I know I say that I’m kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same…

malacandrax:

I know I say that I’m kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time:

Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it’s not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it’s not really giving any information about the owner.

Even if you want a basic sofa…
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