Should I get serious about my art?

Hawke

Meet Hawke. He's my RL horse that I just felt the need to do digital art of. Everything is all my own, lines and everything. He's just a gorgeous boy. This took me about 2 and a half hours. (That's how long I can last before I get realllly stressed.)  So what do you guys think? Should I get more serious about my art? Because if I do, I would be making money mostly to spend on art for this guy. 



Last edited on 2017-11-11 at 09:55:30 by sessa4hawke

Your lines are awesome! Do you do custom lines?

Yes I do. and I never reuse my lines. I'm wierd that way. 

That drawing appears to be traced precisely off of an image from google, which was originally posted on pinterest (by an account belonging to a horse stable). Tracing off of non-creative commons or free resource content violates the rules in the terms and conditions:

River with God as my witness I did NOT trace. Just on principle I never trace off of images from google. I use google for reference only and sometimes not even for that because I pride myself on being original. I did not trace a single line from a picture. I guess it's a good thing that my lines look like the picture though. Guess that means I'm getting better XD

Using google images for references isn't allowed either, cause that's not copyright-free material - whether it's traced or not doesn't matter cause the issue is using an image that's copyrighted. You can use stock that is provided for free and intended to use as references etc, but not an image simply pulled off google, because those are usually under copyright. If you need some free stock choices you can try stock from deviantart or sites like morguefile, unsplash, and pixabay.

Last edited on 2017-11-11 at 16:06:03 by River

Here! You can use these links to help you out on your lines

Free To Use Horses

Free To Use Line Art

You should still read their rules but you can use them as refs!

Ok well I didn't know about that. Must've slipped by me when I was reading the rules. Thanks for letting me know!

You're welcome! And be sure to credit any resources you use as a reference too, that's important.