I haven’t drawn in a while, and now that I’m back to it, I’m having a lot of trouble finding my style again and liking my art - do you have any tips?
1) im gonna sound like someone straight out of a harry potter film for a second here but..... you don't find your art style, ur art style finds you..... OR. rather, you just subconsciously find ur own art style the more you grow and develop and find inspirations in multiple different art styles from different artists!!!
so my advice is.. don't worry so much about ur style. it just comes to u, and it just adds unnecessary weight on ur shoulders if u worry!! if ur unsatisfied, add a technique that u like from another artist and try and apply it to ur own art, but don't force urself to make it look exactly like that artist. just..... draw, man. look at things that make u happy and/or inspire u, apply it to ur own art. it's a cycle that even top artists today also follow.
2) hmmm im not sure how to answer the liking ur art part, since i still haven't really figured out how to "like" my own art myself lmao!!! at the end of the day, i nitpick my art, find so many other ways to improve it when ive already posted it, i see so many mistakes and flaws, etc etc...
i guess uhh just realize that u won't ever come to like ur art as much as u want to, at least in the stage of being an amateur and not a professional, but u should try and use those nitpicky comments in ur head as Petty Reasons to try and prove urself wrong cuz fck u @ me!! im gonna fight myself how bout that!!!!
anyway i hope i helped somehow lmao