Okay Hi Im Like Brand New To Art!! Is It Okay To Use References (like Real People And Photos) And Then

okay hi i’m like brand new to art!! is it okay to use references (like real people and photos) and then post the drawings based off them? like you kinda trace it but not fully copy? or is that stealing? pls help thank youuu

The Batfamily fighting over a remote

Dick: I'm the oldest! Obviously I get it! Jason: I literally died, it goes to me- Tim: Oh come on, I never get to pick what we watch!! Let me have it for once or just go to a different room-- Damian: Seeing as I am the only Wayne by blood here, it should go to me-- Cass has had it this entire time. She is already scrolling through the different apps and taking Stephanie's input. The boys fight for another fifteen entire minutes before realizing this.

damian is DEFINITELY one of those tiktokers that is like “come with me to feed my pets dinner!” and then has like fifteen different supplements and oils for them and adds things like quail eggs and chicken feet

I keep seeing shitty articles and videos about how DC are gonna cancel Bi Tim Drake because if bad sales and like, you realise they can't ever actually un-bi him right? Like he's bi forever now. They have him get back with Stephanie and act like Bernard never existed? Sucks for Bernard fans but hey Tim's still bi. They have him date only female characters from now on? Still bi. They do another stupid reboot of the universe and have Tim refer to himself as straight in it? Aw sweet baby Tim hasn't figured out he's bi yet in this timeline. He will literally always be bi now. It cannot be undone.

Jason after Kon died: I never liked that kid. He always hated me for no reason. Always trying to start a fight.

Dick: ... Jay, he hated you because you tried to kill Tim.

Jason:

Jason: oh my god i forgot about that

Tim Drake is insanely wonderful to me because while, yes, he is a genius, an absolutely legendary Robin, a teenager who went up to Batman, looked him in the eyes and practically dragged him back up from the bottom, a kind soul, a boy who will put anyone he cares about above himself, an amazing business man, a prodigy in his own right, a breathtaking photographer and a hell of a funny guy...

He is also Tim Drake.

Bruce Wayne is his adopted father and you can hyphenate his name to Drake-Wayne all you'd like, but when he walks into a gala he is Timothy Drake, the son of Janet Drake. He glides through crowds methodically and with the confidence of someone who has been in these social circles for years on end. His analytical and judgemental stare scares even the most cunning there. When he's in the room, he is the predator and every single socialite in the vicinity is his prey.

Sure he's polite, and he's charming, and yes if you're kind towards him then he will be kind towards you. Tim is someone who will take kindness and he will repay it— but the same rule applies to unkindness.

The person Tim transforms into when entering a gala— the person underneath all that shed skin— never fails to surprise anyone the first time they witness it. It's hard to forget, for the rest of the family, that Tim was brought up in this environment even before being adopted by Bruce.

The first time Bruce noticed, the first gala he brought Tim to, he'd forgotten that Tim knew the ropes and thought he would have to teach Tim how galas work. Only for Tim to stop him, informing (and reminding) him that he's fully aware. The Robin suit may be what he wears to fight, but his three piece is what he wears to hunt.

Dick did something similar; since his first gala was a media nightmare, after he'd gotten adopted, he wanted to spare Tim the horrors of being eaten alive by paparazzi and socialites. He didn't even get to warn his new younger brother before Tim was already off, blending into the scene like he'd never left it at all. (And, just maybe, he truly hadn't.)

It even absolutely stumps (and amazes) Bernard, because he had gotten used to a more relaxed Tim, far, far away from that rich and elite environment. He's seen the younger and more human side of Tim, the one who lives in a cluttered boat in the Gotham Marina and stumbles over his feet during their dates. The first time he gets an invitation to the gala, he's told he will meet Tim there— since the Wayne's are hosting. When he steps into the gala, though, and sets his eyes in Tim, he's absolutely floored.

Gone is the adorable, blushing mess that he sees sitting across from him during restaurant dates. Gone is the absolute geek that could ramble on about anything that currently interests him for hours and hours. Gone is the endearing genius that could figure out any puzzle if he put his mind to it. No, in front of Bernard stands a socialite, a young one yet one who knows his place. One who knows his worth. And yet, when their eyes meet and Tim flashes him a smile, Bernard knows— even in a three piece suit and with a sharp gaze that could render anyone in this huge hall speechless— that's still Tim.