/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1689418

It sucks, but its something many of us have to go through.
My story:

>Doodle lots in elementary and get kinda decent for my age
>by the time I hit 9th grade my stuff is rivaling that of 12 graders and I have tons of potential
>I fuck up and ignore learning perspective and other fundamentals and think "ill eventually just get better"
>I stagnate hard
>Reach grade 12 and I haven't improved fuck all. I ragequit (mid 2003)
>Take an art course a few years later but a combination of severe depression and other factors leads me to quit again
>Make another attempt sometime in 2008, still highschool level, quit again.
>Early 2013 lurk on /ic/ lots and start collecting pdfs, images and other knowledge. Finally get proper motivation. I'm still meh-tier but I have improved more in 8 months than I ever have before.
>I'm finally interested in art again, but it still stings knowing that I could have been getting gud properly for nearly 10 years

Such is life.