Today, I posted a picture of a drawing that I was so proud of on Twitter. It was the best drawing I’ve ever done. A few minutes later, someone commented saying, “What is this?” Looks like it’s back to the drawing board for me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while sitting on a bench drawing, some guy went up to me, yelled, “YOUR ART SUCKS” and flipped my sketchpad out of my hands. I’d been working on that piece for hours and now there’s a big black pencil streak on it. FML
Today, I was working on my art portfolio. I had drawn a self-portrait. When I was satisfied, I wanted to show my parents. They thought it was a drawing of a bear. FML
Today, I was partnered up with a girl in my art class, since the teacher had asked us to take turns drawing portraits of each other. I went first and felt pretty proud of how the drawing turned out. I showed it to her and she said "That's OK. I'm not good at drawing either." FML
Today, after nearly three weeks of hard work, I finally completed my best drawing yet, a self-portrait. I was incredibly excited to take it to class tomorrow. That is, until I came home from a walk later on, only to find my brother had drawn a stick figure on it, wanking into my face. FML
Today, I was doodling randomly during a meeting at work, and I noticed my drawing was beginning to look a bit like a penis. A coworker was eyeing it so I tried to make it something else by adding... oh good, now it's a penis and balls. FML
Today, I saw a guy in the street drawing caricatures, and I decided to pay him to do one of me. Being a caricature, I looked pretty monstrous in it. When I showed it to my mum later, she shuddered and said, "Yeah, looks just like you." FML
Today, I'm extremely disabled and by all means terrible at drawing, but I tried anyway. Sure enough, my drawings looked like shit, but I still took pride in them. That is, until my brother looked at one of them and said, "Wow! That's awful!" Thanks for pointing that out. FML
Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML
Today, I was in art class in which we were drawing mythical creatures. I spent the entire hour and a half drawing a Minotaur, which turned out extremely well. It turned out so well that the teacher thought I had traced it, and told me to start over right before the bell rang. FML
Today, in art class, our instructor called me up to the front to model for a drawing. I agreed to pose because it was nice to be called on, and I needed a self-esteem boost. He then thanked me, saying it's a great exercise for the class to draw such strange proportions. FML
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Chazzster 32
One problem with social media is there is no filter on the comments. Don’t take seriously seriously one or a few comments. Unfortunately sometimes others pile onto earlier negative comments so they grow in numbers. Sometimes people comment negatively because of envy or ignorance and sometimes they do so honestly. If you want honest feedback wait a while and see how it trends. If you want artistic feedback show it to someone in the artistic community if you can.
Jesse Duff 15
dont worry about the people hating on you...keep going forward with your art...and never let them neg you. They're just jealous and want to make sure you dont succeed.
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Chazzster 32
One problem with social media is there is no filter on the comments. Don’t take seriously seriously one or a few comments. Unfortunately sometimes others pile onto earlier negative comments so they grow in numbers. Sometimes people comment negatively because of envy or ignorance and sometimes they do so honestly. If you want honest feedback wait a while and see how it trends. If you want artistic feedback show it to someone in the artistic community if you can.
RichardPencil 32
Doesn't look like the drawing board is working for you. When your best work is unrecognizable, you need to change everything including where you create your so-called art.
Jesse Duff 15
dont worry about the people hating on you...keep going forward with your art...and never let them neg you. They're just jealous and want to make sure you dont succeed.
Grizz8831 14
not in an assholeish way, but it is good that you respond to comments like that by drawing something else. it means the comments, while shitty, are not making you give up. And social media is a cesspool most of the time, maybe find an art based discord group for more constructive feedback since discord groups tend to be all about dropping the ban hammer over shittyness.
WhataStrangeTripThisIs 24
Not sure why they felt so confident about posting something negative, and I'm sure it stung a bit, but in the end it doesn't matter very much. I'm not an artist, but it's my understanding that just as each work is unique, so is each person's like or dislike of that art. If you were pleased with your work, then that should be the most important opinion! Just remember that you'll never please everyone since you can't read minds and no two people are going to all like the same exact works.