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Dear Diary,  I go by Burns online, I’m 19, and originally from New York (though I’ll keep my current location a mystery for now, lol). I’ve always been fascinated by art for some reason. Maybe it’s because of animation, or maybe it’s because I felt like there would be more opportunities for me. Don’t get me wrong, I still love traditional art — it’s my roots, and I’ll always revisit it. But digital art, even though it took some time to pick up on, felt very natural to me. Soc

Dear Diary, My name’s Zuzia, I’m 20 years old and I’m from Poland. I’ve always liked to mess around with creative things, but sketching on paper never felt interesting enough. At some point, I got really into watching My Little Pony speedpaints. It was so cool to see how ponies came to life with so many pretty designs and it’s also very satisfying to watch the line art look so perfect. One day, after watching a few of them, I thought, “Why not try it?” And that’s exactly how

Dear Diary, My name is Tierra Butler and I’m from Monroe, Louisiana. What sparked my love of art was that as a kid I loved fairytales, and I would draw the characters from the shows. I would sit there watching art tutorials every time I was able to get computer time. What inspires my stories lately are my friends and nostalgia — such as work that surrounds itself around my complicated relationship with my family and the coquette style I was obsessed with as a kid, and the way

Dear Diary, I'm Denise, 19, from Italy! I was always drawn to art as a kid, the idea of creating was pretty much the core of my childhood. At first my drawings were mostly just considered as scribbles; but as time went by I noticed I wanted to be more serious with my art.  Credit: Denise (Instagram @sono.una.05.complessata) I had this problem where I could never pinpoint a style I’d consider mine so I started just copying — just simple drawings or scenes from cartoons using t

Dear Diary, Hi! My name is Rochelle Gracy, I’m 25 and I’m from Mumbai, India. Personally, I’ve always been into art since I was a child. It started out as something I did to escape boring classes in school — just random doodling. I never really had any formal training; I’m completely self-taught. I experimented a lot with art styles. I realized that, as a STEM major, when things got really stressful at school and college, I could always use art as an escape for peace of mind.

Dear Diary, Hi, so my name is Freya or Franzi. I’m from Germany, and I live in a very small village, so I think I first got into art because I needed something to distract me — like an escape from the real world. I used to do a lot of traditional art, but I got really burnt out from that, so I started drawing digitally. Back then, I would use pose references from creators like mellon_soup on Patreon and Havanamation on Youtube. I'm still trying to figure out how it all works,

Dear Diary, My name's Isabela, I'm 18 and I'm from Poland <3. I have been drawing since I was a kid, many adults told me that I have a talent for it so I continued practicing. I started digital art when I discovered the Gacha Community. To be honest I really liked it because it was the beginning of this community. For me, posting my artworks on social media has been a really long journey. It started from drawing those Gacha OC's to even animations and more advanced drawings.

Dear Diary, Hi! I'm Bastet Cat, a 26 year old artist from Mexico who specializes in illustration and character / creature design. I first started on Flipnote Hatena, which was an animation based social media of sorts, basically the roots of my art. Getting to know and assimilate the bases of animation while learning to draw made my approach to art quite story oriented. Once I jumped onto Instagram (my main social media) I already had a strong domain on it all, but having to a

Dear Diary, Hi, my name is Zein. It’s an Arabic name that means beauty and grace. I’m 21 years old and I live in Jordan but my family is originally from Palestine. I’ve always loved drawing — ever since I was very young, much to my grandmother’s chagrin when she found my doodles on her pristine white walls. My mother told me recently that my grandmother, her mother, and her mother before her were all artists in one way or another. I feel that art connects me to all the women

Dear Diary, My name is Thornz, I’m 19 and I’m from New York.  Credit: Thornz (Instagram @static_thornz ) I first got into art with little small doodles and drawings but never took it seriously until I was in middle school. I was inspired by animators like TheOdd1sOut and Jaiden Animations and I started to do animations myself at that time. I got my first drawing tablet for Christmas and started from there. My early work was really silly and looking back it was really goofy. B

Dear Diary, My name is Stomachwhisperer, I'm going to turn 20 soon and I'm from Vietnam. English is not my first language so my writing may seem a little off at times… When working traditionally, I often go with whatever that pops up in my mind. I don't think much about composition, but because making traditional art means you can't undo some mistakes, I have to be very careful with picking color and painting. Credit: Stomachwhisperer  (Instagram @stomachwhisperer ) On the ot

Credit: "INNOCENT_JPEG" Maya (Instagram @m.beauchamp.art ) Dear Diary, My name is Maya Connie Michelle Beauchamp, I'm 23, raised in Yorkshire then Essex but I've been based in Edinburgh since 2021. When I grew up, I loved comics. My area was tiny and I didn't really have a connection to galleries or fine art spaces as such, so my connection to the arts was through my parents who were musicians and comic book artists! I grew up with a lot of vintage games, weird music and DIY

Dear Diary, Hi, my name is Abi. I'm a 22 year-old freelance artist from the US!  I originally started when I was really young doing...

Dear Diary, My name is Koda, I'm 20 and I live in Ireland! I was always quite a creative child, but I don't think my love for creating...

Dear Diary, Hi! I'm Yasmeen, or more known online as Prism Arts! I'm a 22 year old artist from Malaysia, currently studying for a degree...

Credit: Sydney (Instagram @saturnskindaweird) Dear Diary,  I’m Sydney, I'm 15 and I'm from Virginia, USA. I’ve always had trouble...

Dear Diary, My name is Jenny Arredondo, I am a Peruvian painter and I'm currently in my 4th year at the Fine Arts program. I mainly work...

Dear Diary,  Hello! My name is Shaun. I am currently a junior college student!  I first got into art when I was little, mostly stemming...

Credit: Kin (Instagram @spcdpmpkns ) Dear Diary, My name’s Kin, I’m 19, and from the east coast of the US! I think my love for the arts...

Dear Diary, I've been drawn to art ever since I was a child drawing with chalk or crayons, but I really started taking it more seriously...