I love how this is atmospheric and at the same time looks like it was scribbled on a sticky note. These “naïve” art pieces mean so much to me. They always make me want to sit down and experiment with art all day. It makes me happy to see you post these sorts of drawings, because they help me remember that I don’t need to be perfect at anatomy or details or anything to make the sort of art I enjoy. In fact, I enjoy art more when it is organic and charming like this. I logically know that, and I want to make more naïve art, but it’s so much harder to let go of fear/perfectionism than it seems!

Thank you!

Honestly I was motivated looking on Instagram artists creating naive art or so. "Relax, dude, thousands of people like such art, that's ok to create and share it". In fact, audience in the Internet seem to be worried by the social context of art way more than anatomy and realism at the moment. I notice that my art created in 40~ minutes receives more attention than pieces created within hours, but oh well.

I believe that everyone should create what they are good at. It's not about skill, but about a kind of feeling. Drawing more or less stylized and naive shapes I feel that I know & understand what I'm doing at least. Once I hurt my hand trying to create a perfect lineart, but you know what? I wasn't satisfied with the result! I guess if your art would receive realistic, neat traits, it would lost itself.

But in general I see a style just as same instrument as colors and composition. It helps to tell a story, a feeling, an emotion - that's why I use different styles.

I didn’t know there was more of a movement towards this. That’s neat.

Oh, social context makes sense. People like trends and popularity. Always have—why are certain old pieces of art so famous? They’re not any better than what one could do today. I also can’t imagine people resonate more with art from hundreds of years ago in a context that no longer exists than art made now. It’s the positive feedback loop of fame—they’re famous because they’re famous and the person who made them is, too.

As for quickly-made art becoming popular, I wonder if it has to do with the “social media machine” which values more content and more productivity, faster. Personally, I would like to learn to work faster, but not for social media, rather because I always have so many different ideas! I want to express more of these ideas without trying to turn them into fancy polished pieces.

Same, I have forced myself to follow art “rules,” drawn realism, etc… and even when my skill level improved from it, I didn’t even like the result. It would feel stiff and plasticky. And sketches/concepts are always more expressive than finished pieces.

I also have always liked shapes, and I love both turning animals into simpler shapes and seeing others do it. But I agree, I could never imagine having just one style. I don’t want to limit myself to that.

I think the works of the past artists are praised because they were the first in their field. Thanks to the Mona Lisa, artists can create something similar and even better faster and easier than the author of the Mona Lisa could do in his time. But he was the first.
But, of course, people tend to praise what's already praised!

And people tend to like something simpler. Simple works are easier to understand, they can be perceived faster, so you can continue to enjoy the content without straining. I think that's the reason why people like my work on this account so much, while my main account has been mostly ignored for its entire existence. Here I show my skill to handle stylization and shapes. These are stylized animals. That's all! While the characters, vents, strange creatures are not what everyone wants to deal with. To be honest, this makes me sad. The frustrating thing is that my very feelings and ideas receive little response, no matter what "stylistic language" I use to express them.

The rules are conditional. The rules that are taught in art schools are good for teaching how to draw in the genre of classical masterpieces. So it's not exactly the right set of rules for you, and what's great about time you spent for learning is that you can still use the skills you've learned to create your own stylized work!

I had experience studying realism on my own, albeit very little. To be honest, I still feel sad that neither my hand nor my eye were predisposed to drawing realistically, since I tried not because of imposed rules, but because of the desire to see my characters on canvas. I wanted to show my characters the way I see them, their eyes, hair, small details of their faces and facial expressions. It means the world to me to see them full of life for myself, not as a sketch or stylization, though I like express them like this too. Unfortunately, realistic drawing only brings makes me suffer, but I would like to try again someday.

Sorry for the very late reply and some kind of personal dump! I hope you'll still find it interesting.

Thank you for the thoughts and sorry for also being late!

As much as I adore stylised animals, it is sad how something more personal is less valued by the general public. I’ll admit that seeing certain styles and shapes is very satisfying to me, and especially lately I’ve been a bit obsessed with art styles as I experiment with my own art and try to find what I really want to make.

But in the end, I don’t understand how some artists can just draw so many things “just for fun” whether it’s simple stylised animals, catchy graphic design, or beautiful realistic landscapes… Since most of my motivation for making art comes from difficult feelings I need to process. I wouldn’t be an artist otherwise. I’ve felt ashamed before that I can’t just make “catchy” and uncomplicated art as easily or often, but that’s not something one should feel ashamed of… just a result of (often unconscious!) societal pressure.

After all, as much as I love shapes that “scratch my brain,” even more so I value the psychology behind art. It’s why I am so interested in sonas (but also other personal characters or stories). Hell, I even think my preferences when it comes to “fun animals” comes from psychology in a weird way: I like stylised animals that still have the “vibes” of the species, no matter how deconstructed and distorted they may be, since it shows a passion (and therefore respect) for nature which I also have. It still comes from a feeling then, even if it’s not vent.

Anyway, I hope one day realistic art becomes less painful to you so you can see your characters that way!