I don't think you're "born" a good artist, as in it's genetically encoded.
I think your various talents and abilities are shaped in your early childhood. Say, ages 0-7. It's the time when your brain develops from being unable to focus your eyes to being able to walk, talk, use tools, read, write, count, ect.
The brain developments depends on the stimuli it gets, in quite surprising ways.
ie. in my case, I learned how to read very early, by reading comic books.
I actually remember reading comics when my attention span was to short to stay focused through a sentence as long as this one.
(I was literally afraid of large word bubbles, lol, because I knew I'd get lost in the middle of it, and I wouldn't be able to follow the story.)
It just happened that a number of the comics I read were Science Fiction ones. And hence I came to like everything SF.
When we bought a TV I was watching a cheesy educational/SF series about
aliens from "math planet" that came to earth to examine if the laws of math work here.
It was incredibly cheesy, and for the most part very repetitive (the binary planet was cool though), but I loved it because it was Science Fiction.
I blame that show for developing my math skills.
Both my parents work as architects so the house was full of art supplies, and I was encouraged to play with them, I even attended an art-profile class in the primary school for a while.
By my logic it should give me a bonus to my art skills.
Like most people, I stopped drawing when I was about 11, because drawing stopped being "cool".
Other than the obligatory class assignements I'd draw nothing, for the next 10 or so years.
I was about 21 when I started drawing again, and when I look at the stuff I drew then it's bad, but it's not hopeless. have that thing about the age of 10-12 when drawing just stops being "cool", and
So I guess I did get a bonus to my art skills.
Anyways, I think the "talent" is shaped way before you can make any conscious decision as to becoming an artist.
But due to the random factor you often don't know you have the given talent unless you try, and that's why most of the people that _do_ have a talent for art, will never try drawing.
As for the others, they have to replace a lacking talent with work.
So yeah, that sucks.
The universe should come with a manual or a FAQ that tells you this stuff. *shakes fist*
ie. If you want to become an artist, start practising early on, put more skill points in observation and inteligence, and some in dexterity.
(note: don't purchase PSI skills, they are not implemented yet)
On the other hand it's not that bad.
At least you prove yourself overcoming the challenges.
And it may as well turn out that an average person without talent, that practiced for a month or two, draws better than an average person with talent (Just because the average person with talent draws nothing.)
So yeah, I'll rant some more because I wanted the post to have a conclusion, but now it seems there are two or three of them, and I only needed one, so I'll just talk for a while to make them dissappear and then I'll add the pun at the end, to make it look better. Ok? Oh, BTW, you can skip this part, because there will be nothing interesting in this paragraph. Are you skipping this? Excellent, then I can tell you the meaning of life. The meaning of life is: a group that can not be removed from the board is alive. Usually that means the group has two eyes, an eye is a single empty intersection surrounded by the group. Your opponent can only play inside an eye, only if that means taking your group's final liberty (and killing the group). But if the group has two eyes, there will always be at least one other liberty so it cannot happen.
The other case when the group is considered alive is when it's in "seki". Basically "seki" is a situation when your attacks causes your group's death, and your opponents attack causes his group's death. In this case none of the players is willing to attack, so all groups in question are considered alive.
Back on topic!
Anyways, just draw if you like it. And don't worry that other people have it easier. Do you want to be them? Well I don't. I want to be me. Yes.
EDIT:
BTW, A success of one's comic doesn't seem to depend on art quality. I'm afraid the promotion is more important.
EDIT2:
*slaps forehead*
Argh! I broke it again.
