/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3139573
I was in a live voicechat with one of my favorite artists from when I was a kid.
I was really close to his skill level actually and I was super proud of it.
Everyone in the stream seemed to like me a lot, but he just was nothing but silent and when I posted my work I accidently linked to some porn I did and all he said was "Why would you draw that" in monotone.
After a while of talking about art on the stream and having fun with the other guests, he just kicked me from voice and laughed to himself.
Then when I just said in text chat it's been nice and Ill be going.
Some dude from the voicecall then sent me a recording of my childhood idol artist talking shit about me for a solid 5 minutes.

A part of me died on that day. He was one of the central reasons I started drawing. I remember copying his drawings to capture his style, and then later finding /ic/ to actually get good. Then after more than 6 years I finally get to talk with him and show him my art and tell him he is one of the reasons I got into art, and, this happens.