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Hot smoked onigiri worked. I’m gonna try to grill it tonight and use either soy sauce or Crystal hot sauce and see if my new Japanese friends are on to something

Good question. I’m seeing more and more artists that trace models. It’s easy and it saves time. I get it. But… they don’t like to admit it. Just ask artists to show you their drawing video that most digital programs record, they won’t show you. An artist that traces, usually don’t want you to know they traced. And I for one, am not into it. I looked at anatomy to learn anatomy. I’m not perfect at it. I push poses to impossible lengths sometimes. And I like seeing other dynamic artists versions of their stylized anatomy. Drawing anatomy in a dynamic way means you have to push past the boundaries a digital model or photograph can give you. Now some artists rely on heavy referenced anatomy, that’s how they want their style, go for it! And if you’re more of a fan of that, enjoy! Me personally, I am more a fan of personal stylistic interpretations of life that an artist built from the ground up, their style they built feels authentic in their universe. The style is them. No matter what project they do, they bring their stylized world to it. And I love it.