>>538439812
I don't actually think I'm "gifted", but I was the best artists in my class growing up. I had other kids pay me to draw stuff and my art teachers always used my stuff for examples. The constant praise and lack of an artistic "rival" (that sounds gay but I can't think of a better way to say it) made me complacent and I never developed the drive to practice and improve. Now I'm almost 30 and still draw like a slightly above average artistic high schooler. I barely even try to complete full drawings anymore, the only time I draw is on post-it notes when I'm bored at work.