this is a crappost how to thumbnail because i cannot (most) coding: @ooni- the other coding is mine (@windfelt) music: swing lynn - twin cabins ;;;; my time - bo en my art keeps evolving once and then devolving twice scratch is boring im very bored but since i got this ipad like 2 years ago uh just have this progress stuff rating my art throughout the months on a scale of 1-10 of how happy i am with them as of now 1. this was an entry for anda’s (stardawn-, now @kaiseri) pfp contest and won 3rd place kdmdkdmwj (this was from july but HDHSUSHUW I DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH ARTWORKS TO PUT SINCE NOV LAST YEAR)__3/10 nov 2020 2. dtiyse for @Berricake dtiys, unshared before judging started so i didnt place lol i didnt really like it much tbh__4/10 3. holiday collab entry thing__4/10 jan 2021 4. dmce i forgot whose__2/10 5. i h8 this i tried drawinf felix from back door;; anatomy gone__2/10 6. this one im still like “meh” about, not the worst but not the best__3/10 feb 2021 7. jungwon realism attempt, ehhh__2/10 8. i.n semi-realism attempt ig- i still couldn’t do anatomy. help__2/10 9. hinata for an at with @L0STCRAY0N_ (on their old account)__5/10 april 2021 i started actually being able to do anatomy around this month 10. i could not shade__4.5/10 may 2021 11. skz lightstick and scuffed hand__3/10 12. chongyun because yeah__4/10 june 2021 13. xingqiu, genshin collab entry for @Sakurainq__5/10 14. albebo why did i draw him like that im sorry__4/10 july 2021 15. dtiyse for @MilkSkies aka my husbando /p won second__7/10 16. kazoo man__5/10 august 2021 17. tried drawing gorou, failed__5/10 18. this is kinda where my art started to take a turn, still pretty happy with it__9/10 19. server invite background for my friend’s server__8/10 20. another at with @L0STCRAY0N_, it’s their oc jei__6.5/10 21. another attempt to draw gorou, it’s alright ig__7.5/10 sep 2021 22. xiao sketch thing i did while i was sick :^) __9/10 23. boo tao; not proud__4/10 oct 2021 24. aubrey from omori, could do better__6/10 25. chongyun, not very proud of this anymore__5/10 nov 2021 NOW THIS IS THE MONTH WHERE IT TOOK A TURN WIJIDWEY 26. another albedo__7/10 27. sucrose colored sketch__6/10 28. reimu, drawn like a week ago__7/10 29. that one tanjirou drawing i did it looks weird dhsuhuwe__5/10 30. yes, albedo again__5/10 31. uh huh you can figure out who that is__8/10 32. i have reached satisfaction after all these months__10/10 sorry 4 all this mushy, sappy, sweet stuff im about to say but if u wanna read sumn i just feel like talking about then here it’s really been a nice journey, i got this ipad about 2 years ago when i was 10, about to be 11. yeah sure it hasn’t been too long since then, but when looking back at how inexperienced i was at digital drawings i realize how far i’ve come and how much i’ve improved in the few years i’ve been making it. being quarantined really boosted my skills, even though it wasn’t all that great in the first, like 7 months or so, i was still pretty proud of what i’d done when i finished them. i was and am still learning, and though it can’t really compare to what i’m capable of now, i feel proud of my younger self to feel so satisfied with the work they did. I tried my best and i was motivated to create art and progress, which is what matters most. feeling as if i outdid myself, and feeling great that i was improving. slowly but surely over the course of a few months more, i was progressing—and i had the potential to draw something i’d never, in a million years, think i could do. i’m still growing up and of course i’ll get even better, given way more practice. i’ve still got plenty more to tweak, but it’s important to be thankful for what you have and happy w/ what can do. years and years of potential are ahead, and you unlock more as time goes by. starting out is all part of it—i’ve learned not to be upset when i can’t draw something the way i intended to. something that’s hard to swallow for me is that not every new piece has to be better than the last; take it easy. i only have 2 pieces for some of the months because they were the months where i really took a deep breath and realized i don’t need to rush and burn myself out. yeah my art still wasn’t the best it could’ve been but it was something—and i was proud i’ve still got plenty of years ahead of me and you do too, so let’s just keep our chins up and keep on moving forward ew why did i type thid