/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.2878599]

How good is to copy other artists works?

Not necesarelly tracing but trying to make a 1:1 copy.

[Anonymous No.2878600]

>>2878599
Pretty good

[Anonymous No.2878608]

>>2878599
dont copy, analyze

[Anonymous No.2878631]

>>2878608

Do both.

[Anonymous No.2878637]

>>2878608
what the fuck

[Anonymous No.2878646]

>>2878599
It's always good to art.
But don't pretend that it's your piece or try to sell it.

[Anonymous No.2878704]

oldfag here. do you remember the places so called "museum". good.

there's always people sitting here, copying and analyzing masterpieces. well, they're gonna make it.

[Anonymous No.2878844]

>>2878599
Is it copy if I see someone draw a woman sucking a ice cream with stars on it, and I decide to draw a girl in a different position/lightning/clothes/totally physically different sucking ice cream with stars on it? Is it inspiration or copy?

[Anonymous No.2878872]

>>2878844
inspirqation

[Anonymous No.2878874]

>>2878608
this tbqh.
What do you mean by copying a model, measuring all the angles and distances? Is that what the model is, a bunch of lines and proportions, or is it a gesture, a story, a round form existing in space that you can twist, squash and play around with?
If your drawing looks like a photo, you didn't do a very good job at capturing the essence of it.

[Anonymous No.2879062]

>>2878599
>>2878608
>>2878872

You have to be able to make decent copies before you can properly analyze works of great artists. It will take all of your brainpower first and it will look wonky, but soon it's second nature and you can use your brain for the more important tasks.
Don't get stuck in that phase though, master it and move past it, but also don't listen to the purists saying it's a 'sin'. They are confusing practice with artwork, for them everything is artwork because they never practice. Take a look at the beginner threads and beginner books. It's all about being able to copy what you see first, because that's your first baby step. Don't skip it, but also don't delude yourself that you are a great artist once you complete it.

[Anonymous No.2879068]

>>2879062
What's the phase after?

[Anonymous No.2879091]

>>2879068
Core fundamentals, like beginner friendly perspective and basic construction (like Loomis). You can also learn those alongside making 'mindless' copies. Once you learn construction, mannequinization and basic artist anatomy you can do very basic analaysis of other figure drawings. Take the Reilly head for example. Once you understand the concept, you can start analyzing heads with it, giving it more form, indicating more than you can see or just understanding subtle plane changes. To learn this, it should be second nature for you to copy shapes and lines so you can focus on the harder parts in art.
Keep in mind that you shouldn't only copy artworks, but also photos with clear and contrasty lighting and draw what you see from life. Make very simple still lifes and do careful measuring (Keys to Drawing by Dodson e.xplains this well).

[Anonymous No.2879115]

>>2879091
yaaaaay!

[Anonymous No.2879195]

This guy named Choob who participates in Last Artist Standing traced this drawing and tried to pass it off as his own. When he got busted he quickly edited the post to credit the artist.

[Anonymous No.2879226]

>>2878599
My niqqa Don Ramon.

[Anonymous No.2879228]

>>2879195
Who did he trace?

[Anonymous No.2879261]

>>2879228
Some unknown kid on Pixiv who desnt speak a word of english. I tried explaining it to him.

[Anonymous No.2879297]

>>2879261
>Some unknown kid on Pixiv

Yea but what's his name?

[Anonymous No.2879485]

>>2879297
unknown

[Anonymous No.2879665]

>>2879195
>>2879261
>>2879485
choobposter pls