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There are many well known artists and illustrators that use/have used the tracing techniques or other 'short ways' and different types of help to make their art, that's nothing new. Probably many that won't even admit it. Before photography many of the old masters used a camera obscura of some sort [link] That doesn't mean their art isn't their own or not great.
AquaSixio's art is certainly his own, it's creative and far from the original photo. So thanks for the tutorial AquaSixio, keep it up, and never mind the ignorant!
You're right though, ppl should read the book covering Norman Rockwell's technique.
Come on guys, art is not about knowing how to draw a the figure is about telling a story, inspiring people and above all... imagination. Not to mention he changed all about the reference picture. Just ridiculous.
I also really enjoy the turtle color tutorial! <3
There is a large difference between tracing for reference and stealing a person's artwork.
If you look at the "tracing in question" in Aquasixio's tutorial, you will notice that they covered a general and basic outline of the photo, NOT a line-for-line copy of it. The child is a girl, looking down and wearing a completely different hat than Aquasixio's interpretation of it. (Boy, different hat, head tilted upwards vs. downwards, eyes visible vs. looking down) There is nothing wrong with Aquasixio's method; in fact, they have perfectly demonstrated an appropriate , albeit different, approach to using reference photos as a BASE for an art piece. Many great artists do this. This method is COMPLETELY different from someone's example of student's copying a photo line-for-line off a projector.
People need to use their heads.