Of course, and this is why I said “shit” is the wrong word to use. It is just largely unimpressive, and shouldn’t inspire anyone outside of mastery of the medium. He has incredible use of value, don’t get me wrong. I couldn’t dream to have such a great grasp on graphite shading. If anything, I see it more as wasted…

A person who is praised for their poor technique will never understand constructive criticism. The inability to create a form from 3D space is poor technique, I’m sorry to say, that is a pretty big negative.

That is the difference friend. They are painting what is in front of their eyes, what is in 3D space. They understand the shapes and the forms. This guy may have great blending and pencilwork, but I assure you he would not be able to capture a person in real life if this is the only thing he does.

He does not, he is establishing almost no fundamentals, and you can see this especially from his “coloring in” the eyes first. Drawing is about shaping forms and capturing 3D space within a 2D drawing. What he is doing is all well and good, but will not help him much outside of maybe understanding lighting and…

To everyone who is getting offended and defending the guy, I hate to break it to you, but this is correct. Shit is a strong word, but this is indeed incredibly bad practice. Copying a photograph is like typing a copy of a book. It takes a lot of time and effort, and the end result looks nice, but there isn’t very much…