This is becoming a philosophy question. "What constitutes life?" In any case, I'm not sure being badly drawn actually hurts whatever badly drawn creature you're bringing to life. It depends on how the magic accounts for inaccuracies, I suppose.

[His mouth twitches at the corners: he's clearly amused. To John:] It might tell us something about the logic of this power of yours. Whether the magic averages them or is additive.