I'm kind of curious about something.
I'll go through a period of growth, or get flooded with great ideas and inspiration. Drawing will feel easy, and I'll feel proud of what I make.
Then of course comes the downturn.
Every little flaw comes crawling out of the woodwork. It feels like my hands won't cooperate and none of the lines will look how I want. I start picking apart all of the flaws in the story and look over my artwork, and next thing I know I just want to bury the entire thing at the bottom of a landfill and wonder if I'm actually fit to even be MAKING a comic.
Logically I know that:
-Art is something that we all grow better at with time.
-My work IS flawed, but I'm doing this for fun and it's okay if it isn't perfect
-At least a couple people genuinely like what I'm making
But it's still very difficult to combat the 'inner critic' when it decides to make itself known.
Most (but not all) artists that I've spoken to are familiar with this, and experience something similar semi-regularly.
What do you do when that happens? Have any of you found tricks or effective ways of picking yourself back up when you get hit with self doubt? Better yet, what sorts of things have you learned from those experiences?