04-02-2019, 02:05 AM
You will surely benefit. There's no doubt about that. The question is whether it's worth your effort.
I encourage you to do it, but at the same time it's possible to do it and see no results or application to your cartoon work for a long time or ever. So I'm not going to say it's a must. In other words, it definitely wont hurt, but it could end up not mattering. I know plenty of people that tried life drawing for a while, but didn't stick with it long enough to really see the benefit and it didn't truly make a huge difference in their work. The exact same way you can take guitar lessons for a bit, and then quit and it's like you never even did it.
If you're young or just starting though, I think it's important to learn all you can.
I encourage you to do it, but at the same time it's possible to do it and see no results or application to your cartoon work for a long time or ever. So I'm not going to say it's a must. In other words, it definitely wont hurt, but it could end up not mattering. I know plenty of people that tried life drawing for a while, but didn't stick with it long enough to really see the benefit and it didn't truly make a huge difference in their work. The exact same way you can take guitar lessons for a bit, and then quit and it's like you never even did it.
If you're young or just starting though, I think it's important to learn all you can.