#that last line of kio's is paraphrased from a post they saw. the one with the stairs if you've seen it

[ageless-soul-au]

how. is your art so amazing. every single drawing I see for asau is absolutely adorable how do you (and Mizu because her art is also so freaking good) like how are you guys so good at it?/gen ive been practicing for years and mine really… sucks :((( I adore the way you draw Legend he’s very cool looking

From what I’ve experienced, generally what not liking your art means is that you have a really keen eye for what you want out of your drawings, and just haven’t gotten your hands to pick up the muscle memory yet. Thank you so much for the compliments, but please don’t talk down about your own skill. Art is a learning journey, and you’re training several parts of your body to work in tandem with each other. Your mind and imagination, your eyes, and your hands! It’s not easy! Take it easy on yourself and spend some time just browsing through artwork you like, and pick it apart. Anatomy with one artist perhaps, color with another! See if you can piece together how they do things, how they pose, how they layout their work. You might even start noticing places where someone made a small mistake. (My artwork is riddled with them lol) then, try to start replicating the stuff you learned. Go slow and be nice to yourself! It’s a process!

-Mizu

i wholly agree with mizu. we've both been drawing for a long-ass time, myself probably like.... 10 years consistently, and it really is a process. i only started really liking my art once i started drawing with mizu a lot, and we've been friends for like two years, so less than that really. it's always a cycle of loving and hating your art, and it takes a shitton of practice, so don't beat yourself up about it. we're all at different places in our art journey and just because you don't like your art doesn't mean that someone else won't! honestly i'm still surprised when people say they like my work???? it's surreal. so we're all kinda in the same boat. when you compare yourself to others you think are more skilled than you, you're ignoring all the hard work you've put in to get to the point you're at.

-Kio