"It looks/looked better in my mind" situations

[SUPERFOX5 387]

Does anyone ever come up with cool ideas, but think about others having a totally different opinion on your thing?

 

An example would be like a PMV or other kind of video you made.

 

I feel like this all the time and wonder if people would disagree with me on specific things.

[Malinter 3,064]

That's probably more common than most people will admit. Having ideas but not the skill level to carry them out to match them.

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

That's what i think every time i try to draw something XD

[SilyGeny 369]

That's something that literally happens to everyone.

 

We always fantasize about doing something perfectly, but as you might already know nopony is.

And that's just why we think that what we thought could be really good ends up being normal when done. The thing is you need to improve that and try to make it look like as accurate as what you thought of ^^

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

Happens all the time. You'll see a result someone else was able to create, but you haven't figured out a way to recreate it yet.

[On-Locoweed 108]

It's very difficult to get other people to understand exactly the kind of work you do, what it means to you, and how much energy and spirit you put into something, so all you can do without driving yourself crazy or feeling inadequate is to have faith in your own artistic vision and trust that what you want to say is something important to you.

 

Consider creative projects as things that benefit your vision first and that make you happy; people will sense that self-confidence and appreciate it. Who knows, maybe they're struggling with the same thing too.

Edited January 26, 2016 by On-Locoweed

[Nsxile 26,950]

A can remember envisioning something which sounded cooler in my head and came out rather disappointingly.

[Lucky Bolt 35,063]

Yeah, I go through these situations all the time. It's a part of normal everyday life though. 

[Denim&Venöm 18,958]

We all have idealized versions of what we want to make in our heads. Whether we have the skill, talent or patience at the time to make that a reality is another matter. 

[Savy 5,077]

Literally happens every single time I draw something. 

[Lord Chin Chin 1,209]

Everytime i try to impress someone i like, i imagine it like a movie scene in my head then in reality its not quite... 😂

[Tom Gallagher 33,588]

I often say something and think, 'That sounded funnier in my head.' 

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

I was commenting on how my car sounded without the muffler to my dad one time and I compared it to “A penguin gargling salt water”. I have absolutely no idea how I came up with that  The more I said it out loud, the dumber it sounded.

[Clawdeen 14,139]

Everything I do pretty much lol

That joke sounded funnier in my mind

This outfit looked better on me in my mind

This drawing turned out better in my mind.

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

Me when I try to write literally anything, nyaha.

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

When I try to draw humans or characters close together, it always comes out a bit odd

[Splashee 28,564]

I usually try to look at my creations from multiple perspectives before showing it to others. That way, I might understand what others might think.

If my idea is fully visualized, then that doesn't mean anything unless others also have my same view on things (which is obviously not going to happen)

[Sparklefan1234 170,728]

This is how I honestly feel about 99.9% of my artwork. 

[Savy 5,077]

Literally me every time I attempt to draw something.

The idea is perfect in my head, but when I go to draw it it's garbage.

[TBD 17,254]

I’m a honest person. So I often have moments when I wanted to say something from my mind, It tends to comes out wrong or offensive. Unless I really meant it.

[Clawdeen 14,139]

I still get that a lot. Especially with appearance. I imagine how I look with a certain outfit. I get it, I put it on and I don't look as good.