Every Beginner Artist Should Know This

What’s something every beginner artist should know?

The straightforward answer: progress demands daily practice, honest review, and focusing on details over perfection. But today, I want to share some other practical tips about confidence, technique, and building a community that you can start applying immediately.

• Be honest about why you feel "not good enough". Confidence struggles often come from comparison or imposter syndrome. Ask yourself: Are you judging your art fairly? Popularity, sales, or likes are unstable measures. Instead, focus on your own growth, your process, and honest feedback from simple and clearly defined goals and, if possible, some other artists you trust. When you notice negative thoughts, write them down and challenge them with facts about your progress. You cannot see progress if you cannot measure it. In art, this is difficult when real-world pictures and daily practices don’t serve as reliable reference points for comparison. Keep these close to you and, when looking back, I’m sure you will see progress.

• Simplify your approach—less is more. Wasting time or brushstrokes on overworking a piece is common. To combat this, try limiting yourself deliberately: fewer lines, fewer colours, less detail, one simple subject. Until you feel you can’t stop quickly and feel accomplished, don’t pursue ambitious goals that will drain your energy. Being aware of your issues will prevent you from wasting time. This doesn’t mean you should stick to easy challenges—you should start easy and slowly increase the complexity of the subjects you choose to create. Think big picture, long term.

• Treat your online presence like building a community, not just chasing numbers. Aim for meaningful engagement over follower counts. Smaller groups of active followers who comment and share are far more valuable than large passive audiences. Share your practice, be present in conversations, and be patient. Success comes from sustained interaction, not viral moments alone. The way I’ve managed to increase my engagement is by asking meaningful questions I want to answer for myself and others. These invite people to bring value to the issue and share insights. Be honest, pay attention, and I’m sure some real conversations will spark.

Conclusion
Artistic growth is more than skill—it’s mindset, habits, and community. Defining your fears, simplifying your practice, and nurturing authentic connections give you a path forward. If you want to build your art and brand sustainably, start with these practical steps today.

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NEW BRUSH SET

I just updated my brush set with a new hard-edge brush called "尖角". Nothing fancy, but I’ve been using it a lot lately—so the set is no longer "Ramon’s 22", it’s now RamonN90_Brushset.

If you're in the $5 tier or up and already bought it, just use the same link I sent when you joined—there you'll find the updated file (If the link does not work, please let me know in the comments or via private message). If you're not subscribed to that tier or above, you can now get it directly from my Patreon shop: https://www.patreon.com/ramonn90/shop/ramonn90-brush-set-1760642?source=storefront

This set is a curated collection of brushes I’ve used to make almost all my work. It's in .ABR format for Photoshop, but you can import it into Procreate or convert it for other apps—just check how the conversion affects performance first.

Hope you find it useful, thanks for supporting my work!.