Stop Trying To Make Good Art!

There's a reason I gave up trying to make good art all the time. Maybe you should too.

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[nightlighty]

for me personally, that mindset never leaves me. especially when you see yourself being a professional artist and making a living of it and bringing your creations to life, you want everything to be perfect, if not at least good. it’s hard for me to get out of this rut, because i know it’s bad for me but i just cannot stop being so harsh on myself. but i love the advice, jackie! you’re one of my favourite artists and you inspire me. i aspire to be like you someday 💖

[BarbaraClayArtisticsoulwithin]

I love this so much. I am legally blind and I have been an artist all my life. I just started to lose my eyesight just a few years ago and it has been a struggle. My family kept encouraging me to keep doing art but it was hard. Pushing through a deep depression I decided to do something that I never done before. I taught myself how to sculpt and I loved it but I was still trying to do things like I always done my art and it wasn't working for me at all. I didn't know what to do. One day my sister told me that I was taking my art waaay to serious. I was trying to be perfect when I really couldn't see that great. I said ok fine I will not take my art so seriously. I ended up sculpting a funny monster with One big eye, one small eye and with one long tooth lol. I showed my husband what I made and he laughed soo hard and said YES do that. That is so you. You should sale that. I can say it is definitely unique lol I decided to embrace imperfection. I can't see straight lines so I don't do straight lines. Thank God I can still see colors but when I paint my monsters it will not be perfect and that's ok. I am sharing how I see the world. This is what I see. In the end I learned to embrace all of me. I am enough. I really love my art now and I am very happy❤... Thank you for the great video. It is very encouraging❤

[gemart]

It’s so hard to get to that mindset of enjoying art, I always try to remind myself to enjoy the process ( and I do) but I feel like I owe it to myself to be good at art. It’s something I’m incredibly passionate about and I just want to be the best cus I definitely see myself doing this as a full time job and although the thought is exciting it’s also very scary

[jordangreen]

As a person who struggles with procrastination and perfectionism, this was very well needed.

[Laalaalaa]

I needed to hear this. I’ve avoided drawing because I lost my inspiration for the last 6 months… social media has made me burnout from being able to even make bad art. I waste time if I can’t post something, so now I don’t post anything.

[poumybeloved]

Perfectionism is always gonna blow up in your face. Just relax and stop putting way too much pressure on yourself because art is not gonna “art” that way. Experiment, have fun, try again if you mess up. Even best artists have tons of bad art that they dont show other people. It doesnt matter if your art doesnt always look good, its still your art. You have the power to improve it, just study the right way and dont be afraid to make mistakes. Thats how people learn. Good luck on your art journey <3

[kickbeez]

I think this happened to me once I switched mainly to digital art. When I used to draw traditionally exclusively I would have a crap ton of fun being messy and erasing a lot. now that undo button shows no faded sketch lines so it always seems BRAND NEW lol. I need to get messy again and enjoy the sense of journeying to that end point of my pieces again instead of wanting to push something out and worrying about what time the people who follow me get to see it.

[yoXneo]

Loved this video! I enjoy Taoist philosophy and this is what they call "wuwei" effortless action. Ever since I've implemented that into my everyday life, my life changed. Even my mental health got better. So many expectations from others never help. That's why goals aren't the best way to think about achieving things, intentions are! ☺️

[maboroshiiro]

When you talked about the one layer thing it made me think about traditional art too... that's it's advantage. Traditional art is technically harder and yet, it somehow gets me into this flow state easier. I think it's also bc I'm new to it (started stocking on proper supplies back in January as a last ditch effort to renew my love for art lol) and yeah. It's kinda fascinating how limited choices in traditional produce better results as well. Like painting with 3-5 paints instead of a bigger set!

[Drstrange]

Thank you for this!

I got really caught in this rut when seeing art from Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse and Arcane since they are my favorite styles and wanted to try something as stylized and bold. Of course it doesn't come anywhere near that level because those are done by some of the top artists.

It also doesn't help I watch a lot of artist videos on YouTube and they look so good and I get discouraged.

I'm putting a lot more stress and expectations on myself. Especially when I'm just drawing as a hobby. It is supposed to be relaxing.

I think I prefer painting due to me being more free in making something. It doesn't have to be perfect.

[igoldenknight]

I actually had this realization a while ago. Ironically it was inspired by watching you make art. I realized that I wasn’t allowing myself to draw in my style because I felt my style was too simple and not good enough. When I saw how beautiful your art was, I let go!

[marycatgirlnya]

Seeking perfection will make you think that you're never good, it's never gonna be perfect, sometimes it is better to enjoy the process and let your goal be finishing your drawing in the first place. Just fool around, that's way more satisfying than trying to be perfect. I had to learn that the hard way after two years of burnout 😂

[clayweir]

I really, really needed to hear this. I stopped drawing for a few years because my perfectionism choked out the joy I felt in creating art and it wasn't enjoyable anymore. I hated everything I made because it didn't meet the expectations I had set before even starting the piece. Recently I was motivated to draw by a cool character and it's backstory, and found so much happiness in just throwing my idea down on paper and not caring if it was perfect. I want to retrain my brain on how it approaches art and this mindset is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your encouragement and advice!!

[redfoxbennaton]

You have no idea how much I needed this?!😭😭 I have so many unfinished projects because I wanted to make perfect art work. I don't want to draw from reference. I just want to draw for fun and express myself.

[mannyultima]

I absolutely agree, I would create more art when I was strictly working on one layer. I think making art for someone else(clients etc.) should be organized but when you make it for yourself it should be messy and fun or experimental.

[victors_sunkenship]

I've been drawing (almost) everyday for like 5 years now and really been enjoying it! Here are some of my tips:

1. Fuck around and find out, it's impossible for everydrawing to look good, also practicing anything new will most always look shitty at the start so just embrace the ugliness. I personally started to really appreciate my ugly thumbnail sized sketches.

Don't take your sketchbook (or any alternative that works for you) too seriously. They're the place where you can be as free to make ugly art and studies as you want. Lol I've called my sketchbooks shitbooks for years now because shit sketches work as fertiliser for really good art that you love to grow🤡💖 (stupid joke but the mindset works for me)

Be selfish. Your personal art should only be drawn for your enjoyment. Others should always come second if at all imo

Find put what YOU actually LOVE and connect to (I personally have ocs that I'm deeply connected to but it can be fanart, landscapes, still life or literally anything else) it makes accepting your shitty art days, learning the boring stuff and actually improving much more fun (and most of my art improvement begun when I adopted this mindset)

Also don't feel guilty of missing a day or if you can't draw everyday, It's not for everyone and definitely not the only way to genuinely enjoy making art!!!

Basically don't take art seriously like at all. take what you love seriously and it will make you want to continue and get better by proxy

[stophelping]

Thanks for sharing this, a lot of what you said really resonated. I'm so worried about making "good art" that I'm now afraid to experiment. I think things like Instagram really messed my progress up: worrying about posting for likes started to make drawing almost feel like a chore instead of a way to just express myself.

[adinarayan]

omg thanks so much that colour dynamics tip was something ive been looking for for ages!

[gosia_kmiec]

Girl, which thought resonated? How about all of them :D all those struggles with making perfect art, ending up basically paralyzed cause "if I won't make another masterpiece why even bother" are accompanying me on a daily basis. Thank you so much for this video, it really poked at the right spots. Also, I love the piece you made, the sketchiness, colors and dynamic is exactly what makes is great! Good luck on your journey!

[MerryMohProductions]

It's harder for me personally because I'm still trying to get a career in art, especially in animation or comics, even if I try to make something I do think is good and post it I'd still get glossed over. Or even if I do get noticed marginally nobody still wants to hire me for commissions or anything.

I want to have fun making art but if I want to make a career out of it and nobody else cares that's when I feel down. Same with voice acting.