Failure is Art

 

In the beginning, I thought that to be good at something, you have to always get it right on the first try, and you don't make mistakes. However, in art, that isn't true. You can't always make your best work on the first try, and to make something you are truly proud of, it takes time. You will fail and fail, but it doesn't matter as long as you learn.

Failure is a part of art. If what you made doesn't work and doesn't come out the way you wanted, you can always restart and try again. You learn from these repeated failures. That makes you better. If you never fail, you will stay stagnant in your art skills. I myself have failed so many times I can't even count. I even want to give up sometimes. That's just part of the process.

Failure also makes you realize some things you never noticed before. It can be from your designs to even the way you hold your pencils and draw. Every little detail becomes clear to you because to better yourself is to learn and correct all your little mistakes and problems. These just make your designs way better.

You also should compare your work and your skills to those of others, whether good or bad. If you downplay yourself or others, you will cause unnecessary problems for yourself and just mess with your own head. People start doing art at different times in their lives, so comparing yourself when you all have different start points makes no sense. Instead of doing that, you should focus more on your own skills and better yourself. Even if you sharpen your skills even a tiny bit, your work will get better and better.

Patience is learned from failure. Art needs time. If you fail, you can always try again until you get it right. Even if you have to keep doing it over and over again, once you get it right and accomplish what you want in the art, then all is good. You learned from your mistake and became better. To make good art, you have to experience failure and time. You have to be patient. 

Failure is art. Failure helps you grow if you learn from your mistakes. It's not something to be ashamed of. To be good at art, you have to fail over and over again until you get it right. If you don't improve.