[andai]

When I was a kid, I used to think that better tools would automatically make me good at art.

For example, I was making animations with EasyToon, and I only had a mouse, while the really good animators were using graphics tablets.

Clearly, if I bought a tablet, my own animation skills would drastically improve!

I guess I still kinda believe that, when I look at how fancy some of the newer computers are. If only I had one of those, my creativity would be unlimited!

The funny thing is that my fallacy sorta came true: my friend was showing me some insane stuff he rendered on his 5080 with a custom Stable Diffusion...

[egypturnash]

Better tools won't make you better, but they'll get in the way less, would you rather draw with a pencil or a bar of soap? A mouse is more like the latter than the former.

[iLoveOncall]

Okay but you will definitely be able to make better art with a graphical tablet. It's near impossible to have enough precision to draw with a mouse, regardless of practice or skill.