787

>>3905787
aaaand this is why you don't have any friends

>>3905828
Not true.
Im best friends with your mum.

>>3905787
>"be platonic, they may be useful"
>which use?
>decide to libate their fears
>couldbespiders.jpg
>base all further compositions on silhouettes of arachnids and counts of 8
>slowly wither away their psyche with each subsequent piece
>they've already invested energy, its too difficult to divert away
>"wow anon.. this is great,,,"
>a mark was glanced
>"oh cool..."
>you drive your proboscis deeper
>suckling the negative energy, you take it within
>"the strong must be built from the weak"
>you've taken this literally
>drowning in the souls of the normies you ascend
>degenerates take note of your new art
>"do you let the degens get close to you? how do you deal...?"
>stop
>now you've become the normies.

how could you let this happen?

>>3905840
OK

>>3905840
this is why you shouldn't study buttpiracy

>>3905805
hm just go to some random discord or something?

if you feel lonely that is

>>3905814
Silly of you to lecture other anons when you only have 300 twitter followers.

>>3905840
Thoroughly enjoyed this

is net working a real thing? I keep seeing it everywhere here but I just want to make it with my drawing alone, I really don't want to engage with people

>>3905895
A simple comment to another person is networking

>>3905895
>I really don't want to engage with people
Same. Just started up socials after a long time and the thought of interacting with others without being able to call them out if they're faggots makes we want to vomit.
Nowadays, you gotta go on full turbosociopath if you want to make it.

>>3905893
I don't have a twitter and that post was in no way a lecture, you are dumb as a brick

The way I write and express myself makes them understand pretty soon that I'm not that social person that'll befriend anyone and they can't ask me for free shit cause I'll just say I won't do it and I don't care if you don't like it.

>>3906478
and even my clients somehow understand that I'll do it my way and I'll take my time and I prefer not getting paid at all than doing a job their way

In general, no. It's hard to mesh with people who don't speak your language. I know I'm probably their first point of contact with an artist and I do my best to represent everyone on their behalf by being the self flagellating weirdo that I am so they never say stupid things to artists ever again.

>>3905787
>being an artist makes you friends

I dunno why this is always the fucking case.

>Not just having all your friends be creative people so you can do collabs on all sorts of shit like music and art
>Not having to worry about hurting each other's feelings because you genuinely respect each other's opinions and skills in a particular medium, and they understand the point of critiques

Feels great bros.

>>3905787
I have trust issues so the only ones I let close are usually also art people, but even then, my trust in them isn't even 10%

btw this is an imaginary situation. I do t really have any friends.

>>3905787
>alienating your audience
NGMI

>>3906601
>being friends with "creative" degenerates

That's pretty much how I've made 90% of my art friends. But being able to also draw keeps it interesting. We can do trades and stuff.

>>3905890
where to begin

>>3907577
We all just grew up together doing creative shit.
We've always been a tight knit group that has fun making stuff, playing music, and shit like that. We used to make little movies for fun and laughs. Someone was in charge of music, another in charge of the camera, another made the "cover" or did sets and stuff. We all kind of fell into our own things, but we all have overlapping hobbies and stuff.

It's not like I went to a gallery to some weirdo and asked to be friends.