I saw some people talk about using references in art so I just want to put this out there:
I’m not educated in art so I will always use references. I even start out some of my drawings as traces, mainly for proportions and because I can’t draw a straight line lol. Hope this is okay <3
I’m not educated in art so I will always use references. I even start out some of my drawings as traces, mainly for proportions and because I can’t draw a straight line lol. Hope this is okay <3
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And sure enough, they did scans of his works and found the trace lines.
Even tracing has its place in learning art!
And your art is beautiful by the way :D
It's been used for literally centuries by artists people consider legendary monuments of the craft.
What you're tracing matters. Tracing doesn't.
I do rotoscoping animation as a hobby and it is a lot of tracing
Literally all this technique did was reflect images into canvases so artists could trace them and then paint over them.
Like you can see the idea from the base but also tell there's very much difference
It's a lot of "traditional trained" vs "internet trained" stuff in my experience.
And references are pretty commonplace, even for experienced artists.
No artist worth their ink has ever told someone using a reference is wrong.
Secondly: Tracing is also perfectly fine. There is a wealth of tools of that let you do things like: pose 3d models and hands, simulate lighting, and other useful stuff.
It's a tool.
Some of the most famous painters ever actually used to use old techniques to trace, that's how they achieved the line work and realism.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98169&page=1
They used to build what were essentially mirror boxes to reflect images of people/objects onto paper, and then trace those.
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/15/8774475/renaissance-art-tracing-cartoons
I thought it was just me
I feel intimidated by all the art by people who know what the F they’re doing