portfolio material: y/n? - UPDATED 11-09-08

[AlexAguilar-Rudametkin]

Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with using photos at all. But, only for practice and understanding how everything works. CalArts wants the real deal, how you apply your understandings and thoughts down into paper, and provide a unique voice in your content through figure drawing and studies from real life.

Reason why drawing from real life is more important than a photo is because you can move around the figure and look at them as a three dimensional model. It'll be easier for you to imagine them as a living being, rather than a two dimensional photo where you are stuck in point of view, one perspective.

If you draw based on photos, it'll seem like you're drawing shapes with shading on top, making most of them look flat. If you are an expert in form, then I would say have a blast with photos or real life, but I don't think any one of us, yes, including Sunny Delight, is an expert in anything quite yet.

[phi]

I see it the same way you do and as said before, I wouldn't include photo-based drawings in my portfolio, for all the reasons mentioned.

Do you get the feeling that more of my drawings are based on photos or why do you put so much emphasis on it? I just did those 3 drawings based on photos, all the others on my blog are actually from real life (well, 2-3 are from imagination, but they are rather obvious). I hope those from real life don't appear as stiff?

[phi]

hey hey, got some more drawings online on my blog!

->> http://phi16.blogspot.com

this one I kinda like pretty much good enough to give it a place in my portfolio - I'm 95% sure about it, what do you all think of it?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMu9fdruKbQ/S ... CT4461.JPG

[AmourFonce]

I'd like to mention that I do know people that got into cal arts using photo reference for some of their pieces (and that becomes apparent when you see their life drawings).
But yeah, don't do that.