i just read this...
and i agree with a lot of it.
there is so much more to it than pushing dials and so forth. lighting alone can take you a lifetime to perfect...and what's perfect?

i truely believe that for real artisit's this has never been a problem. you can identify what is work and what isn't rather quickly...no need to bonk the naive lad on the head is there? if someone is open to trying to improve their craft, then i can appreciate that and we all started somewhere. but if i can't draw a circle and i want to get by with the bare necessities of available programs and call it art...then you are cheating yourself; not me.
no one ever said art is easy.

Comitted to excellence through art.