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2. Made you fall in love with art

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The truth is entering competitions can be scary but can be so rewarding - even if you don't always win. You'll find the journey is often worth much more than a final score you'll receive.

I still look and cannot believe that we created this, and for it to be slightly bigger than a real tractor is amazing to me. This is our largest balloon that we (Zoe and I) have created yet. The original plan was for the tractor to hang from the ceiling, so there is also detail underneath you cannot see. The best compliment was this year at the Farm Show, someone entered a picture of our tractor in the photo contest. This took about 3 car trips to deliver, and then assemble into 1 piece, and was 100% self-standing.

When I was in 6th grade, I made this lemon on Chrome Canvas (which was not an ideal program, and had very limited features). I did not have any other art programs at the time, and I was new to digital art. At the time, I was really proud of my work.

It was the first time I was really proud of a drawing I made, and the first time I enjoyed making it. I knew I loved digital art then, and I kept drawing. After almost a year of drawing on Chrome Canvas, I switched to other art programs. I joined art clubs and started sharing my art with others!

While my art has definitely improved since this lemon was made, I still enjoy looking at it, as it reminds me of the reason I started making art.

This piece is a more random and funny piece I made but I'm still in love with it! This art piece is from a character from Deltarune a game which admittedly I adore. This character is one that really resonates with me on a personal level and the theming of this piece actually goes back a long time!!

So flashback to around 1 year ago exactly (weird coincidence the timing lol) I started a fun little challenge where I took my favorite characters and made them in fruit themed outfits :D! It was one of the pieces I was proud of for SO long! As I was drawing one day the inspiration struck me like a blow to the face 'blueberry' it said XD and well I listened! I am so happy with how it came out I tried something new and the outfit design and the proportions (while not perfect) are pretty good for my standards! The colors felt home-y and cool and it's a piece I still am happy to look at! It's nothing dazzling or deep but it makes me happy.

With my resurgence into art recently my journey has come a long way and I'm happy to report this as a key part in my timeline as an artists. Sometimes its hard to appreciate my own work... it was really hard to pick any piece to share today but I'm so happy to show you all the TV Star dressed as a blueberry!

When I was maybe in 5th-6th grade, I made this on IbisPaint (which is an app I've been using for a little over 7 years). During the time of this art piece, I wasn't all that new to digital art but more new to drawing inanimate objects or nature related things. Around this time, I wanted to try something new such as experimenting with brushes I've been meaning to use but never knew where or how to use them properly as well as to just try my best with whatever my mind came up with. This allowed me to have a better grasp of what the brushes I used were good for. I went into this with no sketches, just an idea formed off of what I liked seeing in nature. After about a month I started to draw a lot more frequently. I now try to share my art with others every now and then even if its not often.

My art has definitely improved since this piece but this reminds me of just one of the reasons I like art since it just goes to show you can make anything with just an idea.

I started drawing at a young age, but I had only found my passion for it in middle school. I had a favorite character I wanted to draw, and I would draw every single night, trying to perfect my artwork. Reference after reference I drew faces and stubby hands until finally I felt confident to create artwork without references. It was not perfect, but I was extremely happy.

I found that I had fallen in love with art of every medium, brush strokes, pencil lines, clay. Art is what keeps me going and I love it deeply.

This piece is one I drew while I was in the middle of a style change. This was one of the first drawings I was actually proud with during that style change! It's also one of my first art pieces that I started playing around with more animalistic designs, since I'm not a person who draws that kind of thing a lot. I really like this drawing since I think it's a great mark for improvement in my art as well as it's a character I absolutely adore. I was introduced to pressure by my brother while I was getting through a break up, and sebastian was a character I loved drawing during that time (and still do!) So this drawing really does just make me happy :)