#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

[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.

[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

[hinamie]

mentor

[just-french-me-up]

[notacroook]

hes trying to make you explode with his mind

[cryptocism]

big fan of daniel going completely off the rails while shouting "im nORMAL i am NORMAL im A NORMAL MAN" the whole time

i got commissioned to do another excerpt from the Devil's Minion chapter of Queen of the Damned and it was So Much Fun these two are insane

chapter excerpt under the cut:

[slushy-sash]

why is bro in port ormos when he works at the akademiya

[egophiliac]

one last batch of Scully Js for the road before Malleus eats my brain again

let's all pour one out for the King of Halloween, whose only crime was being born a Hot Topic goth before Hot Topic existed for him to shoplift his Jack Skellington merch from (and also the whole turning people into pumpkins thing I GUESS) (look, nobody's perfect)

[greykolla-art]

⚠️Please don’t touch the sexy deer, it’s not flirting with you. ⚠️

I’ve got a thing for Vox being a fuckboi who keeps thinking their tension is gonna lead to hate sex. 😂

[one-cherry]

Ok but I couldn’t wait a whole nother season for him 💀

[eggdrawsthings]

Does it ever drive you crazy Just how fast the night changes?

[silver-focus-lining]

Have you ever been so anxious because you want to mentally take a break from drawing art, but don’t know what else to do? Like I WANT to do art, but I’m feeling frustrated and impatient with it, which is why I’m trying to cool it down, but I’m panicking as well.

I just needed to talk about this feeling I’m having.