dreamstream9

Link to actual poll~ First off, thank you all for participating in my little poll, I really appreciate all of you voting and commenting! It's something that I've been thinking about recently and your responses were very insightful. It will be really very hard for me to write a reply to every comment, so I'll try responding to some that stood out to me in a journal format! Obvious disclaimer: All this is just me rambling, I'm no authority on anything. Believe what you like, and feel free to disagree. Comparison can become something that's restrictive and crippling to all creators when overdone indeed. Personally I tend to lean towards art

First off, let me say this: I'm a very raw, struggling artist. Believe it or not, whenever I draw a new piece, my brain hurts from the amount of thinking and worrying that I go through. What's happening in the picture? What's a nice composition? What colors can I use? Why don't my colors look pretty? Is this quality enough to satisfy myself? How do I even know if it's good enough? Everyday I restart this cycle of suffering and learning. What I go through a lot of the time is unpleasant surprises (like when halfway through I suddenly realize I screwed up something), and then the disappointment sinks in. Sometimes when I try to draw a complex