>>7720386
>give yourself a chance and some breathing room into your early adulthood.
The one gift you have as a young person is that everyone has very low expectations of you. That and time. Nowadays even the most expensive computer + drawing tablet costs less than a used car, the internet is free education, printer paper and dollar store pens cost a pittance. If you want to get good then there has never been a lower barrier to entry than now!
>>7720414
I think your post is certainly true, but we have lots of examples of very young people like the author of Gachiakuta was posting her work on twitter since she was like 15 or something. She studied the artists she loved and grinded hard and she is an absolute bad ass at the age of like fucking 20.
She was way too young to benefit from any social type stuff or "life experience".
I think people can fall into the trap of thinking that socializing and being in an "art hub" will replace grinding. Then they go into debt to move to NY or LA and end up waiting tables cause their work wasn't that good.