[Poggio]

Okay there have been cases in the professional world where people have literally traced an image, vectored it and instead of paying the original artist they just used it on the products. Again I think its like Lawton said intention to me is what makes it thievery.

But considering as a child I would not draw fanart because I thought it was stealing I am not sure where to stand. It has been years and I have been to art school I know that not every one has a friend they can turn to and say 'hay can you pose for me?'. I was always taught that as long as you made it your own its your own creation. And that is where the lines blurr a bit. I have seen a guy loose a full ride to a university because his collage was not altered enough from the original source material, and I have also seen a guy get an entire children's book publish and yet one of his water color paintings was found as an exact copy from a national geographic image.