Psychonaut
Senior Member
I hadn't ever thought about that. :/Peekab00m said:Really? So like it was supposed to be used for like, tracing a picture?Kaleb said:No. I just use photography as a tool for drawing from, like it was originally used for.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that people didn't want to stand in pose, wearing full suit and gown, while a person painted them, since photography wasn't very high quality at the time. it would've taken a fraction of the time, and could just be an "in case of emergency" style button, for if the painter's memory failed him.
THE MORE YOU KNOW.