#artist vent

[cinnamoncatto]

People who ever called my art either "Disney" or "anime" style, just know i am coming for you and your days are numbered!!!!!

[jaimecelesteart]

Just about every time I draw something I have to fight with myself against the thoughts of "you can't do that, what will people think of that" and "people are going to judge and make fun of you for drawing that". Deep down I believe in making whatever fucking art I want but the the mask I've developed from being autistic is strong and I'm so tired of it...

[skeksisloving]

I hate how venting about my experience as an artist makes me feel like people will view me as a whinny brat begging for attention.

I want an audience.

I want to get commissions.

I want to know that it's not just me who feels ignored.

And I hate how jealous I get of other artists who have an audience. They make it look so easy.

And maybe its because I dont draw enough. But I can't bring myself to do that.

I enjoy my art but I feel so unwanted online.

I just feel like curling up under a rock and staying there when I think about this stuff.

I promise I'm not begging for your attention. I just get so frustrated about this sometimes.

But I do appreciate the likes my art gets once and a while. It means alot. It feels great to know something I love made someone happy. I have alot of fun making my art and love seeing people love it like I do.

[mourningskvader]

Drawing? I love that! Gorgeous. Beautiful. I can draw for hours on end.

Rendering? My mortal enemy. My arch nemesis. The bane of my existence.

[dreamweave01]

"SOMEDAY. . ."

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So I know I haven't been doing much lately, but I can explain :')

Last year I went through a uh. . . a thing. . . and I'm having like a kind of intense PTSD reaction or something. You know, like the thing where on the anniversary of the event the trauma resurfaces or whatever.

ANYWAYS!!!!

Here's a little diddle thing for yet another Undertale AU of mine, Enmitytale. (I have no idea if that name will stick, I'm still brainstorming ideas haha)

It's basically an apocalypse au that takes place on the surface during nuclear warfare.

(I think I'm noticing a dark trend in my aus •- •)

[blxxdless1z]

I miss when social media was social.

The sickening expectation that I have to keep all of my accounts portfolio ready in case business comes by hurts my poor human mind, starved of expression and the closeness that being my authentic self brought.

Even if it was messy and unprofessional

[lemmeurs]

this is how ive been feeling for like the past year

the biggest tragedy of my life is my tendency to getting obsessed with fictional men and wanting to draw them all the time while also sucking at male anatomy and losing my sanity over any sketch i make

[woelfin-sheeps-clothing]

When you finish a commission and they only tell you afterwards "oh hey can you adjust XYZ? Yeah I know that you've been sending me updates on it every day and I could have said something sooner."

[bunny-hoodlum]

Ughhhhhhh the art struggle is real. 😢 I adjusted the composition and added a door frame for foreground, but coloring this thing??????? On top of that, Naruto looks both good and way, way off to me and it's so annoying. I try to fix him and he looks worse. I go back to how he looks at the moment, and it's like 'yes, this *is* good except for this, this, this, this, this, that...' 🤦‍♀️ I'm both determined and losing interest in this piece, ugh.

[perch-the-cat]

You know what annoys me and probably a lot of other artists? Ai generated art.

The fact that some artists spend hours making art and barely get any likes but yet ai artists take at most a minute to generate art and then get hundreds of likes. Sometimes ai art can be cool but if you don't know that it was ai generated and then all the sudden you do know, it takes a lot of the fun out of it. The ai art might be a cheap easy way to make "art" and get attention, but with a few words and clicks isn't really what art is. Art is basically where someone spends a lot of time and effort (sometimes) to make a picture. I've seen a lot of good artists on tumblr and yet I still genuinely don't understand why they get ten maximum notes on their art but then all the sudden we get ai art getting hundreds sometimes thousands of likes and it's just really annoying as an artist to see.

Sure some people's artistic skills look like a piece of dog shit but they spent time working on their art.

Also I generated this ai art sometime last year

Like what is this!? 😭 Sario!? The ai is literally apologizing for how shitty the picture turned out!

This is true ai art, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE LIKING STUFF LIKE THIS AND ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE ART REAL ARTISTS MAKE!

Next thing we know, ai generated art is gonna be displayed at the louvre!

[chainsxwsmile]

// I’m almost done animating a trailer for part 2 of my first fanfic, The Riddle of the Troll and I clowned myself.

[sami-guinea-arts]

For people who commission a lot of art

How often have you been scammed and what was the biggest amount?

I got scammed a month ago. Paid 135$. One year later, still sitting on a sketch. Yet this person keeps taking comms. :/

[fiendishfyre]

Haven't drawn in some days and now I'm incapable of drawing every again. All skills obtained now lost.

[thebananaiscold]

Every artist has one least favorite oc, mine is Blade. I drew too many clowns and he feels plain in comparison now. Maybe he should have been a clown knife thrower? I don’t know.

[duha54]

I just inked it and . Man ! I'm proud of it ! Also sorry for those who actually had responded to my poll . It had slipped out of my mind and I'm gonna work on it I promise. ٩( ᐛ )و

At first I didn't wanted to ink it ... For the traditional artist, have you ever felt like if you have a sketch that you are proud of and the moment you ink you mess up everything and it end up looking flat . That happened to me multiple times and it is thanks to my bestie that I got the courage to do it !

I'd also like to add that you're free to talk to me about everything not only request .It may sound kinda odd to put it this way , but for me discussing with someone who have the same interest as me and is maybe at the end of the world... It's incredible so that's why I ´d be more than glad to respond to you !

Have a nice day/night , and get some sleep ! ( not like me 🙃)

[pain-is-too-tired]

Dramatically drapes self over sofa

Oh the lords have cursed me!

(The character I'm trying to draw isn't coming out how i want them to-)