I guess this would be like painting a Piccaso but using pointalism. As long as its not NSFW or purposely insulting someone or infringing copyright, etc then do what you like.
Also you don't HAVE to upload them.

no, ideally just ask for permission
a few of us have already had our pfps drawn by others uwu

That reminds me, a friendly person on the TF2 forums was adding Santa hats to your profile pics for free. The screen name has changed since that time but if you're still out there Mr. Gency just know you made an impact.

Mine is a picture of an arachnid.... Go for it I guess

Permission eh? Anything in my artwork and screenshots is fair game, if you're into that kind of thing.

Hah... good luck...

You can try with me. I give you permission.

Oprindeligt skrevet af BuniBealla:

no, ideally just ask for permission

Oprindeligt skrevet af DarkCrystalMethod:

Permission eh? Anything in my artwork and screenshots is fair game, if you're into that kind of thing.

I think that should be a fair enough...
Cause people are still well... People. They got their own lives too and getting permission from them will help them to be relieved that no one has an obsession with them and are just doing it knowing full well they got their permission... as long it ain't purposely hateful, NSFW, or infringing in some copyright I can view this as a good way to have a green light for it.

But this is the internet and we live in crazy world... so yeah even though ideally it's reasonable you should ask permission to do so...

But at the same time... there are plenty of folks who did that without permission so it's mostly a gray area due to how mixed it is on how you see it.

...Also it doesn't help that anyone that has two functional hands is allowed to draw whatever they want... it's the intention and thought about what exactly is it about.
But at the same time... it can be also considered to be seen as flattering? Cause some people like having people who like them draw fanart of them so ehh...?

Gray area is very meek when you think about it a lot.

Oprindeligt skrevet af DarkCrystalMethod:

Also you don't HAVE to upload them.

I know. But we live in an age where something that is hidden is gonna get revealed at some point in time.

Cause even if I choose or don't choose not to... there's like a lot of variables and factors to take account for due to the future is full of surprises for better or for worse.

Me I don't really care in the grand scheme of it due to having only one life cause we all have our own flaws shown at some point in life.
Cause even if you do know something bad about someone the world will just keep moving on regardless as it goes for the next villain of the week to ridicule about cause it just keeps on going.

I just wanna know if I could but if I should?
And given by the answers so far it's both yes and no.
With valid reasons and concerns.

I gotta gain experience somehow without having to spend an absurd amount of money just to take classes that may or may not help me when there's plenty of tutorials that'll help.
...I just lack focus and guidance.
...Also I need to draw other things since art takes inspiration from life.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Vinegaroon:

Mine is a picture of an arachnid.... Go for it I guess

That is a very weird looking spider as for a moment I thought it was a very weird looking ant.

I never put up artwork with the assumption that someone someday was going to try to draw it, so I guess thats a bonus challenge for you. I'm not changing the kind of things I upload though.

Also the screen name is what that arachnid is. An interesting specimen.

I'd ask you to do it just so Jack could get more fan art.

Oprindeligt skrevet af OmegaBilly1:

...Just a thought buzzing around in my head due to how frequent I this platform use to interact with people due to my social skills suck and being able to express my thoughts freely sometimes.

It keeps bugging me as a fun way to practice and enjoy both things I like but at the same time my gut tells me that it's also in a way kinda considered creepy and messed up as a creative form of trying to learn art.

Cause sure I can draw with references with various media franchises I like... but people are unique and... well we all seen that most art was taken inspiration from real people at some point.
Cause look at the statues of naked men sculpted by artists a long time ago and tell me otherwise.

I don't know is it really a bad idea or is it indeed a bad idea to do so just as a fun way to try to learn?

Cause at least i'm not trying to draw you guys pregnant cause for some f*cking reason it's a way for artists to insult one another... even though it's like... the most bizarre way to hate on each other. Cause have you not seen the sonic fandom during the 2010's era?

Just know they're gonna look bad if you guys approve of it cause I ain't an expert when I barely even know what a brush stroke is and color theory just makes me confused and lost as if it were the lost woods from Ocarina of Time.

Go ahead @OP good luck & have fun, the many web crawlers, bots, LLM's, etc. Probably already made an absurd amount of drawings about everyone on OT and elsewhere across Steam, based around the pfp's or something related i.e. username.

Like a caricature artist. Better than what queen baldy asked that one guy to do with AI art. I don't even think it can be said without getting banned.

Drawing black holes is fun, I wouldn't blame you