tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68327275018045829.post7678437247049974660..comments2023-10-30T08:04:07.321-06:00Comments on Demonpuppy's Wicked Awesome Art Blog: Sketches and ideasBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168403050889835504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68327275018045829.post-79691121810388635782010-05-09T16:16:25.502-06:002010-05-09T16:16:25.502-06:00When I was in school (my degree is in illustration...When I was in school (my degree is in illustration) it was BEATEN into our heads that unless you are going to change the source material (usually a photograph) substantially, you had better take your own reference photos. And that was back before the advent of digital cameras, when you had to do the shoot and have the film developed. Copying photos was stealing unless you took them yourself. <br /><br />I have always been rather soft on using photos of locations as reference, since it's expensive and difficult to pop across the world or country for a few photos.<br /><br />Copying another artists work and passing it off as your own without attribution, or swiping, is stealing.Jess Ruffner-Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348652615414648950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68327275018045829.post-42340440887877773782010-05-09T09:54:18.628-06:002010-05-09T09:54:18.628-06:00Since you've brought it up, i'd be interes...Since you've brought it up, i'd be interested to hear what you think about folks like Greg "lightbox" Land, who seems to have made a career out of lightboxing his pencils.Cryostarnoreply@blogger.com