Comments on: Getting Adults to Draw http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/getting-adults-to-draw/ Video game design tips from the creator of Prince of Persia, plus news and information about his projects. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: fluffy http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/getting-adults-to-draw/#comment-752 fluffy Wed, 06 May 2009 23:32:39 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?p=1873#comment-752 What's even worse is that often times, people actively DISCOURAGE adults who like to draw for fun from drawing for fun because they "suck." I happen to enjoy drawing comics and post them on my website, and pretty much everywhere I go, whenever people see my comics they go out of their way to tell me how much they suck. It's pretty discouraging, except that I get enough positive comments to keep going. I wonder where along the line people decided that you should only do things that you're really good at. What’s even worse is that often times, people actively DISCOURAGE adults who like to draw for fun from drawing for fun because they “suck.” I happen to enjoy drawing comics and post them on my website, and pretty much everywhere I go, whenever people see my comics they go out of their way to tell me how much they suck. It’s pretty discouraging, except that I get enough positive comments to keep going.

I wonder where along the line people decided that you should only do things that you’re really good at.

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