I can't make anything for others

Concept/Technique/Method

I don't know if I'm the only one who struggles with this, but I reacetly gave myself a "sidequest" to draw something FOR friends, not to draw them, but rather something that reminds me of them. Now, all of my friends are nonjudgemental and suportive and just great in general, but I have this fear of drawing for them because in my mind they would hate it. For example, the theme is to draw something that reminds me of each person and I know that one friend of mine adores Tarkovsky and his work and if you know Tarkovsky you probably know that his movies have a lot of nature in them, A LOT. I tried drawing a shot from "Solaris" last year and it did not go well. For some stupid reason, I can't think of anything else that reminds me of her and even though she's a literal sweetheart and an angel, I have this grippling fear that if I even attempt at Tarkovsky or anything else that she'll hate it.

It's also like that for other people and my brain is blocking so I can't think of anything that reminds me of my own friends.

Am I the only one with this problem?

Posted Jul 10, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

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