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My Infuriating Sister Who Traces Art
11 years ago
Yes this is a little ranty, but I am honestly at the end of the line with this. (I need somewhere to blow of some steam before I end up going up to her and giving her a big slap to the face.)
My younger sister is tracing art and posting it online on social media, with no links or visable credit to the fact that the sketch/lines are not hers. She doesn't deny it when asked by anyone, but I still feel it to be very wrong when no credit is given in the description of the upload.
Granted, she does add colour and occationally change a detail or two, but it is still wrong. I've mentioned to her that the sketches and lines she posts are no hers and that she should at least mention that fact (and link to where she found the image) in the description. That effort amounted to nothing; she won't do it. I find that to be very disrespectful to the origonal artist.
She says "Everyone knows I don't draw the sketch." Do they really? So why did she have to spesify that fact when someone messaged her about one of the images?; Because they didn't know!
I've mentioned possible copyright issues to her and the disrespect she it showing to the artist; nothing will make her think twice.
Maybe this seems a little blown out of proportion to some people. After all, she doesn't make profit from it right? No she doesn't, but is still plagiarism.
She explained that "It makes me feel as if I can do something. It makes me feel proud of myself."
Proud of what? Copying and tracing over work, which takes no skill?
I wouldn't mind it so much if she would do one tiny thing; link to where she found the origonal in the description. That is all I am asking.
I don't know why that request offended her so much.
It offended her so much that she started to mope, even cry, about how bad she is... At life?! She acted like I was picking on her.
She said "You can acctually draw, you don't know how it feels." Guess what, I do know how that feels, because I had to practice to get to where I am now. And even then I get disappointed at myself for my lack of skill. The big diffrence between me and her though is that I practiced for hours at a time, and I still do.
I've offered to help her, to show her a few tips to help draw.
Unfortunettly she got so offended that she won't take it.
I honestly do not know what to do.
On one side I'm so infuriated and angered. She won't listen and continues to snap back at me.
On the other hand I know why she does it. She loves to colour, but she doesn't have the right to just take work and show no credit.
I just want to...... Ehhhhh....
My younger sister is tracing art and posting it online on social media, with no links or visable credit to the fact that the sketch/lines are not hers. She doesn't deny it when asked by anyone, but I still feel it to be very wrong when no credit is given in the description of the upload.
Granted, she does add colour and occationally change a detail or two, but it is still wrong. I've mentioned to her that the sketches and lines she posts are no hers and that she should at least mention that fact (and link to where she found the image) in the description. That effort amounted to nothing; she won't do it. I find that to be very disrespectful to the origonal artist.
She says "Everyone knows I don't draw the sketch." Do they really? So why did she have to spesify that fact when someone messaged her about one of the images?; Because they didn't know!
I've mentioned possible copyright issues to her and the disrespect she it showing to the artist; nothing will make her think twice.
Maybe this seems a little blown out of proportion to some people. After all, she doesn't make profit from it right? No she doesn't, but is still plagiarism.
She explained that "It makes me feel as if I can do something. It makes me feel proud of myself."
Proud of what? Copying and tracing over work, which takes no skill?
I wouldn't mind it so much if she would do one tiny thing; link to where she found the origonal in the description. That is all I am asking.
I don't know why that request offended her so much.
It offended her so much that she started to mope, even cry, about how bad she is... At life?! She acted like I was picking on her.
She said "You can acctually draw, you don't know how it feels." Guess what, I do know how that feels, because I had to practice to get to where I am now. And even then I get disappointed at myself for my lack of skill. The big diffrence between me and her though is that I practiced for hours at a time, and I still do.
I've offered to help her, to show her a few tips to help draw.
Unfortunettly she got so offended that she won't take it.
I honestly do not know what to do.
On one side I'm so infuriated and angered. She won't listen and continues to snap back at me.
On the other hand I know why she does it. She loves to colour, but she doesn't have the right to just take work and show no credit.
I just want to...... Ehhhhh....
