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You know what I think is sad? (concerning art theft)
8 years ago
Slowly I can accept that artists who upload more stuff, more regularly and who do not necessarily have to be better than me get more (positive) feedback for their work. I've had big problems with that in the past as you might already know. I also have to accept that artists, like a good friend of mine, get commissioned more often than me, although their prices are higher and we have about the same drawing skills. They seem to get a lot more in contact with a wide range of people. I have to admit, they somehow deserved their customers. I have made the decision not to be "best friends" with people, who I think are the garbage of the furry fandom and therefore, I have to live with fewer customers.
But there is ONE THING I refuse to accept. A few months back it was revealed that several good lion king artists were tracing or at least "frankentracing". That's when you trace different body parts from different pictures. They did that in commissions and after It came out, customers demanded their money back. It's a shame for all the artists who aren't that good in coloring yet, but try really hard to create THEIR OWN stuff. Within the lion king fandom I know almost every popular artwork and of course, I know all the poses from the movies so I can easily tell if something is heavily referenced. It's a lot more difficult to find traced artwork within the furry fandom, because it's so much bigger and there are hundreds of different styles.
Yesterday, when I was browsing FA, this one drew my attention: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23969459/
I immediately recognized
vallhund's style as he is doing a lot of reference sheets like that. So I did an overlay of the sheet by Fleki and one of Vallhund's latest sheets: http://www.shukuamachweo.eu/images/.....kivallhund.jpg
Turns out the body is traced line by line. So the customer paid at least 65 dollars for a head and a tail. Congratulations. :|
Lying and cheating like this makes me sad and angry. Art theft is one thing, but then making so much profit out of it, that's just really lousy. Keep an eye out for other popular tracers and spread the word, if you agree!
But there is ONE THING I refuse to accept. A few months back it was revealed that several good lion king artists were tracing or at least "frankentracing". That's when you trace different body parts from different pictures. They did that in commissions and after It came out, customers demanded their money back. It's a shame for all the artists who aren't that good in coloring yet, but try really hard to create THEIR OWN stuff. Within the lion king fandom I know almost every popular artwork and of course, I know all the poses from the movies so I can easily tell if something is heavily referenced. It's a lot more difficult to find traced artwork within the furry fandom, because it's so much bigger and there are hundreds of different styles.
Yesterday, when I was browsing FA, this one drew my attention: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23969459/
I immediately recognized
vallhund's style as he is doing a lot of reference sheets like that. So I did an overlay of the sheet by Fleki and one of Vallhund's latest sheets: http://www.shukuamachweo.eu/images/.....kivallhund.jpg Turns out the body is traced line by line. So the customer paid at least 65 dollars for a head and a tail. Congratulations. :|
Lying and cheating like this makes me sad and angry. Art theft is one thing, but then making so much profit out of it, that's just really lousy. Keep an eye out for other popular tracers and spread the word, if you agree!
But, line by line tracing, in a comission? That's nasty.