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You know, honestly, when I first saw this years ago when I was barely an undergraduate student and wanted to go into art, this and your ability at the time really intimidated me alot and didn't feel like I was good until I learned to appreciate other people's work, network and humbly ask questions and learn to grow.
I then learned after I studied kinesiology and psychology and got into research and graduated that I came back to this and my education really changed the way I looked at things and how much I grew as a person and the skill sets I had. Of course, I tried pushing for graduate school but couldn't after a while unable to find work after the whole fitness buzz died a few years back. But I had plans to still continue with my pursuits and learn to grow and learn and have learned thanks to many people who helped shape me and appreciate things; rather than combat and compete ignorantly like I did in the jealous fashion I had. I guess its a learning experience to see after my psychology education that I started seeing things differently and learned to grow and do things differently compared to back then when I barely started out and now see things differently and outgrew what I was back then.
Rather, I do apologize for PMing you and asking questions and felt very scared and awkward, not realizing I wasn't being mindful towards you as a person in being like that, so it was intimidating and scared as a young kid at the time asking someone who I considered a professional at the time anything and felt very uncouth in doing so.
I really learned alot from many others and this over the years. I definitely see it far differently now compared to way back then 8 years ago. It's like Naoki Urasawa would say on his mangaka documentaries where like me, we had this sense of pride clouded over our heads thinking we can be cooler and better than them and tried as we could, couldn't do it and realized how arrogant and ignorant we really were and not realize how difficult the competition really is. It was honestly a humbling and learning experience that I had to wake up and see for myself and grow as someone with articulate ability and learn the hard work behind art beyond theory and skill set; like the saying and that song by Cursive: "Art is Hard." I didn't get what that meant until I realized the hard work and nature of it all years later as an adult nearing my 30's compared to my late teens, early 20 self at the time.
Basically, I just want to say thanks for being someone I set as a goal at the time in wanting to learn and achieve bettering myself and learning more about and finding myself where I am now in life as an academic and push to improve myself in various skill sets such as writing and illustration like you have and keep it simple and not overcomplicate things. Keeping it simple helped alot in terms of presentation and professional wise. I want to apologize for giving off that prideful vibe I had towards others as well and realized we're all in the same boat with our predecessors and the people we look up to. It's definitely been a great learning experience and my education really helped alot with that.
Basically, I just want to say thanks for being someone I set as a goal at the time in wanting to learn and achieve bettering myself and learning more about and finding myself where I am now in life as an academic and push to improve myself in various skill sets such as writing and illustration like you have and keep it simple and not overcomplicate things. Keeping it simple helped alot in terms of presentation and professional wise. I want to apologize for giving off that prideful vibe I had towards others as well and realized we're all in the same boat with our predecessors and the people we look up to. It's definitely been a great learning experience and my education really helped alot with that.
Hopefully I'd love to collaborate and do some color or linework later. I mostly like combining traditional and digital and have a quirky cartoony style from alot of my past and current influences in the industry to help expand my portfolio and network with many others out there. I'm usually better in terms of critical comical dialogue and writing that compliments crude and calligraphy brushed cartoony aesthetic like you'd see in modern western cartoons of the past 2 decades. But yeah, thanks alot, it was definitely a humbling and growing experience for me while I keep myself in check for graduate and nursing school right now.