[TurtleSensei]

@littl3chocobo: what picture made from Excel Saga cover art? I don't even read Excel Saga. So no I didn't steal the cover art. A lot of other manga artists have probably used the same exact pose sometime in the last 30 years. I mean no "pose" can be copyrighted, otherwise models could be sued every time that they did a photoshoot.

I draw using the manga as pose references the same as you do using pictures. And yes, I end up having it look a lot like the original style, but I am good at copying styles. I used to know a girl who could copy a famous painting or drawing almost perfectly. Even our Art Teacher had trouble telling that she didn't trace! Until he watched her draw that is, then he was amazed!

But seriously, you obviously have a problem with me. Why do you keep coming back in my shop? I've already admitted that YES, I use manga pages as reference. But I usually draw up a scale from a super small pose that I see in a manga that I own. Or I draw DOWN a scale from a super huge 2 page spread. Or even from posters I have. And yeah, I use photographs as references too the same as you do.

Ah and another thing, sometimes people will send me a pose reference and say that the want it to look as much like the original pose as possible, I then try my hardest to make it look as much as the original pose as I can. I don't know what Excel Saga is (seriously I've never read it) but it may be that someone out there who's ordered from me has requested art to look exactly like an Excel Saga picture. And I apologize if this offends you that I can copy art work like that, but I assure you that merely copying a pose and tracing are TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS!

Please do not come back in my shop again, as I am sick and tired of explaining myself to you. You are obviously angry that I draw better than you.