Should I keep drawing ?
I've been drawing for years now. Not consistently or everyday but whenever I can. Drawing is something I find really fun and satisfying.
But even thought, I don't like my art. I keep comparing myself to others. When I hide my sketches behind my textbooks or computer's folders, other people are confident and proud of their work so much that they boast about it.
I feel like I'm stuck and can't be better than the level I'm currently am at. Even realistic portraits are exceedingly hard to draw for me and that's usually what people perceive as "real art" where as mine tend more into a cartoonist style.
I don't appeal to manga readers either because my style has deviated from that one too. As I peruse my drawings, I find them flat and boring and the drive for it is extinguishing.
Is there really a point to keep going? It's only this year I've started posting on the most obscure site I could find, Cara.(sorry for Cara enjoyers but I didn't know it even existed beforehand)
I also don't like showing my drawings to people I know due to past history and strange/rude reactions. I really don't know what to do anymore.
@diligentSheep3836
Keep drawing!
If you love it, don't stop!
What you think of it matters!
@diligentSheep3836 As a fellow artist I’d say stop thinking you need to fit to a certain style, play around with A bunch of Different techniques, go crazy with colors, don’t box yourself in or it will feel like you can never get it right. If you let the colors spill from your mind into paper and it comes out all different unconventional textures and shapes and colors, GREAT. That’s what art is. In short- don’t force your art into a box. :3
@WhySoSeriousFR and also REAL artists will like your art because we appreciate expression in all forms
Keep drawing!!!
It’s not about what other people say or what they think of your work, although I hope you do find someone who does appreciate it.
Hi there..
If I may ask, have you had formal instruction on composition, technique, shading and scale?
Just turn around. You'll find what you need.