>using referencesThis is allowed and perfectly valid. Anyone who disagrees is a colossal retard.>tracingThis is ONLY allowed for studies, aka trying to learn or figure something out. Tracing a piece to publish online as "work" is FRAUDULENT and NOT A DISPLAY OF SKILL.These are the FACTS and they CANNOT BE DISPUTED. Sorry, frauds.
tracing is fine for commercial work, if you have the undisputed rights to the photo/3d model you traced.
>>7812681>>7812663Yes? And what you're gonna do about it? Make an angry 4chan post? Cry? Shit and piss and cum yourself? See? Nobody in real life cares. The most popular artists who actually are respected (ie not you) and make a living off their art - trace. Get over it.
>>7812783https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnate_(comics)
>>7812783>normalfags are retards so you should be a retard too!you seem to have taken your own advice to heart
if you have to use references you are low IQ
>look at reference>acquire an understanding of it in three dimensions>put it away>sit down and draw it perfectly from memoryThe Excellence of Execution
>tracing>study
>>7812811This is how I found out Gene Simmons son made a comic.
>>7812663tracing is only valid if you're trying to get the hang of your toolsyou're wasting everybody's time after that
>>7812663tracing is for thiefs i agreeim personally trying to learn by copying but not sure how else to benefit other than remembering certain ways an artist draws a particular thing
if youre not tracing its not art