art insecurity clubhouse

haha wow, something must be really wrong when i see someone else compare their old art (approx. 5 years ago) to their newer art (approx. 1 month ago), and all i can think is “i’m not improving at all. my art’s still the same as it was, compared to the level of growth here.”

everyone else sees those kinds of posts as inspiring, like, that's the intended purpose even. "don't give up, keep doing art! you can always grow, just look at how much i grew!" and i'm sitting here like "yeah, good job. you're way better than me, actually, why am i trying?"

hhhh i can't change it. i can't change the way i view this stuff. why is it so hard to be positive.

edit: UGH how did this topic get to two pages.