You scroll through Behance or Instagram, look at the insane 3D renders and perfect typography, and think: 'I will never be this good. I am a fraud.' Every designer feels this. Here is how you beat it.

The Taste vs. Skill Gap

Ira Glass explained it perfectly. When you start, you have great taste. You know what good design looks like. But your skills haven't caught up to your taste yet. That gap causes frustration. The only way to close it is volume.

Stop Comparing Your Chapter 1 to Their Chapter 20

The designer you are jealous of has been grinding for 10 years. You are seeing their highlight reel. You aren't seeing the thousands of ugly drafts they threw away.

Conclusion

Show up every day. Make bad art until it becomes decent art. Make decent art until it becomes great art. Keep pushing.