You didn't copy the pose? Sure you did, just missed the arm there. X)

You can accuse any upskirt picture of copying the pose. It's the same perspective, but not really the same pose.

You can't put copyright on a pose anyway

Plenty of people like to get butt hurt about it either way. Fuckin' annoying.

I hate internet vigilantes.

References != Traced x.x

Oh, people lol

yeeaaah i don't see the thing being the same pose here really. : /

If you look at it closly, basicly you didn't really copy the pose. Her breasts aren't position like in the image on the right AND she also has more weight on her. Still, I like the image ^.^ Very nice

i (as well as many others) watched this image being drawn free hand in a stream shortly before the pic was posted. Sure the pose is unoriginal but the person paying for it specifically asked for that, what can you do?

The angle of this picture is similar, but I can't understand why anyone would think this is traced -___-; It is a completely different pose, and the proportions are different. The legs of the colored one are in that cutesy, knees inward sort of pose, while yours is in a more normal-standing support position. Which is necessary, as your drawing is better gifted in the rear department.

Haters gonna hate, but they don't have any logical reason to with this picture.

Nice drawing by the way.

Referenced, yes; but far from traced.

I don't see much of a problem with this. :>

whats that link up there n that image btw

Some people are just stupid man. Just cause it looks the same (BECAUSE I ASKED FOR IT) doesn't make it any less awesome. It's still my character and looks great.

Not to mention since it was just $10 I wouldn't blame you for tracing if you decided to as something like this is worth a bit more IMO.

yeah, people can really be retarded. and the only reason they commented on the dame picture was because it looked almost the same

Eh some people just live to complain about stupid things online. They just got nothing better to do than to make other people look bad/feel crappy.

Whoever said this was a trace job needs to be looked at VEEERY closely. *gasp* Maybe their body is a tracing of someone else! D: They're body copiers!

Haters gonna hate.

I never understood this whole "omg you used a reference!" Thing that people seem to have a hard-on for.

On one hand, noticably and obviously tracing things is pretty crappy and people shouldn't be passing people's work off as their own.

On the other hand, you have reference material - any artist worth their salt uses it. You think professional illustrators automatically know how to recreate technically accurate depictions of airplanes, bicycles, and famous buildings?

I mean, I don't get why people throw a fit when someone looks at another drawing or photograph to get the foreshortening on something correct.

Like I opened with, haters gonna hate.

thank you man, your awesome *hugs you* yeah, i was jsut fallowing what was asked to me, heck the image was in the e-mail also, he wanted the pose, so yeah, some people that dont normally comment only show up when they fin something to bitch about, its kinda sad

dont waste time on them.. if they cant draw or draw better.. they need to shut up with no skills to back up.. so they are just mouth. Any artist can see that u used it for ref only.. hah hah at them and their small brain.

Okay, I'm on Gill's side about this issue, but OH MY FUCKING GOD, SHUT UP YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

People have been trolling Gill for a long time so they like accusing him of doing all kinds of shit no matter what it is, and besides, you need no art skills to know when something's good or not. Do movie critiques make movies? Do art critiques make art? DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE A 5-STAR MEAL TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING TASTES LIKE SHIT?

Besides, your typing makes you sound like the one with the "small brain" here, champ.

Yes I mad.

You Win! but all those people who are critiques, do know the in's and out of how to make those things, or they wouldn't have the job. But I didnt know about this history of ppl getting on gill about this issue. Your free to stay mad at me >.<

The butt in the reference is incorrectly drawn and the position isn't really anatomically right either. Yours is more believable. So it's obvious it wasn't traced. It was barely even referenced.

Only thing referenced here is the angle of the pose.

you fail to copy that arm.

Some people just want to complain about something.

Anyone with a brain knows you can't copyright a pose.

I believe you didn't copy the pose, it's a pretty standard angle and pose, not copy material
that and your not the kind to copy :)

When it comes to poses, a great deal of them will look alike anyways. I mean, unless it's something increadibly dynamic, it's gonna be done before. Hell, sometimes, some poses just work for certian figures, so of coarse similarities will show up. And when it comes to using a reference, there is a difference between an outright trace and something used as a base. I can see where you took the referencing from in the picture, but it's not an exact match.

As for the whole "you can't copyright a pose" thing, well, [sometimes you can] =B

This makes me want to draw an upskirt shot...

...I see what you did there.

Hmmmm...
Legs in different position.
Arms in different position.
Chest turned a different way.
Face looking another direction.
...How is that similar?

Using reference isn't cheating, its smart. Sorry you got a comment by someone that doesn't know what they are talking about.

This is funny. As someone mentioned previous, poses are poses. You can't OWN a pose. Saying that I own this pose doesnt mean squat. Stealing art and redistributing it as your own, retracing something line from line precisely and call it yours is, whether if it's by law or not a copyright confliction, a dishonorable thing.