/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3440384
draw from life

>>3440384
Change it around, don't just copy. For example, pose the people differently than in the reference, add things that aren't in the reference, combine references. The thought process should go something like "the reference tree is over there, but I want my tree over here, or not have one at all"

>>3440384
There is no right or wrong way to do anything in art. The only 'wrong' way to use a reference is to get caught using a copyrighted photo and to get in trouble doing so (for example, Shepard Fairey and his Obama 'HOPE' lawsuit)

Literally everything else is fair game. The end result is the only thing that matters. No one cares what you learn, your process & growth as an artist, or whether or not you're a hack fraud - if the work looks good then you're fine.

>>3441435
listen to this guy OP, it's the way to tainting your name and never being able to draw a single decent thing. The "No one cares" is one of the bigger ic crab memes, everybody cares, at all times, especially when you fk up. Then everybody will join the pitchfork run

>>3441480
I want to be able to actually draw things

>>3441830
>>3441480
>>3441435

use references to study but not for your actual work that you show to a general audience. Get good at drawing from imagination by doing a lot of studying. It's okay to trace or use reference if it's for concept art because you are getting paid for your ideas, not your process and the industry understand the workflow. For mainstream/normie audience, never use reference otherwise you will get caught copying a pose and you will be blacklisted from normies

>>3441848
I'm not good enough to worry about things like that yet.

"analyze the model, don't copy the model" - Glenn Vilppu

copy high-quality art or photos, not stylized shit.

>>3441959
How true is this all the time though? Isn't copying useful? But Vilppu says to always analyze instead of copying. Can't you copy and analyze at the same time though?

>>3441967
That's what I've been doing. I'm having a hard time trying to draw something 3 dimensional though and it still looks like a flat copy. I try using construction when drawing it too.

>>3441848
>use references to study but not for your actual work
your work will look better w ref tho. learn to use ref and not just copy, like this anon said. also use multiple refs

>>3441418

>>3440384
you know, i was looking at some of my oldish work, before i started with the 'every drawing might as well be referenced' thing and i drew people fine, so the wrong was, imho, is using reference for every little thing

>>3440384
>>3440384 (OP)
you know, i was looking at some of my oldish work, before i started with the 'every drawing might as well be referenced' thing and i drew people fine, so the wrong way, imho, is using reference for every little thing

>>3440384
You are supposed to use references to analyze object you want to draw, not to copy it. It's fucking hilarious how billions of crabs are falling for """""STUDY""""" meme without realizing what the fuck the are doing.

inb4
>NO RULS ONLY TULS
Good luck trying to create something that wasn't already created for you lmao.

>>3442424
>slowjak
>not a crab
choose one and only one