Creativity drives more than just drawing. I agree with Feng wholeheartedly but he is talking about the difference between being creative and being decent at drawing. They aren't the same thing. Creativity can be applied to a lot of things not just art. Things like programing, music, scientific research, writing, marketing…
Starting early only means you get better quicker. Also learning is easier for a younger mind. Creative people are right side brain dominant also. People with left side dominance may find it harder to be creative. either way, Just draw and enjoy it. Keep at it and even if you can't draw for shit, if you enjoy it, that's all…
Thats a very "left brained" response. :P Right side, left side, Myth or not. Peoples brains are dominated by certain functions from an early age. This can help some people be more creative than others.
Feng Zhu says it best I think... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnflBERf2zM"]EPISODE 52 - Visual Library - YouTube[/ame] For those of you who don't have 40 minutes here's the short version: Drawing is simply a hand eye coordination thing that comes with practice. You can learn to be awesome at drawing, but to be…
Docm30 - I stand by what I said , some people are more inclined to be good at creative type of work. but you can learn some technique , but those that are both gifted 'and' work hard are gonna do better. http://www.rps.psu.edu/probing/artist.html interesting article which supports this notion. (see I can use google also:/)…
it might hurt your ego if you are called a genius because you feel like "you didn't work hard enough" but that doesn't change the science behind it. just deal with it, and make good use of the talent if you have it. also, there are tons of people with born talent who just waste it away drinking, doing drugs and nothing…