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Artist advice: Tracing and Lineart
12 years ago
Okay, so I've heard from everyone how tracing is bad, the lowest of the low.
For the most part: they are absolutely correct. Just drawing over someone else's picture and claiming it as your own is art theft.
HOWEVER. If not uploaded, tracing can sometimes be a valuable learning tool for inking. Basically trying to lineart sketches from artists I admire has already shown me quite a few vital things I never would have noticed if I was trying it on my own stuff.
One thing that's important I feel is to keep the ink pen/brush at a similar size to the sketch. So say, if in sai the sketch was done with a 10px brush, ink with a 10px brush. Trust me, it'll look better in the long run and best capture the feeling of a sketch. It also helps that you'll likely get less hung up on mistakes than with your own work.
So basically, get a sketch from a few artists you like and try and give them inks, just to see if you can get what makes a specific piece click. Don't upload though unless you get permission from the artist.
Give it a go. Maybe you'll find a method that really works!
For the most part: they are absolutely correct. Just drawing over someone else's picture and claiming it as your own is art theft.
HOWEVER. If not uploaded, tracing can sometimes be a valuable learning tool for inking. Basically trying to lineart sketches from artists I admire has already shown me quite a few vital things I never would have noticed if I was trying it on my own stuff.
One thing that's important I feel is to keep the ink pen/brush at a similar size to the sketch. So say, if in sai the sketch was done with a 10px brush, ink with a 10px brush. Trust me, it'll look better in the long run and best capture the feeling of a sketch. It also helps that you'll likely get less hung up on mistakes than with your own work.
So basically, get a sketch from a few artists you like and try and give them inks, just to see if you can get what makes a specific piece click. Don't upload though unless you get permission from the artist.
Give it a go. Maybe you'll find a method that really works!
I try to just copy, but if the results are so horrendous, I'll quickly trace so that the brain can figure out some of the more awkward angles. Then drawing it again normally tends to go a little bit better.
But yeah, nothing really wrong with tracing so long as you don't rely on it as a crutch and properly attribute your sources :3
That said, I've never considered using it for inking! Considering how much my inking style sucks, this sounds liks an interesting avenue for education :>
And the inking advise is good too. You don't want to draw a 2px picture with a 6px pen and kinda make all the detail moot.
as long as permission is given i never see the problem with tracing to learn certain things (shoot it's what i did long ago). If that's what you're doing i hope it helps you out owo
if not...then...well i like your style anyway o3o;