>>19843114Not really no.
Referencing, tracing, copying, all different facets of the same dynamic.
You think apprentices in the atelier of a 17th century master were told 'juts bee urself lol'? fuck no. Their number one job was to be an assembly line for churning out copies of a masterwork for market sale - and by doing this, they effectively learned the skills of the trade for themselves. The now existence of other means of copying has as a side effect also led to degenerate modernes forgetting how the art of illustration as a *praxis* is done.