/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4065790
>What gave the old masters the knowledge to draw so well from imagination is the question we should be asking
Kids are able to depict made up shit all the time without direct references. Developed motor skills and cognition is what allows adults to draw better than kids. Some kids do catch on faster and are able to create more realistic drawings at an early age, Frank Frazetta is an example. Point is you don't need thousands of hours drawing from life or master studies to use your imagination.

>I don't think Volen is smart enough
FTFY
Copying is bad if you won't use your brain to store, re-arrange, and utilise the references you copied. A visit to Volen's artstation shows the average kid in a kindergarten art class has more imagination than that retard.