When did you realize that you're not going to be a great artist?

>>2808476
so you never fantasized?

>>2808470
>implying you're not just baiting for the forced meme

>>2808493
im just asking cuz i realized im not gonna be a great artist, i was hoping for it, but i wont be one, probably at least.

>>2808470
when I realized I'll be a superior artist instead

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Couldn't agree more OP.

Cancelled my schoolism membership, sold my tablet, and threw away all of my sketchbooks.

Such a waste of time. And for what? It's completely unnecessary and serves no purpose.
Art is not needed, especially in today's society where the intellect, personality, and face reigns supreme.

To be honest, the "artistic lifestyle" seems almost like a childish endeavour at this point, and I don't mean any disrespect, but it seems like the most serious artists (asides from guys who are legit conceptartists/illustrators/porn artists but they represent a very low % of dedicated lifters) are also the people with nothing else going on in their lives.
I know this was true with me, I was biggest and most serious about drawing when I was still in uni, working only 15 hours a week, and pretty much just plucking around all the time, going out, with no real life.
To all you kids out there who are getting sucked into the comerical art , try to stop yourself.
So long as you have and maintain decent facial aesthetics, you'll be fine.
Art just not worth it.

Cheers.

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>>2808470
when i came out of my dads ball sack now get back to drawing

>>2808571
wtf, you sound like you did art to get famous.
not to enjoy it

that goes for everyone
there are fuck all jobs for art, but the reason i want to get better is because the worlds my drawing

not drawing is my world.

>>2808623
It's a meme you dip

>>2808641
he's expressing himself.

>>2808470
When I started working full time and decided to spend the little free time I had doing less stressful things. I mean, I still draw, but I have given up on any delusions of becoming the next Jim Gi

>>2808685
9-5 you still have at least 6 hours after work no excuses

I will be a great artist! It's one of the only reasons I want to live. To get very good and make great art.

When /ic/ told me I wouldn't make it

when I realized the industry is rigged.

professional artists are chosen from birth. so there's no point in trying, at least I can paint/model what I like , when I like.

>>2808601
>implying van Gogh was good

>>2808689
Oh shut the fuck up i work 12 hours shifts

>>2808689
Have you ever had a job? Because you forgot to consider transportation + getting ready + non-work routine shit like showering/dinner/etc.

>>2808685
>tfw haven't begun working full time yet except as a student
S-so there's still a chance for me right

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>tfw people told you your Art was good
>tfw you always knew it was actually godawful trash instead

Is Keys to Drawing actually a good book anons btw?

>>2808571
Take a look around you.
Chances are you're in a house.

Guess what someone designed your house. Someone designed your computer. Someone designed your clothes. You know that tablet? I'm sure there was a small team who designed the look of that.

ANYTHING that you see, touch, use has literally been someone elses design.

You know those cubicles that you're going to be stuck in for 40 years? Someone designed that too. Your favorite movie? A bunch of creative teams built that.

To say that art isn't important is to be completely ignorant to the world you exist within. Anything you interact with: the chair you sit in, the desktop UI, any game you can think of, product packages, clothes, shoes, cars, houses, weapons, utility items, utensils, your bed...Everything has been created by an artist.
Art is literally everywhere, and yet you choose to leave this world where your ideas are not only valued, but consumed by the public. Artists create trends, styles, and brands. While just developing pretty illustrations is totally fine, an artist can literally be the creator of anything. UX designers literally create experiences. It may not seem like art, but you are still creating the way someone interacts with something else.

I'm sorry you have to go, and you won't be missed. Sure artists arent going to cure cancer, nor are we going to mix chemicals together. But artists create experiences, and that alone is much more powerful in the long term.

Art is worth it, but it isn't for everyone. Peace man, go into business management or head towards med school. Art can be compared to these other professions because of the amount of training and influence it has on the world. Anything else and you'll be REALLY wasting your life.

>>2809066
10/10

>>2808966
>tfw people told you your Art was good
/ic/ does not do that. Pretty much ever.

>>2809066
damn nigga went full retard

>>2808470
Pretty early. Y'know, as a kid you kinda figure that most people are average and if you really squint at it, just, like, statistically? Probably average.

All of the problems that come out of demotivation, waaa I'm not a good artist, whatever come out of the fact that these people don't like drawing. They like the idea of being artists, or they like the mystique or whatever but they can't get lost in drawing. It will always be an uphill battle for them because they're chasing an abstract idea of being good which keeps them from getting enough practice to actually get competent which leads to burn out which leads to wanting it more which leads to them working harder etc etc

Either love what you do independent of the results of the thing you're doing or become a tax accountant or a proctologist or whatever. You won't like that either but at least you'll get paid lol