Sorry for dropping off the face of RpN for a brief amount of time. Yesterday I got a new type of chemotherapy and it hit me hard. Then we went home and I couldn't take meds cause barf and... It's a 6 hour long story
"Stay, you're not gonna leave me
This place is right where you need to be
And why your words gotta mean so much to them,
When they mean nothing to me?
So stay, you're not what you're hearing
Cause I've been watching you changing
And who said you're one in a million?
I hate that there's so much negativity in the art community around copying directly from other pictures.
Sure, it's bad to copy another artist's picture and claim that you're the original creator, but copying pictures on your own time can be very useful in learning the different aspects and techniques other artists use.