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Anon's who gave up drawing, why did you and why are you still here?

>> No.2601351

I haven't yet but I am pretty close...

>> No.2601658

>>2601351
b'awww

>> No.2601665

>>2601351
Don't do it man, what do you have to lose? If you're close to giving up, think of why. Maybe it's because you lack some fundamental skills like rendering, which in turn makes you frustrated, so go back and study it. And if you're on the fundamentals, don't give up, you can't even imagine what cool stuff you'll be doing years from now.
Don't give up, anon.
And stay positive.

>> No.2601781

>>2601665
You are right. I am pretty young (19) and do lack the fundamentals. I just wanna do comics/cartoons shit. But with my skill level I just don't know man. I don't want some boring office job either...

>> No.2601787

>>2601781
>but with my skill level I just don't know man
>19

Good God, you are a whiner. In your heart of hearts you know you don't truly wanna make it so drop it now and spare yourself some grief.

>> No.2601793

>>2601787
You remember that anon who gave up? Yea me neither

>> No.2601798

>>2601787
You could just leave. I kinda thought the point of the thread was for me to vent, but go ahead and be butt blasted

>> No.2601802

>>2601798
I'm not buttblasted. Just wanted some insight from you about why your attitude about this is in the negative.

>> No.2601806

>>2601802
There's pressure from my mom, telling me I should look into something else.

The idea of working some boring job, and drawing being a hobby.

The idea I can never get any better.

This being the only thing Im decent at

So on and so on....

>> No.2601809

>>2601781
>I don't want some boring office job either.

Nobody WANTS that shit, anon. You take it because some day you're going to hit the age when you don't have family to help you out and it's either do for yourself or starve.

It's not ALL doom and gloom, though. Plenty of brilliant artists working today still don't make enough money off their art and have to work day jobs. Keep fuckin goin. You can put in a solid DECADE of training and not even be in your thirties.

>> No.2601816

>>2601809
Yeah I get what you're saying. Thanks.

>> No.2601945

>>2601233
I don't believe in myself and I don't see future for myself in art.

I still draw at times when I'm not working at the job I hate but I don't expect it to ever go anywhere.

>> No.2601955

>>2601233
another one do add in that graph

>feel they own the world something

>> No.2601958

>>2601233
>feel the world owes them something
I had that, and judging by my case I think ppl do it when they are told by their parents to take good grades in school and everything will be fine

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2601960

>>2601781
>thinks that drawing isnt boring office job.

>> No.2601961

>>2601233
That pic needs
"financial difficulties that prevent pursuing goals"
as well as "lost passion/desire for whatever you pursued simply due to loss of interest".

It's probably also excuses, but not less real. If my financial worries were gone, I'd have time and nerves to spend more energy on my hobbies until I can make this hobby my new job.

>inb4 Franz Kafka worked at day and wrote at night
Yes, he was quite impressive, but his job was still just a part-time job and he was a slacker there.

>> No.2602033

>>2601961
I just recently got a full-time job, and it is immensely empowering not having to worry about finances. I also get a lot of satisfaction from the idea of moonlighting my drawing practice. It may take me longer to git gud than if I were practicing all day, but I wasn't doing that even as a NEET because of anxieties and the lack of structure in my life at the time.

>> No.2602039

>>2601781
I only really started at 19. I wanted to do comics as well and this year made my first 2..
They aren't epics but it feels good to have them made.
19 is the perfect age to start, your young, you have time and you should be confident enough to know what you want to do with your life.

>> No.2602045

>>2601809
>You can put in a solid DECADE of training and not even be in your thirties.
This, holy fuck my man.

>> No.2602240

>>2602039
I am. I'm gonna keep pushing for it. And art is what I wanna do. : )

>> No.2602290

>>2601351
>>2601665
>>2601781
I hate to break it to you but if you're not enjoying it now, you'll get better but you'll never surpass someone that genuinely enjoys it and can draw for 12+ hours a day without realizing how fast the time's gone by.

I've met people in their 30's that have done it all their life to just admit they don't like it anymore and kind of never really did. That goes to say, quitting does not make your a failure as a person and you can always try different things that relate to art.

Why do you draw, Anon?

>> No.2602346

>>2601793
Yeah I do
I bookmark the threads in archives

>> No.2602401

>>2601233

because I'm back from giving up because I realized drawing is the one thing that makes me happy. Reading/writing depress me, chess depresses me more, math makes me feel autistic -- and while I wish I were one, I am not a talented composer, and that was what I wanted to be. I can compose video game music adeptly but I will never be a REAL composer.

I have some drawing talent and the time and the want and the drive. So after years of not drawing I am back

>> No.2602412

>>2601233
I tried to give up, but every time I live a crisis, I just start again. Even if I know I'll never make it, I can't stop.
I'm possessed by a demon.
Even if my blood would turn into poison and my flesh into searing smoke, I will continue drawing
even if my bones become salt and my tendons barbed wire, I will keep drawing
even if I cut my hands and suck the eyeballs out of their sockets, I will keep drawing
Nothing
can
fucking
stop
me
NOTHING

>> No.2602425

>>2602401
>math makes me feel autistic
Are you me?

>> No.2602465

>>2601233
I've never had the drive to even start.
I look at some sketches people make, and they're better than anything I've ever drawn in my entire life.
Then someone comes along and says it's shit, that the form is off or whatever when I literally could find no flaw. This is especially true in this board.
I kind of just stand back and try to enjoy it. Every time I try, my shit literally looks autistic.

>> No.2602675

>>2602290
>'ve met people in their 30's that have done it all their life to just admit they don't like it anymore and kind of never really did.


I'm kind of at this point now, I feel like Im too far in to quite now though.I'm 25 with no other prospects and am beginning to get commissions almost pro level.

It's not I don't enjoy it, but not enough to do 12 hrs a day.

My only other option is to go back to school or start some other buisness, I think I'm just gonna force myself to grind through though.The thought of a normal job sucks desu, I've had them before and I hate them while art is a lot more bearable.

>> No.2602700

>>2602675
>cont

I'm also considering becoming a teacher on skillshare or something like that.It seems you can make decent money doing it even if your not super skilled.

>> No.2602742

>tfw the magic is gone
>drawing naked ladies feels like a formula now
>constantly gridding reference
>photobash everything
>no one cares about anything in porn
>patreon has made millionaires for hacks
>why even bother drawing anything

>> No.2605038

>>2602742
Because you didn't choose art.
it was art that choosed you

>> No.2605229

>>2601233
I was tired of starting over

>> No.2605237

>>2602290
you don't have to exactly "like" doing something for it to be worth doing. nothing worth doing is easy is fun all the time. nobody "likes" drawing all day every day. maybe a handful of autists do, but that doesn't mean that pursuing something like art isn't worthwhile just because you don't share the same sort of autistic obsession with it. if you spend all your time looking for something that you "love" doing and never get tired of, you'll probably miss out on a lot of things you could have been good at and may not wind up finding anything that you "love."

i mean, really, the idea that we have to find the thing we "love" unendingly is such an incredible luxury and to me makes figuring out what you want to do crippling. do what works

>> No.2605238

>>2602742
Its called burnout anon. Its very common if you try and study everything too hard and all at once.
Force yourself to draw things that you enjoy without thinking about anatomy perspective etc, i know its hard but youll be over it soon and start liking art again

>> No.2605246
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2605246

I have mental issues. And propably ADHD if that shit isn't made up. But right now is a good time to give it another try

>> No.2605282

>>2605237
That's why I'm saying there's never a reason to feel like a failure if you quit. If you don't like it you should go find something else you like guilt free. Skills as an artist can always transfer into something else too.

What I meant is, If you don't love it now and are doing it for all the wrong reasons, doing it for 10 more years won't make you love it more even if you get better.

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2605377

I can hear all these lewd fantasies in my head screaming every night to bring them onto paper and I swear on all that's holy I'm gonna fucking do it and not even god himself can stop me

>> No.2605467

I gave up but I'm willing to try again now. This thread depresses me, and I wasted so much fucking time.

>> No.2605564

>>2605237

Keep in mind there are also successful artists who had the "I'm doing this because it beats a normal job mentality"

From Dave Ropoza

>"Up until this point, I had never felt like art was just fun. I always envied people who said that art never really felt like work. The whole "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life" never applied to me when I was working on illustration jobs. I honestly didn't know how to feel that way."

>> No.2605609

>>2605377
i believe in you and your lewd fantasies anon
you will leave mankind behind with your porn

>> No.2606507

>>2602290
Not him but I don't enjoy drawing because im bad at it. Ill still draw though and occasionally enjoy it when things are going okay. Also there is nothing else based on skill that I do that I also enjoy doing either. I hate it all because I suck.

>> No.2606519

>>2601809
>Nobody WANTS that shit, anon.
Man, fuck your opinion, I'd love to have an office job where I might sneak in some drawing practice instead of hauling fucking towbars all day.

>> No.2606618

>>2606507
If you really enjoyed it you would do everything it took to get better and stop feeling shit about being shit.

>> No.2607667

>>2605609
>lewd fantasies
>implying that 99% of millenials, thanks to the internetization of everyday life and full, free access to any kind of unreal erotica possibly conceivable have still the ability to come up with something that is not easy to label with some gelbooru tag
Keep dreaming brah

>> No.2607689

>>2606519

Technically you don't want the boring office job, you want the spare time to sneak in some drawing practice.

I hate my job and there's no way I could draw without getting caught but I'm able to spend between half an hour/an hour a day reading books there (on computer), which in turn liberates an hour to do art in the evening. This is a good compromise.