Personally, I just take a deep breath, convince myself that there will be more opportunities, and congratulate the winners. After all, if I ever win something, I'd want people to be happy for me too xd. But right now, I'm drawing on my laptop using only the touchpad because my mouse broke, and it honestly feels like my hardware is holding me back. It’s so frustrating when your tools limit your passion. I don’t have the money for a better laptop or even a budget tablet. To make things worse, even if I could buy one, my USB ports don't work anyway xd.

I’m currently entering multiple contests hoping for a stroke of luck. The piece in the video was one of my entries, but after finishing this cat, my laptop got even worse. I've tried to make more drawings, but the endless lagging completely drains my motivation and I end up doing nothing.

I’m sharing my illustration along with my process timelapse. Since my laptop is very low-spec, the video is a bit of a "Frankenstein" project with big frame skips, but I managed to recover it to show my workflow.

Feel free to use this space to vent too. Does anyone else struggle with their tools? Let me know in the comments! Don't leave me on flop or the boogeyman will get you 🫵