c a r m e s í @le-carmesi - Tumblr Blog

metalheadfromslovakia

vcarneirito

ghtghtghost-deactivated20231018

👻

Storyboard↓

charamells-deactivated20220424

Pokemon fusions

nevver

Lines, Tim Maxwell

arinakorczynski

Little squirtles on vacations, because like most people, I’m not going anywhere :P If you’re interested in buying a print here is a link ! :]

eliciaforever-deactivated201906

Why do artists refuse to use references why why why.

It’s not a contest to see who can get by without them. It’s not cheating to look at a thing in order to know what the thing looks like.

You don’t get stronger or better by pretending. Nobody is impressed by the awkward whatever-it-is you just drew. Use references.

wolveswithhats

I don’t think a lot of people know that it’s not cheating. I recall seeing so many piece of art called out because they referenced a pose, someone recognized it, and then proceeded to shame them for it. There’s this belief, both by creators and the audience, that artists should just be able to translate the ideas from their head to paper, and if they don’t, it’s plagiarism, or not true originality (spoiler alert: there’s no such thing).

I myself didn’t start using references until very recently, because even I was under the impression that it was frowned upon. And that belief has seriously crippled and stalled my ability to improve as an artist.

priderising

As a restarting artist, I can confirm. I just never knew. I thought you were just supposed to know how to draw the body correctly and if you didn’t you had no talent.

reapergrellsutcliff

(( I am going to say this again, loud and clear for everyone:

USING REFERENCES FOR ART IS NOT ‘CHEATING’!!!

If you can draw/paint without references, great! But if you need to use them, and feel that your art can be bettered by using references, please, use them! This is one of the biggest tips I can give to artists, is USE REFERENCES!

Anyone who would dare to attack someone for using references after ‘recognizing a pose’ is a dipshit, who doesn’t know a thing about art.

Do you know who else used references for their art?

Norman Rockwell

Alphonse Mucha

Gustav Klimt

Toulouse Lautrec

Vincent Van Gogh

Paul Gauguin

Edgar Degas

Gil Elvgren

Frida Kahlo

Pablo Picasso

Disney Studios

And thousands of others! So, artists! Go forth, and use references!!! ))

everkings

I was weirdly just thinking about this today. 80% of my stuff I use reference, and that’s fine. Tracing elements is fine. EVERYTHING IS FINE as long as you don’t steal/trace another’s exact art and say it’s yours.

venneccablind

Exactly. USE REFERENCE TRACE CERTAIN THINGS ITS FINE Just dont trace things that dont belong to you. Even that isnt “cheating” its just theft. Which is entirely different. Google images are not something to trace because those images belong to someone, but you can always take your own photos, use photos in the public domain, use a live model, use a mannequin, etc. I dont have (and dont really like) wooden mannequins, so what I reference for poses is usually Daz 3D Studio models, which I pose, and sometimes render to see how lighting works etc, so I have something to look at. After tracing for a long enough time, eventually it will become second nature to you. So please, DO, trace, sometimes.

therealkaiylee

@nezzynaz have no fear, references are here. Or something.

hotelquebec

die-rosastrasse

theartofanimation

Boris Groh - https://www.instagram.com/borisgroh - https://es-la.facebook.com/BorisGrohArt - https://twitter.com/borisgrohart?lang=es - https://www.facebook.com/grohboris - https://www.behance.net/bgroh - https://www.deviantart.com/borisgrohart - https://vk.com/borisgrohart

cochleacochlea

ⓒMio Im

http://instagram.com/cochlea1313

cochleacochlea

werelivingarts-deactivated20230

In this coronavirus quarantine, if you are bored, here’s the trending dalgona coffee to try! I tried to make this morning and it was so good although my hands were sore after whisking for 15 minutes. Make sure to try it out!