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Something i've learned as i've grown and changed in the fandom, is things are a lot easier when you practice the act of self love and not comparing yourself to others constantly. It's an unhealthy habit and really easy to fall into. Please love you. Do what makes you happy. 1/7
We are all here as lovers of anthro artwork. Lets learn from each other, take notes from each other, celebrate our accomplishments. Most artists are basically taking methods from others and developing and changing things over time. We are all learning from each other. 2/7
When I owned Kaito especially, I would get a lot of DMs and messages about people copying him. Whether it's colors, inspiration from design, breed choice, etc. If they aren't directly copying the design head to toe, I don't care if you take inspiration.. 3/7
(Not to mention, most who do this are YOUNG..) All of our characters are inspired by things, after all. I understand really enjoying the look of someones character and wanting aspects of that in your own character... 4/7
It's totally okay to recognize you get upset and compare too much, and accept it, and learn to be less that way.
We are here for one life. It's a shame to use it for hate and jealousy. 5/7
We are here for one life. It's a shame to use it for hate and jealousy. 5/7
Start making characters or buying adoptables that make YOU happy, that's the whole point. The goal isn't to have them be special and popular to the public, or to be the top most unique special design ever, it's for them to be meaningful to you. 6/7
[[This is 100% not to condone things like tracing others work and claiming it as your own, selling other peoples work, making total copies of someone elses stuff]] 7/7
