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Please, oh fellow bloggers of tumblr, I beg of thee... Spread this across the depths of the interwebs... so that i may bestow this trash to the glorious halls of memes as a gift to my friend.

#dank memes #memes #spread it like the plague

awwcutepets

This trio…

anime--irl

anime_irl

Why yes,

I do torture my cat with love on a daily basis.

#love mah fur boi #he makes strange noises lol

that moment when you realize you bamboo ink pen was somehow replaced by an expo marker....

#to distracted for my own good #what?

It’s been a while since I posted any art, so here is a quick sketch done sai.

(I apologize for the half-ass shading.)

This is Peenia, she is based on a chinchilla. She also has a twin Brother named Pazel.

#Ocs #new stuffs #arts #bladeandsoul #game character

snarkiwi-moved-deactivated20200

Your new name is the name of your first pet and your favorite flower

I’m Silkie Iris

anissapierce

Daisy Maya chrisanthamum

tiny-moon-candy

Ruby Rose

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Patches Nonexistent

jacobtheloofah

Juno Hibiscus

freetragedyenemy

Lacey Hollyhock

kintatsujo

“Don’t trace” originally started as a warning against tracing as art theft (as in, tracing someone else’s art without permission or credit is art theft) and then over the intervening years turned into “you can’t use references because it’s cheating” and I think that’s one of the worst cases of the telephone game I’ve ever personally experienced

you are allowed to trace as practice

you are allowed to trace your own work (for example photographs you took yourself or to keep architectural consistency)

you are allowed to trace things the original artist is encouraging you to trace

you SHOULD use references

you SHOULD be allowed to pick up other artists’ artistic tics you like (…as long as they’re not offensive, like blackfacing, but that’s a different kettle of fish)

you SHOULDN’T go around moralizing at other people about how they learn best because you can and will lose friends that way and you can and will hurt other artists’ development that way.

Also other than art theft there IS no such thing as cheating in art okay use sparkle pens and fan brushes to your heart’s content why is that even a thing I have to say (…and yes I’ve had conversations in the analog world about fan brushes as “cheating” I’m so tired of snotty artists who think you shouldn’t be allowed to use tools that make things easier because they can do it the hard way)

mr-braindead

But honestly, this need to be said louder, as an artist you end up feeling like you aint getting better, trying to draw in perspective without having a guide line . And when others shame artist for using references its like they are expecting the artist to know by memory how everything works on every perspective.

To Consider that fan brushes, or custom brushes are cheating and expecting the artist to do everything in the “original” way is like wanting the cashier to charge you without using a calculator to do the sum. Tools are invented to be used.

kintatsujo

“tools are invented to be used” well put

niuniente

Not allowing using references is same as telling to a chef they can’t use recipes but they have to pull any dish in the world out of their asses just like that. The first thing, the very first thing my photography teacher told us was “When photographing was invented, ARTISTS took pictures of cities and traced them on their paintings because hey - easier work! Why bother to work hard when you can make it easy for yourself and save your time and energy?”

ailisisuli

I’ve been drawing for years, and I still trace. It helps me learn relationships between shapes, and to understand perspectives that are difficult. Other days, I eyeball it until it looks right. 90% of what I have on my computer is reference images.

Thing is, use what makes you learn best. Don’t steal, but don’t suffer because someone says references aren’t getting.

lady-feral

Lots of this.

keyblack-hl

I work in animation. My boss encourages the whole team, every day, to learn how to draw the characters by tracing them over and over, before trying to draw them freehand. It helps commit their shapes and proportions to muscle memory and actual memory.

Tracing is an invaluable method of learning. As long as you aren’t tracing somebody else’s work and calling it your own, you’re in the clear. TRACE YOUR LITTLE HEART OUT.

freetragedyenemy

Some of the best advice.

I learned how to draw through tracing and references.

the-anchorless-moon

Why did nobody in Fullmetal Alchemist carry around some fucking backup transmutation circles. Like Riza is there with a box full of fresh gloves for Roy when he gets soaked but you’d think after the first time he got rendered useless in a fight by some dude with a water bottle he’d start carrying around a spare set in a waxed bag or something but NOOOOO. And Ed’s even fucking worse like his arm gets destroyed how many times???? AND HE ACTS SURPRISED EVERY TIME. OH NO MY ARM. NOW I CAN’T ALCHEMY. Shit, boy, draw some transmutation circles ahead of time and keep em in your coat, this isn’t hard. “Oh no, you’ve destroyed my arm again, whatever shall I SIKE” Ed says, before throwing a rock with ‘explode’ written on it at his attacker and making good his escape. Everyone’s always carving shit into their skin or drawing it in their own blood, HOW BOUT INSTEAD YOU CARRY A PIECE OF FUCKING CHALK. Alchemists are useless