/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

how much can you really learn by just copying masters 8 hours a day, 7 days a week?

as a guy currently stuck in the defeatist negativity loop, struggling to be productive while trying to be creative... would i do good if i just stopped trying to do good work, and went back into mastercopy mode?

i know that the amount you can learn copying masters is directly correlated to the amount of cerebral acrobatics you do during the process, but even if that amount is minimal, some knowledge has to stick regardless? especially considering the amount of time spent.

or maybe the amount of time spent isn't even relevant, because one guy studies for 2 hours with a CAR (cerebral acrobatics ratio) of 5.0 while another guy studies for 10 hours with a CAR of 1.0 ... and they both end up equally exhausted and progressed equally.

discuss? i kinda don't to go back into mindless dronemode. but i feel like it would benefit me more than trying to make decent work.