/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

hating my body and the things that can never be changed about it and trying to cope with it through drawing what i wish i could look like. ironically the better i've gotten at drawing idealized forms the more and more i hate myself when i look in the mirror. i've only made myself more skilled at seeing what's wrong.

I know we probably had this thread the other day but hear me out. Is tracing for figure drawing a perfectly valid learning method the pros do not want you to know? I have a long explanation why I suggest this is but rather than type out a 1000 page paragraph and nobody reads it I want your yes/no opinion.

UNLESS anyone cares for me to explain further why I think the theory of tracing works then I will. A side note: tracing does not mean drawing line for line, because then you don't learn anything. Furthermore I'm not saying to trace to pass off as your own work; lets make that clear.