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Tuesday, April 13, 2004

   Commence ranting
(CT yanks out a soap box) Whether you're copying a screenshot from your favorite anime, a pose from an art book, or a poster shot, tracing is not art. If you're just practicing, that's fine. Replicating existing images is a great way to get a sense of the characters, movement, style, etc.

However, to post such copies publicly and claim credit for the work shows an incredible lack of creativity. These images are called _tracers_, and the people who post them are displaying no imagination whatsoever.

We've already seen the show, and tracers are no better than re-runs. If we wanted repeats, we would fire up the DVD player. The point of fanart is to pay tribute to something, to add your own unique view of another person's world.

I don't care how well an artist can copy - I care what they _think_, what their point of view and how they work with it. Fanart should be an exploration, both of already existing worlds and the artist's own abilities.

To all copiers - try creating instead. It will result in a much richer, diverse body of work.

Thank you. (Soap box starts to creak menacingly, and she jumps off.)
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