Being an artist is honestly something special. There is a lot of anxiety mixed with it. Everyone is comparing themselves to others. That person has more skill than I do. That one has more commissions than I do. That person actually looks like an artist while I'm here looking plain. Just being an artist seems to make you reconsider and question every single thing about you. It makes it harder when everyone seems to think actually being an artist isn't a real job. Yet we have graphic designers, hairstylists, makeup artists, architects, chiefs, animators, cartoonists, and photographers, but the idea that people that get paid to draw or color is ridiculous.

I believe that this generation is changing in a way that is allowing more and more people to re-evaluate themselves and be more creative and self-aware. Because of technology, there is an entire world of digital artists that have barely been discovered. Websites dedicated to art and freedom of expression. It is important to discover yourself and figure out what means the world to you. Artists are becoming a majority. Not because everyone can draw if they tried or wanted to but because everyone has a right to express themselves or pay for someone that can do it for them.

I personally have been drawing since I was very little and I never stopped, even in college. I never saw it as a career opportunity, until recently and honestly, I can't believe it took me this long! I was average at best when it came to drawing and my anxiety got worse when I started taking art classes. Everyone around me was so much better it was hard to compete. Now I am trying digital drawing and let me tell you I SUCK. it is like I never held a pencil in my life. It is taking me a lot to get used to everything, especially not being able to look down and see what I am working on.

But, I am trying, and even created a, surprisingly popular, webcomic called, "Life Comix". It's been up for a week and I already have nearly 10 subscribers and 600 views! It's not popular in comparison to others but it is enough to motivate me to keep going. I hope to get better and make a career out of making cartoons. I've been trying to start this for over a year but I was just too terrible at using a tablet I didn't have the confidence to publish anything yet. It took me stumbling upon an on attempt of making a comic and seeing how much growth I've made, that I finally had the courage to publish and try.

I have many idols when it comes to the art world and one of the thing. I absolutely love is just how much of a community it is. Everyone knows how stressing and self-defeating it can be to be an artist so it is almost too easy to make friends with other artists. I made so many friends in a handful of art classes that all of my social media feeds are scattered with art and that makes it a little bit magical to me to be able to see so many friends create things and love that they are creating it.