/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I'm a creative person by nature. I'm not saying that to brag, its just something that's always been said to me. Creativity and the urge to put it to use apparently comes naturally to me, and its hard for me to imagine how other people can't come come up with ideas they want to express like I do.

That urge to create has manifested itself throughout my life. At a young age I did all sorts of drawing and crafting. I loved making pictures stories. I didn't show them to others usually; it was fun made for me and me alone. As I grew older I expressed my creativity in all kinds of different ways; I started writing, I started making videos, hell I even ran an insanely cringy MSPaint sprite comic for awhile. Point is the urge to create is what has driven me through most of my life.

Then when I got to high school my creativity basically died. I feel into a dark period of my life due to a lot of reasons. A big one was that I had been led to believe that art was not a practical endeavor. I pretty much stopped doing anything major in regards to art and tried to focus on "practical goals" that failed.

So then for I dunno, 4 years or so I basically wasted my life. I tried to do stuff but depression sapped all my energy and willpower away. Eventually I decided I needed to find something to live for. And at the end of it all, the thing that had brought me the most happiness in life had always been art and the process of creation.

So almost 2 years ago I bought a digital tablet. I started drawing again. Gradually, I drew more and more. My skill has steadily improved and now I've reached a point where I can create most things I envision. I spend almost every hour of my freetime on art in one way or another. Its made me feel insanely fulfilled and basically turned my entire life around. I still have a long way to go and consider myself mediocre, but I've never been happier.

Pic related is the closest thing I have to old art. Its one of the first things I drew with my tablet.