Social media is the way to get noticed for absolutely anything. It's also a good place to discover talent that you would otherwise never know about.

Additionally, it allows you to learn more about the people you already thought you knew.

Take my younger sister, for example. She practically lives on her iPad all day (much to my parents' chagrin), but what you might not know just from glancing at her is that she creates these mixed-media pictures, edits them, and posts them to Instagram all from that same iPad she uses to play computer games.

And they're actually pretty cool.

She has close to 1,000 followers (while I come in at a measly 172 followers) combining photographs with drawing edits she makes herself using an app. Yet, she's still the curly-haired kid sister I love to annoy. But can your sister do this?

You're probably wondering how I have any sense of self-esteem due to me living with a mini Picasso. I can honestly say that she has artistic talent that I just don't naturally possess. One day she might become a graphic designer and make tons of money doing what she has already started to do at such a young age. People genuinely love her feed and even grab inspiration from it. She doesn't know it yet, but this will serve her well in the future; her Instagram is literally a digital portfolio of all her work so far! Most importantly, she is doing what she loves to do best: express herself.

My sister has more followers than me, and that is OK. I'm glad.