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Question for artists about art
a year ago
Ok, so as some of you may have noticed, I've been uploading more art recently. And, I am wondering, because I don't quite know how to feel about my art... To what extent is tracing ok? Much of the art I have been posting, I trace the general outline of some art, to get the pose and proportions, but other than that, all the details of the images are mine, and I often even add or change an element from the original trace, such as changing arm positions or extra limbs or completely different character and such... Is this bad? Should I... not be uploading my art? I'm just starting to worry that even tracing an outline is wrong to do and I'm curious to what extent any artists who follow me do the same, if any do.
That said, tracing doesn't help you learn either. I use it now and then with real life pictures, to learn the muscle pistions and what not. But you learn by copying, to train your eye and hand.
Maybe switching to real life pictures would help you learn better and avoid stepping on anyone's toes. But copying is the way to go, as frustrating as it is
I do see what you're saying though, I should certainly transition to more attempting to copy poses than trace the pose.