• xorollo
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    14 hours ago

    Also, speaking of tracing stuff. Your phone is basically a light table! You can pull up the picture on your phone and trace it. Use a light touch so you don’t accidentally zoom. Computer monitors work with bigger stuff. I did that with this pigeon meme, and I’m pretty thrilled with it.

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      10 hours ago

      Random picture from a non-native: what does “tracing a picture” mean in this context?

      I couldn’t find the meaning

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        10 hours ago

        It means putting a blank piece of paper over the picture and using the picture to help you draw on the sheet. So instead of free-drawing a pigeon you are copying/tracing it.

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          9 hours ago

          Ahhh, thanks! It’s important not to scratch the screen, though - paper makes a poor screen protection :D

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            Most phone screens today are very hard. A graphite pencil will not do permanent damage. Avoid using metal tip pens and you should be fine.