At 4/14/24 09:50 PM, switzrr wrote:I guess it means "younger than 18" because that's how old I was when I started. It seems nearly every artist on Twitter with thousands of followers, as well as many popular artists on this very site, became well-known long before the age I was when I picked up a pencil for the first time. What would you propose I change the goal to?

I did pretty much every exercise in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (except the ones that required a real other person in front of you to draw) and How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, and the only reason I stopped doing the drawabox.com lessons was because I couldn't wrap my head around the "texture analysis" exercise and the advice from the person who recommended that site in the first place was "If you got stuck then you didn't do the previous exercises completely. Start over from the beginning."

At 4/15/24 12:58 AM, switzrr wrote:I just re-read Lesson 0 for a refresher to see if anything I've typed has contradicted it and it basically says "Don't be afraid to draw something badly" (which I understand, but I don't see how it contradicts anything I've typed in this thread) and "Make sure to spend as much time drawing for fun as you spend on this course", a rule I didn't follow when I did DrawABox because IMO drawing is not fun.

At 4/15/24 06:54 PM, switzrr wrote:I'm not sure I understand the first half of your response ...

At 4/15/24 02:06 AM, lucifertan wrote:its an observation of your art.

What's an "observation of my art"?

what are the core fundamentals of drawing?

Are you asking because you want to know or are you testing me?

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

At 4/22/24 09:56 PM, Skoops wrote:

At 4/22/24 07:40 PM, LucidFox3 wrote:Trying to get back to art, but something is just not clicking to me on what should I do to get back to it. Does anyone have a suggestion on what I could do to get back to art?

I recommend introducing time limits. Most hesitation comes from a fear of wasting time on bad ideas or otherwise bad work, so make your use of time more structured.

If you use something like Line of Action to do timed subjects (short intervals like 1-5 minutes each,) you'll only have time to draw, no time for doubting yourself. Use it until you don't feel so rusty, and then you can go back to doing what you want without setting limits (or you could keep limits on yourself if you find it really helps).

At 4/22/24 11:51 PM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

I dont usually intrude on safe spaces but this perspective makes me so angry. You're a hypocrite.

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kingskywarp97/day-11-of-100

THEY get to post fetish junk but MY fetish junk is ignored!!!!!
Simply a matter of skill. Get better and you will get scouted, then you will be able to add your piss in a sea of piss.

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

At 4/22/24 11:51 PM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

I dont usually intrude on safe spaces but this perspective makes me so angry. You're a hypocrite.

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kingskywarp97/day-11-of-100

THEY get to post fetish junk but MY fetish junk is ignored!!!!!
Simply a matter of skill. Get better and you will get scouted, then you will be able to add your piss in a sea of piss.

At 4/23/24 12:30 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:51 PM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

I dont usually intrude on safe spaces but this perspective makes me so angry. You're a hypocrite.

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kingskywarp97/day-11-of-100

THEY get to post fetish junk but MY fetish junk is ignored!!!!!
Simply a matter of skill. Get better and you will get scouted, then you will be able to add your piss in a sea of piss.

Thats not fetish art thats fanart for someone oc over on twitter . yesh

At 4/23/24 12:32 AM, ghthhgfhg wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

I will posit my take as someone who scrolls art by new (and votes on them as my main source of XP): Newgrounds definitely isn't the site for casual art/doodle posting, as most artists here seem ludicrously skilled by comparison to the "new" queue on like, DeviantArt. There's plenty of pieces where you can clearly judge how much effort the artist put in; which is not very much, and those get washed away in the sea of mediocrity.

Also, fetish/lewd art is extremely polarizing, especially if it's just not... drawn well. Those require a certain level of skill/confidence to post, because if it's bad no one—even your target audience—will find it appealing.

Basically there's no shortcut around "git gud" if you want to get scouted, and after a few good pieces (yes, it will definitely take more than one piece) it'll get noticed. Otherwise just... go on DeviantArt or something?

At 4/23/24 12:44 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:42 AM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:39 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:36 AM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:30 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:51 PM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

I dont usually intrude on safe spaces but this perspective makes me so angry. You're a hypocrite.

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kingskywarp97/day-11-of-100

THEY get to post fetish junk but MY fetish junk is ignored!!!!!
Simply a matter of skill. Get better and you will get scouted, then you will be able to add your piss in a sea of piss.

Thats not fetish art thats fanart for someone oc over on twitter . yesh

Ah yes, the gallery full of women with tits the size of their head is not meant to be erotic, purely straight edge art here, truly above and more deserving of attention than those fetish artists. Sexy girl in pose, what a concept. Really breaking the mold there by the way, even if somehow I take you seriously.

i just draw women with bigger bust my guy not sure why your just automatically assuming its fetish work. thier just breast

Wow its so crazy how they're all like that! its almost like its a fetish

do you think breast are inherently sexual or something ?

At 4/23/24 02:38 AM, SourCherryJack wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:44 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:42 AM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:39 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:36 AM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/23/24 12:30 AM, kingskywarp97 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:51 PM, Template88 wrote:

At 4/22/24 11:19 PM, kingskywarp97 wrote:truth be told this whole site discourages me , this whole scouting thing the site has just had my brain in a swirl all week, i mean the fact that i can keep submitting art for the next five years and still not earn the right have my art posted next to the fetish junk just sucks, it really makes me just want to no even post art work here , i mean whats the point if no one is ever gonna see it unless they look for me manual

I dont usually intrude on safe spaces but this perspective makes me so angry. You're a hypocrite.

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kingskywarp97/day-11-of-100

THEY get to post fetish junk but MY fetish junk is ignored!!!!!
Simply a matter of skill. Get better and you will get scouted, then you will be able to add your piss in a sea of piss.

Thats not fetish art thats fanart for someone oc over on twitter . yesh

Ah yes, the gallery full of women with tits the size of their head is not meant to be erotic, purely straight edge art here, truly above and more deserving of attention than those fetish artists. Sexy girl in pose, what a concept. Really breaking the mold there by the way, even if somehow I take you seriously.

i just draw women with bigger bust my guy not sure why your just automatically assuming its fetish work. thier just breast

Wow its so crazy how they're all like that! its almost like its a fetish

do you think breast are inherently sexual or something ?

Okay, we’re well into a derailing. You two can take this subject to Private Messages.
Next one to speak on these comically well-endowed women in this thread gets a ban.

At 6/16/24 09:52 PM, AbstractOutliers wrote:

At 6/16/24 09:17 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:

At the very least, I finally decided to contact a CBT therapist and meet with them in a few days. It'll be my first time doing a therapy session, so it will be an exciting experience despite my anxiety. I hate feeling this way everyday.

Hopefully that helps you. A bit of advice I could have uses a few years ago: if you notice you're consistently leaving sessions feeling worse than when you arrived, make sure to bring that up. Theres ways they can help you settle and "ground" before going back into regular life tasks.
It can be hard to express with anxiety, but the whole point is to help you, so its relivant. building that trust and communication is important

At 6/16/24 09:17 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:Has anyone made any progress with their self-doubt in the last two months? I wish I could say yes for myself, but no...
At the very least, I finally decided to contact a CBT therapist and meet with them in a few days. It'll be my first time doing a therapy session, so it will be an exciting experience despite my anxiety. I hate feeling this way everyday.

At 6/16/24 10:13 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:No sign of improvement after sessions is definitely my biggest worry going in, so I'll keep that in mind. Thanks! It's not going to be easy for me to express my issues with a stranger [I already have trouble doing that with family], but I think I can manage.

At 6/16/24 10:13 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:

At 6/16/24 09:52 PM, AbstractOutliers wrote:

At 6/16/24 09:17 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:

At the very least, I finally decided to contact a CBT therapist and meet with them in a few days. It'll be my first time doing a therapy session, so it will be an exciting experience despite my anxiety. I hate feeling this way everyday.

At 6/16/24 10:13 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:

At 6/16/24 09:52 PM, AbstractOutliers wrote:

At 6/16/24 09:17 PM, SpikeyBlum wrote:

At the very least, I finally decided to contact a CBT therapist and meet with them in a few days. It'll be my first time doing a therapy session, so it will be an exciting experience despite my anxiety. I hate feeling this way everyday.

Hopefully that helps you. A bit of advice I could have uses a few years ago: if you notice you're consistently leaving sessions feeling worse than when you arrived, make sure to bring that up. Theres ways they can help you settle and "ground" before going back into regular life tasks.
It can be hard to express with anxiety, but the whole point is to help you, so its relivant. building that trust and communication is important

No sign of improvement after sessions is definitely my biggest worry going in, so I'll keep that in mind. Thanks! It's not going to be easy for me to express my issues with a stranger [I already have trouble doing that with family], but I think I can manage.

At 6/18/24 02:31 PM, Halpmynamesucks wrote:This is gonna sound kind of stupid, but I have been really unmotivated because I haven’t been able to get a second frontpaged artwork. I have always had a problem where I feel like I draw more for the compliments/attention, and I really like how the frontpage lets a lot more people see your art. Just kind of feeling like I’m not improving enough, or even my art style is regressing. It just kinda sucks, I put a lot of work into most of my art, I’m sad when it doesn’t get noticed as much. To be fair I think of lot of what I draw is probably not good enough for frontpaged anyway sadly. I just wish I was better at feeling less disappointed and more self motivated to draw instead of relying on external factors.