/3/ - 3DCG

I'm looking for celshading/npr tutorials and I'm finding that alot of 3D modelers just trace over their pictures on photoshop to create the contour lines and give it that flat feel, and thus creating a 2D picture. It looks better than 3D rendering in my opinion.

Should I try this? I was told to never trace over pictures and just use it to make very minor adjustments. have i just been trolled or something

Also obviously I'm not gonna give it low detail, but I plan to finish the sculpt and instead of rendering, just get a screenshot of the desired composition and make it flat.