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Default   #18   Twigg Twigg is offline
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Yes, I consider it theft, unless the person who traced it made it very clear that they traced the whole thing or even parts of it and not only gave credit to the original, but linked to the persons page (if it was from an online artist). Furthermore, if you did trace something, i don't think it should be posted anywhere anyway. Tracing can be a helpful tool, but it should only be used for practice, it should never ever be used in a finished piece, in my opinion.

Because what happens when someone posts a piece with traced bits is that people will skim over the part where they said it was traced (if they even say that) and will immediately give praise to someone who does not deserve it. Or, if on tumblr, 9 times out of 10 the description gets erased anyway so the original artist is not getting credit for their hard work.

So in short. Tracing is okay to learn, but in my opinion, shouldn't be posted online. Use what you've learned from tracing to make new original works and then post that instead.

EDIT: also if you're going to trace ANYTHING and post it online, you better make damn sure you get permission first.

/rant
Old Posted 04-13-2014, 04:21 PM Reply With Quote