How to be confident in my art & Artist self-doubt | Advice from a professional artist
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Do you struggle with feeling like your art is never good enough? Imposter syndrome is a common problem in artists, and when I was starting my own career I really wanted to know how to be confident in my art. Confidence is crucial to find illustration work and get started as a freelance illustrator.
In this video, get advice from a professional artist about the dangers of artist self-doubt and how to gain confidence in your art!
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Do you struggle with self-doubt? If so, how do you deal with it?
*cries in insecurity
Ness giving a real talk here. I've been an artist for several years now and I still have issues with confidence. I realize a lot of it comes from my own way of thinking. I tend to tell myself:
- "I didn't go to an art school" instead of telling myself "I have a lot of work experience"; or
- "my art style isn't as good as *insert big time artist's name here*" instead of "I have my own art style and I know how to play off on my strengths"; or
- "No one will hire me if I charge that much" instead of "I know my art is worth that much."
I've recently started cold calling/emailing publishing companies and agencies. Right now, my expectations are just, "well, if they put me on file, that gives me more than 0% of getting work." lol.
We all deal with negative thoughts like these, but it seems like you know that these aren't helpful and how to reframe it instead, so you're actually wayyy ahead of most of us!! Keep doing what you're doing, hun!
Spot on. Shallow reward systems for measuring values like social media are never a good idea. Value must be intrinsic
Exactly!
🙋I do. And that is why I put the word "artist" in my channel name. Though doing that made me super self conscious, lol. but lately I've had this still small voice whispering, "You're an artist!" 😋 My motto is "Be kind to your art." 🙌 Love the tips! ❤
Love that motto!
Your business boot camp helped soooo much to grow up freely here. I was able to find myself which kind of illustrator I am without fears or doubts.
Merci Leslie tu est trop gentille
Ness is an art therapist. She's great. If I may add--Don't allow self doubt to lead you down the path to psychiatric medication. Don't ever allow rejection get you down.
Haha I try! Yes, don't let rejection get you down! Our art can't please everyone, but so many people will still love it. The world is better for having your art in it, never let critics convince you otherwise!
I'm dealing so much with self-doubt lately and this video came across my feed so thank you so much for this video Ness! I needed it 💕
I'm so glad that you found it helpful, Jino!
dang, I never thought explicitly about the lack of measuring. Unlike a runner. wow
It's tough out there in a subjective field like ours!
Thank you so much. I am also falling in this trap of wondering endlessly if I am good enough to send my portfolio to an illustration agency
You're definitely not alone, hun!
OW, This video was so necessary ! Be proud and confident of your work is the basic !
It can be one of the toughest thing, but it's so important indeed!
As always, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Your Art Business Bootcamp was money well spent and I learned so much! My new motto is that I am going to work for myself as hard as I worked for others. 🙂
I LOVE that!! Yessss, you work so hard for others, why not for you and YOUR dreams. Amazing, Yvette!!
not getting likes on instagram is mostly from algorithms being innefficient and flawed
Yes, most of our own followers never see our work on their feeds!
Well said ness!!!!
This is a super old video but I just came across it and I absolutely needed to hear all of this 😅 I just started my illustration journey - like from absolutely 0 and felt like I needed to wait a long time to do anything at all. But I'm illustrating a children's book already and loving the challenge. Even though I wanna list all the things that make me unqualified I will chose to follow your example and just improve every step of the way ❤
Bojana! We were just talking on Facebook ☺ Congratulations on getting this gig so quickly after your start, it's impressive and shows you have much skill to offer to the world!
@Art Business with Ness thank you sooooo much for your help and also for your wonderful videos! They are an amazing resource with many helpful tips! ❤️
Hi Vanessa! I struggling with idea, that it is not possible to monetize botanical illustration. I've made several and finally I give up drawing in this ganre. And also it is defenetily about me, that I was drawing for "likes" on the Instargam and the most surprising thing is that simple watercolor drawing get more likes than some difficult and more effort work and it was also disappoted me. That is why I decided try to study illustrations. Thank you so much for your videos! They really help to begginers to undestand the kitchen of illustration!
It is absolutely possible to monetize botanical art!! You just have to really think about who will need that kind of art. It's not ideal for picture books because there is no story. But it's perfect for decorative purposes like patterned fabrics and wallpapers, and art prints! It's all about finding a good fit. If you offer Polish sausages to a vegetarian, they will of course refuse. But that wouldn't mean that your sausages are bad quality, or even that no one in the world is interested in Polish sausages :)
Wow! I needed to hear this! I have been in a funk and not done any art in a couple of months because I feel like "it will not be good enough, so why start something? It is a waste of time and energy."
No such thing as "not good enough". As long as you are able to learn from each piece you create you can call it a win
A finished piece of art is always better than no piece of art at all :) You're creating something out of thin air, it's magical. Don't let bad thoughts cramp your magic, hun!
Thanks again Ness. It's all really good practical advice, and you really hit on all of the odd ball insecurities and call them perfectly. I'm so lucky to have come across your channel. Best wishes Nick.
I'm so glad you found it helpful, Nicholas :) I experience all these insecurities too, so I know them well haha
thank you!
You're welcome!
I often wonder why so many of us are lacking confidence in their speech about themselves. It's just as off putting as a compliment when someone tells you "you're so good, I could never do that". Like folks should look a different way at this. You do what you love, if you get rejected that person wouldn't be a person you want to work for anyway.
That's a great way to look at it!
Your videos always boost my motivation, thank you! In my career of a graphic designer I've done quite a lot of illustration work, I've illustrated 2 books, and still I can't imagine calling myself and illustration. Starting today, I will :)
Way to go, illustrator :)
This kind of video help me a lot, thank you so mutch
Glad it helped!
I love this, thank youuuu!!!!
I'm so glad, Becky!
Hi Ness! Thank you I like ur content; it's really inspiring. I've only watched few videos and will continue to watch more.
I see you end up every video saying "this small channel"
I think you shouldn't use the small any more; I'm sure it's continuously growing and will become a huge one 😉 Thank you
Thank you and welcome! The channel has really been growing lately, you're right! We're at over 11k which is crazy to think about. That's so many people! I live in a town of 14k people total O_O But the term small channel is relative. On CZcams, anyone under 100-300k subscribers is still considered a smaller creator! I still have a long way to go :)
Thank you for this video Ness! I been feeling down lately and needed this (:
I'm very sorry to hear that, hun! :( I hope things look up for you, you deserve it!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Love your energy! Keep the videos coming please 😻
Awww thank you so much Lucy! Will do!
As always, Ness, a word in due season, how good it is.
Thank you hun, I'm glad you liked it!
This is a really good video. Thank you so much. You made my day ❤️❤️
I'm so happy to heart that!
This was straight to the point, as real as it is advice, thank you so so much Ness. God bless you ❤️
God bless you too hun! I just read and replied to your email too :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess got it!!
Thanks
My pleasure!
Ugh! I find myself scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest and feeling discouraged 😖 or just scrolling forever and not getting inspired.
It seems like you need to stay away from Pinterest if if makes you feel bad :)
I have a lot of self doubt issues. I have a portfolio that I think is quite decent, but I'm hesitant to send it to publishers. Thinking about it, I realize it is because I'm not afraid of they telling me 'no', but I'm afraid of them telling me 'yes, please work for us'. Does that make any sense to you? 😟 It's hard to break that barrier, but I'll try
That's interesting! And yes I can understand, at the beginning it's really scary to do jobs at the professional level. Our brains are wired to help us survive, maintain the status quo. It's telling us: "You're alive right now, that's pretty good! Don't go and risk it by trying something new and scary! That's out of our league!!" Our brain is wrong, of course. If a publisher hires you, clearly they think you can do the job. And life is about thriving, not just surviving! If working professional with publisher is what you dream to do, don't let your brain stop you :) We all have to do that scary first job, but it gets easier after.
People have said for soo long "oh, you should make childrens books", I have somewhat found I have listened to it, I like the idea, I like making illustrations, I have also had a few small projects, so I can absolutely call myself 'illustrator'. I'm still interested in making illustrations for books, but feel like I don't have to right knowledge to do it. Question, is it the right way to go or what do I want to do with my art...?
Hi Linnea! The only way you can know for sure if books are the right path for you is to try it out :) Just pondering the question in your head can only get you so far. You say you don't have the right knowledge to do it, so why not start with some online classes? SVSlearn.com has great and affordable children's books classes, so does Skillshare. This is a good start to acquire new skills and start figuring out if this is what you want to do :) I've found that acting is always more efficient than wondering to figure ourselves out!
i'm very interested in your boot camp. I have been an art teacher for 10 years and have a studio art degree +art teacher degrees and certifications. My question about your boot camp is this: is it about making art or the business of illustration. I want to learn more about the business and making a portfolio. I feel like I have the art skills to get started (and grow as I go). Thanks in advance.
Hi Victoria, how are you? :) My boot camp is not an art class, it's a business class. What I teach are things like how to position yourself in the market, what skills you need to demonstrate in your portfolio in order to win over art directors, how to present yourself on your website pages and how to build a modern professional looking website, but I'm not teaching how to draw :) Everyone comes in with different styles, goals and skill levels, and I teach how you can make a living and achieve your goals with what you bring to the table! You can learn more here: www.artbusinesswithness.com/level1
@@ArtBusinesswithNess Thank u Ness for your prompt reply. I am thinking about taking your level one class during my winter break. It's kind of scary but I really have had this dream since I was a teenager and never thought it was possible.
@@victorialynn6248 It's most definitely possible and I hope you fulfill all your dreams, Victoria! Whether it is my class or something else, there are resources out there that can help you with the business side of things to make your art a viable career. Best of luck and I hope to see you in my class over the winter break!
Yeah, pretty frustrated over here after tons of rejections from publishers
I'm so sorry Jose! It's a numbers game and can get discouraging sometimes!
@@ArtBusinesswithNess Yup, only way to move is forward! Keep pushing
Hi! I found your portfolio and I think it looks great! You mention there that you learned a lot from Schoolism. Are there any classes you'd recommend?
I don’t know if my skills are sufficient and what are the art level.
You can get opinions on your art levels in groups like forums, discords, or Facebook groups like the one I run called the Freelance Illustrators Café :) However, the important thing to remember is that art level is not a constant and you can improve it! If you're not up to a professional level yet, the what do you need to learn so that you can get up to professional level? That is the right question to ask!
The title should be adjusted a bit I think you mean 'your' not 'my'.
The title is based on thorough keyword research :) People search more for "How to be confident in my art" than "How to be confident in your art". It sounds less natural, but it's to help people find the video easier.
Don't know how I stopmed onto this. All in all Awesome content 🥇. I also watched those rather similar from MStarTutorials and kinda wonder how you guys create these stuff. MSTAR TUTORIALS also had cool information about similiar things on his vids.
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