[ SECRET POST #2335 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2335 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

YEP

Perhaps only tangentially related to OP's post, but I really hate hyper-realistic digital character paintings that are lifted directly from screecaps, especially when people praise the bajeezus out of them. I mean... hello? Have you never seen an overpaint before?

[(Anonymous)]

I know. Maybe you can admire the technical skill involved, but those paintings are basically just glorified copies that have very little imagination.

[(Anonymous)]

It's okay for artist to do those things for practice sake (it's actually a really good exercise) but I prefer something with more imagination when someone is doing a full blown illustration, even if that means the realism suffers a bit.

So yeah, I don't understand why people freak out over those studies, it takes some skill, but so can really abstract or cartoony work that a person largely made from their imagination. Sometimes I do screencap studies just to rest my mind because drawing directly from reference can be easier then drawing from multiple references and trying to make something up.

[rivia]

"lifted directly"

if you mean using photos as reference, then i don't see what's the issue with that. it takes a lot of skill to be able to recreate a photo, nevermind that references are something that artists have used for centuries, it's not "cheating".

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, as long as they're not actually tracing it does take a lot of skill to draw accurately from references. Which is something a lot of whiny brats of tumblr don't seem to get.

[rivia]

Yeah, there are some artists who get so much flak because people think they're tracing. They've done livestreams, how much proof do you need, jfc.

[(Anonymous)]

I know right. I just smdh when it's even artists raging at other artists over supposed tracing. I can't help thinking there's some jealousy going on.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly, it's a way of learning and training yourself. It's not a big issue as long as they don't claim it's unreferenced when it was.

They're no shame in referencing.

Equally, there's no shame in tracing if it's being used as a learning device. As long as they don't try to claim it as original.

[(Anonymous)]

Good point. Which is why it's so galling when I see people hassling artists who even state that they used references. It's just so ?? Do these people just want to bully for any reason?