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I see how it now. My good name has been despoiled. I shall have to conduct myself in a more proper manner henceforth.

Be it proclaimed: No more risqué art from me from this day forward!

I still gotta draw her hand in holding it, but I haven't figured out the proper placement yet.

Don't blame me!

What's the groupname for the one about Pokemon?

Also, do they have one for people that want to marry Sonic yet?

Why everyone thinks I'm lecherous? Just 'cos I draw sexy ladies for you freaks, doesn't mean I'm totally debauched!

I wish!

Sexay! I can't wait to see how you do her tattoos!

I still have to add detail to the piece, and some sort of background, probably. Right now, I've only detailed her hair and eye.

I see how it is. He's not even following me. What a meanie.



http://evilmark.deviantart.com/

I can, but I think it's more classy if I don't participate again.

And my proposition is thus: I can do some arts for the contest. Maybe an example piece for the theme, something like that.

This is relevant to my interests.

I will not be participating as a contestant, but will offer my services in other ways.

Here's a WIP of my Agent Crimson:

I would totally lie to you about you if you lost your memory.

Not if you're a good musician.

For future reference: PNGs can animate.

Way to be born, you dirty birther.

I think there is a difference between copying as a technical exercise and copying as plagiarism.

If I copy something Alex Ross has done in an attempt to understand his use of lines, or a Rembrandt painting to get a better idea of how to imbue a work with a sense of light, and I advertise it as such, then my intentions are clear. This is a piece for learning purposes.

That's what the old masters would do. Duplicate to learn.

If I am copying someone else's image and representing it as my own, then that's plagiarism. This doesn't often happen, but you see it sometimes. I've seen more than a few "original sketches" on Ebay or DA that are just someone copying the lineart from an Adam Hughes drawing. That's theft, straight-up.

In the case of Jugg's piece it's an admitted pose swipe with the colouring as the point of the piece. To me, that's a learning exercise, and as long as it's represented as such with the attribution to the original, all's well. (I think the issue in the previous thread stemmed from the piece being posted without a link to the DA page where the pose credit was given.)

Where it gets more confusing, is when things are homages (especially if unstated) or "inspired by" because you start getting into determining intent and so on.

Concrete examples of rip offs, courtesy of Rob Liefeld:

I'd rather forget everyone else. I'd be able to figure out who they were, eventually, and I know I'm smart enough and stable enough to handle it and piece things back together.

If I forget me, though, who knows how I'd handle it?

I currently have this case and it's magnificent:

That person's style is very storybook. It's great.

Oh, Paint, you are an evil *****.

The concept is awesome stabbing robot with wings.