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I am not an artist, but I also recently realized why I am not an artist.

Creating a visual piece of art involves three processes.

1) Visualize what you want the final piece to resemble and amend that mental image until you consider the project finished. This involves framing, aspect ratio, and other compositional techniques.

2) Transpose 3D into 2D using highlights and shadows.

3) Render your vision using appropriate materials and techniques.

We learn how to render but not emphasis is on the first two parts. They are usually chalked up to "innate talent".

Photography enables you to skip the rendering process and focus on the first two. I learned more about how to render what I envisioned after studying highlights and shadows in my photographs.

Therefore, start taking pictures in the art style you found interesting in other art forms.




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