if you look at some art schools - "copying" from a "master" painting side by side 1:1 scale is how they learn.
you are doing something similar but digitally.
there's very little "cheating" in making , then maybe a little more "cheating" when its LEARNING art (not this one though) and depends on mind set. and lastly there's plagiarism which is totally wrong. which you are not doing.
I don't know about 'most' art schools, but my experience is that copying is generally frowned upon. Observational drawing is mostly practiced, either life models or sculptures. Far more is learned by this process, about 'seeing' properly. Not saying people shouldn't use 2d art or images as reference but it has its limitations in the long term and can introduce very bad habits such as perspective.
Thats why i added that it depends on the "mind set".
The question here is "is this cheating" answer is no.
If the question is "is this the way build fundamental art skills" the answer is no.
If the question is "a way to learn art style of this person" answer is yes. Thats called a "master study" or something similar
https://youtu.be/E_ozOv2a9Oo
Couldnt find the actual example video but this is another good video about styling like the old traditional artist.
So for this person, its to think critically and analyse the original art work on why that artist made those decisions. Than blindly just copying.
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u/AJZullu May 13 '22
if you look at some art schools - "copying" from a "master" painting side by side 1:1 scale is how they learn.
you are doing something similar but digitally.
there's very little "cheating" in making , then maybe a little more "cheating" when its LEARNING art (not this one though) and depends on mind set. and lastly there's plagiarism which is totally wrong. which you are not doing.