folks i've a question. i wont react right away cuz everything drains my energy but will try to get back here asap as always.

so, whatcha feel from my art? like, i've said it before - the point of posting my stuff online is my hope to cheer people up cuz i do hope someone can feel something nice from my art. cuz well i do wish to help people but as for now i cant even help myself or my family much, i try to do this wee activism stuff at least this way. so, dunno, i dont need the kind of feedback where u tell me am a great artist or so, i just wanna know if any of my arts really brought some colours to ur days?? like so ig, hard to word things when am barely functionong, sorry lol

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opinion on art

i just wrote it on Krita forum as a reply to some person about their frustration of being "not a real artist" and i wanna toot it here as well cuz honestly i wanna buy the ads all over the world just to show this my opinion to people n to make them rethink their relationship with art.
i actually planned a video with animations and some drawing processes recorded and included, about this whole opinion of mine, but i doubt i gonna make it anytime soon if at all.

so, the whole thing goes as follows:
well am aware that many will disagree with me, but i kinda don’t care. in short, my opinion is that art is about expression, personal stuff and enjoyment. it is not about skills and i personally dont like the concept of all those academic teachings as in my honest opinion the only form of teaching when it comes to art is about sharing your own ways of doing things. i dont believe in “skills” in such a thing as art as it is not about skills at all imho. art is not a labour, it is exactly what it is - art. ofc people who draw for money will disagree but i hate to see how art is made into just commercial thing, it is so wrong imo. i follow the idea of being satisfied with art personally as it is exactly a personal thing. so i myself try to perfect the things in art that make me satisfied. it includes watching how others draw, researches, experiments. in the end, it is really how you enjoy expressing yourself.

so, my suggestion here will be quite simple: find out what you dont like in your art and then try to “fix” it by changing the way you draw till you feel more satisfaction from it.

forcing yourself into drawing constantly and pressing yourself about such a thing as art (and basically any hobby in general) will most likely lead to a burnout, i will recommend not doing so. in my own experience, i almost quit a few of my hobbies cuz of this always recommended practice. art is about how you feel and express yourself, it is for you to enjoy - not to torture yourself. so, my other suggestion will be to start drawing what you enjoy the moment you notice you started to get frustrated with the current piece. to regain control and prove to your brain that you actually do love art and it is not a torturous activity.

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