Weird fears

I recently found a sketchbook of my childhood Pokémon drawings and I thought, "Huh, I could actually draw back then".

I realised later that it's a strange sentiment to have. I was admiring my own drawings as though they were done by someone else. I also feared that I wouldn't be able to draw anything remotely as well as those childhood drawings.

The fear actually didn't make any sense because I had tried digital illustration briefly between then and now. I entered a competition with my first digital illustration; someone even reached out for a commission after seeing my entry.

Yet, as I'm writing, I still have irrational fears that would stop me from trying.

The brain is strange.