Another reason for why I wanted to become a visual artist was to get out the ideas I had onto the internet, but in the year since I got a drawing tablet I've been able to express all of my ideas and have now run out of them.
The thing is I'm way too thin-skinned for critique ...
one of my goals is to be featured in one of the collabs that require you to be a talented animator
Then again, even if I was a talented animator and made it into one of these I feel like I still wouldn't be satisfied considering I've seen many people featured in these collabs who are younger than I am
When I was personally at some low points in my life, I'd typically say "What's the use, I'm not good at anything." And my friend would pipe up and mention "Ok sure, but have you tried everything?" You can argue how pedantic it is all you want but he's right. I can't realistically and truthfully say I'm terrible at everything without having literally tried everything. There are very few absolutes in life, but to be dismissive on very open things like ideas, skills, or talent, is bunk. You absolutely have ideas, everyone does, it's just consciously or unconsciously some don't think they are worth sharing.
Does anyone know if I can contribute to an NG collab in some way if I don't have any creative talents or passions? (Sketch Collab doesn't count because they let just about anyone in)I just want to make myself useful to this community, but in order to do that I need to be a "creative" of some sort.
Being present in the forums and reviewing projects in the portals is contributing to Newgrounds. Using the site is contributing to Newgrounds. If you're on the site, actively engaging with others, and provide courteous feedback, you are already apart of the community.
So that's it? I'm just supposed to accept that I'll never have any kind of creative skill?
You asked if there were other options, so don't conflate alternatives as dismissing your other pursuits.
PewDiePie became better at drawing after 30 days of 10-20 minutes a day (5-10 collective hours) than I have after 3.5 years of ~1 hour a week (~182 collective hours); I feel like that's probably a sign of some sort and not a good one
Every time you work on a personal project you're setting a personal best. And when you get to the next project? You're breaking that previous one and setting another one. You are constantly learning and absorbing information whether you're consciously aware of it or not, learning and application differ for everyone; you can't just simply accomplish peak performance over night, everyone is different. PewDiePie also mentions in the first video that he watched some tutorials, a couple of those are pretty long so sure, he may have drawn for 10-20min a day, but assuming he watched the whole thing, he was studying those tutorials for longer.
That's the problem; I'm not passionate about anything.
Being dispassionate should be the real focus in my opinion. You've expressed your disdain for the Sketch Collab's ease of entry, younger talented artists, disapproval of your own skills, and also mentioned prior that even if everything fell into place, it still wouldn't leave you satisfied. I could be entirely wrong, but it feels like the only thing that matters is the sudden and simultaneous increase in both skill and notoriety.
At 3/24/24 02:59 PM, switzrr wrote:At 3/24/24 02:22 AM, Blaznthekid wrote:What is it that you're looking for/to do exactly?
Basically to be good at something for once, as well as to contribute to a high-quality collab in some form
To reach a level of experience and work similar to those collabs; what you're asking for is like playing pick-up basketball in your area and asking how to be in the NBA in the shortest time possible, and then getting frustrated because there's D1 players younger than you that have better odds.
I don't think you've ever mentioned having any sense of enjoyment with your art (at least in here). So I'll ask again, Why do you want this? No one is forcing you, if I recall it isn't your degree of study, and presumably your livelihood isn't tied to it. I don't mean to speak on the behalf of others, but I think no one here wants you to quit or give up, every one of us does this for our own reasons, to tell our own stories however we can. If you want to genuinely make something, you are the only one who can tell your story; doesn't matter what anyone else is doing, doesn't matter if its better or worse than theirs, it is yours to tell.
