Make reference work for you! Tolkien illustration, Tolkien art

Apr 6, 2019 - Here's a little tutorial on how to make reference photos work in your art, by making them subject to the idea and an overall composition, not the other way round. Mental thumbnailing All my paintings begin with an idea of a scene I want to paint. Reference always comes in a second or even third…

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Decided to draw Smaug and I used this drawing as a reference picture, and noticed he looks rather small; you can clearly see Bilbo in front of him and there's a chainmail

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