Horses .. Really?
Iām doing my own thing cruising through the forums when I noticed thereās a new submission to the banned players. Being nosey I check it out. Oh hey itās someone Iām quite familiar with. Message them to find out what happened and wouldnāt you know?! They got banned for āTracing and/or heavily referencingā!!
The ācopied designā ? HORSE LEGS.Ā
Please, someone tell me how āhorse legsā are something that can be copied when itās a natural animal who regardless the breed of horse their legs are ALL THE SAME.
Itās like theyāre actively trying to get rid of people. Please for the love of whatever if you have actual proof that horse legs can be ācopiedā please let me know? If Iām wrong Iāll happily calm down but this is ridiculously stupid.Ā
Here you go, I traced some horse legs for you so you could understand how you canĀ ācopyā horse legs.Ā Yes, all their legs are the same, but if you takeĀ āmyā lines and put them on the images, they line up perfectly.Ā Thatās tracing.Ā Even if I didnāt use the image to directly trace over it, if my image can line up perfectly or almost perfectly with the source, it is STILL not ok.Ā That is referencing something way too heavily and is still not allowed.
Hereās where I got those images, because sourcing is important:
https://www.britannica.com/animal/horse
https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-charged-animal-cruelty-dragging-horse
https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2016/08/08/horse-shiny-healthy-coat-skin/
https://extension.unh.edu/resource/good-neighbor-guide-keeping-horses
Hereās some good pages about tracing vs copying vs referencing.
https://aminoapps.com/c/monster-hunter/page/blog/art-etiquette-referencing-vs-tracing/aVeq_dnPu0ulq00qpKgnErBwLlaKQlD5NZ
https://aminoapps.com/c/furry-amino/page/blog/what-is-tracing-copying-referencing-and-inspiration/xpvg_mX2i2uWV4QVb8XXEkgoM06rpBQ31rX
Even if youāre tracing to learn, you should either not share the image publicly, or if you do, you MUST show your source where you got the image, and you cannot use it for profit, as an example of your own art, etc.Ā Ā
You also should not trace other peopleās art because a) thatās gross if you donāt have permission, and b) if you do that to learn, youāre going to end up making the same anatomy mistakes as they do.



















