Thread by @MajinDruu, There's a really popular and very skilled Morrowind artist on tumblr who [...]

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There& #39;s a really popular and very skilled Morrowind artist on tumblr who taught me a hard lesson which was sometimes people aren& #39;t asking for advice even if they& #39;re literally saying "I& #39;m struggling to figure out how to do this"

Them: I don& #39;t know how to get Color right in digital

Me in DMs: hey! If you& #39;re painting over a greyscale painting i usually use an overlay layer and toy with color on top of it

Them: *never responds, writes a vague post about people being condescending to them about art*

I DM& #39;d again to say "hey I& #39;m sorry I misunderstood and thought you were looking for advice I& #39;ll leave you alone" and they still never responded but deleted the vague post, all but confirming my suspicion they& #39;d been talking about me.

I don& #39;t think I ever told anybody about it because I was so humiliated. My intentions had been good but I was stuck with this feeling of being hated by a stranger who thought I was an asshole because I mistook "I& #39;m struggling" for "help me."

So now I guess I& #39;m vaguing but only to finally let it go, I think. When I wasn& #39;t being treated for my bipolar disorder shit like this was DEVASTATING to my self esteem and anxiety. Worse, my friends reblogged their art all the time and i could only think of that incident.

But! I& #39;m finally able to kind of move past it I think. I need to just let it go. I& #39;ll probably delete this thread in a bit.

And it is a valid and important lesson: sometimes people just want to vent. They don& #39;t want your advice. They just need to vent. And that& #39;s okay.

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