I'm terrible at art

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"I'm terrible at art I will never be as good as you are"
"I wish I could improve with art"
"How do you do this"
"Ahhh"

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Before I start my rant- I'd like to say I am in no means a good artist (by my own ridiculously high standards. Haaa I have no self esteem. Oops.) , but I have improved since I was first here on DeviantArt and Youtube and all of that. 
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I see so many people complain about their art, and wanting to improve and get better- or say they'll NEVER be as good as someone else. But see now...the thing is with a lot of these people- and this journal is in fact intended at you if you do this- all they draw is just cats. Or just dogs. Or just -one specific thing-
Or they'll just do one style. 
Whatever the case is- all they do is the same thing. Over and over. 
And they want to improve.
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Now, here's the thing. The chances of you actually improving with drawing and animation or just art in general- are extremely slim if all you do is one thing. If you just do the same thing over and over again- how can you expect to improve? 

Guys, if you are unhappy with your art and you actually want to get better- get rid of all the cartoony rainbow critters. 
Tons of the people who I see who are not satisfied with their art- all they will draw is usually just cartoony art. 
Stop it. 
I know what you might be thinking, "I want to be good at cartoons- not scenery! Realism is boring, Carmen! I don't want to do anything from life- it's too hard! etc, etc"

Actually try drawing from life and drawing realism. I know a lot of kids want to stroll away from it and become great artists- but..sorry to burst any bubbles...but for those of you wanting to go into art school- you better have a portfolio of more things than just wolves. You better have some scenery, anatomy studies, buildings, poses, still life, and all of that. Including humans. 

Back to what I was saying. A lot of kids- teenagers- and adults, too, I've noticed- will try to avoid drawing realistic art because it's too hard. It's not too hard. You just don't want to take the time to do it to even try to learn. You actually will have to do a bit of studying with it- and learn how different body parts are made up- why they are like this- and all of that. You'll be having to draw what you actually see- and not what you think is there. 
I've probably confused the majority of you guys with how I've worded this...sorry about that. 


I remember a few years back, I didn't want to even attempt realism. I just wanted to have cool looking cartoony art and be done with it. Except here was the deal. My cartoony art was complete rubbish. Look at this shit- I wanted to think it was good back then. 
Ebil Furries by WhatTheFlup Cherrygreen and her sugar by WhatTheFlup Old character by WhatTheFlup Im sorry by WhatTheFlup My fursona by WhatTheFlup

wowie. The fuck is any of that?

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My earliest animations on my current account- And especially the animations concerning Lobo on my old youtube account ScaryCreepyMonster87... Jesus christ I thought I was so cool for having a stereotypical wolf character. They were bad, too. Don't look at them or I will smite you. My old art was awful. 
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I don't know what happened. I think I woke up and had came to the realization that I was literally going NO WHERE with my art. 
I wanted to improve. I wanted to be considered "good". 
At the rate I was going- I didn't even think I would be good. For a while I actually considered giving up on art and just doing something else. I still did art and animation when I could- but enjoy it..Not really. I legitimately didn't enjoy what I did.
And with animation, I had always wanted to be like Tirrel(Cerberus) ever since my current account ItsCarmenJones, but my animations where also pretty bad. I did the same thing. Just little animated loops of my character dancing.. sometimes I would do a decent animation of something else..but usually...nah.

I actually decided then I wanted to try something different. Fuck cartoons- I could barely do those anyways. Maybe I could try to get better at realistic art? See how that would play out...
So I did. 
I started off with wolves and rabbits mostly. (Mostly rabbits) and I realized...Hey...this..isn't..that bad...I kinda actually enjoy this. I mean, the realism attempts sucked, but I still had fun with them.
I even got motivation back with drawing realism. 
When my rabbits were still alive, I would watch them and sit outside their hutch and do little sketches. Only uploaded a few of them on Deviantart. Too lazy to go and find them.
But with the more realistic art I drew, I finally decided- Hey I should keep drawing cartoons....why not?
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And that's when I noticed a bit of a style change. 
Drawing realism literally helped improve my cartoony art- and watching animals outside and all of that- and the patience I gained from realism- helped me a lot with even my animations. 
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Drawing realistic art was something out of my comfort zone. I went to do something I wasn't used to, kept doing it- practiced- and it helped me learn and improve a lot of my other stuff. 


I'm slightly tired and dunno how much of this will make sense or not when I'm fully awake and read it again..
But basically..If you guys who are unhappy with your art- 
Just try something new. Stop doing the same shit over and over and think you'll actually get better. Go for something way out of your comfort zone, learn from it, and watch yourself improve. 
It will HELP. 
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I'm gonna go watch vinesauce now. rant thing that's not even a rant- really just me blabbering while I'm sleepy-  rant thing done. 
I would write more..but at this point I feel like if I keep on, I'll end up getting on the subject of something completely off topic. 

Edit- I realized I hadn't posted this like 20 minutes ago which I had intended. I am not smart 

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BloodyBucket's avatar
This will help a lot. I think I'll try and do this. Wow I need this motivational confidence.Bunny Emoji-87 (Thanks) [V5]