Mastodawn

I keep getting really frustrated with everything art related — Music, art, pixel art, writing — not turning out the way I want. I feel like I'm not really making any progress, and, because of that and how frustrated I feel about it, I am actually not making any progress, cause I'm not practicing enough.

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Eph Feb 5

@DesReploid ♥️ it's hard, and I wish I had good functional advice on that. Best I can manage is "do it anyway", which I know is easier said than done.

Set time limits, post your WIPs or things you might say aren't good enough. Avoid rabbit-holing and remember that "perfect is the enemy of good enough".

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DesReploid Feb 5

@ephesossh For what it's worth, that is all good advice. My problem is often that I get demotivated before I even really end up with much of anything.

The first couple outlines aren't what I want, so I immediately throw everything out and make exactly no progress. My own perfectionism is my biggest enemy. I'll beat it somehow, I'm sure

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Eph

@DesReploid I get that sometimes too (you can see it in my timelapses lol), and the thing that usually unsticks me is either "pick something simpler and just execute on that", or "push through it and make something weird" like I did with the godrays daily last week.

Hell, I don't know how many times I've tried to do something at a jaunty slight angle before realizing "no you idiot just do it level like a normal person your canvases are too small".