Quote Originally Posted by boomwolf View Post
Cheat.
Put another picture below yours for reference, draw over it, then delete the reference picture.
Naturally you won't draw the very same thing. but it will help you get scales right.

Boomwolf's artwork is better than mine, I admit this freely, but no one likes it when you do this, plus most avatarist's have a very distinctive style, if you trace over someone else's you won't develop your own.

In the ABR I usually look at either how that person drew their avatar or how someone who's artwork looks wonderful drew them.
I then recreate this without use of copy and paste, just using my eyes.
Viola, for avatar requests, I give that a miss myself, But serpentine's artwork is trully awesome *bows*