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I'm jealous of my friend's art?

Asked by Misspegasister28 (2103points) November 16th, 2014

So, I love to draw. It’s my hobby. My friend loves to draw as well.
The other day, I watched an anime and fell in love with one of the characters. I decided to draw her. I told my friend about the anime and she decided to draw the character as well. The same exact character.We both posted our drawings online, but the thing is, hers got over 100 notes in just an hour, and mine only got 7!
What confuses me about this is that she hardly ever goes on this one website we both posted it on. She only posts stuff like, once a month. So, when we drew the same exact character, why did hers get so many more notes than mine did? I’m always on that website and she hardly ever is.
Our drawings are pretty much the same, except hers is just chest and up and is not colored. Mine is full bodied and colored. Both are shaded. It doesn’t make sense to me that while she never goes on that website hers got 10 times the amount of notes than mine did in such a short period of time.
It makes me feel really crappy, honestly. It makes me feel like my work is not appreciated. I told her I felt sad because I feel like no one likes my art and she said, “Don’t think about that, I love your art! And it’s not about publicity! What matters is when you look back at a year ago and see how much you’ve improved!” And I mean, I know she’s right, but it’s nice to get some recognition for something you think you’re good at, right?
So I just feel really self-conscious and unappreciated because art is pretty much the only thing I’m able to do well, and seeing that people don’t care for it as much as they do my friend’s who never goes on that website, it’s really hurtful. Am I overreacting, or is my hurt valid?

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