Any artists ever like join a cool artist discord, get a huge dose of imposter symptom all of a sudden and then feel guilty for showing your art in those share-your-art channels?
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For me, I just don't feel comfortable in large groups. Mostly because of judgement and social anxiety and I've been struggling to make connections because of it.
everytime i share my art i like have to make sure the person before wa sin there for like an hour or atleast got a compliment because i always feel so mean ;-;
I’ve seen sentiments shared about these servers having established ingroups that everyone always responds to, while everybody else gets crickets regardless of art quality. It can def be discouraging. I think a good art server should purposefully counteract this, but I’m not sure how they’d do it tbh
Ok so reading what you’ve written has me realizing this wasn’t me being paranoid! I would feel these vibes and didn’t want to complain/or act jealous, but I would try to talk and post art and get ignored all the time. 🥲
Yeeah these places definitely thrive off of having plausible deniability for doing it on purpose. They might not even realize they’re being unfair since they’re just focusing on their friends. Admittedly avoiding bias is surprisingly difficult, I’ve learned the hard way myself how easy it is to miss
I am not an artist but I've recently experienced with this writing short stories. Never thought myself to be the type to get imposter syndrome but it's very frequent for me now
*I feel guilty if I don't reply to other people's art enough lol, it's a vicious cycle that leads to me forgetting to reply to art bc I don't post art there!!!!
I get imposter syndrome from calling myself an "artist" and posting here on bluesky. I'm very hypercritical of myself and when I look at my "art" I can't help but see all the imperfections. I don't know what that means for me, but I feel like I should still post it.
To be fair every artist has imperfections in their art even the pros and been drawing for years, it’s okay to call yourself an artist (I saw post saying they called themselves “drawinator” lmao)
It's hard not to get that feeling pretty often. The thing I always tell myself is "I might not be at the same level as these artists, but I am the 'cool artist' for some people. If even one person sees my art like I see their art, then that's a win to me"
nah idk but I only worry about myself vs me on growth if I'm posting to art servers it's to get myself out there. if I was embarrassed about my 2020 skills people wouldn't see the growth I've come into today. a lot of these people don't follow me or anything so I just share no shame
Yep, sometimes even before I post it my mind keep saying, "Should I post it?" "What if no one likes it?" "Am I doing something wrong?" And just don't post
What artistist failed to realize is that they have completed their works of beauty..they have succeeded...but what every preditor knows is...artists are not salesmen.
Posting art is easy, it's actually finding mutuals, socializing and actually getting people to interact with your art that drives me away from those places.
Don't feel that way, what you should focus on is your own unique style rather than replicating other styles. For example think about a Game from lets say 2013 something, that tried to be as realistic looking as possible with technology we had back then, (1/2)
at that time that looked insane, but when you look back today, it didn't age well, its terrible. Now look at all games that are instead artwork based, like Okami, they are timeless. There's a lesson in there somewhere. (2/2)
honestly no but it took a long time to get there. you gotta get it in your head like "I'm fucking awesome, my work is good as hell I can't wait to share it with the world" now don't get me wrong, it's a little delulu but it fucking WORKS. its this invisible sense of momentum, it stacks til its real
I get this all, everytime and it makes me delete my own art from the channels sometimes because I feel I haven’t “earned the rights” yet especially if I’m inactive or new to the server 😭
Tbh I’ve quit/left pretty much every art server because of this, or went MIA in the few I didn’t leave (yet). I feel like I shouldn’t be there, and me dropping in my work is obnoxious on my end.
Plus tbh unless you have actual active friends in there, nobody ever comments so it feels extra bad.
Ohhh yeah, like being introverted and social anxiety is already makes it hard to stay active in them then dropping my art all of a sudden feels like I’m just all about self promotion so I try not to show my art in discords much (also I forget to)
LOL YES I sometimes post, get no reaction ever then leave cuz my shy arse feels stupid😭 like they’ll react to the same few “senpai(s)” every time but ignore others, so “artist support group” it ain’t.🪦plus it makes me feel like I suck even tho I logically know these servers are just…like that.
You are absolutely SO REAL and VALID for these feelings. Yeah, They SO MUCH Suck and is quite rough as it doesn't feel Good, especially if there are people that actively look Over Your art.
And while that is indeed lots of struggle, keep on drawing! AND post if you feel comfy for it!
How You feel about it is always great and Awesome to see! Cause at the end You did something really AMAZING and That definitely ALWAYS deserve a Big AWESOME HYPE YELL YEAAAAH!!
So I’m just some guy on the internet who randomly found this. If you create art from scratch. You are an artist. There’s going to be people better than you and worst than you. So long as you’re making your art yourself you are an artist and your work should be seen.
Me! I always feel like by posting my art in art channels I'll be burying other people's art that are better, because I feel like mine isn't as good as theirs, I don't feel like my art is worthy next to others.
This is exactly why I haven't sought out any artist discords. Doing art online already feels a little like a popularity contest, I feel like being in a more concentrated discord might be even more jarring. Maybe one day when I'm better.
No, but that's because I've never joined one. I've never felt myself good enough to do so. I post my art to other places where it's not art focused. Not because I want to impress but because I know a lot of the people there already. Less scary that way.
Yeahhhh I join and get invited to discord servers but always feel I don’t belong in them even after being in the art community for 4 years now… it feels better when I post my art to my followers and such
I feel that. It's hard! But hey, we all go through that struggle, even if in different mediums. So, at least you know you're not alone. I probably would feel that way on an art server as well. I actually stopped posting my art to those servers where I know people already. Can't help it...
I wasn't aware that those were a thing, but I seldom browse discord.
Regardless, I totally get the feeling, and I hope that you're eventually able to find peace of mind when sharing your work, because being able to share your passion with others can feel wonderful. :)
Truly I've never had imposter syndrome.
Though I will admit to...
"THE WALL"
re; writers block. artist block. etc etc etc.
In fact I'll hold up some of my own work against "big names" and say "Okay; technically your art is amazing, but does it tell a story or make one FEEL something? Mine does."
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I am a very slow artist so I'm kind of conscious about that.
We are just compelled to create.
Posting art is easy, it's actually finding mutuals, socializing and actually getting people to interact with your art that drives me away from those places.
- Says chronically online antisocial personality.
Plus tbh unless you have actual active friends in there, nobody ever comments so it feels extra bad.
And while that is indeed lots of struggle, keep on drawing! AND post if you feel comfy for it!
Regardless, I totally get the feeling, and I hope that you're eventually able to find peace of mind when sharing your work, because being able to share your passion with others can feel wonderful. :)
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nope.
Though I will admit to...
"THE WALL"
re; writers block. artist block. etc etc etc.
In fact I'll hold up some of my own work against "big names" and say "Okay; technically your art is amazing, but does it tell a story or make one FEEL something? Mine does."