I am going to make something clear to people who think I lie or trace with my art, i spent 15 years in 9 classes to get that gently precise, so what if it was in elementary and high school and I don't do tons of it, I've still got the skills, more proof its real, the paper I use is sketch pad paper, anyone that uses that knows how thick and hard that stuff is, its not see through! it is 100% impossible to trace with that shit and why would I spend a month on a single picture if i am tracing, i am going in and spending tons of time on every single detail, i've done the very thing with film, tv images (not stills), no image at all, and then some, i've end done portraits of family with them sitting still, i can't put those up cause they are hanging on my grandparents walls, and a peregrine falcon held still just long enough that i got the start of the back layer of it, finished it from memory, tell me how the hell do trace without an image? and so some of my art is sketches of others work, but its cause i loved it that much, its not like i am getting money from it, its just cause i wanted to see how i'd do compared to the original, i still think i am not that good and i see constant flaws in all my work, and so the back layer rims and lines are thick, i had to start somewhere, i press hard on the paper, and again CAN'T SEE THROUGH THE PAPER! i can pull out so much proof to prove its all done by hand, no tracing, that it would make your head spin, i spend so much freaking time with this hobby that my parents take my pads just to get me to do chores to get them back, my own family has asked me not to draw this summer so i can actually hold a full time job, i bust my ass with this stuff, you guys haven't even seen 10% of my work

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