4-year atelier (California and NY ) student asks: some ateliers “cargo cult” LARPing 20thC French Acad ? Gaslighting and Gatekeeping? Do you use internal geometry diagonals?

Sight-size? Yes or no? Construction drawing geometric forms? Rank Franks: Quitely, Cho, Frazetta, Miller, Gary Frank ?

Composition design fundamentals: "Harmonic Armature" internal scaffolding diagonal lines/ geometry of the rectangle (or other shape) useful for planning and placing figures ala Michel Jacobs??