Real samples from Draw by Grid: Cartoon Cats & Dogs
These published interiors demonstrate copy a divided reference into matching drawing squares. They are pages from Draw by Grid: Cartoon Cats & Dogs, not pages from Shape Drawing Challenge.
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Try the reference task before deciding
Cartoon Cats & Dogs in the grid format asks the artist to locate and copy pet details. Its blank worksheet and references make the distinction between visual copying and original invention easy to see.
Printing the whole picture
Use portrait orientation and fit the original image to your printer’s usable area. Avoid a crop-to-fill setting. Keep a grid reference and blank worksheet at the same scale. Use spare paper when the sample is a construction reference.
Keep reference and invention separate
After the actual sample task, choose whether a new idea on your own outline sounds interesting. Compare these two purposes before treating a reference book as an invention prompt.
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Keep the next idea open
Shape Drawing Challenge gives artists 16 repeated beginnings, six illustrated examples per shape, and room for 480 independently chosen drawings.