Why you do it ?

[Anonymous No.3889808]

you want to be good at it ?
it is your calling ?
want to have a job in the future ?
your good at it ?
like it ?
keeping you from killing yourself ?
doesn't have anything better to do ?
to impress other people ?
to let out your emotions ?
you are an artist ?

what's your excuse ?

[Anonymous No.3889811]

>>3889808
I started trying to draw a picture of Goku one day and said "damn I'm good" so I started drawing pictures of Pokemon and anime characters. It looked like a preschooler scribbled cave wall symbols on paper. I posted one online and it got like, 1 fav on dA. Got gigantic ego and started spamming my garbage work everywhere I could. When someone told me my art was garbage, I found your way to this place and read the sticky.
Uhhhh I guess I draw because I like it. I want to improve but I don't want to draw for a living really.
I really don't want to do anything for a living because I don't want to work but don't let my mom know that haha.

[Anonymous No.3889820]

>>3889808
I want to give the most harmful and useless advice on /ic/ and when asked to post my work actually support my bullshit with decent art

[Anonymous No.3889821]

I want to draw kyuutie ladies

[Anonymous No.3889822]

So I can talk shit on /ic/ and when people say post your work I post my work and completely and utterly destroy their asshole.

[Anonymous No.3889843]

>>3889808
I need money.

[Anonymous No.3889845]

It's fun and doesn't feel like work.

[Anonymous No.3889871]

I enjoy it on an autistic level and the end goal is to model and animate my own designs in 3d for a game and a lewd game. I still have a long ass way to go though.

[Anonymous No.3889878]

>>3889808
I just wanna feel the same high I felt when I was a kid and obsessively drew shit while my classmates praised my "skills". I wanna feel the spark again anon. I wanna feel like a human again. Why is it so difficult?

[Anonymous No.3889889]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
Yep
>it is your calling ?
Yes
>want to have a job in the future ?
I'm not sure but if I have the opportunity, why not?
>your good at it ?
Too much, only for one year of pratique
>like it ?
Yes
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Considering that my fucking bf left me two weeks ago, yes
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
Nope
>to impress other people ?
I never minded
>to let out your emotions ?
Maybe
>you are an artist ?
Nowadays I do not know what that word means, so let's say yes
>what's your excuse ?
I waste a lot of time in games

[Anonymous No.3889898]

>>3889808
>better than videogames
>can spend over 20 hours non-stop
>getting attention and compliments in social media makes me feel good

[Anonymous No.3889906]

drawing is fun but it's so painful to be bad

[Anonymous No.3889908]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it?
I wanna be so good I don't feel like is my work anymore
>it is your calling?
I guess I've never been so stubborn about anything else in my life.
>want to have a job in the future?
That would be nice.
>your good at it?
I don't think is good at all. The only input I get makes me feel like is pretty mediocre and boring to look at.
>like it?
I don't know anymore.
>keeping you from killing yourself?
These last 2 weeks I've been considering it more seriously than ever before but I don't wanna make my parents go through that shit.
>doesn't have anything better to do?
I'm a neet and scared of everything.
>to impress other people?
Yes.
>to let out your emotions?
I wanna draw cute anime people.
>you are an artist?
I'm mentally ill, I suffer over the stuff I cannot do and I may be sexually frustrated, so yes.
>what's your excuse?
I'm afraid of failing and of people making fun of me.

[Anonymous No.3890256]

>>3889808
I wanna draw my own porn...

That's pretty much it.

[Anonymous No.3890295]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
who doesn't
>it is your calling ?
i don't know, but i'm not willing to work hard in anything else so I have to go with it
>want to have a job in the future ?
I'd love to do character design or storyboards for animation, but I'm not with the in-crowd so I guess I'm happy working on my indie cringe comics
>your good at it ?
okay most times, good some times
>like it ?
i find it very gratifying to write stories and draw, especially if I meet my own intentions
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
the fact that I can draw anything I want whenever I want keeps me from killing myself, so I guess so
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
somewhat yeah, but that's not really a bad thing
>to impress other people ?
i try to tell myself i improve my drawing so i can impress myself, but at the end of the day, i really do want to be acknowledged as skilled, and if i can't get that, i just want to draw good enough that it's not distracting. we all just want to be accepted as valid artists and confirm our own beliefs.
>to let out your emotions ?
emotions as well as ideas and beliefs
you are an artist ?
im a cartoonist

what's your excuse ?
i don't have one, that's why I try to give each day my best shot and go after my ideas regardless if I think they're cliche or dumb.

[Anonymous No.3890314]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
Yes
>it is your calling ?
Absolutely
>want to have a job in the future ?
Self publishing
>your good at it ?
People say no and that's all that matters
>like it ?
Love it
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Yeah
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
I only think about drawing
>to impress other people ?
>to let out your emotions ?
Art is communication so yeah
>you are an artist ?
Yes
>what's your excuse ?
Literally all the odds are against me

[Anonymous No.3890357]

>>3890256
This. And I want to share my ideas with like-minded individuals. And make money.

[Anonymous No.3890360]

>>3889808
To have a job to eventually be able to support a wife and family.

[Anonymous No.3890435]

Started doing for fun.
Stay for the money.

[Anonymous No.3892053]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
I want to feel comfortable with what I can do to the point I can allow myself to put on paper what's on my mind. I come up ith stories that I want to illustrate.

>it is your calling ?
I guess, it's something that comes from within. I can't help but to do it. Otherwise I feel like something's out fo place.

>want to have a job in the future ?
Not related to my art. I might sell stuff. But I'm not nor will I be a drone wasting my skill on doing shit for people I don't care for. Much less some sort of company

>your good at it ?
I think I'm intermediate tier. Still /beg/ in some aspects. I'm doing my best.

>like it ?
Yes. It's the best thing in the world.

>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Makes my life more bearable.

>doesn't have anything better to do ?
There are few "better" things one could do

>to impress other people ?
No. I prefer /ic/ bullying me rather than empty "looks good" comments

>to let out your emotions ?
Sometmes

>you are an artist ?
I like to think I am, albeit not the most consistant nor diciplined.

>what's your excuse ?
I'm a messy person with really bad discipline. I'm struggling to stabilize my life as well and that makes it harder to set time to draw.

[Anonymous No.3892106]

>>3889808
Is everyone on this board trying to get a job? I just draw because it's fun and relaxing.

[Anonymous No.3892110]

>>3892106
ngmi

[Anonymous No.3892120]

>you want to be good at it ?
Yes.
>it is your calling ?
Yes.
>want to have a job in the future ?
Already pays my bills, but I want bigger gigs.
>your good at it ?
I'm always self-critical to keep myself from stagnating, but other think I'm good enough to hire me.
>like it ?
Yes.
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
That would be my family.
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
I like programming and computer science, but don't like doing it as a job. Maybe I could've been teaching it instead.
>to impress other people ?
Used to, but stopped caring about it.
>to let out your emotions ?
Yes.
>you are an artist ?
Yes.
>what's your excuse ?
Wasting too much time on /ic/ and other irrelevant shit. Filling this stupid fucking form while I could've been finishing my commissions.

[Anonymous No.3892130]

>>3892120
>Already pays my bills, but I want bigger gigs.

How does it pay your bills anon? Do you live in a cardboard box?

[Anonymous No.3892139]

I feel like I have untapped potential, but I lack the tools and skills. This could be said of music as well.

I want to slowly change careers (currently a web developer), but I'm getting old, currently 29. My current job is good, no pressure, shitty pay that still allows me to save some. Sometimes I stop coding and think "why the fuck do I do this?" and all motivation is gone. I was not made to be a programmer at all. I always work at a 40% capacity.

I might go towards graphic/web design, but they say it's an even worse hell hole. I have no idea where to go creatively from here. I still can't draw for shit.

So... I just want to improve and see what I produce from there.

[Anonymous No.3892148]

>>3889808
Pretty much all of this

[Anonymous No.3892151]

>>3889820

[Anonymous No.3892523]

I haven't felt genuine emotions in a long time. There are some days I go without saying a single word that isn't explicitly work-related. And up until very recently, I spent the majority of my life hoping I could hurry up and die

But when I draw, I feel so much lighter, and I'd like to spend the rest of my life feeling lighter

[Anonymous No.3892697]

>>3889808

[Anonymous No.3892704]

>>3892139
I wish you luck.

[Anonymous No.3892708]

>>3889808
It's the only thing I'm good at

[Anonymous No.3892711]

>>3892139
i'm in a similar position, let's keep going and see what happens

[Anonymous No.3892723]

>>3889808
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL SURPASS US IN CREATIVITY IN A FEW YEARS.

THERE'S NO POINT.

[Anonymous No.3892724]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
Who doesn't want to be good at a highly coveted hobby like drawing? If I had to relinquish all my worldly possessions to attain KJG levels of skill I would do so in a heart beat/

>it is your calling ?
I don't think so. I don't believe I'm destined to be an artist like what other delusional people believe. I have other career interests and art isn't necessarily the one that comes to mind.

>want to have a job in the future ?
That's the dream, but I'm not sure if it's something I want for the future just yet.

>your good at it ?
It's the only thing I can really say I'm above average in skill in, so I guess?

>like it ?
Probably the only thing I can say with confidence that I'm interested in enough to say I'm passionate about. Maybe I'm not extremely passionate about it but there is a drive for improvement.

>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Not necessarily, but it certainly beats the shit out of playing vidya all day I can tell you that much.

>doesn't have anything better to do ?
I have plenty of other things to do, but "better"? Not really.

>to impress other people ?
Absolutely. Tbh I do really like the attention sometimes and it helps me validate myself. It allows me to tell other people that hey I've got an interesting hobby too and I'm not some loser who spends all his time playing vidya (Which I kinda do anyway)

>to let out your emotions ?
Nah I'm pretty unemotional so it's hard for me to wrap my mind around people using art as a way to express their emotion. I use it as more of a way to express my knowledge rather than my emotion. (Also to draw cute anime grills)

>you are an artist ?
Nah. I'm can't express my knowledge in a creative way not nearly well enough to call myself an artist.

>what's your excuse ?
Not disciplined enough to draw everyday. I'm taking a life drawing class right now but I don't do nearly as much outside of class as I should.

[Anonymous No.3892885]

>>3889808
>keeping you from killing yourself
isn't that why anybody does anything

[Anonymous No.3892968]

>>3892723
We're generations from anything resembling true AI, and especially with AI that can replace creativity.

This is one of the dumbest memes around right now. If you look at the what the people actually researching AI say, you won't see AI in your lifetime. They don't even know what the vaguest image of what it will be, let alone capable of, even if it's possible.

[Anonymous No.3893021]

>>3890256
this too.
I want to do my own porn games without having to rely on commissions to get art...

[Anonymous No.3893131]

well only started drawing bcuz I wanted to make animation. but its to time consuming and I cant even figure how to use the programs. so I started drawing comics instead to tell stories

do I like drawing? I feel good if I draw something I liked. otherwise no I hate drawing anything not comic related.

I want to kill myself for other reasons but making stories is something thats purposeful atleast for me.

I would love to get paid doing it aince it already kinda feels like a job most of the time lol.

im not horrible atleast when drawing the comic otherwise all my art is /beg/ tier. and I want to improve to impress people so I always draw at my best and make an active effort to always improve since I have along way to go.

I did have some inborn talent to copy drawings at an early age which I kind off lost since I dont have the patience required anymore at least drawing normally

I guess I dont have much better to do so it is kind off productive. its probably not my calling but its a nice medium to let out thoughts and emotions

[Anonymous No.3893187]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
I want to be great at it
>it is your calling ?
no idea but im gonna try anyway
>want to have a job in the future ?
would be nice
>your good at it ?
not yet
>like it ?
I like the idea of it, in reality it frustrates me
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
eh
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
theres a lot I could do, I just chose this
>to impress other people ?
Sort of
>to let out your emotions ?
A bit
>you are an artist ?
Meh, fuck that word. I'm more like a craftsman
>what's your excuse ?
I just want to put more good art out there so when I shit on DA tier 6years no improvement art I can back up my claim, there's too much quantity, I want more quality.

[Anonymous No.3896270]

>you want to be good at it ?
Yes
>it is your calling ?
No
>want to have a job in the future ?
I already plan to get a job in a different field - if I get good enough my art will completment it will and perhaps provide a small bit of side income
your good at it ?
God no.
like it ?
Kinda.
keeping you from killing yourself ?
Not really.
doesn't have anything better to do ?
I definitely do.
to impress other people ?
Yes.
to let out your emotions ?
Yes.
you are an artist ?
Not really.

what's your excuse ?
I want to make my own extremely specific fetish porn like the masters that came before me and make my waifu games.

[Anonymous No.3897511]

I want to put my heart and soul into someone... I've been drawing since I can remember, so I want to try and do my best to become good at it

[Anonymous No.3899336]

>>3889808
I like to bring imagination into reality. I like the sole idea of that, seeing what is made in fiction. It gives me a certain high that I can't put to words. Art is the most visual form of this so I chose to pursue it.

[Anonymous No.3899369]

>>3889808
I don't know how to start back. I lost the fire I had for art. I don't know how to find it again, or what it was in the first place.

Back in college I met an exchange student. I showed her my art and my site as we got to know each other. She loved the art I did, and thought it was so interesting. She encouraged me to keep doing it, so I did. I tried harder knowing I had someone in my corner backing me.
I improved so much during this time, and gained a large following for myself. Every time I posted art it was a big deal.
We would watch the likes/reblogs/shares/follows pour in with every knew piece I posted. Every victory I had, I had someone to share it with.

A few months pass and I wake up to a message. Her parents no longer have the funds to support her studies and she has to go back to her country. I never hear from her again.
This lights a fire like none other. I work my ass off, posting new art every day. I work hard to improve more in one week than I do in a month. My following grows more and more, and so did my skill. I felt nothing from it though, I was just fueled by the thought that she was still out there watching me.

As the saying goes though, time heals all wounds, and eventually I came to the hard conclusion that she's not watching me. She's moved on and so should I.

I delete my art sites and haven't brought myself to finish a drawing since then. All I do is a few sketch every week or so.

I don't know what it's gonna take to become motivated again

[Anonymous No.3899434]

>>3899369
it sounds like you were never that interested in creating art for yourself in the first place. everything that drove you was for external reasons, either the praise from that woman or the praise you got online. that's understandable, considering how many people get into playing music for the sole reason of getting women/popularity.

if you truly care about this hobby/skill, you should grind every day, regardless of how you feel about it. that could mean tossing out your old thought process/style and start entering new territory or maybe something more difficult. i am sure that if you are truly motivated you will find this "rock bottom" point the best thing that ever happened to you for your progression. just an idea

[Anonymous No.3899445]

>>3899369
cute history

[Anonymous No.3899447]

>>3889808
I JUST WANT TO DRAW CUTE GIRLS DOING CUTE THINGS AHHHHHHHHH

[Anonymous No.3899554]

I used to be motivated by getting praise from people around me, and tried to one up the other artists in my grade at school but I realised that thinking like that would make me miserable in the long run. I ended up liking the process of making art, constantly having to improve yourself. I also like using art as a storytelling medium, I might try to shoot for a job related to that in the future.

[Anonymous No.3899808]

I wanted to draw a comic so I started practicing.

[Anonymous No.3899814]

>>3889808
I just kind of live in my head a lot, so I'm just forcing myself to get it down on (digital) paper

I think it really started when I won a book because of a picture I did as a kid.

[Anonymous No.3901925]

[Anonymous No.3902186]

>>3890256
>>3890357
Wow what a great, honourable motivation that doesn't make you look like an immature perv!
Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.3902192]

>>3899336
Now THIS is a good, honourable motivation.

[Anonymous No.3902555]

>>3902186
You look down on simple honesty and act pretentious over drawing pictures which ironically makes you seem very immature

[Anonymous No.3902717]

I draw because it let's me make the stuff I want to see more of, and to give other people their own ideas.

[Anonymous No.3903121]

I just want to be able to draw simple landscapes, buildings, and characters for my d&d campaigns. I can explain things well, but an image of what I want the players to see is super important.

[Anonymous No.3903128]

I want to be good at it so I can draw from third world countries and still earn usd thru freelance

[Anonymous No.3903134]

It is fun, I like it, It makes me happy

[Anonymous No.3903139]

>you want to be good at it ?
Yes
>it is your calling ?
No
>want to have a job in the future ?
I wouldn't mind commission or contract
>your good at it ?
/beg/
>like it ?
Yeah
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Meh nah
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
I do, but I use it to procrastinate.
>to impress other people ?
How I started.
>to let out your emotions ?
Yes now it's like this sometimes
>you are an artist ?
Yeah

>what's your excuse ?
Nothing anymore. I don't want to be beg anymore so I'll draw until I'm satisfied and making money.

[Anonymous No.3903162]

I've been a NEET ever since finishing trade school and doing nothing about it. I'm too incompetent and socially retarded to have a real job so I've been trying to get back into drawing for the past year. I was always into art but on a non-serious cringey fan art level. I've improved some over the last months but my end goal is to just get extra money from commissions on top of my neet bux.

I guess I also do it cause I'm highly motivated and it's a hobby I invested in the longest so I'm scared to drop it and regret it later like some old fags who just picked up a pen.

[Anonymous No.3903183]

>>3889808
>You want to be good at it?
Absolutey, only thing that matters alot to me.
>Is it your calling?
Closest thing to a calling i can think of
>want a job in the future?
Idk, ideally it would be a dream, but im worried about the practicality of working as an artist. Currently studying CS for money
>your good at it
All my normie/discord friends and family say i am, im sure im middling/below average to /ic/

Personally hate my own work.
>Like it?
When i make something i am proud of? Yes.
>keeping you from killing yourself
This i suppose
>Doesn't have anything better to do?
I don't really, but i could be wasting time playing games all day if i wasn't motivated
>to impress others?
Maybe a little, but not a huge priority.
>you are an artist?
I suppose so.

Pic related of recent shit im proud of.

[Anonymous No.3903185]

>>3892885
Not if you are an NPC.

[Anonymous No.3903189]

>you want to be good at it ?
Yes
>it is your calling ?
Yes
>want to have a job in the future ?
Ehh
>your good at it ?
It depends of who i'm being compared to
>like it ?
Not really, i justfeel an impulse to do it
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
I'm not gay
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
I do, drawing is a tool for procrastination
>to impress other people ?
Fuck other people
>to let out your emotions ?
Already said i'm not gay
>you are an artist ?

>what's your excuse ?

[Anonymous No.3903197]

>to let out your emotions?
Something like that. Being a dysfunctional fucko, it's difficult for me to find a connection with others. That includes connecting with others' conveyance of ideas. I want to be able to portray sentiments, aesthetics or vague emotions that I myself have, but which I can't communicate in plain conversation or find in media.
Admittedly, that rationale helps me daydream about having skill more so than it helps me actually get better. I'll try to gain a better work ethic.

[Anonymous No.3903230]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
Trying hard
>it is your calling ?
I hate to do everything else, so its my only option
>want to have a job in the future ?
Already got a job
>your good at it ?
Fake it till you make it
like it ?
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Death is boring, no game of thrones and other cheap entertainment
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
Nope
>to impress other people ?
Hell yea, Ego boost all the way!
>to let out your emotions ?
Alcohol is better medium for that
>you are an artist ?
Im only human

[Anonymous No.3903299]

Because it isn't there.

[Anonymous No.3903404]

>>3889808
Used to be shut at everything as a kid, especially maths. Was working with my mother once and she allowed me to draw something to take a break from studying for a math test. I made a doodle of a simple water mug that she used to give me warm calming baths in, was one of my favorite things. The drawing was shit, but her reaction really sparked my want to keep illustrating. But I never really spread my talents and now I'm stagnated in the same place I was 5 years ago.

It sucks because I have countless ideas, stories, adaptations of stuff like Paradise Lost, etc...and I can't make it truly mine.

It's like being illiterate when you have countless books and stories in you and you can't share it with the people around you, so you're always muted by your own laziness and lost time.

[Anonymous No.3903555]

>>3889808
>you want to be good at it ?
yes
>it is your calling ?
yes
>want to have a job in the future ?
no
>your good at it ?
No
>like it ?
yes/no
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
Fuck no
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
Yes
>to impress other people ?
No
>to let out your emotions ?
No
>you are an artist ?
No

I want to be the change I want to see in the world. I want make good stories and comics. It doesn't have to be fast, but I want to make a lot of good art in the world with a good story attached and waifus.

[Anonymous No.3903558]

>>3899814
man these are some rad doodles

[Anonymous No.3903561]

>>3889811
>I really don't want to do anything for a living because I don't want to work but don't let my mom know that haha.
based

[Anonymous No.3903562]

>>3889808

>you want to be good at it ?
i need to be
>it is your calling ?
no
>want to have a job in the future ?
yes
>your good at it ?
no
>like it ?
maybe someday when i dont suck as much
>keeping you from killing yourself ?
for now
>doesn't have anything better to do ?
no
>to impress other people ?
only the people I need to
>to let out your emotions ?
yes i grind fucking loomis to let out my emotions (no)
>you are an artist ?
no
>what's your excuse ?
i'm retarded


really fucking important thread btw