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Don't give me that reference=tracing bullshit.

Comment by Artefact
Who cares as long as he is not plagiarising other people's illustrations? It possesses rather more artistic merit than most of what you will find in gallery of modern art.

I am surprised to see that you dont hold Photography and Hand drawn images on the same level, at least to some degree.
It is one thing to use a photo as a Reference, it is another to completely copy every detail from a photo, and then claim it as your Original work. However if an Artist gave credit to the original Photo, Model, and Photographer, then there would be less backlash.
It is obvious that he hand draws these images by looking at photographs, but he does not (in anyway) alter or change what he has seen. He literally just copies it. Even doing a Franken-drawing would at least give some form of difference.
Then there are the people who draw food, by looking at a photograph of food. It is impressive that they are able to redo a realistic drawing, but again, just give some credit and be on your way.
Now when it comes to someone drawing a photo that they took themselves, then no credit is needed (obviously). Using your own body as reference is at least more original.

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0_o shocking that you think photography is not on the same level as hand drawn work.

The previous comment is correct. Remember the Slam Dunk controversy?

It is one thing to use reference (a lot of people do that, and continue to do that) it is another to CLAIM work as your own, with no credit given to where you got the image from.

Then 6th, nothing seems wrong but I can't watch it without thinking, that she has disjointed her left arm. Sure some people are flexible enough but it still looks painful.

Artistic integrity, no one here has any. There must be a way to block all sankaku comments so i can stop reading and raging at all this bullshit.

What makes you so sure all of the artists you like don't heavily rely on references? The amount of detail an artist puts into it is purely preference. Geister obviously knows how to create his own work just as well as he references poses, so there should be no stigma over it. There is no reason to think he's relying on it for his art to look good, it's just a professional using tools to create a piece of art.

When you've developed your art as much as Geister, it's no longer an issue of whether you're using references. I guarantee you an amateur couldn't produce something half as good as this if they blatantly traced a photograph.

That being said his art is not ~kawaii~ enough for me, Mota is my idol!

Anybody who's so offended at this guy's work should probably be refunded for whatever they paid him for his services.

Wiring imaginary money ought to be pretty cheap this holiday season.