mabuti na ito at nailabas na,.at sana wag na gayahin at matuto gumawa ng orig

C’mon man, you could have chosen another blog entry to do this. But on an article about “swiping”? Hahaha! It’s just ridiculous. Can’t you write your own article?

Anyway… since I’m already here. Photo-referencing -even tracing -is okay in my opinion, as long as the photographer gets properly credited.

It takes an immense amount of talent to make good drawings, regardless whether it is copied or traced. Just try to pick a random guy on the streets and have him trace over Obama’s photograph!

It’ll probably take you hundreds of strangers (on a lucky day) before you can draw out someone who can produce a high-grade quality of a drawing.

Besides, photography and illustration, although both art forms are very different from each other. No camera can produce a photo that is pencil-rendered, oil-painted, etc. (at least for now! :D)

I wouldn’t elaborate any further. The 2 mediums are different and cannot really “plagiarize” each other. One simply has to credit the creator of the other to replicate the artwork in his other medium.

Thanks.

Gerry,
I don’t know if this statement is correct. In fact, everybody knew, because unlike today the komiks world was much, much smaller. References were not as easy to access unlike now with the internet, what easier way than to just copy someone’s else work.
Interesting link on Madureira and Cruz. I like Madureira’s work. Don’t know if I’ve seen Cruz.

Mico,
Wow, astig itong susundan mong si Oliver Coipel, really like his Thor. I can’t wait to see your version.
Rod

That’s what I’m really just saying. An artist can do what he wants. But using other people’s work, and/or copying other people’s work may have consequences. Some more serious than most. Some people get away with it, and even profit from it. What if you become one of those artists who don’t get away with it? What if, just this once, someone decides to take legal action? What is some blogger decides to put your work along with the original in a swipe website? Once your work is out there, there’s nothing you can do about it anymore.

Isn’t it better to just avoid the hassle all together?

How about that world famous foto of CHE Guevarra, transformed into a line shot, silk-screened, and became a staple best seller T-Shirt globally. Nag complain ba yung photographer ?

Yung swipe ni Roy Lichenstein sa drawing ni Russ Heath, na OKAY, HOT-SHOT, galing sa isang DC Comics, noong 1962, eh palagay ko OK lang ko Russ Heath. Kasi ang feeling ni Russ eh mas na edify pa yung gawa niya at naging high brow at nadi-display sa mga prestigious art galleries around the world. In a sense, Roy has done him a favor. Sa tingin ko, it was a win-win situation.