permission to be something sir?
One thing that has always bugged me about creatives on social media is how often they claim to be 'aspiring'.
'Aspiring artist', 'aspiring illustrator', 'aspiring photographer'.
I've done this myself until I realised how ridiculous it is, like somehow what you're producing isn't 'full blown' art, illustration or photography.
I believe as soon as you created something in your chosen medium, you became a fully-fledged part of that collective.
I'm an artist, a designer and a writer.
Produce as much as you can and when you're doing that, produce a little more.
You don't need permission to be something, you need to simply do that thing.