i don't know if there's anyone who bothers to read this, but:
recently i've been doodling and sketching a lot more than before, mostly because i'm preparing to go to an art school (not the college level of studying art though, it's kind of a preparation to that if i want to continue studying later on), but i found that i rarely even make something good without references. i try of course but fail miserably. so after countless attempts of drawing something nice i turn to stock pics or whatever i can find. mind you, i only sketch in very basic scribbles based on these pics in photoshop and after i add my own ideas it looks nothing like the ori