How do I stop comparing my drawings to other artists and feel confident?

I think the comparison trap comes from looking outward when you need to look inward. When I observe other people's work, I'm not seeing their years of failed sketches, their morning frustration, the pieces they abandoned. I'm seeing the finished thing. Your job isn't to match someone else's vision—it's to develop your own by drawing constantly and paying attention to what actually moves you. Keep a separate space, physical or mental, where you only look at your own work over time. You'll see the real trajectory. The confidence comes not from being "good enough" by external measure, but from understanding your own practice deeply enough to trust it. Notice what you naturally gravitate toward drawing. That's not accident. That's your interior voice telling you what matters to you. Follow that instead of the algorithm.