09-16-2016, 06:12 AM
dude....that's a basic beginner misconception. The "purist" approach of "unless I am drawing everything out of my head it's not as good", is just plain silly. Nobody gives a crap if you used reference or not, they care about the outcome.
Dave uses reference. Every artist in the world who does this stuff uses reference.
You only have the luxury of being able to not use reference when you've done a billion drawings in the past to build your knowledge using reference. How can you draw something correctly if you haven't looked at the thing and studied it properly?
Or you can not use reference and take two or three times as long to get better. The choice is yours of course.
Dave uses reference. Every artist in the world who does this stuff uses reference.
You only have the luxury of being able to not use reference when you've done a billion drawings in the past to build your knowledge using reference. How can you draw something correctly if you haven't looked at the thing and studied it properly?
Or you can not use reference and take two or three times as long to get better. The choice is yours of course.