by gamer » Sun Jul 09, 2023 5:29 am
How can I get back my passion for drawing? I keep asking myself this over and over again and receive no real answer.
Back then, I used to love drawing more than anything. It was like I could make my ideas and characters come to life, create my own little worlds and stories, imagine things out of nothing.
When did I stop drawing for myself? When did I start drawing for the approval and opinions of others? When did I stop thinking of art as something fun to do, but rather as something I need to be good at to continue? I think as I became an adult, saw so many successful artists, saw the competition, I felt like I couldn't just be mediocre. I needed to stand out. I strived to improve, and it was fun at first, I genuinely did it because it was fun. But now, every time I see something I don't like in my work, I don't want to finish it anymore. I keep wanting to scrap it and start from scratch, and then I never get anywhere. I look back at old pieces and I find myself looking at everything I don't like in it.
I used to just make something, and be happy with it, and not care exactly how it turned out. I was proud of myself for making something. And now I just can't stop looking at everything I find flawed in it.
I think until I stop thinking this way, I won't be able to make art consistently, and it sucks. I want to find it fun again. I just can't seem to right now.