Raw LLM Responses

That person saying "you were born with talent" to the last comment: as someone that has the same condition and has actively been drawing and then took about a decade long break ENTIRELY because my dad died and there were a lot of ties there. I have some things to say. So, I also have been floating around artist communities this entire time because I LOVE ART. I love the creation process; the exploration, the ideas, the way the body moves with art supplies, the way programs work and collaboration and all it's quirks. I didn't make my own art for a long time, but i worked WITH OTHER ARTISTS to make the visions we both had together into some kind of creation- be it traditional, digital, multimedia, photography, etc. and did it always turn out how I personally wanted exactly? No, because it was collaborative until I took up the mantle yet again, and started seriously learning. Now I know so much more about myself, my likes and dislikes in style and as I create I learn what mediums I like better. When you talk about "I made thousands of technically wrong drawings because I practiced and let myself work towards getting better." I feel that in my bones. I am not an ancient or neo artist- I am an artist living to create, no matter how perfect or imperfect I make it; because it's a piece of me in some way. I drew for fun as a child, then like I said my dad passed and about a decade went by until I created with my own hands. When I couldn't USE my hands or my body on my own outside of my brain, I Worked With People In Community INSTEAD of insulting them, belittling, debasing and degrading them into allowing me to use their creations as I pleased for my own benefit without any credit let alone monetary payment for their efforts that were scraped from their own pages and used in a Frankenstein creation in a machine they didn't even consent to. Then again with how chill people seem to be with ignoring consent lately I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, just really disappointed and kinda disgusted by the lack of any semblance of not even just respect but like basic human decency. Btw this all applies to writers and writing tooooooo~~! Don't think I didn't see you in the corner there you ai algo slop amaz*n "author" you have so much potential in you- if those core ideas are there, KEEP GOING. MAKE THE THINGS. ANYWAY this has been a rant. Because I'm livid. Because "born with a gift" is just a cop out. Because "I'm not good enough" is just a lie you repeat to yourself so you can't even begin to disappoint yourself in a project if you already believe that you're going to fail. Will you fail? Probably, yes, often even potentially! Will you also get ultimately better the more you fail, learn, readjust, recreate, each and every piece and line that you make? Yes. You will. Even if it doesn't feel like it. Even if months or years pass and you barely notice any progress. Even if you can't draw yourself but only learn through consuming art, creating inspo boards or folders digitally or irl, look at books, videos, stills, museums, nature, everything around you take time to view things from an artistic lens and learn what that means for you. Artists are not born with jackshit other than hopefully people around them that believe in them or encourage them in some capacity to make The Thing™. Do you know the full, FULL story of Frida Kahlo and so many incredible artists like her? She was disabled. Bedridden often. Back broken. Barely able to move her arms at times. Yet she created. She was in a horrible accident and was never the same after and still it did not matter because she had a vision and only she could get it out in the way she needed to see it. The way she needed everyone to see it. Was she happy with her work? Often, as with many artists, No. Is she still considered one of the finest artists of the last century? You better fuckin' believe it. If you can't create right now, build your skills for art in other ways. Build yourself up and believe in yourself enough to keep going in any capacity because the only person that can get you to create, is you. Sorry- you've gotta take personal accountability on this one, buddy-ol'-pal. If anything, I believe in you. Anyone that's reading this (not sure if anyone has made it this far lol), I believe in you. I will always believe in you, what you do with that is up to you. Will you create for the world, for yourself? Will you give up on yourself? Because I sure as hell don't want you to, and I hope that you won't either. Choose yourself. Be yourself, create with consent if you're going to use others artwork like that, and just create!! It can be BAD! You're allowed to make bad art and it's STILL beautiful as it is. You've got this. I believe in you.