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I think you should start by finding something you like and draw it (a fandom, an art style, etc…) I started drawing in my 13′s because I was inspired by artists in the How to train your Dragon and the Rise of the Guardians fandom, slowly I became more and more into 3d and 2d animation and that´s what did it for me! I watched toooons of video tutorials and time lapse paintings on youtube regularly and step by step I would learn to draw the characters. It takes a lot of patience though but it’s worth it and the sooner you start the better.

I came up with the ideia of becoming an animator when I realised it was possible and worked a lot to learn how to draw like other artists in the community. However, it’s taking me a long time to find my place since I keep growing and my ideas keep changing. Because I would look up to very distinct artists and try to draw like them it’s taking me a long time to find my own style, but the good thing is that I can draw and paint in many different styles so I have my options open and I am not even sad for not sticking to only one style as many people do because I feel like I learned a lot in different areas and I can take any challenge! 

Later I realised that what I did, wasn’t only (and not even) animation but illustration as well and I dream mixing illustration and animation together as job in the future. Character design and concept art also got me very excited when I discovered them and i want to work on that too! Now, in high school, I am learning design and webdesign and really love this area as well and probably will end up working on it the future since my country doesn’t really have any big animation industries. What I am trying to say is, it’s difficult to find your place in the art world. You might want to be something now but tomorrow you’ll learn new things and possibilities and you will be something different. The best you can do as an artist is develop your skills not only in one style but many styles such as different areas of the art world. Watch as many tutorials as you can find to learn more, practise a lot and look up to other artists whose art makes you feel good and makes you want to be like them. You’ll never be exactly like a specific artist that you admire but a mix of many of them. Eventually you will also develop your own unique style but that takes a long time and when you find it and look back you will know it was all worth it.