Random Ramblings
I just looked on the front page and saw yet another hugely popular artist's pic up there and now I'm depressed. Not because I'm not popular but because I really don't know how to digitally color. I would love to be able to color like

or

but I really truly suck at it

I suppose I'll just have to try and figure my way through a tutorial, though I find I even suck at doing those, I have no clue what half the features are that they're using and my brushes are never work the way that they're supposed to. Yep just a self-pity journal.
Massive Attack of Features
Practice is what makes thinks better, so don't give up on tutorials and experimenting. Self-learning can be tough sometimes, but you'll see how much you can improve by yourself, if you keep trying.
~GoScarlet is right, create your own art and techniques, and maybe someone will look at your art as a reference to their work
oh, and btw, thank you for the feature
I started with 4 years of stick figures... point being you have to start somewhere. Take the Bob Ross approach "Happy mistakes"
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The point is that you are very good at what you do and they are very good at what they do. There is no one inferior - only different. And difference is what makes art art.