#hahahaaaaaa...

[theofficialrightshark]

Then: “if you’re 12 right now you’ll regret it later” fuck U!!!! I’ll NEVER regret who I am!!!1!!1!!!!! Now: why

[itsbenedict]

One thing that doesn't happen to me that does happen to like, most of the artists I know, is that like. When I draw things, I don't get negatively self-conscious about it being bad? Even though, like, if I compare it to the art artist friends make, it's like, obviously not as good, but that doesn't seem to bother me for some reason? 

I think I can probably attribute it to how, like, I don't consider myself an artist? It's just that, sometimes a thing doesn't exist that I think should exist and isn't likely to exist in the future unless I draw it, so I draw it and as long as it's roughly the thing I wanted to make exist, that's strictly superior to the prior state of it not existing, even if it's garbage because of factors like using nothing but MS Paint and having never taken an anatomy class in my life. I don't like, maintain an estimation of my "art skills" that is negatively affected if I make something that isn't great. So this probably isn't a strategy that can be generalized to help actual artists?

(I'm reasonably sure this is why I don't feel bad about making bad drawings, because when I make bad other stuff, I get massively bummed out about it like you'd expect. Like, I don't get worldbuilding wednesday questions, and I worry over like, is it because people don't care, am I not posting that stuff frequently enough that people even realize that I care, are people skipping over it because I write too many words and make these blocky textwall paragraphs? How come my Bullet Proof blog only has 15 followers, five of which are spambots and one of which is me? Am I a shitty creator and nobody's telling me? Am I boring?)

(wow okay that turned into Insecurities Dump all of a sudden)