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Where does referencing end and tracing begin?
15 years ago
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So, I logged onto FA today and saw a thumbnail of a picture that interested me. As I often do, I clicked on it to see if the art belongs to someone I already know and watch or if it's a new artist to potentially press the + button...
...well, when I opened the image, I immediately began to notice something... familliar. So I went to look for the artist's page... and sure enough, at least two images in the 4 that had been uploaded on this new-to-FA user's pages are traces with edits made to show their characters instead of the ones orignally depicted.
The real problem stems from this user completely defending themselves and denying that they traced anything! To their own testimony, they used the original pictures as "reference" and that they were "damn near the original". When accused of tracing, they said they don't even own a scanner (which further adds to the problems... how do they get their art onto the computer?).
Where is the line between using somone else's art for reference and outright tracing and editing the artwork anyways? I'm sure other people would look at other artists for insipration and even posework and anatomy... but normally, does that not often mean they should credit the source at least?
Either way, the user in question is found here:
daiziee
...well, when I opened the image, I immediately began to notice something... familliar. So I went to look for the artist's page... and sure enough, at least two images in the 4 that had been uploaded on this new-to-FA user's pages are traces with edits made to show their characters instead of the ones orignally depicted.
The real problem stems from this user completely defending themselves and denying that they traced anything! To their own testimony, they used the original pictures as "reference" and that they were "damn near the original". When accused of tracing, they said they don't even own a scanner (which further adds to the problems... how do they get their art onto the computer?).
Where is the line between using somone else's art for reference and outright tracing and editing the artwork anyways? I'm sure other people would look at other artists for insipration and even posework and anatomy... but normally, does that not often mean they should credit the source at least?
Either way, the user in question is found here:
daiziee
I admit, I faved the Raccoon picture, then discovered your shout and unfaved immediately.
Someone on the sleeping picture uploaded a link with Fisk's picture. As for MBR's, the original characters was a fanart of Sabrina and RC from Eric Schwartz's Sabrina Online comic... I'm sure if you search through image boards with their artwork in it, the originals will appear.