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The funniest part is that everyone was complaining about how the leg was drawn wrong.

I was going to say "I thought everyone knew that" but everyone doesn't know that. It should be pretty obvious as no one drawing from scratch takes that much time to do anatomy, only when from reference or in this case, tracing.

Don't care.
Still hot.

>>6569212
do care. still hot.

>>6569204
Some people take that much time. Just not this guy.

Who the fuck is Geister?

Still hot.

does he trace or does he draw from reference?

>>6569300
Definitely a trace.

Drawing from reference isn't copying 90% of the original picture and changing things up a little bit or adding your own "flair" to it.

>>6569300
He traces.

Just overlay the two pics and even see that the colouring is traced. All he's done is taken some soft brushes and smoothed over the entire thing.

>>6569295
>>6569190
It's slightly different, he probably didn't trace it but used it as a reference picture.

>>6569190

that sucks

but why don't you make light of the situation by posting that pic in a higher res?

Why does it matter that he traces?

I never liked his shit anyway because it seemed too 3dpd. I guess this is why.

>>6569319
Unless he states he's tracing, it's like trying to pass it off as your own skill. It's bad form.
If you had drawn/written something and suddenly a tripfag started posting it claiming as its own, would you feel at least a bit angry at his attitude?

>>6569325
but that happens all the time. pretty much everything clever that gets posted on /jp/ was copy pasted from something I said.

>>6569325
>If you had drawn/written something and suddenly a tripfag started posting it claiming as its own, would you feel at least a bit angry at his attitude?
It's probably just me, but I think tracing something (especially this well) takes a lot more skill than taking a photograph. I wouldn't mind. And there are far too many differences for this to be a mere trace.

>>6569309
Tracing image but changing things around is still tracing.

If he started from scratch using the image as reference, rather than tracing it, it would look more genuine.

It's unnaturally too similar to the photo.

>>6569327
See this is the arrogant attitude that makes you sound like a douchebag.

>>6569309
>>6569319
>>6569336
I can tell you aren't artists.

>>6569339
I was using with witty comebacks like that when you were still in grade school

>>6569343
What makes you say that?

what's wrong with tracing?

>>6569336
> I think tracing something (especially this well) takes a lot more skill than taking a photograph.
>And there are far too many differences for this to be a mere trace.
Post what you said in /ic/

Come back and post results.

>>6569352
What are you, a faker? It makes you a mongrel, that's what's wrong.

>>6569358
Okay, just a moment.

>>6569336
>tracing something (especially this well) takes a lot more skill than taking a photograph.
I'm not arguing that since I'm not an expert and know shit about photoshop, I'm saying he didn't say it was a trace, trying to pass it off as his own drawing talent.
>I wouldn't mind.
You really wouldn't mind someone taking a merit he didn't earn? Really?

Then again, the fanart scene is pretty competitive and full of passive-aggressive people who can't wait for shitting up other people's reputation, so yeah.

>>6569352
If the very first reply had been TRACE ON things would be different around here.

>>6569327
The difference with a *chan is that everyone knows what the original is unless they're a newfag. For example ransmirk which has lots of variations.

>>6569352
no matter what you trace you're still just a faker

Whoa, her leg really does look that big

But yeah, as art, I'm offended. As porn?

>>6569350
I don't know which anon you are in who I quoted, but if you're (>>6569336) I can tell you that tracing is frowned upon in the art community. It's like a shortcut to being an artist and you don't gain any knowledge for just tracing and changing other things around.

You pretty much don't learn or gain any anatomical or perspective knowledge. It's not necessarily art theft, but it shows lack of skill.

>>6569378
porn is a art

He seems to have duplicated parts of the original photo and then scale and rotated them into position before tracing them. The parts where the way the light hits and wraps around (and the associated shadows) identical to the original are the ones I'd call tracing. Some parts fall more into reference territory as he doesn't use their exact shapes or forms (ie. the ribcage, breasts).

>>6569361

F5ing /ic/ at the speed of light.

This is probably going to be like calling a clip a magazine in /k/

>>6569378

Whoa, her leg really does look that big

美しいね

>>6569362
>You really wouldn't mind someone taking a merit he didn't earn?
I think he earned it. There's no way I, or any less skilled person, could come up with such a great result from tracing.

You are a dumbfuck.

>>6569190
>>6569295
holy shit, I wish I could trace that well

>>6569295
i would fuck this toohoo

>>6569407
Tracing is not that hard at all Jesus christ do you even have any experience in the digital media?

ITT: people with no artistic experience go "I wish I could trace that well I could never do that wow he is so skilled"

you would say the same thing for an artist who actually did it properly, but people with actual skill can recognize the huge divide between skills and merit there

>>6569413
>do you even have any experience in the digital media
No, I do not. Could you please elaborate?

>>6569422
in photoshop you take your image you want to trace and then you can just draw on top of it on another layer (think of it as a clear sheet of plastic)

>>6569421
Buttangery.

>>6569435
That makes sense. I guess I don't have enough experience with photoshop, tablets, and that kind of thing to say how much skill tracing takes.

>>6569444
It's more diligence than anything if you are going for a photo-realistic trace like was done here.

Thanks OP, unfavoriting all of his drawings now and removing him from my watch list.

>>6569539
If you liked him before you're retarded for not liking him now. Just sayin'.

would you trace a berserCAR ?

>>6569547
I agree.

post high res faggot
as if I could compare with such a shitty low res picture

>>6569574
not op

Hey I just got an idea, how about we find someone really famous and try to take a real life photo of what he drew and tell everyone he's a tracer?

>>6569638
If you can find someone who looks 2D I don't think you'll be worried about discrediting random artists on the internet anymore.

>>6569640
The model doesn't have to look that good, just make it pose like the one in the drawing.

>>>/ic/845736
even if you distort the orignal photo and break it into pieces it doesn't come close to matching the drawing. How can anybody seriously think this was traced? Obviously the photo was used as reference but not traced.

>>6572132
fuck yeah, 10 hours resurrection

>>6572132
You're a fucking idiot.

How can anyone still be bothered by it?
He should admit it outright if he used reference, but drawing from photos doesn't say anything bad about artist's skill.
Ever heard of Norman Rockwell? Yeah, the American painter. He used photos as a reference for his work all the damn time. And I don't mean just details, he set up whole compositions, photographed them, and used the photographs as a source for his paintings.