So, today is Free Premium membership day on deviantArt.  What better way to take full advantage of this freedom than posting a new journal entry and making the most of it?

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My resolutions are still in effect.  I'm trying harder to make more backgrounds for my drawings, though I'm still a little scared to do so.  I think most of what holds me back artistically is fear of going outside my boundaries.  Where's the harm in experimenting?  I drew my first lineless picture back in November, and that was a great step forward.  So why can't I do something similar now?

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As I'm saying this to myself, I'm saying it to all of you, too:  Go outside your comfort zone today.  Draw something you've never tried drawing before, use a different art medium than you're used to using, whatever it takes to create something new, and different, and amazing.  And then show me!  I want to see what you can do.  So do your watchers, that's why they're watching you.  I know it sounds cheesy, but in this case it's true: the only thing that's holding you back is you.

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So, that's my challenge.  Take it for what it's worth.  Go do something new today.