/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Just draw

A miserable little pile of secrets!

>>4948461
Why should I seethe when I see a 12 years old drawing incredible art?
I could break her neck in like 5 seconds. WTF XD

>>4948458
Support from your parents and teachers when you were young

>>4948458
baby don't hurt me

Being able to understand concepts intuitivly and apply them

>>4948481
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought this.

>>4948458
Probably socioeconomic status. Having parents that support doing art seriously is a lot more likely if they don't picture you starving down the road. You're more likely to be in a situation conducive to learning, more likely to be in a school that will have at least decent arts programs for electives. You're more likely to have the emotional support to continue when you're discouraged. I'm sure there's a genetic component but I have no idea how you'd quantify that. You get an enormous boost from those things, sure, but if you don't have the drive to get through the hard parts you're going to quit, and it's probably a lot easier to quit if you know you're going to be financially OK no matter what.

>>4948458
Genetics. Like everything else in life.

>>4948458
>>4948461
This, but unironically. Somehow everyone has a hundred walls between them and this, but "talented" people just have this.

This was Jean Giraud at around 20-21 years of age, it’s not particularly good work, hell I don’t even think it’s mediocre, but he got substantially better over time. He had to, he was a comic artist under strict deadlines and was drawing day in and day out. I’m not saying that he didn’t have a spark or talent but he had been drawing for years already BEFORE even getting to pic related. Stress is good for you, comparing yourself to other artists to see what you’re doing wrong and how you can improve is also good, but there’s a line where it becomes detrimental and talent becomes an excuse. So just focus on what you can do to make yourself better, not what others already have.

>>4948458
Talent is the ability to learn fast and see your own mistakes faster.

>>4948458
doesn't matter what it is
if you don't draw you won't make it

>>4948462
BUT ENOUGH TALK!

>>4948458
Something most people in ic don't have

>>4948933
wow this is literally me

>>4949233
JUST DRAW!

Talent