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Anonymous10/17/25, 04:02No.7761566
Is it a bad idea to try learning how to draw without using construction guidelines? I find it more satisfying to use pictures as a reference and just try to copy it as best I can. Is this going to be a detriment to my learning in the longterm?
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Anon10/17/25, 04:22No.7761573
Construction is a detrimental psyop. Copy anime then draw originals in the same style.
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Anon10/17/25, 04:43No.7761581
just copying can only get you so far
you can't find good reference for everything. if you want to draw it from a different angle, or change up the proportions, you'll need different kinds of skills that just copying can't teach you.
learning to de-construct your reference and re-construct it can help to teach you how to construct things from multiple references or from imagination.
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Anon10/17/25, 10:06No.7761855
If you want to draw something from a different angle, or in a different pose, or with slightly modified proportions, you'll need to understand form, using simpler forms that are more easy to manipulate while you can't manage more complex ones. Seeing objects as volumes instead of a sum of lines will give you flexibility to extrapolate from imagination.
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Anon10/17/25, 10:15No.7761856
It depends if you want to be able to draw stuff from imagination. If you are satisfied with the fact that you will always have to use some kind of reference to be able to draw new things, then go ahead.
But at the end of the day it really depends on what your preferences are. We don't all retain information in the same way.
The most important thing is that you actually draw.
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Anon10/17/25, 17:37No.7762234
you can still use construction just for learning and draw without guidelines
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Anon10/17/25, 17:43No.7762237
its a bad idea to try learning.
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Anon10/17/25, 17:45No.7762239
holy symbol drawing, pick up bargue and do that until you stop drawing eyes and noses like that
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Anon10/17/25, 20:18No.7762370
I've learned to draw doing this.
now that I know what to do, I use some guidelines, but I don't think a beg that can barely draw something lightly should start with construction. It's like ask a little kid that is learning how to write to use guidelines and write those complicated fonts. A beg is like a little kid leaning how to write. They keep copying the text and with time they get better.
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Anon10/18/25, 23:18No.7764113
I did another shape breakdown.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:38No.7764214
Guidelines have their pros and cons. From my experiences, using guidelines construction has helped with anatomy proportion and figuring out how the dynamic pose will look like on a draft/sketch. It allows me to see and plan the illustration and critically think whether its looks correct to my intuition. However, drawing with construction guidelines will sometimes make pose a little bit stiff and inorganic.(from my experiences) It might be different for you. And also it takes a little bit more time when drawing compare to just drawing it out with references. There are no negative side effects to apply/learn guideline construction to your art desu. So i would recommend to use it if you don't want to be dependent on using references for your work. It also depends on what your goals are with art. What do you plan to do with you art? Are you going to make comic/manga? Or do you want to do splash art illustration/movie poster etc? If you trying to do comic/manga, then construction guidelines will serve you well on the long run. If its splash art illustration/movie poster/etc then you really don't need it as much.
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Anon10/19/25, 01:55No.7764327
Construction is a /beg/ meme. We are cartographers of reality, not construction workers.