If your goal is to get better at something (be it drawing, or writing), self-deprecating is just...

If your goal is to get better at something (be it drawing, or writing), self-deprecating is just about the most UNPRODUCTIVE thing you can do.

Most people do this under the guise of “being critical” of their work, but do you even know what being critical actually means?

“Being critical” of your art means to be able to point out (a) what works and (b) what doesn’t.

Let me repeat that:

What works *AND* what doesn’t.

If all you ever do is point out what sucks about your art, then you’re just beating you...