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Anyone that implies that you should only do digital painting to get popular is wholefully ignorant. You should draw what you want & how you want.
Especially if they praise your art style, then backhand slap you with "oh your painting is good"
Their "good" = "better"
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Especially if they praise your art style, then backhand slap you with "oh your painting is good"
Their "good" = "better"
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Being stuck in the middle between two art styles is a struggle, its even more of a struggle when people value specifics like cel shading and painting more than the other (usually the latter).
I've been told those same things many times so I understand feeling angry and in pain.
I've been told those same things many times so I understand feeling angry and in pain.
Methods, art styles & the kind of art you do shouldn't be valued based on what is "commercially" acceptable for you to "fit in" or get popular. It shouldn't also be seen as "better" because everyone, no matter what, puts in effort to their art regardless of what it is.
If someone tells you: "you should draw fanart so you can gain followers quickly, and then you can get hired by a studio if you're popular enough !! Its a trend going on!"
Please don't treat it like its the only way , of you find it doesn't work for you then don't do it.
Please don't treat it like its the only way , of you find it doesn't work for you then don't do it.
It is also another thing I've heard so many times over the years, but honestly that's not how reality works. Of it worked for everyone, then everyone would be getting jobs left & right.
Find what works best for you, people who only give that advice don't understand the struggle
Find what works best for you, people who only give that advice don't understand the struggle
I felt like I needed to write this thread because I was aggravated and reminded, receiving that advice recently which makes me angry. It makes me mad bc its narrow minded & lacks consideration that not everyone can work in that way.
I hope everyone that reads this can relate as well. Thanks for reading my ramblings. Its something I'm very passionate about. I'm against the mindset of people who don't have struggle & think their advice is sound.
