I was REally lockd off from starting to make games by my inability to create any graphics.Mostly mentally.
Recently(month ago) i jsut sarted drawing whatever in Gimp and using it in my game.But i was stil shy.
This jam made me REAly draw alot, and im getting better with it. now i feel i can jsut draw sprites for myself wheever i need, al lthanks to this gameJam.
Im so happy i joined it.I did not think i can do so much in such short period.
It literaly opened the world for me , thats how it feels.( im not a coder, i self tought myself) and i was shy form doing independent stuff.
My tip is to Not create perfect art.Just use whatever crappy one you can do, and keep doing it - progressively getting better.
Practice, practice,practice such a cliche.