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Published: 2007-11-18 21:11:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 47260; Favourites: 927; Downloads: 642
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Disclaimer: This is a work of satire and shouldn't be taken seriously.----/ end disclaimer
You knew it was coming, right? A brand new satire tutorial covering copying vs. referencing -- now in video game format! Yay!
Again, not based on any specific person. I guess if someone did think it was based off them, they'd have to admit they were art-thieving copiers using the guise of referencing, and odds are it really isn't based on them but their guilty conscience thinks it is. Or something like that, whatever.
Other tutorials in the series:
First: [link]
Second: [link]
Tracing: [link]
Mary Sue: [link]
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Its sad that this actually reminds me of someone I've known for years D:
LOVE IT XD
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lol!!!
*dies laughing*
Your "Art Thuef collection is hilarious!*
I had someone art thief my colored work b4!
OMG I have to go find it again somewheres!
I might do an art thief "Coloring lineart" one! XD
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This is awesome!
I have a question, though: is it considered copying/tracing if you take an image and draw the basic frame (circle and lines) to get the basic sense of proportions? I'm asking because I've considered doing that for some trickier anatomy, but I don't want to feel like I'm tracing or cheating. DX
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You forgot the most important rule of all:
ALWAYS ADD KAWAII CAT EARS!
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I love this stuff. They're so cute and the best way I think to get the point across XD. <3 I like to use my camera and take pictures of the poses i want, cause sometimes i can't find ANYTHING that comes close to watch im trying to get.
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I love this series of tutorials! Awesome work, you Sexy Art God! XD
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Step 4,
I actually know someone who acts exactly like this when people accuse them of tracing... And they said that they referenced it... But it was traced all right... ._.;
Still. This is so true it's scary. Which makes it awesome.
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*raises hand* excuse me put accuations are shapped like muffins just letting you know.
btw can i make a stuffie of sexy art god? XD
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But muffins are delicious!
Sure! I'd probably want to play with it, though.
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LOL this is gold~!
man i love ur sense of humor :3
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This is epic! Lol. Nice job on mimicking Art Thiefs!
They love to make them selves the victim don't they?
*Sigh* I hope no one comes around to steal my ideas.
Anyways...you earned this!
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Lol that is hysterical. I know SO many people that do that and call themselves amazing artists.
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I love these for the sole reason they help me realize how far i've come. I totally admit to once being like that, and frankly, I'm quite ashamed. BUT, these have really given me some giggles and helped me realize that I've improved so much from that stage. Oh and I love your chibi's because they're cute!
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A lot of people start out that way too. The big thing is to move past it and continue striving for improvement.
And I'm glad you like the chibis!
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who used to do that.
=_= I remember looking down at that folder of badly-repainted photos and feeling both proud of myself, and guilty as well.
I never posted them, and deleted them shortly before entering Highschool.
Glad I did.
References win!
And now I can proudly say the work I post is completely my own.
Unless otherwise stated -> Colored someone else's linart, given credit and linked
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-bows head in shame-
I did this when I was like...twelve. But even I told people I didn't create the art, i was just copying it because i wanted to learn how to imitate a style..
Thankfully, I think I've stopped that by now.
But you have inspired me! Forget my charcaters, i needs me some cat-tailed bunny-people ninjas with swords that spit rainbows and are named...Naruto...to. Narutoto!
It shall be fantasmic.
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My stomach hurts from laughing too hard!
*looks down and sees blood*
....
Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaah.......I should go to the hospital.........
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NO.
I INVENTED POPYARTS AND STAPLERS.
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OMG THIS IS SO WIN. I'll admit, I reference pics too. Not a lot, only when I really need em. xD
I usually take reference from manga pages. LOL
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You win for this. So much. So much that I feel compelled to draw you something and mail it to you, if I had time.
BEST TUTORIAL EVER.
Don't forget the ever popular - ugh, you can't tell you used that reference you credited cuz it doesn't look like the original, so you must not have drawn it right...
Oh. Em. Gee. That's because I used it for proportions, the lighting, etc? And not because I actually wanted a picture of that stock picture in art form, but because I had an idea and needed help with the execution? And because I thought it was in their rules to credit even if OMG my art looks nothing like their stock photo. o_O
Oh, and of course, you shouldn't reference from things that aren't stock, because they didn't give you permission. -_-
But I love you for this. I do. I love you. I'm going to show this to everyone who gets on my nerves when I'm using stock photos to try and improve my abilities even when I'm drawing fanart, because it should be based on stock, and not a traced screencap, which results in... no originality...
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Well put together peice of funny truth. I especially liked the disclaimer at the end.
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O_o I'm dealing with someone who obviously took this thing completely seriously... 
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This is a hilarious satire 
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God darnit, I never knew accusations were shaped like pterodactyls! This adds extra fun to reading them xD
But great one. I always love your tutorials, and this is so funny xD
It's sad when people do that. In fact, these last few days I've been trying to organize/clean my watched list, checking the ones I didn't remember very well. And I found a surprising amount of them were banned due to art theft, or *ahem* "heavy referencing" (bleh...). I mean, it was a surprise to find that about 5 out of 100 people did. It's not that high of a number, but I thought I could identify them better (although some of them copy from the same artist all the time, so that gives them a sort of predominant style, and can fool people more easily).
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It's sometimes tough to tell if someone is an art thief or not. Usually it's pretty easy to figure out, but once in awhile...
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Oh yesss, they're sneaky little creatures...
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The Funny thing is, that art theifs never win.
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And the REAL funny this is, is that som people really do copy crap and have the guts to claim as there own. XD
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i needed to fav this,seriusly!
cus its so funny and true at the same time
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TyPiNg LiKe ThIs ToTaLlY dOeSn'T hUrT yOuR eYeS 'cUz If It DoEs ThEn YoU aRe An ArT gOd HeReTiC lOlz?!
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this speaks out for me, reading this reminds me of my old ways which i regret greatly.
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ahahha this one is even better!!!
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Wow... I'm amazed...
I used to do that in junior school... and people still do it????
*is feeling better about my lazy lame art, cos at least it's original*
ps for those of you who are in a different country or too old to remember, by junior school i mean when I was about 10
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