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I'm honestly curious - through your best effort were you unable to tell this comment comes off as pompous and condescending? If that is the case, consider this
by WhitneyLand 10y ago
I'm honestly curious - through your best effort were you unable to tell this comment comes off as pompous and condescending?
If that is the case, consider this a polite and gentle suggestion that it may be interpreted the wrong way by some.
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- matt4077 10y agoIt's a legitimate idea hard to express without sounding condescending. Artists get annoyed by "I never needed to go to art school because I taught myself photoshop" as much as others are annoyed by "oh, you're a computer scientist? Can you fix my windows?"
- hayd 10y agoTo which the answer is "yes. my rate $200 an hour"...
- lumenwrites 10y agoAnd professional digital artists get annoyed when their work is being referred to as "teaching yourself photoshop". To better understand what digital artists actually do, I highly recommend to check out http://artstation.com http://artstation.com
- WhitneyLand 10y agoMatt, I understand what you're saying - but that wasn't his main point. I object to the summary dismissal of anyone who has a job as unable to be a legitimate artist.
- duaneb 10y agoI'm interested in what you think my main point was.
- smonff 10y ago> I'm honestly curious - through your best effort were you unable to tell this comment comes off as pompous and condescending? Not worst than the writer of the article who present himself this way: I am a creator.