Re: The January 2012 Tutorial Discussion
Hi Gary
I have sadly no time to do the tutorial.. but I can't resist jumping in on the subject of 'rules' - in the context I know of only two that are 'set in stone' :
in art 'be original'
in design 'be accurate'
tracing will sure help you to be accurate
actually I rarely 'trace' in as much as pencil sketches I scan and use as a base are for guidance only - the inking is redrawn on a higher layer and follows the flow of the pencil design but does not follow the pencil lines precisely
I mention this because in art it is often as much bad news to try and trace too closely as it is not to trace at all
so when such as I say 'don't trace' what I mean is interpret the line paths as well as everything else in your own way, which strictly speaking is not tracing
design visualisation probably requires that you do trace most of the time
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