{"id":255,"date":"2019-01-21T19:50:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:17:15","slug":"weird-superpowers-all-artists-secretly-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/weird-superpowers-all-artists-secretly-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Superpowers All Artists (Secretly) Have"},"content":{"rendered":"Haley Newsome, from the insanely popular YouTube channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCD4XIm3ZFhT72WjqhIXMN9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LavenderTowne<\/a>, hilariously describes the strange superpowers that you develop after you become an artist (beyond the obvious super drawing power). Watch the video below and see how many of these superpowers you have!\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJm2ZqUkxa8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-v4.jpg\" alt=\"Weird superpowers\" width=\"535\" height=\"434\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-v4.jpg 535w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-v4-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-v4-480x389.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">What's your superpower?<\/h1>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Crabby Arm Syndrome\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-2-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Crabby Arm Syndrome<\/h2>\n<h5>Useful in arm wrestling scenarios<\/h5>\nCertain crabs have one claw that is vastly larger than the other, and while it doesn't often show itself in size, many artists notice that their drawing arm is significantly stronger than their non-dominant one.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-262 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-3-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Super Steady Hand\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-3-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Super Steady Hand<\/h2>\n<h5>Useful in putting on eyeliner or while doing emergency surgery<\/h5>\nArtists need a steady hand for a lot of reasons, and fighting with shaky hands and being unable to draw the lines you want is something that most artists struggle with their entire lives. You might not have realized that while you've been working hard to make sure that your lines are smooth and exactly where you want them, you've trained your body to learn new skills.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-265 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Super Color Vision\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-4-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-4.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Super Color Vision<\/h2>\n<h5>Useful in distinguishing among the 30 shades of gray<\/h5>\nStudying art can actually change your eyes! The more color names you learn, the easier it is to distinguish between different colors. The more names you have for colors the better you're able to see them. Technically your eyesight is not actually improved, but the way your brain processes what you're seeing is different because you have different words for them.\n<h2><\/h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-267 size-medium\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-5-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Esoteric Superpower\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-5-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/superpower-5.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Esoteric Superknowledge<\/h2>\n<h5>Useful for introverts in party situations<\/h5>\nIf you studied art or took art history, you can come off as impressive, intelligent and cultured by talking about an artist whose name is not Picasso, van Gogh, da Vinci or Michelangelo (or basically any artist that doesn't fall within the very small scope of what people know about.) It's best if you have one glass that you can swish around and you're dressed in formal attire, but you can do this in almost any situation where you need to seem like someone who's very, very smart and cultured.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HariSaysMeh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"LavenderTowne on YouTube\" width=\"600\" height=\"133\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/youtube.jpg 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/youtube-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/youtube-480x106.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h1>About Haley (LavenderTowne)<\/h1>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/wcm-ws-wordpress-webapp-community.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen-300x300.png\" alt=\"Haley Newsome\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/lavender-profile-pen.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Haley Newsome (LavenderTowne) writes and draws two comics, <a href=\"https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/unfamiliar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unfamiliar<\/a> (a story about some wee witches) and <a href=\"https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/disasterpiece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disasterpiece<\/a> (a comedy comic about her life at art school.) Haley uses a Wacom Cintiq 16, Intuos 4 and a Cintiq Companion 2 to create her art. She also has a popular<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCD4XIm3ZFhT72WjqhIXMN9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Youtube channel called LavenderTowne <\/a>and does lots of random art on the side. Haley says she loves making things and spends almost all of her free time working on her comics and Youtube channel, where she is committed to producing one drawing video every week.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCD4XIm3ZFhT72WjqhIXMN9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LavenderTowne on YouTube<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=3884480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon: Haley Mewsome<\/a>\n\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2332,2318,2317,2329],"tags":[90,91],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cintiq-and-cintiq-pro","category-creative-inspiration","category-digital-drawing-painting","category-intuos-and-intuos-pro","tag-humor","tag-illustration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}