Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
WUT.

Tracing is a way to learn. It helps you get a feel for paying attention to details, proportions, and keeping lines straight and clean. Plus everyone uses reference pictures and even concept art gets refined all the time. Heck, look at all the different appearances Pikachu has had over the years.

Also, NEWS FLASH! Everyone learns and does art differently. And to think there are some people who believe art done on a computer program isn't "real art" like painting on an easel or some rubbish like that.
AH yeah I had an art server a while back that greatly frowned up the use of tracing to get down concepts. I traced a bunch of hands back when I was still practicing on my trackpad and got reprimanded for it. One day ban. Scene recreations were also not allowed as I later found out. When I tried to explain that I was self taught so I don't know a lot of the learning techniques that they use (like the Shrimp method which is a really good method to practice drawing stuff fun fact) they just said that this wasn't their problem and shouldn't be an excuse.

Artists are cliquish like that.