ShanghaiSlave

There are so many pro's and con as to being an artist, professional or as a hobby. It feels nice to be able to express yourself through something you make and when that something turns out to be looking good we get this sense of accomplishment. Most of the time though there are bad feelings mixed with the good ones. :bulletblue: Not being understood. Those moments where your friends or family does not understand that you have to desire to be alone and work on your art. Those copious amounts of hours you spend working and they wonder why you wouldn't rather be outside relaxing in the sun or hang out with your friends. The only people who wi

Am I on the right track? This is a thing people often wonder and think it's a complicated to find out, but it is actually pretty simple. It's a different question you need to ask yourself based on different topics. As for: Fuck talent! You'll find it if you scroll down :P :bulletblue: Topic 1: Am I on the right track to becoming a better artist? Does your work from today, look closer to your initial goal than your work from last week? (this needs to be both in skill and idea.) :bulletgreen: Good skills: Honing your technique, training you muscle memory, being more knowledgeable about your tools and art rules. With art rules I mean: Perspec

We all have certain obstacles that gives us the feeling of: 'This is so unfair!.' To me it's one of the most annoying feelings in the world because in general we don't really know how to deal with it. One little part of us says: 'Don't whine about it, you are just being jealous.' the other part of you tells you: 'If I didn't have this obstacle or disability I would rule the world!!' So you bounce around anger, sadness, hopelessness and envy. If you were just sad about something or simply angry it would be a lot easier to deal with, you cry or you just vent a bit towards a friend. But how to deal with he feeling of unfairness? :bulletblue:

As a freelancer most of your business takes place online, which makes it really easy for people to rip you off. How many times have we seen the following scenario's: 1- Someone offers a descent payment for your artwork but wants you to do an art-test first. after the art-test you're being told you're not good enough. Later you find out that other people got to do different art-test topics and also weren't good enough. The client clearly ripped people off to get free artwork. 2- Someone offers good money for your artwork. The sketch gets approved so you continue working. Right when it's done the total image suddenly becomes a great disappoin

As part of becoming good at something you need to be able to reflect upon yourself. Judge your own abilities and work and consider the possibility that what ever you have been doing it wrong all along. Or perhaps you're actually being to hard on yourself and you're better than your conscious is telling you. (This is bad too because it leads to insecurities.) Signs that you might overestimate your current skills. Do you often feel these things when you look upon work from good artists?:   I can totally do this too. This is not so hard, I can do this faster. My work is way more interesting. It's not fair that this person gets way more atte

People often get the sense of being ignored in the art-scene, especially here online. We all try so hard to get our foot in the door, it's like trying to stuff yourself in an overfull bus like a sardine in a can. Sometimes you just want to socialize with other artists you admire and you seem to be talking into a brick wall or perhaps you've send your portfolio to a company over a dozen times and still don't even seem to get the smallest response or feedback. I will try and tell you WHY you get ignored and HOW you can get noticed instead. I will go through the following cases of being ignored: :bulletgreen: Your comment. :bulletgreen: Your