46. delete your art
November 22, 2023You take a pencil and draw a person, looks pretty good! Now you have two options:
Being precious means tweaking details, making everything polished and perfect.
Delete your art is the opposite - it means killing your darlings to see what else you can make. Maybe you cut the drawing in half and redraw both sides differently. Maybe you look at it in a mirror to see the flaws. Maybe just throw it away and start fresh with a new drawing.
The phrase comes from Drawfee, and I think it’s very wise. just a bitter pill to swallow. because HOW do you delete something that you love?
1. Accept that being precious doesn’t always improve the piece.
2. Let go of any one piece of art and focus on your path as an artist. the value is not the art you create but the
lessons you learn.
3. Be brave! Don’t fixate!
“Don’t be precious with your art!”
“You don’t get to choose which art pushes you forward, you just gotta keep drawing. Have fun with it.”
“Sometimes refining a piece kills the personality”
Here are two videos where this is practiced: