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"Can I See Your Sketchbook?"
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"Why do you buy so many sketchbooks?"
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"Why won't you hang out with us?"
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When you read art tutorials:
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When another artist says things like this:
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When you find out that a talented artist is ten years younger than you:
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When you realize too late that you drew thumbs on the wrong side.
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When you have a billion in-progress sketches lying around:
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When attractive strangers approach you and you're convinced this is what they're thinking:
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When people you barely know email you to draw flyers for them for free:
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When people think art classes are easy:
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When someone looks over your shoulders as you draw:
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When fan art gets 1000x more reblogs than your non-fan art work:
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When people find your old DeviantArt/Livejournal/Blogspot gallery:
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When college art classmates call everything 'meta' and think using bodily fluids is still transgressive.
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When you think about the job market at all:
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When people actually want to buy your work:
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When you're drunk at a party and doodle on everything you see.
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When you're meeting your favorite artist. Or a fan meets you:
Finally: you feel weird and insane spending hundreds of hours doodling, but whenever you get discouraged, remember what Ira Glass said: