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Anonymous01/24/26, 20:48No.7866419ru even having fun
how many of you guys are genuinely having fun drawing? if you arent, how do you even view art? even if you dont like the process, dont you enjoy the finished result? even if you dont enjoy learning, doesnt getting better feel good?? i used to be awful at drawing bustshots [whatever ur thinking its worse] and learning how to draw shoulders that r still bad but dont look like the dogshit they were before felt like discovering masturbation over again. but yeah drawing is great for me its really fun, and im actively studying and have a joint problem so art causes me mental AND physical pain. but theres people on here like "whats the point of even drawing if ur gonna be a forever beg" or even "whats the point of drawing if you wont make money off it" ????? because its fun??? why did u pick up a pencil in the first place if you find it this miserable?? i understand it gets hard. i get wanting to blow ur brains out when u get anatomy wrong or something but if theres barely any emotional upsides in your art journey what are you even doing?? just draw what you like, inspect it, and figure out what u need to study to draw what you like better so u can make cool stuff
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Anon01/24/26, 20:56No.7866426
My guess is most people who find it annoying/a chore probably either
a. aren't drawing what they want, but got tricked into "doing studies" or "grinding fundies", even if those aren't related to what they want at all, or
b. don't actually like art, they just like the idea of "being an artist".
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Anon01/24/26, 20:57No.7866429
I think people are just dramatic. These are the guys who would probably be whining about how some shitty Star Wars show broke some esoteric canon if they weren't here crabbing people who just want to draw anime titties. For them crashing out is the point, some people's genetic code calls out to them to find a safe place to stop and be lazy. In another time and place they may have crashed out into some beg-friendly adjacent career, like being an art critic, but there are too many people fighting for too few eyes a the world is increasingly demanding you to be a complete self-starter to prove yourself. No wonder they get mindbroken.
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Anon01/24/26, 21:46No.7866479
I am having fun once i start its kinda like the shower first you don't wanna start and then you don't wanna stop because the in between sucks and your nervous system is doing backflips for no good reason. And while i am trying to will myself to get rolling I am quite susceptible to instead just ruminating on it
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Anon01/25/26, 04:12No.7866779
Im havin fun :3
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Anon01/25/26, 05:20No.7866816
I used to enjoy it as a kid, then it became a chore as I attempted to get better at it. Now I just draw what I want when I feel like it, I'm having fun and I actually draw more than I used to
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Anon01/25/26, 05:23No.7866819
I guess that I am, now. I did have like three anons tell me that my drawing levels are /beg/ as fuck, and yet I like my drawings now and so do some other people. It motivates me to draw despite being mediocre.
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Anon01/25/26, 05:26No.7866820
Having fun is like just draw. Its a meme right?
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Anon01/25/26, 05:30No.7866824
I'm not having fun anymore, but I'm also as good as I want to be so everything I draw is just a product to make me money now. I don't have time to draw for fun anymore and I dont have soul left in me because life beat it out of me long ago.
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Anon01/25/26, 06:16No.7866849
The act of drawing itself can be hit or miss for me, but I always get a kick when it starts coming together. That's how it's supposed to be with any project, delayed gratification and all that - you shouldn't expect art to be some joyous thrillride the moment the tip of your pencil touches paper.
There's a lot of frustrations, and headaches, from drawings not going how you want, and a lot of work to get through the 'ugly' period of a drawing to where the drawing starts looking good.I actually find studies meditative and calming; no need to worry about being judged for quality, even by yourself, as its a learning process and it shouldn't be expected to be great (though put the effort in, obviously. You want to improve after all).
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Anon01/25/26, 06:18No.7866851
it doesn't feel as pointless and hopeless as it once did, so i guess i am having fun. it's nice to feel like i'm contributing to my future self in some concrete way
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Anon01/25/26, 07:08No.7866881
I don't think I'll ever even manage to reach the point of figuring out if I enjoy drawing. I don't enjoy what I'm doing, but my process looks nothing like an actual functional one used by people who know how to draw. Even when I watch relative beginners draw, I can't make any sense of what they're doing. Drawing looks like it would be fun if I understood it, even if I was still terrible at it.
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Anon01/25/26, 09:38No.7866941
starting is hard but I can get sucked in for hours if I feel good
i know people meme on ADHD here or whatever but it's genuinely annoying because I've missed plans and shit because I get too sucked in and i think its created a negative feedback loop where I'm so hyperaware of my surroundings and time now that i sometimes can't push myself when I know there's nothing happening for sure because i might ruin my sleep schedule or something, which has been happening all week anyway
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Anon01/25/26, 10:17No.7866959
I don't even draw, but I want to try. I used to copy stuff from anime but that phase didn't last long.
So I'm hoping I can switch to realistic art even if it's just copies.
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Anon01/25/26, 10:54No.7866967
>start drawing anime as a /beg/ and had fun
>over time realise my stuff is shitty, want to get better, started studying fundies
>fun meter craters, realised there is so much I don't know
>every drawing session is a struggle now, can only manage around 1-2 hrs of study a day at best before burning out, sometimes skip days when I'm not feeling it.
feels bad
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Anon01/26/26, 13:43No.7867788
I'm a perma-beg
that means I suck, which I do not enjoy
BUT it also means I get easy wins all the time
I'm constantly surprising myself with the cool shit I draw. so yes, I'm having fun :)
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Anon01/26/26, 13:49No.7867792
I've been taking commissions for like 7 years now so it becomes... eh, the magic is kinda gone. I'm trying 3d modelling next and for the sole purpose of just having fun and making up character scenes.
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Anon01/28/26, 12:10No.7869167
i love drawing
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Anon01/28/26, 14:32No.7869229
I don't have fun anymore. I would enjoy the process, if I could draw things that are actually fun. I don't get better. And all I get to draw since last year are fucking boxes, cylinders and sometimes complex forms in perspective and gestures. I would love to grind Loomis heads, I would love to grind figure construction, but I'm unable to even construct a figure from ref as a basic box mannequin. It's easy to have fun when you're not stuck on level 0 fundies for an entire year.
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Anon01/28/26, 14:55No.7869243
drawing has to be a ground wire, if you are too overwhelmed by the shit outside try to forget about that. Are you depressed? draw, are you bored? draw, don't know what to draw? draw doodles. It happens to me many times, and I try to at least take some time to draw or come up with a new idea.
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Anon01/28/26, 15:05No.7869249
I do enjoy drawing. But ADHD is a curse. It's either all or nothing, and I have an incredibly hard time actually focusing my efforts toward a goal even when I do have the gas. Not to mention I have bipolar II on top of that, so when I get hit with hypomanic episodes it's like my brain goes into overdrive and I'll go on a drawing bender, and it's like ideas and inspiration flows like water and I'll draw at a much more elevated level than normal. Then when it's over, I'll be depressed and demoralized because I can't draw like that anymore. It's created this complex where I basically can't draw without these natural highs. I just can't work consistently. Even in the good times, though, I still don't do much more than a lot of compulsive doodling. I don't make complete work at all. I'm a mess. And after starting lithium the high periods aren't as high and they don't last near as long. I enjoy drawing but there would be so much more to enjoy if I could actually focus and direct myself. I could be so much more without this damned brain disorder holding me back.
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Anon01/28/26, 15:05No.7869253
I have fun. Then I post my work here and get told I’m shit and I should KMS and YWNBAW and all the fun is gone. Maybe I should stop coming here?
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Anon01/28/26, 15:32No.7869280
>other form of expression
Like what?
Music won't give me the scenery and characters I want.
I wouldn't be able to show with written words.
I'm too clumsy for modeling
irl actions would lead me to imprisonment or death.
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Anon01/29/26, 00:29No.7869642
Until the stuff I make looks like the stuff on Pintrest, I will NEVER have fun >:( [spoiler]real though[/spoiler]
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Anon01/29/26, 04:26No.7869799
It is physically impossible to draw more than 4 hours a day. I have to sleep 15 hours straight and doomscroll for 4 more hours to be able to draw again after that marathon.