Im upset about my art, I used to like my art, I mean I still do sometimes.

So, before a year ago I was happy my art style was a little different, but I started getting into batman stuff, so I started getting into comics, and I realized I really wanna draw comics.

Because of my want to draw batman, and comics, and all this cool stuff like backgrounds, people together in scenes, etc, I tried to.

I know it's a little childish reason. but I realized I have no real sense of anatomy, Im horrible at backgrounds and multiple people, I suck at drawing faces, and noses, perspective, everything I hadnt paid much attention to before. I know some people'll say that just means you're learning, or just tell me to work on it a little more and you'll get there, but I dont want to hear that, I already know those things. It just doesn't change how I feel right now.

I can't even draw on anything but the drawing site Kleki, my entire style revolves around one brush there, and now I wonder how good at art I really am, and how much of it has just been that brush. I don't know how to blend without it, I dont know how to draw lines without it, I cant even color right without it.

I just hate my art so bad right now, and I don't know how to feel better about it.

Okay so I am really shit at giving encouraging speeches I'll just say it. But what I can say is that I definitely relate to what you say and I've been feeling it on and off for my whole art life. In all honesty, I don't know if there's a cure to it better than just understanding your own psyche and why you feel the way you do

I often experience periods of literal AGONY over my art, but I find that it's often after those periods that my art does a jump up and I'm content for a while again. I often refer to this one graph when talking to people about this

It's a question about perception vs perceived skill, really, and of course people experience it differently but it's definitely something worth thinking over. And I myself have taken to a quite depressing sounding truth, that no artist will ever really be content with what they create - but it's not a bad thing, it's simply because it's in our nature to chase improvement!

Your feelings are absolutely valid, but trust me when I say that it does get better <3 for me it often helps to focus on my own art for those periods - to draw what I want, test new things or methods (even if those things aren't directly connected to my perceived issue at hand) and try to enjoy myself without pressuring myself into doing anything or feel like I'm obligated to perform perfectly for other people. Sometimes, even just putting down the digital and drawing something with just a pencil gets the inspiration going again. After all, your art is yours - and your enjoyment of the process and outcome will always make you feel way better about it c:

What I do when it comes to anatomy is a LOT of people-watching. I study peoples' faces, my own face and body and try to piece it together once I draw it - in my opinion, it's way more fun than doing anatomy studies (while that is also very good to do)

To finish it off I'll say I've always admired your skill and art style, and I don't at all think that it's fully reliant on any outside factor. You got a really good grip of shading, lighting and composition, and that's in your artist's instinct, not the program doing it for you! And comics are SUPER hard to draw - time-consuming, requiring knowledge about anatomy and drawing the same thing over and over - but I don't think you'll ever feel fully ready to start. Looking at many popular comics or webtoons you'll always see a drastic change and improvement in art style from the first pages to the most recent ones!
You got this bro, don't let your thoughts tear ya down and try to focus on doing what you enjoy or maybe testing out some new things for a while :D

Thank you so so much, I think that's the best encouragement speech I've ever heard actually, I'll try your suggestions. Thank you so much 🥹♥️♥️