/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Always use references if you want your drawings to look the best as possible. Every pro uses them, old school masters like DaVinci and Michelangelo would have live models in order to copy them onto the canvas, Norman Rockwell would also have models come in so he can photograph them for his drawings, and here's a video from Alex Ross, one of the best Marvel artists of all time explaining the use of references. If anyone tells you that uses references should be frowned upon or is cheating then it's guaranteed that they're not very good at drawing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJX7VDIN2v0&ab_channel=AlexRoss