How To Stay Motivated as an Artist

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Staying motivated as an artist can be tough, but can go much more smoothly if you follow this advice.
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[@Follygon]

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[@DeamonSun]

That's an interesting perspective. I've always enjoyed the feeling of finishing something and looking back at it and saying "I made this". But the longer it took to "finish" a piece the more de-motivated I became. I'm going to try to enjoy the process a bit more. Thanks Follygon.

[@Follygon]

Love that!

[@AntheousKrii]

Completely understand this. I joined a vfx character challenge on Artstation in late 2021, and had a 1 month deadline to finish it. I didn't finish the character until mid 2022. The urge to start a new project was insatiable after the first month alone, but I wanted to finish it to throw up on Artstation, so I stuck it out. And man am I glad that I did, It's one of the best characters I've created yet. I still occasionally look at it from time to time and can't believe the level of work I put into it, it truly amazes me.

[@BarKeegan]

Great advice 👌

[@dartcolors1073]

I enjoy character creation but I'm one of those people that give up because I'm not immediately good at it. I hate straggling through it but seeing all my mistakes is real time is somehow inspiring

[@Fenix_Draw]

I hate drawing hands I can't imagine doing it in 3D haha ​​like

[@Texelion3Dprints]

Yep, it's a nightmare ^^. Feet are hard too, they always look weird.

[@sf4603]

I am the opposite because I sculpt much more than I draw. Illustrators need to use perspective techniques to fool the eye into seeing a 2d image as 3d and its a skill you dont really use at all while sculpting because the object already is 3d xD

[@Fenix_Draw]

@@Texelion3Dprints if it's true feet are super weird XD pinche anatomia.

[@Fenix_Draw]

@@sf4603 Well, if that's true, the prospects are great but the hands are still tough. I love drawing but when I can I'll see what it's like to do things in 3D haha

[@Follygon]

It gets easier with practice!

[@jaganathan8303]

Is ai going to replace 3d character artist

[@Alander787]

Nah

[@dragonballz3686]

Nothing is gonna replace anything. Ai is just only for assistance.

[@capitanhotcake1378]

3D characters with 8 fingers

[@helltears]

hi, a 3D artist here. To answer this question i’d ask a simple sub question: « Is ai going to replace humans? ». I ask this question because for me, art is a reflection of the artist making it. As for now, most artificial intelligence for artworks are based on deep learning and neural networks, they learn these things such as criterias but these criterias are variables inside an algorith. they do not learn from the individual behind the artwork. Humans have lifes, ideas, inspirations and backgrounds. I am saying that because no matter what an ai learns to be a variable, they won’t come up with something that doesn’t exists yet. they might be good tools an artist can use to lay some grounding and make inspiration for an artwork. But, there are many decisions an artist makes to enhance their work. Until an ai has the capability to explain in great details the artistic (and abstract concepts) process behind every technique used in the generation of an image… let’s just say that it’ll feel fake. Art, in general, is made through the determination and passion a person has for something. wether is an anime OC, a painting of the renaissance, a novel about aliens, etc. The artist wants to make a thing, you can’t fake passion and expect to go unnoticed. That’s why many artists get motivated. Being able to share a part of yourself with the world makes people want to be remembered. i think leaving a trace on earth is what artists want to do, because for us, leaving a mark on the world is the most important thing when talking about life.

[@helltears]

tldr, artist have life, ai don’t