Your art sucks, and that's OK

Editing style inspired by Bobby Chiu's Little Plant People c:

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[marpookie]

Here's the thing though

I feel proud of my art until I see someone else's.

[voices]

Is anyone else at that stage where you've improved a lot faster in the past, but all of a sudden you just stop improving for a while or just improve really slowly?

[fearmyrath]

“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”

― Stephen McCranie

[janbertguerrero]

Art is a painful depressing and a lovely journey

[jellybean]

I always feel like absolute trash when my art isnt good, but than i remember that everyone started somewhere.
Every beginner should remember that and just keep going, it can only get better

[WasLunnyxHere]

My friend once shared an art advice to me "if you think you're current drawing is ugly, look back on your oldest drawing and see how much you improved"

[jasongold]

The best art advice I've ever got was. "When you're not happy with your art. It's because you can see what you need to improve. And you know what you need to work on."

Also "remember, to anyone with less skill than you, what you're doing, basically makes you a wizard. "

[silverrkitten]

what I've learned so far is that if you're comparing yourself to your favorite artists you're never going to get on the level you want. What really helped me personally was looking at artwork that I enjoy and actually thinking "why do I enjoy this?" then looking at my own art and asking "how can I make this better?"
Instead of comparing get inspired

[slushbubble]

I literally spent 4-5 hours on my art.. and I'm proud of it.. until I go on Pinterest and I see ppl that are way better than me. That ARE THE SAME AGE AS ME....

[Serenityellie]

I’m in an art university and tried my hardest and thought it was pretty good and then I got feed back saying

“You sure you want to do art?”

I felt like crap

[pavulon]

I keep getting jealous from other artists and feel like I can't draw good enough.

[dehu]

"stop obsessing over how good everyone else is and focus on yourself" - thank you so much i needed this!

[alrightanimations]

My brain: *draw*
My eyes: *draw*
My hand: lol wuts a pen

[ClearAbyss]

I've been drawing for 20 years at least, have a degree in visual arts, and I still feel like everything I do sucks. These videos always address beginner artists, but I wish there was more advice for people like me who still don't like anything they do. I searched everywhere for advice for people who are NOT beginners and google literally didn't have a result for me. The only link it had was for something unrelated to my question.
I think I've just given up on ever liking my art and just do it anyway.

[plaguekidd]

This reminded me of a funny image that cheered me up.

a guy brings a cake to a table, and looks over at the other guy's cake. He thinks to himself, "man his cake is so much better than mine"

then another person comes in after the first one left, knife and fork ready. He thinks to himself, "Oh boy! Two cakes!"

I forget that art isn't a competition. We aren't jostling to get the viewers attention. There is always love to be shared, even if you think your work doesn't deserve it.

[bearrry]

I really hate making art sometimes i feel like my art equals to my self worth it’s because it’s the one thing I committed my whole life and I feel horrible when I see how my art isn’t how I want to look

[solbutton]

I’m 24, and from middle school up till high school, I used to draw pretty well. Then I stopped for a number of years, and now I just get so frustrated with how horrible my art has become due to me not practicing continuously. When I see other people on YouTube who are my age and who have practiced continuously and their art looks amazing, I’m both filled with awe and regret for not continuing. Sometimes I feel like it’s too late, but this video helped me to realize that it’s never too late. I still get frustrated and throw away paintings the second it goes south, but I’m willing to work through this frustration for once.

[Thepresident]

I'm stuck like this. Its just hard to keep going because "what's the point of drawing if it all looks bad?"

[windraizou]

My brain: (imagines amazing scenes and animations based on rps and DnD adventures)
Me: Okay, now to draw it out!
My hand: lolwut

Edit: After two years, I've decided to edit this post as I've remembered this can be called Hyperphantasia.

[honeydew]

Aizawa once said: “take your frustration at failing and turn it into motivation to get better.”
I know he’s fictional, but what he said is true. I like to think back to that when I want to quit art. I started drawing so I could make comics. I’m nowhere near the goal, but I’m gonna get there. After all, why quit when I’ve been trying for years?