The Most Demotivating thing you have ever been told

[sushy00]

When I quoted a price to a potential client and they said the work was not worth it. (they said after it something like, keep practicing like some "encouragement")
I am already not charging enough, I make below minimum wage, but I guess it is still too much? sigh

[akemikae]

Because it's "childish", I think most people think anything that's fun most of the time, is childish. :I It's dumb really.

[Jophiel]

when you try out a different thing/out of your comfort zone and your friend says "that's cringe. no offense."

Idk how that's supposed to be not offensive but then this is the same friend who openly says she envies me and her other friends/classmates who draws in digital a llot :shrug:. Still hurts to think so I stick with my comfort zone or just don't show it to her.

[Wocalich]

So I was reading out loud a battle scene I wrote and the person who I read it to said it didn't hook them and that all the deaths were disgusting.

I love this person, they're really close to me, so the word disgusting really hit me bad. I laughed and said "it should be, it's a battle scene" but it really hurt.

[Alexandritea]

A few years ago i did a re-draw challenge. So I drew a picture in 2011 that I decided to re-draw in 2013.
I was told that I had made no progress and that I should stop drawing altogether. I was very sad and mad at that time. But look at me now, I never stopped drawing, and I'd say I have gotten much better since way back then .
Still an unacceptable thing to say to a young, aspiring artist who just loves to draw, in my opinion. But life is full of A-Holes !

[darthmongoose]

I've had multiple publishers explicitly say they're interested in pitches or samples, put in tons of work to make bespoke samples to their specifications, then had them do one out of: Never responding, Responding to tell me to send it to somebody else who doesn't repond, not responding and then a year or more later being like "whoopsie, we lost our slush pile to a clerical error!", saying "Ah sorry, we got you to do this but decided instead of an artist we're going to use a cheaper option", saying that they WERE taking pitches, but now they're not, saying "Ah, we want pitches, but not manga style" (wtf why did you even ask a manga-influenced artist to pitch then!?).

Every time, it's like "Oh come ON!"

[kalrhungus]

made me stop attempting to share my stories through novels and move onto comics

isn't that usually the other way? peaple realise they can't draw and move to novels...

someone told me "where's the dislike button?"

was probably just trolling, but i really miss a dislike button on tapas.

[byelacey]

was probably just trolling, but i really miss a dislike button on tapas.

the “dislike” button is people minding their business and finding another series to read instead, and leaving the creator alone ;D

[byelacey]

i really think downvotes/dislike buttons serve no purpose other than to be abused, hah. i feel the same about the rating system on webtoon. take likes and subscribers into account when judging how good a story is. while some good stories do slip through the cracks, it’s generally a good indicator of quality.

also i promise most creators would rather you just unsub and move on without telling you why they’re going, as evidenced by this threads existence.

[kalrhungus]

if there is a like button, there should also be a dislike button. just because you can't cope with criticism, doesn't mean we should get rid of all negative expression. it works well on sites like youtube or 9gag.

[Kelheor]

Comics are not being seen on these sites as it is. Being constantly downvoted is really not good for anyone. Sure, the series can be bad, but at least people either won't read it or write you what is wrong with your series, not simply smash dislike.
People on 9gag are not original content creators, they have zero personal attachment to what they put on this site.

[byelacey]

thank you! that’s such a good point.

just because you can't cope with criticism,

i’m not against criticism where criticism belongs, and i’m pretty sure downvotes... aren’t that.

[kalrhungus]

then let's also get rid of the like button.

[byelacey]

alright, we’ll let subscriber count speak the loudest haha ;D

[Legendofgenii]

.........

[byelacey]

sorry yeah, that joke was a little snarky!

[Legendofgenii]

The face was for whoever said that to you.

[byelacey]

oops, i didn't click to see what that was a reply to! yeah, phewf. the worst thing is a lot of my art ends up looking at least a little like me so it felt kinda personal!

[Legendofgenii]

Lol! Same here actually. Especially my expressions. When my other half reads my comic he's constantly saying - that's the face you pull. Haha!

[nathanKmcwilliams]

So... I've not had the pleasure to be hated on for my comic yet. And that's kind of demotivating. I really want to get some true hate voiced for my work.

But besides that...the other thing that has demotivated me in the past was actually my parents. Not that they say I'm a bad artist or anything like that, but more of I'm not making the story they want to see. I understand why they feel that way, and I'm not going to drag them through the mud here and say what it is.
The other slight demotivation is my IRL friends and family not really reading my work. Oh well...I don't do it for them anyways.

Mostly though...I don't care what people think about my work. Or me. I will do what I want with my art, thank you very much. I owe no one a single thing.