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Curious question, in the middle of all of this wonderful information on tranferring images, why is it that no matter what "tool" we use, even when it's not strictly "tracing" anything (which, I know is a WHOLE other debate) do people STILL think that it's "cheating"?
I mean, I just heard from two friends that were over in my studio today who said that "even taking measurements is cheating - not that it's bad - it's still not FREEHAND." OK., dumb statement, sure...but WHY, WHY, WHY does this exist in our society at all?!!
Were there THAT many kids who got their knuckles rapped, or at least, embarrassed in front of the whole class for putting a piece of paper in front of a picture to trace the image on? I mean, REALLY? We all know, that you can take 24 people, any age, and give them tracing paper, a picture and pencils/paint, and you will end up with 20 - 23 pieces that will be barely recognizable as the original image. Am I right about it?!
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