STOP using the WRONG references in your art

How to use references in your illustration? Stealing from other artists and replicating it as your own is always a bad idea. I've seen countless artists "creating" work that is too similar to something that already exists and claim authorship. That, to me, is bad behavior. But calm down. Today I'm going to explain to you how to get inspired and create your own illustration, without stealing ideas. And I'm going to show you this with two of my illustrations. Let's dissect step by step how to create original artwork, not copies. The first of these is "The OoO Yorker", which was inspired by a series of ghost-related New Yorker covers. For the scenario, I was inspired by the movie 101 Dalmatians. And I started taking small pieces from several other illustrations that I like and recreating them in mine, taking my own photos to serve as references and come up with the idea of what I would like to convey. As I wanted to draw a cemetery, I visited London's High Gate itself, using Google Street View. This virtual tour gave me even more ideas for the tombstones, easter eggs and other details that gave new depth to the concept I was developing. The other example is the illustration "Where is My Mind", inspired by the Pixies song and their singer Black Francis, making a crossover with Dexter's Laboratory. I created a new character mixing the vocalist and the scientist. You can also see examples of homages in films, often the same shot is recreated and this is done with intention. This tribute and this intention is like giving a gift to the other artist. I think bad artists steal and good artists get inspired.

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