What if "reference" is my fun drawing? (50% Rule Question)
11:58 PM, Thursday May 26th 2022
One of the core things I enjoy about drawing is seeing something (a model posing, a dance, a tree's "gesture") and describing/interpreting/learning about it through the act of drawing. The picture that I make is often secondary to the experience.
I'm struggling whether to include figure drawing in my "for fun" 50%. There are times when I draw from a model or video footage and have an exercise or lesson in mind. This is clearly "study/lesson" time.
Most other times (and this is what I'm tempted to include in my playtime) I just find an inspiring pose or scrub frame by frame through interesting movement and draw it. This is what I would do even if I was already as skilled as I could possibly be.
Of course, I have other ideas for things to do for playtime (like storyboarding/thumbnailing animation ideas from imagination or simple doodling). And I'll emphasize these, as I tend not to do them as often.
It just feels strange not including my figure/movement drawings in my playtime, or counting it towards "lesson" time because it's technically single reference drawing.
I'd be grateful to anyone who'd like to weigh in on this, especially if you've had some experience with the 50/50 rule already!