I just had a small epiphany why you might like other people's art more than your own:

It's the lack of suspension of disbelief.

When you see something someone else has drawn or painted, you take in the content faster than you take in the technical aspects. You experience it as pseudo-real, the same way you stop perceiving animated characters as drawn or book characters as written as you get into the story.

On the other hand, when you yourself have made something, all you see is the machine behind the theater, so to speak. You're probably thinking about lines, shading, coloring in a "does this make sense? Is this the best decision I could have made?"-kind of way.

I think that's also why sometimes, pictures you haven't looked at for a long time starts looking nice to you again, à la: "Hey past-me was unto something! Why can't I replicate it nowadays?". It's probably specifically because you've forgotten the process of making it that you are now seeing it with fresh eyes.

Art is an illusion, but a magician has a hard time tricking themself. So don't be so hard on yourself: it's probably just that you can't see the magic right now, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

You just put something into words that I have been feeling for a while. This might actually get me to try digital painting again, thank you.

Omg, I'm glad to hear 💖

The Great United States (it is the only country that is a federation of States) of America is the most biggest country in the universe. As the Most Biggest Country in the whole world, nobody from the other countries that are all small countries that are not as big as america because there are no countries as big as america could understand what is it like to live in such a Big Country

even though it would take 52 hours to drive from one side of a single province to another i sadly still can't understand The United States because, unlike california, china has high-speed rail

Reblog to give the person you reblogged from the ability to finish their WIPs

hi. i’m not american. WAS ANYONE GOING TO TELL ME THAT THE OFFICIAL ARBY’S SLOGAN IS “WE HAVE THE MEATS” OR WAS I SUPPOSED TO FIND THAT OUT FOR MYSELF TODAY JUST NOW

WE HAVE THE MEATS???????????? WE HAVE THE FUCKING MEATS????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

her eyes were the sickly green of the sky before a tornado, and to his horror he discovered she could throw cows around just as easily

to his horror? weak shit. outta my way gayboy im boutta get it

all of our trobles seem so small from up here

the downside of following a bunch of people with impeccable taste who are all mutuals is that sometimes a Good Post will enter the ecosystem and you will have to scroll past it eight bajillion times for the next three days

Ok I’m really curious

This is basically how this scene went, right?

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Here's a project I've been working on for a year and a half. It took me a lot longer than I expected and the process of actually animating anything was just 40% of the time I spent on this.

Really hope you like it! Comments and reshares are appreciated!

a study i did because i realized idk how to draw environments at all LMAO

STOP SCROLLING THIS IS A PAINTING

how do you just get up and deal with the fact that there’s a last time for everything. there was a last time you sat on your dads shoulders and there was a last time your mom tucked you into bed. there’s going to be a last time you kiss your sister on the head and there’s going to be a last time you hug your best friend. there’s going to be a last time you feel exactly as you feel right now and there’s going to be a last time that person says i love you. i need to lay down

Iain Thomas, The Light That Shines When Things End

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Holy crap, it’s real, and what a story!

The second person was a paraglider named Ewa Wiśnierska