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The Gift.I didn't want this to come across in a mean way, I know a lot of people
assume Artists were just born with abilities completely formed and when
they are told it's a gift it comes from a place of appreciation or love. I know.
Still though it really doesn't
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Really would not have let the "computer does most of it" slide, though...
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What are you talking about sir. It's a known fact that we're born with a finite amount of Talent. We can never learn or grow and hard work doesn't do anything. You can either draw or you Can't. It's Real Facts. Everyone knows that.
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Wow - this hits home! Spot on! Thanks for this!
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a gift is 10% and the rest is hard work.
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In my opinion a "talented"/"gifted" person, is someone who is able to learn faster than others. Like a high level of perception, intelligence and the ability to put it into an action with a desired result with less tries than other people. But it also needs effort from that person. Someone who is talented/gifted and doesn't put in the efford can end up beeing not as good as someone who has no "talent"/"isn't gifted" but puts in a lot of efford and dedication.
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And yet people still are angry at me when I say there are no talents there are only skills.
I'm sorry that I actually see that you were hard working to get to the point you are now and not just take it as granted... ^^
You guys are hard working and it's seen... Amazing job
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This always bothers me so much! I know it's supposed to be a compliment but I feel it pays no credit to the amount of work put in.Β
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That feels to me like any "compliment" a macho would "grant" a woman out of "respect" and "kindness" or whatever. Shouldn't even accept it, because it's more harmful than good.
(sorry, bad English 
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Like anything else that requires skill, along with a gift or artist's eye, it takes practice and knowledge and education on techniques.Β Well said!Β Β
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If the computer does everything then why don't they become artists? Aaahh, yes. Maybe because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.
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it's because ''they want a real job''
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tapas.io/episode/923459
(Not in a "this has been done before" way, just like "yeah the struggle is so universal" way)
Especially when they say the computer does everything its annoying. The computer doesn't do Sh*t, it's just another tool.
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It's pretty aggravating when folks act like no work goes into art just because we (somehow) make it look easy.
At the same time, though, imagine...
If they say it's a gift, that means they don't think they could ever manage to do it, even with practice! In their eyes, to be an artist is to be born the Chosen One, with Artistic Talent, a mysterious power (which folks on here know is made of practice, growing pain, and long-term dedication).
And if there's any shame in using a tablet, anybody that uses computers, phones, and other new technology is also cheating! What a scandalous world we live in, creating all these tools to maximize our control and efficiency over tasks.
(just hoping to share a brighter view, since that's often what your art brings to me on my stressful days <3)
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You're right, it's so annoying.
We start as children, we practice every day, we continue to study incessantly, because we are aware that there will always be something new, stress, frustration and then everything is reduced to "God has given you a gift!" or "you are so talented!
People just don't understand that it's a skill that you learn, no more and no less than learning to play a musical instrument.
That you are not born with the eye and the hand trained.
And that no, it's not easy (and most of all, it doesn't take five minutes and sometimes we would like to do anything else instead of sitting down and drawing.At this moment, for example, I would like to go back to sleep, since I have only slept three hours and I have already had a working meeting with a client for graphics work XD )Β
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'You'll never work a day in your life if your job is doing what you love.'
Or some kind of bromide like that
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Yeah, of course itβs not true, sure you love to do it, but you still put hard work into it, and overworking could slowly make you dislike what you do, itβs fun, but still work
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This needs to be seen by everybody thinking art is not "a true job" or doesn't need any study and dedication.
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Even if they saw that, they'd be offended because they thought they were paying you a compliment. :/
True story -_-
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True... I mean, it's a compliment to be deemed somehow "gifted", sure, but even natural talents need nourishment and effort and that's what many people don't get. I find it frustrating.
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To me, frankly, this natural talent thing always leaves me very puzzled.
It is, at the beginning, only a preference, something that leads us to apply ourselves constantly to obtain improvements.
If at the age of three my parents had supported my desire to study piano. probably, today I would be very good, after decades of study.
Instead they gave me an old calendar with white back pages and a box of 12-piece markers.
Since that day I've been studying, and I've been practicing, and I've been studying, and as much as there are people who tell me that "Oh! You have such a gift!" the truth is I'm not even as good as I should be.
If it were a gift it would have to be easy, wouldn't it?
Because it seems to me that there is a lot of work to be done for this "gift". :/
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I agree. I can't speak for myself, I don't have any special artistic talent, but this "gift" theory seems to me a double-edged sword. Sure there are people with a special genius for art, but it doesn't mean they didn't practice and laboured a lot to improve on that and make it work. The same goes for music, writing, pottery, anything really that you can do with your hands and mind. It starts as an impulse deep within you, then you have to cultivate it to make it stand out, don't you?
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as I told you, I think that what people call "talent" is just an inclination that leads to persevere, a predilection for something, maybe a simple stubbornness, that helps you to go on through years of constant study, exercise, disappointments, overcome those moments in which you would like to give up and return the unconditional love of the couch.
If they had given me a bike like my brother and had pushed me to compete, as they did with him, I would probably have dedicated all my efforts to sport.
Or, if they had allowed me (as I had already said) to study piano, probably all my commitment would have been dedicated to that, and in that I would have achieved results.
So I don't think there's a specific talent, but a predisposition to put all your efforts into something.
Something that, at some point in your life, becomes special to you.
So it's not even important to start as a child.
I am convinced that anyone can learn to draw or paint, no matter what their age, the important thing is that they are determined enough.
So there is no predisposition inherent in our DNA.
Colour sensitivity can be trained (as can the musical ear), the ability to coordinate between hand and eye is something you learn through exercise, and everything else is pure and simple study and exercise.
In short, anyone could do it, as long as they are willing to commit themselves every day of their lives.
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GOD.Β
The lack of respect artists get is just ridiculous. PREACH.
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This is so true! I even tell other people that.say they are "no good" at art that anyone can be good as long as you are willing to put in time, effort and a genuine drive to improve. The "gift" is the passion and drive is what I tell them. It's how you get good at anything.
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Oh my god this is 100% accurate.
I once drew fanart of a TV series and got a lot of comments on it. Some people wrote stuff like "oh wow, I wish I was given the gift of drawing so well. So unfair! Some people are just blessed!"
That almost made me snap my pencil.
I mean, it's a nice compliment and all, but they just assume I have a talent that I simply got with birth, given by some higher being or something.
And that completely overrides all the goddarn hard work I put in to learn how to draw. So much struggle I've gone through (and still going) to become a great artist! It just gets ignored by a statement like that. It hurts.
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Calling it a gift or natural talent is so demeaning lmao. good way to portray these thoughts. ty.Β
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I was a 'talented' kid, so for years, I didn't practice enough. Now I am playing catch up haha *sob*
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That is one of the worst problems ever. I wish you to catch up for the lost time.
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While it is flattering for it to be called "a gift" or "talent", it's more of skill and people don't realize that. There are lots of interpretations of Art, and usually people just overlooked it as something you're born with
sure, I became an artist because my mom was an artist. But that doesn't make her artskill a genetic trait, people with artist parents have the advantage because they can get inspired off of them, then get tips from those artists and that is how they become skilled, that is how I became the way I am today
But art is not something that you can just wish to have and then boom there you go, it takes hard work just like everything else in the world
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There are a few savants. Otherwise it's constant improvement.
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That is true.. there are a few savants! That's true
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I don't think drawing is a gift. It's a skill. This image freaking great.
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Yeah that really annoys me. Especially when someone comes over and say "can you teach me to draw?"... teach you to draw, in minutes?
Or some say "can you draw my photo/ my oc/ this drawing?" (Which is stupid to hear when they want me to draw a drawing that is already drawn) or worse , some people comes and say "you are so lucky to be able to draw." (Then just dramatize the situation by saying 'I wish I was skilled as you' even tho most of the artists suffer from mental illness) When they don't know I have been drawing almost everyday for 6 years and draw in my school books and notebooks since I started school and been also drawing in kindergarden, in home, most of the time. It's not luck or something that an artist can do without an effort. Sometimes people just expect you to draw an hour of work and just done with saying "thank you so much!".....
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It always bugs me when people say "wow you are so talented" (not just in reference to myself, but other artists). I would much rather use the word Skilled. It's a skill, and artists work on that craft for years/lifetimes to get to where they are. And I just feel like saying someone is gifted/talented undoes alllllllll that work.Β
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I hate when people make this assumption. My dad is especially terrible, taking credit for my skills because he drew a lot when he was younger and therefore my ability to draw is due to his genetics- not because I became good at it over time with practice. (Not that he's taking credit directly; just that every time he mentions to someone that I'm an artist it's always followed up by "Yeah runs in the family" or something, kind of lessening anything I've accomplished.) He also hates technology and thinks it's a waste of my skill whenever I've shown him anything more 'advanced' than pencil on paper =/
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Yeah..I've known some of that.. not too much but a little, mainly from uncles and aunts rather than my Mom and Dad.
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Your dad is the big mean >:0
(Iβm using bad grammar on purpose please donβt hate me 0m0)
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SO true! This is a great depiction of the literal years behind art skills. As a digital artist, Iβve also been told drawing on a tablet is βcheatingβ before, from someone uninformed. /facepalmΒ
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Same here!
It just happened two weeks ago.. I was sitting on it waiting for the effect to go away..but it hasn't so far.
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