Thread:Anzu-TLK/@comment-5903643-20180611124207/@comment-26397550-20180611150620

There's quite a bit of artists around here. Honestly it appears that most people don't notice I'm one despite the regular mentions, it's kind of surprising... Especially when I discuss making clothing often.

But it's no good comparing yourself to others artists and feeling bad; it likely just means they've put more work and time into teaching themselves in comparison, and it's something you can reach if you put the same amount in.

If anything all I'd advise is don't be lured by the old saying "practice makes perfect". If you do the same thing over and over again you'll just be learning how to do that, and with lesser knowledge you'll get yourself stuck doing that instead of improving on much, especially if you're not sure what to fix. So many artists repeat it as a guide when they really didn't just "practice what they know", they worked to improve; or just out of laziness in tutorials. As I learned from old karate instructors, in reality perfect practice makes perfect - anything else is just trying to learn that level so that it can be practiced to mastery.

Actively look for ways to improve and read up on tutorials to fix and improve what you believe might need work. If you're working on GIMP one thing I've seen as a quick fix is to move to an actual art program (for the art portion); GIMP is pretty limited unless you're looking for pixel art, as it's an image editor, not a drawing program. FireAlpaca/Medibang or Krita are two that are free. If you don't have a drawing tablet, they do excessively help for beginners to get an extra jump.