ThereIsNoJustice's Sketchbook

[John]

Probably this is a temporary disillusionment with my results from pure imagination, maybe some perfectionism going on, and not being able to lower my expectations and standards in results enough to just take something to a finish.

I assumed you got finished works outside this forum..

If I may, I don't think perfectionism or lowering your standards has anything to do with you finishing a piece. All artists have that nagging voice inside their heads. Despite of that feeling of need to achieve perfectionism, all it takes is one to be aware it's a fools errand to reach for something 'perfect' to begin with. We don't know what perfection really means if we're really going to be honest with ourselves. Going by what I see in your thread, I think you don't have it in you to 'fail' at a finished piece. Maybe that's probably why you haven't churned one out in almost a year.

Not that there's anything wrong with just sticking with studies. But if your aim is to finish a piece, you know you're spinning your wheels if you don't step out of that phase. I think you already got enough knowledge to create something. Anything.

Like what realized you about comic artists and their perceived failures in their craft, I hope you can find it in you to not be hard on yourself too.