I want to use your link for skillshare but I can't figure out where it is.

14:33 you talking to yourself made me so ridiculously delighted ✨🍿🎬

omg i've wanted to DM a game for so long but found it way too hard to keep track of everything in google docs with my ADHD - milanote looks awesome for this! 😍 i need DnD templates!! 😂🙏

its hard having the will power to have discipline

lol thats exactly me…….. i know what i have to do but its hard to do it because i dont know if its going to work but if i dont do it im never getting better

As a fellow artist who struggles with all of these things you mentioned, I do want to give a shout out to Danny Gregory's videos on the Sketchbook Skool channel. His videos have REALLY been life changing and have made a huge difference with how I view my creativity and my art. He's so good at pinpointing the problems, how to fix them, and he gives such helpful advice. He also didn't start drawing until much later in his life. I think we get too preoccupied with the thought of "I'm too old to change things". We're never too old to do anything. Getting rid of my perfectionism has been a very long journey and I'm still in the middle of it, but it's definitely getting better. Allowing myself to feel free in my art and in my own creativity has been so important. ❤

16:50 this was the pep talk i needed about my own struggles with ADHD / perfectionism with art thank you Chey TT <3

Which monster are you? I'm Zeke Teenweed

As a fellow adhder (or Audhd, rather!), I relate SO HARD to all of this!!! The time blindness and the slow processing - like, it takes YEARS to process some stuff sometimes ! Momentum is my good friend. When I get on the momentum bus, it feels great and I have so much fun... then it gets BORING and I have to jump from the momentum bus to the momentum boat, then the push bike, then sliding down the stairs, then the go karts, then a skipping rope... and so on, you get it! But then if I don't get back on, I STOP and my days get sucked away into nothingness and the guilt HURTS. BRAINS ARE SO ANNOYING sometimes, but we need to rest them and give them gently 'lil kissies. There's no way to have a perfect practice, we just plod along and roll around. The world isn't made for OUR brains. It's either TOO MUCH or blank spaces hahahhaa Okay, that was a weird ramble... BUT that's my reaction to your thoughts and maybe some bits make sence!!! Let's have some art dates, my dear Chey! Love you very much x

I know kingdom hearts sound effects when i hear them!! but also your art is so cozy and inspiring and your style is impeccable so this collab is a match made in heaven ! <3 also, i prefer the millennial hearts as well <3

you are very much not alone in this!!! xx inspiring to watch

My random cat name crisis story, just because: I had a dream the other day that I had a cat, names Tofu. Which is impressive because I tried to name my other cat Peanut, but after a few hours I decided that it did not fit her, so I named her Tanja. I wanted to name her Tanya like this character in an anime I had seen, but when I went to make her collar I spelled it wrong in my panic. so no Y for me. also you are far from alone in this. I got really into art 2015-2016 an it continued for a long time until I got to a point where I was only drawing in one tested style and only drawing cards for friends and family. I completely burned out and am currently taking a long break from it.

its so intersting to hear you talk about this and to relate so much! You are an artist I've always aspired to be as prolific as, but it sounds like we're struggling with the same hurdles. I look forward to seeing where this new growth takes you :--)

Just goes to show that when you make good stuff it doesn’t really matter too much what you do, people will support and buy your stuff either way!

I completely relate to everything you're feeling right now when it comes to art. I've also lost my connection to what I'm doing, and have been consumed with just surviving at my "normal person job". I look at my art and don't connect to it like I want to and have just stopped drawing entirely. Getting back into it can be hard or stressful, especially when there's that stress about it being "good enough" to post about or sell. I wish you the best of luck in getting back into the practice and the joy of creating. I hope I can do the same.

I resonate so much with ALL of this

the "being perfect is where the fun part is" mentality is sooo ingrained in me that i never experiment or branch out anymore... WHEW i related to so much of this!!

i relate so much whenever you talk about your mental health

Why don't you take an online MFA? You can do assignments, get a new community and just practice for a year.

very excited to see where this new route takes you! Good luck!

finding the joy in the doing of somthing when its not 'perfect' is so so hard when it comes to illustration !! i personally went to school for art for a total of 4 years of my life and boy did it drain all of my personal creativity out of me i dropped out of my graphic design degree last december when i realised i wasnt even able to pick up my pencil for a sketch, somthing i used to enjoy so much if it was on a scrap piece of paper or in the margins ever since ive been trying to find joy in creating again and it has been rough!! to say the least! but i know that if i try and turn my brain off and just. draw. i will be fine i am very excited for you and this new direction with your career and i cant wait to see what products you design in 2025!! <3

Your apartment is SO cute! Especially the shelf behind you at the start of the video. Can I hire your mom for interior design? 😂 (I'm actually not kidding 😅)

Go to figure drawing classes they are the best for anatomy and you get to meet cool artists!

I have ADHD too! I'm an artist who decided to go into Interior Design because I was told it would be a more stable career. So far that portion of my creative life has worked out really well for me - I lot of it is listening to my boss or my clients needs then putting my own sparkle on it. I can be really gratifying BUT I have so many ideas in my head that do not fit into that box! So I have tried almost every art and craft in existence to try and get personal artistic satisfaction. And with ADHD it is such a moving target. I currently have a lot of unfinished self-guided art projects! I have found that taking classes in my community really helps me to finish things - Ive taken figure drawing, linocut fabric printing, pottery 101 and just signed up for a soft sculpture class. Sometimes I disregard the work that comes out of those classes as not really my own or lesser than because I had an instructor BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE! You should try it and see where learning from the artist community around you takes your art :)

I have always struggled to not let my art be affected my perfectionism and fear of failure. It was so nice to listen to you speak about your own experiences with perfectionism. I am also always trying to tell myself that done is better than perfect. I wish you all the very best with this next chapter in your art! 😊

Can anyone write down the name of the illustrator she loves at minute 37? Thanks

Damn, I relate to this so much! I remember constantly feeling this way when I studied at uni too. Love your honesty Chey, you're a super talented artist and I know you'll navigate this time and find a solution😊

This is exactly how I feel, like I know I need to improve my skills to become better and create what I see in my mind. I am just having such a hard time doing the damn thing.

This video speaks to me on a level that is beyond words. I feel you. And I think that me randomly stumbling upon this video and your channel was for a reason. Thank you for being vulnerable and posting this and helping others. Good luck with your journey. I have a feeling you’ll work it all out 😉 💙💙💙

First time here. So funny!! Your cat. Mine is the same way.

I’ve been relearning the fundamentals and it’s been sooooo helpful! I’m taking the classes on SVS Learn. The forums there are also full of illustrators who love helping each other grow and I’ve found that to be invaluable. But yeah, it’s weird to love art and need to do art but to just not want to do it. Not good. Just MAKE, girl. Make things that are crap. Make things that you never show anyone. That’s helped me a ton. It means getting out of a social media productivity mindset and back into a creative kid’s mindset.

Oh wow.. you got me thinking for myself.. Thank you for sharing! Need that personal assessment..

You’re a great artist, be kind to yourself. Love your videos and your honesty. Thank you for sharing your life. Don’t ever give up on your dreams. Love you❤

So here's what i have to say. Don't be embarrassed! Because here's the thing. All of us artists that don't have an audience or share or have a platform like you and others, we're also always experiencing the same things! So even though you may feel alone, you totally are not 😊😊😊

holy smokiesssss i think this is the first video of yours that I’ve come across and watched all the way through. It just makes so much sense to me as someone who is a creative person with ADHD. I just got rejected from art school for a masters and now I am struggling to figure out what to do, hearing you talk about perfectionism and losing time and not being coached in art things just ring so true to me. thank you for this video, you are not alone and its so wonderful to hear that i am not alone either :)

Thank you for being so honest & genuine with your audience. Being vulnerable can be so hard, especially online. Sending love & creative good vibes from Utah!🤍🎨

omgggg you're not alone in the perfectionism, i literally felt so heard / called out when you were talking about trying to enjoy things when you're not great at them because "the fun comes from being good at it" 😩why is the brain like this...life is so short...it's ok for us to cherish things simply because we do them hhhh ♥sending good art journey vibes

The Monster Factory shoutout!! 😍

The amount of times I said “YES! Thank you!!” during this video is off the charts. So relatable, so helpful, so deeply felt.

you described exactly what i have been going thru for the past 2-3 years :( it is nice to find that one of my favourite illustrators is also going thru the same crisis, but i hope we both overcome it soon <3

SO, re: middle slider. Is that like... a neurodivergent thing? Cause I have that, my boyfriend has that too. And that's honestly the only link I can find. And also........... why??? And how do people manage to just care a little bit about something? Also the whole "I need to be good at something otherwise what's the point?" was also painfully relatable.......

here's something that has helped me a lot that i want to share just in case you can use it too: perfectionism is really just fear of failure. for me, understanding what is underneath makes it way less powerful. i still struggle against it but i'm discovering that showing up "imperfectly" is how i can show up at all, and there are people who value that i show up! and i wanna get to connect with them! and not let the fear of failure stop me. i also relate to falling into seeing drawing as a "waste of time". i have a tendency to think of making art as my "reward" for doing unpleasant things, so if i don't do the dishes i'm not allowed to draw or whatever, which is so backwards because when i'm doing lots of drawing i have more energy for boring tasks because i love doing it. also agree sophie's scribble brigades are amazing for this! no need to pick references, just sit down and draw, and get reminders from sophie that it's all fine and good and we're just having fun. love scribble brigade!

This video is what made me go into crochet!

I feel like I ghost wrote this because I have been experiencing so much of these things myself.

ugh I subscribe to so many of your thought patterns!! btw I live in the Ballard area and am also trying to keep my daily drawing routine so let me know if you want to dare + meet new people to draw with hehehe. hang in there!! I think you have a really good opportunity here because you know what you need to do :)

I see no point in doing things for fun if I don't improve, I get you 100% this is the KILLER of art. As kids we draw and paint for fun and I don't know how/when it became a mental torture :(

i love the chicken on your mantelpiece... i need himb owo

Its so good to see this chatty type of content from you again! I've been through the same type of realization in a non-creative context - i worked in coffee for years stuggling to make ends meet and just yearning to find a new professional niche for myself. It took a bad boss for me to take the leap and apply for office jobs for more structure and financial comfort. From there it took the pandemic for me to decide I wanted to go to grad school to qualify for the kind of work i wanted. And deciding what exactly that work / degree would be was TERRIFYING. But I'm here now, in my new career, not perfectly happy but so proud of myself for taking that leap. I have time now for my hobbies instead of side gigs and studying, and I'm still anxious about what lies ahead but I know my torch is pointed in the right direction. Wishing the same sense of relief and contentment to you, even as we continue to find our way forward ❤

I relate SO much to everything you said about perfectionism... it's so frustrating and difficult to overcome! "The fun comes from being GOOD" UGH

Yay