buzzing lil bee · 4d
i saw the other anon ask about the talent thing etc... while i kind of agree with your take on that people arent born with talent straight up, here's my personal experience with that not really being the case: my sister, same age as me, is really good at drawing. like, ridiculously good. if she was into kp0p and yaoi i'd probably ask her to draw mnsng all the time lol. now, obviously i have spent all my life with her, and she never "practiced" drawing or anything like that. she was just. suddenly good at it. like, dont even ask me how. same case with her singing. she can just sing so well and i don't (but then again i feel like singing is a whole other story anyway because of physical properties you're born with). anyways. like you've meantioned, for example, personally, i'm one of those people that are able to pick up new languages easier, while my sister cannot. however, when it comes to drawing, my sister is just naturally good at it. of course we did everything together as kids, and even now at 23 years old, spend a lot of time together, and as far as my memory goes, she never spent particularly much time/more time than me on drawing. now, as for me, i don't completely suck at drawing myself. as a kid i never drew a lot, at least not noticably. the only occasion i ever really drew was for art class in high school. and i really wasn't all that bad (except i was kind of really cracked at drawing inanimate objects realistically, and really sucked at drawing people), my sister however? naturally talented at drawing literally anything. so. maybe there might me people who are born with this kind of talent after all
wahhh thank you for sharing, it’s interesting to hear other perspectives and experiences!! 💕
i am sure there are indeed cases where people have a natural affinity for something more than others yes! i do still think a big part of that could be training, even if there is not a lot of active drawing involved. it just might look a bit different for each person. for example, i have had multiple long breaks from drawing in my life, but i found myself being a lot better at drawing when i returned to it nonetheless. i think it’s because even when i don’t draw for a while, i still really enjoy looking at and thinking about art. i care for it! i can’t turn that part of myself off. in my spare time, i study other people’s works (and not always with the purpose of learning! often simply for fun, too!), i value pretty visuals so i spend time on decorating my room, i like watching movies and discussing cinematography and visual media in general… i engage with a lot of things that indirectly make me develop my personal taste, my art skills and my general art knowledge! it’s just that a lot of it is Fun to me because these are the things i personally value in my life, which makes it seem so much more natural and less like work.
still, i do get what you’re saying, and once again i agree; some people might just be naturally better at things than others :) but to become a true master (which i do not consider myself yet btw 🥲), there is definitely some work involved! most importantly though, i think that the fact that some people are naturally good at picking up a skill does not negate the fact that each skill can be learned!! i can imagine it might be a lil demotivating when one is close to someone who can pick it up faster though 🥲
which is why (lil extra tangent here, not necessarily relevant to your message anymore, sorry) i would also like to greatly encourage people (especially beginners in art) to not only look at really good artists online, but also look for less popular ones, and join art classes or clubs or forums that are more accessible and involve people with a lot of different skill levels! it’s important to not always see the perfect popular artworks that everyone retweets on your timeline bc it gives you an unrealistic (and less varied) sample group. most people in the world are not that good!!! we are not meant to constantly see people that are so much better at everything but that is kind of what the online world has caused to happen. i think i’m pretty good at art but even i get nervous looking at my timeline sometimes!! so i can imagine it’s even more intimidating when you’re just starting out and you’re already comparing yourself to all these people that are much further ahead 😵💫
so go look at mediocre/bad art more!!!! not to pat yourself on the back and feel better than other people, but to feel better about the concept of making something imperfect and still finding things to love. (this part was not an order for you specifically btw dear anon… just for whoever reads this and needs to hear it i guess) ❤️
