my name is barri. i am mexican-american. i love burgers, my dog poseidon, and my life. i've been drawing ever since i was a kid! however, around middle school is when i truly realized my passion for drawing. i drew and drew all day long. i was constantly immeresed in the worlds i had created in my head. i still hold the same joy i had for drawing as i did when i was a kid. i hope to pass on the ever-burning flame to aspiring artists, which is why i am currently studying to become an art teacher! drawing is something i will always hold near and dear to my heart, and i hope you can find some solace in it as well.

around 2020 i became very dissatisfied with my art. my mental health was declining rapidly due to a variety of reasons, which impacted my relationship with drawing severely. i began to grow more and more disconnected from my thoughts. my imagination, which once ran wild, was now silenced because i could not think of anything else other than my anxieties. this dragged on for about four years, basically my entire high school career! i was growing up rapdily, and i was terrified because i did not know what i wanted to do with my life. my previous dreams of becoming an artist had dwindled down into a quiet flame.

the funny thing about being an artist, however, is that no matter how excrutiating it becomes to create, your flame will never die out. it will always come back. no matter how long it takes, how much you despise everything you create with every fiber of your being, your dedication to the craft that has blessed you with so much joy will always be there to wrap you in a warm hug. i still think about how it was not that long ago when my procreate gallery was filled with endless work-in-progresses drawn with pure fear and hatred! as of writing this, it hasn't even been a year. i am forever grateful that my relationship with drawing has been mended. i'm even consistently keeping a sketchbook now, something i have not done since i was in middle school!

i've been sharing my art on social media recently, and seeing all of the kind comments i've recieved warms my heart to no end. i'm so glad that i am able to make art that can be enjoyed by other people, not just myself! i felt like i needed a proper place to document the various pieces i have created throughout the years, the good and the bad, because i believe that all art should be shared with the world. your skill level shouldn't matter, because in the end, we all still have so much to learn! artists will always be constantly learning, reaching for ever-growing heights that will never cease their growth. in the end, we should not be afraid of those with a higher skill level than us, we should look up to them and admire what they make. we should all strive to become better artists, and have fun while doing so! art is for fun, life is for fun. lets all live to create and have fun!