Thank you for your comment @promisearts! :) I am so happy you could relate to this post and that it happened to find it's way to you like you said, ''timely''. ;)
It's so funny, isn't it, how you said that you were Accused of working from a photo!? The fact that people use the mere fact that you work from a photo to pass judgement on you as an artist and your work is SO narrowminded... I am so happy you can say that working from photo refrence is your thing and you will keep on doing it! You go! :D