I just want to say, thank you. I really needed that advice and help. I genuinely appreciate the stuff you guys said earlier.

I guess I kind of forget I'm still at the starting point and the fact that I'm still only 16 (turning 17 this year). I still have a long way to go as an artist and I think I just need to realize there's no point to compare myself to people with a lot more experience than me when I'm only still just starting.

It's not like I'm in a rush anyway, despite loving doing art I don't really have an interest in turning this into a job (at least right now) and I probably should just chill out and have fun with it by evolving naturally at a pace I can be comfortable with instead of burning myself out completely by trying think I have to "compete" with people who are on a completely different skill level than me and who have had a longer time to grow and develop as artists.

That's not me saying I don't wish to improve at all, it's that I just need to take my time with it instead of forcing it.

I guess I kind of have a problem with when I REALLY get into a hobby, I feel like I HAVE to get good at it quickly instead of just taking my time to understand the basics of it and just having fun with it until i can make or do something that I'm actually happy with or proud of myself, my bad.

Once again thank you, and especially to @ShangXian , I'll definitely keep your advice and suggestions in mind for later, but I'll do it at my own speed instead of forcing it all at once like I was probably going to do.

Thank you guys. :3

Edit: And no, despite what I was gonna do earlier I'm not going to delete the previous, the advice people gave me was super helpful and I don't want to erase it.

Hey guys, I don't really like asking questions like these cause to me they kinda feel like "fishing for compliments" which is why I never ask these kinds of questions but I am genuinely curious, what do YOU like about my art?

Sometimes I look at my art over and over again after I post it and I constantly rethink it over and over again in my head. I constantly feel like the overly-positive reviews from people are just them being nice to a somewhat beginner and amateur artist. I feel like I'm going crazy a little, people on here say "This is good!" but I look back at it and I just think "I really shouldn't have posted this."

Once again, I fuckin' HATE asking these types of questions cause I feel like I'm begging for easy free sympathy and praise from others which I don't want at all, but it's just been something that's been on the back of my mind lately.

I'm the world's #1 girlboss cause I be slaying like a true queen you guys wouldn't even know. 💅💅💅

Happy new years fellas I missed the countdown cause I just went straight to bed cause I was tired but let's hope 2025 is better then whatever the fuck 2024 was trying to be.

Did an art trade with my friend @SLUSHIE-SWEETHEART and she made this absolutely awesome art of Char! Go check it out!! :3

@SouSTAR made amazing fanart of Charlotte!!

Im legit freaking out right now im so happy she looks so cute in his style.

ALL OF YOU GO CHECK OUT HIS STUFF RIGHT NOW!!

2024 sure was the year of all time wasn't it?

Despite this year being kind of shit honestly, I really don't want to just spend time bashing it right now, cause this was the year I began my art journey, and it has been really fun so far!

I quit drawing consistently for years since I'd say around 2019 for various reasons and I have really only drawn a few things during the period of like 2019-mid 2024. It wasn't until around mid 2024 where I finally decided to draw more frequently again and actually try to get better at it. I only really showed my drawings to my brother and a small forum site I was on for a little while, but around November I decided to just bite the bullet and actually post my stuff publicly to a larger community despite the insecurities I had (and still have) about my art.

I specifically chose Newgrounds cause I hated a lot of other art communities on mainstream social media, and man am I glad I chose this place because comparing this art community to shit like Twitter is like night and fucking day dude. People on here are incredibly supportive and helpful to beginners and amatuers like me and it has really made me want to actually improve and get better at art.

So thank you Newgrounds, it has genuinely been a really long time since I've actually had fun drawing consistently and learning new things and you guys really have helped me a lot even if I still have a long way to go right now.

Anyways it's time for some art resolutions for 2025.

1. Get better at posing characters, I want to start doing more interesting poses for characters instead of them just standing still.

2. Try to get better at character design.

3. Do more fully-colored drawings. The colorless drawings are fun to do and are quicker to make but I want to try to get better at experimenting with and using colors. I'll still do colorless drawings but I want to do more fully-colored ones in the future.

I think that's it for now. Anyways thank you Newgrounds, and I wish you all the best in 2025!! :3

happy holidays newgrounds