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i love when fic writers who have clearly never tried any kind of alcohol in their lives try to write someone drinking bc they’re always like
“he ordered a tall glass of hard liquor. after three large glasses he was feeling tipsy” like babygirl i can’t be sure but i think u just sent this man to the hospital
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Do you think tracing is ok? I usually trace pictures for the lineart and then do the coloring myself. Sometimes I use palettes from a blog that posts cute palettes. I feel bad about doing this bc I was taught tracing is ALWAYS bad. But when I use a reference image it takes me forever to achieve the same result.
I never trace other people's art but for example if I wanna draw a famous person I take something from a photo shoot they had
I do wonder if this is slowing down my process bc maybe if I used references instead of tracing I would train my eye to pick up on proportions.
However I'm not a professional, I just do this for fun
If it works for you, go for it! You will learn like that, too. Heck, sometimes I even have to trace MY OWN ART because I forgot how to draw something or I can’t get the new character right until I have draw them a few times from the same perspective!
There are lots of great reference poses etc. out there for free, as well as lots of stock photos to learn. Utilize all you can get to learn and make art easier for you (as it’s your hobby and I don’t believe in slaving in art, like old school art schools still teach…)
Other people’s art tracing is acceptable for private learning processes if you ask me. Like how does this line art work, how does this face work, what colors does this image consist etc. It’s same as studying art. But, these should be kept private without publishing, as it’s not acceptable to trace someone’s art and then put it out there as your own unless the artist states otherwise.
Mimicking is a big part of all learning we do.
I’m generally very laid back person with little biases here and there only, so I’m not the best person to be asked “is this OK?” because most of the time my answer is “Do what you wish, I don’t personally mind about this or that. if it works for you, good for you!”
An excellent addition, thank you! You learn by mimicking and how do you mimic art? You’ll trace and draw, trace and draw. Observing is also a great method but observing itself isn’t enough (at least for majority of us). You can look at an art piece and think “How is this done?” and still not figure it out. But, if you immerse yourself into the art piece by tracing and copying, you will slowly learn the ways of how it was done.
When I was in art school, our photography teacher often reminded us that when photographing was invented, it was artists who utilized it first. Not to take photos instead of doing art but to take photos and use camera obscura to reflect cities and landscapes on canvases, and then tracing that image on the canvas.
I don’t know where this “You need to draw everything from the memory and learn just by drawing following certain tutorials”-thought comes from (it seems to be just a few decades old thing???). It’s not serving anyone who draws or paints. It’s an obscure thought; the same as saying to a hobbyist or pro pianist that play all the songs from your memory and don’t mimic existing song by copying them! You are allowed to play only self-composed songs you made by yourself!
