When My Art Was Accidentally Shared On A Big Social Media Platform
Anonymous Sly Imp #867 · General
So here's the thing, I was working on this awesome new digital art piece. Yeah, it's been taking me a week to perfect every little detail. And let me tell you, my whole Instagram page is dedicated to my doodles and random sketches, but nothing as polished as this one. Anyway, yesterday night, I finish up the last tweaks and decide it's time to post something on Twitter just for fun. I was feeling adventurous, thought I'd share a bit of what I'm working on behind the scenes. So I open my computer, go through all these art apps to make sure everything looks perfect in thumbnail form. Now here's where things get silly. Instead of hitting save and posting it to Twitter like normal, my fingers accidentally slide over to Instagram, yes, INSTAGRAM! Not just any random post either; I hit the one button that shares directly with this big-time artist community group that has like ten thousand followers or something ridiculous. And then boom! It's live. And everyone can see it. Right away, comments start flooding in, people loving my work and praising all these details I spent hours perfecting. The likes just keep piling up faster than I ever imagined possible. My little heart couldn't stop racing for the whole day. Now here's the kicker: it wasn't supposed to be this polished piece at all! Instagram isn't where I usually show my work-in-progress sketches. Twitter is meant for that stuff, not Instagram. But somehow, one mistake and now my work looks way more finished than anyone thought possible. It felt so surreal seeing everyone's reactions on such a big platform without really meaning to do it. So yeah, here's the confession: I accidentally shared my unfinished art project with thousands of people instead of just putting it up on Twitter like planned. Oops!