02-03-2012, 09:41 PM
Okay. I got ya. I do have to say the grid method is pretty valuable for scaling up or reproducing your own work for traditional stuff or murals. But if you want to learn to draw the human form, the grid is still going to be a crutch, because it's a shortcut that relies on a preexisting image just like tracing. Once again don't take this the wrong way, but you didn't draw this, you copied it. You may have closely observed the expression, musculature and color, but you didn't learn it. Not to say you didn't learn anything. Exploring an image is useful for getting started.