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mire
ˈmī(ə)r/

noun

a stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself.


I've always joked that becoming a creative person was the worst mistake I ever made, but a lot of truth is said in jest. After 6 months of creative burnout I've finally managed to complete another digital painting, which is more or less a representation of the last three years of my creative endeavors and the things I've experienced.

When I was just starting out: Being told on a daily basis how mediocre my art was, how not worth doing it was. Asking other artists for help only to get ignored or misunderstood. and in one case being criticized for making a commission list while I was 'still learning' (looking at you Datte). Putting myself $3.5K in debt for college art classes hoping to be taught how to draw, being made fun of for it because "other people learned how to draw for free", and winding up with a bitch of a teacher who withhold information from me, didn't teach what I wanted to learn or even what was on the damn syllabus, and tried to imply that I should do it her way because she's worked with clients before. Not to mention another teacher fresh out of grad school who turned a digital illustration class into a pseudo photography class; and then everyone trying to make me out to be the bad guy for being pissed about it.

And within this past year: Finally becoming a convention vendor and being criticized by this east-Pennsylvanian for not having any upright displays at my first con, and again at my second con because "artist don't usually buy two tables". Paying almost $150 for a con book ad that gets printed in fucking black and white, rendering it unreadable and then getting offered autograph vouchers in lieu of a refund. Dealing with commissioners who either practically demand I do art for them or don't give me anything more to work with than what character is in the picture.

Art is supposed to be fun, it's supposed to make you feel good. It's bad enough I'm teaching myself how to draw, but this is just too much man.

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Posted previously at: 2016-05-01T04:44:16 | Posted previously by: Rainb0wDashie