How to deal with hateful comments on your art?
I’m still a beginner artist so my work isn’t the best and I will admit that. I do feel shame sometimes when I post my own art. I had a YouTuber repost an art piece I made, and a lot of people did like that one, but it brought attention to my account that basically had no followers beforehand. The majority of the comments on my work are positive and I do get around 50 to 200 likes on my regular pieces. Had someone view my account and make a hate comment, and despite all the positive feedback I can't help but look at the one hate comment. They were just making fun of it and it wasn't constructive criticism (I don't mind constructive criticism). I feel so embarrassed that other people saw it. What if they were thinking the same thing, but didn't want to admit it to me? I know I have to get better and I'm trying my best with my current skill set, but I place a lot of self-esteem on my art so to have someone belittle something I put work on feels really feels bad. I've received some hate comments before way in the past, but now they are rare. The hate comments pushed me become a better artist. I really liked that piece though and it's been a while since I've received one so I guess it felt different. I know my art isn't the best, but did you really have to comment that? Has any other artists delt with this kind of situation before or multiple times when posting to social media?