/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3152596
I did that one yesterday at work, done in shitty conditions but no excuse - it would only be cleaner and polished like a good turd. Feel free to post your work with a timestamp.

Hey, >>3152331, what I'm doing here is an illustration of my previous advice. Don't be afraid like that about being discovered an imposter, mocked or ridiculed. Your fear has little basis in reality - because even if it happens, not much actually happens and you're the only who cares - and only if you want to.
Look, I'm sure your art is better than mine - or it could easily be. I'm now going to have some smartass answering this post to inform me about the obvious, so what? Why do you care? Be undeterred, OP.
I'm not saying to ignore critics, because it is just a subtler form of avoidance. Listen to advices and criticism but don't fear them, remember that you are not your art. Dissociate yourself from it, art is limited by your lack of skills (no matter how good you are), you're like a cook who would like his customers to like him for his cake. Your real value is internal. Don't be one of those guys who wait for the day he'll be worthy to post a picture or talk to his sampai - see those guys on /ic/ who want to make comics but won't make a fucking panel until they mastered the fundamentals. The torture we inflict on ourselves. Why do you think no one ever answer to "Post Work" challenges?
I make bad art, but skills can be learned and that lack of skill shall pass one day. Life is short, gotta throw thousands of sketches out of your brain into that paper. We both belong in a place of blessin', OP. You have greatness within you, you gotta eat that truth everyday in the morning, at noon you'll have it for lunch, at night you'll have it for a midnight snack. You are blessed.

Tldr: Don't let fun and opportunities pass by out of fear of failure. Once I talked to Neil Gaiman and he drew me a nice bird. Believe in the senpai who believed in you.