Motivation

>>2749394
To splatter all over your mom's face in a perfect Jackson "Pillock" Pollock master study, fag.

I seriously just want something interesting to do in my free time that doesn't revolve to consuming media.

File: 1461213306303.jpg (59KB, 496x615px) Image search: [Google]

59KB, 496x615px

I want people to like me.

>>2749401
I want to like myself.

>>2749401
>>2749407

OP here. i know you guys are joking, but there is a grain of truth in every joke. do you think its healthy to pursue art to become validated externally by others?

>>2749398

fair enough. i'm kind of the same. it feels more productive than video games/tv. and at the end you actually get something tangible out of it.

>>2749420
Everyone wants a bit of validation and attention even if they don't see it. The health problems come with the excess of that want.

To draw giant women and make my own supero hero that is like Kamen Rider in a way. Being a designer for Tokusatsu would be great too.

To be able to do something with my life. Up until now, I haven't been able to do anything worth any sense of accomplishment. After delving into the world of manga that brought me out of the hellhole of mundane everyday life, I figured, I want to definitely be able to create stories supplemented with stylized art. Too bad I get so lazy sometimes I can barely stay focused to study and draw. Maybe that's just excuses though.

>>2749394
I originally had grand goals about telling stories through my art and I wanted to make people feel and experience stuff by looking at my art. Basically just wanted to use it as a tool for expression to make people feel and understand stuff from my pov. But Not too motivated by that now though, art is probably the only thing I have going on in my life and I just want to be good at it. Maybe once I become decent at it my goals will resurface.

>>2749394
My purpose is to recreate the thoughts and feelings in my head.
Maybe you can appreciate art and find your own purpose by trying to understand what the artist may wants you to feel when you look at his art instead of just finding it cool?

I want people to be overwhelmed by my art. I dont know how to achieve it, I always imagined that as making so well rendered and striking with lighting pieces of art that folks love it

>>2749401
Me, too. I'm feel guilty afterwords though.

>>2749394
I need to find myself again and relearn why I started doing it. I've been in mourning these days so I fell off for a few days, but I'm back now and I have to pick up the pieces. I'm not going to reinvent myself or anything, I think it's bad to do so, most of the time, actually, since it's distracting. My reason was "something something better life something something expression," I feel now that art is really just an earthly toil that I'll be leaving behind when I'm dead. It'll be pointless, all of it, someday. No matter what you do though, OP, do it with love or else you won't get anywhere. You've got to love it or else you'll fail miserably and frequently. Especially with art, it's all about patience and attitude, friend.

>>2749420
I can't get validation from people by other means.
But I need to feel I'm worth something, otherwise there's no point in living.

If staying alive is healthy, yes, it's healthy.

>>2749401
get in the fucking robot shinji

>>2749394

this is my reason for creating art, that and maybe som dem twitch/patreon bux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UiAqbqcMxM&index=13&list=PL6tgx0_X2ZZJETMKHS8s-hUgEm0SZfMdh

Terence da best

>>2749757
DUDE LSD LMAO

>>2749394
There is no deeper meaning, and if you feel that there is, no one is going to perceive except you.

>>2749477
heh i've never thought of it that way. thanks for the perspective. whenever a piece is not visually appealing to me, i dismiss it. looking at it at a deeper level would give a better understanding of the artist, and in extension, myself. thanks bro.

>>2749394
I don't need a reason. I like a lot of things, and don't need reasons for liking them. Same with art. I could be doing anything else, I just chose to do art.

I got some comics I want to make.

Just for personal reasons. If they could make money that would be cool.

My motivation right now, specifically, is that I'm 32 and too old as fuck to not be much, much better. I wasted my whole life, basically.

So it's like... I got to go full ham drawing shit hoping to improve in the next one or two years. Not working out so far though. Actually, it's working like total shit.

>>2749401

BECAUSE I'M SHALLOW OKAY

>>2749394
I enjoy the headspace that making and dealing with art puts me in. There's a somewhat religious purity to it that feels more meaningful than anything else.

>>2749394

I like to fuck around

File: dance_to_the_music_of_time_c._1640.jpg (4MB, 2590x2049px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 2590x2049px

>>2749764
If there is no deeper meaning for you, it only speaks of you. For some reason you are trying to generalize it as if everyone had to dance to the tune of your nihilism.

Also, there's a difference between meaning and messaging. Your "no one is going to perceive except you" implies meaning is limited to passing a message. Of course it is possible to encode meaning in art in a way that can then be decoded by another person, but is the meaning in pic related limited to decoding the encoded the meaning? Of course not.

>>2750590
what meaning do you take from this?

>>2749394
I want people to look at my art and feel less shitty about their lives the same way I look at art and feel less shitty

I want to make or help make cool stories as told through visual mediums, ideally animation. I get a deep sense of satisfaction when something "looks" just right or close to perfect to me. I want to make stories that will inspire the next generation like those that inspired me to take up art.

I wanna draw cute girls and cool mechanical objects just like my japanese animes.

>>2749394

Personal satisfaction as mastering something I admire, and pleasing the crowds with my future horse porn.

>>2749875
You are very welcome!

>>2751809
>>2751744
same

Because it's too expensive to hire artists.

Because I like celebrating the things that I like.

I like to visualise my perspective, interests and biases concerning the world around me. It lets me express myself better than I can in other wsys such as speech. I feel like when I put pencil to paper, my consciousness and perspective becomes material.

>>2749394
A lot of competition. /ic/ is doing great job.

File: SB1 7.jpg (1MB, 1200x955px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1200x955px

>>2749394

I create art with the intent of learning about myself and reality, as well as using it as a form of meditation and therapy.

>>2749394
Niche porn makes for regular beer money. I like sharing my boners with the world.

>>2754778
Your stuff is so pretentious and kitsch

I could see it on a preteen sk8tr tee

>>2754778
>>2754798
That's what you get for expressing yourself on /ic/

>>2750590
>but is the meaning in pic related limited to decoding the encoded the meaning? Of course not.
i think you meant "is enjoyment in pic related limited to understanding it's meaning?" to which i say no even though i don't like that particular painting.

>>2754876
"expressing yourself" is what girls who are afraid of the fact they are actually a shallow nothing do.

It's not art, it's masturbation.

>>2754879
Hahaha, project much? It's clear you're bland and shallow and lack a self to expess. Art is meditative self expression, no just technical design

>>2754883
You've expressed your puddle of a personality several times over, don't worry.

>>2754886
'k den. I hope you realise you'll never be an exceptional artist with your mindset

>>2754887
I hope you realise that you'll be lucky to reach mediocre with yours.

>>2754778
i dont get this picture. Thats why figurative art is the best, no fucking bullshit

>>2754888
And what is my mindset to you?
I don't get you point, you're just being a contrarian edge-lord, and a really boring one at that

>>2754883
You express yourself through shitty highschool margin doodles? And you think you're deep?

Let me point this out now, no one gives a shit about you because you, like everyone else on the fucking planet, are just a standard human. There are billions of us, and you'r e probably more or less interchangeable with millions. What makes up "you" is boring shit no one cares about.

The art people like isn't dogshit self expression it's communication of interesting themes or concepts or designs or empathetic facets of the universal human experience.

>>2754899
Christ anon, you're one miserable cunt.

This may be a novel concept to you, but there are people who actually make art for themselves, not others. Let the anon draw what ever they want.

>>2754899
Ok firstly, I didn't do the >>2754778 post, I've just been defending it because it is a decent example of meditative drawing practice. Secondly, just go google "mediative drawing", and learn something new. Thirdly the orinial poster didn't say anything about being 'deep', and nor have I, you on the otherhand feel you can lecture me on the 'human experience' and dictate what it is to be 'deep'; so more projection there.
And finally you post have all been such pointlessly aggressive dogshit lacking in constructive criticism, why are you even posting on /ic/?

>>2749394

WHO GIVES A FUCK IF IT'S SHALLOW

YOU HAVE ONE LIFE

DO ART, GET HYPE.
BE HAPPY FFS

File: 57349824574.jpg (70KB, 450x532px) Image search: [Google]

70KB, 450x532px

>>2754899
>shitting all over one of the coolest anons here
tch....kid.... *unshits katana* i bet you've never read his comic you piece of dirt

File: terrorDrone.png (320KB, 640x500px) Image search: [Google]

320KB, 640x500px

>>2749394
People I went to highschool with went to art school. I had to go into STEM b/c parents/ no money to blow on an arts degree. Seeing them having fun and making art/animation all day while I bust my ass getting my degree makes me salty deep down and my motivation is to prove that I can have kick ass art skills without going to art school.

/blog

>>2749394
Honestly.
I want to become so good that one day I just go "holy shit" when I realize how funny it is that some years ago I just decided to be a digital artist, and am now better than I could have ever imagined.
I see it more as a personal challenge. I would like to be well-off financially and be known in the art industry, but more than anything- I want my old self to die completely.
I want to remake myself as a person and be inspired by the capabilities of my own brain.
If anything else is true, then it is a display of my male worth. I think that the amount of dedication and endurance to becoming a master at art is unlike anything else. And every time it breaks me down, I will come back stronger.
Art is one of the ultimate male endevours.
And until I'm not good enough to be in the top 10% of real artists, I refuse to let myself have female attention.
And in the end. The possibilites. The possibilites of what I could create when at master or near-master levels makes my head spin.
God I love doing art.
Off to study now

-because I like the process and nothing else is quite as fun to me
-I don't think I'll ever have to right to be bored with art, because there is always something more
-I have no desire to express my inner 'emotions' or anything, but I do want to develope and share my design aesthetic, at least

>>2755029
I love you, you happy faggot.

File: SB1 9.jpg (705KB, 599x955px) Image search: [Google]

705KB, 599x955px

It's kind of cool to see people argue about what you've produced. Thanks guys.

>>2754919

Thanks dude, I've been meaning to get back on that. Crowface has been neglected for far too long.

File: DSC07993.jpg (2MB, 1944x2592px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1944x2592px

>>2749394
because i have nothing better to do and i want to improve my creativity

File: 1451777771138.jpg (975KB, 894x1100px) Image search: [Google]

975KB, 894x1100px

>>2754899
>You express yourself through shitty highschool margin doodles?
Among other things

>>2756051

While I appreciate the gesture, I would prefer if people stopped posting on my behalf.

>>2755513
Holy fuck it’s you again!
I’ve been searching for you since the last sketchbook thread
I have only one question
Blog?

>>2755513
I need to see more of your work, it looks like mine in some aspect, but less schizoid.

>>2757535

http://zoncanator.tumblr.com/

File: 1470339942948.jpg (338KB, 1280x960px) Image search: [Google]

338KB, 1280x960px

I draw to keep my mind away from the suicidal thoughts and existential dread.

>>2757749
Thanks!

i want to create stories, concepts and works that inspire people. or mostly having them enjoy it is more than enough.

drawing is just the medium i enjoy doing it. film is too group-esque and writing isnt visual.

>>2749394

I don't even know.
I guess it's a skill I've had that I feel the need to improve because I'd feel like a loser if I didn't. I can't just stop and never try to make art again. Even if it's just a tiny bit of art, a small drawing, a doodle, then I can feel better about myself. I was about to say if I never learned how to draw/paint (or never tried) then I probably wouldn't have this problem, but I realized it's not true: I have always wanted to make art. The first job I said I wanted to have when I was a tiny child was "A painter".

Although even though I've said all these things, I barely make art anymore. I have practically stopped making art. Yet I still have this urge to make something and I don't think it'll ever go away.

>>2757800

Oh man I used to make art because of that too.
I think maybe I should start doing it again, since trying to distract myself in other ways doesn't seem to be working as well as I want it too.

>>2757800
>all those great times you had
I don't.
>all the things you hoped to be
I remember this though.

>>2749394

Who painted this?

>>2749394
making things that are "cool" is where its at that it that the whole point. cool beautiful exquisite. aesthetics.

File: crocresize.png (1MB, 746x1007px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 746x1007px

>>2749394
It's like meditation by lines. I just like it. goes well with MJ and podcasts. Some ppl like the outcome, and thats enough aswell

I want to use my art to tell interesting stories and craft intricate worlds for people to immerse themselves in.

>>2754879
the art sucks but expressing oneself is the basis for all art. You have to be really deluded to think that the point of art is to just make pleasing images

>>2749394
I'm so fucking burned out over a project

this is the most frustrating period in my entire life, and I've been through shit

I decided to put this project to the side and do something else but I'm so burned out I just wanna pull the plug on my brain and go in a 6 year coma

>>2749394
I feel like having the ability to draw porn of someone you don't like is a super power.

But seriously besides it being a superpower type thing, I want to be able to create a world outside of the one that already exists. I want to create more colorful and gigantic "fuck you(s)" to the way things are, rejecting the evil and creating something else.

Real life is just not that fun.

I just want to be good at something
just one thing is enough

>>2749394
I wanted to use a physical medium to bring something into reality that no human has ever seen. I think I wanted to see if I could make one of those images that crashes your brain until I realized it was a pile of fiction and wasnt possible

I just wanna improve.
Also I get a tickle out of seeing good things that I made, so thats also part of it.

i see people draw cool stuff

i want to be like them

Because I just have to. Or I'll explode.

>>2754778
i like your stuff man. i'd recommend studying more and taking it to the next level. http://hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn

File: 1472848052848-ic.gif (36KB, 720x720px) Image search: [Google]

36KB, 720x720px

>>2749394

Because I have ideas to draw. But I am shit. Especially, Every time when I am listening to the music I get these ideas of characters and scenes but I can't bring them to life because I suck.

File: Untitled-1small.jpg (2MB, 1000x1000px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1000x1000px

>>2749394
I have a basic need in creating things.
It doesn't have to be art, but as long as I draw, build, write, or just use my mind and hands to make something from nothing, I feel a sense of fulfilment and belonging in this world.
Like when you take a huge shit or have a orgasm.

>>2760266
I like you very much.

>>2763346
A honest appraisal.

>>2760005
Implying ...that we aren't usually deluded.?

I want to be able to tell a story with art and create something that other people will enjoy and maybe even be impacted by or something.

Idk really, i've always been drawing and painting a lot, it's the only thing i'm good at. Like a natural drive i can't get rid of, and i get insanely depressed and dissociated from reality if i don't create anything for longer periods of time. I don't really have to motivate myself to draw since it's such an integrated part of my everyday life, so drawing for 2-4 hours every day comes very naturally.

>>2762785
me and you bud.

>>2749394

Mostly because I'm narcissistic, maladjusted, and an unattractive faggot. So I make fake people and worlds where I can play god; fulfilling my own megalomania and curtailing my sexual frustrations.

My genes will die with me, and the human population will be stronger for it.

>>2749394
im not good at school, im not good at art either. i wont ever be noticeable at anything, so i sketch some shit by me for me just to say ' i did this' and feel proud until i browse this place and look at all the great stuff here and get depressed