Hey Mastodon, here is a quote that I needed and maybe you did too:
"WRITE IT BADLY. Write it badly, write it badly, write it badly, write it badly. Stop what you’re doing, open a Word document, put a pencil on some paper, just get the idea out of your head. Let it be good later. Write it down now. Otherwise it will die in there."
— Brandon Sanderson on overcoming writer’s block to create a first draft as a professional author
@emaree also applies to art too
lots of folks ask stuff like "should I try to draw this thing I know I can't right now or save it until I'm more skilled?"
the answer, of course, is the former. you can redo a bad work later when you're better, but you will almost never revisit your old ideas that never left your head.
sure you'll be able to execute them much better after 3+ years of training.
but by then they'll be long gone.
@Vann I really needed this today, thank you! I haven't done much art at all this year and I miss it... I would love to have more 'backlog' pieces that I could redo as my style changes.
@emaree yeah I should do more again too