@ask-dylanthemutantenderman
I'm truly flattered to be one of your sources of inspiration! I'll try to offer some good advice, hopefully it's good and not absolute garbage lol. There's already some really good advice given by others, so let's start.
It's already been said, but it's really good, if you're worried about your blog making sense give it some direction. Give your characters a story to follow or some goal to work towards. I did this myself and try to with any ask blog I make. This way I can answer asks in between making art for the story and just making art because I want to. Then when you meet a goal you set for your characters, give them a new one. They don't have to be spectacular and the story doesn't have to be really long; It could be as simple as 'Oh no this letter says my friend is sick, but they live so far away.' so then you could narrate and draw your characters on their journey to help their friend and interact with others and asks along the way if you want./
But.. maybe you don't want to give them a story. You could make your blog heavily interaction based if you're outgoing and don't mind reaching out to others. Personally I am Very introverted and stick to myself mostly, and this is why my blogs are more story driven with all the characters involved being my own.
It's most important to have fun with it, because the blog Is yours and you Can do anything you want with it. Including change anything you want. Add characters, have some leave, literally anything that makes You happy. Followers are great and help by providing asks for you to answer, so understandably you'd also want to entertain them; If you have something for your characters to do between asks, you'll be making content for your current followers and new followers to get interested in. Win win!
And I know I should follow my own advice on this one. Comparing yourself to others will destroy your ambition so try not to do it. It happens to a lot of people, I've had it happen to me and it sucks. Don't worry about your art quality too much. No one is born recreating classical paintings or making masterful sketches from day one. If you like to draw and keep doing it, you'll get better over time; And I won't lie, it's going to feel like it's taking forever and you probably won't notice your improvements. As long as you're trying, you're improving.
If you need help with a certain pose or body part? Use a reference, seriously, it's not cheating. Art isn't a videogame with a Konami code to give you forever sharpened pencils or never draining batteries so don't worry about it. Trust me, find some good references and study them well. Remember how parts connect and their range of movement as you draw. Break them down into easier shapes first then put details in once you get it roughly the way you want. Or use yourself as a reference if it's easier. People might look at you funny, but just tell them you're drawing and need a reference. Need to know how far an arm can bend? Bend your arm and apply any modifications you might need. Your character is more flexible than you? Bend their arm a little bit more than you can yours in the art. A mirror can help with this if you can't or don't want to look up pose or anatomy references online.
I hope something in this long wall of text is helpful even a little bit for you. Use what you want and throw out the rest lol.
Stay safe and take care of yourself: mentally, emotionally, physically, meta-physically.. All the ways. Have fun and keep going!
