I've been a deviant for 2 years, but each time I've visited the place, I've left angry and jealous, thinking things like: "I'll never be as good so what's the use? I might as well give up."
But yesterday, when I found the MLP I rescued from the flea market for like 20 cents to practice customizing on it, I started browsing through other people's works and as I "used to be" a BJD-collector, (or, I still have my two MSDs, but haven't had time or the interest to touch them. Also I don't want cat hair on them.) I looked up some faceups and before I knew it, I was looking at Monster High doll repaints and fell in love! I browsed them for hours and when I finally left, I felt good. I thought "I'm going to be as good as they are! Maybe some day even better, if I practice enough!"
So I'm officially finally over my jealousy and finally realized that I wont make progress without practicing, so maybe I'll be here more often and maybe actually update something here.
I'm still a rookie in some of the features in DA as I've used it only for browsing, so if I mess something up, please don't get mad and try and find the patience to correct me, okay? :/