Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Stop trying to create carbon copies of your reference photos! 🛑📸✋

A reference image is not a rulebook or a destination—it’s a starting point. It’s there to inform your work, not dictate every detail.

The magic happens when you make artistic choices—simplify, exaggerate, change colors, adjust the composition—bring more of yourself into your art!

You’re not a copy machine. You’re an artist. 🖌️

Don’t be afraid to make bold choices so your art carries your voice, your vision, you. 👩‍🎨

#artskills #artinstruction