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I tried to be an artist. I spent my whole time in general education drawing and trying to get better. It was very discouraging when it felt like it took a whole year to improve even the most minor aspects. I stopped after I graduated and haven't really tried since. I've been feeling an itch to try again though, I just feel like I need to relearn everything from scratch. Cause I spent all this time teaching myself from a normal person's perspective. And yeah, I feel like I've fooled everyone into thinking I'm a decent artist. Thing is my hand-eye coordination is real strong. So I'd 'trace' art from games I played in any attempt to learn and cause it looked good people thought I was good