I don't know about the rest of you, but when I get hit with lack of motivation, it hits HARD.
Despite my progression over the last month or so, I still feel like my art is nothing compared to what others are capable of, and this constantly kills my effort; this is why I fluctuate between writing and drawing so much. I set my goals too high, then feel crushed when I can't reach them, or when it doesn't take 10 minutes to. I want to be a full-realism artist, to produce digital paintings that make you check the category just to check if it's photography or photomanipulation. I spend hours researching tutorials and attempting anatomy studies,