Art 101: Steal from the Rich

Art Lesson: When you don't have a model, use a famous actor to develop a character likeness. I'm using Daniel Day-Lewis here as a villain prototype. And I'll be the first to admit this is a bad picture. My chops are rock bottom right now.

Drawbacks:
- They can't be posed in any position, in any lighting, in any outfit, with any expression.
- Halfway through a successful project you may wish you had started with a model.
- Sometimes when you recognize the actor, it skews your impression of the character art.

Advantages:
+ No hassle of finding and booking the right model.
+ They have free, easily web-searchable images than can be traced, drawn, and cobbled together to create new character art.
+ You can find images of them at different periods of their life, and with their famous and non-famous relatives, which is useful material for character development