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[logansrogue]

The problem with LJ: We all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

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[demosthenes91.livejournal.com]

When did you first realize that you could actually draw, like, better than the average bear? Then, what made you buckle down and study the mechanics of it, rather than sticking to the occasional doodle?

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

FUCK! I'd written a big long answer and then the computer died. GRR!

I'd been told since baby-hood that I was good at drawing. You get that from your family for the first five years of your life, you believe it. Then you go to school and you see kids drawing things all the wrong colour and you know you're good (even if the teachers don't give you what you believe is your rightful praise, though we never know about encouraging those kids a little behind from you at that age, do we?).

Helps that if you're unpopular and shunned, that when you draw pretty pictures, people actually talk to you. I got serious around eight or nine. I decided then that I wanted to be a really good artist, I wanted to be able to draw just like a photograph. I kept drawing but my boost in dedication happened at around 14. I'd hit a road block before then and didn't know how to get better. Then I got some good tips and excellent lessons and I went for it.

Since then, I never looked back! :) I guess if I were to steal a line that answers this question best, it would be from Gregory Hines in History of the World Pt 1: "Born to do it!"

[berenicepotter.livejournal.com]

Duuuude, that question rocks!