I think I may be giving up on graphics.

I have been on this site for a couple of months now and I really have seen some improvements since I have joined. However, I just don't believe I really fit in here. All my works seem so mediocre compared to some and I am just starting to get a little discouraged. I am just going to post a few of my works that I have done and lead them up to the present and my latest graphic. Please let me know your opinion.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4577/shad0w8.png
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7108/rawrsz.png
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4150/omgimbill.png
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6175/gamerz.png
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1658/tigertails3.png
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6755/gtfopou.png
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2598/shad0w.png
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7...utnewvegas.png

Thanks

I think that as long as you feel like your improving - and your enjoying yourself while your doing it - you shouldn't give up.

Getting discouraged happens, it's a part of life, but you get stronger by pushing through it. From what you posted, I can easily see how you've been improving. If you give up now, you might never know how good you could have been.

KIU man, don't give up.

Yeah don't give up man, you just gotta stay dedicated, get out of your comfort zone. That's what I've done lately and I think it's been an improvement. Just keep getting tips, from the people's work you like the most. It can't hurt to asks for cnc every now and then, it helps you. :]

Everyone starts out somewhere, if you have fun making your tags then don't give up. Sure, it may not be as good as some of the tags from the most talented people on here, but they must've came from somewhere. They started out somewhere, probably from somewhere like you are right now. A perfect example is ketg's portfolio. He show's his very first tags up until his later ones, there is great improvement. I say just keep working at it and you will get better.

NEVER GIVE UP m8 always practice follow tuts or do what i did follow some cnc after u messed around in cs4 or cs5 or whatever photoshop u have just have fun with it learn the tools .

Man don't quit My work sucks conpaired to others here and I don't seem to be getting better but I like makin stuff I won't quit makin stuff long as I have Photoshop so keep workin man try new stuff and just enjoy the forum and the work you make

Honestly at your time what helped me was someone helping me one on one and giving me advice, tutorials and stuff are great, but you can't totally transform into a higher class of designing from it. It'll only help you gathering techniques and applying it to your own work.

I'd be willing to help, personally.

as long as you still wish to be better and you just feel frustrated coz of slow improvement, you should not give up. But if your not happy w/ it its not called giving up. its quitting.

but for me. you should stay. what a great community we all have in this so-called GFx World.

I'm not trying to jack your thread here and please no one c&c or comment on my tags that I will post, but I just wanted to show shadow what can and does happen :)

one of my older, before I discovered void: and about 6 mths ago
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/287/pingusig.jpg

One of my currents:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4...mbolicsoul.png

It took a lot for me to get where I am, and a lot of that comes from good c&c as well as reading a vast amount of tuts and info about what I can actually do with ps.

I had a very hard time getting away from the "mess look" as most ppl called it and I had no real understanding of how far I can push photoshop ( still learning every day ) to give me depth, lighting and great texture.

About 3 mths ago I took a little r&r away from gfx, I was feeling the same as you, that I couldn't be creative as agato or smart with colours like DR. I felt pretty sorry for myself an felt I was never going to be able to show something off next to one of those dudes, but the longer I went without gfx or void, the longer I realized just how much I actually enjoyed making the art anyways an how even though I felt m y art wasn't as good to stand up to some pros at least I was enjoying my free time and learning as I go along :D

I felt I have made great change in my tags from than till now. All it takes is some know how bro,

If you feel your not enjoying what you do with your free time than yes you should quit. But if you feel joy after finishing a piece or like messing around with your photoshop at 1am because you "just gatta finish this tag" than don't quit, find some tuts, pm a artist you like an bug them for a psd or tut :P ( cough done a few times :D) and hang in there, because I can see as well as others who have posted here , that you have made some improvments.

Don't forget when you read a c&c, no one here has the book of "The way tags are made" everyone has their own taste, an if you feel someone is wrong or don't like there idea of c&c don't worry about it ^^

Hope to see you around ^^
KIU!!!

no you are not!!.. or at least you should not!! why not?
well let me tell you: it took me ages before I made my first decent tag...
I was on an other forum back then.. my name was lexo.. I only got negative C&C, so I started arguments... ended up in fights.. in the end I was so dissapointed that I quit.., but I came back on a different name.. at first I got still bad comments, but I followed tuts and then it happened: I made this nice sig!! and got nice (even very pleasant) comments>>
and I thought yesyesyes!! (I can show you my first nice tag if you want LOL)
made me proud of myself.. and made me believe in myself again! so.... what I want to say here is: it takes time, lots of practice, lots of C&C, and lots of persistence..
so: no you should not give up; i've seen enough of you to know that there is potential (I might even say TalenT) awaiting to come out!!

:)

XL

edit: PS, nr 3 and 7 are prety damn good tags! I like those.

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Originally Posted by UnDeRoAtH

Man don't quit My work sucks conpaired to others here and I don't seem to be getting better but I like makin stuff I won't quit makin stuff long as I have Photoshop so keep workin man try new stuff and just enjoy the forum and the work you make

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This, my stuff sucks compared to others, and tbh, i don't think i'm improving much, if at all :L

But i came into GFX for fun, not bragging rights.

I suck at sig making too, but I am long ways from quitting.

Just hang in there, use Photoshop for it's art tools and not for it's abilities to turn C4D's into invisible effects. I'm not a C4D user so my signatures never get good gradings or ratings, but my hand made designs always get nice comments and at the end it's worth it.

Just do your own thing, don't follow anyone. Develop your own style and I promise you'll be happy with whatever you make no matter the comments you get.

it will take a while to get to where you want to be design wise, dont give up ,u will regret it

Graphics take dedication, don't give up that easy mate!
:)

I'd like to make a suggestion. about a year ago i was in exactly the same place as you are now, felt like my work was shite in comparison to a hell of a lot of gfx i saw on another forum. Felt like giving up but i ended up just switching forum to here, using all the tuts trying new stuff and eventually saw a great improvement. My suggestion is not necessarily give up, try swapping forum. Somewhere you feel more confident in your ability. The forum won't instantly ban you from ever coming back just do and go where you feel more comfortable ^^. Whatever your choice good luck to you and I hope it goes well. In the end of the day, if u believe Gfx isn't for you then it isn't for you don't sweat it was just another experience. Hope everything becomes clear for you soon :)

Shadow as probs your oldest friend here and the reason you joined here dont quit, you have improved so much just keep following tuts and getting better by the day. y

i may not be the greatest to help you out but I'm willing to give u 1 on 1 in helping u learn basics in sig designing . i wont teach u all my new tricks its best you learn your own just get you used to your tools more on what they do and what u can make them do for u to create your new style of your own . pm me ttyl

well bro you got a great community here more then eager to lend you a hand. that's good enough reason to keep going at it, right?
btw, i see great improvement. why stop now?

All too plain.

For starters, I would just like to say that I really appreciate all the support. Honestly, this is the reason I joined this, for support. (And Tay X was a beast and told me about this) To answer the question of Am I quitting, the answer is and always will be "NO!" I wrote this right before I left for vacation and honestly I regret writing it. I am really appreciative of all your guys's support and offers of help that I will probably make use of in the future.

-Shadow

If I had a nickel for every time someone on this forum started a I quit on graphics thread I would have a dollar by now. Every month there is at least one person who gets to that point and starts one of these threads, it causes chaos for a day or two for the mods, then the person realizes their mistake and apologizes and gets better. You're not alone man, everyone sux at the beginning. Keep at it tho.

good to hear shadow ^^ welcome back :D