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Published: 2007-08-23 19:56:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 79433; Favourites: 1249; Downloads: 1193
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Disclaimer: This is a work of satire and shouldn't be taken seriously.----/ end disclaimer
Yay, a special edition of the "Sexy Art God" satire tutorial series!
This tutorial is about tracing, and the awesomeness of tracing.
Who knows, I might do one on paint-overs next!
I pity all poor souls who view this with dialup. Unless they're getting a snack or buying something cool while it loads. Then you get no pity from me, and possibly sentence fragments.
Anyway, enjoy!
Snowglobe boobs sold separately, and no crayons were harmed in the making of this comic-like thing.
The other tutorials in the series:
Art Thief Tutorial [link]
Art Thief Tutorial 2 [link]
Copying VS Referencing: [link]
Mary Sue Tutorial [link]
Edit* Yay, it works! [link]
(they totally have my permission for their awesomeness)
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www.wattpad.com/story/16909835β¦ This person stealing and tracing too, read for more information
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I don't feel that just copying poses from other artists, obviously without tracing, can be considered art theft. You must be skilled enough to reproduce it. You must use your own style. You must know sufficient anatomy to make it work. A pose is just the position of the skeleton and of the anatomy. If I don't know how to draw a position because it's the first time I draw it or because it is too difficult, I need to copy a direct reference of it. Or am I getting it wrong?
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It's not art theft, no. DA just likes to pretend that there's only one way of referencing things that's legit (the way that this mentions with the many references and whatnot) because it makes them feel special for doing it the 'better' way.
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Yeah, you just described the whole DA and Tumblr communities in one sentence.
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It's kind of the internet itself, really.
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referencing poses is okay . I can't say your doing something illegal by sitting because copyright.Β
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Somebody is using tis link to bully a friend of mine :c My friend deleted all the pictures she 'traced', because she was forced to, but still, somebody is bullying her with hisΒ Β
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Really?Β I'm very sorry about that. These tutorials are meant to be satire and a humorous look at copyright infringement.
I'm very sorry your friend was bullied! I hope she's doing okay.
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I'm favoriting this to shove into people's faces when they think it is ok to actually profit using tracing or pixel for pixel photo copying. Tell your friend it is ok to learn how to draw or paint any way they see fit.
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She's doing fine, but can't post freely as she used to. The bully even threatened to deactivate her, and when I butted in and telling her to stop, she threatened me, too. I know she's just bluffing, but I still don't like people to hate me.
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Wait, your friend ACTUALLY traced art?
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Omg this comment was forever ago, I don't even know who I was talking about
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Did you try blocking the person? There's a block list somewhere in the account settings that lets you keep a user from posting on your page. That might help a little bit.
I'm pretty sure they can't deactivate you or your friend (they'd have to be a site admin or be a part of the copyright & etiquette team as far as I remember/know). If the person gets too harassing and blocking doesn't help, then submit a help desk ticket.
If the bullying is still going on, I mean.
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Wow, thanks! This information will REALLY help. I'm glad you put the time in helping my friend and I X3 And I know, you really can't deactivate somebody unless you have the power to, she was probably just giving us a scare. I dunno.
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You're welcome!
I definitely don't agree will bullying, so I'm happy to help!
Good luck!
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It's sad that someone would stoop so low by bullying, but your friend shouldn't have traced (that is, if she even did in the first place).
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She is the kind of person that needs sort of a picture to draw off of. One of her drawings looked, "too much like the original." It looking almost nothing like the original, but we all know the bully was finding some way to push her aroundΒ
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I's nice to reference of something, but she wouldn't get bullied if she were a little more creative. 
If it looks too much like the original, she must be really good at drawing then
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She's working on it :3 And besides, she's starting to draw on her own now!
askfallensky.deviantart.com/ You can check out her page. Β
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My my, she's quite talented. I don't know what that bully was talking about.
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I know. Some people find every possible excuse to bully others.
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Aww
Well I hope your friend gets more watchers
She already has almost double my watchers ahahaha
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There! I watched you :3 Your art is adorable! How do you not have any watchers?
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;O Uwaaaah thank you so much it really means a lotΒ
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Since this is a joke, I am going to laugh and say....
This is too damn hilarious, and if people actually take this seriously, I will laugh harder...
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That happened to me, on Twitter.
I uploaded a fanart of Mighty No.9, then in 9 hours (you heard well), a person uploaded an image with the posture I did, changing the characters. Everyone told her that her work has amazing, and was a copied piece of shit of my picture.
This is not the first time that happens to me: in Deviantart, when I uploaded things to a group, anyone noticed them, but, the next day, I see an amount of really bad art, with my original idea.
Not only that, but a Daily Deviation, saying how original it was, and the picture was even worse than mine.
I remembered when and idiot said he didn't admitted me the image on a group, because it was a copy of an original art: I don't copy. I make my original ideas, and try the fanart looks like equal as the original deal, wich is looks like a thing I do perfect, if some idiots don't know to distinguish.
But all that, with a LOT of hard work! I practiced a character I like this year for two months, just because I like it to be equal as the original, but making an idea and the picture myself, not copying original/official art.
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Too bad most of Indonesian artists can't read English...Β
There's a case of tracing happening here and everyone is like "Oh, it's ok to trace, faggot! It's not wrong!! Even matte painting trace all the time! From Reality, I mean..."
Sucks to be Indonesian... really...
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i don't understand is using photography reference bad thing if you just used make your drawing more realistic or you just want learn how to Β draw lion for example?
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Using a stock as a reference is okayΒ
but tracing the stock line by line is horribly wrong
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thats the funniest thing i have ever saw in my whole life, you deserve to be the deviant of the month, ur sexy art god tutorials had made me laugh like 3 days
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I wonder what the reaction will be if I post this as a link on an art thief's page. XDΒ
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Ha ha true story XDD
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Ugh, I just accused someone who was tracing one of my friends' artworks. :/
I can't wait to see which of these replies she gives. ^^
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I often use references/gain inspiration from works that I see. But I learned tracing was wrong many years ago. Hilarious tutorial, by the way.
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Ummm,i would not recommend encouraging art thiefs,i know this iz suposed to bea troll but it could backfire very badly Β
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" Yo dawg, I heard you like tracing so Ima trace your comic about tracing so other people can trace!"
..Seriously, this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Well done.
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You forgot the "if you're a good looking girl, tracing isn't THAT bad compared to others" part.
Otherwise, amazing.
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I know we don't know each other much yet but,
I love you!
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Wait! you are basically teaching people how to steel art! TAKE IT DOWN!
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This is a satire comic. I am making fun of people who trace.
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