Welcome to Steemit! Another creative person here, YAY! I like to see that you focus on traditional clothes in Western Africa. I haven't seen something like this here so far - good luck!

It's good that you've managed to have a meeting with someone who is familiar with Steemit. You have the advantage that many of us didn't have at the time when we started :)

Try to post as much as possible and engage with the community. This way you will build your network and you will be just fine here :) Also, you can join some art related discord groups to get to know more like-minded people..

I wish you all the best here and I'm looking forward to seeing you around!