John
I've met people who became amazing artists while they were in prison.

MR X
hell no

Nathan
Yeah. A lot of people who do artwork not at a professional level are better then professionals.

flyy_09
yes because people in prison seem to : have more time to perfect their work, , already have skills in this area( the ones who arent talented in art tend to be talented with the other part of their brain therefore work in a field that does with that) and because they are more dedicated since they dont have many other hobbies to try in the penn

doodle
Yes! No! Maybe! Its impossible to tell without seeing the work and understanding the intentions behind the work. What makes art art is not simply the production of an object using the processes associated with creative production. The definition is seated within the underlying intention of the person when producing the piece. If we take the example of a water colour painting produced by a retired accountant who paints for pleasure and that produced by a professional artist for exhibition and possible sale. The retired gent may produce a highly finished and technically adept piece of work... a landscape or portrait. The professional artist however produces an 8x4 panel consisting, visually, of paint splatters and smudged hand prints. On the face of it, with limited understanding, the landscape may appear the "better" art work. However the term art involves much more than technical ability. It requires thought and process. As such when we understand the intentions of the professional artist, despite of the apparent lack of technical skill, it becomes more than paint on canvas and becomes a conduit through which the artists thought process and message are passed. So... to put it simply... the better art work is the richer, more thoughtful one. Be it prison produced or not. In the realm of tattoos technical ability is vital... if my tattooist created "smudged hand prints" regardless of the intention... I would probably be a prison artist myself right now! But many tattooists put great emotion, symbolism and conceptual thought into their work. Others simply do skulls. And there lies the difference between good and bad I guess. Regarding your own work... do you put more into it than simply a well produced design and delivery? If so then that's the way forward. Good luck.