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If you are drawing a celebrity, stop.
Please stop.
Don't do it.
Draw your family.
Draw your friends.
Draw imaginary creatures.
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Great work mate!
Thank you! 
Your works remind me of a mix of lucien Freud,egon schiele and a touch of Francis bacon's shapes.
I don't know if i expressed it well.
Just wanted to let you know
I don't know if i expressed it well.
Just wanted to let you know
You did, and thank you!
I also saw your entry on which one shouldn't draw celebrities and switch to imaginary creations of one's mind.I get your logic but do you feel like taking the topic some further?
Because I'm the case.I'm not self-projecting but I think we two could exchange views.
Not objecting to what you said.just rare to exchange views with people of all certain mind.
-marina
Because I'm the case.I'm not self-projecting but I think we two could exchange views.
Not objecting to what you said.just rare to exchange views with people of all certain mind.
-marina
Drawing from photos is a great learning tool and if you take your own photos, you can keep doing it as a professional.
But the sooner you can start drawing from your own photos, or drawing from real life, or your imagination, the better...for several reasons.
Like you, I made sketches of famous people when I was young. But as I grew older, those drawings became meaningless to me. They were learning exercises and nothing more. I actually threw them in the trash not too long ago.
But the drawings I did of family and friends, during that same time period, I kept. Because those sketches DO mean something to me.
I know sketches of family/friends/pets aren't going to get as many clicks as sketches of johnny depp wearing a captain jack costume, but they will mean more to you later, and the sooner you can start taking your own photos/reference images, the sooner you will develop your 'voice/style' as an artist.
Grab a camera, make some costumes, set up a light...and pretend you're making a movie, but instead of filming, just take a set of photos....then pick the best photo and draw it! This gets your family/friends/pets involved and it makes your work 100% original.
Somewhere inside you, there is a unique style and voice shaped by the life experiences that only you have had. Find that voice and develop it!
But the sooner you can start drawing from your own photos, or drawing from real life, or your imagination, the better...for several reasons.
Like you, I made sketches of famous people when I was young. But as I grew older, those drawings became meaningless to me. They were learning exercises and nothing more. I actually threw them in the trash not too long ago.
But the drawings I did of family and friends, during that same time period, I kept. Because those sketches DO mean something to me.
I know sketches of family/friends/pets aren't going to get as many clicks as sketches of johnny depp wearing a captain jack costume, but they will mean more to you later, and the sooner you can start taking your own photos/reference images, the sooner you will develop your 'voice/style' as an artist.
Grab a camera, make some costumes, set up a light...and pretend you're making a movie, but instead of filming, just take a set of photos....then pick the best photo and draw it! This gets your family/friends/pets involved and it makes your work 100% original.
Somewhere inside you, there is a unique style and voice shaped by the life experiences that only you have had. Find that voice and develop it!
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Will this suffice?
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Can't wait to see my smug face in your next episode!
Can't wait to see my smug face in your next episode!