/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

So I'd decided that I'd draw every hand and hand accessory featured in George Bridgman's book "the Book of a Hundred Hands" no less than three times just to flex that mental library a bit but I had an epiphany only a few pages in. His hands are very gestural and sketchy throughout. Contrary to Loomis whose books feature mostly complete images with strong, deliberate lines, Bridgman's book features work that is decidedly more "loose".

Long story short is it even desirable to copy this kind of material even though it's so "abbreviated"? Should I just use the construction techniques and information on the mechanism from the book but draw from photographs/my own goddamn free hand or perhaps even "fill in" what's missing from the illustrations in Bridgman's book with references of my own and basically create original artwork instead?

So I'd decided that I'd draw every hand and hand accessory featured in George Bridgman's book "the Book of a Hundred Hands" no less than three times just to flex that mental library a bit but I had an epiphany only a few pages in. His hands are very gestural and sketchy throughout. Contrary to Loomis whose books feature mostly complete images with strong, deliberate lines, Bridgman's book features work that is decidedly more "loose".

Long story short is it even desirable to copy this kind of material even though it's so "abbreviated"? Should I just use the construction techniques and information on the mechanism from the book but draw from photographs/my own goddamn free hand or perhaps even "fill in" what's missing from the illustrations in Bridgman's book with references of my own and basically create original artwork instead?