The ranting thinking thread

[Tony_Redgrave]

Ugh, why can't I draw? Sick of people telling me "with practice you'll do better". Really? I'll practice for hours on end and it still all looks like cr*p to me. The faces never turn out right, the bodies are poorly proportioned. Until someone sits me down and walks me through it step by step in easy, understandable steps, I don't buy this "continuous practice" thing. If you're practicing the wrong way, it'll never progress, after all. >_<

Not really my business but I've been there so I'll offer what was said to me, which helped me out at the time.

Rule Number 1: For some reason, no matter how good it is, if it's our creation we only seem to get stuck at the weak spots of the art, making us think it's awful and all that. Let the others judge as well.

Rule Number 2: Practice DOES have results. But yeah, depending on how you go at it, you might be progressing like 0.1% per day or 2% per hour. But the more you are at it, you DO progress. You can never see it immediately. The best way to realize it is to look for your drawings from a year ago. If you draw every day, they are bound to be completely different.

And lastly Rule Number 3: Don't ever give it up. It's not like the bicycle, where you learnt it once/be good at it forever. It takes dedication, time and some other word I'm forgetting, but you get the gist of it. Don't be hard on yourself and keep doing what you like. Try to have fun with it instead of trying to create a masterpiece. That way you progress while having fun.<= Best way to go at things!

 

[Laurence Barnes]

Not really my business but I've been there so I'll offer what was said to me, which helped me out at the time.

Rule Number 1: For some reason, no matter how good it is, if it's our creation we only seem to get stuck at the weak spots of the art, making us think it's awful and all that. Let the others judge as well.

Rule Number 2: Practice DOES have results. But yeah, depending on how you go at it, you might be progressing like 0.1% per day or 2% per hour. But the more you are at it, you DO progress. You can never see it immediately. The best way to realize it is to look for your drawings from a year ago. If you draw every day, they are bound to be completely different.

And lastly Rule Number 3: Don't ever give it up. It's not like the bicycle, where you learnt it once/be good at it forever. It takes dedication, time and some other word I'm forgetting, but you get the gist of it. Don't be hard on yourself and keep doing what you like. Try to have fun with it instead of trying to create a masterpiece. That way you progress while having fun.<= Best way to go at things!

i was having the the exact same problem, great words of wisdom there

 

[Shadow]

Not really my business but I've been there so I'll offer what was said to me, which helped me out at the time.

Rule Number 1: For some reason, no matter how good it is, if it's our creation we only seem to get stuck at the weak spots of the art, making us think it's awful and all that. Let the others judge as well.

Rule Number 2: Practice DOES have results. But yeah, depending on how you go at it, you might be progressing like 0.1% per day or 2% per hour. But the more you are at it, you DO progress. You can never see it immediately. The best way to realize it is to look for your drawings from a year ago. If you draw every day, they are bound to be completely different.

And lastly Rule Number 3: Don't ever give it up. It's not like the bicycle, where you learnt it once/be good at it forever. It takes dedication, time and some other word I'm forgetting, but you get the gist of it. Don't be hard on yourself and keep doing what you like. Try to have fun with it instead of trying to create a masterpiece. That way you progress while having fun.<= Best way to go at things!

Thank you! I agree with demon general, those are great words. ^^; I guess, tbh, I just have issues with patience. I expect to be better immediately, and, if I'm not, I get discouraged and don't want to do it again. But I definitely agree about judging ourselves too hard. I always hate my writing, despite when people say it's good; I always say it's the worst thing ever.
*coughcough* Though I never learned how to ride a bicycle.... *coughcough*

 

[KRSkull]

This
Rule #36: If you feel like you are being played, you probably are
and
Rule #40: If it seems someone is out to get you, they are

are what came through my head when my mother told me that we are invited to dinner and she told me to go first and they will come later. my guts tells me that they are planing to team up and try to force open my heart to them.

 

[Vergil'sBitch]

Ugh, why can't I draw? Sick of people telling me "with practice you'll do better".

Normally, if someone said that to me, and they were in the same room... i'd punch them in the face (you get sick of hearing it especially 7 years after you leave a college art course).

Yay... PANIC ATTACKS...

 

[Tony_Redgrave]

Thank you! I agree with demon general, those are great words. ^^; I guess, tbh, I just have issues with patience. I expect to be better immediately, and, if I'm not, I get discouraged and don't want to do it again. But I definitely agree about judging ourselves too hard. I always hate my writing, despite when people say it's good; I always say it's the worst thing ever.
*coughcough* Though I never learned how to ride a bicycle.... *coughcough*

Υοu are welcome
Nah, I kinda have the same problem. When I started drawing as a hobby, my best friend was already good at it. So the more I progressed, the more I only saw how good he was getting while (in my eyes) I stayed the same forever. It was an endless cycle of despair, until I heard the same speech along with "you have your own pace and you own style. There are millions of people better than you, but even more people that are worse. Just because you keep company with one of the seemingly better ones does not make you bad. Keep at it." <= though I didn't add that at the 1st post cause I didn't think it would help you at the situation, and yet here I added it anyway. XD

As for the bicycle. I hate it. Feet ftw XD

Oh yeah, I need to rant too. Em, some of my friends keep fighting between themselves for stupid reasons. They take those stupid reasons more seriously than I care to understand and won't even try and give a break to one another. I'm afraid one of those days I'll be dragged into this mess as well. When that happens..

 

[Shadow]

Normally, if someone said that to me, and they were in the same room... i'd punch them in the face (you get sick of hearing it especially 7 years after you leave a college art course).

Oooh, ditto. I'm always like "eff you, do you know how hard this is when all you can draw is stick men?!" >_>

Υοu are welcome
Nah, I kinda have the same problem. When I started drawing as a hobby, my best friend was already good at it. So the more I progressed, the more I only saw how good he was getting while (in my eyes) I stayed the same forever. It was an endless cycle of despair, until I heard the same speech along with "you have your own pace and you own style. There are millions of people better than you, but even more people that are worse. Just because you keep company with one of the seemingly better ones does not make you bad. Keep at it." <= though I didn't add that at the 1st post cause I didn't think it would help you at the situation, and yet here I added it anyway. XD

As for the bicycle. I hate it. Feet ftw XD

^^
Aww. =( I can understand that feeling. My former stepfather was an amazing artist, his painting was even featured on a bridge back where we used to live (then they repainted the bridge years and years later, but I digress), and he was always like "you'll do better...but for now, want me to draw it for you?" which is so...uninspiring. XP I wish he would have told me something like that, cuz I might have been more hopeful about it.
Yay for walking! =D

Erm...rant:
I don't care that I handwrote ten pages today and typed who-knows-how-many. I don't care that I wrote nearly 4k today. I've said it how many times, now: I want to finish NaNo by the 16th. So yes, excuse me if I "waste time" doing nothing but writing today.

 

[Dante's Stalker]

Way. to. go.

 

[KRSkull]

Youtube is being a *****. i watch a video and it suddenly freezes. i change the quality it works and a few seconds later it ****ing freeze again. ****ing dumbbullshitsauce.

 

[Vergil'sBitch]

Not being funny or anything. But if you know me so well, then you know that my mum will tell me everything. I'm not worrying, but i think you could tell me that I have a 'suspected' problem... so not medical as in 'treat with tablets', but if you've think that is what i have, then tell me. I thought you told me to trust you...

 

[darkdeamon92/dmc3/]

if you think that the word im your father scares me then you very much mistaken.....i dont give a flying f*ck if your my father or not do your f*ucking job as a father and i'll be more than happy!....but until that day comes and it wont...your dead to me in every possible way....so f*ck you and keep the f*ck away!!!

 

[Shadow]

People need to stop saying the divorce is bothering me. What's bothering me is that people keep assuming they know how I feel. He may have raised me, but he was never my father. And he can rot in hell for all I care. If I was bothered, I'd be bringing up the divorce every ten minutes like you people are. Let's just do something productive with our time, okay? We can stop worrying about this prig and get on with our lives; obviously that's what he and his b*tch are doing, if we're so much better than him, why can't we do the same?

 

[darkdeamon92/dmc3/]

dear mom i know you are alwayz worried about me and all but really im fine i dont care if i have too much responsibility on me....as long as you and my sister are gd im perfect...and i know you have taken much but i promise you as long as im able to stand on my feet you will never ever have to work or use anyone in this world....i know my purpess in life!....is to alwayz put a smile on your face and for you be absolutely happy with nothing bothering you!.....so although im not seeing you much cuz of all the work i have.. but know that im doing all this for you to keep a roof on our heads and to bring you happiness as long as it takes.....I LOVE YOU!

 

[Angel]

Call me what you like but the fake sincerity levels are sky high right now. Seriously, all it takes is *that* word and everyone is fawning over everything you say like it's sacred? Sorry love, but I'm not on the same page thar...

I'd rather decide for myself whether you're a "wonderful and amazing person", not just automatically start spewing "oh wow aren't you awesome" posts because everyone else is doing it. They treated you normally until you mentioned *it* and now it's all "honey sweetie darling" crap which is so cloying and over the top and makes me even less inclined to post...and makes that place even more of a high school clique than it already is.

Seriously, why don't you all just do that nonsense over IM or PSN or whatever you kids do these days and talk about relevant stuff on the boards instead of spilling your emotional guts all over the place and making it impossible to just stand up and say "well kudos to you but I don't think you deserve special treatment here"?...it's so un-PC and socially unacceptable these days to be that blunt but it's how I wish I could be.

 

[V]

Sleep doesn't help, being awake feels bad, can't eat and drinking feels pretty nasty. Lost three pounds of bodyweight in one day from whatever this sickness is. Doesn't feel like it's getting better or worse.

And then... new Vergil appears. This has not helped.

 

[Vergil'sBitch]

Sleep doesn't help, being awake feels bad, can't eat and drinking feels pretty nasty. Lost three pounds of bodyweight in one day from whatever this sickness is. Doesn't feel like it's getting better or worse.

And then... new Vergil appears. This has not helped.

*Ish worried* Sorry to intrude, but if you're that bad, why don't you see a doctor? Obviously you don't lose 3 pounds for nothing.

Suprise surprise, I'm not keen on the new Verge either.

 

[V]

Don't worry, I've experienced worse types of this "stomach flu" abroad, I feel it's just taking its time to go away. If I went to the doctor's they would probably take some kind of sample and that would take 3 days to be tested in a hospital lab, and then a few more days for it to come back to the doctor's and get the results, by which time I expect I'll be all right again (used to work in those labs myself at one point). Even the worst stomach bug I've ever had when visiting Morocco only lasted two and a half days. . .

I'm just complaining. xD I think the three pounds was a combination of not eating/drinking, and puking. I'm a bit like one of those guys with the 'manflu' when it comes to being ill, since I'm usually all right... "can't you see I'm DYING? >=/ <=/" etc.

 

[Vergil'sBitch]

For f***'s sake, some people on here need to grow up.

 

[V]

It's why we can't have nice things.

 

[Pale Rider]

Oh yes darling, you're right. It's 2010 all over again. But tell you a secret? It's all cuz of your ****ing inability to understand about difference of OPINIONS. Grow the **** up, retard.