Disappointment

Posted on 22nd Nov at 11:33 PM

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Here, a real journal entry.

Yesterday, I found an art thief on deviantART who tried to pass off an image edit as an original drawing of her character. Her gallery was also full of traces of art I know. She was even receiving tons of exposure from a gallery director, which is...urgh. It just makes me not want to try anymore.
Today, I find another one on DA, but I think that person just didn't know the rules, so I let that one slide.

I don't mind image edits or traces, if the context is right. I've seen tons of parodies of anime openings on YouTube, where 75% is traced, but I think those are awesome. I don't even mind vector art, which is all the hype and controversy on DA now. I guess I probably don't mind vector art as much because the original work is preserved, and the vector is usually of anime screenshots that most people know.

I cannot stand pixel dolls, though. I'm seeing anime pixel doll bases of all these pictures I recognize, and many of the base makers do not provide credit to where they got the base from, yet type their HOW TO USE MY WORK in caps.

Even among some of my DA friends, I'm seeing image edits and traces being passed off as "original" work. And a majority of them say "don't steal my work," which is so ironic. Most trace poses, and when someone comments on how good the pose is, instead of saying they didn't make the pose, they say something like "thanks i worked soo hard on it," which is like... wut. How hard is it to do a low quality trace of something? I guess the main reason why this pisses me off so much is because they try to hide the fact that they traced, which means they're obviously aware and ashamed of what they're doing, amirite.

Now I am reminded yet again of why I should not draw, let alone manga. Even when heavily watermarked, it's just so...unsafe.

Yeah, stuff like fractal art isn't safe either; people are always on the hunt for stuff like that to stick in their backgrounds.

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