Artist on Social Media my god why is everyone so much better than me. constantly comparing my skills to others, even though these are unfair comparisons. Just finished Drawing is fun I've begun placin

Artist on Social Media
my god why is everyone so much better than me. constantly comparing my skills to others, even though these are unfair comparisons.
Just finished
Drawing is fun
I've begun placing importance on meaningless internet points and followers when should be intrinsically enjoying the creative process
and taking pride in my own improvement. Instead I've begun to rely on validation from strangers online, which determines whether or not
and want to share
see worth in my own creations. When did get so dependent on opinions? feel like weekly question whether or not my art is just
this piece,
bad, or if just another victim of an “algorithm.” hate how art has become a “hustle,” how some rely on things like or shoutout-for-shoutout
hope you
what make
with others!
to force people to promote their own works before they will promote others. What happeneded to following people just because you, y'know,
all enjoy~
like their art unconditionally? When did everything become so transactional? Which brings back the question, a bad artist?
Is my work ugly? Or maybe just don't have many friends on this platform to hype me up? But even so, how people even make artist
friends when everything is so insincere, so parasocial, and so transactional? the only one who feels this way? wish could back
to being a kid, before started posting my work online, back when could draw awful pencil-and-paper animu doodles and cringy OC's and still
be so happy about my work. Before even thought about comparing myself to others, back to when the only thing on my mind was creating
whatever wanted, no matter the quality. The internet has provied a vast amount of resources that have allowed to improve
as well as some quality individuals who have witnessed and supported my growth, but was the internet worth the cost to my own self-perception?