CianRhapsody

"Artistic Talent" Isn't talent at all.  Before you get into a huff, let me explain. Artistic Masters like Vincent Van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, none of them were born able to draw as they could when their lives ended. Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott FitzGerald, Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde et al didn't start out being masters of Writing. All of these people and anyone who enters a creative/artistic field, be it music, literature, visual arts, they all started out as beginners. The difference between them and everyone else is that they spent their lives honing their craft. Training in their field. I constantly see people comparing thei...

Requests. They are the bane of a professional artist's existence. Someone you don't know comes to your gallery, or stream and decides to ask if you'll draw something for them for free. You try to be polite and explain that you need to make money from your art. They, in turn, get angry, calling you 8 different kinds of selfish when you point out that you need money to live. It's frustrating because they don't understand what they're asking.What's the problem with asking for requests, some of you will query. It doesn't cost anything to make the art. It doesn't seem unreasonable. What is often forgotten is art takes time. And as the saying go...