One day my art looks like a masterpiece, and the next day...

[DarknessAwaitsUs]

JUST LIKE ME!!!!! blaugh

[Reikurai]

It's mostly because you're always changing your style(at least I know I did) I'm always looking for the best looking style out there and sometimes I get stuck on a style that looks horrible(I went throught a unhealthy thin fingure stage with my drawings a couple of years ago) Sometimes thease horrible phases actually end up helping your art. For example my horribly thin fingures actually helped me later on in my artwork by creating better more gracfull hands b/c I did hand studies to fix them and I learned more from it. But there are also times we as artist and critics despise our artwork when actually the art isn't that bad(I've had thousands of chibi drawings where I said I killed myself b/c of bad drawings)

[Shiny-Squirt-Guns]

yea that happens to me as well don't feel bad

[DragonicFlames]

I look back at my art and wonder what I was thinking when I drew it. Or when I look back at art I thought was really good at the time I have a heart attack because I'm like "WTF? That sucked!" xD

People have it all the time, I think.

[Ouiaboo]

I feel the exact same way -- one day, I'll look at something I drew and think it looks fantastic, and the next day I'll look at it and say, "WTF is that?! You mean to tell me I actually liked that picture?" I think that if you look at something you drew years ago and feel it's not up to your current standards, then you've improved.

[pop cat]

That happens to me all the time gonk I can change in a split second +_+

But it's good though, because it does show you're improving !

[HappyLovePrincessDoll]

I kno exactly how u feel! I guess all the hard work impairs your eye sight ha ha 4laugh

[XxPeashmanxX]

I'm pretty sure everyone's like this. (At least any normal person. =D) Let's just say you learn how to draw in a better style over the month, then you'd probably see every single flaw which you did not see before. It's kind of wierd, but that's how it works! xD

[vaoni-Uruviel]

I know how you feel ^-^
sometimes it takes ages for me to get back onto drawing again! 3nodding

[Spikka]

I have that so many times to!
One minute I am really proud and want to show it to the world...and then..
I want to burn it!! burning_eyes

[l0r3nA]

like one day ill draw the best thing i think i have ever drawn and the next i have no ideas and im all trying to draw little things and then i get an idea and i try to draw it and it comes out like CRAP! i dont get it but its all cool cuz the next day i make something just as good as the last! lol thats how i see it wink

[newyorkgirldog101]

l0r3nA

like one day ill draw the best thing i think i have ever drawn and the next i have no ideas and im all trying to draw little things and then i get an idea and i try to draw it and it comes out like CRAP! i dont get it but its all cool cuz the next day i make something just as good as the last! lol thats how i see it wink

totally

[KKMcK]

It's hard to see mistakes in your own work. Call it "blinded by love".

I've started having my husband critique my work before I post it anymore.

When I draw on my own I tend to make alot of little mistakes with proportions or perspective. Obviously those with a keen eye are going to see those mistakes, but other people that are still learning may see your artwork and be "blinded" as well.

[snow babie]

That's exactly what I do. I LOVE the piece the day that I finish it (sometimes), but the next day I do not like it at all.
Same with super old work. Sometimes I still really like it, but usually it's like, "Eew! I thought this was good?!"

[Adri Neru]

Kokyuu

it's absolutely hideous. I'm sure this has been asked before, but is this... normal? I sometimes look back at work that I did years ago and it looks totally different from how I saw it back then. So does this mean that I'm improving? (well, obviously... that was a stupid question but that's not the point!) But how do other people see it? Do people that are better than me see it "the bad way?" How do people that are less talented than me see it?

so many questions~ ;__; I hope this makes sense sweatdrop

It's basically writer's-block, but with drawing instead. Believe me, I've been suffering from a dry-spell of drawing talent for months...I find that the only thing I can really do to continue drawing, yet not destroy every single thing I draw in a fit of rage, is to copy old art. Not trace, oh no, but copy the picture. Even copy someone else's art just to get your hand moving differently. Your drawer's-block might have to do with lack of personal style, or you're not comfortable with the style you do have. It's obvious from my art that I have a variety of different styles; if you can't make an anime masterpiece, just doodle, or draw fleshy stick-figures. You'll either be amused with what you draw, or you'll gradually slide back into your masterpiece-mode.