Sometimes Failure Is Just As Inspiring As Success

I wish more artists would be willing to share their early mistakes. Most of my (our?) role models are so well-polished by the time I begin to gaze upon – or listen to – their work with wonder, that I think they can’t possibly have started out as horrible as I am now. Or Heaven foribid, worse.

That’s why I love the self-publishing culture of the Internet. Whenever I come across a gallery or webcomic, it’s likely that I’ll find some of the artist’s early, early work, the kind of thing that would make a normal person embarrassed. But they share it anyway, which is wonderful for me to see. Because then, I don’t feel quite so inadequate, and I start to think…maybe there’s hope for me after all.  :)