[ Blackrose ]
So, someone mentioned "tracing other pictures and adding funny things to them" as a style of art.
Did they mean Dadaism?
It's a period where certain artists made fun of "fine art", like drawing mustaches on the Mona Lisa. If that's the case, then that's different from purly tracing. They Dadaists weren't trying to pass it off as their art, it was more about the message they were trying to get across. They usually want the viewers to recognize the original work.
When I think of tracing, I think:
gonk . Okay, maybe tracing a photograph isn't AS bad as tracing another artist's illustration... but I'm still sort of iffy on anyone tracing something they did not make.
Copying by eye is a bit better... because I suppose it does take some artist talent whereas tracing- you're following your hand with the line. That's like connecting the dots or something in a kindergarten activity book.
Phew.
sweatdrop It's kind of a pet peeve for me, the whole tracing thing.
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