I did this drawing from a doll colletion mag, for my friend who has so meany of them.
well I wanted to give her this drawing, do I have to put where I got it from on my drawing ?? I'm not selling or showing it as my own, it was just a fun thing to do for her.
By the way hints on how to make this drawing better or what you think of it are welcome I used a grid to draw it .

I am not that up with copyright laws ( especially in another country) but I know that students who reproduce the Masters place a notation on the back of their work denoting the original piece it was copied from.

Perhaps, as it isn't for sale, you could place a label on the back attributing the photo to the photographer, or the to the doll's producer as the advertiser, and state on there that it is not for resale or reproduction. I know its for a friend who wouldn't do that but circumstances change, and items change hands among family members too. So by doing something like that you may have covered your own behind.

I am sure that others here will be able to give better advice.

What I always did when I was starting was base my work on a photo from a magazine or the newspaper but use it as a base only and made the work my own. I might use a pose from one pic and the detail of a hand or mouth or whatever from another - basically I had some Frankensteins going on, but it gave me photos to work from without copyright being something that I had to worry too much about (believe me, by the time I had finished withthem their own mother couldn't recognise them ).

Hope that is helpful.

Sue

You have done a beautiful job.
On your next drawing I would try losing some of the hard lines, this will bring you to the next level.

bigs Yes I see what you mean, thank you. In this drawing I did put on the back the copyrights fot it like you said thank you for your help




Thank you paulette for your kind words, I will try and lose hard lines and I do see what you mean.
I'm still unsore of what pencil to use when shading the face or body But give me time lol.

The harder the pencil 4h, 2h the lighter the shade, but it will fill in the tooth of the paper faster. The softer the pencil the darker the shade (2b,4b,6b). Many very light layers will build up your darks, ie:start with a very light layer of 2h and then build value with a 2b, each light layer being a shade darker than the last. This is how you will move away from lines into values. Many of us work with a mechanical pencil, I have two one with a 2h lead and one with a 2b lead. Then I will have a 4b or 6b to do the last layers on my real blacks like pupils.

Thanks Paulette may be I will try mechanical pencils