I totally agree!

the morpho anatomy for artists by michel lauricella sounds like what you’re looking for! it was super helpful for me personally. the same author also has a book on animal anatomy but i haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.

@@nicosaur1 I have two of the other Morpho books, but I didn't find that one when I was looking at the book store. The one of animals is only for mammals, and probably not many.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Thank you so much 😀

My verbal IQ is 120. Sure I'm 10 points away from gifted, but the reality is I simply had a larger interest in these English since as young as I could remember. Name any talented person who DOESN'T have an interest in their talent. I think talent first and foremost is simply interest. You can learn faster simply by being interested even if you study less effectively than everyone because the brain is more plastic when it has fun and plays with ideas. And if you notice, a lot of people with high IQ tend to be very curious - have a high interest. People who don't... Well they usually seem careless. I genuinely believe iq and talent largely has to do with a level constant level of curiosity. Like beginner stages we tend to pick up massively. Why's that? Is it because everything's new? Doubt it, more like we're significantly more curious. So if we're defining talent as ability to learn faster, I'd say CURIOSITY level and efficient practice. Having an intense interest in something is NOT the same as curiosity. Curiosity is what opens up neuroplasticity greatly

@@Mico-Xiyeas I understand where you are coming from, but I do have this one friend who isn't that interested to improve in his art, he just draws when he gets time and ends up improving and draws some crazy stuff. While on the other hand I actively try to improve by watching KZfaq videos, practicing and drawing more consistently and still fall short in my improvement. It feels like I have been stuck at a plataeue for the past year. I know comparing yourself with others won't get you anywhere but I am just curious as to why he cane improve much faster with less effort, he doesn't even care that he needs to improve he just draws what he wants and he seems to improve, while I practice fundamentals and stuff.

Talent is aptitude to complete the task. The natural ability someone first possesses without any work can be talent. For example, someone who can sing and act without any training. For drawing, talent is the innate ability to understand what is happening right off the bat. However, with talent comes training and training is SKILLS. There's a big difference. Some people, no matter how much work or training they put into something, will forever not be as good as people that possessed the natural ability. In sports, you'll hear the term "coached talent" which simply is a player displaying all the necessary movements because somebody told them to do those. But a quarterback with natural talent will have the ability to correct mistakes on the fly without being told to do so.

@@bobbyrebholz2183 I see, thanks for your opinion. It brought a lot of clarity in my mind. I guess i will just have to keep working hard and see how far i can get.

@@cozmoznova if he draws in his free time and improves while you draw with the intent to improve that still primarily illustrates curiosity, looking to improve itself is not experimental curiosity. The mind is not that flexible to learn in such a state This is what separates a lot of people with their ability to learn quickly in any subject - focusing on results rather than the process or better said - fun. People who simply experiment for fun with the secondary mindset of learning, learn faster. People who's primary intent is to improve much more focused on the act of improving technically, consciously than the hobby itself on the subconscious plastic level. For example a perfectionistic artist is really an individual who's interest is improving their skill, not exploring art curiously. A perfectionist is not exploring their art. They are nitpicking at things. Decision making and experimentation are two separate modes of the brain. If you want to learn I'd stick to experimenting without intent of improving. Simply improve by seeing where things go. Decision making is like a laser, instead of taking up all the thousands of little subconscious aspects we go through from simply experimenting, it just makes one little laser point of improvement. We learn faster by simply playing. Playing isn't an effort and doesn't exhaust your brain. You can get decision fatigue from a few hours of "studying" but you can go on for 24 hours straight when you're having fun with everything sponged up.