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I have been going through a lot lately, both mental and physical health. I know my art is not up to my normal for the last while, as art is very hard for me on a good day none the less everything going on of late. Just wanted to say thank you for the patience and support, and for those being hypercritical, believe me I will be the first to say I am a terrible artist but I am trying my best!

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female 1,058,088, anthro 207,334, canine 185,311, coyote 11,806, itzali 43, scrying 5

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Type: Picture/Pinup

Published: 9 months ago

Rating: General

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Orkekum

9 months ago

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Lizet, i like your art, love it even. Do not speak to yourself like that.
You have more worth than just "artist". You are a human, a person, with valid feelings and emotions.

Moonshinedahyena

9 months ago

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Everything you make is beautiful, and you shouldn't be so harsh on yourself, your not terrible at art, your bloody amazing at it!!!

I don't know what your going through, but I genuinely hope things get better for you soon, I don't know you that well, but my DM's are always open if you need someone to talk too

Take care of yourself, and remember, your skill in one particular thing does not define your worth as a person, you are amazing, and should be proud of what you do and make.

XPAuthor

9 months ago

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"Art is very hard for me" | "I am a terrible artist"
And yet I consider you to be one of the most amazing artists I follow, leagues above anything I could ever hope to scribble out. Just in this piece! You've got a vision in the water, slightly faded as a vision and distorted by the liquid. That is not a 'terrible artist' thing to do! The shading and detail, the black sludge (or blood) oozing into the pool and swirling at the edges. This is amazing!

I do get it. As a writer and creator, I look at my own work and see more flaws and failures than successes and triumphs. No one is more critical of something than its creator. It is our curse, but also our blessing, how we improve, never satisfied with how we are now.

But you have to at least accept when so many tell you that you are not bad. Many you've never talked to, and who want nothing from you. You are a great artist. It may be tough, a struggle, and you hold yourself to a high standard. That's good! But don't let it weigh you down. You are great, your art is always so very lovely, and some have even inspired my own imagination for my works. And I know I'm not alone in that sentiment.

And even outside of that. You are more than your art. More than what little people who have never met you can glean from what you share. You have worth beyond the images you create. If anything, that you still share what you might think is not good enough shows a great deal. Keep your critical eye. Keep improving always. But never let that one thing define you.

And, hypocritical of me to say this, but don't let what people say bring you down. If you are only focused on the negative, you'll miss the beautiful positives, the people who only want to see you flourish, to build you up and encourage. Not for a want of something more than seeing you be content.

electra

9 months ago

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As far as I can see, the only one who thinks you are a 'bad artist' is yourself..
It's something you learn early but always struggle with. Because you know the mistakes, you only see the mistakes. But to everyone else it's amazing and flawless.

Spent way too long working on 'this could be better' with projects getting to the point where 'this will have to do, it's awful but will work'.. Only for everyone to be say how good it is leaving me wondering if they saw the same thing as I made..

ZeexFoxia

9 months ago

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You are NOT a bad artist! Your work is amazing and I do enjoy it. Please don't be so harsh on yourself, because I am absolutely certain you are great at what you do, and to me, it comes out great!

As for going through a lot, I may not know exactly what you are going through, but I still wish you a happy and positive life.

rubbervixen

9 months ago

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I will simply add my reassurance to the growing pile - you are not only a good artist, but also a talented visual storyteller. We will continue to hope that your physical and mental health improve and be thankful for the work that you share when you're able.

BlazeLupine

9 months ago

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I can understand the feeling. There are times where I look at what I've made, what I'm making and just... sigh. Being a creative is hard, and at the end of the day, if what I put out is being met with silence, the motivation drops.

I've been wanting to say though that I ADORE this character of yours. Itzali tickles the story-loving part of my brain a lot.

AceV

9 months ago

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For thinking yourself a terrible artist, you sure do make a lot of amazing art, all of which puts my own to shame. Take care of yourself, and be gentle on yourself. Recovery from both mental and physical ailments takes time, and usually it's only a reprieve rather than truly cured. You aren't alone in that journey, and your art brightens so many of our days. I hope that you feel better and stronger before long, but know that if you don't, that's okay as well.

Blackraven2

9 months ago

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For a "terrible artist" your works don't just look amazing but also speak to me on a level that is hard to describe.

Art can portray lots of things, but deep down what really counts is if art portrays the emotion - make the watcher feel what the characters are feeling - and in your case - portray the idea that there is an entire world there that the picture is just a tiny window - allowing a glimpse into...

I can tell you with authority - you definitely still got it :-)

Digitaltf

9 months ago

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I know art is different from writing, but I was taught something long ago - "you are your own worst critic". Yes, there are places anyone - you or I or anyone - can improve their craft. But... that doesn't mean that we're not better at what we do than... 90% of the rest of humanity. I draw a little, and only do so sporadically. My craft is words and stringing them together to create a picture in people's minds of what I wish to depict. You do it through lines co-mingling to create a physical image. Don't ever worry that you're not "good enough" or that your art is "bad". There is a spark in every crude sketch, just as there is in any phrase I can assemble. Just let that spark blossom, and you'll be fine. It knows what it wants to become, just like how my stories take on lives of their own as characters flesh themselves out and plotlines meander and loop back upon themselves.

Long story short - keep up the good work, and if you need an ear to listen (even just to gripe at), I'm only a message away.

landofan

9 months ago

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For what it's worth, I enjoy your art.
Be well

Monoko

9 months ago

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It's hard to see what you've archived when all you do is to look up that mountain that you think you still have to climb before "true" validation comes, but as you probably know. There "is" no end. So here's a lesson I had to learn as a musician to feel better about what I did. First of all, I had to understand that the phrase: "If just I had put in the effort back then, I'd be a much better xyz" In its core, this might be true but in reality there was a good reason for why one didn't put in the effort back then and beating yourself up over it afterwards is just bad taste and disrespectful towards yourself. 2. Ask yourself, what is your craft to you? Does it make you happy? Does it give you something that you can't get otherwise? We're bombarded with all this "strive for more! Be the best! Become famous! crap that we forget that we are plenty famous for what we do, we have a healthy following which suddenly dimishes in the realm of numbers, "I only have 40 followers, but if I had a 100 followers, then that would make me a good artist, but I really should have 1000 followers to truly be a good artist." and so on, it never ends. We're reduced to numbers that make us feel unimportant while we forget that a 100 people in front of a stage is already a lot of people in one spot. I'm not a very skilled musician if I compare myself to all those well-known musicians on YouTube who have a lot of followers but I don't want to be because I know that I can do something that a lot of people can't do (yet) and I know that I don't need to be the best to play in a band and have fun and if I'm having fun, people in front of the stage will have fun as well. The rest of my skills will develop through playing and challenging myself with new things I want to learn when I'm ready. So, no, you're not a bad artist and telling yourself this won't make you any happier over what you've archived over all these years. You're a good artist and you made and make a lot of people happy with your craft. Maybe it might not be able to pay your bills and the correlation might be easy to make that your art not paying your bills is a definite sign of you not being a good enough artist but that is an absolute lie. It would be nice but I don't have the answer to that either but it's certainly not proof that you're a failed artist.

stormwolf442

9 months ago

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Wait... What? Lizet, girl, you post some of my absolute favorite pieces on all of inkbunny!! Heck, I plan to shoot you a message one day when I can afford to pay to see if you could draw my not just one, but two of my OCs! You're one of the select few who might be able to most accurately draw up what I'm after!

Don't be so rough on yourself, you clearly don't see how much of an impact you have out here. I've followed you for years, and I know you've struggled with some particular issues, and believe me when I say that you are much better than you give yourself credit for. Be proud of who you are. Be proud of what you do. Your work is amazing, and I genuinely admire it. Seriously, I wouldn't be watching for your newest submission for this long if your pieces weren't special to me. I never say much, but rest assured I have viewed every. Single. One. All of them.

Your work not only appeals to me in an artistic fashion,it goes further than that. The number of artists whose work actually inspired my imagination and gets me thinking on my own creative stuff borrowing from the influence of their work is in the single digits. You are one of those select few. Please, hear me when I say that is no small feat.

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