Is drawing upside down a meme?

Depends what you mean, it gets you into doing what its supposed to do, and that's drawing what you're seeing instead of drawing what you're thinking.

>>2972704
That's not how you grip a pistol.

>>2972754
Not OP but should you continue to copy pictures upside down until you can copy things just as accurately right side up? Or without reverting to symbol drawing or however you'd put it.

>>2972873
>>2972704

Folks recommend it because you're forced to think in shapes/negative space. You're forced to make it accurate instead of unintentionally drawing your own interpretation.

>>2972865
Makes you wish there was more reference of people properly gripping a pistol.

>>2972704
Drawing upside down is an exercise you do at the very beginning once or twice until you get a rough idea how to truly draw what you see, and then never do again.

>>2972873
it doesnt matter. its just an exercise, not something you do all the time

>>2972873
There's no real point to that, other than as a party trick.

You can check your work by turning it upside down, to check the composition, etc, but there is no legit use to drawing upside down.

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>>2972876
just watch youtube videos of competition shooters

>>2972920
competition shooters don't shoot like normal people.

>>2972865

they taught teacup for eighty years you noguns retard

>>2972704
Yes and no.

You will never really need to draw something upside down since you can just flip the paper, but if you really know your shapes instead of symbols you should be able to.

shapes can be read from any angle.

One artist once showed me how he drew a figure upside down from imagination. Not because he needed to, but he knew his anatomy so well that it didn't matter from which angle he did it.

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>>2972926
they use the same two thumbs forward, high up grip everyone else uses.
>>2972935
*blocks your path*

Drawing upside down from reference is fine and dandy but drawing upside down from imagination has helped me the most

>>2972945
What do you do if you're drawing an upside-down person from imagination?

>>2972873
It works for eyes drawing for sure

>>2972704
The only time I do this is when drawing parts of an oil portrait such as the face.
Not for the whole thing, maybe just the relationship between the mouth and chain, etc.

>>2972704
This exercise convinced me I had what it took to learn to draw. Not that I'm great now or anything, but before I literally didn't feel like I had the capacity. One upside-down Picasso and I was already drawing way better than I ever thought possible.

It's not a meme.