thisblogexistspurelyfornostalgia:

An artist’s personal style should be like icing on the cake. The layers of spongey cake base might end up covered up by it, but you better believe people can taste when the base isn’t there. Icing by itself is kinda gross.

So, focus on baking your cake first. Icing comes later.

prince-norgay:

shout-out to the artists who aren’t so great

shout-out to the 11 and 12 year olds who are just starting out and are brave enough to post their art

shout-out to the artists who have been practicing their whole lives and still aren’t “good”

shout-out to the artists who post a piece they are proud of only to have it get 5 or 6 notes

shout-out to the artists who don’t dedicate their lives to art/draw for the fun of it

shout-out to the artists who don’t get support from friends or family because they aren’t talented enough

shout-out to the artists who feel excluded from the fandom because they can’t draw as well as other fanartists

shout-out to the artists who taught themselves how to draw and/or can’t afford professional lessons

shout-out to the artists who can only draw one thing and draw it over and over

you work hard on your art and i think that’s beautiful. you can do it, please don’t quit because people don’t appreciate your hard work. 

pokocoo:

Figure out what you like to draw and just keep drawing!! Whether it’s flowers, people, dogs, dragons, find something that makes you happy when you doodle *_*  It doesn’t even have to be anything specific, heck your favourite can change on a daily or hourly basis!! Experiment with different mediums like pencil or crayons or paint or pens or digital, and doodle wherever and however you want. References help a lot if you’re starting out too, drawing along with your favourite tv show would help a ton, but always remember that there is no wrong answer in art ! What you draw is your creation, don’t be discouraged if it doesn’t come out like how you want, because over time, that the distance between your imagination and your creation will decrease, like how all amazing writers started off as a child learning the alphabet. Keep going at it and don’t give up. It’s okay to have days off and have days when your drawings don’t work out, but that feeling won’t last for long because you’re constantly improving without you even knowing!! There’s really no starting point I can really give besides telling you good luck and don’t stop drawing!