What is your deepest fear as an artist?

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Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:20:21 2019 No.4087110 [Reply] [Original]

What is your deepest fear as an artist?

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:21:20 2019 No.4087111 death

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:21:37 2019 No.4087113 >>4087110 Never getting the passion back

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:25:20 2019 No.4087116 File: 43 KB, 450x638, george_detail_head_torso_hi.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087110 Not getting a gf

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:33:24 2019 No.4087124 >>4087110 selling out

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:44:29 2019 No.4087134 >>4087110 hurting my dominant hand or losing eyesight

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 05:49:41 2019 No.4087138 >>4087110 loomis

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:09:16 2019 No.4087159 >>4087134 This. Also, losing all my current works due to fire or flood.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:13:09 2019 No.4087164 be too acknowledged and lose control and never getting acknowledged

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:19:05 2019 No.4087172 Not really fear but I'm kinda worry about what would happen to all of my stuff when I die.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:19:10 2019 No.4087173 Being ngmi forever.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:27:16 2019 No.4087177 Not being able to make any money off of it, and it's the case so it came true even trough i'm a decent artist. I hate this fucking world so much

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:31:23 2019 No.4087182 Waking up one day and only being able to draw gay men

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:49:02 2019 No.4087200 >>4087173 ngmi

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 06:55:55 2019 No.4087203 File: 85 KB, 676x380, 1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Never being able to work on what I want.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:05:58 2019 No.4087208 >>4087124 Then you will.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:07:57 2019 No.4087209 File: 111 KB, 465x700, c910bf59ef763c84514752b845c6c34c.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087203 >tfw I wanted to choose this as oppic first Wtf man?

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:30:59 2019 No.4087233 fooling my self that i am artist

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:37:07 2019 No.4087251 File: 245 KB, 1200x785, proxy.duckduckgo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087233 I wouldnt worry so much about that, it seams lucrative

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:50:55 2019 No.4087267 >>4087110 I've already accepted I'm NGMI, my fear is ending up with no time and energy to draw at the end of a work day.

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:53:06 2019 No.4087269

Stagnation. you know those images where it like "this is my art 5 years ago, this is my art now" and there is almost no improvement? That sort of stuff. Worse level of that would be regressing. Sometimes I fear that I have no vision, but most people have reacted positively to my character designs, even on /ic/, so I just chalk that up to my shitty self esteem.
>>4087113
This sounds scary. Most of my time is spent drawing, so if I lost my passion for that, what the fuck would I spend my time on? I guess I would find something else, but it just sounds horrible.
>>4087134
This one too. There's no telling if I get into an accident or something tomorrow and lose my hand or eyes or some shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 07:56:47 2019 No.4087271 File: 338 KB, 684x1031, 1545663957900.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] be one of those losers starving all their lives, just to have their paintings woth millions of dollars a hundred years later

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 08:02:02 2019 No.4087274 >>4087110 getting locked up for it

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 08:46:30 2019 No.4087322 >>4087110 starting and being shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 09:28:01 2019 No.4087345 Drawing

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 09:42:15 2019 No.4087359 >>4087110 Loosing my drawing hand.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 09:46:29 2019 No.4087363 Health problems / injuries that might cause me to stop drawing. Also loneliness forever.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 10:39:43 2019 No.4087423 that I'll spend years passively developing the idea I have for my Big Awesome Project but never actually start working on it, then eventually my art career will end without producing anything of any worth or substance

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 10:41:21 2019 No.4087427 That I'll die before being able to complete any of the comics I've wanted to make, that I get my drawing hand injured, and that I lose the passion entirely.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 10:44:36 2019 No.4087429 >>4087423 That is actually happening to me right now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 11:05:12 2019 No.4087461 >>4087110 Beyond my comics NOT being successful and giving me a sustainable lifestyle- An even worse fate would be that I never even finish one.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 11:12:25 2019 No.4087474 >>4087110 A deteriorating eyesight.

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 11:16:47 2019 No.4087489
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>>4087116
Go out more & meet more girls in flirty situations. You will probably fail. A LOT. Expect it before having a yes.
>>4087124
>>4087173
>>4087182
>>4087203
>>4087233
It entirely depends on YOU.
>>4087461
>>4087427
>>4087423

Better put in work NOW then, you never know when you gotta go.
>>4087363
>>4087359
>>4087269
You have your brain,your hands & your eyes NOW? Use them wisely, NOW.
>>4087322
Never start, and you'll never be anything.
>>4087274
Avoid illegal subjects? Shouldn't be hard for someone with a healthy psyché.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 11:17:49 2019 No.4087493 >>4087474 Are your eyes good now? Yes? Draw while it lasts!

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 11:27:10 2019 No.4087512 Becoming successful and having fans dox me

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 12:39:58 2019 No.4087617

>>4087489
>Go out more & meet more girls in flirty situations
Where to find these "flirty situations"?
I'm already going to gym 3 times a week but there's barely any girls who aren't in a committed relationship or already have kids but at least it gives me an opportunity to practice talking to women.

Still I don't know where to find opportunities to go beyond smalltalk.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 13:39:06 2019 No.4087694 File: 65 KB, 775x648, Its+probably+glorious+asian+engineering+we+make+our+lives+better+_20bbe7657a366cc56c3ff96e6e180784.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not being good enough

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 13:49:29 2019 No.4087708 >>4087110 taxes

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 14:37:42 2019 No.4087778 >>4087110 NOT GETTING A GF AAAHHH GODDAMMIT I AM SO LONELY AND HORNY

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 14:43:47 2019 No.4087789 File: 39 KB, 248x274, 1445981376884.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087110 I just want to give her a hug. oof. Right in the kokoro.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 14:49:55 2019 No.4087801 >>4087110 Stagnation/the plateau. I always want to be learning and improving.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 14:56:23 2019 No.4087814 >>4087110 To lose my love for art and my drawing hand too

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 14:58:14 2019 No.4087816 >>4087617 it's bad advice. good for getting a ho, not a good woman. for that, look in church or at volunteer events

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 14:58:20 2019 No.4087817
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Waking up one day old, seeing how much stuff i have missed in life becouse I was focusing on gitting gut.
Not experiencing the world, being in a relationship and have no income or savings.
Seeing so many young people surpass you in art skills.
Seeing all your peers being successful in their fields and having families and children.
Seeing your parents struggling to explain to their friends why you end up like this.

But the worst sting is...
... i still can't draw for shit.

>tfw im 25 now been drawing for 5 years and I still suck, not sure if I should start enjoying my youth or risk and just go ful on monk mode and grind until i can shit out Ilya tier art...

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 15:15:13 2019 No.4087847

>>4087817
now anon, you're really in a split path right now.
You now have now realized your years of drawing haven't really gotten you anything.
Which means you either have to:
-realize you haven't been practicing for real and start treating it as an actual class, no "watching funny videos while I draw and oops I got distracted again";
or
-you become an artist "as a hobby" and dedicate more time to your friendships, relationships and mental health.

the second path provides more immediate happiness. but damn does the first path feel tempting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 15:28:37 2019 No.4087865 >>4087817 pyw :)

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 15:29:15 2019 No.4087868 >>4087817 Now I'm scared of this, thanks

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:00:12 2019 No.4087913
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>>4087847
Never actually drew in my life up until i was in high school then i had a realisation that i dont want to become a wage cuck and just make money and waste it for the weekends. So at that time i was starting drawing as a hobby and then slowly getting good enough to get a few favorites on deviant art. Bu then i discovered ic and read the sticky i started really grinding it for almost 3 years, and got somwhat better just still not employable good, just enough to make normies think you're talented. My goal was to get into animation so i went to film school in my country and then worked on my animated shorts. Worked a whole year just finish a 5 minute animated short, grinding out every waking hour of the day and after i finished the short the profesors said it was "meh" and then i got a burnout and didnt draw anything for like 6 months. At that school i was learning 3d and got good enough that i got a job at a small company. But droped it after a year becouse it wasnt drawing while working there and I really want to draw shit for a living.
So now ive been living at my parents house just drawing as much as possible, i get distracted alot since there is no one behind my back monitoring my work, but i make sure to post atleast something once a week on instagram. I've been trying to get my social life back on a stable level so i dont grind as much as i saw the solitude was eating me away mentaly. I would say i still suck at drawing, i dont like this fact but i would compare myself to tom preston level of drawing, except that i have some 3d art skills on top of that, but i would not say that i was slacking except for the time when i had a burn out. But man the clock is ticking and i am just waiting for the day my parents are just going flip out and to cut of my tugboat. so now i am rushing getting a solid portfolio ready and look for some work. But damn, seeing people how much they lived in their youth and still having a normal carrer really grinds my gears.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:01:14 2019 No.4087916 >>4087865 >pyw :) what?

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:14:09 2019 No.4087941 >>4087916 post your work (:

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:19:34 2019 No.4087957 >>4087913 Post your instagram

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:29:58 2019 No.4087974 >>4087110 that i'll never 'make it' professionally and will have to get some shit side jobs to play the rent also blindness i guess

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:30:59 2019 No.4087977 >>4087816 going to the gym makes a woman a ho? what

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:39:02 2019 No.4087992 File: 66 KB, 952x676, Screenshot_236.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087941 >>4087957 not posting my instagram cuz dont want to get doxxed here is something i drew in 5minutes a couple of days ago

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 16:51:02 2019 No.4088008 >>4087423 If you haven't been write down your ideas for the Big Awesome Project, you'll be amazed at all the good ideas you outright forget. My thing's comedy, every now and then I'll find notes with wordplay I barely remember writing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 17:12:55 2019 No.4088048 >>4087423 do a small very cool project in the meantime, it will tach you better than just filing a bunch of sketchbooks would.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 17:24:56 2019 No.4088062 >>4087110 I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to the ever changing world. I don't wanna end up stuck in the past.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 17:27:50 2019 No.4088069 >>4087992 Oof Not to sound harsh but it doesn't look like those "5 years" were spent applying yourself. How much time did you really dedicate to getting better?

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 17:38:22 2019 No.4088089 >>4088069 >>4087992 maybe post something less sketchy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 18:53:37 2019 No.4088209 >>4087110 Drawing something that's too similar to something else, and being called out for it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 18:58:36 2019 No.4088216 File: 210 KB, 1000x562, box2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087110 Fully accepting that i'm too stupid to learn anything. And going blind.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 18:59:47 2019 No.4088219 >>4087992 Post something complete. It's hard to accurately gauge work with what's just a start of something.

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:04:33 2019 No.4088230

>>4088209
Don't worry, so many artists repeat each other's concepts. Just look at Mermay, so many similar mermaids being posted. Also, lots of other artists draw pinups which are very similar to each other. Lots of artists draw in similar anime/manga styles, ghibli styles, fanart, disney, etc.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:11:55 2019 No.4088245 File: 513 KB, 927x851, 0115-0042.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4088062 Variant on this, I don't get current leftism. It feels like heresy from Warhammer and I have no idea how long we're going to be stuck with it.

Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:20:31 2019 No.4088261
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>>4088069
>>4088089
>>4088219
everything that i completed i posted online, so i cant post it here. Like i said in my >>>blog post<<< i was like studying drawing for 3 years and about 1 year of just animating which is essantially drawing in the same cartoony style. My style resembles of Preston blue bear autist. However i did started from complete 0 much later in life and got so somewhat better.

Right now i feel like I haven't done much progress, soo Im really wondering if there is any light in my tunnel. Either i give myself 2-3 years of grinding and hope i can then land some work or just drop everything or if i just quit and then become a normie and enjoy the non passionate passive lifestyle everyone pushes you to have.

I just have dreams of making cartoons that people would obsess over as much as i obsessed over them when i was a kid.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:21:39 2019 No.4088262 >>4088230 this is not an actual problem unless you're literally TRYING to copy as much as you can from an artist with a very distinct aesthetic, and use it as a crutch to make your own art more interesting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:27:07 2019 No.4088271 >>4088261 With all that learning under your belt I think you're still on the right track. Best of luck, anon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:37:20 2019 No.4088288 >>4088261 I hope you succeed anon. Keep it up and don't psych yourself out.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 19:38:50 2019 No.4088295 >>4088261 /kisses you on the forehead it's okay baby

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 21:04:35 2019 No.4088428 >>4087110 Mediocrity.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 27 21:27:32 2019 No.4088457 >>4087124 I think you're overestimating your ability a little there

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 01:34:01 2019 No.4088723 File: 554 KB, 850x2180, D9B61AEF-67E0-4A6F-ABEF-CF89DEC531A8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I feel bad for the artist but man, this shit is scary.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 01:54:17 2019 No.4088748
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>>4088723
Pic related is this guys latest submission from earlier THIS YEAR, 9 years later.

I'd argue he's perfectly content with just drawing these child-like cartoons as they are as his hobby, and thus doesn't progress much. Its more proof that if you don't aim high and hold high standards for yourself then you will not go very far.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 01:54:31 2019 No.4088749 my deepest fear is putting everything in and not making it 2nd deepest fear is not putting everything in and wondering what if

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 02:00:17 2019 No.4088761 >>4087110 That one day I'll quit all other passions in my life for art, and find out that I wont actually make it.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 02:42:32 2019 No.4088806

>>4088261
qt/10 even if I'm not sure of the gender.

I'm sorry to hear about where you are in life anon, as a lot of what you've said really resonates with me, but there's no simple solutions to your quandary.

I think the best thing you can do is try and strike a balance with what you're passionate about and with living life. (Feel free to ask for more unhelpful fortune cookie suggestions)

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 02:50:11 2019 No.4088813 >>4087110 Dying alone Not sharing my work with a so, nor having her pose for me Meanwhile I get a lots of thots asking me to draw them and somehow that makes my loneliness even worse

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 03:06:16 2019 No.4088826 >>4087110 Making it big, and then having a bunch of autists ruin my name because they’re jealous.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 03:09:02 2019 No.4088829 >>4087110 that all my futa drawings end cursing women with giant penis syndrome and I end burned like a witch for making straight sex gayer than gay sex

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 03:10:22 2019 No.4088831 >>4087977 yes greek men used to go to gym and the were hoes

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 04:09:01 2019 No.4088862 >>4087817 Guess what, you can practice to get good and enjoy life at the same

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 08:35:23 2019 No.4089093
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I fear other artists

I can never pull myself to practice much because I always feel that your inspirations and dreams for art are already predetermined and if you do anything different than what everyone else is doing you're just some weirdo with outsider art.

I fear that I'll spend years and years perfecting my art, looking towards what I want to do and what inspires me but it'll all be for nothing because the cool kids of the art world are drawing something else entirely.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 08:40:13 2019 No.4089099 >>4087110 My biggest fear is to be "cancelled" by things I did in the past, but I'll never get famous enough for that, not sure

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 10:19:27 2019 No.4089230 >>4089093 In reality, most artist don't give two shits about each other and only interact with other artists for self-benefit or exposure. Just do and draw what you want. Stop giving a shit.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 10:58:52 2019 No.4089284
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>>4087110
Degradation

I had a friend who would produce 10/10 god tier art within my little circle but for some reason his art became notably worse over the months and he started obsessing more and more over wanting to look like a girl

Rather than draw cool shit like he used to, all he did was attempt to draw cute girls, analysis of his art indicated that he lost the ability to actually draw hands and feet instead opting to just draw them as blocks attached to the respective arm or leg in view which he rarely did because he only drew profiles as far up as the tits (Which he drew excessively big)

While I could tolerate his degradation in art his constant breakdowns and episodes or not noticing his art led my group to kicking him out of our circle

The thing that fucks me up the most is that before all the tranny shit he used to be a cool guy, sort of edgy but laid back and was liked among everyone

It sort of hit me that this could theoretically happen to anyone including myself given that I considered him at one point a trustworthy reliable person that was in all aspects mentally healthy

This guy used to be one of my primary inspirations and now he can barely draw right

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 13:19:46 2019 No.4089483 >>4089284 Well that makes it easier for you to be the best crab in the bucket my friend.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 16:56:08 2019 No.4089835

>>4087110
Probably the fact that I'm a total ngmi
I can hardly ever bring myself to study much of anything and I just end up doodling anime girls all day. I'm more or less content with my eternal mediocrity but it always brings me down a bit when I think about it

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 16:58:06 2019 No.4089837 >>4089284 was he the admin of a discord server by any chance?

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:22:33 2019 No.4089950 I think I just realized I have no creativity whatsoever.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:33:59 2019 No.4089963 >>4087110 I only draw as a means to carry on my genes,

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:38:36 2019 No.4089969

>>4089284
I feel this so much, this was back in the day
>make friends with some artist through a common friend of theirs (age ~14)
>god tier traditional art, also animates
>a bit of furshit but classy realistic and surrealist furshit safe stuff
>we talk in windows live almost daily
>submits some god tier watercolor and ink stained windows with fur stuff
>suggest dA staff for daily deviation, she gets a total of three in the span of a year
>her skill just kept improving each day
>a decade has passed
>she is now a very recognized fur artist
>total digital degeneracy (pokemon, ponies, etc.)
>her skill is but a shell of what she could pull
>lazy forms, lazy colors
>sameface
I don't know what went wrong, if anything it's a constant reminder of what I should not do. She's gaining those sweet patreon bucks so as long as it pays the bills I guess, just really disappointed at what stuff she could've made.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:42:26 2019 No.4089974 >>4089969 But anon. Is your friend happy?

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:44:39 2019 No.4089976 >>4089969 It sounds like you're just bitter and jealous.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:49:09 2019 No.4089984

>>4089284
chances are that they never really cared about seriously drawing and always wanted to draw low effort animu girls with huge tits, and just did a good job at faking normiedom beforehand. lots of that type burn a lot of time up in some hobby to distract themselves from wanting to be a trans.

>>4089969
you could send her some art inspo. or encourage her to take part in one of those gimme-followers drawing challenges like drawgust or study month or whatever

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:52:51 2019 No.4089987

>>4089974
She managed to go from australia to canada to live with her bf so I guess that means she is. Her parents approve of her career too. The thing is, I've seen how she's been pushing other friends away saying she "doesn't have time" and a "bad habit" of not replying to conversations. I just hope she really is instead of putting a facade.
>>4089969
>bitter and jealous
painting is but a hobby of mine even though I sell commissions from time to time, over half of the stuff I do I do it for free when I'm in the mood. I got no doubt in my skill for illustrating and I constantly hide my powerlevel in public for obvious reasons.
>>4089984
I did and wish her good luck, just don't see her illustrating the stuff she used to do anymore.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:53:53 2019 No.4089989 >>4089976 >>4089987 im retarded, meant for this guy

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:55:22 2019 No.4089991 >>4089987 >I-it's just a hobby! Jelly.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:56:26 2019 No.4089992 >>4089987 I recently had to leave a couple online friend groups because as good as it felt to chat, it eventually turned into half a day of chatting I could've been practicing or drawing instead. It might very well be that she doesn't have time.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 18:59:08 2019 No.4089998
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>>4088271
>>4088288
>>4088295
>>4088806
wow did not expected wholesome responses, especially here on /ic, but i appreciate all of you peeps

If there is one thing i would give advice on from my experiences so far, are these:

Make sure you draw everyday, minimum 5 minutes. Do not set up 3 or 5 hours or something crazy like that because you easily fail it and once you do the quilt starts to devour you and then you mess up the habbit for the next.

If you fail the streak do not say "oh well i guess i can compensate the work i missed yesterday with doubling the today's workload." You missed it, so it is gone. Just start anew and try building it up again. 5 min a day, then 10 in the next couple of days, then 30, work on it and increase once they get comfortable.

Make sure to take breaks, If you struggle with one task take a break every 40 - 60 minutes, depends how long are you used to working. And during the break do not browse instagram or any other social media. Let your mind cool off from all the distractions, go walk around and look outside the window so your eyes dont get strained from looking at the same distance for too long.

When doing studies it do not obsess over one single thing for too long. I made the mistake of learning hands for 2 months and drawing nothing but hands. Yeah i got slightly good at hands, but you can learn more if you mix things. You can't max out one thing in the art fundamentals stack and then go to the next one. Just add one extra level to one fundamental and then work on it for a week or two then move on to the next.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 19:00:04 2019 No.4090000
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>>4089998
cont.

Try getting any other hobbies besides drawing. Since drawing is a very antisocial work, try getting something that you have to do in a group, like volleyball or dancing, learning a language or whatever. The more different from drawing the better. This also boosts creativity since you build completely different networks in your brain with different skill sets. This in return helps with drawing.

Makes sure you have a friend circle. A small one but a quality one. The kind where your friends support your art goals or atleast tolerate your decisions. They do not have to be art friends just friends that you can hang out with and relax and take your mind of the grind. This one is very underrated. Since alot of you (and be me) are isolated autists, you have to take this one seriosly. There was a study that lack of social interaction was as harmful as smoking a cigarettes. But dont waste your time partying that is still degenerate and you get nothing out of that.

Not sure if you want any more tips, but these were the main ones I found out about. Also if you're interested on how to study better (and in any field) go check out this wiki here
https://supermemo.guru/wiki/SuperMemo_Guru

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 19:09:32 2019 No.4090019
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>>4089991
>jelly
I have two engineering degrees but don't work and instead earn my neetbux through dividend income. I wish her no ill, last time we talked she mentioned how now she looks up to me skill wise, trust me it's a hobby
>>4089992
Know that feel too so hopefully you're right

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>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 19:25:52 2019 No.4090037 >>4087110 being delusional, about everything

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 19:56:49 2019 No.4090088

The thing I fear the most is to stop improving and/or forgetting what I learned. Like, I don't know if anyone else has this, but when I'm tired after drawing for a long time, my gestures and anatomy get worse, like I've forgotten what I know. This makes me anxious.

After that I think it's losing my hand's movement or getting Parkinson's. Grandma had Parkinson's and I remember her handwriting becoming less and less legible. It is very, very sad. That handwriting is a strong memory.

Anonymous Wed Aug 28 20:00:09 2019 No.4090091

>>4090037
I had a little of that one before starting with psychiatric meds. Now I feel very close to reality and relieved that I was right about many things. You gotta study your craft cause society will always try to bring you down, no matter how much you know. Sometimes they can be right, but sometimes you really know something that nobody else knows.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 28 20:05:34 2019 No.4090094 >>4089284 I've seen this happening too, not necessarily with artists. I think nobody really knows what exactly to do with people going through this, though. My honest guess of what might help is listening to Jordan Peterson and taking some meds.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 15:00:16 2019 No.4091848 >>4089998 >but i appreciate all of you peeps No worries, just hang in there man(?) and do the best you can. Thanks for feeding some suggestions back into the thread as well and not just saying 'thanks'.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 15:38:14 2019 No.4091898 becoming so busy with wageslaving etc so I don't have time to draw

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 16:01:24 2019 No.4091921 Being insecure of drawing fanart of fictional characters having sex.

Anonymous Fri Aug 30 16:04:20 2019 No.4091925
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>>4087489
This is some solid advice, sometimes you really just gotta do your own thing and think in the moment.

Worrying about the future is understandable but it also stops you from seeing the present clearly.

Anonymous Fri Aug 30 16:18:25 2019 No.4091936
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>>4087110
My absolute worst fear is turning my back on art for good and never being able to enjoy it with other artists ever again. Being able to draw was pretty much my defining skill and creativity was the only thing I had confidence in doing as a kid. I see now that everything I built up for myself is built around such a rose tinted perception of reality. Art is a struggle to make a living on. You have to keep pushing yourself to be different, to stand out amongst the millions like you.

Everyday I ask myself if this is what I really want and I try to tell myself art will never leave my life but as I'm getting into college I realize that just won't be the case. I want to make friends with other artists in my schools but at the same time i have my own future to worry about.....

There are way more options I can take in order make my creative side more useful to the world. I wanna invent new things and If I do pursue an art/animation career than I know for a fact I want to be as innovative as possible. There's so much ambition in me right now since I grew up with less than my peers but in the NOW I have the confidence to break more boundaries, do me things, and see more things in this vast world of ours. I'll keep chasing those experiences even if the one thing that I had going for me ends up lost to time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 16:22:26 2019 No.4091941 i don't know

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 16:32:53 2019 No.4091951 >>4090019 >earn my neetbux through dividend income. I'm really hoping to get there.

Anonymous Fri Aug 30 16:45:38 2019 No.4091965

>>4088261
>>4087913
>>4088261
>tfw im 25 now been drawing for 5 years and I still suck
>So now ive been living at my parents house just drawing as much as possible
>Either i give myself 2-3 years of grinding
My situation is similar to yours, but I'm older and I've been doing this for longer, maybe this can guide you a bit.
I went with the art thing because I have health issues and I have savings, the future isn't promising so I went with the dream. After these years you seem to be OK. I'm also not completely shit and I did learn but I'm also not good to a point where my years of practice show or my art looks professional. Same feedback as >>4088069, call it talent or whatever or maybe you just proctrastinate

You might not want to grind for 2-3 more years while NEETing because chances are you won't be able to improve enough to make a difference, and after those 2-3 years you'll say one more year, one more year. I can't remember when I gave myself the first deadline. One more year. I'll grind a year and then try again, and then you burnout for 6 months when nobody gives a shit, then you say one more year. When the years become 8 and you get serious reality checks you think "I need a job" but you look at your resume and there's an 8 year hole and you're 30.

Get a job, part-time, you can't spend an indefinite amount of time without a safety net. If you are like me, drawing with the goal of "making it" will burn you out and your motivation will wear thinner every cycle. Get a SKILL that you can sell in case your art dream never works. I spent many years on art full time and I didn't make it, I don't think I ever will save a miracle, and now I'm completely unemployable, my last job experience was years ago. Do you really want to start working retail or food at 30? What if by then you don't have time to learn a skill like programming and you're in financial trouble? Your family isn't eternal.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 17:47:13 2019 No.4092024 >>4087110 That somebody will see my work.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 19:13:52 2019 No.4092123 >>4087110 To post on /ic/ in worthless threads instead of drawing. Wait...

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 30 20:57:23 2019 No.4092232 >>4087110 Never getting recognition within my lifetime

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 31 14:27:29 2019 No.4093038 File: 26 KB, 512x512, aiportraits_1563741156.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4087110 Going partially of just straight up blind Hurting my right hand so bad I can't hold a pencil Getting Parkinson

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 31 16:01:10 2019 No.4093177 >>4091925 Thanks Sol, you understand. And you'll make it if you apply it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 31 21:51:57 2019 No.4093627 >>4087110 becoming happy with my skills and stopping practicing only to realize years later all my old rivals have left me in the dust and im too old to improve so stagnate at upper /beg/ level forever

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 31 23:28:43 2019 No.4093772 You guys worry too much Just DO

Mirrion Dorra Man !!VJsD9D5nm8D Sat Aug 31 23:50:11 2019 No.4093806

Dang, so much empathy for what's been posted thus far.

That at 27 I will never get the innocent chance at fresh art school tail, starting my degree.

I REALLY want a master's degree; and, would enjoy the cake out of it but I'm scared to take that first step and start researching schools.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 00:08:50 2019 No.4093834 >>4087110 not ever attaining enough skill so that producing anything remotely decent doesn't feel like a chore

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 00:55:46 2019 No.4093881 Spending days/months/years creating something and no one cares when its done.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 01:26:35 2019 No.4093901 >>4087110 waking up one day blind

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 01:57:01 2019 No.4093930 my drawing skills actually never improved; during all this time my brain has just been fooling myself into thinking they were getting better— that's a horrifying thought

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 01:59:36 2019 No.4093935 >>4087110 Blindness is number one, second is something happening to my hands, 3rd is only going so far and never improving ever again. All 3 I fear equally at all times.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 02:59:34 2019 No.4093993 >>4087134 this right here. i was doing some metal working just testing and i fucking used a spring metal the bitch came back and slashed me in the face always wear safety glasses kids

Anonymous Sun Sep 1 04:22:24 2019 No.4094030

>>4087110
Losing eyesight which is happening to me right now. Looking outside makes small swirly lights appear with flickering.
There's already color sensitivity where I look at something bright and look to the wall and still see the afterimage, like ghosting on a screen slowly fading over half a minute. This makes drawing black and white difficult as the lines dance and glow.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 04:32:15 2019 No.4094035 >>4087110 being canceled for calling something or someone gay 20 years ago

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 05:46:07 2019 No.4094078 File: 29 KB, 540x443, 1553657165274.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] that my artist friends are lying when they say they like my work and my non-artist followers only like my work because they have shit taste

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 05:54:42 2019 No.4094084 >>4093806 You want masters at art? If yes it's pretty much useless if you don't want to be a teacher. If you're interested in getting better then taking online curses and classes would be your best bet.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 06:05:55 2019 No.4094091 >>4094078 Actually, this is the reality.

Anonymous Sun Sep 1 06:16:41 2019 No.4094098

>>4094078
the only people who aggressively engage in social media are people who think they have something to gain from it - 'maybe if i brownnose hard enough he'll draw my furry oc for me for free'. your "artist friends" just want you for networking and exposure (and thanks to victim culture it's safer not to criticize anyone online lest your petty, spiteful community labels you a nazi/bully and ostracizes you), your "non-artist followers" just want you to draw more of their fetish of choice, preferably for free.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 06:47:30 2019 No.4094112 >>4094091 >>4094098 holy shit, I never said it was a rational fear. Even I know I'm just being neurotic, I hope you guys don't actually believe this

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 1 07:28:00 2019 No.4094132 File: 468 KB, 832x1248, Image2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bingo

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 14:30:29 2019 No.4096146 having to draw female lewds

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 02:11:00 2019 No.4097157 >>4087134 this. obviously this shit is terrible in and of itself but losing the one productive hobby I love would be fucking devastating. I would unironically contemplate suicide

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 19:06:03 2019 No.4098204 >>4090037 >>4090091 This. And I am kind of in the same situation with my psychological condition. Which went downwards last year. I just hope that the medicine and doc's help my to stay on track.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 19:26:02 2019 No.4098230 >>4087269 Take a queue from Picasso and force yourself to develop new styles.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 19:28:26 2019 No.4098235 >>4087489 Avoid illegal subjects? Shouldn't be hard for someone with a healthy psyché. Just try and make an art piece that even slightly risque or politically critical in SE Asia.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 4 08:40:34 2019 No.4099010 >>4087271 frankly I would be happy with this. Only downside is not knowing how famous you are because you are dead.

Anonymous Thu Sep 5 08:27:42 2019 No.4100784
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Not being able to do what I want.

>>4087489
It doesnt "depend only on me" in a simple way. I need money somehow.

Another fear is that AI and neural networks will make the position of artist irrelevant. Its not that I would stop making things, but that I would not be able to make a living off of it. This is just "not being able to do what I want" too, but more specific.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 08:57:16 2019 No.4100815 >>4087110 dying before i get good

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 09:11:43 2019 No.4100843 >>4089998 one epic tip from one epic anon; doing more things that arent art will make you better at art if you experience them yourself and pull your own deductions

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 12:46:33 2019 No.4101053 >>4088245 Is... Is this how most right wingers think about politics? That would explain quite a lot

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 14:30:24 2019 No.4101214 that i won't make it

Anonymous Thu Sep 5 18:28:30 2019 No.4101586

>>4089483
I am the best crab in my bucket (as of now, we used to have people who would slap my ass hard in terms of pure skill and appeal but they left to pursue genuine careers in art and we only hear from them on rare occasion) but it's only really because nobody else in my group focuses on improving in art as much as I do with the exception of maybe 2 other people
In fact most have stopped drawing all together but we still talk and shoot the shit about video games, media etc.
I'm just scared that one day that I could go off the mental cliff into the deep dark abyss and start ranting that nobody gives me enough attention to people who used to welcome my ass with open arms and everything I've worked for so far in my pursuit of technical achievement in art would be all for nothing
>>4089837
Nope, we didn't bother modding anyone, we were just a close group and not like a big art circle of any kind
>>4089984
He did like figurines a lot
>>4090094
I just don't wanna go crazy that's my only prayer to god man

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 18:30:34 2019 No.4101590 >>4087110 finding a real job with reasonable time schedules that let them enough free time to do art for fun

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 18:41:45 2019 No.4101611 Giving up. I did it once. I don't like it. But sometimes it just happens.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 18:45:04 2019 No.4101618 >>4087110 >biggest fear Someone will recognize my drawings from 4chan and dox me

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 19:43:03 2019 No.4101699 >>4087110 Eating paint.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 19:45:52 2019 No.4101703 never making it

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 21:29:34 2019 No.4101835 >>4094030 It's not this, is it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 21:35:11 2019 No.4101841 >>4094030 It seems to me you have more light sensitivity than blindness, but if those suddenly suddenly appeared out of the blue I recommend and eye doctor asap

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 21:44:55 2019 No.4101849 Not improving

Anonymous Thu Sep 5 22:12:35 2019 No.4101881

That I'll never be able to post my fanart/animations to the world because it'd look weird
I like some prety obscure stuff and my fear is that if anything happens that causes me to ditch my main account and start a new unrelated one my weird interest will pin its me. I could try to play it off as odd coincidence, but if they got my race, which is also obscure, they'll now its me. I'd also hate my interests to be known as "that weird artist liked that". I also feel bad that my favorite comic that I want to draw fanart for 24/7 is a kids comic. I feel like it's ok for people to obsses over popular things, but if it's something small or niche its suddenly weird. I feel so dumb over the fact I only want to draw fanart for some dumb kids book that I feel like it's some autistic special interest. This sounds so dumb and special snowflakey complaining about im to special, but having multiple personas online means I can gize zero data on me and only draw stuff I trully love on the "I hope to god this account doesnt get canceled" account

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 5 22:57:16 2019 No.4101945 >>4087110 Becoming one of those artist that get improvement meme'd on /ic/

Anonymous Fri Sep 6 00:24:39 2019 No.4102030

Not being a true artist, having no soul, being a hedonist who's empty inside, seeing art as a byproduct of mechanical processes in my muscle memory with no meaning behind them, seeing no meaning in meaning itself (a product of random chance? a fake identity I've built for myself? a forced attempt at being profound? wanting recognition? a byproduct of sexual tension?)

Seeing my art as a compound of learned shapes forced by habit into a particular form. A robot creating equally good art. Teaching someone who doesn't like art to do art and showing good results, art didn't mean anything because it was mechanical, anyone could learn it. Color theory means you can artificially create a meaning in a piece, in the same way a board of publicists scheme how to create an impactful commercial, every tool in art is a manipulation rather than something with an intrinsic meaning stemming from the person.

Making art for money, making art for no reason, making art for an external reason (social justice? art as a propaganda piece?)

Art not mattering, everything that matters either gives you a hierarchy in society or wealth. Art is an expression of your passing mental state in a given time. When you're fidgetting while waiting in line, your fidgetting itself is the expression of a mental state in a given time, but it has no worth, but art has worth somehow.

Art having to be tied to profound philosophical ideas (then all of modern art is meaningless) or is art meaningful if it is born out of simple emotions (then all art has meaning)? What about those retards that splatter paint on the canvas as the expression of their anger, or those women who paint with their vaginas to express their femininity. Is the average anime artist at that level, only with a little bit of mechanical skill?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 6 04:24:40 2019 No.4102233 >>4087110 >What is your deepest fear as an artist? becoming this guy >>4102030

Anonymous Fri Sep 6 04:40:19 2019 No.4102244

>>4087134
this is probably the scariest.

Last year I had a job at construction gig and a piece of sharp tile fell on my dominant hand and cut it open. I had several stitches on it for a month. If it was 2mm deeper I would've cut my tendon. This really made more careful and made me appriciate my health more.

One week after it healed I had another accident on the same hand. I shattered a bone in my thumb and I wasn't able to hold a pencil at all because of the pain. I had cast and needles in my hand for more than a month. I tried drawing while I had the cast but it was extremely hard and painful.

After these two accidents happening I really felt like I was destined to draw and became a huge motivation for me to not stop doing art.

tldr: I had two accidents on my dominant hand which could've left me unable to draw forever. Don't stop drawing and value your health and ability to draw you have at the moment, you can lose that ability in a matter of seconds- humans are fragile.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 6 06:09:39 2019 No.4102302 >>4087474 I have a bad eye and it doesn't stop me

Anonymous Fri Sep 6 07:15:45 2019 No.4102341

>>4087113
I lost my passion for playing the guitar that's why I'm here drawing. I still play with my band but I only do it for a reason to go outside and socialize because drawing is lonely.

Fortunately we're underground so I don't have to worry about getting big whatsoever so music can stay as a second hobby. But It's only a matter of time until they notice my lack of entnusiasm.

I can shred. I'm fucking good.

But the spark is gone. It's just gone. It disappeared. I dont know. I'm dead inside.

5 years of grinding

Anonymous Fri Sep 6 07:22:01 2019 No.4102346
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Could be that I'll be unsuccessful as an artist and incapable of doing anything else professionally. But really, I never fully leaned into it as a profession, maybe that's the problem. Already I'm old and no one gives a shit about my work, no one gives me a reason to do it, but I just love doing it so much and it's always been that way.

Anonymous Fri Sep 6 07:22:02 2019 No.4102347

>>4102244
i think that if you lost your dominant hand, you could still do art. maybe it would take a while for you to transition to your other hand, but in the end you still would retain your eyes-- that's where most of the art skill is, right?

I guess that's an assumption-- maybe it's in the hand, but I'd be very surprised if it was the case.
like, I'm typing this right now-- I'm using my left hand. even if it's not my dominant, it's not inert, it CAN learn shit.

Anonymous Fri Sep 6 07:53:32 2019 No.4102363

>>4102341
I didn't do the same amount of study I put into drawing but when my band went to shit I just ended up grinding scales alone, and when my amp died I quit. Playing with friends and making songs was the appeal of it for me.
I think about making electronic music sometimes but I don't want to take any time from drawing even though I'm NGMI.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 6 08:21:05 2019 No.4102393 >>4102363 I just want to draw everyday atm. Now that I know you can actually get good with regular practice and I have the guitar to thank for that.

Anonymous Sat Sep 7 06:24:33 2019 No.4103891

>>4087110
i'll be stuck in my 7 to 3 job for decades until i'm withered and dead inside and then a brain aneurysm will kill me while i'm stuck in traffic on a bus. other passengers will think i'm on drugs or drunk and ignore me. they'll find me dead in a puddle of piss and shit, never having lived as a free man a single day in my life.

Anonymous Sun Sep 8 13:48:25 2019 No.4106128

>>4089284
Anon, contrary to the stupid memeshit out there, gender dysphoria is NOT something you develop as an adult. Your friend was probably privately miserable for a long, long time before coming out and you just weren't aware of it...along the lines of people who "seem fine" and then commit suicide.

Transition is a pretty emotionally consuming process, it might take your friend a while to get back to art. Then again, just because someone is good doesn't mean they feel the same way about it as you. E.g. I used to play soccer, and was scouted for national teams at one point. I gave up soccer completely instead because I had other things to focus on in my life. I'm sure there are people who care about the sport who'd think I'm an idiot, but I knew my heart was not in it, and I never WANTED to go pro. (Hell, I only ever played in the first place because my dad told me when I was 9 that I had to play a sport.) Maybe your friend doesn't care about art as much as you would assume.

Focus on your own goals, don't worry about someone else.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 8 13:55:29 2019 No.4106149 >>4087110 Being shunned for what I draw honestly. I fear most would do fucked up shit to me for drawing harmless crap like anime tiddies or sfw furry art (birds and lizards mostly, I'm so fed up with with sparkledogs).

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 8 14:11:28 2019 No.4106189 >>4087110 I'm not afraid of anything because I already know and agreed with the fact that I won't be successful and recognized in this lifetime.

Anonymous Sun Sep 8 14:19:21 2019 No.4106211
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>>4102346
woah that looks pretty good! The vibrant colors stand out in a tasteful way on the black background. The figure has a nice and defined shape that lends itself well to the lighting. GOOD SHIT ANON

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 8 15:50:55 2019 No.4106356 >>4087110 getting commissioned to draw a nigger

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 14:52:32 2019 No.4107893 >>4106356 THANKS for letting know your a racist.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:10:23 2019 No.4107909 >>4102244 Yeah tradies work is fucking shit Good money though

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 05:05:37 2019 No.4108829 >>4102233 good burn i give you that

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 05:32:33 2019 No.4108842
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Born physically frail with twitchy muscles but pass for normal. Can barely draw a straight line. If I get worst (which is guaranteed), i'm more than probably going to an hero. Can't program anymore, can't do math anymore, can't read The Elegant Universe anymore, can't even follow tv shows that I used to like and just watch stupid shit. Can't even enjoy SC2 anymore...

... a lot of people will probably resent me for saying this, but art really isn't something I enjoy or care about. It's just the very last thing I can do. But not for long. Oh well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:16:02 2019 No.4108872 >>4108842 Woops wrong thread. I guess to make it topical, fear getting worst, even if I know it's practically guaranteed. Welp, time for some boxes

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:41:16 2019 No.4108888
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>>4090000
Lel, the more I read your posts, the more I identify myself with you.
Difference is I'm (almost) 28 and I have (Internet) friends with whom I can be myself - but they eat away too much time and I wish I had art friends instead.

Seriously, you even linked SuperMemo, I've been eating that website in small quantities for a couple months now, lots of cool advice, especially about the creativity cycles/peaks, which helps you to prioritize things on different periods of the day.
It even helped me to get a normal sleeping schedule for 2 weeks in a row. But I've given up on that, FUCK the sun, FUCK the moon.

I do have a problem with SuperMemo, though: all of his learning talk is about absorbing material. He talks very little about crafts like drawing, where you have to make insane amounts of output, instead of inputting. Do you have anything to share?

Also this wiki is hilarious, one minute you're reading about how to sleep, the other it's some article about why Donald Trump is low IQ or some shit. Blink and it's about taking cold river baths to avoid the flu. What a special guy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:01:33 2019 No.4109033 >>4087423 This, also never actually starting on my Big Awesome Project because I don't want to produce an imperfect version of it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:21:33 2019 No.4109047 >>4087110 That I will magically lose the skills I have accumulated over the years. I struggle with this though at all times >>4087113 >>4087134 >>4087177 Also these

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:22:32 2019 No.4109048 That I'll never get over my lack of discipline and my inability to focus on one thing for more than 5 minutes. I don't think I'll ever get anywhere with art. I'm gonna kill myself soon, I can feel it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:55:40 2019 No.4109077 >>4106128 Go home tranny

Anonymous Wed Sep 11 13:23:58 2019 No.4110849

>>4087110
Outside of losing the fear of being able to draw due to disability, I suppose it would be the idea that all the time I spend working on trying to be a good artist could be for nothing.

I spent so much time drawing as a lonely kid, filling hours of my friendless days with the hope that if I got good enough at art that I could have a dream job and be happy doing what I love in a professional environment.

The idea of doing all that and ending up a failure would be devastating to me.

I've simply put too much of myself into it and that scares me.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 17:06:48 2019 No.4111164 I've never finished anything and I fear I never will.

Anonymous Thu Sep 12 23:50:48 2019 No.4113292

getting into a car with someone to go somewhere but instead they drive me to some seedy area of the city where i am sold into a human trafficking ring. every fucking time i get into a car man, ever since i was a kid

and also never being able to make a career out of my art i guess

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 13 00:14:15 2019 No.4113308 >>4091936 Are you me?

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