Hey guys!!! I’m sorry for doing this but for months my computer has been
working really bad. It’s very old so it’s slow and also full of viruses and I need to buy one as soon as possible, not only because
if it breaks i would not be able to draw anymore but because I also need
it for school (it’s not optional, I can’t do homework and other things
for school if I don’t have one). So if you like my art and would like to
see more of it I would really appreciate if you could buy me a coffee on Ko-fi or commission me!. Even if you don’t have money it would
already help me if you could reblog this post! Thank you and thanks for all the support💛🌸✨!!!!
My original work deserves more attention than my bullshit fanart.
I spent OVER 3 HOURS ON THE FIRST PIECE.
The second took less than 10 MINUTES.
This is bullshit.
Like,, just reblog original art everyone. Its really not that hard. Simple press of a button and a few sweet encouraging words. Thats all we ask when we make original art. Reblogs to help us grow and get noticed. This dumb “ill only reblog fanart” bullshit prevents talented original people to get noticed.
A bunch of you reblogged that post saying to reblog original art more but really.. Did you ever do it after that? Come on. I have 2500+ followers and all i get is 30 notes on my art if im lucky enough or reblog it enough
Like i said before
REBLOG ORIGINAL CONTENT. REBLOG OCS. HELP PEOPLE GROW. YOU CAN HAVE FUN WITH FANART, THATS FINE BUT PLEASE, HELP ORIGINAL ARTISTS GROW AS WELL
I love kids they’re all like.. “when i grow up i’m gonna be an astronaut and a chef and a doctor and an olympic swimmer” like that self confidence! That drive! That optimism! Where does it go
It gets destroyed by adults not believing in you and telling you to pick a realistic career. And by society creating all these obstacles to the point that you’re too tired to try.
But they’re not really unrealistic, SOMEBODY is going to be an olympic swimmer and it might as well be you.
Actually I want to talk about this a little more than I did, because olympic swimming is incredible and works perfectly to talk about attaining goals.
I used to be a varsity swimmer, and I was damn good, but I was forced into it by my parents and completely lost my love for it and therein my drive. But in high school I was swimming against such talented swimmers like Olympic Swimmer Missy Franklin. I’ve met her, and the main difference between her and me was that I was strong but had no passion, but she was strong BECAUSE she had passion.
And I could have been good, really good, maybe even Olympic good. I even have the predisposition for it, been swimming since I was 2 years old, have a mom who was almost an olympic swimmer. Missy didn’t have either of those things, she just wanted it, loved it, had been doing it for a long time, and decided she was going to kick ass at it.
Right, that’s great and all, but I completely missed my opportunity to be an olympic swimmer, yeah? and can never achieve those dreams I had as a kid? No, not even though. There was this whole thought that female athletes peak when they’re 17 years old and lose their skills quickly after that, and male athletes peak around 19. But then Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres shows up. She was an olympic swimmer when she was 17, 21 and 25. Pretty normal age for retirement. She had a few kids. She kicked butt at being a mom.
And then at 33 years old she decides she’s bored or something gets back in shape and kicks so much ass at the trials that she lands herself on the Olympic Team ONCE AGAIN. And then 8 years later, she decides, heck I’m 41 now, no one has ever made the olympic swim team as old as I am, I want to get in shape yet again and teach these children how sports work.
And she still has the record for oldest US Olympic Swimmer, not even any men have beat out that record.
So basically what I’m saying is you could be an olympic swimmer, you really could be. And there are obviously a lot of things stopping you and trying to get in your way: your brain, society, too much chocolate cake for example. But if you really dedicate yourself to it and love it with all of your heart you could, you really could.
And lets say olympic swimming isn’t your jam? That’s cool too. There isn’t a single skill in this world that you can’t learn if you absolutely love it and want to. Any skill you want is going to take time. There are countless famous people who started learning a skill after 20, 30, 40, or even 50. Not a single person has even been president under age 35 (most likely because you’re not allowed to be, but there’s a reason for that). Whatever you want to do you’re probably going to be bad at first, and I’m talking really shitty.
Van Gogh got started in his 20′s and was thought to have no artistic talent at first and was forced to sit in the back of classrooms where the worst artists in the class sat. So yeah you’ll probably be bad, like really bad and everyone including you will think you’re bad. If you stick with it though, if you’re willing to work for years and years, if you keep loving it after all the pain it’s given you,
then you might just paint Starry Night.
#looks like there’s still time for me to learn how to draw
… YES. As someone who started drawing at 35 and who always was like: ‘eh, I can’t draw a stick figure to save my life, but I would love to be able to’ this is near and dear to my heart. If you want to draw, start drawing. Keep drawing. Be shit at drawing at first. Keep it up, doodle things on scraps but also draw stuff you don’t think you can draw. Challenge yourself, you will be surprised what you can do. It will be frustrating at times, but it will also be awesome. It is SO much a matter of practice and dedication, not talent.
I actually can’t wait to get mine, this is such a wonderful concept💕
This post made me choke up and get misty eyed. I have made 7 attempts on my own life starting at the age of 11.
It does get better. It is going to be okay.
Honestly, some people underestimate just how much a small statement can help someone.
Immediately had to buy this. On my way home from work there are a few houses with signs that say “you are worth it” and “don’t give up” and honestly it means so much.
Ordered 🙌 and their “find your size” thing is INCREDIBLE. Every online clothing site should have one just like it.
Heck yeah. Going to order ASAP. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temperary problem. I have thought about taking my life before, but now glad I didn’t. Things WILL get better. I promise.
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