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juicymango juicymangoOG 2003 ·

this stuff's purrrdy cool. Now question - do you feel that you just kinda had this talent to draw or paint, or did you really suck at first and then had to "learn" and develop the talent.

I have this curiosity whether talents are truly inherited or actually learned.

I have no "natural" talent in Art, and I want to so bad, hehe.

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003 ·

the last picture of the girl, i like it, but i noticed ONE small thing - the eye, it should be set back a little more, eyes aren't actually ON the nose...... ya know what i mean? other than that, the shadows and stuff in the facial structure is really good!!

just my "constructive" criticism don't be offended yes thank you clams

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

haha, yeah, my art teacher said the same thing - but fairy faces differ in structer from that of humans...there's a book called "The Book Of Faeries" that illustrates all the differences in anatomy, facial, bodily, etc...i've always tried to make something a bit "off" when drawing them to kinda illustrate that they're not really human

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003 ·

o! Well that's cool. Oh Dude I didn't realize those were wings at first... I thought it was like, a shawl or whatnot... um.. i'm stoopit? I thought it was an elf (the ear is elfish i guess) . Yay.

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

haha, you aint stupid...the picture's kinda blurry, it makes stuff hard to identify

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

kinda looks like pocahontas after john smith beat her and cut her hair.

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

she does look kinda american indian doesn't she...i didn't even realize that until you said it

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

Do you own this book? Can I see it please?

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

I hit submit twice by accident..and..my comment got posted twice..so..i've edited one of them into this, to cut back on reduncancy

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

no, a friend of mine from highschool had it...I went to borders a few times & never could find it

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

hey remember that picture of you I drew?...Like, pixified

ophelia opheliaOG 2003 ·

well, inclination towards art is something that does come from like specific spots in the brain - & depending on genes, one person may be more inclined than another...at the same time, a person's determination can make up for their lake of natural inclination, if you draw & paint alllll the time, you WILL become good at it...I've been drawing from a very young age & have always been like the "art teacher's pet"(this wasn't always a good thing), so, i dunno, maybe it was something i was born with...but..either way, anybody can become an artist if they really want to

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