[ SECRET POST #3206 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3206 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

02. http://i.imgur.com/2rWaGnz.png

[(Anonymous)]

It was going to take you years to git gud regardless of when you started. And don't be all bitter about being able to write, because that's still going to be useful for constructing comic layouts and scripts.

[(Anonymous)]

It can be intimidating to start a new skill later than others, but don't let that stop you.

Drawing, playing an instrument, coding, etc. There is no age limit to learning and practicing those skills.

[ketita]

You can still learn to draw and develop your skill! It's far from being too late. Besides, having perfect drawing skills is not always the deciding factor - look at One Punch Man. The original manga is so crappily drawn it's unbelievable.
Hell, even the Shingeki no Kyojin manga started out pretty bad, but look how popular that got.

Writing is a very useful skill to have, though. I really don't think you wasted your time.

[(Anonymous)]

+1, this is something that has inspired me despite having no discernible talent - going way, way back to the very first strip of a webcomic and seeing how completely terrible it was to start off, and how the artist evolved over time.

[(Anonymous)]

I am old as shit by internet standards, and I just enrolled in my first art class after a lifetime of "I wish I could draw" and mild writing success. I'm older than all the kids in the class. Worse than some, better than others, AKA average. It's hard as anything I've done, but I'm having a blast. Start now.

[(Anonymous)]

Go for it! I recently picked up crochet, and art's still on the list. You're not done yet!

I'm with that other anon. Your ability to write will help make your art stories better. It's not wasted, you've just done the co-requisite before the main event, that's all!

[sarillia]

Art's still on my list after teaching myself to crochet too. Every year I think "this is going to be the year I really get into practicing drawing" and then it doesn't happen. I'll get there eventually though. And in the meantime I do get some practice in occasionally.

[forgottenjester]

You can start learning whenever. Trust me, it's less about skill and more about how much effort and hard work you're willing to put in. Also, your writing skills have not gone to waste. You could merge the two skills or maybe later in life you'll want to go back to it. However, for now I suggest giving it a try. It can't hurt.

[(Anonymous)]

You could always collaborate with an artist while you practice your own art skills.

[ariakas]

Trust me: so many comics suffer from Artist-As-Writer-Syndrome that your years as a writer won't be wasted one bit. Even if your art isn't as good as some lifelong artists, people will appreciate your writing skill immensely.

[(Anonymous)]

+1, I wish more of them had put in the years that OP has!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, writing isn't a useful skill at all. All your life is a waste.

[gobbledigook]

Never too old for art, but if you're really worried try getting informed on specific learning that will have you learn the basics faster? conceptart.org has good threads on stuff like this.

[(Anonymous)]

My first novel was just published last month.

I'm 52.

It's never too late to start. Ever.

[dani_phantasma]

I can sorta feel ya here. I've taken my sweet time on my own original stuff for awhile trying to decide where I really want to go with it.

Lately I think I've started to figure it out.

But don't think its too late to change course. And don't think that spending time learning to write is wasted time. Good art can only take a comic so far without it.

[caerbannog]

It's never too late to start learning art skills. There's no dead line, the drawing skill you want is always a moving target...grab a pen and get started doodling. Maybe take some classes in life drawing. Read about different methods, try different materials! Go have fun at it :)

[kitelovesyou]

DON'T compare yourself to artists your age and think "I could be them by now if only". (I've thought that, it sucks, no good.) Instead take the advice in this thread and start learning! The first day of the rest of your life, etc!

[sachiko_san]

Honestly, just freaking do it. The more you worry about it, the less likely you are to do it. Plus there's plenty of free tutorials online if you can afford or don't want to take classes. But some advice, learn to draw realistically then form a style, I say this as someone who came across plenty of people claiming anatomy mistakes were their "style."

[(Anonymous)]

Bro, whatever. It's not too late until you're DEAD. do the thing you like!

[dinogrrl]

Trufax: My mom's lifetime of training is in music and teaching. She didn't discover that her true passion was making stained glass until she was nearly 50. Within a few years, she was making windows to install in houses.

It's completely possible to develop new skills, and get good at them, no matter how far down the path of life you are. Yes, it'll take years to improve. Even if you started young, it still takes years to get good at any specialized skill. That's kinda how it works. But it'll take even longer if you sit around moping about lost time :p.

It is not, in fact, too late

[solarbird]

I worked for years trying to figure out why my visual arts weren't doing it for me. I got an art degree, I did sculpture, I did games art, I sold my glass art at galleries downtown, the whole thing. That might sound familiar.

About seven years ago a musician friend of mine said after a show, "You really need to be doing this," and I, with my not-quite-complete lack of music history, said, "Alec, you are high." Then a little after that, something went chock in my brain, and off I went.

I am not well known, or even making a living at music, but a little over a month ago, I found out that a member of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences had submitted my latest album, Bone Walker, to the Grammy Award jury, and one of the tracks, "Kitsune at War," for a second, separate Grammy.

Now, I should stress, THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS BEING ON THE SHORTLIST. It is NOT that. But it's how you get on the shortlist, and I don't know this nominator, so it's not like I called in a favour or had a friend do it. (And, I might add, a couple of weeks ago, they contacted me to clarify performance credits on "Kitsune at War." Which I like to think they wouldn't've bothered doing if they'd given it a first listen and thrown it out. Round 2: Fight? I dunno, but wow I hope so.)

I am 100% sure this is as far as this goes. I won't make the shortlist, I know that. I'm amazed I've made it this far. I mean, these are industry awards, and I'm this chick who taught herself a bunch of instruments and built her own recording studio in her spare bedroom, who the hell am I, right? Nobody, that's who.

But in terms of learning curve, that's just over six years from pretty close to zero to The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences asking me for details concerning a possible (if staggeringly unlikely) Grammy nomination.

So what I'm saying is:

It is not, in fact, too late. Just... run to it. Run.

[nyvz]

OP, there is no worthless skill because in the end you learned something. And it's never too late to learn something new. I believe in you and believe that you can do great things. Just keep trying. (BTW, right there with you, writer and traditional okay artist learning how to use a tablet for art).

Never too late

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a writer who's pushing 40, and I've just decided that I want to start making knives. Maybe I'll progress into swords and ax heads after I've had a few blades turn out decently.

[otakugal15]

Hey, be glad you can write. Cause once you get good at the art side of things, you can weave a story with it and that is something I envy SO MUCH.