@sweep said:
"I occasionally click through to the people that like or comment on posts and I see a lot of “here’s my shitty drawings” or “I made this awful music” and so on. Stop it. You made that shit, you’re probably into that shit, be into that shit. Don’t downplay the fact that you make stuff. Just make stuff! Make it and be into it and if people don’t like it, tell them to fuck off (or tell them that that’s OK, it’s not for them in the first place).
It’s OK to like the stuff you made! It’s even OK to want other people to like the stuff you made! Permission granted to be into yourself (if you need that)! Just… try not to become an egomaniac about that, I guess."
- Jeff Gerstmann
[Side note please do not tell them to fuck off on these forums or we'll have to moderate you haha, x]
No. I absolutely, strongly disagree.
While it's nice to feel good about what you're doing, in my opinion it is much more important to be able to distance yourself from your work, so you can keep a critical view of it.
When you're critical about the stuff you make, it is much easier to see your mistakes and learn from them. It makes you aware of your weak points and makes you much more open to constructive critiques from the people around you.
It gives you a reason to improve.
(Plus, to others, you're not looking like a pompous ass, who's in love with himself.)
It would probably be best if you can find some kind of balance between feeling good about what you're doing and still be critical of it, but it's a little easier to just dismiss your own work from the beginning.
In the end, my main point still stands:
What incentive do you have to get better, if you already think you're the best?
Edit: Please note that I'm talking about being critical of your work and not about being critical of yourself. There is a difference. One has to do with your ability to distance yourself from what you're doing and the other with your view of yourself and your overall confidence.
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