Dear young artist,
Use reference.
Anyone telling you otherwise has no interest in your development.
Also, stop shrimping. Hydrate. I see you, and you need both.
Love,
An Artist further down the path.
Use reference.
Anyone telling you otherwise has no interest in your development.
Also, stop shrimping. Hydrate. I see you, and you need both.
Love,
An Artist further down the path.
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I've seen several approaches. All have their merits and drawbacks. What works for me isn't universal, which is much the same I tell folks when I teach on stream.
I'm just speaking to the idea that using them is somehow "wrong."
One of many.
While I understand where you're coming from, this wasn't an invitation to teaching critique. I addressed one salient point. Or, to put it simply: "I've had many teachers. Which one was correct is moot."
Use cocaine.
Anyone telling you otherwise has no interest in your development.
The whole concept of "draw from your imagination" is a VERY RECENT THING.
It literally didn't exist in antiquity. It didn't exist among formally trained artists in the middle ages.
Many artists can never draw straight from their heads. That is a special skill. And, again, a recent idea.
Pursue it if you want, but don't idolize it.
Stg lazy glasses are slept on so hard by the art community.
I draw in bed with my phone, laying down. Neck pain is but an illusion, after all…
Thank you.
What does a beginner do when they have no motivation to do any art and none of the usual methods to get it to come back work..?
(YouTube tutorials, speed paints, and background videos help sometimes though)
Stop stalking me ya creep!
D:
Art used to be a HIGHLY specific process of replicating a thing.
Drawing "from your imagination" was barely understood as any kind of concept. If someone did that, it would be considered time-wasting doodling. Not for real artists.
But it also remains practically impossible to actually get good, without using reference material.
And it DEFINITELY makes no sense to say you shouldn't use references.
Photography freed the art.
Working from reference is still ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to learn artistic skill.
Or do you think the invention of cars "freed" athletes from having to train to run marathons?
I googled the slang version of it and my eyes melted out of my head (don’t do it)
In other words, they're telling you to be conscious of your posture so you don't get back pain!
Use a tutorial.
You don’t get paid more for reinventing the wheel.
That is my default posture.
References are fine.
Copying is not.
To make a derivative artwork. get permission from the original photographer or artist BEFORE.
Just because a pic is online it doesn't make it fair game.
Sincerely,
Artist working for 30+ years.
https://bsky.app/profile/isobelstarling.bsky.social/post/3loe5hg2dtk22
Use tracing.
Anyone telling you otherwise has no interest in your development.
Tracing is used as image transfer for traditional print, painting, embroidery,ceramics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqiUeW9AN5Q
You guys need to start making that clear.
If you're practicing techniques, and have no intention of claiming the work as original, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN AND SHOULD COPY STUFF, AND TRACE STUFF IF YOU WANT.
Really, more like 80 years ago.
You can probably find traditions that are still rooted in the very oldschool apprenticeship methods.
They are valid.
It's VERY confusing that some people seem to be unsure about these facts.
Very good advice, continue to post more
Regards,
Xero
As a student it’s ok to copy for learning purposes. It’s ok to be a student again, at any phase just identify copying as learning and not as art. As an artist it’s ok to trace your OWN photo references. As a student you are cheating yourself if you trace.
Seeing a new thing in the world and doing a new thing to express it go really well together.