01-18-2015, 03:57 PM
Heya there is a very similar thread and question posted here which I replied to and helped the poster
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5939
Have a read through it and post back in here if it didn't help or leave questions in your mind still.
To answer your questions briefly though
1. Dispell the idea from your mind that enjoying doing art is linked to it being "good" or not. It isn't. We somehow seem to have learned this parrotted idea that external appreciation of anything we do is the only way to ascribe value to it, and it's just utter bullshit. If you enjoy the feeling of pen or paint on paper or just doodling away or creating worlds, then focus on that. Ignore everyone else. Eventually you will get better and get compliments, but these are just as meaningful as the people telling you your stuff is crap.
2. Patience comes from acceptance of your status. The more you fight and try to force things at speed the less patient you will be. Instead accept that it will take a while to get where you want, but in the meantime bloody enjoy what you do now. What's the point in waiting for some unknown point in the future when it all comes together for you?...actually it will never happen in the way you imagine, so just get in touch with what you enjoy about the process first, and try not to think too much about the outcomes.
Just work hard, enjoy what you do, listen to your own true instincts and the rest will take care of itself in time.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5939
Have a read through it and post back in here if it didn't help or leave questions in your mind still.
To answer your questions briefly though
1. Dispell the idea from your mind that enjoying doing art is linked to it being "good" or not. It isn't. We somehow seem to have learned this parrotted idea that external appreciation of anything we do is the only way to ascribe value to it, and it's just utter bullshit. If you enjoy the feeling of pen or paint on paper or just doodling away or creating worlds, then focus on that. Ignore everyone else. Eventually you will get better and get compliments, but these are just as meaningful as the people telling you your stuff is crap.
2. Patience comes from acceptance of your status. The more you fight and try to force things at speed the less patient you will be. Instead accept that it will take a while to get where you want, but in the meantime bloody enjoy what you do now. What's the point in waiting for some unknown point in the future when it all comes together for you?...actually it will never happen in the way you imagine, so just get in touch with what you enjoy about the process first, and try not to think too much about the outcomes.
Just work hard, enjoy what you do, listen to your own true instincts and the rest will take care of itself in time.