Artistic Science

It’s art theft if something looks extremely close to another artist’s style, usually easily to overlay the suspected image with the other artist’s and seeing more than coincidental linework. If the line work has more than half the lines or build of the character in question lacks any “perfect” synchronized lines then it’s referenced and not traced. Art theft implied the user has copied or traced someone’s work without the consent of the user they copied. This goes for character stories (but that’s character theft).

If you are influenced by an artist that you follow, and your style is also influenced by them, make sure you are not literally copying their every image. If you were to use an image of any sort and it lined up almost perfectly (even slightly stretched to change a small proportion), then it is marked as theft.

Being influenced is okay if you only try certain elements they share, just as tutorials and step-by-step process images. But using commissioned work, personal art, requests, trades, and copyrighted work(concept art) is a big nono do not touchy zone.

Now there is a sort of loophole that sucks. And that’s making dolls and bases. The person making this and basing it off another artist’s work (not a show or series) should at least get the original artist’s consent. If they already have it written to not reference, trace, base or doll their work, there is not consent and the work should not be based or dolled or referenced for work what so ever. No ifs, ands or buts.

I hope that’s helps. :v