Short answer: No. I'm really not.
However, I am happy about the direction it's going. I don't like it as it is, but I realise it's like an incomplete piece, and they're always trash. Lol
just a general question.
was thinking of my own artstyle, and how its very 'cutesy'. (examples in spoiler) i do like my style, i think its cute. the problem arises with that,,,, its never how i imagined my style would end up. you see, ive always admired 'gross-out' styles. lumpy, unappealing to a wide audience, kind of just fucked up looking. i feel conflicted about my art style, because while i like it as A style, its not what i really want for my style. i have fun drawing, i like it visually, but part of me wishes that i hadnt ended up drawing this way. i could start to change my art style, i could practice, but i just dont have the free time to do that anymore. i love to draw monsters, creepy, unnerving things, and thats hard when my style lends itself to cute chibi fluffy things. its not that big of a deal, but i wanted to know how others feel about their own art style. are you happy with it? has your style had any dramatic shifts? do you have any alternate styles?
im less dissatisfied with my style and more dissatisfied with my skill, honestly. my skill doesnt hold up to my tastes, but im fine with my style, if that makes sense.
not really, some of them I'm okay with yeah, but I'm kind of a chameleon and can replicate different art styles, but kind of lack any real well established one of my own? beyond that it's more my skill level and expressionism I'm unhappy with. My older art wasn't as well developed but had a lot more emotion. I'm not sure if it's my style or me personally but I'm struggling putting any emotion or energy into my work lately too. It's all just so bland and dissatisfying.
I'm going to be going back to traditional mediums for awhile I think, it might help- My best most expressive pieces have always been my murals.
no but i don't think any art style is bad (except mine) so it's probably a self-esteem issue
i know there are overarching themes (bright colors, small lips, round faces) but idk what my art style even is. i range from semi-realistic painterly to binary brush anime doodlez so idk
Being happy with my own art is definitely difficult but I've been learning to do better recently. I've found that if I try to look at my art as someone else it helps to notice things I usually wouldn't otherwise, for example, messy lines because I was admittedly lazy with them can look pretty cool sometimes. I was also in the mindset that realism is the end goal for a really long time and it was really damaging for me since I'm just not a realism person, and as soon as I broke out of that it helped! Obviously that's not good advice for everyone and it's not an overnight change but it helped me. (No disrespect to people with more realism-oriented styles of course! Draw what you enjoy drawing)
Also, looking back at my really old art (most of it is hidden on TH now hudsfhs) has made me notice that my style hasn't really changed? Like yeah it's definitely gotten WAY better but it hasn't changed drastically. I don't think this is a bad thing, I think it's kind of cool to see how my style has evolved without massively changing it at its core. It's hard to say what I mean without showing old art examples and I'm sure not doing that hdfgiudh
So overall, my art sure isn't perfect or amazing, but I've been doing better with letting myself be proud of it! Who knows how long it is until the next inevitable period of "wow this is terrible" strikes but for now I'm happy
I always wanted my style to be something that was semi-realistic, but still used bold lineart. I'm pretty happy with my art style right now even if it is still very cartoon/anime-inspired. I'm still a lot better than I used to be and I feel like if I see my art, I know it's mine. I can always tell if I've referenced something too heavily now because I have a specific way that I do eyes, noses, eyebrows, and body shape. I'd like to try to move more towards that semi-realistic style, but if I stay with this, I'm still happy with it.
If there's a specific style you want to learn, my suggestion is to reference other artists who draw that way and figure out one aspect of each artist you like. Then, take those and try to bring them into your own art. I used to reference a lot of Hiromu Arakawa and I think it shows. I've added in other artists too though now and between all of them, I found something that is my own. You'll get there :)
I’m pretty happy with how my style has come out! I want to lean it towards a certain way however, there’s always room for improvement and learning! Regardless, I’m happy to have the style I have today hehe
Not particularly honestly. I just had someone on Th bash it the other day in fact. I'm pretty new to art, and I really want to improve! But I don't know how to feel about it atm.
i thought i posted here a year ago but i guess i didn't?
anyways if you asked me a year ago when this thread was made, my answer would be no. i was frustrated bc i felt like i wasn't improving and my art was stagnant.
but now i feel really good abt it! i've been doing lots of style studies and i think they've helped me a lot, not just in improving my abilities but also in improving my self esteem. it might be silly but i really do want to be able to get my art style close to the pkmn one someday, and i feel like i've been making good progress :D
I know this post is older and I also posted here before. But now, a year later I am way more happy with my art style. I've improved quite a lot and I'm not stuck anymore in the "cute baby face" theme I was in a year a go. I can still draw like that, and occasionally do enjoy it. But I came much much closer to my "how I imagine it" style.
I think there's areas I could improve in but overall I am happy with it 💖 I wanted to blend 90s anime aesthetics with sort of 2000s american cartoon elements and I think I've sort of gone in that direction. I honestly think I could stylize a little more at times!
When I was a teenager I really wanted a more Johnan Vasquez emo scene horror art style cuz that's how most artist I admired drew, but I've never been super into horror (I don't dislike it, I think it has rly interesting elements, I'm just s coward 💔). I think teen me would hate my current style and find it generic which is funny to think about 😭
I'm actually quite happy with my style for the most part. It's stayed consistent for awhile now but I do change up things such as how I draw certain things. I like my style a lot, though, I feel like I could work on drawing more serious works since my artstyle always comes off as "cutesy" so it's hard to draw the raw emotional scenes I like to draw sometimes.