I think doing all this “intern” work of cutting out images of muscley men and animals has actually improved my drawing skills. Last night I was surprised at how well I could draw the human figure with no reference! And so it turns out that all these long hours of tracing the edge of forearms, cheekbones, hooves, clothes, legs etc has proved to be of some use to me. I’m forced to study and engrave the human form in my mind without even realizing it. Not to say this is the only reason for being able to draw freehand, I have had years and years of practice drawing characters and horses, I just thought it was a neat connection :p

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