http://lackoflollies.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] lackoflollies.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] artists_beware2014-06-20 12:25 pm

Traced YCBH

WHO: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/clarityangeldragon/, http://www.furaffinity.net/user/eraviadragonfly/, http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Roxanna/, http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pixenvixen/, http://www.furaffinity.net/user/skypropony

WHERE: FurAffinity.net

WHAT: Digital YCH auction that was traced

WHEN: 6/20/2014

PROOF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q78lkqvvmnw9v6/FireShot%20Screen%20Capture%20%23040%20-%20%27TCBY%20by%20ClarityAngelDragon%20--%20Fur%20Affinity%20%5Bdot%5D%20net%27%20-%20www_furaffinity_net_view_13769477_%23cid_84313695.png

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3l1c8uhphnorw4b/FireShot%20Screen%20Capture%20%23041%20-%20%27Userpage%20of%20clarityangeldragon%20--%20Fur%20Affinity%20%5Bdot%5D%20net%27%20-%20www_furaffinity_net_user_clarityangeldragon.png

Original image; http://puu.sh/9EyrP/2ecf3723c9.jpg
http://puu.sh/9Eyu1/c0f812b70b.jpg

http://oi61.tinypic.com/1z1a5vd.jpg - This was a layover she posted on her own to prove she didn't trace, it's since been removed.

Image provided by the tracer as the original image she attempted to make money from; http://theperfectpose.com/HowToPose/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bride-alone-poses-1.jpg

New, closer overlay provided by a member of the community, showing the tracer's overlay was skewed and warped in her 'evidence', and the image is in fact, very traced, at minimum very heavily referenced without citing the source on the original auction to begin with; https://www.dropbox.com/s/gem52e82kbk0jil/trace.png

EXPLAIN: I happened across this image while browsing, looking through her gallery, and the image itself, it's clearly traced. I commented as you can see above asking the artist to cite her source, and the image was replaced with the above overlay as 'proof' she didn't trace. This artist attempted to trace a photograph for monetary gain, and should be avoided.

[identity profile] ljmydayaway.livejournal.com 2014-06-21 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have a link to the original photo?

Photo source can be difficult

[identity profile] turin-aramaia.livejournal.com 2014-06-21 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
It looks like a photo from a bridal gown magazine. There's a lot of those out there.

It looks traced. The gown was done one size, then the body, a different size. The head looks very very funny when a trace is composed this way. This rough bit, the body proportions are off.

This CANNOT be the final product. This can be a rough trace sketch which the actual drawing is hand built from.

[identity profile] ravensmoon666.livejournal.com 2014-06-22 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I google searched for the image and I found this http://southernweddings.com/2011/11/08/v4-feature-paper-cotton-and-flour/ if you scroll down it has the wedding dress and mutiple other pictures of the same girl in the same dress and supposably is a dress made by Ian Stuart.

[identity profile] ravensmoon666.livejournal.com 2014-06-22 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Did a little more digging found the dress creators website. http://www.ianstuart-bride.com/bridal-collections/ so she probably got the image from this website or just doing a google search on wedding dresses.