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I don't smoke cigs. I do smoke Black n' Milds though.
It used to be a black every few months, but since my gramps passed away
I smoke every day.

At 12/9/12 03:51 AM, GoodFang wrote: I'm kind of confused about reference and what will help me improve and what is considered cheating, or cheap.
If I copy the pose of an existing image, would you consider it cheating?
I have been trying to improve drawing poses, and it seems drawing poses from reference helps me, but I really don't want to take the wrong path and spend my time doing something that will not help me improve.
I don't draw the outlines of poses, i use shapes and use the pose for inspiration to lay down in my paper.

Here's an example in the image, I used Green Lantern's pose as reference to apply it to my own hero, I didn't copy the muscles,costume,face,hair,lighting,and i added plasma powers in his hands,cape, and made lower leg visible.

Feel free to critic my drawing, in anatomy or design.

I'm rather new to replying in forums but I'd like to say that the way you would use a pose of an existing image is similar to how an artist would use a chord progression of another song or melody. Pretty much as long as you can make something new and original out of it there shouldn't be anything wrong with it.

From experience I had in the military (I was an admin in the Marine Corps) when I wrote a correspondence or made a certificate I used a template for an older certificate that someone before me made. Then again that's probably something different as there are set guidelines as the way things need to be written.

It's not cheating or being cheap. It's pretty much using a pose you like as a template and it's been done a plenty of times before you. But this is just my opinion.

Also I liked your picture and I'm not a big comic book person (I read Naruto and Soul Eater manga and Sonic comics where/when can I find them) but had you not posted the Green Lantern picture on the side I wouldn't have even known.

At 12/16/12 05:29 PM, ExplosiveCake wrote: Wacom Bamboo Pen ... I'll go sit in the corner ;~;

I'd like to thank you for giving my an idea as to what to give my girlfriend for Christmas present. :) She likes to draw but all we really have is a scanner and drawing notebooks.