Adam Duff just recently had a talk about a similar topic as well... guess we artists are always in danger of self sabotage, no matter the skill level :I
I literally have two books I worked on out and a third coming out in October from a big publisher. I NEVER remind myself of it because I feel like my artwork was sub-par and I just feel kind of embarrassed. Especially now as I'm an adhd-ridden, pandemic-brained wreck! 😅 I want to be proud, but instead the pressure I put on myself and subsequent anxiety makes me feel constantly stressed and on edge.
Dealing with impostor syndrome became easier for me once I started helping other people solving workplace problems and seeing that actually no one is really sure of what they are doing or the impact things will have in the future. It's ok to feel not ready to face the world. Most people don't, too.
So they don't like it. So what? You will grow as an artist and make better and better work. Does everybody make great things all the time? No. If you look at comic books on webtoon you see how much the artists grow from the first episode to the final. I hope you never stop. ❣
This video came at the perfect time for me. I'm neck deep in a project right now, and it's been pushing my skill set and making me super doubtful, but quitting's not an option. Press on, get better, work harder.
I still feel like I have a long ways to go art wise despite the praise I get. I still don't know how to deal with it so I just wait for the feeling to pass.
the expectation part is en pointe! that's what always dragged me down, thanks for putting it into words and underlining that it isn't our responsibility to carry such a "geass" or the like.
I just want to say thanks for this video, especially that bit at 10:54 ("People's expectations of you are NOT your responsibility"). I think about that line a lot. It sounds so simple but it really changed my perspective and it helped to see it stated like that!!
I have a lot of trouble with imposter syndrome when I'm studying other artists, I see someone actually achieving a look, a mood, or the flow of an action at a level I want to be at and it make me forget the progress I've already made, I find whenever it happens I have to go lie down then work on a piece that's completely my own with no reference or study, it doesn't even have to be good, just something that reminds me where I'm at now. I was feeling pretty rough after doing a study of Grace Liu's work (she has this unnatural knack for conveying that's pure chef's kiss, I'd suggest everyone to look her up) but I searched for this video, and it reminded me not to compare myself to folks that have been doing this longer than me, so I've got to thank you for it!
How do I know if I have impostor syndrome, or if I'm actually not as creative as I think? You are no fraud, good sir. Your style and fluid animations are charming and inventive.
"People's expectations of you are NOT your responsibility" hits me the most. It's a simple mindset yet somehow hard to apply, since I did the opposite subconsciously all this time.
After having been exposed to a lot of material about covert narcissism, I came to the sobering realization that my feelings about my work could be more false modesty than imposter syndrome. Which makes me feel even worse.
One thing that always helps me with my imposter syndrome, is that, if I’m *that* bad, useless at my job, then there’s no way I could fool so many people. They should see right through me and fire me. But they don’t because I rock, I work hard, and deserve to be there.
Great video and really helped me clear some thoughts. I just started my first semester of animation after years of neglecting my interests in art/animation as a whole. What I find most interesting about imposter syndrome is that it impacts so many other fields as well. I originally was in the sciences, and while it was never spoken, just about everyone around me suffered heavily from imposter syndrome as well. The (lame) username I have for my art stuff has animates in the name, and in a weird way it gives me that feeling of unworthiness because I am so new, even though it is just a name and not a declaration of skill. Really appreciate your vids, puts things into perspective.
I honestly think that this does not apply only to animators or the animation industry, but to other fields of work as well; the office, the kitchen, on the road, in a band, etc.
On my most recent assignment I was told via zoom by the storyboard sup’ that I was a “disappointment” to him - that has NEVER happened to me in a 40 year career. Now I’m prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt since English isn’t his first language but at the same time I have a nagging feeling that there were other underlying issues, eg maybe he wanted to “cut me down to size” after seeing my CV, or the fact that he and the series director had a “good cop, bad cop” routine for group zoom calls (infantile & unnecessary), or because he was terrified of the overall series producer, or because he hired me - I’ve no idea, but after being a storyboard artist for almost 2 decades with few complaints, AND directing AND teaching the subject at M.A level in that time, it had the effect of damaging my confidence & made me wonder if I was in the right job.
…or had any authority to teach the subject… My point is, I suppose, that the feeling of “imposter syndrome” never leaves you & to put a positive spin on it, it provokes you into doing better next time and accepting that there are still things to learn in your craft.
I got a conditional scholarship to study Animation in a big animation school. And after comparing my stuff to the works of other students I felt like I wasn't supposed to be their, like I didn't deserve to be there when other people who worked their ass off to get there didn't get in. I felt and still feel like a scam.
Hi ! (it's scary sometimes how your videos releases match exactly my current feelings) As a junior story artist, I often struggle with imposter syndrom. Really as you said, breaks your productivity, put you in that deep anxiety (and then you start to feel that backache again, nods in your belly and stuff) For me, it often comes out when I'm starting a new storyboard and I'm struggling, then I feel like I'm not doing it right, can't get confident in my panels, redo and redo scenes indefinitely. Then I start to think I'm not worthy of being a story artist. Which isn't true, I know some of my boards are really appreciated in my production, ppl are really happy about my work but I can't help it. Also, I feel that imposter syndrom when I see the work of other boarders on the team, thinking they're so good, I'm not at their level and it makes me think I don't deserve to be in the team on their side. Then when I feel better and get more confident the feeling goes away. And it's actually crazy how fast you forget about these phases, like it wasn't so much of a pain when in fact, it was !
It doesn't matter how much I try I can't share my work anymore. I am a great artist but some stuff stops me from showing my work in art galleries. One is I am not good enough to bother the world with my work... Two is I am too old and have to move on have a realistic look and find some normal job that is nine to five and pays okay even though I do not need it. Three I love 2D animation and I wanted to do it but I have been told so much that is so difficult that every time I want to start it I feel that I have already failed without even trying. Because of this I study so many other things and master them but I do not feel the satisfaction and I move on to the next thing. I mean I love animation so much that is the reason that I can write this comment right now because I watched so much animation that I learned English just by watching them over and over again at a young age. But those messages that we received when we were younger never go away. This syndrome comes from the word "talented" because we feel like we have to be perfect without doing the hard work and if we do work hard and become what we want to be we are faking it. It feels like we had plastic surgery for our art to fake a talent rather than showing our hard work. For changing those messages we have to understand them so I suggest you read the book "reinventing your life" by Jeffrey E. Young, Ph.D., and Janet S. Kiosko, Ph.D. It might help you today, but it definitely will help you be better at sending messages to society while teaching or raising kids. This book should be mandatory for every parent out there.
I've been having issues starting out being self taught. Advertising myself for freelance work is hard for me because even though I know what I can do, and am capable of doing there will always be some doubt. What if I sell for to little, or unknowingly ask for to much? What if I really am not as good as I think I am at all of this? I think for now I will focus on personal projects, and see where things lead.
Don't hate yourself. :) To someone here, YOU ARE AMAZING! :p Maybe not someone that's ahead of you. But... YOU ARE STILL BETTER THAN SOMEONE! AND YOU ARE GETTING BETTER! You are not perfect, but your definitely great in your own way! :•3
I wish all my homies who feel like they have imposter syndrome, a very pleasant evening.
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Adam Duff just recently had a talk about a similar topic as well... guess we artists are always in danger of self sabotage, no matter the skill level :I
People's expectations of you are NOT your responsibility.
"Only a child expects perfection from an elder" - Someone
that is so true
I literally have two books I worked on out and a third coming out in October from a big publisher. I NEVER remind myself of it because I feel like my artwork was sub-par and I just feel kind of embarrassed. Especially now as I'm an adhd-ridden, pandemic-brained wreck! 😅
I want to be proud, but instead the pressure I put on myself and subsequent anxiety makes me feel constantly stressed and on edge.
Dealing with impostor syndrome became easier for me once I started helping other people solving workplace problems and seeing that actually no one is really sure of what they are doing or the impact things will have in the future. It's ok to feel not ready to face the world. Most people don't, too.
th-cam.com/video/Dl0eCfjeUy8/w-d-xo.html
Random dark thought: *Why am I even working as an animator?*
Random internet comment: -I don't like your animation.
Me: *I KNEW IT*
D:
So they don't like it. So what? You will grow as an artist and make better and better work. Does everybody make great things all the time? No. If you look at comic books on webtoon you see how much the artists grow from the first episode to the final.
I hope you never stop. ❣
This video came at the perfect time for me. I'm neck deep in a project right now, and it's been pushing my skill set and making me super doubtful, but quitting's not an option. Press on, get better, work harder.
I still feel like I have a long ways to go art wise despite the praise I get. I still don't know how to deal with it so I just wait for the feeling to pass.
the expectation part is en pointe! that's what always dragged me down, thanks for putting it into words and underlining that it isn't our responsibility to carry such a "geass" or the like.
I just want to say thanks for this video, especially that bit at 10:54 ("People's expectations of you are NOT your responsibility"). I think about that line a lot. It sounds so simple but it really changed my perspective and it helped to see it stated like that!!
I have a lot of trouble with imposter syndrome when I'm studying other artists, I see someone actually achieving a look, a mood, or the flow of an action at a level I want to be at and it make me forget the progress I've already made, I find whenever it happens I have to go lie down then work on a piece that's completely my own with no reference or study, it doesn't even have to be good, just something that reminds me where I'm at now. I was feeling pretty rough after doing a study of Grace Liu's work (she has this unnatural knack for conveying that's pure chef's kiss, I'd suggest everyone to look her up) but I searched for this video, and it reminded me not to compare myself to folks that have been doing this longer than me, so I've got to thank you for it!
How do I know if I have impostor syndrome, or if I'm actually not as creative as I think?
You are no fraud, good sir. Your style and fluid animations are charming and inventive.
"People's expectations of you are NOT your responsibility" hits me the most. It's a simple mindset yet somehow hard to apply, since I did the opposite subconsciously all this time.
After having been exposed to a lot of material about covert narcissism, I came to the sobering realization that my feelings about my work could be more false modesty than imposter syndrome. Which makes me feel even worse.
One thing that always helps me with my imposter syndrome, is that, if I’m *that* bad, useless at my job, then there’s no way I could fool so many people. They should see right through me and fire me. But they don’t because I rock, I work hard, and deserve to be there.
It's okay
God I love your art style it’s like a classic Disney movie
Great video and really helped me clear some thoughts. I just started my first semester of animation after years of neglecting my interests in art/animation as a whole. What I find most interesting about imposter syndrome is that it impacts so many other fields as well. I originally was in the sciences, and while it was never spoken, just about everyone around me suffered heavily from imposter syndrome as well. The (lame) username I have for my art stuff has animates in the name, and in a weird way it gives me that feeling of unworthiness because I am so new, even though it is just a name and not a declaration of skill. Really appreciate your vids, puts things into perspective.
I honestly think that this does not apply only to animators or the animation industry, but to other fields of work as well; the office, the kitchen, on the road, in a band, etc.
On my most recent assignment I was told via zoom by the storyboard sup’ that I was a “disappointment” to him - that has NEVER happened to me in a 40 year career.
Now I’m prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt since English isn’t his first language but at the same time I have a nagging feeling that there were other underlying issues, eg maybe he wanted to “cut me down to size” after seeing my CV, or the fact that he and the series director had a “good cop, bad cop” routine for group zoom calls (infantile & unnecessary), or because he was terrified of the overall series producer, or because he hired me - I’ve no idea, but after being a storyboard artist for almost 2 decades with few complaints, AND directing AND teaching the subject at M.A level in that time, it had the effect of damaging my confidence & made me wonder if I was in the right job.
…or had any authority to teach the subject…
My point is, I suppose, that the feeling of “imposter syndrome” never leaves you & to put a positive spin on it, it provokes you into doing better next time and accepting that there are still things to learn in your craft.
I got a conditional scholarship to study Animation in a big animation school. And after comparing my stuff to the works of other students I felt like I wasn't supposed to be their, like I didn't deserve to be there when other people who worked their ass off to get there didn't get in. I felt and still feel like a scam.
Hi ! (it's scary sometimes how your videos releases match exactly my current feelings)
As a junior story artist, I often struggle with imposter syndrom. Really as you said, breaks your productivity, put you in that deep anxiety (and then you start to feel that backache again, nods in your belly and stuff)
For me, it often comes out when I'm starting a new storyboard and I'm struggling, then I feel like I'm not doing it right, can't get confident in my panels, redo and redo scenes indefinitely. Then I start to think I'm not worthy of being a story artist. Which isn't true, I know some of my boards are really appreciated in my production, ppl are really happy about my work but I can't help it.
Also, I feel that imposter syndrom when I see the work of other boarders on the team, thinking they're so good, I'm not at their level and it makes me think I don't deserve to be in the team on their side.
Then when I feel better and get more confident the feeling goes away. And it's actually crazy how fast you forget about these phases, like it wasn't so much of a pain when in fact, it was !
so this is why i hate it when anything good happens to me
Every time I open that Twitter I always get impostor syndrome lol
It doesn't matter how much I try I can't share my work anymore. I am a great artist but some stuff stops me from showing my work in art galleries.
One is I am not good enough to bother the world with my work...
Two is I am too old and have to move on have a realistic look and find some normal job that is nine to five and pays okay even though I do not need it.
Three I love 2D animation and I wanted to do it but I have been told so much that is so difficult that every time I want to start it I feel that I have already failed without even trying.
Because of this I study so many other things and master them but I do not feel the satisfaction and I move on to the next thing.
I mean I love animation so much that is the reason that I can write this comment right now because I watched so much animation that I learned English just by watching them over and over again at a young age.
But those messages that we received when we were younger never go away.
This syndrome comes from the word "talented" because we feel like we have to be perfect without doing the hard work and if we do work hard and become what we want to be we are faking it. It feels like we had plastic surgery for our art to fake a talent rather than showing our hard work.
For changing those messages we have to understand them so I suggest you read the book "reinventing your life" by Jeffrey E. Young, Ph.D., and Janet S. Kiosko, Ph.D. It might help you today, but it definitely will help you be better at sending messages to society while teaching or raising kids. This book should be mandatory for every parent out there.
I've been having issues starting out being self taught. Advertising myself for freelance work is hard for me because even though I know what I can do, and am capable of doing there will always be some doubt. What if I sell for to little, or unknowingly ask for to much? What if I really am not as good as I think I am at all of this? I think for now I will focus on personal projects, and see where things lead.
Thanks so much for this video. It's just what I needed to hear right now. I'm sure I'll be revisiting this one in the future.
Thanks for the advice ,🥰
In retrospect, like tens of billions of other people, I’ve had PLENTY of problems with imposter syndrome.
Really good video with concrete steps to deal with it! I'm glad I stumbled upon your video.
Yes
Im not gonna say it
iM NOT GONNA SAY IT
whEN THE IMPOSTOR IS SUUUUSS??!
Don't hate yourself. :)
To someone here, YOU ARE AMAZING! :p
Maybe not someone that's ahead of you. But...
YOU ARE STILL BETTER THAN SOMEONE! AND YOU ARE GETTING BETTER!
You are not perfect, but your definitely great in your own way! :•3
Bro did you also work on wild cats? lol
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