#art problem

[kristinhateslife]

Ugh, those moments in ur art journey where u just hate ur own art goes sooooo hard

Like

Whattttttt, my art's great! Everyone says sooo, I've improved so much. Like actually! Ive improved soooo so much and i work sooo so hard

People like my arttttt ive been complemented sooo much and ive seen how much ive improved

But then why do i cry and panic over it basically every night??? I love drawing and everything but then why do i hate itttttt. The process is such a pain and i hate it i just hate it so fucking much

Lmao should've picked culinary as my profession, sucks i cant even use a fuckin stove tho but just ohhhh myyybgodddddddd

Sorry guysssss im a tiny bit panicky rnnn

Ugh where's my ink sans to hype me uppppppp ima cry againnnn

[spacexlover34]

okay. I got too confident with myself and this was inevitable.

Recently I made a drawing of what I thought was a panel from the glass scientists. And I posted it.

Now in my reread of the comic I am realising I was wrong. And I had just copied someone else's fanart.

I should have been more careful and done more research beforehand. Any amount of digging would have shown me it wasn't the original.

This is a mistake I will try not to repeat and I have taken down the post until I am able to find the original artist. This likely will not go up again and I will instead draw the actual panel.

I am very sorry about this. I was not thinking at the time and I should have seen the signs that it was not the original such as the watermark and the art style. If this happens again please tell me. I do not want to be copying what others have made, even accidentally.

This was a stupid mistake. I know this. I will start doing more research or drawing straight from screenshots from the site. I am so so sorry about this. Thank you.

[dismalrain]

Has anyone else's MFA given them performance anxiety? Like I feel less creative despite literally having all the creative freedom I can dream of.

[art-tnt]

Maybe this is beyond the scope of what I should be asking but it's about the reference of others and how my art has become the source of someones references.

An acquaintance is using my art as a reference. They are either tracing or closely referencing my art to the point where it's pretty clear it's mine. They mimic tattoos I've designed and are basically mimicking my character designs too. I don't know if I would mind if they just acknowledged they were referencing me. But they have in fact stopped engaging with me cold turkey as soon as the mimicry started. I don' know how to approach this person and talk to them about how I dont like it. Or if I should ignore my weird feelings because I shouldn't get in the way of their development. Either way I feel pretty used by this behavior. Any advice would be nice and I appreciate your time.

I know this has sat in the inbox for a while, but I needed time to think how best to reply. Ultimately, your feelings on this matter are yours and are valid. I can only answer from my personal experience. I have had a friend that did fanart of a character I designed once, but it was in their style, so it wasn't to the extent that is happening to you. Even in the centuries past, budding artists used to copy works of the masters before developing their own styles. These copies were never intended as gallery pieces of the training artist or claimed as their own works. They were done solely to learn from it and were discarded or stored. Sometimes a copy will get discovered and a merchant may try to pass it off as an original of the master it imitates, which is why fine art dealers in museums may sometimes run into challenges trying to authenticate a painting that is old enough and using the proper materials for the period, but could STILL be a fake. So if I were in your shoes, I guess it would be me asking them a lot of questions: Why are they doing this? Are they trying to trace your work and pass it off as their own? Determining if it is art practice or art theft would be the first place to start. I do not know this person. Perhaps they really admire your style and want to emulate it and are trying to figure out what the key elements are. In my experience with things that bother me, I know it sounds tough, but just reach out and communicate to them what you are feeling and why. If they are a person worth having in your circle, the interaction will be fine. If it is met with negative energy, you don't need them in your life. I know that sounds blunt and it is easier said than done when I am a person outside of the conflict giving that advice, but if someone is only in your life to make you struggle in a way that doesn't bring you personal growth, they aren't needed in it. This is less of art advice and more existence advice, but communication is key in all that we do. Even in networking and building our artist communities. Communicate with them. You got this!

[lolilou-lagaf]

" I am an artist, I can do this" I whisper through my tears while I check my hand for the 10th time to see where the thumb has to be drawn

[sailing-ever-west]

the trolley problem vs. systemic oppression: a comic.

[psalmieee]

Writers when it's time to write the story no one forced them to come up with in the first place 🙄

[blueorchidskull]

Genuine question, are people interested in study sheets? Or just sketches? I have some I could post here but idk if anyone wants that. Just a question cuz I got some reference sheets I could post here for a character, and I could just post sketch dumbs from my sketch book on here. But just wondering cuz idk what the vibe is.

Btw asks and anon is open, just an fyi if anyone is kinda shy about answering the question. I know sometimes I am, so leaving that door open :p

[crazygnomenclature]

Ah yes, the battle of the bulge.

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[hinamie]

mentor

[emthimofnight]

People keep wanting to know what it would have been like if Stellar's failed lab siblings survived infancy and were adopted like she was, so here are some, "What If?" doodles!

[dismalrain]

Ugh, the ladies I drew in Saturday's video have sent me into an art crisis because I love them too much to render because I don't want to ruin them.....l

Perpetual artists struggle with loving my sketches so much I can't be an adult and just finish the piece without whining about how "they're perfect as they are"

Just because they're my tags doesn't mean they're getting read so today's theme is...

I lowkey want to draw a green chlorophyll girly getting pelted by photons

absolutely having an older less proactive chlorophyll closer to the dead part of a leaf hiding from photons behind an umbrella

[gh0sdae]

On how they still think curly tried to commit with the crash:

[musdswo]

does my bestie kim kitsuragi smell like communism?

[notacroook]

hes trying to make you explode with his mind