Thread 7695543

Do you have fun drawing?

I do :)

>>7695547
that's good, i think fun is most important part

>>7695555
fun is great. very valuable. but your art can be more meaningful than that even.

>>7695543 (OP)
Yeah! I want to get better at art and use my powers for evil by making my friends sick with really degenerate art!

>>7695543 (OP)
Ya ya ya

>>7695543 (OP)
Yes I did while making this

>>7695648
i can feel it in your drawing

I have fun drawing even though im not good. Even when i finish a piece I know is horrible I try to find points I think I did good on to weigh out the myriad of mistakes I see.

My only issue is I feel like I take a long time to draw when following a tutorial, or feel like using the circle/line tool is "cheating" even though it should be a benefit of drawing digitally.

Ill have more fun drawing when I can draw slightly better looking women.

Yeah but it took a while, it's hard to draw when you have mental health problems

Once upon a time, yes. For the last 15 years, no. How do I retrieve the old magic, /ic/? Nothing retains my interest any longer. Not things I think are cool, or make me horny, not symbolic art, not studies. A splinter of the desire to draw yet pierces my heart but I can never get a hold of it to push it all the way.

drawing in public is my new favorite way to draw

>>7695543 (OP)
Yes and I see it as a problem. I'm most creative when my mental is at its lowest.

>>7695543 (OP)
I haven't had "fun" doing anything since 1996.

>>7695543 (OP)
I don't think you're supposed to have drawing, Loomis scammer

>>7695543 (OP)
>called fun with a pencil
>makes you having less fun when drawing
This nigger was the biggest troll ever kek

>>7695543 (OP)
i h8 drawing B^)

>>7695543 (OP)
if you're having fun then you're talented. Drawing is agony for me.

>>7696427
now finish the drawing with actual clean proper lineart

>>7696427
Now HE'S having fun with his pencil.

>>7696594
there's no talent, only passion

>>7695726
Thank tou!

>>7696594
Then do something else retard.

>>7695543 (OP)
>wanted to draw the Mothman at work
>ended up with a flyguy
>coworker sees it and says to do a bee next

>>7695543 (OP)
I do but I get so stressed out trying to learn. Not because learning isn't fun but because I am insane.
>>7695783
this but hard to do anything when you're self sabotaging lets stop it please. looks amazing btw

>>7695543 (OP)
I (re)learned how to have fun drawing for the sake of it, even if I'm not necessarily improving my technical skills

>>7695543 (OP)
Nope

>>7695543 (OP)
I have allot of fun when I am in the flow or feel confident, but when I'm not in the flow I often worry about trying to make the next drawing creative and original

I don't have fun doing anything, including doomscrolling. Im mentally ill and on meds
>>7696768
Like what? Im a slow learner

>>7695543 (OP)
yes but I never finish anything and need to study better to achieve what I'd like to

>>7695543 (OP)
For the first 20 minutes and then I don't want to fuck it the drawing so it becomes stressful

>>7697820
How. Please help, I forgot and now I am desperate.

I'm driven by hate, but I have fun

Used to love drawing from childhood to teens, then I gradually grew to hate it and now I basically force myself to draw and watch tutorials for drawings that are typically not actually helpful at all.

This is probably the 10th time I'm considering giving up drawing, I can't draw what I actually want anyway.

>>7699363
What do you want to draw?

>>7699365
That "half-painted, half sketched" looking style I see a lot of horror mangaka do, unfortunately I simply cannot do it. Opted to just do more simple single line "cuter" styles with a roughness to them but they still look like garbage and feel like I wasted time and effort every time.

>>7699369
Well to get good at something you need to practice doing it. I doubt you will get good if you don't allow yourself to fail and learn from the failures.

Personally I'm tired of anon artists' defeatist nature. You do you.

>>7699372
Yeah I despise practicing drawing because it physically and mentally feels like torture. I only enjoyed drawing things that just "came naturally" which just means it was within my brain type to do it well passively.

As for failures, I only have failures. I'm not seeing any gain. At a certain point "muh practice" means nothing if there is no visible change that is appealing or encouraging.

I'm starting to find more enjoyment scribbling.

>>7699373
If you can see your failures, that's a good sign. The next step is for you to analyze why they failed and what to improve on and then improve.

>>7699378
Already did that, nothing happened. The drawings are still bad.

>>7696594
>if you're having fun then you're talented. Drawing is agony for me.
I suck at both drawing and making art. Doesn't stop me from working on my illustrated novel :D
Albeit it's in my native tongue :P.

>>7699381
>suck
Your art mogs most people's art lol

>>7699382
Fren, it's just trial and error for because I haven't learned the fundies, so I tend to fuck up time after time again.

Like pic rel:

https://youtu.be/dpb08OeHGkw?si=FUOhGM8AZJ5qpNSr

i dont have fun
i put too much pressure on myself and get upset and frustrated at myself.
I hate myself.

>>7699385
>mogs my art
not making a good case for yourself talent-chan

>>7699387
same, except when I draw it makes my suicidal ideation increase

I don't think drawing is for me

>>7699379
I doubt your bitching will help you progress.

>>7699396
I think you should be brutally raped on a daily basis.

>>7699397
I have plenty of artist mutuals and majority of them are just as insecure about their art, progress and all that. It's natural. But even them being insecure doesn't stop them progressing and putting themselves out there. Most artists see their own art worse than the viewers because artists have the optimal mental image how they want the pic to look but the end results can't compare to that mental image. You are not unique in feeling you have failed. Others feel that too. But instead of letting that stop them, they push on, improve and progress. I'm done being your therapist.

>>7699405
I do not speak rape victim sorry.

>>7695543 (OP)
Yes Especially when I get to do it for a meme for my friends, See Exhibit A. A gnome drawn to try an capture MS paint style of shit.

yknow what im going to get a mentor and quit this board forever

I shouldve done this a year ago, thanks for nothing

>>7699645
We're not cats so this is disregarded.

Artists being pseud faggots, nothing new here.

>>7699957
This board is only good at first because it's not a hugbox like everywhere else is, but you still don't get anything useful or encouraging beyond artbook links or brush tools for free.

It's a pseud den for people who want to feel intelligent.

>>7695543 (OP)
Not really. In order to have fun with drawing you need to be satisfied with your drawings, and to be satisfied with it, I need good ideas I like. I just don't get these ideas, so I also can't have fun with it.

>>7695543 (OP)
its really fun when its your passion
>>7695783
honestly, if you consistantly draw even a lil bit it'll make your mental health slightly better
>>7698003
>>7699369
anything works when you mimic what you'd like to do, for example i started picking artists i like and made studies for them, pinterest is also your best friend on this mission
>>7699381
dude this is sick asf, i love freaky shit like this and aspire to do stuff like this

>>7695543 (OP)
It's despicable between the drawing idea and finishing it. It's pure ecstasy when it turns out good

>>7700147
Is there any artist who's 100% satisfied with their work?

>>7695543 (OP)
No. I lost my "art innocence" long ago and don't have talent to preserve it. My critical eye doesn't allow me to have fun because everything I draw is dogshit by not fitting default criteria of good art (anything that I retweet and like). While physical process of mindless drawing is relaxing, the enjoyment of it equivalent to mindless farming in Diablo 2. So no, drawing is torture. Everyday I suffer 4h+ shit eating grindfest in hope to have fun someday.

>>7700389
Maybe not 100%, but some artists are able to make incredible work and they are most likely pretty happy about it.

>>7695555
quads of troof

>>7695543 (OP)
Usually not fun, but I enjoy it.

every time I Draw I have to spend an hour warming up and then another hour thinking of what to draw and then it takes an hour just gather references. 3 hours later I can finally "just draw" but all the fun was sucked out of it.

>>7701701
i think you're overthinking it a lil bit