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I'm Stuck in a Mental Standstill

Posted 2 years, 2 months ago by BittleBat


My entire life I've, never truly been happy with my style as its never really been my style.  I've always wanted to do extremely shaped animals and humans, stuff like you would see on Tom and Jerry or 2 Stupid Dogs, but I've never had.  It's not cause I can't, it's cause I've always feared people would hate it - that people are more fond of the typical anime-like furry style.  So all my time as an artist I've steered away from my goal and tried to fit my art to what I feel like people would want.  And here I am now stuck in this void, hating my art and my style because it's not something I ever wanted, but what others wanted.


I want to change it, but there are so many issues with that.  Like what if I chase all people away who liked my artwork now cause they hate the new one? Would I have to start over completely as an artist? Would anyone even recognize me anymore-


I just want to be cartoony, with major shapes.  But how can I do commissions if people might try to make me match the style on the reference instead of me being able to express shapes?

I don't know what to do anymore.