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freakwithnolife
Source please?. And for grins, an Ed thread?
>> Anonymous
This is "fake". Its a direct trace of a deviantART photo of a teenage girl.

I have somewhere on my harddrive. I'll try and find it and post it here just so you can see.
>> Anonymous
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Here it is.

It's from: http://michelleled-stock.deviantart.com

Although all her work has been removed from that account now though.
>> Anonymous
I forgot to mention that; it could have also been just copied by hand for art practice reasons, not actually directly traced.
>> Anonymous
>>116672
You're a fucking idiot. Artists are allowed to use reference, particularly painters working towards a photorealistic effect.
>> Anonymous
Plus, that photo was very clearly stock. It's something photo-manipulators are free to use as long as they give credit to the one responsible for the original wherever they decide to post it.
>> Anonymous
>>116758
>>116683
Doesn't "wycked.deviantart.com" trace paintings? I can remember she wrote a tutorial about it too, using Vincent as a subject.
What a fucking hack, as if you're going to learn any artistic value by doing that.
>> Anonymous
>>116672
It doesn't look like a direct trace.. There are quite a few subtle differences between the two, like the hair, mouth, and eyes. But the facial shape and general structure is probably traced.

But I haven't seen many traces, so I know nothing.
>> Anonymous
>>116849
The chin, eyebrows and nose is different too, the shadows are also slightly different. Wether it's traced or not, doesn't really matter, it's a beautiful pic, and I couldn't care less...

>>116834
And yes, you do actually improve by tracing, if it is photographs. I know I did, in art class we were set to trace photographs from time to time. But it is best to just use them as references in my opinion.
>> Anonymous
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>> Gentlemanly Swindler
>>116672
>>116834
Wow... you know what most real artists do? They draw/paint/sculpt from LIVE MODELS. When you can't get that, you use a photo instead.
>> Anonymous
That's not tracing. THIS --> http://www.valuablelifelessons.com/art-thief/ is tracing.
>> Anonymous
>>117797
Yes I agree, you reference a picture, you DO NOT TRACE THE FUCK OVER IT.