Mine was also art... XD So, well, it's a little different - I've been drawing for as long as I can remember.. But long story short, when I was young, I contracted Swine Flu, and I've been dealing with complications from that forever more :? well - circa 2022, I've got these awful problems in my hands/wrists/arms that make it an absolute pain to draw - they're checking me out for arthritis, but it's likely some form of ulnar palsy they also reckon - basically, hands don't work, hands work for short bursts. I use dictation to type a lot of the time :? so I was thinking - how am I ever going to draw again?! It felt hopeless for a long time, but I found that I couldn't just put Art down forever, because it made me too happy ^_^
Well, I really like drawing.. Even though it now looked awful - seriously, I spent a few months drawing this absolutely child-like scrawls.. But I found out that I didn't care if it looks 'good', so long as I get to have fun and express myself ^_^ and through just re-learning how to draw with my condition, I've actually gotten quite good at it again.. Perhaps better than I was before? It took me a lot (A LOT) of awful art - and I often still will just draw something honestly cruddy-looking that pre-2022, I would have scoffed at and scrapped - because I like the thought of getting my ideas out - if people can tell what I've drawn, then it looking good is secondary :3
Well - my avatar is my own art currently! So I'd say I've come back around.
This is one which I posted recently :? which isn't bad at all - I actually really like it! But I used to be able to put out these beautiful rendered pieces in the same time that it took me to draw this one out - which used to annoy me, but now I just see the merit in this - I was able to make a few people happy with it, and I made myself happy 0:)
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So I'd actually like to give you advice on that... Does it make you happy to draw? :? Does it seem fun? Getting 'good' at art is something which happens on accident..You have to learn how to have fun with it, first! It's like playing a game - I like to think of it as playing a game, at least. It makes me not care about the output so much - and then I get better just by virtue of doing it a whole lot! :) You'll draw something, and you'll go, 'I wonder how to draw eyes?' and you'll look up an eye tutorial - and you'll get good at art. It's like that the whole way down, and then, one day, you'll realise somehow - you've done good! So really, the trick is just beginning, and learning to love what you draw - the rest will come naturally. ^_^
Question Tax; What's your favourite comfort meal? I just had some beautiful eggs benedict 0:)