What keeps you motivated?

Seeing the cute girls being drawn

>>2856753
shit posting helps me.

>>2856755
Honestly one of the main things I'd like to draw is cute girls because it'll keep me company/

>>2856756
It keeps me busy, but that's about it. It usually keeps me from actually being productive because I'll just get sucked into it

I dont know man, im not pro level but im past the hurdle where art actually becomes enjoyable. If i sat on my bed doing nothing id be bored and would get a sketchbook out to entertain myself. Drawing is a source of entertainment, if i enjoy it thats all the motivation i need

>>2856760
i usually shit post when i'm rendering images. i see it as a productive activity. i love hurting peoples feelings and making them mad. it's exhilarating.

>>2856753
It is not the only reason but I want to prove the haters wrong, I already know I'm not as bad as they say and some of you even have compared me with pros but I still want to prove with more increasingly better drawing how wrong they are even if they never recognize it

>>2856791
>the haters

>>2856801
blog?

thinking of the one I look up to, kjg

I don't want to draw pretty pictures, I want to be able to draw everything as easy as writing is to me

>>2856838
You're under the assumption that it's easy for kjg

>>2856764
How long did it take for you to get past this hurdle? I've always wanted to get into it, but the frustration of getting started is what keeps me from sticking with it. I'm fine with the fact that it'll take years before I actually get good, but I really just want to get to the point where I can enjoy it.

>>2856753
I'm going to be into big shit so I have to work hard if I want to survive.

>>2857428
I can't give you a specific time where it'll become enjoyable. For me I have more fun the larger my visual library is. For example say I wanted to draw godzilla vs a giant mecha; noob me would have to go look up what godzilla looks like, what a giant robot looks like what a city looks like what explosions... etc. you get the idea. But now I could do that without needing to reference so much so it gives me more freedom. More freedom = more fun

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>>2856753

I suffer from severely existential anxiety, and any moment in my life where I am not in a ''flow state'' which I usually achieve by improving art skill, is pure hell. My productivity has risen by 500% ever since this shit started a few months back.

>>2856753

If you really, truly love drawing, you don't have to be skillful to enjoy doing doing it. Foster joy first, then skill.

I drew stick figures and abstract blobs for years because it was easy and fun. Then it started getting boring and I felt like I was limiting my creativity, so I starting drawing stuff that was less easy but still fun. Once I realized that I was being held back by a lack of fundamentals, I started doing figure drawing, learning art concepts, etc., and it was the thirst for drawing I had acquired from my nascent doodles that helped me to stick with it.

>>2857519
When I started, I didn't enjoy drawing, but I enjoyed the result of drawing. Now, drawing is a bit more fun, but it's not boring either if that makes any sense. I still care more about the result than the drawing process though. If I have shitty result, I'll feel shitty about drawing.

>>2856753

My problem is I want to learn how to draw, but there's so much to learn and just how long it would take it just puts me off and intimidates me at the same time.

>>2857534
It's always intimidating, so what you do is distract yourself by being in the zone all the time.

>>2857478
i know that feel. but i'm doing a bit better now.

>>2856753
well i suppose your question is how does one work every day and practice, right?
this is hard for me, but i've been improving at it recently, so i'll say what i've been doing.
first of all, i've started to keep a diary of sorts on my computer. it's mostly to comment on what i've been doing in terms of self-improvement (which largely includes art). i've found this kind of thing really important. it's probably similar to posting what you draw every day to /ic/ and talking about your progress. that could even be better.
then i have a list of a few main tasks i have to work on in a day. they can't really be completed, they're just to spend time on certain things, around 2 hours each at least (i use an online pomodoro timer for this). one of those things is art.
every day, i try to do those tasks, and i write about how it went and why. for example, if i found it really hard to get started drawing, and then when i drew, it felt really frustrating, i can write about it and try to find out the cause. if it went well, i can write about what i did right. for me it's just way easier to think about this stuff and problem-solve if i write it down. then i can try some things, isolate what helps me most. my goal is to make the process of drawing as fun as possible, while still being challenging and making me improve. i'm not there yet, but this has helped me move toward that.

Like anything else, the fear of regret of failing to make progress.

>>2856839
But kjg sorta said so

>>2856753
just get a real job to make the shekels and then hire a better artist to carry out your vision

>>2857683
Pleb

>>2856753
pure hate.

I don't need motivation because I don't have any goals, I just enjoy drawing. I'll admit that because of this I improve very slowly, as I don't feel forced to constantly get better.

>>2856753
One day, I'll be able to make all the porn I've always wanted and looked for and it will be good enough for others to enjoy too.

>>2856753
Think of it this way, two years from now two years will have passed. No matter what, the time will always pass. You gonna spend that time doing shit or sitting around? Two years from now are you gonna be glad you started now or pissed that you kept putting it off? That's up to you.

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>>2857478

What's the name of Data's daughter again?
What's he laughing about anyway?

Tiddies motivate me

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>>2856753
Fat hate on /fit/ motivates me to not stop lifting
Seeing shitty artist like H.C. Brown helps me to draw more are better

>>2856753
MONEY
and dreams about high skill

>>2858180
>h.c.
why her especialy?
her work is not great, but it is likeable and she has a good work ethic

>>2858201
>it is likable and she has a good work ethic

if she had a good work ethic she would be better at drawing
she would actually learn rather than stay at her shitty level, lecturing people all day long, giving really bad advice
she is ruining young artists before they even have a chance to get an actual idea of the art world because they think that artists have to be miserable hipster assholes, like her.

(im not that anon btw i just thought id weigh in on that subject because i dislike her too.)

>>2858201
Nah there are other like Baylee but her's was fresh off my head. I like certain aspects to her art but I think she should work really really hard on fundementals first before she continues making stiff ass characters.

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>>2856753
You won't see improvement in your art in a day or two, so you don't get dopamine released into your brain.

If you really want to improve your art, you need to restrict yourself from doing something that gives you a quick and easy dopamine release.

So basically just do what I did and make a rule that states you're not allowed to fap until you draw for at least 2 hours.

>>2858269
Wait, that doesn't explain how I'll get dopamine released into my brain.

>>2856753
Literally never gonna make it with that attitude. To you and the anons with similar complaints in this thread I'll say this

There's no such thing as a fast track to art. Some people are naturally quicker or slower learners but no matter what it's going to take at least a few years to get decent at it, and getting better beyond that point is a lifelong task. So remember that the longer you spend putting off your practicing, you're just adding that much more time to an already incredibly long path.

Is it just me or are all post ID's showing up striked?

>>2858277
Explain with a screen

>>2858270
it does though, you get it through masturbation after you draw for the day

>>2858280
Oh, but that's not enough, anon. I need more of a hit.

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>>2858279
Every quoted post is striked out. Even in other threads. I even tried clicking on a post ID but the reply box didn't open. I have to manually, copy, and paste in the post box at the top of the page.

Well I'm not an artist but I came here to post because whatever. I don't want to make a thread.

I hired an attractive female artist thinking it would surely be a way of draining the ol' cyclops but I only ended up paying a lot for something that it looks like shit and will forever be on my arm. Should have had her tattoo my dick instead.

Desire of power(skill).

>>2856753
Nothing really. I just want to get gud.

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I'm currently in medical school, so my problem is I want to make art, but inside I tell myself it's wiser to spend that time studying.
Since art isn't fun when you draw like a 3rd grader, it's hard to get over that first hurdle.
It's hard to get into something that'll take years to master when you know it'll take even longer for you due to time constraints.

I think I'll try again, and see what happens.

>>2858041

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLIU5tC3LAs

>>2856753
Peer deep into your soul and ask yourself if you really want to do art for yourself or for the status of the artist.

Learn to pick up girls, so you are sure you're not doing it to get popular.

Lift.

And if you decide that art is what you truly want, stop being a fucking pussy and start working hard.

>>2856753
>but most of the time I'd rather lay on my bed and do nothing.
had the same problem so I moved from drawing at desk on drawing in bed
then I noticed my hips sunk in and gets uncomfortable, so I trew away the bed and started sleeping on the floor
then i trew away the desk since it was occupying space and now my whole floor is me desk, and my bed at the same time

>>2858683
Are you that Tsugumi anon

>>2858269
>If you really want to improve your art, you need to restrict yourself from doing something that gives you a quick and easy dopamine release.
i recently learned that monotony is the mother of creativity. And so, whenever I want to start learning something now, not limited just to drawing, I made a rule of doing nothing half a hour before starting said thing

it might seems like a waist of time, even more if you have more stuff planned for a day, but think of it this way

>playing video games is more fun than drawing, but drawing is more fun that doing nothing, so doing nothing before you start drawing helps you enjoy the process of drawing because you are not comparing it with how fun gaming or shitposting is, but comparing it with fun doing nothing is

>>2858684
who? post screencap or something

>>2858684
oh, that guy, googled tsugimi, I am >>2846971. I didn't actually trew away the desk, but replaced it's legs with shorter ones

I remember he painted his windows, but didn't he had an average bed?

>>2856753
It's a gradual process, really.
I used to draw once a month, then once a week and now it's just a question of whether I'll draw for 3 or 5 hours a day. The better you get, the more fun you'll get in return, the more time you spend, the more it will consume you and soon you'll get nervous if you don't draw for a day.

It doesn't pressure me - I love every second of it, I love even the most tedious of exercises because every mark I leave on paper moves me a tiny bit closer to living the dream.

Pursuance of my life's goals has been indefinitely put on hold through events outside my control so I feel like if I'm not improving myself in other ways, primarily art, I may as well off myself

>>2858216
>>2858221
By good ethic I meant she draws every day, puts out stuff on a schedule, handles marketing, website, online presence, youtubechannel, etc.
Also aware of her weakenesess and works on them. She's a pretty immature person with some issues and gets all defensive when she's being criticised but then sucks it up and at least tries to work on it.

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>>2856753
For me its the progress.. I can clearly see big differences between shit I did then and how I do it know, look at your stuff and try tind your improvment and then you will get clarification that you have actually evolved and if you can not see that, then ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can actually can get better but most importantly... why? If you can't have fun with it don't bother man, life is too fucking short to be listening to others about what you can't or can do!

Pic related was me and my artlevel 3 years ago:

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>>2858787
My current level:
For me the progress is really big and different and I even managed to create an artstyle for myself that I have so much fun with!

>>2856753
Not to sound shallow but money and noticeable improvement over time.

Where I lack personal motivation, money fills the gap. If I can get someone to pay me, all of a sudden my creativity comes out of its cave and I jump 3 skill levels ahead of what I would produce without any compensation.

What keeps me going in the long haul is looking back at my old work and seeing mistakes i used to make that i don't anymore. That's how i know i'm actually going somewhere.

>>2858788
I love this. You touched my soul anon. Dat feel when being with the one you love. Sometimes I miss having someone like that in my life.

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>>2858804
Well wow man, whata beautiful comment, for real, it touched my heart that you felt that way, it is so fucking hard to capture a feeling and to be able to express it as well. Thank you so much! Also tried to do it with this one, it was related to the same girl.

- Why are you so unavailable?

>>2856753
Having a friend helps- We both draw, and send each other pictures of what we have drawn.

To prove to myself (and others) that I'm not a useless spazz. Spite can be good fuel.

But also to make cool things that other artists and especially young kids can get inspired by. I wanna be someone's goal I guess?

>>2856753
Spooks for a better future. If I didn't have spooks I'd be an even bigger wreck than I already am.

I have no motivation. I'm simply developing a habit that I will continue to do.

Currently, I'm trying to go towards:
>drawing on bus
>drawing when sad/depressed
>drawing when anxious

So I'm basically doing it a bunch.

I look at artists whose produce work I aspire to, and then get back to it.

>>2861257
>look at artists who produce work I aspire to
>think I can do it
>take a deep breath
>i can't do it
>they've got talent, the gift, the something
>it's not fair
>remember that talent is a meme and that it's all hard work and experience
>i-it's not fair!
>go back to wallowing self

>>2856753

Testosterone injections, not even joking. I feel ready to eat the world, senpai.

>>2861309
>Testosterone
Is that what that feeling is?

>>2856753
Forcing myself to draw knowing that I'll be loving it and won't want to stop if I can just get past the first 30 minutes.

>>2861385
this is the feel
i'm a bit bothered it takes a whole 30 minutes, but that's how it is for me too

taking art classes at the local community college, and forming a friend group to compete and collaborate with. basically expectations and deadlines motivate me to haul ass