I understand that feeling of lost dreams and life's struggles just to survive rather than to live and enjoy life. Here's to life improving for you soon enough.

Well, you brought yourself to my awareness, and as this journal is public, I will respond. ^^

Scraps checked.

If you're complaining about your art, it'd help to know what the complaint IS exactly.
Looking at this one: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51336686/

I like the undersketching and that it was done via (what I'm guessing was) a non-photo pencil (which, per experience, only fools cheap scanners and Xerox machines).
I do undersketching when needed, I just erase it afterwords out of aesthetic choice---my undersketchings aren't very interesting as I draw only the simplest of cartoons (example): https://sta.sh/02wtz8rhtei

With your sketch, it was good to see ALL the lines along with the final blacked lines that were chosen to represent the subject (I like traditional art; drawings should LOOK like drawings---yours look like drawings). :3
A work like this shows the care that went in along with what's entailed/required to learn and do in the world of figure drawing. It's a GOOD thing. :3

If you're going for perfect anatomy and so forth, you'll have to work towards that. It's the kind of achievement that requires years of work and many THOUSANDS of attempts.
As Chuck Jones said,

"Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."

I can see the value in striving for perfection, given your art leans more towards anthro-realism (perfection isn't necessary here, but I can understand the want for it here).
For cartooners like me it's mostly about proportions and illusions of depth---most cartoon animals couldn't exist IRL. ^^

For what it's worth, I can't draw worth a damn, but that's not stopped me. If I really wanted to improve, I'd draw more than once or twice a week. That's just the reality of it (and would apply to you, too).

Corruption is everywhere, yes. I endeavor to not be a part of it, but human nature is what it is.
I've contributed to the world of pornography and so forth, and I knew better when I did it.
I've since repented of that, with the promise to do better next time (there are ways to have fun without being obscene).

There is hope; any of us can be part of the change we want to see. :3

I compare myself, too. I'm a man in his 40s, yet there are children who draw better than I, and for good reason (recall what I wrote about effort).
Those youngbloods welcome to it---let's hope (sincerely) that they do something with their drawing skills. :3
It doesn't do to hold someone's talent against them, esp. when we're consumers/admirers of such things. :3

I feel sorry for the young people of today---they have a lot going against them, esp. from persons my age and thereabouts who should know better. Some of today's children can't tell if they are boys or girls. I cannot imagine what it's like to deal with such confusion, not to mention the stress social media and the likes can cause.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s---I in no way can relate to the things today's children are put through, so if they've anything positive going for them, it should be encouraged and appreciated. :3

Trends? XD I just (re-)discovered The Popples from 1986, and have been including them here and there in my quickies. And let's not mention DiC-era Care Bears and Water Pets. No one cares about these things, but I do... so I draw them (if watchers don't like it they can follow someone else). :3

You're special and unique ...like everyone else. ;3

Most want to be different and special, yet we compare ourselves to others, coveting what THEY have. In light of that, how dissimilar from the average person do we really want to be?
My unasked-for advice is to be the best YOU that YOU can be. Others will recognize this about you and will think of you in the way you want to be thought of---as someone special and (to them) important. :3

The funny thing about the above is YOU still won't think of yourself as special. You'll read what others say to/about you and wonder what the big deal about you/your art is to them.
Believe it or not, that's kinda the ideal right there! XD

You can make friends and money here if you apply yourself to that.

I'm not popular here. I don't have thousands of watchers or a successful YT or social-media account. I'm not even that good or productive in my craft. I'm just some guy drawing forgotten cartoons characters on typing paper with 90-year-old pencils.

Now these are atypical results, but consider these:

https://sta.sh/017736bc5qo5

https://sta.sh/022shwro4saw

My watchers did that for me (I didn't show you these to brag, but to give you hope).
Just endeavor to be a real, genuine, honest person. Keep active, draw as you will, and maintain communication with your watchers. That's mostly all there is to it (if my dumb ass can make friends here, you certainly can too).

Now if you read my profile, you probably knew this was coming...

Have you thought about asking Christ into your life?

He's changed me in many ways, and will do the same for you. :)

I'll say no more unless you want me to. :3

Aww well thank you for you kind and insightful words.

Well I guess I am just an average Joe going through the motions like everyone else.

I suppose I should excaudate my proportions and perspective.
Maybe I'm not being real enough.

I'm an atheistic person. I don't want to be militant about it. But I will probably open my mind to religion sometime after having an entire year of being tarnished.