Thread:Hickmanm/@comment-27636373-20170310170640/@comment-27636373-20170310184356

Oh no, you aren't rude at all, the whole point of my first comment was to head off a potential issue.

Again, here's my thing: you never will do something if you never try. My old art is terrible, but I still did it, along with dozens of hours of practice to get where I am. It didn't happen overnight, it won't happen any quicker for you either. Just using a base means you don't learn how to divide the body into circles and tubes properly, you don't learn the curve of the hips and body ratios like legs vs torso, shoulders vs hips, hand size, etc. things that, if you ever want to free hand like I do, you have to intuitively know. Also keep in mind Fairysina traces/uses bases. She does it fairly well, and if you want to draw like her then look up to her more than me. The reverse goes if you want to learn to free hand.

It's all up to how you feel. Is art a simple but fun hobbie, or is it something you want to make a real investment in? Neither answer is wrong, but it is something you should figure out in a year or so so as to not feel like you wasted a bunch of time learning skills you never use.