What does being successful in art mean to you?

>>8036532
you need to lean into >permavirgin incel loser side, do some heavy outsider art, preferably performances or installations on a streets so you can be eventually picked up by agent who would use your angst to launder money.

or if you mean you want to be successful drawing porn then just pirate Marc Brunet's school

All of those things are positives in the art world THOUGH. Especially if you want to draw porn

>>8036544
Being successful is just drawing nice, like people following you, praising you and saving your art here or asking for your "blog?"
Basically just not being a filthy /beg/

>>8037367
Your concept of success is mostly defined by other people's reaction and perception of your art. (Likes, praise, saves)
Much like virginity is based on other people's willingness to fuck you, which you identify with as an incel.
Your identity is constructed based on OTHER people's actions and reactions rather than YOUR OWN, thus you feel hopeless. If your sense of self-worth is based on the approval of others you'll never feel confident because confidence comes from not giving a shit about what other people think.

If you wish to be successful (in anything, not just art) you have to abandon this simp mindset. Take pride in your actions and accept the outcomes. Critique your actions and think about where you went wrong.
Take success and failure as impersonal.
You are "dumb" because you attribute to yourself what can be attributed to luck and strategy.

If you think you can predict the future of your own failure or success, or that any of us can accurately predict that, then we should all be fucking millionaires from predicting the lottery. You don't know the future. It's delusional to think so.
Maybe you'll end up with a wife and kids and a successful art career or get hit by a drunk driver tomorrow.
You can only control what you choose to do in the present moment. Who you are is what you choose to do. Destiny is where you wind up while navigating within the winds of fate. Will you allow fate to charter you the course of a permavirgin incel loser or steer yourself into new territory?

You are not a loser yet. Until death, all defeat is psychological. You are the fucking captain until this ship sinks. Pick up your goddamn pencil and draw. Figure out where you fucked up, and then try again. Criticism will batter your ship or be the wind in your sails depending on how you use it.
I believe in you. Do your best.

>>8037450
I forgot to say:


Loomis or ngmi

>>8037450
Man,NTA but thanks for those words!
You saved me up $500 on therapy from a normie counselor telling me this same exact shit