Hi! Really like ur vids, but I just watched this video. You know, I have a 'friend' that always copies the artworks from internet and says that those are her ideas. Well, to be precise, I thought she was like that for only 3 years. As I told her the truth, she stopped showing off her works that she copied. I sometimes glanced at her works, and after that incident, she drew amazing... I thought that she had her own imagination then, since her art was really, like, REALLY amazing. I was proud of her. In some time, I got to find your channel, and it's nice. However, when I started seeing her artworks more, and she slowly began to show them off again, I realized that she copied like 75 percent of your work! It would've been ok if she gave some credit to you, but, she refered to it as completely her very own work... I trusted her. I can't anymore. I tried to change her, though it was too late. I'm really depressed knowing that she've been lying to me for the whole time, so now I don't want to be friends with her. But I just don't know how to say it. Because of her, I have trust issues now. I know hate is a strong word, but I do hate her. Ah, sorry for this long comment. Above all I really think you're drawing really nicely, and you're the person people would look up to.

One of the things I quickly learned online is that it's better to be amicable to one another and support others in the community instead of being jealous and spiteful. We're all in this together, trying to build the success and credibility of the online art community, and we succeed as a group, not as individuals. Like you said, don't try to sink other people's boats. Being envious of other people's art is almost impossible to avoid, but being angry about it will only make things worse. We're a team!

This is a matter of maturity. Girls compete with each other, Women empower one another.

When I get jealous of someone's art, I just suffer in silence.

I can really relate to this. I'm in 4th grade, and the only one in my class who could draw in a anime style. One girl who sits near me was looking at my drawing and it was a colored pencil drawing and said, " Eww what is that? A weird looking animal? " I ignored her and kept drawing. After 5 minutes of me ignoring her, she reached over to my desk area and took the paper and threw it in the trash. The teacher told me and her to come in at recess. She got in trouble. Karma, girl.

Let me tell you a story when I was 12 I drew a dog my art teacher said "nice donkey" The end

When I see some poeple's pretty art on the internet I just have the sudden urge to draw something. I can't say that I really get jealous but I know that others poeple's work motivates me to draw more so that one day I can be as good at drawing than them. Throught time I learned to like my drawings even if after some time I can see their flaws, I know that I will never be fully satisfied of them , but if even after years I can still see the feelings and emotion I wanted to share in them , then I will be happy.

im i only one who isnt jealous of anyones art i draw and im proud, and when i see someone drawing better than me i feel inspired. no one draws the same everyone is special that is why no one should be jealous

I’d say I’m pretty jealous of artists my age and older. But I would never leave rude comments and bring the down. I like to try and learn from their art style (coloring, lighting, anatomy, etc) and I find it helpful. The more ways you learn to draw the better!

Oh wow someone finally speaks about this!

lol I was the bitch friend. Not like literally but I used to be a super be douche (still kind of but I try to tone it down) cause I felt like I knew the people's techniques and how they could improve them, not taking into consideration that every person thinks/feels differently and basically not helping just hurting people's feelings- I actually hurt Lemi's feelings a lot and it's something I regret a lot. I think improvement or criticism really should only be given to specific people if you have a comfortable relationship where you can confidently discuss flaws about yourselves. Basically comparing your standings on one another is a game you don't wanna play cause no one wins. You can obviously have your own opinions on art but don't let that kill friendships before they start.

this video inspired me to try harder

This art teacher humiliated me infront of the whole class when I was in high school... I never failed her class and I always pass it with a 100 so when I was in Art 2 she stared to ignored me and when I was in Art 3 and I made a mural she told me it was a trash, a completely waste of materials and it came out horrible... She told the whole class that I am horrible as an Artist, that actually I am not an artist just cause I didnt have the same level as everyone else... She didnt want me at her classroom at all, she kicked me out of her class every time so After that I felt so horrible that I stoped drawing or making art but after all this years Im starting drawing again... I want to prove to that teacher what I can do so I'm in the process to sell my art which they arent selling.... But Im not going to give up now... Im gonna prove her IM AN ARTIST... (Srry for my bad english).... I hope I can prove her wrong... Sometimes I still bad about it, but its okay I guess.

Heh. When I'm jealous of someones art, I just tell them. "WHAT THE HECK??!! HOW DID YOU DO THAT? I'M JEALOUS!!! TEACH ME. TEEEEACH ME!! How did you get this to go like this and did you start with this? What supplies do you use? Do you start with the eyes or the nose? What is your technique for shading? And guess what? It actually helped me become a better artist and it helped them feel good about their art. The highest compliment you can give someone is learning from them because you look up to them.

Here is how to make art you saw on the internet WITHOUT tracing or stealing! 1-Make Art 2-Post it on the internet. CONGRATS YOU MADE ART YOU SAW ON THE INTERNET

Me: My art us Trash My Friends: Dude that's so cool, I wish I could draw like that Me: da fuk

That whole exercise of looking back at artwork you thought was unbelievably good is shockingly soothing. But I find anything with comparison, whilst it's natural, it's so toxic. I often compare myself to my idols and it saddens me that they're where I want to be, but I have to use that to fuel my passion and try as hard as I can. Jealousy never helps. If you find yourself comparing a lot, then just...delete that person from your life/feed etc. Unfollow, block etc. I've done this a couple of times because I can get stuck in a nasty cycle of self hatred.

I have a twin brother, and he's just naturally really damn good. We used to draw all the time when we were small but he was always by far so much better than absolutely everyone, including me, and after years of this it got to the point where I just felt too horrible in comparison and gave up on drawing as a lost cause. Well, in 7th grade I started drawing again, determined this time not to be bothered, and to only use comparison as a means of improvement... and I just never stopped after that. 5 years later, and I've gotten way better than I though was possible for me. I'm still nothing like my brother's level (people often mistake his drawings for black and white photos), but I've learned that's ok.

The problem I have with art isn't jealousy, but I give artwork to my friends as a gift. And sometimes when I give them art they tell people they drew it. ;-; P.S I loveeeee you lemiaaaaa Lol

I would not be friends with bullies. I don' know why anyone would.

I have those times where I hate my artwork. But I don't feel jealous, I admire others artist artwork. Their art inspires me to make art. I remember people being jealous of my drawing in high school. Many kids being jealous assholes. Practice more. Now I admire skills, practice more and avoid being a Troll. Nice topic, Lemi. I don't like to read jealous, bickering comments.

I deal with jealousy a lot. From my side, that is. I never go as far as bullying though, I would never do that. It mostly just makes me feel like cr*p and makes me want to give up on drawing, which is bad of course. But I always manage to somehow not give up on my art, no matter how bad I think it is. ^^

My friend always makes fun of my art even though hers is much worse then mine... I'm not saying she's bad but everyone who knows us will say that mine is better. I quite frankly think she is an ok person but is just for some reason jealous of my art. Mine isn't even that good...

I feel bad for Suzy, it's not like she can help that she's good at art

My friends are jealous of my art. its really bad because im a freshman in highschool but people think that by ripping it up and throwing it away makes them feel better. my mind tells me not to bother but when i get home i go to my room and cry myself to sleep. i dont know how to solve this problem, please someone tell me!

tbh, I did feel jealous towards artists who do seem they have it better but after I moved on to other likes,styles and tried out other stuff, I seem to find being jealous towards those artists as a waste of time. I just remembered that I liked to draw because I wanted to find some fun. I just wished I handled my jealousy a bit better. now I feel that I've lost a lot of friends because I lost myself from that attitude. I still do feel jealous towards other artists but I concentrate on the good stuff like junk food and video games and cartoons so I don't always feel too bad. and also try to practice more. something I hope I will do soon Pfft

I used to be good at art. Like, I was a complete natural at it (for my age) and it was the main thing that gained me lots of compliments. When I was 8 someone in the family told me it was a foolish thing to waste my time on and I wouldn't be successful at anything if I didn't spend that time on something more 'meaningful'. It totally broke me and I stopped drawing. I am now 31 and I still look at other people's art with a strong desire to do the same. I recently tried to draw, but it's exactly how I left it; an 8 year olds art work. I'm going to start training myself to draw again and hopefully I'll find some happiness in it again. Never let anyone dictate your talents.

"Let's call her Suzy" THATS ME!

when I'm jealous: VERY young me: "No! mine is way better" present me: "Holy mother of seven teach me your ways I can pay you my dog"

I don't understand how can someone be that shitty to take people down just cause they had more practice, tried harder, did something longer and eventually got better. I understand the jealousy. I get jealous a lot about begginer artist getting a shit load of copics, some super duper art supplies andgreat tablets. I get jealous of people being the same age as me or younger and making so much better art that me. But I would NEVER go and shit on that people for being better orhaving better supplies. Of course I feel doown sometimes, but I try to be better myself instead of making them worse.

My friends on this drawing website were bullying me because my drawing was terrible but better than there's. The funny part was they didn't know that it was me. But I don't care cause I have this drawing channel and Learn2drawmanga cheer me up. 😊

I agree with the comments part but there can be other reasons , I certainly had a different reason for a similar attitude There was this old friend of mine, she betrayed me and my other friends and we were so upset. I started thinking " She in no way deserves to be this popular! She hurt me so she needs to feel hurt back! " and " why do people love her?! If they find out what she did everything would be ok!" But as I matured and some of my friends became depressed or would cut themselves I'd think " I shouldn't of thought like that, but at least it was only thoughts not actions, I'd hate myself if I gave her depression or caused her to commit suicide " . Both me and that friend have moved on from that experience but won't become friends again, she hasn't apologised for it but I don't expect it. It's in her personality to not apologise and mine to not trust her. But she isn't causing anymore harm, and that's all I wanted through the experience

This is definitely an important issue I think a lot of artists go through. I too have fought the green eyed monster that is jealousy. I'm 29, and seeing people younger who are so much further than I am artistically is difficult sometimes. Sometimes I feel like I'm running out of time to improve and getting no where, but we really all do have different paces and our destination is the same but the journey isn't. I admit to being bitter about people who I felt had a lower skill set being more successful too. It's hard. I've never gone out of my way to show them my saltiness, but I have scrolled and eyerolled and sighed. I just have to keep reminding myself, I do this for me, my happiness. It's not a competition, there is room enough for everyone in this community. To touch on your story, I went through something similar with a former friend. She was really unhappy where she was in her life and it came out in ways of being critical of others, insulting them, belittling them and being around her I became a lemming in a way. Agreeing with her, joining in on the cattiness, til I stopped and realized wait..I don't have an issue with these people, her bitterness is rubbing off on me and I'm being a person I don't like. There were lots more incidents of drama in this friendship and I kept coming back and she wouldn't change despite us having heart to hearts. It's important to realize when a friendship (or any relationship) is toxic. You should want to hang out with your friends and enjoy their company, not loathe it and if it can't be solved talking it out, its okay and healthy to step back from those relations. It's something that isn't easy, but in the long run its for the best of your sanity. Some people are unwilling to change their outlooks but when it starts affecting you on a personal level, its time to get out. I've been there, making excuses "Oh this person is just unhappy, maybe they need a friend" "Oh they've got ___ going on or ___ happened in their past." When do we stop? Some people like to guise this behavior under being "blunt" or "truthful". You can be honest and still have tact and consideration for other parties feelings. I feel like too many people in this world get away with poor behavior because no one wants to call them out on it because it's uncomfortable. Maybe you can't stop them or change their views, but you can opt to not participate or enable it further. Before you can help someone else, you have to help yourself.

I had this friend who was incredibly jealous and wanted to draw exactly like me and it got really awkward whenever we had sleepovers, because I was always drawing and coloring my drawings and she was just there like, "OMG I WISH I DREW LIKE YOU UGHHHH". I eventually stopped hanging out with her because it made me really uncomfortable.

if I'm jealous of their art I'll litterally tell them "I'm so jealous! it's so good!!" but it's a compliment

So I've been drawing since I was like 4. I've ALWAYS loved to draw. My parents say I was born with it. So, I started to draw anime around the 3rd grade cuz I was in love with the anime: Inuyasha, so it inspired me to draw. Anyway, I met a girl who loved anime too. This was like the 5th grade. So we decided to draw together. To learn together. Okay so not to make it out like I'm some Picasso or some amazing art god but i did have some more practice than her which resulted in "Better art." I guess. She never insulted me, but I could feel that it was a competition for her. For years, Classmates would make fun of her art & say "you draw like shit!" & they'd be pretty brutal to her. I would tell her not to listen but I knew she did. She soon started to say "I wanna learn on my own." & so I let her, I drew on my own & one day she started saying "I think I'm a better artist than you!" It stared to get to me. Was I an amazing artist then? No. That's obvious. But it got to me. It became like a race for us. Who was better. Instead of enjoying our art & learning. I've been jealous of artists. I wish I could draw like the amazing people online. BUT, I realize that I've been drawing 6+ years off & on mind you & they've been to art school & have 15+ years of experience. It's okay to be envious. But don't be spiteful. Learn from the artists instead of getting mad. I know it feels bad to see an incredible artist picture online & then going to your sketchbook or tablet & feel like shit. But PRACTICE. PRACTICE, PRACTICE. Everyone's art journey is different. Do not give up. Keep going. I know it's hard & intimidating but you can do it.

Oh my bless for this video! These kinds of attitudes are so ruining the "artsy" world. I have gotten a lot of comments like "u suck, this sucks, this is too big, this is ugly" in the past, which doesn't say constructive what I could do to improve it, but only taking it down. It makes me and other artists feel horrible and it is just mean to be like that. Just what you said Lemia, adore the artist and not be jealous. See them as inspiration, instead of "bad people". My my the world would have been so much better. On the other hand, I DO know so many great, sweet and kind artists / people who are always leaving support and are nice, which results in me being nice, taking a look at their artwork and also leave support, which results in a more happier place in which we all are inspiring each other and supporting each other. I still cannot believe that there are so many people out there, looking through someones art and just leaving nasty comments, just out of jealousy. Just get out there and try to get better instead of taking out your hatred towards others because you think they are "better" than you or you feel like "you deserve" it more.All those people worked hard to get where they are now. But still, this is the internet, but I am so glad you made this video Lemia, this is truly inspiring and a very good topic to talk about because it happens to so many artists which is so sad. Also to the comment of Baylee Jay; support is the best thing you can give to an artist + the will also take notice in your art and then you are together in that! Anyways, great video Lem

Whenever I'm jealous of an artist, I just say "how u draw so good bruh?" I'm a pacifist

I have a friend, (wow what) And she has never given me support on my artwork. If I show her something I drew her response is usually "cool." or she'll just nod her head. with the most unenthusiastic not bothered face ever. I one day got her into drawing when we were at her house, I went home and she sent me a few pictures she had drawn. Now these were amazing drawings. I would even go as far as saying flawless. To say she had never really drawn before this I was proud of her. I told her she was amazing and all that, and she sent more. A week or two after that I found this new artist youtuber and I watched a few of her drawing videos and I said in my head "I've seen that drawing before.." And that day my friend sent me a picture she drew and it clicked. She was copying and tracing this persons art and claiming it as her own. she didn't give any credit or anything. I said to her "You're copying this persons art." And she said anything she could to make an excuse. But I knew. Anyways a few months later I drew a picture of her OC digitally for her, and she even had it as her youtube channel banner. Then a few months after that she sent me a picture she drew of her oc.. It was in pencil. The outlines weren't even connected. And I again said to myself "Hmm I've seen that somewhere" And it clicked again... SHE WENT ON HER KZfaq CHANNEL. TRACED THE OC THAT I DREW FOR OFF HER IPAD SCREEN, BECAUSE SHE FORGOT THAT I DREW IT FOR HER. So she literally traced MY drawing and sent it to me and said "i drew this all by myself i didn't copy anyone this time." I was actually in shock. How did she manage to forget who drew her youtube banner. still confuses me to this day.

I found this kid on deviantart, about 9, who drew Steven universe Fanart. But, it wasn't even the average. This person highly referenced pictures of the characters, mostly just redrawing or tracing them. The lines were thick and rounded, the legs were always short, chubby, and like two stacked ovals. The faces were squished and very uneven. But before you reply: omg u shouldn't be hating on a baby they're still a small child they're not supposed to be good they're only like five- children aren't rubbish. I should know, I was one. This person was just worse than most their age. And everyone was nothing but supportive. This person, I believe, needed critique, as his art style just got worse and worse with every peice of Art. But- Yes, it is absolutely necessary to tell someone how to improve, but No, do NOT go crushing a child's dreams. Although, this kid was kind of an idiot. Someone said; " r u a troll?" They said " no I'm human duh" S: "Yeah ur a troll" T;" no I'm human!!! Stop calling me a troll meanie" Anyway, plz don't do what their supporters did. If someone is flawed, give them critique- but not dream-crushing critique.

I love your artwork and it really pushes me to be like you someday as I love anything you create! Keep up the good work and I would love to hear more of you stories and I can relate to them.

I think another interesting topic to address would be "Let people draw what they want" I mean most of the time it's completely harmless and unimposing to other people, not liking a character or story they have made does not entitle you to be a dick about it. Now I haven't been on either end of this but I had an interesting conversation once with someone getting harassment. Below is a C+P of a response I gave and it addresses my general point: "A person is doing no harm being in their own bubble with their own AU or whatever it is, doing what they enjoy; as long as they dont impose onto or intentionally rile up others, nor should someone purposely try to invade, upset and harass others for things they create. It's simply a matter of common decency. I've seen my fair share of cringey OCs, but honestly they aren't doing me any harm, since they're not even canon, yknow? I certainly wouldnt do something as rude as going out of my way to bash on someone elses creation when I could just leave them to their own devices and move on with my day." I'm sure a lot of people agree when I say it's a bad habit to get into. It can really put people down and discourage them from drawing and doing what they love, and its certainly not what the community should be about. But yes anyway this was a really well said video, I'm sure you made an impression to quite a few people about this!

I do not mean to sound rude at all, but I have a small critique. this drawing is really well done (how do you use sharpies so well wow!) but I would work on your color palette a little more. like color theory and all that? bc there is so many colors going on in this piece that just don't mesh really well in my opinion. keep up the good work!! :)

Sometimes I see this really good piece of art and think: "Hey! I wanna learn to draw like that!" So (since I'm a mere beginner) I beta myself up over my bad art. And when I finally make something that looks acceptable in my eyes I would show it for someone and ask for constructive criticism. And when they just say: "Nothing, it's great!" It really hurts. It's like they can't even be bothered to think of something that I could do better. But I haven't given up yet and I think I'm improving! It's exciting to since I have a new art teacher so it's like a fresh start!

This Couldn't have came at a better time :/ Lemi you are such an amazing human :)

I love your art style so much! Your characters have so much life to them.

Well just as you said, admire instead of being jealous, so don'mind me, just admiring you're beautiful work

when I was in the 3rd grade I saw a girl who “tried” drawing in a anime style.I personally didn’t like it....I thought it was really bad...I didn’t say Anything to hurt her.Everyone said she was the best!!!The same thing happened in the 4th grade with a girl who tried to draw realism but all the people she made didn’t look human.i didn’t like it and didn’t say anything.Everyone was drawn to her.And now when I post my art on KZfaq I see people loving my art.And now I’m thinking....why don’t people in school like my art...

This is a topic that I struggle with a lot honestly. Just because my brain can think some horrible nasty things similar to your friend. Except the way I try to cope with it, is to try an analyse why their art is successful. Is it because they colour most of the pictures? Do they have a theme going on which they're credible to? Is it because they ARE a big member of the art community and help others, so they receive help in return? Then do some self reflection. Another really good way to improve on your artwork, is to collect others' artwork you're jealous of, and try to use a technique that they used. Even if it doesn't work out the first couple of times, you are improving plenty of things, such as your control over your hand! But most importantly, its always good to look back and see how far you've come. When I look back at artwork I've made, a year ago, or even a month ago, and can see ALL THOSE FLAWS. It makes me happy. It means Ive actually learnt something. Just keep drawing, and in time, you'll get better. Thats what I had to tell myself, over and over and over again. I still do all the time. Sorry for rambling. GOOD LUCK!!!

I am 13 years old and I adore my art. I have been drawing since I was 4 and I have improved so much just by practicing. Art is my life,and it will always be because that is what I want my life to be. I see my improvement and say, "Whoa, I have improved so much within 2 weeks!" Of course I can be jealous for others' art,but I just use it to improve and get at the same level as they are. I have never told anyone "Ugh,your art is horrible!" Because I know the effort I put into my art and getting that response would really make me feel bad. I am strong and critiques only affect me if they are constructive,but I know that not everyone is like me. Stay strong,people ^^

Oh also, I’ve been listening to you while I’ve been drawing and everything you say is true. It kinda encourages me to try new things. Like right now what I was drawing is very, freeform, I didn’t have a plan, I just- I can’t remember the word I wanted to use- risked it. I went in my paper with a pen and just started to draw. Long story short, you really relax me into knowing that I’m not the only one with these struggles! don’t let anyone drag you down! All you can say intead of getting jealous is everyone’s got their own art style:))

I relate to my eyes getting keener, I looked at my art one day and found how horrible is actually looked, now every time I draw something I have the fear of it actually being horrible too.

One or two years ago I often felt jealous and I felt like my art is horrible. Well, I still think that some of my art is horrible. But then I just laugh about it and write something funny next to it. Just practise and don't feel pressured to draw something that's perfect.

When I was just in my first year or so of drawing,I drew this girl and at the time thought she was like the bee's knees so I wanted to show everyone on this group on Facebook.And there was just hateful and just down right spiteful trolls on there commenting.One comment told me to "cut off my hands,and stop drawing because I'll never be good enough."There was also other comments of just wonderful people coming to my defense,telling the troll off.There was a time after that where I wouldn't show anyone my art,except those very few people that I trusted.Or that I just wouldn't draw in general.Looking back on it now I feel like I was giving someone that I had never even met power over my happiness.Never again will I listen to a trolls "criticism" of my art. #IamSuzy

Damn I've been eating these drama art-vids like mad recently. Your insights are really interesting, thanks for sharing them.

Great video. It's so important to note that what ends up online is usually the best of our work, we don't normally show our messy practice pages in sketchbooks and failed pieces because let's face it not many of us are really interested in seeing it. I was actually chatting with a friend a while back and I mentioned I really liked a painting she did for her sister she mentioned she liked my art on Facebook and after a pause kind of passive aggressively stated "it's nice that everything always turns out for you I wish my art always turned out", I was pretty taken aback by this and told her I only post the things that work out lot's of the work I do is sketches and practice that isn't valuable to anyone but myself, lot's of pieces just don't turn out and end up in the recycle bin. She was really surprised by this and we ended up having a good talk about how you can't just expect to be amazing at something it takes practice and loads of failures. What you see online is only a small part of a much bigger picture, I think deep down we all know this but it's easy to ignore when we're not confident in ourselves and it makes it so easy to lash out at others especially online when all you see is "perfection" and not the complete human being who you probably have more in common with than you think, if you choose to reach our with kindness and encouragement rather than pettiness and jealousy. Who knows you may actually end up being able to share tips and tricks and help each other to grow and improve.

The art jealousy is so real, I'm gonna pour my little heart out on this one since you said to leave some experiences. I've really only had it happen to me once personally (so far). About a year ago I had hit a spot in my life where I wasn't inspired to draw anything at all. I was pretty depressed, my art didn't come out how I wanted it to when I would draw. I knew I wasn't a terrible artist but I guess I just felt like I could be improving a lot more. It was frustrating. My boyfriend would talk about this girl he went to school with and how she started selling her paintings and how they were realllly good. He showed me pictures of her paintings and DUDE it was literally like she just dumped paint all over the place and then smeared it. I know that's a style and everything! But I got so mad cause I felt like what she did was so simple and she was making money off it too. Meanwhile I was struggling to shade, draw decent anatomy while getting very little recognition from anyone that wasn't my close friends. I STILL struggle with those things but the more and more I practice it, the better I get, it's been a process. (I don't go more than two or three days at a time without drawing something right now, I was drawing everyday but was getting a little overwhelmed so I toned it down a bit) In the back of my head I was hoping people talked about my art like that.. I would never take my art jealously out on another artist though. I eventually just learned to deal with it (mostly with red paint haha). I still get a little envious over some things I come across on the internet but I know those people didn't become excellent at art overnight. I release the pent up energy in my "angry art" which mostly consists of red paint, red ink or in general something red and bloody or gorey. Something about that red paint makes me forget about whatever made me angry or feel troubled. :) Anyways, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. 4 months ago I took up a whole new medium of art called pixel art and totally found what I'm good at. I still love drawing things by hand and painting but the pixels have consumed my artistic life.. kinda obsessed with them. I've been getting a lot better, I think this might have been my calling. It makes me happy though so that's all that matters. Plus for the first time in a long time I've been getting so much recognition for my pixel art on my blog and it makes me so happy. I look forward to everyone's comments and I did my first art commission last month!! That was a huge step for me. I couldn't believe someone would actually pay me for my art! Made my whole fucking year. Well just wanted to end this novel of a comment with telling you I loved the video and your drawing in here was amazing! Happy artisting!

Two of my friends are jealous of my art and then of my life, they hate themselves because they think my life is so good. But... i think down of myself when i only god four B's and the rest were A's (I'm in grade five going to grade six) i dont say what i want because if i can survive with it, ill be ok. I'm just here getting this of my chest, thank you readers!

there was this boy in my math class who drew mostly sonic characters. we wernt really like friends but I liked his art and I thought he liked mine. but one day I was doing a redraw of one of my really old jr high drawings. I thought I had gotten way better. I showed him the old drawing and the new one. he said congratulations on not improving or changing ur art style at all. it hurt me a lot because I thought it was better. but thinking now I think it was because all he could do was side view sonic characters. but it makes me sad because I thought they were cool and I valued his opinion and he just brought me down.

I came across a KZfaq video the other day, and it was just sly bashing of other KZfaqr artists. It really got under my skin... especially since the channels (especially the one Im talking about) is growing purely through bitchiness.. drama and just likenesses towards others... so disheartening because at that point its not about the art any more. she could be drawing stick men, its the shitty thing there going to say next that people show up for.

Good topic, good topic Lemi! ^.^/ I remember being incredibly insecure my first couple of years on DeviantArt. It was the first time I'd experienced the world of artists beyond my small real-life social circle (and the friend[s] that did draw gave up on it so I was pretty much on my own). I didn't post hateful comments, but I did keep saying to myself, "I'll never be as good as ______ artist." It was really painful and, honestly, unproductive. And you'll see the first year or two in my gallery things didn't change much but sure enough, along the way I decided not to give up. The lesson I am taking from this is, "Someone else doing better does not deplete *you* or take *your* value away." I think the actions those people took said a lot more about them than we'll ever know about Suzy. One of the few regrets I have is when I felt like I would never reach the level of the artists I admired, I didn't take action. I would wallow and do exactly the opposite of what I could have done to make myself better and hone my skills. I would start a bunch of pieces but I wouldn't finish them. I would procrastinate or watch tutorials but not take the time to practice with them. It quickly becomes a vicious cycle.

our class clown, aka my crush, [ lol ] loves my art whenever i started drawing he would just run. like srsly, RUN to my desk .

My friend loves to draw, but she wants to draw really good like me. At school I have a lot of good friends to me I have good friends. To my friend I'm popular... In art class she started to trace art work out of how to books and ask me to do the art work for her. I have amazing grades all 4's in art class. But she has 2's and 3's. Everyone can you help me with this problem and give me some tips to help her draw.

Great topic to make a video on! I let go of my jealousy for other people's art a long time ago. You have to do it, otherwise it just consumes you. I realized practice is the only way you can improve, and taking influence from people's work is a lot more helpful than hating them for it! Envy is an easy trap to fall into but you've got to remember the grass is always greener on the other side (sorry for the rant hah!)

It's Raining Somewhere Else :D

Actually, I'm kinda jealous of your art... because it's amazing! Pls teach me senpai \*o*/ Even though I feel that way whenever I see someone who's leagues ahead of me in terms of skill, what kinda smooths it out for me is "They've got a lot more experience than me, and that's exactly what i need too". No one becomes a Leonardo da Vinci overnight - it's all about the practice, motivation and making creative decisions. It's also a realisation of the fact that there are actually many art styles out there that I like, and I'm kinda indecisive so I just do an artwork and hope it turns out well (so basically I don't really hold that many expectations for my artworks... weird I agree) and it does actually help. That obviously doesn't apply to everyone lol Plus, when the artist(s) you admire are actually willing to share their tricks, tutorials and advice with you, that jealousy just melts away so much quicker.

Is it just me or.... does her voice sounds calming and relaxing....

I'll be completely honest, I once came across a girl my age who drew like really good, I was really disappointed and confused with my art at the time and how it could be like hers, kept saying to myself.. that they can't be that age. I got jealous but instead of taking it out on the artist, I kept it to myself knowing that'll get there sometime but she'll always be better then me no matter what. This happens to me a lot, it really puts me down to know that people my age can be really good like Picasso, when I'm stuck in the.. cartoon section. I know it is better to take points from their art, and admire their art, but it sometimes puts me down to know that i'm not good, looking at their art and then looking at mine I just think I could be better at that age, and saying maybe improvement isn't really working for me. But I'm trying to tone that side of me down, and be more positive about artists my age and not be so.. ignorant.

hey you probly wont see this but i wanna know what art supplys you use

a lot of girls hate .my art but my best friend have my Back I love them

Am I the only one that really fricking ADORES artists that are assumingely “better”? Like it gives me hope that I can be like that one day, that AMAZING, make that beautiful piece of art. Instead of getting jealous, trying adoring the artist instead and think “wow, I could be *that* good one day.”

im a fairly young artist i am currently almost 12 and i absolutely agree! i have been drawing for four years and people have put me down saying "oh! you would be so much better in art!" because i draw in band. I am put on a pedestal because i can draw, but my art talent makes people put me down in band. I never ever hate on people's art but instead give my opinion and/or constructive critisism and i am jealous im jealous of your art right now but improvement is inevitable and im already REALLY GOOD or so i've been told

Thank you so much, I've been trying to improve and Im hoping to improve just as you!

I just simply say "you know what? I can't do this." And with my mentality of prove anyone who says you can't wrong, i do everything in my power to prove myself wrong.

The message in this video really inspired me. I’m always seeing other people’s art and thinking “Why can’t I be as good as them? Why is my art style so horrible and their’s is this good blah blah~” You are such an amazing person for talking about this and really made my day. I think that this is a big problem and deserves to be talked about. Thanks. ^^

i agree! And I love the way you colored the jacket!!

Honestly, I try to preach this in all of my video's. It hurts my heart when someone says to me, "Oh you're so good. I wish i was as good as you.", because even though i may be good at something doesn't mean i am better than anyone else. Maybe that person is better at one thing that i suck at, yah know? XD Everyone is great at art. Skill doesn't mean anything to me. We as an art community really do need to support each other more and show each other more love

YES I love the talking videos. I'm young (young as in middle school), and I haven't thought of my art as "good" when I compare it to others. I've never posted mean comments about art, and I don't plan to. My art may not be "good" when in comparison with someones like yours, but I'm trying to look at it differently. Now, I try and compare my art to past art I've made. It makes me feel a lot better when I see how I've progressed. I'm trying hard, and I'm glad I have supportive friends to help me. I also may not be the best person in the world, but I try hard. I hope some day I could be my own you, and It's good to know you always have someone to look up too in the art community. Thank you for always making me feel better about myself and helping me really appreciate my art for what it is.

The best things to do when critiquing your own art is to try and be objective. Look at things you like. Try and understand why you like them. Look at what you think needs improvement in your art. Then, look up how to make those things better. For example, does your line work suck? Look up, "how to do better line art". Is your lighting/shading off? Look up "lighting/shading reference". A tip I learned from LavenderTowne's KZfaq channel is to find something similar to what you wanna draw. Then take a flash photograph where you want the lighting to be. Then use the photo as a reference. Basically, don't be jealous, strive to be better.

I LOVE WATCHING YOU DRAW YOUR ART!

What is that thin white pen *I WILL STEAL IT FROM YOU*

Your so inspiring! I love your art and think its beautiful! Remember- there is no beautiful without BE U!!

I'm jealous of your art!!! XD I'm not extremely experienced, and your art is absolutely beautiful! I love it and I hope to someday be as good as you are! The lines are so clean and the shading is amazing!!! I think you deserve way more credit and recognition than you already have as an artist! My jealousy is Definetely not a bad one since I'd never hate on art even if it's not quite to my taste, but I think yours is absolutely beautiful.

on my Instagram an artist told me to kill myself because my anatomy and shading was off, but I think it was because I have more followers then him, I never gave up on drawing tho 😊

I feel bad for your friends and the girl.

My friends were always jealous of my art in school when I was in the elementary everytime I got an art reward they would usually glare at me or say "Well I mean it's not THAT good"

I think that artist need to give each other encouragement and rather than fighting to be the best they should be giving each other ways in which they could improve. :D

It's 2:40am I should sleep but I wanna watch the vid😭 I really hate jealousy and bullying Its not fair for the victim 😢 But u can't really do anything Bullies be bullies

I believe art is also about content and story than just skill that attracts attention and increases popularity. Do tell me if I am wrong

I think this applies to a lot of other things too. As a musician, I recognize pretty much all of this. Especially the thing about comparing yourself to others, especially people who are younger than you. Every time I see someone who is younger than me, but clearly better, it makes me feel terrible about myself. Like, I'm older so I should've had the time to grow more than this person, so why haven't I? It's a really toxic mindset that's difficult to get out of. Though I will say that I never once stooped to insulting other peoples work to make myself feel better about my own. That's not the way to go, and it's only going to do you bad in the long run. Or short term for that matter. The best thing to do is to just keep going and try to improve yourself. Learn from other artists instead of berating them, or berating yourself for not being as good. Thanks for talking about this. It's always nice to hear other people went through the same struggle as I'm going through, but got out of it. Your drawings are beautiful, by the way. I don't know anything about art, but I know what I like when I see it.

When I'm jealous of other artists I just stay quiet.

Your art is so good.I got hated on too and decided to give up...

This video annoys me deeply. People hate on comedy or other kinds of KZfaqrs and not many people bat an eye. Some people may just say things like "Oh don't bring others down" or "Don't watch it then". When the person who dislikes doesn't say anything REALLY mean, people may say that it's just an opinion. But when it comes to art, for some reason, everyones has to like it. People who comment that they don't are considered "jealous". Actually, it's not just people who comment about it. People who DISLIKE the video and don't say anything are jelous people who want to bring others down. It doesn't matter how much work someone puts into it: It's the final result that people determine wether they like it or not. Aparently, in the art world, you have to like the art. That's pretty sad. Especially the part that you can't even dislike the video without being jealous trash. "Oh I'd like to see you try" is no excuse. Just because one can't draw doesn't mean they can't dislike something. So many people need to learn what jelously is. It is not disliking art: It is trying to sabotage and/or bring someone down drastically because one is upset that one can draw better than them. Please know this before bringing someone down yourself, people. Please.

I think that your videos are great, not only because you show how you draw and paint, but also because you open conversations through them for many topics. I really liked the fact that you talked about jealousy in the anime community. I remember that in the past someone stole my notebook that was full of drawings and many other things that were important to me (like drawings that were made by other artists/friends that made the as gifts for me). Needless to say that it felt horrible. But anyway, I'm not here to complain. I just wanted to say that you're doing an amazing job and that I want you to keep doing what you love. Keep up the good work and don't let anyone discourage you from what you love doing.

This is a very refreshing video. Not many people realize how destructive art jealousy can be to one's progress. Not to mention the way it makes the artist feel to have such blatant hate thrown at them. Thank you for this story.

I love to make art and iv'e been doing it for a while now but it seems instead of getting better, i'm getting worse. I have a friend and she is super good at art! I look up to her a lot! But at times i get really jealous too..iv'e never said mean or hurtful things about her art but iv'e thought hurtful things to try to make myself feel better...what should i do?

No offense, really, but why are her legs pink?

There’s a girl in my 5th period who takes out her jealousy by taking advantage of people. I’ll just flat out state that I’m only 12 years old. My art is far from incredible or breathtaking, and I wouldn’t consider myself very advanced for my age. Art is my passion though, and I hope I can improve more someday. Anyways, back to the story. I usually have my sketchbook everywhere I go, and I draw in it constantly. I ended up making friends with a girl who said she shared my interests. We’ll call her Anna. Anna wasn’t very good at art. I don’t mean this in a rude way, but she had substantial flaws in her anatomy and color theory. She would always praise my work, and occasionally completely gush over it. One day, Anna asked me do draw something for her. She gave me a photo and told me to draw it, but change some aspects. I later found out that she lied and never paid me for my work, it was an assignment that I’d done for her, and that she took complete credit for it. Now, I’m not very popular at my school, but Anna is. Of course, when I tried to let people know she had taken my art, nobody believed me. That does suck, but I’ve learned some lessons from it.

As a young artist I love people like you who share your experiences so everyone else can become better people and with others can understand these topics

Ok so im in 6th grade and theres a boy named William and he is soooo good at art i cried hes in my class