There's nothing contradictory in the statement "never be able to draw" you simply have no artistic talent whatsoever.
I'm not reacting this way because he pissed me off, I'm being serious, and sincere, he needs to find a better hobby, because he has no artistic talent. Go look through the "post original artwork" thread and judge for yourself.
If he was like "I'm trying to get better at drawing blah blah blah" I'd give him advice, but he's not, he's claiming to have a talent for something he doesn't, and it's insulting to people who actually know how to draw.
That's right everyone. Syphons got the eyes of the art god (death note reference there)! What he see's, automatically transforms into reality. /sarcasm
Go look through the "post original artwork" thread and judge for yourself.
Opinion, opinion and opinion some more.
If he was like "I'm trying to get better at drawing blah blah blah" I'd give him advice,
Yea thanks except I need to get the feel first.
1) Get a book on drawing, or take a course, or just force yourself to sit down and work until you recover. I would say that you certainly need improvement. Your "painting the mona lisa and forgetting how to use the brush" comment is extremely laughable given the context. I wouldn't dare say something like that. Maybe this is the chance you need to redefine your abilities.
1.I do have a book on drawing that I read every day non-stop. I even try to read all the books on art at my library. 2.As mentioned, I've been forcing myself over 9000 times since this incident began but it still isn't what I could accomplish before.
3. Not really. Can you paint a mona lisa without a brush (in it's context)?
4. Prehaps so but at the same time would drag me away from my main point.
2) Or... take a break. Staying away from it for a few weeks would help.
That's what brought me to forget.
Sharpen your pencil. Sometimes that works.
It's the opposite to me.
Also, for that post about that girl I drew, it was more of an experiment on what it would it be like if I started drawing in a more "manga"-esque tone. So of course, the first result will be as ugly as sin but it was a dramatic change that I liked. See, notice how I admit to that fault but not to the others Syphon mentioned.
The thing about this new style to me is that drawing the torso is a bitch. According to the book I was reading, the preferred method is making an open triangle and then adding shoulders then filling the rest in. Which is quite confusing . So I guess my mentality didn't like this and just cut it off, just like that. And all the other books also teach the same thing or something close to it.
Edit: Also I chose "manga" styled drawing because to me, it gave the drawing more definition then you would see (excluding Disney) in average cartoons.
None.