Comparing the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Chutzpar]

Nevermind.

I didn't get finished because I suck at art and shading and everything and I didn't know how to draw what I wanted how I wanted or what to do and I lose it really easily because of that.

It's awful when you envision this amazing thing in your head like I do often and don't have the ability to make it real. I'm too much of a perfectionist for my own skill.

When you first started out drawing you probably had enthusiasm all the time, and you might look back on stuff now and think: How on earth did I think this was good?

Because your taste, and your sense of what makes good drawings will improve a lot faster than your actual skill. So everyone gets that "Why am I so terrible? " feeling. Even really accomplished artists struggle with it!

You basically just have to learn to ignore the Asshole Critic in your head and make stuff anyway. I'm not saying stop trying to improve, but don't let your failings stop you from drawing. It's better to draw a million things that you're not happy with than it is to stop drawing altogether.

I know I'm not the best artist, but check this out. Here's what I was drawing when I was the same age as you:

And here's what I draw now:


Maybe I haven't improved as fast as I could have, and there's definitely still lots for me to learn
but I wouldn't have even got as far as I am now if I just gave up because my earlier stuff was as bad as it was.