Meiling Liu Lettering and Illustration

For so many years, I’ve held myself back from doing things that I want to do because “I can’t do it like them”.

From a distance, it looks like everyone has got their things together in the online space: the perfect color palette, the perfect captions, etc.

But as humans, each one of us is unique so how can we expect ourselves to be performing exactly like someone else?

Every one of us is on our own path, although it is in our natural tendency to compare ourselves to others, just try to be more aware of how and when we are comparing ourselves with people around us next time, and tell ourselves, “you get to do it your way, because no one else can do it like you.”👌

Don’t let your inner critic get the best of you.

I remembered I used to love the song “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield back in the day. And now I think I love this lyric even more, “Live your life with arms wide open/ Today is where your book begins/ The rest is still unwritten.”
Made this piece yesterday as my submission for open call opportunity. The original file is a little bigger for sharing on here so I split it into two slides. The piece took me about three hours yesterday but I’m likening how it turned out!