Things NOT to say to an art major/artists in general.
- You’re so lucky you don’t have to buy textbooks!
- You’re a really good drawer.
- Can you draw me?
- Did you draw that? (No, I’m just running my pencil over someone else’s drawing for fun)
- That’s so good, it looks traced!
- Did you trace that?
- Design my tattoo! (This is what tattoo artists are there for)
- Draw this thing for me!
- *pretty much expecting/demanding any art for free*
- I can’t even draw a straight line. (Neither can I. There are these things called “rulers”)
- Can you teach me to draw?
- Was that freehand?
- I wish I was born with artistic talent. (Saying things like this discredits all the effort we actually put in to developing our skills.)
- *TOUCHING THE ART*
see also:
- is that anime????
- you should work at Disney!
- “My cousin went to art school. They didn’t do anything with their degree.”
- “It’s so great that you’re following your dreams. I just chose my major so I could make money.”
- “Wow! I wish I could go to school and just draw all day.”
- Don’t touch/grab/open their sketchbooks without permission
- “Why do you do digital art? Traditional is real art.”
- “Oh yea! You’re in art school so you don’t have to worry about math, science, etc.”
- “Why are you not a doctor or engineer? You were eligible, yet you chose art? You could have made lots of money!”