Reply To: Does anyone else feel constantly dissatisfied with their work?

[smurfmier1985]

It’s reassuring to read that even experienced and very good 3D artists experience dissatisfaction and self doubt, I felt a bit like I was alone in this…

So yeah, I know all about the perfectionism, competitive side, self-doubting and critical voices inside my head. I really get insecure when I spend every free minute for two weeks working very very hard to finish an exercise, which doesn’t go well (read: modeling a wheel exercise), finally giving myself a deadline and submitting something far from great (feeling very nervous for a couple of days if it will even get a ‘pass’), only to see someone blaze through all the courses and delivering a perfect wheel in just one day! How do they do that?? It also motivates me though, when I see what others create I want to be able to make something equally awesome, so it makes me want to learn more.

Don’t get me started on creating something from scratch, everything I tried myself doesn’t even look remotely like what I imagine, even if I use great references. Whether it’s lack of being able to apply the skills I learned or choosing something too difficult, I don’t know. But it’s pretty demotivating… Because of these many failures I’m actually a bit nervous about the beginner class exercises, making something myself… But I’m going to turn in my homework every week even if it sucks. That’s how we learn right? Trying things out, getting feedback. It’s important, but still a bit scary I guess.

I love all the advice everyone has given you! I’m going to write them down in my notebook that I keep near my laptop to keep me motivated, improve my learning and to help me when I’m going through a rough patch.

Also, in my opinion you shouldn’t hold back in class, you should just do your best. Don’t know about the others of course, but speaking for myself I really get inspired by the great stuff everyone here creates (even if it sometimes makes me a bit jealous). The opportunity to study blend files, asking questions, getting feedback and learning from you guys is in my opinion really valuable. I’m looking forward to it!

Sorry for rambling about with all my worries, bit of a long post, I just wanted tell you your not alone in this. This community is awesome, the courses are awesome, so I believe we will improve and be okay 😊

Thanks for starting this post @thecabbagedetective , it also helped me finding some perspective on things I was struggling with. Wish you all the best with creating your art, from what I’ve seen of your work you’re getting better every time, so just keep going, you’ll get there 😁