Judgement, perfectionism, everything in between. I had this weird mindset shift over the New Year- the people who are successful are not the people who don't have fears. They're people who do it anyway. I approached my social media strategy with a new attitude and my art went viral. I started to build a community. Everything I've been working on for 6 years! Bet on yourself. You're worth it. And as long as you don't quit, you're going to get there.
One constant struggle of mine is how I can't find a consistent train of thought when building a social media. My art interests are quite diverse and I dont know how to present myself without the fear of alienating my audience. although thats probably just the price of being true to yourself and i'm trying to come to terms with that 😁 great vid as always!
I think there's a lot of value in simply sharing THAT struggle. What its like to be an artist with lots of interests, how that's changed your approach, how you find joy/balance in that, etc. That speaks to a lot of people. To me, having to narrow your focus and pick feels like advice that's been touted and feels out of alignment with what you want to experience! Whether or not there is some truth to it, forcing it will never help the consistency side!
What kills my consistency of posting is because the end result is a shallow experience - "likes". I miss the community of college. 'social' media is a fallacy. And yeah, I've tried commenting, etc and various other tactics but none have worked. Even my college friends don't seem interested in anything other than doom scrolling and token likes.
It sounds like its really important to you to cultivate connections that feel real with much more depth. I agree, I think it can be hard to do that through a screen--even harder on social media.
I feel I'm so used to be ignored on social media that when I'm not I get anxiety LOL Seriously tho, I think it's a mix of things but the point you mentioned about the art I'm making not resonating with myself truly spoke to me. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, Sylessae!!! I don't know how to thank you, your stream on how to stay motivated helped me so much, I swear. Not only your voice, but also your gentleness in telling the story with careful words, not to bring us down, but only to motivate us. I started again two weeks ago, I'm paying attention to my mental state (a little less to my physical state, since I hadn't been drawing for a while and my back hurts AAAAAaaaaaahhh). When you talked about dopamine, I seriously thought you were a scientist
I've taken the plunge and have just started my journey to make a living off my art, and I know sharing to social media is going to be a large part of it. This video was wonderful, I took a bunch of notes and I know they're gonna be so useful going forward. Thank you so much
Appreciate this video, Sylessae. I don't know if you have noticed but I have been struggling with this consistency, both with my artistic work and with social media. The ideas you discussed are exactly what I have sort of been piecing together while going at it. Keep up the good work!
On the inside part, I think it's a matter of judgement, perfectionism and being currently so out of practice that I can't even loosely sketch something before my brain's already beating me up for it. I feel like no matter how much I practice, I'm not going to reach a level I'm satisfied with. Also I look at a lot of different styles I really like and I can't settle on one. On the outside part, I've been getting the house I'm going to move out into ready for the past 6-ish months working on the weekends on it, I've got a full time 3D art job and the people I live with can interrupt whatever I'm doing at any time (they've done so at work too), so I can't really either get into a flow state. One day I might have 6 hours uninterrupted for myself, the next I might be called over everytime I sit down. I'm not trying to make a career out of 2D art, I'd like to do it purely to draw my characters for myself and my friends, I don't have an online audience and I've never sought or needed one. I don't really have a message to say, other than to try and enjoy the hobby I used to when I was in highschool.
Overthinking, insecurity, and perfectionism are problems that block me from making artwork or videos that I love to create and am proud to share on social media. The questions you shared in the video made me pause and take time to reflect on myself and my social media accounts. I want a change and progress on my social media accounts, especially my TH-cam channel, in the content that I upload or post so that it would feel more authentic and energizing instead of draining and less proud. I realized that I wanted to do art vlogs, share art tips like this video, videos that I can talk about my thoughts like commentary type of videos, and also show my face, but the problem was I felt uncomfortable showing my face that has feature I'm less confident. And I'm thinking of maybe buying a pop filter 😅 to feel comfortable showing part of my face when making the sit-down type of clips. Overthinking was also making my art ideas or video ideas take too long to do the real work like planning, final sketches, coloring, editing, and filming. It's like overthinking to perfectionism pipeline. However, posting in Cara helped me to feel good posting and feel connected to other artists, because maybe I get fewer likes on my posts. Compared to Instagram, I'm just posting in the void and but not feel connected, and most content you see has thousands and millions of likes that make you feel behind even though it's not true. Thank you for making and sharing this video and giving us something to reflect on.
I hope these questions bring you closer to sharing what your heart truly wants to say. That can be a difficult and vulnerable thing, especially when attached to our art, but it sounds like you are on your way. While there are many things to discover along our journey, remember that you're on the right path!
Back in the day, writing blog posts was a nice way to share my art/crafting and kept me focussed (not easy when you have a hectic work schedule as a Commercial Artist eating up most of your time). It was nice building a small community and hopping over to other creator's spaces and see what they were up to. Then sadly, everyone vacated to Facebook, a place that never fed my soul, and I eventually gave up on my blog and deleted it because no-one visited anymore. I was silly really, it helped to keep me showing up, it was of use to ME, and I should have valued that more. Everything I see about 'being an artist on TH-cam' seems to be about how to make '6 figures' and becoming a slave to the algorithm and whatever passing trend takes hold... errrr... not that tempting to me. I spent an entire 35 year career in the creative industries drawing what other people dictated in the way they wanted it - this time, whatever I create is purely for me. I think I will start to share again on Patreon for free, and will be very much sharing MY process and to MY erratic schedule. People can follow or not show up at all, that will be incidental. You are correct, everyone needs to analyse what they want to get out of the process.
I often consider myself pretty self aware. I often draw what I feel most happy in creating, whether it's small doodles of my OCs or existing characters in media I enjoy- self indulgence in a way is what helped one of my side accounts kind of take off! However I can't seem to get the "recipe" right regarding my main account, which I try to keep separate from the side stuff for work reasons, etc. My main account is mostly finished work, if not only finished work. My side account gained a following for me drawing in fandoms or about media I'm currently fixated on, often sketches where I'm not going all out art-wise. In a way, I know that replicating what made things work on my side account (sketches that i do for fun, focusing on also drawing my own characters, etc.) should help, but I find myself stuck because I fear that letting go of this aura of professionalism I wanted to make with this "main" account won't help me be taken seriously in some form. As a person, I struggle a lot with consistency on a lot of things and I tend to go dormant while I have nothing to post, or any thoughts to share-There's also the whole pressure in trying to make money, which I feel kinda dominated how I interpret the time I invest in my main account, because my side account, despite bringing in some work, I just post whatever makes me happy to share what I made. I'm rambling, but hopefully I made some sense. Either way, this video inspired me to take a deeper look at things and sit down to really focus on what I want out of my experience in creating art, and put effort where it really matters. Thank you!
It sounds like the rigid expectations for your main account may be getting in the way of finding what YOU want out of it. It sounds like your main account brings you a lot of happiness without all that pressure. That might be what you need on main!
@@Sylessae your tweets and videos are like this one are really so relatable and always makes me ask myself the right questions they are really really so helpful I hope you'll keep doing it! I guess you could say you achieved that "your ideal audience becomes you" thing based on my experience haha
@@VFX I will always keep sharing! So many of these experience were my own and it brings me a lot of joy to share that with others. I'm glad that the questions resonate--I love asking the harder ones haha!!
I dont post because i dont care for it. I think i should because everyone says i should. I wish it felt like an act of self-expression, but it just feels like a chore. I draw only what i like drawing, but it never feels like something i want to share. Especially because i do a lot of sketches and experiments and exploration, and a lot of the time, it doesn't end up becoming a finished piece. They dont feel worth sharing, perhaps.
I'm sorry that you feel that pressure. It sounds like social media doesn't align with what brings you joy in art making. It doesn't need to become something you do unless YOU decide it's helpful or enjoyable in some way. Especially if you just want to make art for the sake of it.
I've got to say, if you did share that experimentation process it would be a revelation to a lot of the audience! So many online artists only share finished pieces as though they sprang onto the paper fully formed, it's why there is so much controversy about people being accused of using AI. Share if you want to, don't if it makes you uncomfortable, art should be for the artist first and foremost x
For me, personally, it's time and energy. People might call me a stinkin' normie for this, but art isn't the only thing I want to improve in - I want to get better at the saxophone, build relationships around me, and most of all, stay afloat my schoolwork. Ranging from the multitude of self-improvement books and counsellors telling me to not stretch myself thin, what if the fear of losing any of these is just as frightening as the latter? Real talk: I don't know! Does anyone empathise with me?
I think this is very relatable! In my experience, the richer and more well-rounded our life, the richer and more well-rounded our art. If these things are important to you, no one should have the power to tell you not to invest in them. It's your life.
I feel like my fears of posting online have beem multiplied. I know why i want to share and thats not the isse. My fear is the current environment online and the predatory status of AI
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Judgement, perfectionism, everything in between. I had this weird mindset shift over the New Year- the people who are successful are not the people who don't have fears. They're people who do it anyway. I approached my social media strategy with a new attitude and my art went viral. I started to build a community. Everything I've been working on for 6 years! Bet on yourself. You're worth it. And as long as you don't quit, you're going to get there.
This is inspirational. Thank you for sharing!!
@@Sylessae Right back at you Syl! Thanks for everything you do!
One constant struggle of mine is how I can't find a consistent train of thought when building a social media. My art interests are quite diverse and I dont know how to present myself without the fear of alienating my audience. although thats probably just the price of being true to yourself and i'm trying to come to terms with that 😁 great vid as always!
I think there's a lot of value in simply sharing THAT struggle. What its like to be an artist with lots of interests, how that's changed your approach, how you find joy/balance in that, etc. That speaks to a lot of people.
To me, having to narrow your focus and pick feels like advice that's been touted and feels out of alignment with what you want to experience!
Whether or not there is some truth to it, forcing it will never help the consistency side!
Thank you for the inspiring talk❤ just started my art channel this January. I hope my fellow artists are doing well out there. Fighting!
I'm sending you all my best for this year and all the art you make. Good luck with your new channel!
What kills my consistency of posting is because the end result is a shallow experience - "likes". I miss the community of college. 'social' media is a fallacy. And yeah, I've tried commenting, etc and various other tactics but none have worked. Even my college friends don't seem interested in anything other than doom scrolling and token likes.
It sounds like its really important to you to cultivate connections that feel real with much more depth. I agree, I think it can be hard to do that through a screen--even harder on social media.
I feel I'm so used to be ignored on social media that when I'm not I get anxiety LOL Seriously tho, I think it's a mix of things but the point you mentioned about the art I'm making not resonating with myself truly spoke to me. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!!
Thank you so much, Sylessae!!! I don't know how to thank you, your stream on how to stay motivated helped me so much, I swear. Not only your voice, but also your gentleness in telling the story with careful words, not to bring us down, but only to motivate us.
I started again two weeks ago, I'm paying attention to my mental state (a little less to my physical state, since I hadn't been drawing for a while and my back hurts AAAAAaaaaaahhh). When you talked about dopamine, I seriously thought you were a scientist
You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear that. I am excited for your journey, and I want you to know I'm here for it if you ever need anything!!
Fam you so real.
I've taken the plunge and have just started my journey to make a living off my art, and I know sharing to social media is going to be a large part of it. This video was wonderful, I took a bunch of notes and I know they're gonna be so useful going forward. Thank you so much
I wish you all the luck on your new journey! It is one full of challenges and trials, but worth EVERY second!
Appreciate this video, Sylessae. I don't know if you have noticed but I have been struggling with this consistency, both with my artistic work and with social media. The ideas you discussed are exactly what I have sort of been piecing together while going at it. Keep up the good work!
You will find your way! Once we start to ask ourselves what really matters in all of this, I think it becomes easier to push forward.
On the inside part, I think it's a matter of judgement, perfectionism and being currently so out of practice that I can't even loosely sketch something before my brain's already beating me up for it. I feel like no matter how much I practice, I'm not going to reach a level I'm satisfied with. Also I look at a lot of different styles I really like and I can't settle on one.
On the outside part, I've been getting the house I'm going to move out into ready for the past 6-ish months working on the weekends on it, I've got a full time 3D art job and the people I live with can interrupt whatever I'm doing at any time (they've done so at work too), so I can't really either get into a flow state. One day I might have 6 hours uninterrupted for myself, the next I might be called over everytime I sit down.
I'm not trying to make a career out of 2D art, I'd like to do it purely to draw my characters for myself and my friends, I don't have an online audience and I've never sought or needed one. I don't really have a message to say, other than to try and enjoy the hobby I used to when I was in highschool.
Overthinking, insecurity, and perfectionism are problems that block me from making artwork or videos that I love to create and am proud to share on social media. The questions you shared in the video made me pause and take time to reflect on myself and my social media accounts. I want a change and progress on my social media accounts, especially my TH-cam channel, in the content that I upload or post so that it would feel more authentic and energizing instead of draining and less proud. I realized that I wanted to do art vlogs, share art tips like this video, videos that I can talk about my thoughts like commentary type of videos, and also show my face, but the problem was I felt uncomfortable showing my face that has feature I'm less confident. And I'm thinking of maybe buying a pop filter 😅 to feel comfortable showing part of my face when making the sit-down type of clips. Overthinking was also making my art ideas or video ideas take too long to do the real work like planning, final sketches, coloring, editing, and filming. It's like overthinking to perfectionism pipeline. However, posting in Cara helped me to feel good posting and feel connected to other artists, because maybe I get fewer likes on my posts. Compared to Instagram, I'm just posting in the void and but not feel connected, and most content you see has thousands and millions of likes that make you feel behind even though it's not true. Thank you for making and sharing this video and giving us something to reflect on.
I hope these questions bring you closer to sharing what your heart truly wants to say. That can be a difficult and vulnerable thing, especially when attached to our art, but it sounds like you are on your way. While there are many things to discover along our journey, remember that you're on the right path!
Back in the day, writing blog posts was a nice way to share my art/crafting and kept me focussed (not easy when you have a hectic work schedule as a Commercial Artist eating up most of your time). It was nice building a small community and hopping over to other creator's spaces and see what they were up to. Then sadly, everyone vacated to Facebook, a place that never fed my soul, and I eventually gave up on my blog and deleted it because no-one visited anymore. I was silly really, it helped to keep me showing up, it was of use to ME, and I should have valued that more. Everything I see about 'being an artist on TH-cam' seems to be about how to make '6 figures' and becoming a slave to the algorithm and whatever passing trend takes hold... errrr... not that tempting to me. I spent an entire 35 year career in the creative industries drawing what other people dictated in the way they wanted it - this time, whatever I create is purely for me. I think I will start to share again on Patreon for free, and will be very much sharing MY process and to MY erratic schedule. People can follow or not show up at all, that will be incidental. You are correct, everyone needs to analyse what they want to get out of the process.
I hope you find what feeds your soul again!! Sharing on Patreon on your own little blog again might be just what you need.
I often consider myself pretty self aware. I often draw what I feel most happy in creating, whether it's small doodles of my OCs or existing characters in media I enjoy- self indulgence in a way is what helped one of my side accounts kind of take off! However I can't seem to get the "recipe" right regarding my main account, which I try to keep separate from the side stuff for work reasons, etc.
My main account is mostly finished work, if not only finished work. My side account gained a following for me drawing in fandoms or about media I'm currently fixated on, often sketches where I'm not going all out art-wise. In a way, I know that replicating what made things work on my side account (sketches that i do for fun, focusing on also drawing my own characters, etc.) should help, but I find myself stuck because I fear that letting go of this aura of professionalism I wanted to make with this "main" account won't help me be taken seriously in some form.
As a person, I struggle a lot with consistency on a lot of things and I tend to go dormant while I have nothing to post, or any thoughts to share-There's also the whole pressure in trying to make money, which I feel kinda dominated how I interpret the time I invest in my main account, because my side account, despite bringing in some work, I just post whatever makes me happy to share what I made.
I'm rambling, but hopefully I made some sense. Either way, this video inspired me to take a deeper look at things and sit down to really focus on what I want out of my experience in creating art, and put effort where it really matters. Thank you!
It sounds like the rigid expectations for your main account may be getting in the way of finding what YOU want out of it. It sounds like your main account brings you a lot of happiness without all that pressure. That might be what you need on main!
exactly the problem I was struggling with in the last months great timing haha thank you
I'm so glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
@@Sylessae your tweets and videos are like this one are really so relatable and always makes me ask myself the right questions they are really really so helpful I hope you'll keep doing it! I guess you could say you achieved that "your ideal audience becomes you" thing based on my experience haha
@@VFX I will always keep sharing! So many of these experience were my own and it brings me a lot of joy to share that with others. I'm glad that the questions resonate--I love asking the harder ones haha!!
I dont post because i dont care for it. I think i should because everyone says i should. I wish it felt like an act of self-expression, but it just feels like a chore.
I draw only what i like drawing, but it never feels like something i want to share. Especially because i do a lot of sketches and experiments and exploration, and a lot of the time, it doesn't end up becoming a finished piece. They dont feel worth sharing, perhaps.
I'm sorry that you feel that pressure.
It sounds like social media doesn't align with what brings you joy in art making.
It doesn't need to become something you do unless YOU decide it's helpful or enjoyable in some way. Especially if you just want to make art for the sake of it.
I've got to say, if you did share that experimentation process it would be a revelation to a lot of the audience! So many online artists only share finished pieces as though they sprang onto the paper fully formed, it's why there is so much controversy about people being accused of using AI. Share if you want to, don't if it makes you uncomfortable, art should be for the artist first and foremost x
Cant struggle with something you avoid. I win!! 😂😊
For me, personally, it's time and energy.
People might call me a stinkin' normie for this, but art isn't the only thing I want to improve in - I want to get better at the saxophone, build relationships around me, and most of all, stay afloat my schoolwork. Ranging from the multitude of self-improvement books and counsellors telling me to not stretch myself thin, what if the fear of losing any of these is just as frightening as the latter?
Real talk: I don't know! Does anyone empathise with me?
I think this is very relatable! In my experience, the richer and more well-rounded our life, the richer and more well-rounded our art. If these things are important to you, no one should have the power to tell you not to invest in them. It's your life.
I feel like my fears of posting online have beem multiplied. I know why i want to share and thats not the isse. My fear is the current environment online and the predatory status of AI
Post for you, not for others.
Totally agree.
nice
Very nice
is that a cat butt in the background
Very much a cat butt.