I think a lot of the reason many artists feel bad about their work is that they'll go from being the only or best artist in their class in early school to being one of millions of artists around the world who post their work to social media.
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It goes from "my art is unique and it's mine" to "there's hundreds of artists just like me and we're all trying to get recognition for our work via whatever means a social platform offers." Posting our work online in a way strips us of the human interactions we had with our artwork growing up
Not only that, but it feels like so much of the focus is how to "get good" or improve. How to get ahead of the curve.. and not... actually accomplishing your personal aesthetic and style goals as an artist. I see more "how to become a master" youtube videos than I do "how to have fun with your art."
Anyways, comment on each other's stuff, give people the time of day when you can. Don't ever think you're too good at what you do to have a genuine human interaction with other artists.
I also think there's also a "capitalist pressure" that affects art where artists need to compete with eachother so that either people buy their work or are recognized by big companies and those artists work for them.
That and artists would have to meet certain industry standards killing uniqueness
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That and artists would have to meet certain industry standards killing uniqueness