I think it's only natural to hate what you create. Or I hope so because I always seem to do it in the end, even if people tell me it's brilliant.
I'm just a perfectionist.
I'm just a perfectionist.
Poll: Hating your art
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That's what I love when I'm editing something. As I'm actually doing it I'm thinking, "my god, I am a genius! The way this part syncs with the music, and they way that part seamlessly cuts to this other part! People should worship me!" But once I finish I find myself watching going, "Ugh, what a piece of garbage." Art is funny that way.
There's probably some sort of balance between perfectionist and unconcerned that's best.
People who are never satisfied with their work are annoying, they nitpick and can never take a compliment. They probably won't get much work done as they either hide it out of unnecessary embarrassment or never finish anything. It's also very stressful on you to expect and try and make everything perfect.
On the other hand, and as other people have pointed out, you need to be willing to recognize your flaws and work to improve yourself. If you're satisfied with the bare minimum, you won't improve in the area you're working on.
People who are never satisfied with their work are annoying, they nitpick and can never take a compliment. They probably won't get much work done as they either hide it out of unnecessary embarrassment or never finish anything. It's also very stressful on you to expect and try and make everything perfect.
On the other hand, and as other people have pointed out, you need to be willing to recognize your flaws and work to improve yourself. If you're satisfied with the bare minimum, you won't improve in the area you're working on.
I create drawings. Its what I do and what I want to do with my life. I would even go as far as to say I am an "artist". I am a drawing and painting major at a school which is considered to have one of the best fine arts programs in Canada. I make my art for my own sake. I create it because I enjoy it and because I like what I create. When I don't like something I'm creating it turns out, generally, bad.
It actually takes a lot of effort or me to work up the pretentiousness and arrogance required to call myself and "artist.
It actually takes a lot of effort or me to work up the pretentiousness and arrogance required to call myself and "artist.
the saying goes that You are your worst critic.
Sometimes you hate what you do, and sometimes you don't. it doesn't really say anything about you unless you like your stuff so much that you refuse to improve, or hate your stuff so much that you consider it a lost cause.
I happen to like most of what I make, just because I know what effort went into it, but I have a bad habit of downplaying my abilities, or giving up because I don't think I can do it.
Sometimes you hate what you do, and sometimes you don't. it doesn't really say anything about you unless you like your stuff so much that you refuse to improve, or hate your stuff so much that you consider it a lost cause.
I happen to like most of what I make, just because I know what effort went into it, but I have a bad habit of downplaying my abilities, or giving up because I don't think I can do it.
In regards to recording music, I've hated the way plenty of of my songs have ended up sounding when I played them back. Part of art is trial and error, and error typically is associated with you hating your own work.
I've never created a piece of art that I've been 100% satisfied with, which is frustrating, but I think that's how people improve.
Yes. I do stand-up comedy and put it up on YouTube. I'm consistently told it's very good, and I can appreciate that to some extent, but it's always extremely painful to see, and I can never actually watch it.
Ehh, it's all part of making arts. This is hitting especially close to home right now, 'cause I'm putting together a portfolio to get into art school, and I'm not liking a lot of my old stuff, though my family loves it. I'd say my biggest problem here is not knowing when to stop, 'cause I'll think that it needs a few more lines, and maybe some more shading, and by the time I'm done, I've messed it up and it just looks crowded.
tl;dr version: Most likely, you'll never see your own art as perfect, so just accept its flaws and move on.
tl;dr version: Most likely, you'll never see your own art as perfect, so just accept its flaws and move on.
Yes, I can't stand to look at my own writing. Remember that "you are your harshest critic". Artists judge their art much harder then anyone else ever will because they are far more intimate with it. I think it's normal. It drives you to do better and make something even better next time. If you were always happy with your work, then you'd never try harder.
*mindless drone voice*MaxTheReaper said:
It is tr-SHIT!
I thought that shrink deprogrammed me!
I'm getting my money back.
*heads out to get revenge*
Also, since I'm not a serious artist, if I make something, I'm usually happy with it at the end. While I'm making it, however, the entire thing bugs all kinds of hell out of me.
I like most of my writing, but I can find minor flaws in a lot of it. I think that might be a problem because then I don't improve or know how to, and I wish I disliked my writing more to be blunt.
With my music, however, I always think I'm not playing right and things like that, and I hope it stays that way, so I can keep improving, even though I need to start practicing a lot more more often.
People always tell me I'm good at both, though.
With my music, however, I always think I'm not playing right and things like that, and I hope it stays that way, so I can keep improving, even though I need to start practicing a lot more more often.
People always tell me I'm good at both, though.
In case you haven't noticed, Max, [sup]which is likely because you do not look at my posts :-([/sup] my loathing is directed outwards.MaxTheReaper said:
Doing realistic portraits of people was the worst thing for me. I wore through three sheets of paper once because I didn't think I got the distance and angle between their eyes exactly right.
I used to animate flash. After making a bunch of my movies, I hated them all but everyone around me was enjoying it. I don't like a lot of things that I have made.
Almost every artist I've ever met hates at least a little something about their art, and that hate is what makes them strive to be better with each new piece.
Designers and commission artists always seem to be the ones to hate what they make the most, since often times they have to make something for the customer that they would never in a million years make by choice.
Designers and commission artists always seem to be the ones to hate what they make the most, since often times they have to make something for the customer that they would never in a million years make by choice.
