ohhh, ugh.

stumbled across one of those deviants who make snarky folders for beginner and/or young artists' work with sarcastic titles. Like. I don't get why people think it's acceptable to make fun of a beginner artist or a young artist?? Every artist has to start somewhere. I mean, heck, I'll use myself as an example,

I drew like this at age 7: 

and like this at around age 12: 

2001 vs. 2014: 

old draws from 1998-1999: becdecorbin.tumblr.com/post/88…

granted, I've been drawing nonstop ever since I could hold a pencil, there's absolutely no shame in starting late, there's no shame in enjoying art as a hobby and sharing it! There's also no shame in just making art for your own eyes only. It's okay if making art is difficult for any reason. Also, nobody's born with this skill and you improve by continuing to make art. Don't feel discouraged when your skill level and goals don't seem to line up, it's part of being an artist, in fact the frustration means that you're steadily improving! Also, if improving isn't a goal for you, that's fine too! 

On that note there's been a lot of weird and off-putting discourse about artists "not improving" for years, and honestly? It's very presumptuous. Some folks may not be viewing improvement as a priority, or are busy with work/school/other life things that they place as being a higher priority than making art, and who knows what else they might be going through. so, please don't make assumptions about strangers based on their art.

gosh I got rambly. but yeah. if you make snarky folders just to make fun of people, do me a favour and stay the fuck away from me. I find shit like that to be very discouraging and I wouldn't be surprised if other people do, too. >:T