Hello everyone! I want to share to you how this community changed my perspective. Well I honestly do not know much about everything in here and that is happening in every aspect, I have yet so much to learn. But one thing is for sure, I will *wait patiently* and understand more of what this community has to offer. But before that, I am here to let you know **how well my experience wen**t and **how sometimes I drown in confusion.** First off, I started blogging here by [introducing myself](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@mildredamit/3gvwxx-introducing-myself). I was so energetic that time that I already had plans on what to post and what to write about. I was so overwhelmed with plans and its making. Here is a look back on my first posts: ![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWtKnTuF9omgrjpnX1SxqswqzebPYGt7wkhM6SMU13bw2/image.png) This is Chris Hemsworth commonly known as Thor from the Marvel movie. In my blog about the process of how I drew Thor, I mentioned it there that this was a request from @jasoncaspe because I wanted to challenge myself in sketching a portrait of a guy. I am acquainted with woman portraits but this is the first time I drew a guy. Should you want to take a look at my post on how I drew Thor, [check it out here](https://steemit.com/artguildph/@mildredamit/portrait-of-chris-hemsworth-a-k-a-thor-step-by-step-drawing). After this post I was a little uneasy because I do not know how people would see my posts but despite that thought I carried on with posting this one. ![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZtQepdnf4c3Ffx6gc2MfnNSTUVpSvgUMy6w1Evko8E9u/image.png) This happened when I was making cookies for my family and decided to share the simple procedures that are unlike from the internet where they used a lot of recipes for the same yummy cookies (HEHE). So again if you would like to see how I did this [you can freely check it out here](https://steemit.com/food/@mildredamit/easy-to-make-chocolate-chip-cookies-3-steps). And so I started having doubts if I was making the right thing or was I posting uninteresting things or unnecessary posts. But still! I could not help it! I wanted to take part more of this community so then I decided to try an art contest but honestly this was a fail because I was not properly oriented by the time limit (HEHE) that was a mistake but anyway I like how I made this though. ![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbzrCbkuXjKy8pWdmqa6oVsvyywnakVztd93SgPLLYHGh/image.png) I call it [Genetically Modified Owl Sketch](https://steemit.com/artstorm/@mildredamit/entry-for-artstorm-contest-13-owls-genetically-modified-owl). I was a little bit down after this you know because I suddenly got tired. I felt like I had no connection with the community I cannot feel it. Maybe also because of the academics that I was worrying at the same time? Maybe not? But here is the reason I started to blog again- the #teardrops that sir @surpassinggoogle promoted. ![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdNZR678an3XVb22dWfHK9J86i2Umt1Gupj9q21cwcuJE/image.png) You can check out the process of how I made it [here](https://steemit.com/teardrops/@mildredamit/teardrops-an-illustration-for-surpassinggoogle). This actually gave me another fighting drive to push through my journey here! It lighted up another spirit that once dulled a sparkle. That made me really grateful and inspired to go on and explore more. After 2 days, despite the academic struggle, I relaxed myself by [sketching Cara Delevingne](https://steemit.com/art/@mildredamit/a-cara-delevingne-portrait-attempt-step-by-step-procedure). ![28641671_1961598737202162_2136591506_o.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWtNTEv7yfmuRS1ezkV3dzbzL5zw7JRXjjRt18Fcm6hXu/28641671_1961598737202162_2136591506_o.jpg) Then suddenly my brother brought me a Simbalion watercolor boy was I so inspired so I immediately searched online on how to paint because it was a long time ago that I had this liking on painting. And so this is my first product - [my 1st watercolor painting](https://steemit.com/art/@mildredamit/1st-time-watercolor-painting-a-progress-how-i-felt-about-it). ![29251112_1990507020978000_625162069_o.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPJXC3NEtZ8GnV855ikP5rAvDE7t7eJRDNVEVWYQyoNgX/29251112_1990507020978000_625162069_o.jpg) The next post was my holding grip. I was so shocked I cannot believe it happened because a lot of people now saw my posts because of this one. The day I painted it was just a wonderfully ordinary day until I saw the fruit of this worthy effort - [my 2nd watercolor painting](https://steemit.com/art/@mildredamit/2nd-watercolor-painting-a-progress-trying-new-perspective). ![29404889_1992527174109318_1181449050_o.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNxs6LMAsvaQ43gKKDs8XAcTRC8R8P6ZPQ2pRu4SdyhEu/29404889_1992527174109318_1181449050_o.jpg) I was told that patience is really important here and I wanna keep doing more. So I followed it up by [my 3rd watercolor painting](https://steemit.com/art/@mildredamit/3rd-watercolor-painting-a-progress-instagram-feed-inspired). ![29748088_1996199563742079_435292924_o.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSV8YV15sMHKDpsmKG4mWr4p3rxj8HimJbGsmUxidPBrL/29748088_1996199563742079_435292924_o.jpg) Overall, my one month experience here on steemit is absolutely a box of chocolates, *"you never know what you're gonna get"*. ### I guess I'll leave it at that. Thank you for reading fellow steemian! -------------------------------------------- @steemph.cebu @steemartists