Twenty Years Older: A Letter Tag.

(Images used from Pexels and Pixabay) 

I was nominated by Maith at Maith's Musings, thank you so much for the nomination. I really like the concept of this tag. 😄  Also I was tagged for it right before my surgery, so it made my day when I got it. 😃

The Rules:

1. Appreciate the blogger who nominated you.

2. Mention Gauri@BrighterAlleys the creator of this letter tag.

3.  Answer the question, which is a task to write a letter.

4. Now, nominate five bloggers who you think are worth it. Make sure they know that they are nominated.

         The prompt: 

Imagine yourself to be twenty years older than now. You have become what you always wanted to, and are living your dream. But suddenly, the 'current version of you' pops out of nowhere and asks for some tips. What tips will you give? Write a letter from the 'twenty years older you' to the 'current you' and tell how you reached your goals in twenty years.

- Gauri at Brighter Alleys , Twenty Years Later: A Tag. 

          The Letter: 

Dear younger Quinley, 

You are receiving this letter from the future. Hard to believe isn't it? But I am you, just twenty years older than you are now. (Other differences from you-as-now, are that I am acting in and animating movies and a published author and illustrator...so more differences than just age, but that is beside the point). 

I have advice for you:

If you're feeling run down or like you everything feels hopeless, you should know that you can get through it. It may be hard to believe while you're in the middle of the situation. But you will get through it, and once you get through it you will be stronger than before. 

Don't worry about giving up on your dreams or goals. You never will (especially if you're scared about giving up on them), if you keep working hard, you will get to them. And if someone tells you that you can't do something, prove them wrong. 

Also you don't need to (constantly) remind people that you are committed to something (for that very same reason). You know you what you like doing, and if you're scared that you're going to stop liking it or give up liking it, then (ironically) that means you're not going to give up liking it. You know that, deep inside, it brings you happiness to do, and that is important. 

If you keep working hard on your dreams and goals, you will get to them eventually. It may be hard at times. Some days may be harder than others: some publishers may not like your stories, some animation studios or people may not like your animations, some authors may not want you to illustrate their books, or some people may not like your movies or some casting directors may think you're not the person for the role. But if you keep working hard and pushing through, you will get there. And you may find a publisher who likes your book,  people who like your animation, an author who wants you to illustrate their book, people who like your movie, and a casting director who thinks you're the perfect person for the role. 

Anyway, I hope my advice makes you feel better, 

Sincerely should it be sincerely or love? Uh, I don't know, I'm writing this to myself. 

-(Future) Quinley 

P.S. I may have created an issue in the space-time continuum. Oops! But at least you have advice now, right?? But, I'm fixing this issue now! [Sounds of rumbling can be heard.] Alright everything's fixed. Also, you, um, may have something similar to Star Fleet in your future now...oops. 

       I nominate: 

          Lanie 

          Elena 

          Andrea

          McKayla 

      MiddleEarthMusician 

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      What would you do if you received a letter from your future self? 

          -Quinley 

Using Polls to Create Art #3

                                         Click here to read the first and the second posts in the series. 

While I don't normally post two drawing posts in a row, I wanted to share some more drawings connected to my last post. My body has been physically hurting recently, so it hurts to draw. Because of that I felt like I should post some of the drawings I did before my surgery. 

In other news for this blog, I have a world-building post (for the Look Into the World series), which I am working on, and which I will post once I finish adjusting some parts of it and adding in some illustrations (after I feel better). Also, before my surgery, I entered in a world-building contest on World Anvil . You can read my entry here. 

And now, since the updates are done, on to the post: 

I decided it would be fun to practice drawing in different styles, and the drawing style the voters wanted me to do was The Cursed Princess Club (which is a webcomic). 

I ended up drawing Oak in that style, and I really like how she turned out in the end. 

This is a drawing I did of the air god. The voters wanted me to draw him in his temple.
I really liked how it turned out in the end. 

This was not a majority vote, but I thought it would be fun to draw Elm in the drawing style of the Cursed Princess Club as well. 

The drawing above was also a majority vote. Voters asked for a drawing of Matilda in the style of Steven Universe.  I decided to take it a step further, though, and ended up drawing Matilda in all different types of drawing styles, just to see what she'd look like. 

And finally, the drawing of Felix in the style of Tim Burton was kind of a majority vote (I say "kind of", because there wasn't really a winning vote on the poll). And  I just thought the drawing Matilda would be fun to do, even if it wasn't a majority vote. 

I really like how they both turned out in the end. 

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Which drawing is your favorite? What would your characters be like if they were in a Tim Burton movie? 

-Quinley