Is it okay to trace digital art?

Once your drawing skills have developed, then tracing can become a tool that saves time. One that you do not have to use. If you have developed your drawing skills and have the ability to draw the subject accurately, then tracing ultimately doesn’t affect the resulting work.

Is it illegal to trace a drawing?

Tracing is a common art-making technique that is as old as time. As a technique, it is not good or bad. However, tracing (or any copying) is illegal when it is used to violate another artist’s copyright, a person’s right of publicity, or trademarked designs such as logos.

How do you trace over an under drawing?

Well, once the under drawing is done, you then draw over your under drawing, either directly, or on top with another piece of paper, “tracing” the final lines of your drawing. There are two kinds of tracing, the bad kind and the good kind.

What makes a good tracing drawing?

The result is a new confident drawing based on the original. “Good tracing” is in fact, not quite tracing but redrawing. Since it’s redrawing, you make conscious choices as you go. By doing so, you end up, not only refining your drawing but also your drawing skills.

How hard is it to learn to draw well?

Learning to draw well is difficult. It can take years of practice and good instruction and even then, there are no guarantees. We make sure our students understand this before they begin learning with us, and most are eager to accept the challenge. But once in a while, someone will point out an obvious alternative.

What are the best ways to improve my under drawings?

Baby Steps 1 Learn to do the “good” kind of tracing Below I’ve posted three characters. Your exercise is simple: Trace them. 2 Learn to make good line choices These next set of images are the actual under drawings that I used to make the cleaned up characters above: You’ve gotten 3 Try it out on your own drawings