>>3099489Rembrandt or Sargent? Suckers couldn't win against modern porn cartoon waifu drawers on the internet if it was about their life.
Drawing has become way more competitive than when these men of the past lived, eh.
And the light in that shot isn't "perfect". Or extremely complex to arrange. You can definitely learn how to do that if you have the devices required and the attitude to play with it for days. Figures you'd not prefer it this way if you arranged your own light, but people's tastes are different. [Getting an artfag fanboy squad to hype your lighting will be a bit harder... people usually stick with random "heroes" and don't have attention for "everyone".]
