CHARACTER DESIGN | Is Tracing cheating? How to use PureRef (gather, organize, save & trace images)

Hello everyone. In today’s tutorial, I am going to attempt to cover two things at the same time.

First, I will have a little chat with you regarding tracing. This topic is needed, as we can be tempted at times to trace when designing characters or scenes. Believe it or not, tracing is wildly used nowadays by professional artists around the globe. However, is it okay to trace and, if so, when is it acceptable to do so? Some of you might say it is cheating. I understand. I thought so myself years ago. Surprisingly enough, tracing is not cheating if you use it as a guide, or tool to help you start a project. The key, here, is that like any other tool, if used correctly and responsibly, it is worth it.

Next, I will show you how to download and use a free application called PureRef.
If interested, go to PureRef.com.
Why talk about this application? Most importantly, why in this tutorial?

Well, since we will be talking about tracing today, and since we talked about where to find reference images in last’s week tutorial, I thought I would show how you can use the app not just to collect, organize and save your images, but also, how you can use it to trace.

So as you can see, there is, after all, some kind of method in my madness! 😋
PS: This video is not sponsored.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Let’s have a little chat before to start! Is tracing, cheating?
01:38 PureRef (a quick overview)
02:23 Downloading the app and getting started
03:45 Repositioning the canvas
04:02 Adding images to the canvas (from the internet, your computer, and adding screenshots) and how to resize and rotate your images
05:28 Full-Screen Mode
05:58 Moving all images within the canvas
06:20 Zooming in & out all images at once
06:41 Quick zooming on a specific image
06:57 Flipping images
07:27 Moving one image at a time
07:40 Moving a set of images
08:08 Size and Scaling images
08:30 Grouping images
09:09 Adding a note (Text)
10:16 Saving your pictures (Scene)
10:37 Overlay Mode
11:18 Opacity
11:53 Settings
12:35 Tracing
15:32 Done!

I hope this tutorial will help you.
See you next Monday. Cheers.

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*** About Corinne ***
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