Loved your latest Webcomic Diaries post! Your honesty about self-doubt and the creative process was relatable and inspiring. It's great to see you embracing your passion and encouraging others to believe in their art.
I can’t wait to read your comic. Really looking forward to it. We all have self doubt. But, you know, forget that noise. If you feel it, express it. I want to see your work evolve. I’m excited for you. I’ll always show up. Cheer you on.
Note: I’ve been rejected too many times. Didn’t care. Just kept going. Still going.
Awh thank you so much for leaving such a lovely comment! Yeah the self-doubt and rejection is real but I have to keep reminding myself not to listen to it and keep going. I really like what you said about “if you feel it, express it”. I’m definitely going to take that on board. Thank you so much again for commenting!
Yessss! It is camogie! My comic is set in Ireland and my main character plays camogie at school. Thank you so much for leaving a comment and for sharing your experience. Yeah building a fanbase/community of readers is tough and takes time. I have a bit of a following on social media but most of my followers I feel wouldn’t be that interested in what I write about or in my artwork. Self-doubt can be rough but I have to keep remembering that my story is for myself first and my audience comes second. They say you should always write for yourself first and then the right audience will eventually find your work.
This was a wonderful read. As someone who's been down and not drawing or writing lately, reading this is really powerful. I need to remember my "why."
Thank you for reading! Same! I always have to keep reminding myself of ‘why’ - why am I doing this and why does it matter to me.
Loved your latest Webcomic Diaries post! Your honesty about self-doubt and the creative process was relatable and inspiring. It's great to see you embracing your passion and encouraging others to believe in their art.
Thank you so much! 🩷🩷🩷
I can’t wait to read your comic. Really looking forward to it. We all have self doubt. But, you know, forget that noise. If you feel it, express it. I want to see your work evolve. I’m excited for you. I’ll always show up. Cheer you on.
Note: I’ve been rejected too many times. Didn’t care. Just kept going. Still going.
Awh thank you so much for leaving such a lovely comment! Yeah the self-doubt and rejection is real but I have to keep reminding myself not to listen to it and keep going. I really like what you said about “if you feel it, express it”. I’m definitely going to take that on board. Thank you so much again for commenting!
Oooph, yeah - I've definitely had had (and still do have) similar feelings of self-doubt.
I've been trying to build up a fanbase/community for years, with little to show for it...
(I'm still sitting at around 10 subscribers - I do not understand this game! 😅)
(On that note - congrats for passing 50 subscribers recently! 😄)
So, it definitely has felt like no one reads/cares about the stories that I've put so much work into.
Like you, I've also had characters and stories that I've been wanting to bring to life for decades now.
(That makes it sound like I'm very old - but it's more like I came up with them when I was very young, same as you. 😅)
So there's also definitely the fear that it'll never happen and/or no one will care if it does happen.
But, I have found a few people who do read and genuinely enjoy my work.
(If they've been lying to me, then I'd like for them to continue doing so without me knowing. 😆)
And I've found that that has helped over the years - to be able to discuss my work with others who are genuinely interested in it.
In that sense, I've come to believe that my work's been worth it, even if it's only affected me and a few others on a small scale.
It sounds like you also have someone like that, and that you're working on making your passion project come to fruition.
So that is heartening to see. 🙂
To tie it all back together, like your friend said - your art is worth it. 🙂
Sorry for the rambly comment on the rambly post 😉, it brought out a lot of feelings...
(And this is the cut-down version! 😅)
P.S.: Pardon my ignorance on this, but - is that, er... camogie?
Yessss! It is camogie! My comic is set in Ireland and my main character plays camogie at school. Thank you so much for leaving a comment and for sharing your experience. Yeah building a fanbase/community of readers is tough and takes time. I have a bit of a following on social media but most of my followers I feel wouldn’t be that interested in what I write about or in my artwork. Self-doubt can be rough but I have to keep remembering that my story is for myself first and my audience comes second. They say you should always write for yourself first and then the right audience will eventually find your work.
Yeah, that's true - we have to, first and foremost, enjoy making our art. 😄
Here's to hoping that we both find our audiences, some day. 🙂