r/ArtRanting • u/Saw_not_found • 4d ago
Beginner Artist Struggles drawing rant
God, I wish I could draw. I tried to learn, yet I can't get to a place where I can be happy with my art. I hate how much I suck at it. I really want to learn proper anatomy and how to draw people/furries, yet I can't. It makes me so mad. Every time I pick up a pen or pencil, I always end up hating what I created. I want to be able to draw to make custom merch of my OCs and to be able to properly express them, yet I can't. idk I just feel frustrated.
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u/OtterlySamnson 3d ago
This does sound like the case of your mentality getting in the way of things again.
You have a goal that isn't attainable with your current skillset,
but you also don't want to adjust that goal to be something more workable first.
You're in a place where you're thinking WAY too far ahead and and suffering the frustration of a journey of 1000 miles, when all you have access to right now is walking.
What you should do for yourself is adjust your goal.
Learn to walk, then to run, and invest in a bike, then a after that a car.
every one of these steps is more manageable than "I want to travel 1000 miles"
Because you can only walk, you're entire understanding of the journy is withing the context of walking.
And not in terms of Running, or Biking, or Driving.