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iPad Freed Me From The Fear Of Making Mistakes!

A week after getting an iPad I feel like I’ve created my best piece yet. I’ve always struggled with a debilitating fear of making mistakes in whatever art/craft project I’m working on. I don’t know whether it’s connected with my Borderline Personality Disorder or the ADHD (inattentive type), which give me enough problems to deal with.

I created my first digital drawing when I was just 13 years old on a ZX Spectrum 48k, I ‘drew’ a car by writing a program using Basic (yep way back in the 1980’s), so I’ve always had an interest in digital art. Fast forward to today, with my tablet contract finishing, and feeling impulsive, I decided to get an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. It’s been a steep learning curve because I’ve always been an Android user, but well worth it.

The freedom I feel when drawing digitally is incredible. It’s liberating and something that would have taken me months to do only took three days!

My self portrait

iPad Freed Me From The Fear Of Making Mistakes!

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I used to be a draughtsperson but gave up work due to ill health. Now, after years of swapping from one craft or art to another, I've found my passion - dioramas and roomboxes, all OOAK and scratch built. Now though I’ve had another change of direction and started doing digital art, it must be the ADHD!

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