Procrastination/ Laziness.
Speedpaints, checking to make sure my art isn't being copied by other people (unfortunately it is) finding what websites others are hosting my artwork on, work, practicing perspective has been a huge one for me, writing the scripts which takes a while for me, distractions, commissions on occasion and life stress.
other than the obvious things that hold us all back (procrastination, reading, work, school, the almighty google...), the main thing that holds me back is my cat. I kid you not. She wants to be on me if not in my arms at all times, so even when I sit down to actually draw, there's Gigi, sitting on my hands literally. I have pictures to prove it.
At the desk:
on the bed:
I'm such a push over when it comes to my cat. I let her walk all over me (literally). Do you see that face? She's not even sorry.
I totally get this. For as long as I can remember, I've kept my art a secret from the world. I haven't posted my own art for 7 years, and now that I look back, I kinda feel bad about it. The reason why I haven't posted is for the same reason: "I feel that I'm not good enough."
The problem is, we'll never feel we're good enough. Ever. That's kind of the whole point of development. The moment you feel that your art is perfect is the moment you stop developing and learning. Don't worry if your comic's good or not, because you'll be able to develop over time.
Whenever I get a good idea, I get an erection. It's a mixed blessing. I mean, it's great to have an indicator of good ideas but it can be quite distracting.
Oh my god your cat she's so cute. My cats only interfere with my productivity when they're hungry. But my laziness sure does it all the time.
In fact, now that I think about it, my comic is also in the way of my comic. I'm tweaking and fixing and planning so many minor things that I've basically halted work on actually drawing my big project. ;A; This saddens me. I need to go draw now.
There's nothing wrong with trying your best to improve. Tweaking and fixing is great, but spending too much time making your comic better will take time away from actually giving it to the world to enjoy. Another good way to improve is to finish your stuff and put it behind you.
When I first started making comics four months ago, I never thought that I could improve, that I was at the top of my game and, arrogantly, I thought that I had the best idea for a comic EVAR! However as I've been making it, I've realized that there was room for improvement, despite what I thought before.(Actually, there was a ton of room for improvement) And now, looking back, I know how much I've improved on, and it's a great refreshment to look at comparisons of my current art to my older art.
In other words, just keep making comics and stop worrying about fixing mistakes. As you go along and acknowledge them, you're less likely to make another, and your comic will get better and better.
I'm always amazed how people found out their art was copied or claimed or gotten stole... like, there are probably ten of thousands individual gallery out there.. how do you do it?
Well I've done quit a few FNaF fan art and since my version of Toy Bonnie is really popular people sometimes copy it :/ I was scrolling through the internet images seeing what kinds of websites my art was hosted on, which I don't mind as long as I get credit for it.
I also tend to type in my username which helps me find them better but this one individual pic I came across by luck... I actually ended up messaging this person, I was polite but at the same time I told them that they violated my rules and for the fact they didn't credit me was even more disrespectful. Paigeeworld ended up removing the drawing, I can understand that doing this helps others learn but why post it online?
Here's my DA Journal entry
I even received a nasty message by someone else about 2 months ago claiming I stole her friend's picture when I didn't and it was my Toy Chica drawing. I don't copy other peoples work and when I do fan art for things like five nights at freddys I always make my own designs and poses so how could I steal someone else's art when I draw my own shit? clearly the girl who sent me the message didn't look at the date of when it was posted.
A lot of people think I should be flattered and I'll admit, half of me is but the other half is pissed off...My parents never let me trace and didn't like it if I copied art as a kid and I think I have the right to say it helped me in the end. I grew up with having this type of thing frowned upon.
Thats very unfortunate but very much usual case artist often suffers -_-
I usually put my name or link in my drawing to avoid the hassle searching for such rule breaker.
@Cielle I love how in the first picture you can see the expression on her face of "Yeah...you're not getting any work done today." 
For me it's work (which can be exhausting physically and mentally) and Netflix. Seriously, people keep recommending new TV shows for me to watch and I have to just put them on a list for later viewing because I am the type of person who will start watching a show...and not do anything else until I have finished it! Not the best thing when you're trying to get any work done!
Sometimes I have to give into it and use the excuse in my mind that "I'm just watching this show to get inspiration for my comic. It's really just 120 straight hours of research, so it's OK."
I always sign my art but people seem to know I'm the original artist so my only worry is not getting credit by the copycats, the people who share my stuff on pinterest have been giving me credit though which is really nice. I worked hard to get my style where it is now, so when people copy my art and claim it as theirs it actually really hurts. I think artists who haven't had it happen to them that believe I should just be flattered don't really understand the frustration until it happens to them. I'm considering on leaving links on my art actually.
IKR?! xD what part of that do people not get? to me it's no different than when someone does something similar to you're writing!
Hahaa it's mostly human nature I guess.. nobody likes their work not credited.. only ignorant ppl would say we should be flattered. Lol
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