I feel like people getting upset over things like color theft, pose theft, referencing, etc stems from this obsession people have with originality- even though you can’t really create anything completely original anymore. Anything you can think of has probably already been done before, but people still have this mentality of unoriginal = bad and that sets an impossible standard for a lot of people.

i think my take on these sorts of topics entirely depends on where the artist puts their boundaries? like, people tracing or recoloring my art makes me *very, very* uncomfortable, regardless of if its mostly private or just for practice or whatever. i think that while you might not have a leg to stand on with regards to getting mad about some of these, it's just the polite thing to do to not do them if it makes an artist uncomfortable, you know? like -- just because you *can* doesn't mean that you *should*, lol.

personally ive had people get inspired by / " steal " my art style before and every time its made me extremely happy because that means that my art had enough of an impact to inspire people and thats objectively a good thing ithink

I want to post some of my traced work online (with credit, of course) to help other newer artists feel more comfortable with studying art. I wasn't super comfortable or well informed on how to study art until I saw others doing it and was told that this is how tracing can be ok, and it's helped my art a TON as a result. I want to pass it forward, and help other artists stuck in the position I was, uncomfortable in their style and confused on how to improve.

I was actually JUST watching the where should you post your art video and you uploaded this very nice timing :D

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One thing I should share that I've read in my reading for my art history class is imitation and emulation has been a way for artists to learn since the Renassaince. Artists learn to paint/draw/sculpt by copying other artists and then start creating their own stuff with the techniques they learned, maybe even adding their own thing in order to innovate with the art. Even da Vinci himself has done some sketches of different statues in order to get good at his craft.

i deadass had a conversation with a dude (AI bro, not an artist) who argued that AI art is ethical because 'artists steal artstyles constantly anyway' and that making fanarts is stealing characters and designs

If art style theft is wrong then rip anime. I also don't see a problem with heavy referencing. Everyone does it, and I mean literally everyone. Even if you build a memory of things and "draw from imagination" you are still pulling on the memory of the originals. It's just no one admits to it because they don't want to be stigmatised for it.

Woah, this was such a nuanced and mature talk about these topics!!! Big props to not immediately writing these off and actually discussing them properly!! 💖💖💖

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my thoughts on artstyle theft are very strong because of an experience i had. so about a few years ago i came up with my artstyle and it took reference from so many different things (paswg, anime, realism, scene art, semi-realism, and chibi) to make something completely unique that i hadnt seen anywhere before to kinda make that my signature thing. the proportions i did were from paswg because i loved how they were, the colors i did were from scene art, the faces and body were from anime, the eyes were semi-realism, and i drew my characters in gyaru or scene fashion all the time. i also did a unique thing with my noses too, so people would see that specific style and trace it back to me. i didnt take heavy references of of anything, just took some aspects i liked, like i said above to make a unique look to all my art that was recognizeable. after i started posting a bit, i started gaining a small following of people that loved my art and confirmed my belief that it was unique. then one of my followers had a pfp in my exact style that i handmade over YEARS of work. it looked exactly like something i would make, too. so people started asking if they were an alt of mine and they just said no to those things. and they continued posting art in my exact signature style until their following grew to be bigger than mine, then i was the one accused of theft even though they copied every single little detail i added to my pieces to make it unique and distinguishable. every little one. if you put my work and theirs side by side you would think it was made by the same person. they copied the EXACT way i draw eyes, down to the specific way i drew the eyebrows, eye shape, waterline, and lashes. and they also took the exact way that i put my signature onto pieces, just their handle instead of mine. they also took heavy inspiration off of my ocs to make theirs, again, in my style, so that i looked like the one copying them. their most popular oc was a blatant ripoff of my persona, and you could tell because my persona could turn into a goldfish and i draw goldfish in a soecific way and they did too, (and also added the small thing i did to where they can half transform into a mermaid, but their hands are fins, just like mine and drew the fins the same way i did to resemble hands a bit) they basically took note of every little thing i did in my work and put it in theirs and it was just so frustrating bc i would make tiny changes and they would do the same thing. i had to quit because of it all and im really mad because i took so much pride in having a unique artstyle too. im starting my insta back up under a new name soon, so hopefully that doesnt happen again but everytime i hear about how "artstyle theft isnt a real thing" it makes my blood boil.

As someone who this doesn’t really relate to (I’m sadly not an artist), I really appreciate the questions you bring up and how you view the situation from different angles.

I love that you talk about topics like these, it can clarify things for artists and people getting into art! Also I love your artstyle, seeing variety in art online is always cool to see :D

The lineart is so smooth omg i love it

I refuse to get mad at people tracing my art, because even if I'm not getting credit, they liked my art enough to want to take my art, same goes with my art style, i love when people draw the i do, my art is unique and sometimes seeing people use the thing i made and worked on feels nice because my art is getting recognition and people like it. I don't care if people use my art to make art of their own, because they want to learn off of me and most likely admire me. I don't care if i get credited or not for someone using a similar design to my fandom ocs or using the same colours or shape. its dumb how people get mad at stuff like this, especially at children who don't know better. i understand tracing can be annoying without credit but the best you can do is educate them why tracing and stealing is bad, rather then attacking these people.

I remember someone who made a video once on the theft and I and others called them out for stealing the art style of Tim Burton

this is such a great video!!!

Hey! Just saying, your videos and art is awesome!! Keep up the good work. Whever i see your videos it always motivate me to draw :D its also great to listen while drawing :3 (I dont really know english very well and they can be some misspellings.. please ignore them ^ . ^)

Oh wow I got here so fast and didn’t expect other comments LMAO

slay video!!!! lol i thoroughly enjoyed 😼♥︎

I think the problem is that humans like sorting things. They want a right answer to a question that is always right. I honestly believe that it does exist but it’s case by case.

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awaaahghhh i always worry about accidentally stealing an art style cause i try to incorporate elements of my own into a weird amalgamation of aspects of others' art styles to make mine and i really dont wanna end up being a thief by making my art style look too much like someone elses,, kinda makes me wanna reset my entire art style lmao fhsdjfsk

This all makes sense and I love your videos❤ also what brush do you use? Or recommend, I’m trying to find a good one for my lineart. Also nice red streaks!

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Good vid

I used to think my art style was original, then I started posting my art on KZfaq. Multiple people have told me my style looks like "Wiki How but drawn well" and I have feelings about it sjdkfkjsdfklj. Good luck with school.

i don't think art style theft is really a thing, but there comes a point where someone's art gets mistaken by the person who they're taking very, very heavy inspo from's friends as said person's art because of how they use colors and effects and etc as the person who they're refeencing and at that point it might as well be plagiarism, especially if there's no credit for it

For me, art theft can be stupid. Like if you have a beginner, first-time-digital-artist esq artstyle or a very common art style. You don't own shapes or colors, and you arent being traced, so how is this even a thing????????? A good example of REAL art style theft is if you have a never seen before very original artstyle, that takes inspo from nothing. Your very own artstyle. Someone then blatantly copies the original artstyle. A bad example is if you take heavy inspo from popular shows or creators, and someone else uses the same inspiration, and you accuse them of artstyle theft,,,,

personally ive had my art style heavily referenced/copied only twice, but both timez itz made me super uncomfortable and honestly very anxious. Ik itz super petty and kinda pathetic but usually i put up a disclaimer on my personal pagez asking people not to heavily reference my style becuz of that lol. i think itz mainly becuz it took me years to develop something that im personally happy with and have so much emotion in so thatz why im so attached lol. Anyhow sorry for the ramble and good video!! :o3

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What brush do you use

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Hey, you can own colours. There's a couple colours that are trademarked by big companies

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