Degs

Hello ^-^ I'm newer as far as followers go. I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough time. I hope you know it's ok to make a bad piece by your own standards 💚 and it's good to keep them too! Even if you don't like them, you still put a lot of work and effort into them and that's important to remember!

I've been drawing for almost 8 years now and sometimes it feels like I'm no closer to my goals than when I started. It sucks and it makes me wanna give up sometimes, but I've been through that cycle enough times now to know I'll come out the other end still drawing. For me it's just a matter of reminding myself of that 🤭

Hopefully AI art doesn't impact your self worth too much. Even if you're drawing to fill quotas, your art is 1000 times more valuable because it's a product of that time of your life ^-^ it has the context of what was going on in your life! It's not just something to throw on the content pile, it's another cake for people to get excited about 💚

I've been enjoying seeing your work. There's a softness to the style that just makes me happy to see. The emotional kind of softness, I mean. It's a quality I've never once seen in the constant spew of AI pieces.

It also just makes me happy to see the body variety in your works. I'm shaped pretty similarly to Isabel and that's not a shape I often see. It's nice to have that bit of representation pop up when it does. :>

I'm sorry a lot of things are being rough for you. If an art break works best for you, take a break; if just making and posting and to hell with the quality strikes your mood, then post away. I understand how the ebb and flow of motivation and self-esteem can be a very rough sea.

i dont understand art enough to make a really good well thought out post about how your art has value, but the fact i would be able to pick out your stuff among a sea of meaningless AI generated shit means something to me. Do whatever feels best for yourself, but know it'd make people like me happy to keep seeing your art

Just a random watcher coming in to say I appreciate your work and hope you find your groove and feel better. I haven't been able to draw more than a few crappy gestures in a long time so I understand to some degree. Anyway, take care buddy, we're rooting for you 👍

Having the art as an outlet for feelings you can't express in what would be considered the "normal" way resonates strongly. I appreciate the warm sorts of vibes your style and content has.

i obviously can't speak to everything going on but i hope what i can say helps. the way artistic growth works can be really cruel, because it's not just your ability that will increase. your 'eye' for art, especially your own becomes much more discerning and scrutinizing and unfortunately this doesn't always progress at the same time as your artistic ability. but the thing is, your eye maturing is just as important and necessary a stage of development and your ability. it's rough when your relationship with your art is different than what it seems like others are getting out of it, and rising commodification of art can increase that worry. but with that trend it makes it easier for me to appreciate real expression and those who matter will appreciate it too. anyway i hope this is comprehensible, i have a fever and i'm feeling kind of loopy rn but take care!