This Is What 2 Years Of Being A “Self Taught Digital Artist” And Posting It On Instagram Did To Me

This is something I wanted to share with this really nice art (and not only) community we have here.

I am a 17 years old girl and my dream has always been to be an artist but I live in a small Bulgarian town that doesn’t really “develop” a lot of art in it.

I have been sharing my digital art on social media for 2 years now and I have gained a small following of a few thousand people but just the thought of having thousands of people see my drawings makes me feel as if I have accomplished something. I can really see the progress in my art, ideas and even state of mind and this post is meant to be encouragement to those who see “better” drawing on social media and feel like giving up. Don’t compare, I shared (and still do) my imperfect drawings with this idea in my head for years – they aren’t meant to be the best they are meant to be yours.

*shot boring but maybe kind of inspiring story incoming*

I haven’t put that much effort, time and passion in anything else in my entire life. I can clearly remember a day when I was 8 years old. My dad and I were on a walk and I saw this store with beautiful paintings. We got in to look around, that was a thing we always did, and I started talking to the shop assistant that, as it turned out, was also the artist of these beautiful drawings. I was really inspired and told her I wanted to be like her when I grow up but she just laughed and said “Why would you want to be a starving artist?”.

Here I am, 9 years later. I can still feel the same bitter disappointment I felt that day just by reminding myself this story. But now I am working on my art harder than ever, I am putting so much work in getting ready for university exams and I am enjoying the hell out of it.

If you enjoyed this please tell me! You can find me on Instagram @boryanagenkova !

2 years of progress

This Is What 2 Years Of Being A "Self Taught Digital Artist" And Posting It On Instagram Did To Me