/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2985851
>pic related

Here's the photo, then his painting, then a paint-over by a fan. He referenced heavily from the source but had the skill to alter anything to fit his whim.

That being said, you're totally correct in saying that plenty of great artists and painters traced.
In the case of Numynumy, she's making money out of other people artworks - yet I think it should be a concern to those artists rather than us, this thread sounds a lot like jelly.

Some people ITT are butthurt about using this as a shortcut to popularity, they don't realize that they shouldn't be, in the long run it doesn't matter for their own career.
They'll never compete with the artists drawing ugguuu kawai grrl portraits, it's akin to a cat complaining that crows have it too easy, eating corpses instead of hunting.