May 4th! (It's been sooo long!)

It occurs to me that I haven't drawn anything in such a long time.  My priorities have been elsewhere and really, that makes me sad!  I have a talent, I should use it!  So I'm hoping to just become a drawing machine like I used to be in these next few weeks. 

This is another baby drawing that I did for a friend of my aunt.  Honestly, I kind of cheated on this one.  I procrastinated and waited until I couldn't possibly wait anymore.  Being the slow drawer that I am, and having issues with proportion, I totally traced the outline of this kid.  Tracing is something that I've always considered to be off limits.  It's just... it's cheating.  Anyone can trace something.  Granted, all the shading and things I do are obviously my own.  And I just traced the outline for proportion.  But come on!  That's terrible. 

My father suggested that if I were to take a photograph of something and trace that, it would still be an original work since the photo is my own.  I think that tracing a photo is more okay than tracing another drawing.  Tracing another drawing would be like taking a photo of a photo and then claiming it's your own.  

Gah.  The lines are just so blurred here.  I think the drawing turned out great, but I feel bad for not using my usual grid method or even just eyeballing it.  I sort of feel like a phony... I wonder if any other artists that draw from pictures do the same thing or if they always use some sort of grid.