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Originally Posted by ahimel  What you need to stop doing is thinking that something is only worth doing if it's done perfectly. Did your parents raise you perfectly? Are you still glad they did it?
Did you get straight A's and perfect attendance through all of school? Do you still know more than you did in Kindergarten?
At the end of each drawing, forget about whether it's good or bad. You already know its quality, and it doesn't need any more analysis. Instead, write on the back of the drawing what benefit you got from doing the exercise. Was it relaxing? Did you get to look at a new style? Did you learn something about perspective or shading? Did it allow you to put off doing dishes for 15 minutes? Did it justify buying an Anime that you wanted?
Think about benefits gained instead of focusing on all of the ways it could have been better. |
I come from a broken home. My parents divorced when I was 4 and I stayed with my dad. Interestingly though, although my father sometimes demanded perfection from me. He always taught me the best thing to do and I guess he wanted me to be like him. I remember that I wanted to please my dad half of the time and half of the time I just wanted to rebel. Could this be the issue? Maybe I'm still trying to impress him in a way? It doesn't make sense to me as we only speak once or twice a year, maybe.
In my early years at school I was a whole class ahead of the other students. I really loved doing all the math quizzes and stuff like that. Later when things got harder I ended up a strictly average student...
Hmm, more to think about I guess. Thanks! Maybe this a small breakthrough.