AsheSkyler
Feathered Jester
I am not an artist. I've never had a single class, much less gotten a degree from a college or expensive university. People tell me I can draw, but they aren't qualified to make that decision because they don't have degrees either. They can only draw stick men! So what do they know?
There are other people out there that draw really pretty things. They think I'm like them sometimes and they share tips and tricks they've learned and sometimes I have tips and tricks that help them too. But even though they've extensively studied it and even had helpful sessions with people who hold a Masters degree, they don't have one so they're not qualified to say I'm like them. Well, one of them does, but they're not my teacher so they still don't count.
I don't know what I am. Nobody with a Masters has ever told me. I can't get a scholarship or grant either because nobody wants me, and there's no way I'd ever be afford several thousand to do it myself. I just know that sometimes when I put a pencil on paper, stuff like this comes out:
It looks pretty black and white to me but I guess I'll never know until somebody with a Masters degree steps forward pro bono and declares me an artist, because I'm not qualified to figure it out myself.
Oh, screw it, I don't care what the snobby elitists of the art world say! I've poured tons of study, research, and practice into it. I may still be learning the terminology, and I've certainly got a long way to go to get to where I want to be, but I know what I'm doing and I know what I'm capable of. If they're too stuck-up to admit I'm an artist, then they can go sit in their corner, sull up, and keep themselves isolated from all those without a degree and all those "inferior" artists they hate that are stylistic and not realistic. I'm gonna keep chillin' with my more open-minded buddies and keep swappin' secrets and sketches. And one of them does have a Masters degree! But they're cool. They knew they needed help learning so they went out and got it, and they now help other artists either learn how to draw on their own or give them tips on how to get a Masters degree too.
Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go work on an order for a customer and go chat with my fellow doodlers that don't care if they're sketching with an average joe or "official pro" so long as we all get some work done on our projects. Maybe I'll even start a collaboration with one of the cartoonists, I haven't colored line work in a while.
There are other people out there that draw really pretty things. They think I'm like them sometimes and they share tips and tricks they've learned and sometimes I have tips and tricks that help them too. But even though they've extensively studied it and even had helpful sessions with people who hold a Masters degree, they don't have one so they're not qualified to say I'm like them. Well, one of them does, but they're not my teacher so they still don't count.
I don't know what I am. Nobody with a Masters has ever told me. I can't get a scholarship or grant either because nobody wants me, and there's no way I'd ever be afford several thousand to do it myself. I just know that sometimes when I put a pencil on paper, stuff like this comes out:

It looks pretty black and white to me but I guess I'll never know until somebody with a Masters degree steps forward pro bono and declares me an artist, because I'm not qualified to figure it out myself.

Oh, screw it, I don't care what the snobby elitists of the art world say! I've poured tons of study, research, and practice into it. I may still be learning the terminology, and I've certainly got a long way to go to get to where I want to be, but I know what I'm doing and I know what I'm capable of. If they're too stuck-up to admit I'm an artist, then they can go sit in their corner, sull up, and keep themselves isolated from all those without a degree and all those "inferior" artists they hate that are stylistic and not realistic. I'm gonna keep chillin' with my more open-minded buddies and keep swappin' secrets and sketches. And one of them does have a Masters degree! But they're cool. They knew they needed help learning so they went out and got it, and they now help other artists either learn how to draw on their own or give them tips on how to get a Masters degree too.
Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go work on an order for a customer and go chat with my fellow doodlers that don't care if they're sketching with an average joe or "official pro" so long as we all get some work done on our projects. Maybe I'll even start a collaboration with one of the cartoonists, I haven't colored line work in a while.