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Published: 2008-08-30 03:15:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 87774; Favourites: 1093; Downloads: 32081
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Inspired by the posters everyone has seen by now. Took the photos myself of course.
Are you against tracing? Join the club!
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Remember, the word is mum!
*vanishes into the shadows*
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If you print and trace you really have no understanding of the value of ink >___< Lmao
I never print unless it's work related, but thats not the message here, i know xD
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lol it's so expensive isn't it...
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I know!!! >___<
I hope your not being sarcastic
Coz it is expensive >___>
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I wasn't being sarcastic... it really is x__x;; ahaha... no wonder photo prints can be so expensive...
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Lol good xD
Freakin...it's too expensive...photoprinting and normal ink >_< Lmao
Did they not feel the ressesion? Lol
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..am proud to say i've never traced any drawing before, except with colouring-books when i wanted to colour the same picture over 'n over again just because all the other pictures didn't hold much appeal. XD
hilarious banner though^^
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I traced a lot in elementary, but I never put them on the internet...
Besides, it is much easier to draw than trace for me. Never was good at tracing, but it helps when you are an absolute noob
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The best motivational poster I've ever seen.
10/10
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I dunno, I'm kinda partial to this one: [link]
BUT!
I know what you mean. XD
One of the more awesome motivational posters for sure~ |D
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ok... THAT'S EVEN BETTER! OMG XD
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Printing it out wastes paper.
Green Tracers trace off the computer screen D: Better yet, directly in photoshop D:
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Mmm...I have to try that, you waste less time being creative and get more pageviews because the images are always popular
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I've traced some of my own stuff but that's cause I wanted too transfer it and make a stencil 
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completely agree. i hate tracers and how they expect to get recognition for it!
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I totally agree! I stopped tracing in 3rd grade when I decided drawing my OWN art. I was acused for art theft, but I DID NOT trace anything, I merely attempted to draw Spyro and then found out it was art theft, and since blamed for something I didn't purposely do, I have been against art theft. I would LOVE to join this club!
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I think I've never traced again since 1st grade or kindergarten >.>
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Wowwwie! That is good. I think? Haha jk. Im glad to hear it
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God, did this ever make my day. THANK YOU!
Also brb joining.
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I couldn't agree more on this.
Tracers = art cheating
Free handers= actually doing it right no matter how good or bad it is.
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that is funny and yet, i cant believe people would print out and trace like that
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im not so against tracing i do it myself sometimes,(irl never on DA) but when people on DA post the pictures and say its theres, thats just sad. and the fact its considered art! ugh bleck on them! bleck on art stealing tracers
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now this is definitely a motivational poster
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Lol, awesome. Even though my drawing skills fail a TON, I would never resort to tracing, simply unfair. Practice, simple.
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Brilliant.
I really hope that DA does something about this. It's definitely unfair to the artists on this site.
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Yeah thats totally wrong, i never use colour ink, too expencive, plus it makes it hard to see the lineart underneath ^w^
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I'm not really anti-tracing, but more anti-posting traced pictures. Tracing is how I learned to draw, because its good for muscle memory.
... but yeah, it irks me when people think that tracing is art.
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Personally I've found it difficult to accept as a learning method, but eh, people learn differently, I suppose.
However, I agree with you that it is not art and it definitely shouldn't be posted here!
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The only time I ever support tracing is when it's your own art and you happened to mess up the lining or rip through the paper.
When that happens, tracing is your best friend and life saver e__e
Especially when you're as error redundant as me.
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Yes, I have saved a few of my drawings by tracing.
I don't even bother to try to directly ink drawings in the rare event that I use ink. TRACING ONLY or I will screw up and ruin them.
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Aha I normally wouldn't dare do it on the sketch either. ('cause the sketches always have this... nice soft gray to them that I absolutely LOVE =w
So that means a new piece of computer paper and the school's bigass light table.
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Hey, man! I traced pictures... back when I was five. 0:
Cool beans, a heroic statement you've made here... I'm impressed.
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Tracing is great for your own drawings... not so great for other people's drawings
I should try that method sometime. I've tried re-tracing with a lightbox and a pen to make lineart, but I lose so much of the stuff that I actually LIKE about my drawings when I do that.
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lol, I used to do it with a lightbox, too, but the lightbox was too small, and like you said, it blotted out too much to see. I even tried shining a flashlight from the underside of a glass coffee table XD But the best I've found is sketch it, scan it, print it on low opacity, and then define it from there
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I don't know these people can trace. I can barely see anything under the "tracing paper", so I don't trace.
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I'm not so much anti-tracing. It helps your hand practice making smooth lines and basic shapes; it's a simple way to learn at the start of your art training.
I'm against posting it on someplace like this, of course. But for a child just learning, I don't fault them.
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Mmm, in my opinion it's also a very poor method of practice. You learn faster if you just draw things yourself. It's pretty mindless to trace. When you reference other stuff, you have to think.
But yes, it is definitely not okay to post any traced work online or really show it to anyone at all.
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I like the message, but I grew up tracing things in my spare time, which actually did help me to develop my artwork. But from tracing I went to referencing things. But in all honesty, this is a good message to send out. Tracing and claiming the work as one's own isn't cool at all. At least when I traced, it was for my own personal use and I didn't go posting it everywhere and saying, "ARENT I MADE OF AWESUM AND WIN?!!!!111one". Good stuff here.
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