Mood: Aching neck.
Mood: Hot.
Mood: A little tired.
Mood: Tired.
Mood: Normal.
Mood: Normal.
Mood: Dreading today!
Reason: I just hate Wednesdays because of my classes. The other three school days I can handle, just not classes from 10-9 with ~3 hours of breaks in-between. I have an exam at the very end of the day. Whoopeeee… I’m basically going to be studying for said exam during my breaks. Ugh. I just know I’m going to be so tired. At least I don’t have any schoolwork to worry about until Monday, when I have another test, but that one’s supposed to be easy.
Mood: Alright
Reason: I am now the 5th most active member. I also need help with my math so my dad may help me later.
Mood: Annoyed.
Reason: My back really hurts.
Feeling unbelievably artistically discouraged. I can’t even put into words how frustrating and emotionally draining this is.
Oh I hate that. Hopefully you will feel better.
Mood: So Tired and Hot.
I’m sorry that you feel that way.
Leirin, did someone say something specifically discouraging about your artwork? If it was because of someone, I would take their words as a challenge to produce better work. Just make artwork for yourself, at least for now, and that should make it a more enjoyable experience.
I once went to a national portfolio day a few years ago in high school (representatives from art universities/schools see your work), showed my work to someone from a prestigious art school, and the woman straight up told me that I shouldn’t go through with art or major in it.
Mood: Okay.
Reason: My back feels a little better than it did yesterday.
Oh, no, no one has actually done or said anything to discourage me. I’ve just been carefully studying a lot of my favorite artist’s work and feeling vastly inferior because of it. I am simply trying to please myself with my work at least for the time being, but I can’t even do that.
If I saw the stuff I was producing now and it didn’t belong to me, I’d say it’s ok and move on. I wish it could be a lot more than that. I’ve been practicing a whole lot lately but I think I must be missing something. I’m constantly dissatisfied with the results and I feel like there’s a certain ‘knack’ to the way I draw that is limiting me by a lot.
Mood: Pretty ordinary.
I guess it all depends on the kind of artwork you want to make. If you want to do more realistic drawings, there are ways you can practice and rapidly improve. From what I remember, you are quite young (younger than 16, right?), and so I don’t think it would be fair to compare your work to that of other, perhaps more experienced/professional artists. I’ve said this before but you have a really unique way of hatching and using color, and those things are arguably hard to do naturally for some people. So in other words, I think you’re off to a great start with artwork. You can only get better with practice. Looking at other artists’ work may get you feeling down (a lot of of people, including myself, deal with this), but in the end it can help you make your own work better!
Mood: Happy.
Mood: So Dancie And Singie.
Why: Because I am listening some great music that you always will dance and sing too.
Well, thank you.
I’ve begun to look at the whole thing more positively, so now I just want to work hard instead of feel bad over how it is so far.