Adam Hughes - Anatomy of a sketch, Pt4 - Requests

I hate when people say someone has a lot of talent. Talent has nothing to do with it, it's hard earned skill and dedication.

I strongly disagree. I would say that skill has a LOT to do with becoming a professional. But you need the talent to start off with to become that good. there are a few people who go to school because they just enjoy it and have had no talent. but a majority of people who do it for a living have some natural ability in drawing and thinking creatively or visually

there is no such thing as talent. we're not born with any sort of special ability which allows us to control the pencil any differently then the next person. we just draw... and keep drawing... the more you draw the better you get. i started at the age 4 and im almost 25 now. anyone can draw. you just have to do it and keep at it.

uh, then what would you call thinking with certain parts of your brain more so than other. Everyone is more apt to using certain part of your bran more so which denotes whether or not a person is more apt to think logically, mechanically, creatively etc. Yes you have to work to develop that but you need to have to think naturally to do it in the first place. Thus having "Talent". some people may have similar talent which is where work comes in, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

that's a good point, i can't argue with that. but anyone can draw, and how well they do it mostly based on the amount of practice put into it. you don't really need any sort of "talent".

I disagree. what makes you keep drawing since 4 and not the others? what makes other kids play basquetball, football and become stars, and not the others? what makes a kid like to play and instrument and become a musician, and not the others? its a natural born predisposition. and some of them has really stronger skills than others. talent does exist. altough wasted talent and hard-worker achievers also exist.

i agree with you 100%. it's like saying that there was no hard work or countless hours of practice put into it. it's demeaning to the artist and all the effort the artist puts into his or her work

What kind of marker or brush is he using to ink?

watch pt.3. he explains all of the pens and stuff that he uses