Everything You Wanted To Know About Tracing With A Projector

This particular project was made by Vankyo. The exact model isn't available anymore. But you can find similar cheap ones out there.

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[ssavaart]

Hi all! I'm sorry. The Vankyo Burger 101 projector is no longer made. I'm sure there's a newer one you can find. But I don't have a link.

[JoanieBC]

"Tracing is a tool" is my favorite quote ever!

[meimeitan]

This reminded me of when I used to trace Pokémon in coloring books then later at school I could draw them from memory.

[Jessie.o]

i used to struggle with using references because i'd think i was just copying other's ideas, but now i'm fine with it because i do it my way.

[CShell-htfp]

Tracing taught me how to draw as a kid from age 5 to about 7. After I got the muscle memory, I slowly took tracing out. But once in a while I go back and forth.

[ispentalldayatYT]

I found tracing one of the most effective ways to learn details

[claracatlady]

*My process be like:*

Draw draw draw *trace stupid hand draw draw draw *trace stupid foot draw draw draw

[laurad]

I was drawing freehand for almost like four hours today, and I had to watch three of your shorts to help me get the shape of the lips, nose, and ears right! I have trouble drawing realistic facial features, and you gave me the freedom to do that! Thank you so much ☺️🥺

[ZDAPLEGUN]

Feel like tracing is aight if there’s no copyright/ your not marketing it as your own art unless you shade and color and add your own personal touch 😊

[-.auroradrawz.-]

I always told myself, even if I don’t do it often, tracing is one of the best ways to tech your hands how to draw something in particular

Tracing should be normalized, as long as the artist isn’t completely claiming that the thing they traced is their own art.

You should see some of the tracing dramas, where people trace claim as their own and then get called out and whole dramas go down. The art community tends to be unforgiving, but I completely believe that tracing art is a really good learning tool to learn some muscle memory to draw particular things!!

[frostygoat]

Thank you so much for the disclaimers. So many people don't get that A, tracing doesn't replace learning to draw and B, tracing is still art! Nice of you to put that out there

[dark_foxy]

I'm glad someone shares my way of thinking about tracing. It's a tool necessary to not only learn but also help. I've seen many comments saying they learned by tracing.

Then I also realized, that drawing is about muscle mamorie. I didn't know that but when you think about it it makes scens, so thanks for that realisation people in the comments! Really appreciate it <3

[asiyaheibhlin]

Tracing the models in "How to Draw..." books aided in my muscle memory and visual understanding of scales for a human-like anatomy.
I would trace and trace and trace the same body over and over until it felt natural enough to do free-hand.
So it is an amazing beginners' tool.

[weirdiweirdo]

Thank When ever you talk about tracing you put it in the best way. I used to think it was cheating but now I don’t!!! I love how you put this and your one of my favorite artists and knowing this makes it even more fun to draw I like how you put it and thank you for being my favorite artist (one of my favorite artists EVER!)

[Akacchin]

The thing about art is that you should always have fun, hey, I'm no professional at art, but it's always that you have to have fun while doing this stuff really gets you motivated.

[iimuffinsaur]

Honestly you are my favorite artist creator on social media because you always say have fun and you dont gatekeep and its so refreshing and nice.

[pestilenssi]

Awh hey! I love van goghs works :) happy to see you replicating him ❤

[visnjastipcevic]

That projector is really cool!! Thanks for your helpful tips as always:))

[Ghosty_Bo]

Man I'm so glad you said this! I hate tracing because I feel like its cheating, but sometimes it IS nessesary. Thanks!

[otterpops]

Tracing is actually how I learned how to draw, I would turn the brightness all the way up in my ipad and but the paper over it so I could see through it, I'd find different artists to shadow and trace their art untill I could do it on my own, after a couple of months I took all the skills I had learned through my shadowing and started applying it to finding and developing my own unique style, I think it was a nice way to learn and I highly recommend.