Video games inspired me to learn to draw. I was always terrible at it and never bothered to learn how to do it properly, I figured it was just something I could

Video games inspired me to learn to draw. I was always terrible at it and never bothered to learn how to do it properly, I figured it was just something I couldn't do. But a while back, I played a game with artwork I really enjoyed and I started actually looking at it the way the lines were drawn and everything and realized there wasn't that many of them and it wasn't really all that complicated despite looking nice. So I set out to draw as many of the sprites and characters from the game as I could and did them over and over again until I got them as close to the references I was using as I could. Since then, i've tried to learn as much as about drawing and art as I can. I'm not saying I would really call myself an artist now but i've been happy with the progress i've been making and find myself enjoying the process. It's a cool feeling to look down at some paper and see an object that came from your mind. Lately, i've been learning more about shading and colouring my drawings. I've been enjoying learning about light and colour theory it makes you look at the world in a new way. I also like the process of layering colours or values in a drawing. I also do stone carving and crafting and it reminds me of the process of polishing stone. I still enjoy video games occasionally but I do find myself leaning more to creating something, playing music or working on hobby programming projects than playing a game.