brigsis

I'm posting this message for anyone who has ever copyied someone else in TD.

I myself have copyied one persons style and it came out good

I have figured out looking at playbacks from the top 5 can be really helpful! My profile pic is the copyied one anyone else copyied? =,

matthew

I most certainly do... I try techniques i see from other artist all the time trying to expand my own knowledge... I think it is a great idea to copy others... & the person you copy from will most often be flattered...

Arw65

yup-

I copied Matthew's
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27784

but i tried mine in candy
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=34024
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=33963

gwinnyb

I think most of us do learn form each others art. just as we learn to speak from listening; experimentation and imitation are excellent teachers. matthew has tried to illustrate his techniqhes by breaking them down to help others draw more effectively. some of us credit others when we imitate their work or techniques. many of us try to pattern work on the great masters who we look to for inspiration, and we credit them. when I went to the Louvre art students had easels set up to copy great works, brush strokes, shading, color, subject matter, etc. all success in life is built upon a foundation of all that has gone before. the car was built because the wheel and engine were built first and so on. thus imitation is a springboard to discovery and imitation the sincerest form of flattery. copy away my friend; all of the rest of us do in one way or another as well

brigsis

Nice way of putting it gwinnyb. I copletely agree. I like looking how people do layering the best, thats what I copyied

polenta

Excellent explanation gwinnib. I'll only add that sometimes we even copy totally unconsciously too because everything around us is an example too.

anotherronism

Brigsis: I tried something similar back in March hoping to get some collaborative efforts and maybe some teaching of technique. The htread, alas - died.

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Doug

Good question!!! I think all of us copy at one time or another just because we view so many piks and all have the same pieces to deal with and it is interesting to see thru "playback" how something is made. Although it is new, it is a good tool. I know Matthew has taught me a few different strokes from his pics (not you tutorials sorry) especially the haunted house one. That opened up a whole new dark world to me. He'll understand why. I've seen some of my techniques, or at least I think, used in pics.
We all learn thru doing, watching, and feeling.

My biggest problem is I can't do a real face for the life of me!!!! Can someone please send me some help. I've watched some of the playbacks a few times and still can't get the pink and white etc to make a real face.
Why do you think I'm the monster man? I love monsters of course, but I would love to draw a Bela Legosi or Charlten Heston. Help??

LadyO

In art schools, copying famous paintings is encouraged. Have you ever been to a museum and see people sketching away? It's a great way to learn techniques.

Although, I have to say that when I log on to draw, I purposely don't look at the gallery so I won't be influenced.

Qsilv

Doug -- I know the feeling. My "On a good day..." was a try at getting past the flat pink skin stuff.

The classic problem with faces is that they're so important to us, so we tend to draw what we expect, rather than what we're really seeing... symbols rather than representations of the 2-D axis... and we assemble collage-like pixel bits with a similar skew.

I sound like a broken record here, but it's really all about seeing, both in details and in keeping track of the whole.

Just a suggestion... try finding a few images of faces that interest you, turn the pix upside down, and draw EXACTLY what you see there.

; >

Doug

Thanks! I'll have to digest that, but I'll give it a whirl.

lilalee

When I took painting classes years ago, we were told to turn objects upside down! It worked great! Except now I don't do that, and as you can see by my ugly faces don't look pretty at all. Another fun thing to do, is have someone put a object (exp. a small tool, something setting around the house) in a small paper bag, without you knowing what it is. Then you have to draw what you feel with your hand in the bag. Can't look either!!

brigsis

Doug, try using the lower diaginal left pink petal for places such as cheeks or the chin, I haven't tried it myself but Ive seen other people do it and it looks great!