I feel people who like, don't feel their art is good because of whatever fucking reason need to step outside the internet and show real people their art sometimes.
Every nurse who saw my Live2D and art while I was in the hospital was flabbergasted.
My grandparents proudly display the lil sketchbook zine I made last year among their fancy ornaments.
The other day my sister wanted a patch for a girl guide leader friend of hers and I didn't have a lot of time so I sublimated one and it had a rough ass zigzag trim that I was like, I'm sorry!! It's kinda rough!! The white was sticking outta the green trim in spots it wasn't great!! And the feedback I got was that it was the most professional thing the other ladies had ever seen. Something I felt embarassed giving to my sister was the most impressive gift she's ever given.
You gotta like.
Get a reality check sometime dude.
Talk to normal ass people.
idgi
if you don't know the original, i'm sorry. the first part (not pictured because google is shit) is a picture of an artist making a cake and being all disappointed that it's not as grandiose as the one next to it. then this guy (pictured: a normal ass person) shows up.
my parents are the abnormal "we can't recognize how much work goes into things" type so anytime i do any damn thing and show them, they're highly unimpressed.
but i showed extended family my racing liveries while at a family reunion in Winnipeg and some of them were saying i should get a job doing that. and like, out of curiosity, i tried my hardest to let them know they didnt have to be so kind because i already knew my talents, and they still maintained i should have a job in that field. like i tried my best to let them know they could be "normal" about my work and they still maintained my quality of work was professional level despite me having not professionally trained.
and here's the thing: its because my parents aren't normal that i thought these comments weren't normal. but they were. my parents are completely incapable of asking questions about what im doing, encouraging what im doing or even caring what i do in the first place. they're apathetic to a degree that just aint normal. talking to normal people about my work got me a normal, extremely impressed reaction and i didnt recognize it as a normal response to high quality work because my parents had normalized an abnormal reaction to me.
so like. dont just talk to people about your work. talk to normal people about your work. it gives you a much better gauge for your skill than "family" who couldnt care less.
