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It’s normal for artist to feel demotivated and criticize their own art, you’re not overreacting. I honestly can’t count how many times I’ve felt unmotivated to draw anything and feel like my art is completely worthless compared to others. It’s not the best mindset to have though, treating art like a competition to who can draw better or who can get a larger following is just going to put more stress on yourself (from my personal experience). I don’t blame anyone if you do feel unmotivated to draw when you get degrading comments or notice some unfollows because I still deal with it (and I don’t have a very large following on Instagram).
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I don’t handle constructive criticism that well (and I don’t think many people do if I’m honest). But you should handle it positively and think about it as ways to improve, not as things to hate about yourself.
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Of course you’re allowed to talk about art. Art isn’t absolute, it doesn’t have solid requirements or qualifications like a job so you don’t need to treat it like one, you’re absolutely allowed to talk about art and anyone who says you can’t, is wrong. Your skill level doesn’t invalidate anything that you say. Always try to push through despite all of those doubts because you will get better, no one should tell you otherwise.
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