din's dump

I’ve never made bases myself mostly because I can never ensure they’re actually anatomically correct lol, but I can recommend how I study/use references as bases! (I’ve changed it recently so it works a lot better for me)

This process might be a little specific to me, but whenever I’m working on a piece I struggle the most with silhouettes. So I trace a frame of the pose I want, then make my own edits and add details myself. Idk if my example makes any sense, but I find my poses far too stiff if I trace too many details from the reference image (but it works for some people!)

Also as a side tip: I recommend quick portraits of random images you find, it’s lots of fun! I find some great models on Pinterest and do a simple portrait in whatever style I’m in the mood to use. Its my go-to when im in a rut so I have a lot of them piled up in my files :’)