World-famous South Korean illustrator Kim Jung Gi https://www.kimjunggius.com/has passed away. He was 47 years old. It is truly regrettable. His works were a collection of sharp, detailed, yet warm and wonderful drawings.
And that reminded me of something.
Someone once told me, "There are many designers who can't draw," and at that time, I was desperately trying to improve, so I thought, "Ah! I must be able to draw!" So, even though I'm not very good, I practiced drawing relentlessly.
Looking back now, I think you can become an excellent creator even if you can't draw. However, what I find to have some truth in it is that being able to draw is a skill similar to being able to speak in your own words.
Therefore, if you can't draw, your work tends to become collage-like. By collage here, I mean the assembly of existing things. (There is beauty in that too, but I'll talk about that another time.)
As a result, you end up creating things that look like they've been seen somewhere before. (Without judging whether that's good or bad, just as a fact.)
Isn't business the same? The way of creating and thinking about ideas and concepts is similar. If you don't have your own tools for expression, you might end up borrowing the "concepts" of existing things created by others, assembling them like LEGOs, and presenting them as if they were "new things."
So, I think that even if you can't draw, having your own unique skill, like the ability to draw, or music, cooking, or words, a personal expression tool that only you can use. If you have that, I believe it will make it easier and more enjoyable to express "new things" that you, as an individual, create.
