The best-case scenario is always drawing figures from life but, if you have nobody to model for you, this website offers a fairly viable alternative.
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The best-case scenario is always drawing figures from life but, if you have nobody to model for you, this website offers a fairly viable alternative.
The Ladydrawers Comics Collective (AKA "The Ladydrawers") is an unofficially affiliated group of women, men, transgender, and non-binary gender folk who research, perform, and publish comics and te...
It is recommended that you submit drawings done from observation and not drawings that are copied from photographs. You are free to submit whichever you like but do note that, in addition to technique, you will be assessed on concept and originality and drawings copied from photos generally are not evaluated very high in those areas. It is fine to use photos as reference for part(s) of a drawing but, again, copying a photo in its entirety is not recommended.
If you took the photos you are drawing from, perhaps you could just submit the photographs instead of the drawings.
A couple strong realistic drawings in an illustration portfolio shows you have traditional skills to fall back on as trends/markets change.
High school students seem to think that, regardless of quality, figure drawings improve a portfolio.
What is up with high school students drawing one eye in the middle of a blank page? They all do it. Heck, I remember doing it. WHY do we do it?! Let's all agree to stop.
Two subjects I see frequently: Drawings of Voltaire and animations of soda cans falling in love.