There's many people who want to draw, but feel like their lack of skill is good enough excuse to stop themselves from doing it. I've felt that too, I put my own comic projects on hold for years because I felt like I don't have the skill to craft it to the level I want it to be. And I don't need to be a genius to figure out why we end feeling that way... we grow impossible expectations based on the work that the top artists produce in the fandom.

That mindset holds you back from actually growing your skill, expressing your ideas, telling your stories, and even prevents you from enjoying what you fucking do. It's a really bad mindset to stay stuck on. For a while I was in that hole feeling like my art sucks because I can't make it like the best artists... and I've seen many other artists around hating their craft too.

I managed to break from it early on, gladly, and be able to keep my old art on display as a reminder of how far I've come instead of feeling bad about it.

If you wanna draw, just go ahead and do it and show us. Because there's something as, if not more, important than the skill level of the drawing itself: The story being told with the image. Yes, you can tell us a story using shitty wobbly mushy lines or even stick figures, and if that story is interesting, there will be an audience looking at it and enjoying it.

Instead of looking at the top artist, take a peek at the bottom, and see how many cool stories are being told there aswell.

Draw what you have in your head, even if it doesn't translate perfectly from your mind to the canvas. Have fun doing it, enjoy being able to make something people will look forward to see more of from you. Enjoy your craft even if is not as good as you would like it to be, because as you do it it'll get better, practice makes perfection, and talent only gives you a head start but won't make you run.


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