i feel like the fact that microsoft is complicit in an active genocide is maybe the bigger issue here and i'm stunned no one has mentioned that in these replies

the old masters used to trace all of the time using variety of pretty amazing and creative methods

When it comes to self made resources (photos, sculpture, maquettes, 3D sculpts, etc) and resources made explicitly for artists to use (stock photos with appropriate permission, 3D models in CSP, etc), tracing can be ONE step of using them as a reference. It isn't a "crutch", it isn't cheating.

You can also put the photo up next to what you're drawing, and draw from sight. Or trace the photo a few times, then draw it separately. These all have value for for different situations for learning, speed, and accuracy, and I recommend trying them ALL.

Because of ArtFight's recent rule clarification, I've seen discussion on whether tracing your own photos is the same as references them. This is, in my opinion, a matter of semantics. Tracing your own photos IS a method of using them as reference. It is perfectly normal and doesn't hurt anyone. #Art

Regardless of what ArtFight decides, I want other artists to not be afraid of using this type of reference material in this way. It's very normal in both professional and hobby circles, it isn't harmful, and it doesn't make you a lesser artist. Hope this hasn't ruffled any feathers, keep drawing! <3

Because online art culture has a decades long baked in shame for tracing to avoid theft, I see a lot of folks wanting to still make the delineation of tracing vs referencing (even in this context). I get where that comes from.

Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you.

Been working on reworking an older self insert au into an original world yeet the lore is still accurate but the images are new haha #worldbuilding #scifi #fantasy #space #furry #creaturedesign

Characters for a world im working on that used to be a self insert au of "the Henry stickmin collection" of all things #fantasy #characterdesign #furry #furryart #fantasyart #art #artistonbsky #furrydesign #fantasydesign #character #oc #originalcharacter

💜the goobers~✨️ #furry #furryart #fantasy #fantasyart #bskyartist

Uhhhhhhhh Idk what even, bro came outta my head like Athena springing from zeus's noggin from a random impulse to do a self portrait at 1 am last night #furry #fursona #fantasy #mascot #furryart #fantasyart #oc #ocart #furryoc #persona #selfportrait

Uhhhhhh #fantasy #worldbuilding #furry #furryart #fantasyart #characterdesign #oc #furryoc #OCSHAREFRIDAY

I somehow recently figured out how to draw humans in a way that doesn't feel awkward yeet!! #art #ocart #fanart #dannyfenton #humanart

Uhhh literally ran outta characters ugh bluesky cmon ur just gonna have to trust the post this is replying to is cool (tbf somehow im the first to do this that i know of ) #batman #dc #dccomics #robin #dcrobin #redhood #nightwing #redrobin #dcredrobin

Genuinely shocked that despite being heros named after animals with TLM and being humans using tech to go toe to toe with gods or godlike beings that NOBODY HAS EVER USED TENDON LOCKING MECHANISMS AS INSPIRATION FOR BAT-TECH this is stupid dc needs to hire me to write batman (i even have concepts!)

Others have said this better, but the conversation of tracing over your own references really weeds out who the professionals vs children/gatekeepers/outsiders are. You don't HAVE to trace over your stuff, but to say that you /CANT/ is asinine to the highest degree.

Why the hell is your search engine alucinating headlines instead of showing the real ones? This is insulting. I'm switching to DuckDuckDuck or any other one as long as this keeps hapening.

Google is turning Android into a walled garden, suffocating projects like GrapheneOS. By locking AOSP and using Play Integrity API, they’re hijacking our hardware control under the guise of 'safety' to kill privacy-focused competition. An anti-competitive abuse that must be stopped!

@trashsidhe.bsky.social is my new art profile! From now on this will be where I ramble and reblog random shit that isn't art bc thats what ive been doing yeet

Reviews for Samsung messages: people BEGGING them not to discontinue the app Reviews for google messages: people complaining about security and spam messages and being forced to use google Google: hee hoo moneeee

Posting these days feels a lot like making a cake and then throwing it out on the sidewalk ✨

『 ARCHITECT OF EQUILIBRIUM ☯︎ 』 ─ ✧˖° seraphic commission for @hecate.space

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Bro what is even the point of not letting us send screenshots to our smartphones all it does is make it so you habe to have a pc of some kind with a USB port and be overly inconvenient it doesn't stop anything just makes it stupid to do

My tomo insert married my nonbinary mothman tomo Mothman is my wife now you cant stop me

I think at this point its probably safe to define trump as a terrorist (its probably been true for a lot longer than now tho)

I am so fucking in love with tomodatchi life augh

I think at this point its probably safe to define trump as a terrorist (its probably been true for a lot longer than now tho)

Moth my beloved #tomodatchilife

1987-1994 Ive only just started watching it i am enjoying it immensely

Also 2006-2012

T rex 69 to 66 million years ago

MY GODDAMNED WEBCOMIC (2006-ONGOING) www.skindeepcomic.com

Waiting for midnight like

Ok, so I did make a Pancha Bomber, what if I did Buccaneer into a furry (a Karcani, to be exact) GOD LORD HE'S TOO CUTE I WANT TO CHEW HIS FACE SO BAD LOOK AT HIM HE HAS NO BRAINCELLS LEFT IN THAT HEAD. #furry #furryartist #anthro #oc #ocart #digitalart

I just wanna hug the whole art community 😔

Reference for Rasconza! 💗🔥🔹

Easter 2024

Happy Oviparous Lagomorph day!!!

Super self indulgent self insert siblings au go brr #dannyphantom #daniphantom #dpcreatureau #dpssisisau #oc #dannyphantomau #dp #dpau #fanart #selfinsert #cringeisdead

Spec bio minecraft au anyone? #minecraft #specbio #speculativebiology #minecraftau #netherstarchronicles

Revisiting a slightly older world of mine here's the main guy stick figure furry super heros go brr #fantasy #furry #superhero #stickbattles #stickman #stickfurry

Made myself a new icon bc yes #furry #fantasy #artistonbsky #bskyartist #furryart #fantasyart #art #illustration

Fursona go brrr!!!! Finished that ref i was working on #fursona #furry #furryart #fantasy #art #artistonbsky #bskyartist #anthro

Finally got my #Vgen set up!! vgen.co/trashsidhe Come commission me!! also decided on a style did some examples for what stuff will actually look like yeet #commissions #commissionsopen #vgencommopen

FINAL 5 DAYS LEFT! My tutorials BOOKS will SELL OUT in the next 5 DAYS - NEVER IN SHOPS! ONLY CHANCE to get them is on KICKSTARTER NOW - tap the link in the bio here: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social or google “How to THINK When You Draw Book 9 KICKSTARTER” ALL BOOKS will SELL OUT! #anime #manga

Nano fish inspired Vaporeons (spotted edition) 🐡 Some of these (or all three potentially) will be up for offer in the near future! #pokemon #oc