Bye for now, and sorry

infjdany 2024-10-30 18:12:20 UTC #1

hello, this is dany.
after almost a lifetime of art,
my number one love and passion in
life, i no longer feel proud or
happy or in love with what i do.
it's really hard, but it hurts to
talk in a void. i always knew going into
this that it would be hard, especially
not catering to fanart, but i was
always happy. now, i feel devoid.

hopefully one day soon i can
at least give you what i had completed
up to this point. but until then, for
now, this is a goodbye. thank you to
those who did truly support what i did.
and i'm sorry i wasn't strong enough
to keep going.

Sunnyan 2024-10-30 18:27:08 UTC #2

Hey, I don't know you but I feel you, this is hard.
I hope with all my heart that you find peace and that maybe one day, you will feel joy creating again <3
For now, please get rest and be kind to yourself.

I'm sorry if I sound pretentious. I really mean the things I wrote.

kyupol 2024-10-30 19:32:16 UTC #3

Hey take a break. Longest one I took was 4 years

diamantecreate 2024-10-30 21:04:38 UTC #4

I hope you feel better!
My story is about getting out some personal sadness I have. A void of hurt is never good.
You can't allow yourself to fall into it, you just have to move forward.

king-goldfish 2024-10-30 22:15:29 UTC #5

Take a break and take care of yourself! You'll come back to it eventually, or you'll find something else that will make you just as happy. Remember, your value as a person isn't tied to producing content and getting likes. Stop posting and see if, in the absence of needing to market/promote/get "engagement," you can remember what made you love creating in the first place.

ThunderChicken 2024-10-30 22:51:55 UTC #6

There is no shame in taking a break. I stopped drawing for nearly thirty years. Don’t know why I stopped. I guess I just didn’t find much joy in it anymore. Then in 2022 I started drawing again and have been enjoying if immensely.

I can only offer this advice: do not base your worth on how many “likes” or followers you get. Becoming a popular artist or writer on the internet is about 5% art (or writing), 5% marketing, and 90% pure luck. It is all about having the correct pair of eyeballs landing on your stuff at the correct time. If you’re only making art in the hopes to become famous then I’m sad to say the odds are very much against you. Do not take a lack of fame to mean a lack of talent. You should be creating for the joy of creating.

Or, in simpler terms, you should be making art for the fun of it

Ars gratia artis. Art for art’s sake.