/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3953934
>"other people are kicking this puppy so its not wrong that I do it too"

I honestly dont know how those "artists" do that.
When I was like 7yo I traced this Dragon Ball character in a magazine once and I instantly felt like shit. Know why? Cuz I knew that that cool drawing was drawn effortless by someone who had zero skills.
Only recently I got back into drawing and I tried tracing for the sake of practice and even them I feel guilty.
Tracing is something ANYONE can do, so how would that make you an artist?
The fact that theres so many popular artists out there that trace shit and their fans doesnt care about it is mind blowing to me.

all right, lets try

>>1799903
Not that Anon, but a copy is just that. A copy, i'll play the devil's advocate here for a moment but the only possible thing you may learn from copying is maybe a stylized proportion that works with one specific genre or character. However there is also the possibility of learning a bad habit if the Artist you are copying from doesn't have their fundies down; the sure way of avoiding this is copy from masters of old, a master draftsman or an Artist who has strong fundamentals.

However when it comes to stylized works a copy does not reveal what someone is truly missing, the problems have already been solved for you when you are copying stylized work and if you really want to know what you are missing use a real figure for reference, stylize it and then see for yourself.

I'll give you my reference for you to work with that's if you are up for it, try it for yourself.