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Clearing up a myth about Angel AcademyEvery now and then I receive e-mails from people who consider studying at Angel Academy of Art in Florence, and they usually have the same major, totally valid concerns:
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The difference between talent and Hard work.

by ~ubermorte, Mar 24, 2012, 3:35:12 AM
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I see a lot of people on here of varying talent levels and see some of them beating themselves up for not being as good as they want to be. This is just a notice to inform you that this is a great thing, and the moment you don't think you can improve you should stop drawing.

Any artist worth his salt that has had any success in the art business got there the same way: years and years and years of practicing, cursing at the results, looking at other work for inspiration (or frustration depending on who you are) and practicing more to get where they are now. This is how the process works, it's a constant test of your desire to draw rather than a question whether you're any good.

I started drawing at around 4, and never looked back. My nephews some years ago asked me if I could teach them how to draw and I told them that when I was younger than no one sat over my shoulder to make sure I drew so I could improve. My father drew and was good at it, but his ambition was to be a mechanic. He loved cars and since he was around my age wanted to know how they worked. Passion is everything.

Yes you can be taught things about art, and how the process of drawing works. You can be taught how to work in different mediums and use different tools. But ultimately this whole enterprise of drawing is 100% passion. It has to be something you care about deeply to be something you improve at otherwise you won't apply the work to get that far. Every great artist on this site and elsewhere started not being as good as they've become and got better by not being happy with where they were. Jim Lee, Bill Sienkiewicz, J. H. Williams, Mike Mignola, Cary Nord...follow the work of these greats from the start until now and what you see is a journey to improve a tireless effort to reach a another point as an artist.

The secret is there is no secret. Study, practice and build. I'm nowhere near where I want to be as an artist, have no idea whether I'll get where I want to go but I know I'll never stop. That's what passion is.

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The difference between talent and Hard work.by ~ubermorte

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~Lightning-Powered Jun 15, 2012 General Artist

"The secret is there is no secret. Study, practice and build. I'm nowhere near where I want to be as an artist, have no idea whether I'll get where I want to go but I know I'll never stop. That's what passion is. "

Can I quote you?

~ubermorte Jun 16, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Absolutely.

*SarahPerryman May 3, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Very well said - it applies to all kinds of art.

*RougeDK Apr 5, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

LOL. Funny I should read this as I've just torn up a picture that everyone loved but all I could see was its flaws. My friends freaked out that I destroyed it. I just wasn't happy with the results at all and I didn't want to see it anymore.

Well said, sir.