>> In summary: I am not a graphic designer.
> 
> Noone are born graphic designers... Did you miss the part above about making 
> lots of bad designs before being able to make good ones?

No - but other people have been taught by professionals. ;-)

>> (Unfortunately, I lack the creativity necessary for coming up with 
>> original designs - be that visual or auditory. I guess I'm too much of an 
>> automaton to think for myself...)
> 
> I find that it comes down to enjoying the process. Do you like working with 
> designs, or are you only interested in a nice end result, and wish you 
> didn't have to put all the hard work into it?

I enjoy drawing - yet still suck at it. Oh well. (Reminds me... I should 
put a few online.)

> I played the synthesizer when I was a child. For many years! I learned some 
> basics but never got beyond that. Basically, practising felt like a duty, 
> and I'd rather sit by the computer. I would have been really cool to be 
> great at playing that instrument, but obviously, I didn't have the 
> enthusiasm to get there. Eventually I gave up on it and focused on what I 
> liked doing, rather than what I just would have liked to be good at.

I have a large powerful synthesizer in my bedroom. (And several soft 
synths. And a hardware 8-track box. And Cubase...) I enjoy playing, and 
I'm very good at copying the cool tunes other people think up. But I 
utterly suck at writing new material myself. I can never think of 
anything that would sound good...

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