Art Regression, Perfectionism, And How Both Intersect

[@devonteedwards2093]

Tbh, it's more important to have fun when drawing and not worrying about it being perfect

[@len_g3079]

when i get really mad about my art not looking good enough, i usually rest and start making little doodles (which are usually very jokey), because then i just draw whatever comes to mind without trying too hard, and that helps me a lot getting through these bad moments :D

[@DoveJS]

I had to turn on captions to realize this is what you were asking for lol my bad. 🎨Also, I was eating soup while watching this. 😹 As I understand it, Tiktok is even more of a giant popularity contest than most other social media sites and I think people don't realize or don't care that the site is most popular with younger generations so it's a combination of kids/teens being mean to each other online and older people who have less tact and don't realize they're talking to someone that young. They should all be kinder to begin with but it's some very immature personalities combined with adults who might not even realize how impressionable this person is. And it gets toxic real fast. Also, while art is subjective, I think there's artists who just want to help and they try to give advice without considering how it might come off as well as people who don't consider themselves artists or know much with regard to techniques trying to understand why they don't like what they're seeing and how the result turned out as it did. Some of these people don't mean to be rude; art criticism is edit: a learned skill and a touchy subject. As someone who mostly doesn't get any responses on my creative endeavors, I often assume any commentary is better than none but I often overlooked whether it was actually asked for and if what I said could be taken the wrong way or touch a hidden sore spot. And then there are the emotions wrapped up in art. We often love what we love in an instant and can't always explain why but when we first experience something and then experience it again on another day, it might hit different. Not just from growth and learning what the flaws are but for someone who isn't the artist and has no idea. You can't always know how something will make you feel and people tend to feel something about art, even flawed art usually evokes a reaction, and we'll often love it in spite of its flaws (since nothing is ever truly perfect anyway) but sometimes the absence of feeling can be a problem as well (when something is technically brilliant but lacks any passion, for example.) I realize that you were only talking about regression and how perfectionism and the art journey can impact that but I think exploring what counts as "bad art" is a relevant thing too. There's something called Heta-Uma I tried to search up again (I always forget the name, it's Japanese) and while I was hunting it down I found out there's a Museum of Bad Art lol tied to something Wikipedia referred to as Bad Painting specifically. Maybe that goes too far into the weeds but I think these things are interesting because you can't really remove the human element (or at least the living element, in the case of other animals) when it comes to actual art (as opposed to AI.) Actually, on that note, with the proliferation of AI and people trying to identify if something is AI when it isn't labeled as such, we're probably going to see a lot more people on the internet squinting with suspicion and asking "but why does it look like that?" Another edit: It's taken me a long time and reading/watching other people's thoughts to understand that art is a journey and if we view it that way, then we have to remember that a statistical graph and a road map are two different things even if one can inform the other. If that even makes any sense lol I'm not sure if it does. I might be talking out of my sphincter rn.

[@FaithyDisgusted]

I know you probably won't see this or read this, but I still love your art. And it feels like, for me, I prioritize artstyles like yours and others because yours feels more unique to yourself and that's what I like in art. And that's what artstyles and art really supposed to be. While art is subjective, it's like 75% of Art-Tok people keep forgetting the difference between intention and artstyle, and genuine mistakes and bad habits. And then when people comment negative things, they only say it's bad. And don't elaborate any further or provide actual criticism that it's bad or how it can be fixed. Especially from non-artist (not trying to say non-artists can't have opinions or tastes). Whenever it's not the Jelly Art Style, ZZZ, HSR, Genshin or anime it feels like they are willing to jump on anyone's art and quick to call it trash because it doesn't fit their preferences. It doesn't mean one's art is trash or horrible, it just doesn't fit one's preferences. Which is okay to have a taste in genre of art, but it doesn't give them the green light to destroy artists because they have an artstyle that isn't trending. What bothers me the most is that, as a community (TikTok specifically), why do we just... Hate creativity from my perspective? Whenever, whether it be a beginner artist or professional, one tries to show creativity and the real beauty of art. It gets shut down and then hurts them to the point of scaring them off the platform? It's sickening that these people shun people trying to get into a hobby they're passionate about and then flat out cyber bullying. The defense of "it's the Internet" is old because it feels like it gives people the thumbs up to just harass people because they're technically anonymous and there's no real consequences. It doesn't give them the right to just harass people because "it's the Internet". It's still crappy. And it feels like almost everyone forgets that art is a SKILL, not a TALENT. It can be inherited, but even then they still have to learn the same fundamentals, the same art theory, the same color theory etc regardless except slightly faster than someone like me were to do it. Lastly, 98% seem to forget that everyone is different, with different tastes, with different art styles, with different inspirations and aesthetics. Everyone draws differently and will be different. If someone doesn't suit one's art aesthetic, that's perfectly okay. You have every right to not like something. However if you're just harassing people, leaving useless comments and then calling it bad because it doesn't suit your needs is just crappy behavior and it's not okay. ---------- On a main note [more to the topic of this video], while I still [try to] believe I conquered perfectionism, overthinking and stressing. I'm honestly just scared of commitment just as you stated in the video about not being up to par, perfect or even pleasing to pay attention to. It's scary for me. I'm a self-taught writer, and a beginner [Trad/Digi] self-taught artist, and I want to be able to start a comic series and get into animation. However, despite not being on these socials (and often hearing them from KZbin), I'm just scared that no one would like it, no one would watch it and no one will read it. And constantly trying to mentally kick myself and telling myself I should be doing it more because that it makes me happy, and not for attention. But it's hard, and that's why I'm scared and try to perfect everything that I draw even when I'm just studying something I'm not even familiar with to begin with. And it's just the fear of doing everything for nothing or my potential projects and stuff going absolutely nowhere because I just can't do one thing right. I truly want to believe that I conquered my perfectionism, but it's still lingering around and it's pretty hard. ----------- On an important note though. I still think your art is awesome, and I just like your style and it's pretty cool! I especially like your sketches too, they look just so clean to me too. I hope you're okay and I hope things like this don't get you down.♥️

[@sarcastickitten6119]

Where... Wheres the spaghetti..? WHERE IS IT CHAMOMILE?!?

[@acupofchamomile]

i ate it, sorry