[[Ian and Matt are discussing Ian's classes.]]
Matt: Maybe you're being too hard on your professors.
Ian: I might be if they weren't so totally and utterly wrong. Ideas you can get anywhere. Skills to express those ideas are what I need. Think about it. What do you get if you set a baby down with a bucket of paint? A big mess, that's what. If you get an adult with a lifetime of art to express but no technique to do it with, they won't do any better than a baby.
Matt: That's pretty weight---
Ian: And now... MOOGLES!
[[Ian draws on a sketchpad with a great happy-artist face.]]
<<DRAW DRAW DRAW DRAW DRAW>>
[[Ian pauses to disclaim something.]]
Ian: Also, when I was a baby, I drew intricate sketches of Mario with flawless cross-hatching and subtle shading effects. But my point still stands.
{{Follow-up to the comic "Landscapes" 1/26/2005}}