To catch a thief, round 2!
I've figured out a new term for art theft/tracing in which the tracer goes through efforts to cover his or her tracks: art laundering. Shit like "scan a photo or piece of art from a magazone or book, flip it, trace it, no one will know the difference hurrhurr!" Well I found an art launderer over on y!Gallery. Friend of mine says it's traced off Yoshitaka Amano's artwork, likely from his book Worlds of Amano. I'm actually not convinced it's his work specifically; it's someone who uses that goddamn annoying "stack of scribbles" style for the eyes. So far I've been unsuccessful in finding the source image.
It's like seeing someone whom you know makes $10k a year roll up in a $600k new car with no plates and the serial numbers scratched off.
There is absolutely no questioning that this is traced. The jaw, hands, ears, cut-and-paste line quality, the lack of authority in forming lines, the haphazard weights, the abdominal tumours - all of these come from not actually knowing what goes where or why. These are things that do not happen in conjunction with a picture-perfect profile or art nouveau design elements without tracing.
Fair warning: this thing is screen-breakingly MASSIVE. Another suggestion that it was traced. No one works that big digitally with that little detail.
The mods won't do shit about this without proof. Any help in tracking down the source of this monstrosity would be greatly appreciated.
It's like seeing someone whom you know makes $10k a year roll up in a $600k new car with no plates and the serial numbers scratched off.
There is absolutely no questioning that this is traced. The jaw, hands, ears, cut-and-paste line quality, the lack of authority in forming lines, the haphazard weights, the abdominal tumours - all of these come from not actually knowing what goes where or why. These are things that do not happen in conjunction with a picture-perfect profile or art nouveau design elements without tracing.
Fair warning: this thing is screen-breakingly MASSIVE. Another suggestion that it was traced. No one works that big digitally with that little detail.
The mods won't do shit about this without proof. Any help in tracking down the source of this monstrosity would be greatly appreciated.