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<blockquote data-quote="Bloodstone Press" data-source="post: 2535541" data-attributes="member: 12468">I agree that it is a little of both. I used to hate art class when I was a kid because I couldn't draw well. Then I started gaming when I was 10. I really wanted to draw my characters, so I tried, but my drawings sucked. But I didn't care, I kept at it, and started paying attention in art class, and reading books about drawing, and hanging out with artists, and before I knew it, I was drawing things that made people say &quot;wow.&quot; &nbsp;But, I am still not as good as many of the freelancers out there. I've done a few illustrations for my PDFs, but not many. Its just cheaper and easier for me to hire a freelancer with better skills than me to do the job. However, I have found that my ability to draw helps a great deal when it comes to communicating ideas to artists. On several occasions, I have told an artist in specific detail what i am looking for. They go off and draw a sketch and its nothing like what I'm thinking. So I grab a piece of paper and a pencil and do my own sketch, hand it to them and say &quot;like that, but better.&quot; They go off and work some magic, then come back with exactly what I was thinking, or better. &nbsp;So, I'd say if you want to learn to draw, you can. It just takes practice. You also have to be patient. Drawing is a very Zen-like experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bloodstone Press, post: 2535541, member: 12468"] I agree that it is a little of both. I used to hate art class when I was a kid because I couldn't draw well. Then I started gaming when I was 10. I really wanted to draw my characters, so I tried, but my drawings sucked. But I didn't care, I kept at it, and started paying attention in art class, and reading books about drawing, and hanging out with artists, and before I knew it, I was drawing things that made people say "wow." But, I am still not as good as many of the freelancers out there. I've done a few illustrations for my PDFs, but not many. Its just cheaper and easier for me to hire a freelancer with better skills than me to do the job. However, I have found that my ability to draw helps a great deal when it comes to communicating ideas to artists. On several occasions, I have told an artist in specific detail what i am looking for. They go off and draw a sketch and its nothing like what I'm thinking. So I grab a piece of paper and a pencil and do my own sketch, hand it to them and say "like that, but better." They go off and work some magic, then come back with exactly what I was thinking, or better. So, I'd say if you want to learn to draw, you can. It just takes practice. You also have to be patient. Drawing is a very Zen-like experience. [/QUOTE]

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