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Be niceJust curious, have you ever felt "intimidated" by other artists? Or got jealous about something? If yes, what did you do to control those feelings?
I've felt for a long time on twitter, but here I don't feel in that way... Just the opposite, I feel great
Dec 7, 2020
I've felt for a long time on twitter, but here I don't feel in that way... Just the opposite, I feel great
Dec 7, 2020#confession
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Personally I almost only feel inspired and impressed by other artists. When I see an art piece that looks like something I wish I could make I usually think "I can't wait until I get to that skill level!" or "I feel motivated to draw now so that I can get better!"
But one thing I did feel jealous about was other people's amount of followers and likes on Instagram. But I've managed to get over that because I realized that those that have thousands of followers still complain if one of their posts gets fever likes than usual. So I told myself that having more followers wouldn't make me happier, and that made me feel a lot better and more at peace.
But yeah, I'm very thankful that seeing other people's art doesn't have a discouraging effect on me (quite the opposite). Art has always been my biggest escape and hope when everything else is shit. But it's not like I'm immune to feeling jealous, it's just that my jealousy has always been directed to things not related to art...
But one thing I did feel jealous about was other people's amount of followers and likes on Instagram. But I've managed to get over that because I realized that those that have thousands of followers still complain if one of their posts gets fever likes than usual. So I told myself that having more followers wouldn't make me happier, and that made me feel a lot better and more at peace.
But yeah, I'm very thankful that seeing other people's art doesn't have a discouraging effect on me (quite the opposite). Art has always been my biggest escape and hope when everything else is shit. But it's not like I'm immune to feeling jealous, it's just that my jealousy has always been directed to things not related to art...
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•I had that before. What I did was take a break from social media (Instagram for me) and just focus on my own drawing. It really helped 
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•argg yes i get scared of other artists especially when they have a lot more followers or something-- feels like i annoy them whenever i interact even tho they tell me they aren't aha.
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•Definately, I usually try to break down what it is I am jealous of or indimidated of since follower count is different from style which is different from post frequency. Then once I know what is causing the usually rude thoughts I can then go through and acknowledge where I am and recognize they arent inherently better than me as a person and that there are factors I can't account for for. Then usually by the end of that I'm not nessisarily over it but I have come to terms with it and it no longer overtakes my thoughts.
I have been so excited to be here since it is people loving art and that is something that unites us :)
I have been so excited to be here since it is people loving art and that is something that unites us :)
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•Lmao ngl I felt intimidated by everyone when I first got here lol. Maybe a lil bit a jealousy not gonna lie but I snap out of it by realising im still new to this stuff and it'll come within due time and effort and that intimidation and jealously soon turns into motivation and inspiration.
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