Atrum_Silicus
true art skill cannot be taught. it has to be learned with no "teacher" figure. if you really want to learn how to draw, practice. also, if you want to know how to draw correctly...
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Heh, tell that to art colleges.
Have you -seen- paintings of cityscape and buildings before artists started to use a vanishing point? Man didn't figure out that little trick until the early fifteenth century.
On a similar vein early Japanese paintings used isometric perspective in their 2d works because of the fact that they didn't completely allow westerners into their society until the 1800's; that's 300-400 years of not benefiting from three point perspective.
Thinking insularly's the way to go, isn't it? ^~
To say that drawing ability is nothing but raw talent or instinct is a bit boastful; there's lots of things we take for granted thanks to the last couple thousand years of trial and error. It also seems contradictory to claim that art can't truly be learned with a teacher, and then go on to imply something about the "correct" way to draw. Without guidance there -is- no "correct" way; "correct" in itself is only such because a bunch of people agree on what is correct. Can't do that without guidance.
It's up to the individual to decide who they want guidance from. If you don't want it from us I doubt it's any skin off of our backs. We give free advice-- it's not like we're forcing it on the world, just whoever wants to use it.
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Yeeah, 'cause, y'know... certainly -I've- never heard of an artist open to outside inspiration, after all. rolleyes
