The Last Poster Wins! [v19]

[Chakramaster]

I'm not even sure if it can really be called a gift. It's really all about passion, dedication, and commitment to building skill. I'm sure Gemma's been doing art for many, many years, and all that practice, time, dedication, and desire for improvement is what allowed her to become as good as she is today.

Trust me, what I can do with graphics today would have shocked me in my earlier years, but I certainly wasn't born with a gift like that. My first banners were crapola, my first stories were garbage, and my first drawn art pictures looked like a splattered fly. So much of it is about time, practice, critique, desire to improve, learning from others and their examples, and not being lazy by trying to poke around for shortcuts or to cut corners.

I do agree with you, though. PXR has loads of very awesome artists with many unique styles, and Gemma is definitely one of them.

Well the way I see it. It's something she developed with a lot of hard work and dedication. She's become so talented at it it's almost as if drawing the things she likes could come natural. A quick sketch alone as amazing. Not only that, but she's working with something she loves, making art! The way I see a "gift" is if even if you're not born with that talent, it's something you dedicated yourself to for so long that you become talented at it. People know you for that gift and really admire you for that talent. Gift's can be developed, it's not something you have to be born with, but sometimes they are found and created. Those talents can only be improved over time too.

Same goes for you and your talent with graphics. I've never seen your old work, but I saw your new ones. Like I've said before, those are part of the reason why I found PXR in the first place along with that awesome PSG. Seriously I should show you some of the ones I've created before up for the latest one. I'd love to take the time to learn more though one day.

[Neo Emolga]

Well the way I see it. It's something she developed with a lot of hard work and dedication. She's become so talented at it it's almost as if drawing the things she likes could come natural. A quick sketch alone as amazing. Not only that, but she's working with something she loves, making art! The way I see a "gift" is if even if you're not born with that talent, it's something you dedicated yourself to for so long that you become talented at it. People know you for that gift and really admire you for that talent. Gift's can be developed, it's not something you have to be born with, but sometimes they are found and created. Those talents can only be improved over time too.

Same goes for you and your talent with graphics. I've never seen your old work, but I saw your new ones. Like I've said before, those are part of the reason why I found PXR in the first place along with that awesome PSG. Seriously I should show you some of the ones I've created before up for the latest one. I'd love to take the time to learn more though one day.

All my old stuff was on a laptop that had its hard drive wiped. What I did was pretty cheesy, basically taking background screenshots of stuff like Matrix code or something like that, dump a few words on top, and that ended up being the banner. The stuff I have on the hard drive of this computer, even the stuff that's over six or so years old, really isn't all that bad, but what I make now is many times better.

Oh yeah, I used to have no idea how to use signatures either, which was even more amusing. When I think about what I used to do to get around that (insert an image at the bottom of every post followed by a quote), I just laugh at myself and my newbie blunders.