• Saturdaycat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Hey I totally understand how you feel truly! I am 35 years old and I had been stuck in a rut with my art from the age of 20-30, 10 years of hating my own art. I think what helped me overcome this was to start truly to work towards a goal.

    What do you want your art to become? What are you doing art for? What inspires you? I noticed there are some pieces on your Instagram that seem like you’ve worked pretty hard on them and it shows - your Goblin Businessman is a great toon-style artwork. I see your more anime style picture with the laced up boots, and the effort again shows compared to what you posted here.

    I think I see some of your posts show that you didn’t really work too hard on them, given what you can output when you try a bit harder. For instance, your inktober submissions lack depth even though you did some dynamic perspectives.

    Unfortunately I found that I give up halfway through something and I become dissatisfied, with these more sketch-like drawings you have done - maybe you can start gathering references for styles and inspirations. Start learning and practicing basic anatomy from just drawing more educational anatomy books. Start playing with your own art style by drawing in other established ones for a while to try to experience what the artist experiences when creating artwork.

    I gave you a follow on instagram!