Ten Thousand Hour Theory

The theory goes something like this;  If you've spent over ten-thousand hours doing something, you are truly an expert.  Well I figure I've easily spent that many hours sketching.  I use drawing for Design-it is such a powerful tool when applied to the challenges of products, stories, or any other enterprise where a new direction is needed.  One of my favorite applications of the Design discipline of drawing is using a conceptual approach in the early stages-like this example below-the challenge was to rethink equipment for goal-keepers (a topic near and dear to my heart) and possible new approaches.  By drawing robots playing football, purely conceptual, I was able to play with ideas about new shapes and forms-in this case coming up with a concept where elbow protection and gloves are integrated.