/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3614381
A lot of amateur artists make that crucial mistake of not using reference material on their drawings for fear of being outed by so called peers. Most professionals use reference material to make the process of creating a drawing much faster as opposed to drawing something entirely from imagination. It sounds like cardinal sin, but believe me, most critics would rather you take from a reference picture what you need, than you stomp around in the mud with absolutely no clue of what you're doing. Believe me, there's a huge difference between using reference material to your advantage, just refrain from saying you came up with the drawing from your imagination like some stupid Dunning Kruger retard, only to get found out later that you did in fact use a reference picture and you copied the reference picture almost line for line.

When I mentioned that you should refrain from using that dumb skeleton structure, I meant it. There is of no absolute significance why you should use that method to draw a body unless you want to spend an extra hour drawing your entire drawing in sections.

Watch Adam Hughes, a seasoned vet for over 30 years of experience in drawing (not to mention drawing some fine ass) in this video here and see how he only worries about the form of the body, and not particularly the sections of it"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvaG1EZ9shM

Watch through the entire four part process. You'll get a better idea of how a pin up comes to life when you lay down form, erase, ink and finally add the finishing touches to a piece. And don't be afraid of looking up some reference pictures from the internet to help you better understand what your imagination is trying to draw. Copying is also the boogeyman's claw around here and you'll hear ARTISTS tell you not to, but that's only because they themselves found that first step in their journey to becoming better. Any good critic will tell you to use copying until you learn, then stop relying on it.