The link you've given me is broken, so I can't see the original photograph you mentioned.



I see... Even if you don't trace it from another artist and use an photograph as a reference, I suggest you should still link the original photo that you use, on the artist comment section at least.



I didn't want to be so quick to jump to conclusion, I'm just a misunderstood guy because I don't see any link to the original photo. Moreover because there's another artist (I mentioned above) that did the exact same girl last year (with the process video from scratch without any reference/photo.)

And I simply google the image and did a few more searching, I still didn't find the original anywhere. Either from you nor the other artist I mentioned above.



Usually an artist put the original reference, because they don't want to be seen as an art thief.



But I didn't say this because I'm suspicious of you. Simply that if you draw from a reference and really did no alteration to the composition, you need to link the original reference so people don't misunderstand. That will also help people to understand what did you study from the artwork too.