Platinum-Comet

I can't help but feel like with the ever-increasing prevalence of the internet, there's been less genuine connections being made and more people feeling sad... alone... inferior... You always see people's best moments on social media, which warps our perception of reality that everyone else is always on top of their game and living their best lives all the time... but that's simply not true. If anything, people post more on social media due to their insecurity to get validity from strangers that they've never even met. But my question is, why must there be so much bitter vitriol on top of this? I'm not the only one that sees this, right? Most notably with ""influencers"" or people with larger followings; If someone screws up or makes A SINGLE MISTAKE, apparently they're not worth supporting anymore and have to be "cancelled". And for the record, if someone does something truly vile (which I will not go into further detail because that's not the point of this journal), by all means

(Disclaimer: This isn't meant to be universal advice. If this can connect with you in some way, that's great! But I'm not claiming to be an expert here, I'm just going off of my experiences, so take what I say with a grain of salt.) There's a pitfall I keep stepping into with my characters, and it has to do with how I manage them. It's a constant invisible pressure that manifests whenever I look at my character folder; Seeing such a large number (it's currently at 80-something) can be very daunting and also a painful kick to the motivation. "I just want to draw funny shape kids, when did I sign up for designing the Smash Ultimate cast?" In a way, it also manifests feelings of obligation for me: I've taken the time to create/adopt all these designs, I should probably do something with them, right? Otherwise it'd be a waste of time that could've been spent elsewhere! Yeah, that... don't think like that. That's such a self-destructive way to look at it. Drawing out of obligation rather