/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3630573
draw me drawing u

...(just don't expect me to actually draw anything heh)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=900AzBnnhjU

>Why?

I was always someone that appreciated art rather than participated in it-and to a large extent that's still true. I loved cartoons, I loved anime etc.; whenever my parents would buy me a videogame or whatever as a kid I would scan the cover and instruction manuals for cool character art and stuff like that before anything else.

>what age?

I think I told myself I wanted to be an artist and animator from a fairly young age, but I apparently didn't want it that bad because I also didn't want to put in the work in-nor did I truly understand how much work there was to be done. I was directionless. I spent a lot of time and effort playing counter-strike and drinking mountain dew with my friends over ventrilo when I could and should have been doing something more productive. I think because I worked a tough job in a motorcycle dealership warehouse out of highschool I mentally resigned myself to being a lazy shut in when I wasn't on the clock which is obviously 100% the wrong way to be.

Even years later it's hard for me to gain any traction. While I'm a better artist than I was in late 2014 (the earliest art I have posted to facebook, so I guess my best idea of when I "started") I'm still much worse than where I want and need to be-and when you're already old as balls it's pretty frustrating to be in that position.

I don't believe that in starting late that I've completely locked myself out of getting proficient eventually, but I think that undoing the damage already done and having to push through an 11 hour work day makes things much more difficult than they otherwise might be.

>pastime/hobby/career?

I would love to make money with art, sure; I still have naive aspirations about making games, comics and animations. I don't care about money much but I'd like to not have to live with roommates, and be able to help my aging parents retire comfortably.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIENcvxadkI