Hmmmm...
So I see,some folks has started to trace then?
Since dA has started a new rule of allowing tracing then I will bring some examples to make sure IF TRACING WAS REALLY ALLOWED.
Hm,sorry guys...Maybe it'll sound weird and unprofessional but this is my first article...

---Why do you trace?

Tracing for some peoples are considered as FUN,TOLERATED,NORMAL.

But I am AGAINST it.Of course tracing can be fun,but WHY,just WHY do you upload it in dA?

Think about it,dA is an ART website,not some TRACING website.
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You don't believe me?
You LOVE traces?
Then let's compare these situations:
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-When you trace someone's artwork without their permission or not,it is considered as fraud.

You don't believe it?Then read the below:

If as well you considered trace as legal then what if...
-When you copy someone's homework without their permission or not,it is considered as fraud.

Then you'll say to the teacher:
-Teacher!BUT MY FRIEND ALLOWED ME TO COPY IT!
Same thing as:
-But the original artist lend me permission to do it!

***That is,indeed RARE.But it is still NOT allowed,imaged a teacher that'll allow you to copy homeworks.I'll ROFL off my chair.***

In the most usual and casual cases situations would go smoothly like this:
You:
-But I didn't check his paper at all!
You(alternative):
-But I didn't trace his drawing at all!

Of course the teacher won't accept it,as well as some artists that won't accept your traces as legal stuffs...

Those kinds of teachings applies to a lot of things,included stealing,fraud,copying...tracing is like a part of those...
You don't believe it?
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Then...What if someone steal your idea for making a SUPERB photo manipulation?
It doesn't need to be the exactly same thing,but the person could use the same idea,same model,same bg,SIMILAR/RESEMBLANCES in the concept and the final product.
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It doesn't have to be a homework necessary,it can be an idea,drawing,photography,blueprints,toys...ANYTHING is possible for theft,EVEN art works waiting to be traced.
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You don't see where this is going,don't you?
Let me say it clearly:
Tracing is,like copying answers based on someone else's paper while working in a an essay or in an exam without the tutor/teacher sees.
Of course,most of the time,the original artist/student wouldn't know it...Only after a long period of time we'll notice that someone stealed/copied the art/work.

But rarely do I see someone confessing their mistakes.
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I have read in a book that SOMEONE pretended the HE made the phone before Graham Bell.It is another kind of STEALING/COPYING/FRAUD.
Steals exists in all forms,even the smartest person can't avoid it.
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I am expected to receive some flamings/rejects but oh well,I'd like peoples to think more about it.Since when did TRACE became a form of art?I do not remember that.
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I hope that most of you would understand and make up your mind to this...
Is tracing really a good thing?
It's more like stealing some candy bars at a convenient store.

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