Hey hey now, tracing is not the same as copying, DJ Coco, you're confusing things.
Tracing is when you put a drawing below a piece of paper and just draw following the lines you can see below.
Now, copying is trying to draw only by looking at the picture and trying to draw it as close as possible to the original.
Also, copying is the best way to become a better artist, specially if you're into Manga/Japanese style. Lots of Japanese artists says that copying is how they got there, and they incentive it. Of course, when copying you can't go around saying the drawing is yours (though posting it saying it is training is not a problem)
Ideally, you should focus on copying a single artist, or few artists with similar styles. Some people think it is plagiarism, but it is not, you use some other artist style as your inspiration, and a way to learn how to draw like them. As you train more, you'll start to develop your own unique style.
So no need to force your drawings to be different from your inspiration source when you're a beginner, your own style will come out naturally later.
Hey hey now, tracing is not the same as copying, DJ Coco, you're confusing things.
Tracing is when you put a drawing below a piece of paper and just draw following the lines you can see below.
Now, copying is trying to draw only by looking at the picture and trying to draw it as close as possible to the original.
Also, copying is the best way to become a better artist, specially if you're into Manga/Japanese style.
Lots of Japanese artists says that copying is how they got there, and they incentive it.
Of course, when copying you can't go around saying the drawing is yours (though posting it saying it is training is not a problem)
Ideally, you should focus on copying a single artist, or few artists with similar styles.
Some people think it is plagiarism, but it is not, you use some other artist style as your inspiration, and a way to learn how to draw like them.
As you train more, you'll start to develop your own unique style.
So no need to force your drawings to be different from your inspiration source when you're a beginner, your own style will come out naturally later.
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