Copying pushes your art in new directions
Copying-is-creative. We Copy-to-Understand-the-Rules and when we do, we learn new techniques. This pushes pur art into new, unexpected directions. We will likely fail to do exactly what the original was trying to do but in that failure we learn a new approach.
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Copy techniques not phrases
When you [[Copy-to-Understand-the-Rules]], try not to make an exact replica of the original. You won’t be able to anyway. Instead,...
Take inspiration from old stuff
We all know that [[Copying-pushes-your-art-in-new-directions]] and you should [[Control-your-Input-for-Better-Output]]. But if everyone is paying attention to the new stuff the...
Try to write in the style of someone else
Take someone’s else’s work, then try to copy what they do. Write in their style for a little bit. How...