CREATE AMBITIOUS PIECES OF ART EVEN IF YOU DO NOT THINK YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ARTISTIC SKILL IT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL IMPROVE IT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL ACHIEVE THAT LEVEL
If you need an example of this: A writer who goes by 'One' started out drawing comics and posting them online. The art was... charming, but far from matching up to what was MASTERFUL storytelling. So he gets noticed. His work gets adapted. We now have 2 beloved series that have worldwide acclaim: One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100.
Started with this:
And now we’re here:
As well as starting here here:
To getting here:
(The live action isn’t quite quality so much as to say “LOOK! IT’S SO POPULAR IT GOT A LIVE ACTION!!!”)
One wrote these masterpieces and adapted them to comics with an art style that wasn’t what he envisioned, but was still good enough to be adapted, circulated, merchandised, and received (well-deserved) critical acclaim.
Bravery is not the absence of fear: It is acting despite it. If it’s your vision, your dream? Be scared, but do it anyway up to whatever level you can reach. Keep going (with responsible stops for breaks), keep creating. Get the art out and worry about the details when they actually begin to matter.
You’ve got this.
Love,
A writer trying to write a book (have been for years, thanks) that feels so much bigger than her own level of skill