Stop thinking: “I’m not talented enough to execute this concept.” Start thinking: “I’m going to be a stronger artist when I’ve finished this piece.”
This is a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset.
Your abilities are not static, and any challenges you have, anything that turns out different from how you imagined, is not evidence of failure, just a struggle towards improvement.
This made me cry I needed this so bad right now. Thank you.
writing fanfic like “am i getting the dynamics of this friendship right?” “would this character actually say this?” “what is the proper ratio of kindness to sass?” “am i falling prey to overused fanfic personality shortcuts or is this a canon trait?” “am i overthinking this so much that i will grind to a standstill out of sheer terror?”
after you’ve been through like a string of fandoms and you’ve decided your favourite character/s for each one, there will come a day when you will list all your faves from each fandom side by side and look at them carefully and realise
There are characters I would probably die for but at the
same time I get personally offended when people say “They’re a pure cinnamon
roll who did nothing wrong uwu” like EXCUSE ME, they did a lot of things wrong,
they are a walking dumpster fire, do not deny their crimes.
me: i love this comic sm it’s one of the few comics i’m reading atm
dc, marvel, image, any comic publisher:
Okay but Mic trying skipping patrol duties to watch his students perform in a talent show? Then there just *happens* to be a seat open next to Eraser when the theatre is packed. You know he left the seat open for Mic. And You can’t tell me Mic’s not trying to put his arm around Eraser ‘cause he totally is.
Oh, he is absolutely to blame for some of Star’s poorer fashion choices. Although, he didn’t design this costume. Might have been Polina? He was drawing X-Force at the time. The outfit Ric is in is from another comic. I think the X-Force Annual?
A Beautiful Monster 