#i hated art class sooooo much highschool it turned me completely off of it

[buggachat]

Are you going to school for art?

Nope, art is purely a hobby. I actually got my degree in compsci.

I always thought I wanted to be a professional artist when I was growing up, but I realized that trying to prime myself to turn my hobby into my career just made me not enjoy it as much. I've always just liked making fanart of things I love, and honestly have never really felt a strong want to branch out of that. It's just how I have fun. Realizing art didn't ever have to be more than that for me was very freeing.

#i hated art class sooooo much highschool it turned me completely off of it #and not because i wasn't being encouraged. my art teacher loved me and i got good grades #but i realized i HATED creating art in hopes of someone else liking it and not whether or not I liked it #just pumped out whatever i thought the teacher wanted of me and felt horribly anxious for the critique and then got an A rinse and repeat #not ml