Heard a similar story from a buddy in Tucson last year about brake parts.

You ever mess up a print job so bad you still see the colors when you close your eyes? I did a run of postcards for a band once and the purple I picked on screen turned into straight up baby poop brown. The band manager was not thrilled. Now I soft proof everything twice and still don't trust it.

Ngl, that's rough buddy. I had the same thing happen when I tried to learn CSS by just copying snippets from random tutorials. @theamason is right that there's been a ton of bad advice floating around blogs lately, and it's frustrating when you think you're making progress but really you're just digging a deeper hole. Honestly, the best thing you can do is start over with a tiny project and type every single line yourself, even if it feels slow.

Wait, you just walked away and came back to a perfect drawing in ten minutes? That's wild, I usually just end up doom-scrolling instead of solving anything lol.

Saw a piece online about how younger people are getting into visible mending and patchwork as a way to push back against fast fashion. It's less about looking perfect and more about having something with a story. That jacket you saw sounds way better than anything you'd grab at a mall.