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72. As a former graphic designer, and sometimes illustrator, when not doing clerical work, and long time artist of 55+ yrs..

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #39)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:26 PM

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I don't think it ever occurred to me of non-artists (visual, here, but the other Arts as well) being resentful of creative people.

And I'm no stranger to the nastiness, and outright malevolence of certain people (decades before drumphf).

Otoh, I've been envious at times of various artists who could do things better than me. It almost always involved realistic (but not hyper realistic) painting. But those feelings don't last, and I have much less of that now. Maybe a sigh here, and there. I haven't painted in a long time.

My work is representational B&W, or colored drawings. When I painted it was often abstract, sometimes realistic. I also have very cool ditigal art phone app.

Still, I do enjoy a lot of what I do (thank goodness!).

But I plan hopefully to try some painting stuff again eventually (issue of supplies $); to achieve a bit of what I've wanted to do off, and one a long time.We'll see. 👍

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