I still think a dead passion can be reborn. I had a similar experience to yours, but especially with writing. Used to love writing fiction when I was a child. Then I stopped writing for years because of the belief "I'm not good enough / I'm not creative./ I won't be able to do this".
Now I'm slowly reconnecting with the craft, with the hope of diving into fiction in later years :).
I enjoy the art you posted. I don't think a drawing should be technically perfect. The meaning and wonder behind it is much more important.
For me, this isn't drawing (I do draw). For me, my dead art form is rap. It seems so crazy to think that I could start---at my age, to do something that you're supposed to be born to do. I don't have genetics for it, but I want to write lines and sing them---so who knows? Maybe all it would take is trying.
Lovely post Jack, It reminded me that I've been drifting away from art and other creative things in my life that aren't writing.
I feel like perfectionism is the thing that steals so many kid's desire to create, which I believe is a thing everyone is meant to do, we are made in the image of the creator so it only feels natural that we we're meant to create. When I was younger, almost every kid I knew liked to draw and paint and make little messes, but as I've gotten older it's been slimed and narrowed down to fewer and fewer kids every year (especially fewer guys). They stopped because they thought they would never be great at it, so what's the point?
Keep fighting off that perfectionism.
Thanks so much for sharing this! (your painting and pictures were so fun to see :)
Awesome post, Jack! I can really relate to your struggle here; I've been feeling similarly about my writing. Thank you for sharing this, it's really made me rethink how I approach my work. I definitely need to be less perfectionistic!
For me, I think my perfectionism makes me a better artist, because I am always trying to improve and make my art as close to how I imagined it or better, and not settling for "It's good enough". But maybe my perfectionism is not the same as yours. (I do have random spells where I just don't draw because I think everything I do draw looks bad, but that usually just means I need to recharge a bit lol)
I love art but I also struggle with perfectionism. I'm learning to not let mistakes bug me, and even if I don't like it at first, those mistakes can make the entire project amazing. But I get it, it's hard!
I could relate to the covid and perfectioism part. I almost gave up on art a didn't draw anything for over a year. I thought that was it for me. But, then I found another passion, comics and writing and continued on that. Maybe you could sketch something once in a while too. ✨ :)
This is really sad. I also relate to it though. I've been struggling to get back into art because of school even though I used to draw ALL THE TIME. i loved the lessons you included and the cute drawings. The bull skull actually looks pretty cool!
I still think a dead passion can be reborn. I had a similar experience to yours, but especially with writing. Used to love writing fiction when I was a child. Then I stopped writing for years because of the belief "I'm not good enough / I'm not creative./ I won't be able to do this".
Now I'm slowly reconnecting with the craft, with the hope of diving into fiction in later years :).
I enjoy the art you posted. I don't think a drawing should be technically perfect. The meaning and wonder behind it is much more important.
Those paintings are blooming with creativity. You are a great artist. Glad you found the art form- writing. Which really suits you too. ✨✨
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For me, this isn't drawing (I do draw). For me, my dead art form is rap. It seems so crazy to think that I could start---at my age, to do something that you're supposed to be born to do. I don't have genetics for it, but I want to write lines and sing them---so who knows? Maybe all it would take is trying.
Lovely post Jack, It reminded me that I've been drifting away from art and other creative things in my life that aren't writing.
I feel like perfectionism is the thing that steals so many kid's desire to create, which I believe is a thing everyone is meant to do, we are made in the image of the creator so it only feels natural that we we're meant to create. When I was younger, almost every kid I knew liked to draw and paint and make little messes, but as I've gotten older it's been slimed and narrowed down to fewer and fewer kids every year (especially fewer guys). They stopped because they thought they would never be great at it, so what's the point?
Keep fighting off that perfectionism.
Thanks so much for sharing this! (your painting and pictures were so fun to see :)
Awesome post, Jack! I can really relate to your struggle here; I've been feeling similarly about my writing. Thank you for sharing this, it's really made me rethink how I approach my work. I definitely need to be less perfectionistic!
This was really interesting to read :D
For me, I think my perfectionism makes me a better artist, because I am always trying to improve and make my art as close to how I imagined it or better, and not settling for "It's good enough". But maybe my perfectionism is not the same as yours. (I do have random spells where I just don't draw because I think everything I do draw looks bad, but that usually just means I need to recharge a bit lol)
I love art but I also struggle with perfectionism. I'm learning to not let mistakes bug me, and even if I don't like it at first, those mistakes can make the entire project amazing. But I get it, it's hard!
I could relate to the covid and perfectioism part. I almost gave up on art a didn't draw anything for over a year. I thought that was it for me. But, then I found another passion, comics and writing and continued on that. Maybe you could sketch something once in a while too. ✨ :)
I would like the get back into sketching. I always found it very fun and relaxing :)
Nice! Maybe we could collab and make a comic out of your stories one day. (Once I'm done with this huge comic, though) ✨
That’d be epic :D
Right? 🔥 :D
This is really sad. I also relate to it though. I've been struggling to get back into art because of school even though I used to draw ALL THE TIME. i loved the lessons you included and the cute drawings. The bull skull actually looks pretty cool!