I think
You're Mad

"mad" as in "angry" or "mad" as in "crazy"? :P

Both

Gotcha. c:
And, I can see that, for sure.

I was a bit annoyed, but I'm over it. I did make these posters with a calm mind and the intention to share the lolz

Wow.....

yeah i know right? no excuse for theivery XC

Mental conditions are so out of fashion. Plus, what a horrible grammar, have you seen something like this? XD

More times than I can remember :(

Now I wonder why I had the feel that DA was turning into a playground :/

I don't get it

Orignul Artz DO NOT STEAL!
People doing things like this feel like if CWC was a Furry and tried to commission people his Sonichu after tracing the comic book, adding genitalia.

Mmm, I see this all the time as a person who also is active on DA. And this is quite the accurate deception.

I'll admit I do use bases as a reference for a pose or something, but if I do I draw it from scratch, I would never blatantly copy a base, and that's only bases that are made specifically for that, I could never defame a persons artwork, I wouldn't even use is as a reference unless it was made as a reference guide.

I'd also never sell anything I looked at a base for XD that's just dumb.

Also love the edit lol, looks exactly like what people do.

Thats a total bummer when it happens, I remember the original of that one, pity someone went off and did that

I made this XD

Hey, I'll admit that I'm not exactly up there with some of the more well-known historical artists, in fact not even close, but at least I don't steal artwork. Sure my work sucks, but it's not stolen. Why can't people just learn the one crucial lesson of plagiarism teachers repeat over and over and over and over in schools: submitting crappy work is better than submitting stolen work. It's as simple as that...there's no ifs ands or buts. There is a sensible and tasteful way to 'steal' work. It's called inspiration; you basically take someone else's work that you really like and alter it in your own special way to be more than 80% different and then give the creators credit for the original concept springboard. Inspiration does involve being creative and imaginative so even then it's not technically stealing. I may not be able to draw to save my life, but at least I don't trace. I rest my case. :3

There's been a lot of art theft lately.
Also can someone explain to me what the fuck a "white night" is???

It's ment to be 'white knight', definition 5 pretty much describes it http://www.urbandictionary.com/defi.....m=white+knight

Ohhhhhh

Does this make me a thief? Say I'm having trouble figuring out the perspective on a vehicle, and I just can't get my mind wrapped around all those darn ellipses and the crazy chrome trim. I then get a print out from off the Internet, slap it down on my light table, then trace the image, BUT I add surface details, figures, and modifications to the basic design. Then I set everything in a background I drew for the design. Now I understand copying the photo or drawing directly is thievery, but is getting a little help wrong too? If this is true, I might have to do some "Time" for all those model kits I used to "Kitbash" up other designs.

I think it's safe to say every artist traces at least one vehicle in their career ^^

This poster was more directed towards kids who show no interest in improving themselves or take pride in their so called 'art'.

But to answer your question, I'd say no.

I mean..... it's not like toyota cares if one of their millions of car photos is outlined and turned into a steam powered do-hicky? Nah
Will an artist care if you horribly trace a piece they slaved hours over and slap a few minor changes on? You better believe it!