volkgeist

As a failed d/ic/k: I don't think it's a matter of talent, it's a matter of having proper guidance and passion for it since you're a kid. I've learnt that you can't have drawing as a hobby, and that unless you learn it as a kid with shitloads of free time, you're pretty much screwed. I would compare it to learning a language: the only reason I'm able to write this despite not being from an english speaking country is because I spent my youth reading the harry potter books in english, looking for information about vidya which eventually led me to english websites, joining an english speaking wow server. I'm still practicing, right now. There are tons of people in my country who want to learn english, who join expensive academies to learn the language, but since they haven't ever used it in a pressure-free setting and can't do the language "grind" naturally, will never make it beyond a very basic level that doesn't allow for full communication. The same could be said for graphical expression, if you have to force yourself to grind for x hours instead of it just coming naturally to you as part of your daily routine, you probably aren't cut out for drawing. If you read about the life of people who successfully learnt to draw as adults, it's either people who were able to drop everything and dedicate at least 8 hours a day for years to learning to draw, or people with an artist spouse who taught them, and they incorporated being taught by them into their day to day.