Thankyou for making this post for us, i wanted to post something to her about it, but she trashed the thread too fast.
note also that i am quoting what i was gonna say, and i also dislike being mean so its more informative than bashing.
hope she at least sees it and stops this darn thing.

i think ill make it a second post, and it should be noted it was written directly at her, and i am too lazy to edit XD

"i am gonna put this out here now, whether they were traced or drawn normally, it is clear that they are highly referenced, if not completely identical. understand this is not against you whatsoever, but what you are doing is considered wrong to many people here.

people here have proven that this is definitely someone else's line work and you have been using it, as far as i know, as sold adoptables. why this is wrong is pretty obvious. as i said before, whether you had traced it, or hand drew it and have an amazing eye for detail does not excuse that this is someone else's original work. as Abhishri had said earlier, different referencing severities exist, light, heavy, etc... no matter how you drew it, the lines match up really well which suggests high referencing, which no matter who you are, still requires that you not only credit the original author, which you did, but also gather their written permission to redistribute it for profit.

Furthermore, there are so many other ways to go about this, and seeing your gallery, the art you do make on your own accord is really nice. an option could be light pose referencing, where instead of using the line work, you make a stick figure skeleton from the work and, depending on whether it be heavy reference to the original form or light reference, you adjust it to fit your needs better, and then apply your own, self created line work to the skeletal mold. this will make the art your own, allowing for you to do as you wish with it(ie sell it), and will make for a very nicer, less aggressive community.

personally, i would still suggest that you credit the original piece stating that the pose and form influenced yours if you do decide for pose referencing, making everyone happy. again this is just a friendly suggestion and is meant to help you out.i absolutely hate being mean to people and prefer to be helpful instead. hope this helps, and try not to do this again."

so yea, maybe she sees this, maybe she dont, but if she keeps it up, i aint gonna hesitate to be a lil rude.

That's how I started my argument with her. I did it out of concern. I had told her that it's very frowned upon and in some cases, illegal. I was very civil and told her that I was more concerned for her that I was to bash her. However she took in the opposite direction and decided that it wasn't about me being wrong or her being wrong it was just her trying to defend herself and say that what she was doing was correct and not a problem. She got rid of every kind of evidence saying that people were telling her she was tracing.


But, screenshots are screenshots

that they are, not much can be done when the proof is blaring in your face, so yea. i hope this doesnt become such a huge issue. what she is doing is wrong and needs to stop, but at this rate, its seems like its just getting started...

anyway, really nice chatting with ya! quite cool and fun to meet ya XD

It does seem like it's just starting. Which is really unfortunate.

It was nice to chat with you too ^_^