I agree with Jakbird, learning skills is a mixture of tutoring ( which can be from literature or more experienced practitioners ) and experimentation/personnal experience. You don't need a fucking diploma or signed certificate to be doing this and any elitist who tells you this is stuck up their own ass. There is no set point at which someone who picks up a guitar becomes 'a guitarist' or a novice who gets on a skateboard becomes 'a skater'. Call yourself what you feel happy with, in role play, titles are not badges of experience they are for having fun with.


In my experience the people who are genuine experts and who are trully excellent at what they do, do not need to belittle others or establish their status with pompous gestures.