KAM

requesting a physical

Hi : ) Thank you so much!

I’m unfortunately one of those people who struggle to voluntarily see images in their mind, and how a drawing turns out is often completely beyond me outside of the references I may be using, unless I’ve done meticulous planning for it. I may just have a vague idea, I mostly go off vibes lol

Usually I just get a couple references and hope for the best… It’s a bit of a struggle sometimes, since I also find it hard to trust the process because of this, but I know as long as I’ve got good references it’ll probably be fine. A reference-heavy drawing process would consist of a couple pictures for poses / lines and whatnot, and others for the colours / tone. And sometimes, my oc art could just be a study of 1 photo.

I don’t use them all the time, but I definitely do a lot more nowadays since it not only helps you learn but results in a better outcome faster, and they improve your reference-less drawing skills. I am a huge advocate for references! Even better if you make them yourself too ^__^

Examples of “reference-heavy“ pieces