The Worst Type Of Art In The Art Community: TRACING ART

mohammed agbadi talking about tracing and how artists on twitter and tiktok started a new trend because of it.


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[MohammedAgbadi]

*_what is your biggest pet peeve as an artist?_*

[thefool]

In my opinion, tracing is a great way to start your journey on being an artist, you can learn many from it. The only thing is, never consider it as an original piece, or get bombed by ten homing missiles.

[tatanooki]

People who find any kind of tracing (even 3d models) as cheatinf are fonna have a heart attack when they find out 80% of art in WEBTOONS arent even hand drawn and mostly premade assets and tracing models. We have to make 55-60 colored panels a week, no human can do that with JUST their hands

[Harudodo]

As a comic artist, I have definitely traced over poses and items to save time. It's especially important with deadlines to not lose sanity. But I only ever use assets in the clip studio store that are provided for me to use

I don't think there's any harm in using tracing as a tool, but tracing other's artwork and/or lying about drawing illustrations from scratch is a big nono

[NovaDraconis]

I have been tracing a lot of poses in the past months form photos made purposely by models for artist. I got insanely better and understand way better where things are meant sto be. People shouldn’t be ashamed to trace photos.

[wjays]

Tracing is mixed for me. It can help with learning to break up the body and learn to draw shapes but posting it is where it turns everything around.

[robinfox]

I watched a documentary once on how the manga GANTZ was made. They used 3D models and then traced over them, then fleshed out the characters based on that. It allowed them to break a lot of new ground in terms of complex poses and special effects. If it's good enough for a professional studio, it's good enough for you. Don't let the clueless online art community dictate your workflow because of their arbitrary and stupid "rules".

[mushroomocean]

For me personally, I only feel comfortable tracing my own photos/drawings. This is mostly for copyright reasons, but I also believe that tracing my own work is harmless because I’m literally the one who made it. It also helps me identify issues in my work when I go back to trace old art and see my past mistakes. I don’t think tracing other people’s photos or art is okay unless for practice, so if you really want to trace just trace something you own lol

[PerfectPencil]

As part of my master's study I shadowed a few professional fantasy illustrators and part of the process is actually tracing photo reference. They would create a collage made of photos and quick doodles they do in photoshop (like eyes from one model, mouth/nose from another, etc) and would then trace it as a new layer. Then print the line art, mount it to a canvas under a few layers of acrylic medium and oil paint on top of that line art. Their work was stunning, but one thing they made clear is that in a professional setting and when you're dealing with deadlines, shortcuts like that can shave a day or two off production. That's a day or two you get to rest in between gigs. They always said that only art students argue over this stuff.

[Crsscrssaplesawc]

The video is great … BUT THAT MIGUEL O’HARA ART YOU DREW HAS ME FEELING ALL TYPES OF WAYS 😍

[LuminaNinetales]

When I was 6 or 7, I did copy art from my favourite comics, and I was really proud about it, because I achieved in doing something pretty.
I never pretended I did them from scratch and was always really happy to say "it's from that comic cover". While it didn't teach me how to draw, it helped me with how to use a pen and small useful drawing habits, also with being patient and precise.
People who just steal another artist art are bad, the rest is a nice tool for progression.

[DeviousDryad]

Iconic of Mohammed to draw the ✨SLUTTIEST✨ men as physically possible

[nikkiyoung]

I never experienced tracing myself, my art teacher, who I was close with professionally, said to “follow with your eyes” and ever since then I’ve learned how to look for negative space and such. It’s not easy as tracing but it helps build confidence.

[hackanimator]

for me tracing is like use other people's code, it may work, but don't use it without understanding how and why it works

[Kumo_.]

I’ve honestly been scared of tracing, even in private! 😅 I’m glad this video has taught me tracing is ok as long as I’m not taking credit! I will definitely try tracing out to learn proportions. Thank you :)

[catinacafe]

Feels like the real problem is just people being honest.

[wrfrico]

Tracing to me is a learning tool. Wether you’re practicing deconstructing, trying to get the hang of perspective, trying to emulate a style that inspires you that you can then try to replicate on your own

It’s just as much of a tool as anything else. As long as credit is given to the original creator and it doesn’t become a crutch

[TheRibottoStudios]

I feel like as someone who's just getting started drawing again tracing should be fine. Especially when it comes to using reference; I trace over them to practice getting a layout of how that character is drawn. Especially when it comes to drawing Pokémon and Transformers since they can be very complex and complicated. But there's a difference in tracing reference work to get a feel for the character and tracing out of laziness. You'll never find your own style if you keep tracing. You'll use it as a crutch thus be exposed and driven off by the community at large for good reason. No one likes liars and cheats

[Moss]

I'm a webtoon creator and I use 3d models most of the time, trying to update weekly while also working on a portfolio (and a visual novel that will also be a part of the portfolio) is really exhausting so I would definitely go crazy without the models lmao

[shuri_ken]

Tracing is on edge with me. I feel like it’s good to “trace” BODY references. Not drawings, but actual people who model for a living. Tracing other peoples art is what’s really on edge for me. If you really just trying to practice poses and breaking up the different body parts, yeah, thats cool. But TRACING, TRACING. Like line for line on the hair, eyes, clothes.. and then just recoloring it. I use to do it a lot. Trace FNF sprites and recolor them. I wouldn’t post it anywhere though, I just did it for fun. “Tracing” so you can get better at drawing is good, but tracing is… eh..