"did you trace that?"

we had a drawing in my house that my dad made of two deers. it wasn't until years later that i was told that my uncle doug had originally drawn it, and my dad like it so much that he either traced it or drew a copy of it for himself. i remember being all pissed off about it when i found out since i really thought it was something my dad had created (typical teenage shit). and i remember one time i drew this elaborate picture of a dragon from a temporary tattoo (lol, super typical teenage shit!) in marker for my art class and my dad's comment was "did you trace that?" we got into an argument because i wouldn't listen when he tried to explain that it was so good that the only way i could have done it was to have traced it. yeah, i was pretty offended that he didn't think i had the skill necessary to much such a masterpiece. it seems really silly now and i'm really starting to realize you shouldn't take everything you do so seriously, but at the time it really hurt my feelings. i realized later that the intention behind that comment were genuine and he was just impressed, but it was the way he delivered that intention that was pretty shitty. but if you think about it, it's a good art and life lesson: think shit out so your intentions aren't misunderstood.