Comments on: Web Designers are Born, not Made.

By: lance22

lance22 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:11:50 +0000

Again (ad nauseum) if you have innate talent, you can make it better by working hard. People who have innate talent can become better, faster than those who do not have an innate ability.

That’s almost an aside to what I was saying, but the fact that I said some are born with ability really pissed off a lot of people. And if you suck, of course you people too can work hard and learn to do good work.

But hey, I know how to get people REALLY mad! All I have to do is go over to an Apple Forum and ask if Mac’s get viruses, and when they deny it just post a link to websites that track Mac viruses. Major laughs … within minutes you have people threatening to kill you and your family. So this? No big deal if you get pissed off because I said some people are born with talent.

By: Muthu

Muthu — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:07 +0000

I just confused weather i was born or made

By: Merlin62

Merlin62 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:55:34 +0000

The idea of how a mental and a physical term might refer to the same thing is lacking, and the usual analogies with theoretical identification in other fields fail to supply it. ,

By: Crazy55

Crazy55 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:32:13 +0000

The best way to do this is to think of the whole thing as one giant trip to the gym. ,

By: Arvind

Arvind — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:33:29 +0000

Awesome post……

By: Mr. I can't draw a stick figure

Mr. I can't draw a stick figure — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:30:51 +0000

Oops, that was supposed to say:

“that made extensive use of the tag”

By: Mr. I can't draw a stick figure

Mr. I can't draw a stick figure — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:28:50 +0000

I think that most extremely good designers (be it in print or web) do have a born gift, but to say that the only good designers are those who are born with that gift is a bit obsurd. Just as a couple of other comments stated, talent is NOTHING without practice.

My sister was born with the artistic gift, but she wasn’t painting Van Gogh style portraits at the age of 5 either… Instead, she was like most other kids drawing and painting smeared works of art with water colors.

I could draw those things at that age as well… The biggest difference between the two of us is that she continued to have a passion and interest for drawing, whereas my interests were directed elsewhere.

I honestly think that ANYONE could be a great designer had they stuck with the finger painting they did as children and slowly evolved it as time went on. I chose to be a geek and learn about code. Hence, I am a developer.

As someone else mentioned, when I first started to write code, I didn’t start with clean and valid XHTML. (in fact, xhtml wasn’t even around) Instead, I was making crappy little pages that made extensive use of the tag (among others) and my code looked like a cyber tornado had whirled through it.

However, after many years of obsession with the craft, I’ve become more knowledgeable and learned how to carefully and neatly construct valid code that even a novice could look through and tell that it was done by a professional.

I’m no artist. Not by a long shot, but not because I am unable to be… Rather, because I chose at an early stage in life NOT to be!

By: Media Marc

Media Marc — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:06:39 +0000

In the words of Rock Lee, “I will defeat a genius because I’m a genius, at Hard work!”

By: Laurent

Laurent — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:05:57 +0000

So true! You summarized my life: a potential unrecognized

By: M

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:39:46 +0000

I disagree with this view. Design takes a healthy mix of practice, hard work, and a very good eye– just like any creative skill. It is not something you are “born with” or “born without”. I have seen the evolution of fellow designers and artists. I have seen them go from amateur and boring design to truly inspirational over a number of years. I do not believe that any “talent” cannot be learned with the right amount of dedication, love, and perseverance.