I love Salvador Dali. He remains a great influence on my style, and so what you're seeing that is reminiscent, is definitely inspired by some of his work. I do include homages to him in several of my drawings, in fact.
One thing that concerns me is you think I have a great grasp of perspective--I assume you refer to drawing #2 entitled "Pacone the Prince"--but that was partly done by emulating one of Giorgio de Chirico's paintings, so I used the same exact perspective he used. In the 3rd drawing, the large glass with the red wine was done by emulating said item in a Michael Godard painting. In truth, I have no grasp of perspective, whatever worked was by copying/luck. The rest of my drawings are my own work, of course. I use the word "emulating" to mean using the source material as a reference, but changing some elements of it so that it is not an exact copy, but rather my own interpretation.
So, when you "emulate" material from an older painting done by a famous artist, is that considered copyright infringement? What about if you use a photograph you found on the internet as a reference point..? As you might have guessed, the faces I used in those drawings were done by observing still photos I found randomly.
I appreciate all your insight so far.
when you say that you emulate the styles of others...this does not mean any infringement on their work, it simply means you like their style. this by the way is the first time I have felt that you have aspie like qualitys.Alot of people on the spectrum have trouble with abstract or original thought...I have been a musician for years..in a band situation as a supporting musician I have no problem reading music , tabs or chord charts...I can also play what I am told ,I do these things very well...I can copy the style of other musicians on my instrument.......but as far as having an original thought writng a new piece of music ,I have never done this; you should continue with what you love to do ,continue imitating tha style of others as a learning experience ,never give up on yourself,when you are down keep working through it,and you will make it.
