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I had found a way to create covers the way I wanted them with the colors I wanted and—even better—with any copyright issues forgone. Every pixel of the graphic was made by me, painted by me, and when this happens, there's this satisfying feeling of making something that's solely yours.
The best analogy I can think of is the feeling you get when you complete a novel. It's yours; it's your sweet baby that you lovingly created.
I find a greater sense of ownership and possession when I make a vector graphic, and it is wholly satisfying to reflect that you made this out of your sweat, tears, and finger cramps.
Now, I'm not going to claim that it was a road as smooth as chocolate ice cream to get here because no, it was more of a...Rocky Road 😉 (ba dum bum crash).
I think it's best to have you endure through the horrifying experience of my first vector graphic, just to prove a point.
This is what my graphics looked like 9 months ago (The Lipstick Girl), compared to graphics 2 months ago (everything else):
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I'm sure you can argue that it isn't that bad, and in some ways, it isn't. Yet the Sharpay Evans part of me demands more.
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And so, after hours of practice every day for months, I reached where I am now, a place where I'm satisfied with the graphics I'm making. Yet despite the lengths I have reached with my graphic design, I strive to do more and be better at what I'm doing, because I know this isn't the best I can do.
There's always need for improvement in this ever-evolving world, and we as humans respond to this need. We grow as graphic designers and writers and people and we become better.
And so, to conclude the first part of my post, I'd like to show you the big picture of my ramble disguised as a post above. In fangirl terms, it's okay to be a Slytherin. Some people scorn Slytherins and make them out as bad people, but this isn't true. Not all Slytherins are bad (see Severus Snape) just as not all Gryffindors are good (see Peter Pettigrew). Ambition is not a folly, despite what Hamilton may have said in the musical.
Whether you are ambitious in graphic design, school, sports, or anything else, make sure to pursue your dreams and strive to get where you want to be. It'll be a hard and long fight, but the satisfaction you feel at the end will be worth a thousand struggles.
