where did the skill go?

[Ganj]

why is it that we are not persistent with something that it fades away? i use to be able draw so well, but now i can't even draw my hand. i looked back on a drawing i did for my uncle ahile ago and i was blown away with all the detail, and now i can't even draw a decent stick-figure. this is bullshit! i'm gonna start drawing again!

[TheAtomicPunk]

Its alright, i im 15 and my drawings are 4th grade material, so you know what? i dont draw.

[zarathustra]

take drugs, you'll draw better.

[lateralus]

Son of a bitch, I know what you mean. I've always had too many interests to keep up with them all, and once I ditch one for awhile, I forget all about it.

[kimchibanana]

ya drinking used to be a heavy drink and heavy smoker but then i stopped for 6 months because i was addicted to WOW (World Of Warcraft) like crack then came back and i couldnt even remeber how to inhale then it all clicked back a few bowls later

[TheAtomicPunk]

Wow should be illegal, i know way too many people that give up life and play that game all damn day. Its an evil game made by somebody who wants the usa's youth to grow up worse than they already are.

on a lighter side

I've heard that a lot, more shrooms and acid you do the more artistic you get, my friends were trippn acid yesterday and i was grounded. GOD DAMN YOU PARENTS

also, when i broke my board and couldnt get enough cash to get a knew one, after two weeks when i finally raised the money, i totally sucked at skating.

[Void]

I remember I was addicted to Diablo.Now I hate those peice of shit unrealistic dragon slaying knight butt fucking PC games.Now the only game I play is GTA nigggaaaa.

[GHoSToKeR]

I know exactly what you mean. It's almost my brain wants to learn so many things that it can't stay focused on one for long enough. Things that I used to love doing, like drawing and painting, have been forgotten about because i've moved on to the next.. well, I suppose you could even call it a fad, though they're slightly less short-lived than the kind of fads you go through in school...

I used to be a competent 'artist' too. By that I mean I always always above average at drawing but really cared about it, which I guess made me good as opposed to somebody with the talent but not the interest or motivation.

But then even with drawing it was the same.. I remember being in art class and getting frustrated with the mediocraty of the lessons and most of the time was just allowed to do whatever the hell I wanted, because then at least i'd put effort in to it. So instead of it being a lesson it was just an alloted time for me to be creative, and I used to become so engrosed in whatever I was drawing or sketching or painting at the time. I'd get a quarter of the way done, and it would be a good quarter, but then i'd get an idea for something else and would move on to that without even finishing the first thing I was doing. Again it was like my body sometimes struggles to keep up with my mind.

What a cool thread.. I wonder if it's because i'm really high that I just went in to loads of detail about how I can never fini

[InvincibleArmor79]

i, too, was what i would call "talented"... i was into writin and art, wrote for the yearbook and took art classes all thru hs... hell, i even won a few contests for safety posters (lol) but after hs, and enterin the workforce, i seemed to have disconnected my creativeness with a paintbrush/pencil... now, i mostly write lyrics and poetry, but i sometimes wish i wouldve stuck with it...

every now and then, i bust out my old sketch pads and lmao at the crazy cartoons i used to draw...

[Ganj]

I know exactly what you mean. It's almost my brain wants to learn so many things that it can't stay focused on one for long enough. Things that I used to love doing, like drawing and painting, have been forgotten about because i've moved on to the next.. well, I suppose you could even call it a fad, though they're slightly less short-lived than the kind of fads you go through in school...

I used to be a competent 'artist' too. By that I mean I always always above average at drawing but really cared about it, which I guess made me good as opposed to somebody with the talent but not the interest or motivation.

But then even with drawing it was the same.. I remember being in art class and getting frustrated with the mediocraty of the lessons and most of the time was just allowed to do whatever the hell I wanted, because then at least i'd put effort in to it. So instead of it being a lesson it was just an alloted time for me to be creative, and I used to become so engrosed in whatever I was drawing or sketching or painting at the time. I'd get a quarter of the way done, and it would be a good quarter, but then i'd get an idea for something else and would move on to that without even finishing the first thing I was doing. Again it was like my body sometimes struggles to keep up with my mind.

What a cool thread.. I wonder if it's because i'm really high that I just went in to loads of detail about how I can never fini

that's exactly what it is. i suppose we all share a common interest, which in this case, the interest is what holds us back. i tried drawing today. i drew my hand holding a cigarette (which looked pretty good) and a drawing of my little dog, zoe. i've always had a love for drawing, but also find my head going haywire looking for an idea to draw.

[GHoSToKeR]

Oh wow, I totally know what you mean. I'm the same as you now; when I try and draw I struggle to come up with any ideas for what to draw. It's like that part of my brain - the part that, I suppose, you store and draw your inspiration - is lying dormant. I feel that I still have the talent, but not the motivation to actually want to do it, so I have nothing to put into it. I guess that passion is what seperates a good artist from a great one, a da Vinci from well, a someone unknown. Maybe if we could figure out which part of your brain that is then we could find some way, maybe using drugs or genetical engineering, to.. crap I don't know the right term to use.. lol *stoned*... I dunno, strengthen that part, or make it more of a prodiminent part of your brain. Man, I wish I knew the right terms for these kinds of things... lol.... But then wouldn't we essentialy be mass producing great artists? I think if this happened humans would eventually start to lose interest in the arts because great art would be something everybody could make without hardly any effort. We wouldn't be able to appreciate it for what it is, we'd just take it for granted. I love wake and bakes. :)

[ArtRollins]

Ghosttoker, did you do your stuff in a school for art? Some artists, while talented in execution, need art direction. Art Directors exist for such things. Coming up with creative ideas is a talent in itself. Look at comic credits. They are not from one person. One has a story, one the outlines, one colors, etc. Perhaps an artist that can create concepts as well as execute them has multiple talents and disiplines?

[chisme]

I remember I was addicted to Diablo.Now I hate those peice of shit unrealistic dragon slaying knight butt fucking PC games.Now the only game I play is GTA nigggaaaa.


lol yeah dungeons and dragons type games like lord of the rings suck ass. :D

ohh look at me im a wizard looking a for a 2dolla ring plus cmon frodo is a pussy i saw the first film and he got stabed and all kinda shit but he dont kill no one lol hes shit.

who would win in a fight frodo or mini-me?

[GHoSToKeR]

That's a really good point. I've never thought about it like that, and maybe Ganj hasn't either? That makes sense, man.. Well, i'm not going to be going to university for a couple of years yet, so maybe I could do something like that.. it would be awesome. :)

[4252]

I think that focus and dedication is key; most people experience a period where they improve a lot at something new to them; that's the easy part. To excell, you have to have a dedication to improving your skills past the point where there's an immediate gratification from each new step. If you really have a talent at something, you'll probably drive yourself to reach higher goals. It's an ongoing process, no end to it. If not, then you're just somebody diddling around with a new interest, and you'll lose your momentum quick enough in favor of the next temporary self indulgence.

just my 2 cents.

TR

[Melton420]

mini me

[seedbare]

yeah man I can really relate to what your all saying, if I lay off the booze for only a couple of weeks I'll vomit if I drink the normal amount im currently drinking, I lost the ''art'' man the ''talent'' has disappated