Skill vs Talent

Thanksgiving is over and I have one thing to ask all of my readers about. Do you see a difference between being called skilled and talented and which would you rather be called? This is from a little debate a few of us had at the dinner table. Someone said I was talented and I said that I'm not talented, I'm skilled. The difference to me is that talent is effortless while skill requires constant practice. I felt that being called talented takes away the acknowledgement of how much I practice. I've finished a sketchbook every other month for the past year and a half. I consider that a lot of practice when you consider all the time I've spent sick in the hospital unable to draw. Anyway, where do you all weigh in? Alright, on to the sketches. The first two are just some practice sheets. They're from early July when I was getting a little better at drawing faces. The third is a recent sketch of a picture I found on the internet. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Facial Progression

 Gladiator/Team Action Guy

 Wonderful World

Slacking and MoMA

I know, I know, I've been slacking. BIG TIME slacking. It's been a week since my last post. I have been sketching and working with my tablet so I'm keeping myself busy. I still sketch in my sketchbook as I like the tactile sensation of it. Also, I can't take my tablet with me to the local cafe. Those trips are practically the only time I get out of the house during the week. The weekend is the only time I spend more than a handful of hours out of the house. This past weekend I went to MoMA. Nothing inspires me more than looking at another artist's work. They had The Starry Night there. They had a Pollock. A huge, room-spanning Monet (Monet is one of my favorites). They had an entire room of Picasso. They had Rothko (another one of my favorites) and Hopper. By the end of the day my feet were killing me. I wore my converse, worst decision ever. My toes are angry with me. Anyway. I'm on my desktop posting this and my latest sketchbook sketches are on my laptop. I guess I'll just have to upload something digital. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Ultalisk

Long Time No Post

So I fell a little behind on posting. It's been about 5 days since I last posted and, well, I have an excuse. I think its a rather good excuse too. I got my computer fixed and my Wacom hooked up. I've spent the past few days getting used to the Wacom and let me tell you. It's soooo much fun. It's been a while since I've used Photoshop so it's been taking some getting used to. Each time I draw something I learn something. I can't wait to post some of my work. Anyway, here are two more ink drawings from Magic cards.

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Cliffrunner Behemoth