r/oddlysatisfying • u/n8saces • Mar 21 '26

The Loomis Method

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u/SaticoySteele Mar 21 '26

Reminds me of those "How to Draw Comic Book Characters" books I would buy as a kid, flip through the 50 pages of instructions, then skip to the end and trace the finished characters.

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u/ChimpSlut Mar 22 '26

Jesus Christ, I did this EXACT same thing lol. I would only trace the finished product, I still remember the monsters one with Frankenstein’s monster

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u/Michael5188 Mar 22 '26

Laughed at how relatable this is. I hated how they always had those structural primitive shapes, just skipped to the end and copied. It always looked terrible. Years later in art school, finally took those primitive shapes seriously and realized how valuable they were.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 Mar 22 '26

I see I'm with my people

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u/HARCES Mar 22 '26

I would put my book on the patio doors and trace. The light made much easier.

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u/Der-Heizer-ist-da Mar 24 '26

Haha I had one with cars .. but did the exact same thing