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[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 38 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I had a friend in high school who did the hand drawing exercise, it does work. He got really good at drawing hands.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It works for everything. My dad made me tie a thousand knots because my shoelaces kept coming untied and now as an adult I am super in-demand in our local bdsm scene.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That did not go where I thought it would.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Boy scouts can lead to the same outcome

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Father of the year!

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

...everything else looked like shit, but the hands were amazing!

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That's honestly how everything works. Nobody starts good at anything. If you want to be good at something, you have to suck first. You have to fail over and over and over again and learn a tiny bit each time as you hone your craft.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

not hard to be better than AI at drawing hands

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

Also: being able to draw hands is the most important identifier of not being an ai.