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Pikaflu ā TRACING IS NOT ART
Published: 2012-04-08 17:35:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 2384; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 24
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UH LOOK I CAN TRACE SCREENSHOTS FROM MY LITTLE PONY I'MA ARTIST NAU?????TRACING = NOT ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This isnt even tracing this is just a screenshot. It's illegal to post this on here as you didn't make it and if you don't want hasbro tosue you you should remove it
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It does, however, show how good you are at tracing. Art is everywhere.
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I don't really enjoy when somebody makes a vector out of a specific scene and includes the background... I mean, they're basically just tracing one frame, and it's usually pretty pointless.
However, making a vector of a pony with a transparent background is super useful.
Also, if someone makes a vector of just the background now with a super-high resolution, it's useful as a resource.
I think that's the biggest thing to remember here, it's not about expression, it's about usefulness.
Weather you want to call it art or not is irrelevant, we could argue semantics all day if we wanted to when it comes to that subject.
The fact of the matter is, it has a purpose, and it has it's place.
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THANK YOU. Thank you so much for posting this.
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On the contrary, this is the best darn art I have ever seen.
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I think you might have missed the point. Horribly. And you've obviously never vectored anything either.
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Gladly. Vectoring isn't just grabbing a screenshot and putting it online. It's using a screenshot as a resource to mainly bring into high resolution, which is easier said than done. You take the screenshot into Inkscape or Photoshop and use the pen tool, with shape selector, to create the individual strokes of a specific screenshot reference. There are strokes and fills, and they are all somewhat difficult to set up. Accuracy is key in this art style, and is more so the technical side of fan art, because it uses a series of algorithms (pre-planned types of motion and calculating) to obtain the desired outcome of the vector. A single vector could take from anywhere between 3-7 hours if it is highly accurate, no mistakes were left unedited and it also depends on the artist. So the vector artists do deserve some respect. It takes more than a PrtSc key to make a vector happen. And yes this form of tracing is art, because it is a technique used to recreate existing poses for use in mainly wallpapers, could be used to make icons, prints, comics, and even shirt designs; which is a highly popular form of graphic design. Hope I helped explain what the deal with vectoring was and how it is in fact a form of art, if not a traditional form.
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It's not hard, it's stupid and lazy from my point of view.
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That just means you've never tried it.
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You were saying? blackdragonthebad.deviantart.cā¦
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That just means you have an opinion I don't agree with. What was your point again?
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My point is that your icon looks like Kevin from Sin City. fc04.deviantart.net/fs26/i/200ā¦
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My opinions on uploading them to deviantArt revolve solely around deviantArt's policies, not the artistic merit of said vectors
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I do vectoring because it's one of the few things I can do artistically, and I do plan on getting more experienced with it so I can stop tracing vectors and make custom images myself.
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One of the few things I can do with a mouse that is.
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Godammit spelt 'though' wrong.
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Correction. Flank, or Plot.
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Nevermind. It's not like I'd miss you anyways.
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TRACIN' IS ART! IT SHOWS DAT U CARE!!!!!!
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This is so quite true about most fanatics that most of them just either screencap nor trace.
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Thank you for this. Too much MLP fanart out there looks the same as the cartoon.
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It's the truth! This is just stolen art and it's not ok!!
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It just shows you how untalented most brony artists can be, doesn't it?
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