#i dont want ppl to be like yooo i know that pose lol! it jst makes me feel Ew lol like is this really the art resource so many ppl use...

[skunkes]

do u ever get scared people will know the reference picture u use and call u out for it.....how 2 combat dis fear

i sometimes do! but i acknowledge that literally all (or most!) artists do this so nobody wld really have a leg to stand on/it wldnt be that serious....plus in my case my refs arent really direct? I always transform em enough to where its its own thing... like who would take this sort of call out seriously when I used a ref of a skinny nude man to help pose a big cow guy ykwim....

even beyond that it doesnt matter much, i always see jokes about ppl Knowing what pinterest ref pic another person used. my college printmaking professor's professional works are literally all collaged from different sources to create a new thing, etc (<- i know this last one is a further Leap but its adjacent to me ykwim... like...you made it your own thing....its fine)