As a creative person, in both drawing and writing, I am plagued with horrible self doubt. I constantly get through a character's bio or part way through a story and I start to wonder to myself "Is this really good? Will people really like it as much as I do?" Thus begins my spiral of hate and detestation for myself.
More often than not it begins when I see another person's fan character for a series. I see how awesome that character is how simple yet how deep they are. And I start by usually jokingly say how much more awesome thir character is to mine and I then begin to look at my character.
"Why are they like this?"
"Gog, I haven't even thought of these elements."
"How can I even say this character is done?"
I start to doubt my designs, thinking how I could make them better or more awesome compared to this other person's character. Most likely, if anything, that causes my doubt is the person's skill in artwork. More often than not a person's character who could be concidered 'bad art'never phases me. But as soon as I see a character who is made by a respected artist or drawn well, I seem to doubt my own.
Now most people I know would tell me that there is nothing wrong with them, but I'll still doubt myself.
