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After 3 years of studying art
2 months ago
After 3 years of studying art and making new artist friends recently, now I'm 99% sure to say this.
I'm not talented in art.
I started around the same time as an artist I admire. Today, we stand in very different places. I look up, admire, envy, and ache to reach them.
Another artist I admire rarely practices, yet creates with pure intuition-while I carefully construct a pose for 2 hours, only to see it pale beside their 30-minute sketch drawn for me to use as a reference.
Maybe with my lack of talent, those great artists will always soar faster than me. Maybe new artists and my friends will pass me by in skill, style, and followers - well ahead, while I grind slowly behind.
But I also get to see these during my art journey:
- "You're learning quite fast heh" - an admired artist
- "just wanna say, youre a legend. keep making awesome art @/Wapeul"
- "GOAT FOLLOW BACK??"
- "freaking awesome"
- "absolute peak in my notifs"
- My fanart featured on the Carrd of someone I admire
- Best post reaching 1.7K likes
- 400+ Twitter followers
- My first Ko-fi donation and subscriber
- My first returning commissioner
- Someone asking me for advice in art
- My Klonoa art was reblogged by klonoa-at-blog
Those are not nothing, right? š If I haven't heard any of these, I might gave up my journey at this point.
I'm not sure if I'll ever become the great artist I dream of. But-
"Not everyone can become a great artist. But a great artist can come from anywhere." - Anton Ego
But I'll keep trying, failing, grinding. Maybe I'm slower. Maybe I started later. Maybe I began at zero while others were already steps ahead. But I can't get worse - can only get better.
I promise this to you, and more importantly, to myself:
I'll never stop growing in art. š„ŗ
And lastly, thank you so much for your support all this time š« You are my real reason keep walking on my art journey. I'll keep on going!
I'm not talented in art.
I started around the same time as an artist I admire. Today, we stand in very different places. I look up, admire, envy, and ache to reach them.
Another artist I admire rarely practices, yet creates with pure intuition-while I carefully construct a pose for 2 hours, only to see it pale beside their 30-minute sketch drawn for me to use as a reference.
Maybe with my lack of talent, those great artists will always soar faster than me. Maybe new artists and my friends will pass me by in skill, style, and followers - well ahead, while I grind slowly behind.
But I also get to see these during my art journey:
- "You're learning quite fast heh" - an admired artist
- "just wanna say, youre a legend. keep making awesome art @/Wapeul"
- "GOAT FOLLOW BACK??"
- "freaking awesome"
- "absolute peak in my notifs"
- My fanart featured on the Carrd of someone I admire
- Best post reaching 1.7K likes
- 400+ Twitter followers
- My first Ko-fi donation and subscriber
- My first returning commissioner
- Someone asking me for advice in art
- My Klonoa art was reblogged by klonoa-at-blog
Those are not nothing, right? š If I haven't heard any of these, I might gave up my journey at this point.
I'm not sure if I'll ever become the great artist I dream of. But-
"Not everyone can become a great artist. But a great artist can come from anywhere." - Anton Ego
But I'll keep trying, failing, grinding. Maybe I'm slower. Maybe I started later. Maybe I began at zero while others were already steps ahead. But I can't get worse - can only get better.
I promise this to you, and more importantly, to myself:
I'll never stop growing in art. š„ŗ
And lastly, thank you so much for your support all this time š« You are my real reason keep walking on my art journey. I'll keep on going!
You make art that only you can, that's the best part about seeing other artist's work! And it's wild because it'll grow and change over time too, so each piece you make will be different than the last!
Please keep it up! :D