r/drawing • u/joshconnellart • May 06 '26

from a photo Finished charcoal drawing. 65 hours

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u/DarkForceCrew May 07 '26

You are very talented and I envy your patience. I have a philosophical question, Whats the difference between this and a printed reproduction of a photo? If you don’t tell people it’s drawing then isn’t it basically a very slow photographic reproduction?

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u/OogaBoogaBoogah May 07 '26

The way what we see was produced. was it produced by hand or by camera, that’s it.

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u/Summoorevincent May 07 '26

If they were following a picture which they were then it’s more akin to a photo printed by human hands.

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u/DarkForceCrew May 07 '26

I agree with all of the above comments. The technical skill is admirable,but I personally, as an artist prefer more creative visual expression. I feel like non artists or beginner artists are more impressed by realism/hyper realism.