#Tracing is not the devil

[the-stove-is-on-fire]

Why everyone in the art community has something against tracing?

Tracing is an excellent tool for learning, in my opinion. I used to trace pictures of horses all day when I was a kid. It's great for teaching your eye and your hand to recognise and recreate shapes.

Some people call the use of reference images 'tracing' which isn't accurate or really an issue?? Unless you're a purist who thinks using ref images is "lazy". It gets iffy when you use other Artist's work as a reference, but that more often has to do with the percentage of 'inspiration' you take from their work.

The only time it becomes a problem is when people copy part of, or the entirety of another artist's work, and claim it as their own. That's just straight-up theft. And I'm not talking about vaguely copying a pose because it looked cool, I'm talking every detail from the armour to the hair has been copied but the second artist just flipped the image left and recoloured it. This exploits the hard work of the original artist and is generally seen as a dick move.

There's room for discussion regarding homage/tribute and satire, but in general, tracing is just another tool.

[erebus0dora]

let's just say that's one of the things i would like to see one day, but so far i just had to get it out of my head

(i caught a cold, i can't do complex stuff)

[mscossie]

I see y'all poking fun at how Dante in the OG anime looks yaoipilled when this man is so viciously and wonderfully JOSEI it makes my head to backflips in the downest baddest way ever...!!

The genre suits him so damn well. The tropes you could envision him are so fucking endless. I can't be the only one here. I have a mighty need, y'all.

JOSEI DANTE! I WILL FUCKING SPREAD THE JOSEI DANTE AGENDA!!! INTERACT IF YOU AGREE!!!

I'm tagging you complete strangers cus I've seen your posts and y'all share my hopeless fixation on the DMC anime. I know y'all got me. Spread the word like wildfire!!!

@3142-redgrave-avenue @quiet-saint @alicethenobody @cerezzzita

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Merry Christmas… If That's Okay - Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993)

[jonasiegenthaler]

did a fun lil animation of (a part) of my favourite nico goals :)

[maxbuild]

I tried… I really wanted to make this

[kang-yo-han]

Me, trying to sleep:

My brain: Remember how the Devil Judge writers had Yo-han grab Ga-on’s knife to stop him from doing something he’d forever regret, just like Su-hyeon did? Remember how they drew an explicit parallel between Ga-on’s canonical love interest and Yo-han? Remember how Yo-han kept studying his wounded palm later in the episode without a trace of anger in his eyes? Remember that?

[sapphanimates]

How strong is Sasha's bite?

Tazmanian Devil Approved strong!

[triple-pupil]

Between the doodles I did to try to motivate myself to do posessed!Dice, I did these two of the hypothetical of the Devil having full control of the body.

So have it.

[emioliravioli]

heard you were in need of some characters to draw 😏

(from left to right it's Zayne, Trace, and Sasha)

i hope this helps! good luck!

oh my gosh these designs are so cool!!

icons be upon ye :D

thank you so much for sending them!! hope zayne wins the fankid showdown!

[crimson-catalyst]

and the angel goes in the square hole

[panevie]

This is my silly little the devil in me comic. I will not take criticism since this is the second thing I’ve ever made in procreate

[fdragon-art]

Day 55 - Fleece As Red As Blood

-The Lamb looks over at you- -...you hope they only mean well for you-

[tomasitaoficial]

Okay, I definitely LOVE THIS WHAT IF

I mean, it is much better than he replacing Lucifer, he would look a thousand times better replacing Lucidel

YOU KNOW, HE COULD EASILY MAKE DEVIL DO SOME SHIT TO 'BRING BACK' LUCIDEL'S LIFE AND HAVE HIM REPLACE HER AND PASS AS HER

GOOOSH, I LOVE THIS IDEA

THANK YOU VERY MUCH @denara-pato

[decideroffacts]

they should. invent humans that are easy to draw

[the-lark-ascending69]

Though tbh Nancy would encounter half-vampire!Robin and be like "eh, I've seen worse"