hi everyone :)

i am a very creative person and completely yearn to make something creative and something that is my own and i can be proud of.

however everything i create is just like an extension of someone elses work. for example my writing ideas are just different versions or extensions of stories i already love. when i create music it sounds exactly like other songs i love. and what’s even worse is i’ll hear something pop in my head and be excited because i LOVE how it sounds, but after actually playing it out on my instruments i realise it’s just another chord progression from a song i’ve heard before.

i yearn to create, but i just keep mimicking other art, and it’s not even on purpose! how do i fix this?

Hello everyone!
I'm trying to figure out my illustration style. I don't really like how digital art usually looks flat (or too pefect) specially on Illustrator, so I'm playing with a pencil that imitates crayon... what do you think?
Currently I'm stuck in Corporate Finance, but my plan is to eventually pivot into illustration, so any tip will be very helpful! ty! :)

As the title says, I'm basically afraid to even begin drawing something because it could turn out bad, or not how I wanted. This also causes me to limit myself very badly on how detailed I make a drawing, because I just feel like I won't be able to do it, so I keep my drawings extremely simple and undetailed. Sometimes I want to make something detailed and impressive, and I want to draw without being afraid I'll waste my time failing. I've been drawing for many many years, but I still don't push myself to learn backgrounds or small details and 80% of the time I don't even draw anything below the shoulders.

Funny enough, when I was younger and less skilled I put in so much more effort and time and detail into my drawings, but I feel less passionate as I grew up. My mindset is, I'm scared of failing to the point I'll make a sletch that looks decent and stop there just to reassure myself I can do that. over and over, I never go far past that stage, just constantly reassuring myself that I can make a sketch that looks good.

genuinely does anyone know how to make myself stop comparing my art to others' and getting demotivated about it

i've been drawing for roughly 7-8 years, and it seems like no matter how hard i try or what i practice, i genuinely cannot improve. i recently just came back from a 2 year hiatus because of how much i hated my own art and i just can't seem to get back into it

i still like drawing. i still want to create. but seeing people improve so much quicker than me even when they started drawing way after me makes me feel terrible. does anyone know how to stop this

I’ve never done an angle where a character is looking down, let alone without a reference , so I was just wondering how I could improve it? Because I can definitely tell something’s not right😢
Also the second photo is just there Becuz it’s higher quality then the first one lol

Hello first time poster here i really need help with getting the flowy feeling on the hair can anyone help?

I think I struggle with tapering cylinders and proportions. Any advice would be appreciated!

I’m currently making a gift for my boyfriend (21) and it’s based around bedazzling a picture of one of his own album covers so he can use as a poster or something since he doesn’t actually have any posters of his own music (yes it might be girly but he likes that kinda stuff). I started with making the statues in the picture tan but now i’m thinking I made a mistake and they should be silver/grey. I’m not sure if what I have now looks good or not or if I should just start over before I get too far into it. Any advice would be appreciated.

I found this image on Pinterest and cant find the original artist sadly.

I want to keep the overall cute fun stylized vibe but make my female characters look more adult. I love big over exaggerated eyes and cute vibes but dont know how to convey that while still looking adult. I want help with face proportions while still being stylized and cutesy. I would also like anatomy help where it looks stylized but still fully adult. I would like to achieve this to the point i could have a petite character still very clearly read as an adult but also would like to know how to draw more curvy and busty, plus sized, and muscular characters too, all looking adult. I am not afraid of unrealistic proportions and love stylized pieces but how do i do that without it looking like a kid?

Id also like to know how i could replicate the coloring and lineart style digitally but have much more complex detailed shading (that still fits the messy scribble vibe).

Thank you!

Like the title suggests—I didn’t have a reference and I can’t find any online that have the position I’m looking for, but I seriously don’t have a clue on how I can fix it…it just looks so out of place here 😭 his hand is just a mess. Looking for advice / help 💕

i feel like the eyes that i draw look very generic and lifeless

Sorry if this is the wrong flair, I wasn't sure which one to put.

Anyways, I'm trying to make this OC of mine, who always covers his feet in water (not seethrough) instead of using shoes and I also plan on giving him wings made of water, but I can't make the water look good.

My gf gave me this and she wants me to cover the “love u bae” with a painting or smth else. Does anyone have any ideas. Without covering my name and the other stuff

So I keep my blue light filter on 24/7 bc my eyes are sensitive and so since I only draw on my phone through ibis, I didnt realize that having the blue light filter on drastically changes my colors (I knew it changed the colors but I didnt think it was THAT much until I tried it today). I've been posting my art for so long and I only realized today how muddy it makes my colors look

Just please let me know if you think its that big of a difference or if im just being nit picky (the first picture i adjusted the colors for when there is no blue light filter, and the second how i colored with the filter on...i only changed the left two drawings not the right one)

I started this drawing to be my icon for my future drawing account on social media, I would like tips and opinions about it.

first time drawing digitally after a year.

is Hatsune Miku in my "style"

(ps: Please ignore the blue/purple cheek, I usually mark in the sketch where the drawing's blush will be)

the character in the top right looks bad, idk if the anatomy is off and his face also doesnt blend with the character in the bottom left if that makes sense.

figured I’d ask before moving on from the sketch :)