A Childrens Book Cover I Found For The Legend Lāčausis (bear Ears) Which Inspired Andrejs Pumpurs To

How do you handle negative feedback or criticism of your art, especially when you're trying to gain visibility?

This is a very good question !

Dealing with criticism can be really tough sometimes, but I believe it's important to draw the line between what is actual criticism and what is a negative comment (source : my college professors)

Art doesn't exist in a vacuume and we all need to receive criticism from others to grow as artists but ironically you have to be critical of your critics and that requires being able to take a step back from your emotional attachment to your art and assess it objectively. Could I do this better ? Are the proportions off? Does this drawing accurately convey what I want it too?

These are important things to ask yourself, and admit to yourself if the answer sometimes is no. Not everything you make is going to be good the first few times and not everything you do is going to be good. Its healthy to admit when things look a bit shit sometimes. You need to make hundreds of shit drawings before you make one one good one it's better to get the bad ones out of your system quickly.

In terms of negativity that's where criticising your critics comes in, you don't have to be an expert to give criticism online not everyone telling you to change things has your best interest at heart and if they don't then what they say is irrelevant to your art journey.

A really smart person once told me "you have to believe in your art because no one is going to do it for you" and that means when you make something worth being proud of you take the time to feel proud of it even if it doesn't meet other people's standards.

Hey you! You there scrolling, take a break, take a minute and breathe, dude have you drank water recently? have you eaten? Are your crops watered? Make sure to take care of yourself here's +1 floral cat for the road.

One day, I'll make a manga about Baltics and Baltics history, and it will be like a mix of Jujutsu Kaisen, Eneїda and 1670, and people are gonna love it and hate it and draw fanart and make tiktok edits and people will be interested in real Baltics more because Baltics deserve it

welcome to the valley, as you can see there is plenty of room.. and literally nothing else, ENJOY.

I rewatched the Narnia movies and they have me so fucekd up like what do you mean they ruled Narnia for like 50 years and then on a random day had to go back to school in Englad AS CHILDREN I WOULD LOOSE MY MIND they would have to send me to an institution because what the hell

I remember watching Trigun for the first time in 15 parts per episode capulto sub like 8 years ago when I first got into anime and it being just such an amazing experience and I'm so glad there's been a fandom resurgence its just so good to see him again

Here! Here's a chicken for you

Whenever I like something enough I always get really nervous about making fanart because I get attached to characters or moments and I'm scared of not doing them the justice they deserve. So in honour of working through my fears, slowly, I decided to make some character designs for how I've always imagined Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. I really liked the idea of the mauraders era because it feels so detached from the source that its its own thing entirely and I love that, I love that we as a collective can just make that happen. I've always kind of seen Harry Potter as the perfect sandbox for stories and the mauraders just is proof of that. So I feel safer making art for it bow since this is my interpretation of something that is other people's interpretations.

But they were brothers.

I'm going back to my roots with this one because the Lāčplēsis rock opera never truly leaves my mind, THEY WE'RE BROTHERS not by blood but by choice! until the interferance of enemy forces and the influence of greed and guilt tore them apart, its literally tragic and on my mind all the time.

This is my ode to all the amazing summer outfits I've been seeing women in, outfits that I walk past on the street and feel inspired by.

Clothes have so much power to be joyful expression, and summer is the perfect time of year, it's just so much fun