Well, living in a red state is about to be harder for those of us that voted blue and didn't want this in the first place, but I see why they're doing it.

It's okay! The only way to learn is to ask questions, and the only people who are going to tell you to figure it out yourself are disrespectful. Everyone makes better art when we help each other.

Tracing is like training wheels! There's absolutely nothing wrong with a new artist -- or even an older one encountering an unusual form -- tracing.

And references are pretty commonplace, even for experienced artists.

Welcome to the best social media community I've seen in a while!

We have crafting kits to borrow in ours! It's so cool! We also have a space where we can rent crafting machines for low prices, like embroidery machines, sewing machines, and woodcutting machines!

God, I get pushed constantly by Adobe to use it for my work, and it's like? I can read this document faster AND more accurately than some stupid AI assistant can.

Hear me out. Make it anyway. Everyone has too many things to make and too little time to do it, and if it makes you happy, it's worth it! If you share it and it makes others happy? Look at you go!