>>938508790
Bitch no one is stopping you.
People will hate you no mater what you do or post here. thats true for everyone... Just do whatever feels good.

>>938320528
>software
drawpile
>tech
i got a wacom intuos pro medium size, a 300-400$ tablet that came out in 2013. mine is a little over 4 years old.
>tips for a first timer
im assuming you want digital only tips. a good tip is that digital art is VERY iterative. you can interate endlessly. i hope that tip makes sense, im struggling to convey the power of iteration in the digital medium. Basically you can make anything. any image. there is no limit. any painting, no matter how realistic or complicated. there's nothing you CAN'T do, only things that will take you longer and contain more sub-tasks that you will be unfamiliar with. I hope that makes sense.

>>937207476
it's not a competition. as you get better you will realize that the things you want to draw are completely different in your own unique way to what others draw. there is no one on earth who can draw things exactly the way *you* want them like *you* can. whether that means you cope with childhood trauma, generate complex and personal stories, draw cute things just the way you want them, or sacrifice yourself to the anime and porn industries, that's your decision.