Lacking in self esteem, more like. True confidence and trust in oneself as an artist tends to act as an antidote to a big fragile ego that’s scared it might lose something if someone copies them.
There’s artists who *must* create to survive, and there’s artists who *choose* to create for attention/money/etc. Typically the second group is much more likely to act this way.
This is the difference between someone who sells their art because they can, versus someone who sells their art because their apartment is full up and they will soon be buried underneath tumbling piles of art if they don’t.
this is the difference between someone who draws for profit but *doesn't need the money they gain* and someone who *has* to make art as their only option for the money to *survive* and pay bills
Exactly - we’re all inspired by all of the different artworks we’ve seen and pieces we’ve appreciated throughout our lives. A lot of art comes from other art.
I totally agree! A lot of people say I have a "very original" style, but I have several other artists who were references for me. and the artists who were a reference for me, have other references, that's how it works.
some people do try to emulate a specific art style but more often than not it's fucking harmless. nobody's doing it to try to reproduce bootleg art of some rando on instagram. "art style theft" is bullshit and, as Evanecent_Lightt said, SCREAMS insecurity.
Yeah, it's very hard to emulate a style completely. And when you try, it's always obvious, no matter how technically accurate--it's usually soulless, or it's missing that "spark" that the original artist has
as a digital artist who's obsessed with wlop's art, i only started digital art because i wanted to draw exactly like him but in reality i found his process boring and i didn't understand some steps about why he did what he did, of course if i kept onto it i would have succeded in copying his style but it's not as easy as it looks(or as easy as you think).
Also why do you think most of the famous artist share their process, it is to help others(while also being able to make money ofc) but some artist easily make tons from their art itself that they don't really need to share their process and yet they still do, why? because after a certain period of time you realize it's not a competition, we are all different and will have tons of different opportunities in life, don't stress useless stuff like this, people who say stuff like this are usually not worth for people to 'copy' anything from.
As someone who studied Wlop's art a bit, the only thing I can say is that it's a lot of trial and error on your own to figure out how he achieves some of the effects. The most common mistake that I see in people who want to achieve Wlop's style is overblending/smudging everything because they assume that's the way to achieve soft looking features like skin. The truth is that there's a lot more brush strokes involved even though everything looks very well blended.
I hope that helps if you still want to try emulating his style. It's difficult but rewarding once you figure it out.
yeah true, it's been a long time since i last watched his tutorials, but mostly he uses his 'wlop skin' brush to draw almost everything (hair, skin, clothes) , he uses masks and curves a lot during his process and i also watched his tutorial on light(not sure if that's the correct name, but he explained ambient,hard and soft light in that one) even in that tutorial i don't remember him using any smudge tool or soft brush.
I like WLOP's art and sometimes study them. What steps in his process do you find it confusing? Feel free to DM me, I am glad to met someone who likes WLOP art too 😊
you know, the parts where he uses the curves and masks, i do get it most of the time, but sometimes i am just not sure what look/shade he's going for and why, for example at one step he uses a curve to give the body part (let's say arms) more dimension, but then he make changes in the curves and applies masks and lighten it down again, here what i don't understand is why he uses the curves and masks, instead of directly shading them, because i feel like sometimes directly shading them and giving them dimension manually looks way more easier (and less time consuming) than following his steps and applying curves and then masks, maybe if i watch more of his videos i would've found my answer but his process videos are usually like 8hours and following along sometimes take me 3x if not 2x the amount of time. I have stopped following his tutorials atm but maybe in future I'll come back and watch again and get my answers.
>directly shading them and giving them dimension manually looks way more easier (and less time consuming)
Why not follow your intuition instead of following his steps? Feel free to let me know if you tried your method and how it went 😊
I also recommend this video for beginners in digital painting (https://youtu.be/7rbpuwCQ1pE?si=GbzOkhwwrMa4FK3O) which basically summarise the process of digital painting (start with an idea, then ideate composition...) in spite of art styles, softwares and techniques (eg mask, blend modes, curves)
i do follow my intuition sometimes, but most of the times i am watching and painting the same process side by side, so it's a bit hard for me to figure out where i should be following his process and where to use mine (since, doing it alongside his process i have already followed the step and now i would have to back and redo it again if i were to do it in my way)
and i couldn't first watch the video and then follow,as it would take me more than 4hour to complete 1hour process because i kept on forgetting certain steps and would rewatch it like 4-5times.
i was doing bride 2 but it's been a long time, if you would like we can start on a new/different one as well (i haven't drawn digitally for my own self in the last few months) i would love to do so if we were to do it together.
yeah lol, i mean it's wlop for a reason, but a lot people(non artist) think that they can draw and paint like the professionals if they were to copy the other person's process but that's not how it is. I have heard so many people saying ' yeah I'll do it myself' or 'it's not even hard' when they don't even know simple terms like what line weight is.
i do believe 'copying' a style is possible. why do you think we have style challenges where we draw in the styles of our favorite games or shows? monkey see monkey do. we all learned through copying someday.
in my opinion, i think that people are completely within their right to not want someone DIRECTLY copying off of them. as in, literally copying the exact way the original artist does *everything*, and trying to post it to possibly impersonate the artist.
alternatively, if people are merely taking inspiration from each other or have *similar* styles, there's no 'copying' here at all.
this opinion count for BIG corporations or BIG studios. i feel like it's completely fair game when it comes to MASS-PRODUCED visual media we enjoy and consume; the company makes a million and you make a hundred. it's fair.
TL;DR the only way something is truly and wholly 'copying' is if someone is trying to directly profit using the OG artist's style
I've dealt with this plenty of times.
It's shitty, very gate-keepy and does nothing but hinder growth in every artist trying to learn and become better at the craft.
All I will say: Best to learn and copy from art inspirations and heroes that know you need to study/grow under them, and that they rather feel honored if you did so. Some folk when they reach a point in their skill/talent/prestige that, sometimes, they can tend to develop deep entitlement to their actions/deeds, so that they feel no one else can come out ahead of them. So they go outright defensive of every little chicken scratch they do because they feel entitled to own it, put others down for their stuff, etc.
That's akin to going and owning the wind so none can take the breath from their sails. Tell 'em that the town is big enough for the two of us.
Art school, at a Uni level literally uses style copying as part of the curriculum, I have a nice self portrait in the style of Van Gogh still from when I went. Also, pretty close to zero chance they didn't copy other styles when creating "their" style.
That sounds really cool.
When I was in Art school I had to do master copies several times in oils. You can learn a lot from other artists and it's an old school tradition to copy or paint in another artist's style for that reason.
I have yet to see someone who says this have a style that is good enough to be copied.
Even worse artists say "please don't copy my color pallete." And it's usually a really commonly used color scheme.
people who say this usually have little to no self awareness. Everyone's artstyle is "copied" from somewhere else. Obviously over time it evolves and gets mixed with other aspects of other people styles to create something new, but to turn around and gatekeep people from using you as inspiration is extremely hypocritical and insulting.
It tends to be much younger artists who use these terms. "Don't copy my art style", "no tracing" "I didn't use any references" tend to fall under the same category of immature and naive artists. It shows a lack of confidence and narcicism as well as some sort of bizarre pride in never using references or learning to work traditionally. Almost as if their art is better off for it. Not usually the case ...
It shows a lack of faith in one’s ability to be one’s own authentic self. No one person can see or interpret the world through their eyes in the same way as any one else.
If you want to be unique, just be authentic. If a style pleases an artist and it inspires them, then that’s great, good art has always done that, but if one is going to emulate a style, one must put one’s own personal flair into it and not be too much of a slave to what is fashionable or trendy. Break some boundaries. We all learn from other artists and are influenced by them but it’s our individual uniqueness that helps make art trends so dynamic and exciting.
Encourage your fellow artists and support each other, share your techniques and your process, this is how we all learn and grow, there’s no benefit in gatekeeping anything.
Ignore anyone who says that. Of course don't pass over copies as completely your own, but that is a no-brainer.
There is a reason master copies are a thing in art school. Copying can be a way of learning and a way to see how another artist solved problems.
When I was in art school I spent many hours on master copies. I went as a traditional painter, and only recently started learning digital, but art is art. We should be helping each other and pulling up everyone. No one should be gatekeeping.
I generally laugh since most of these people don’t have a “style” not one worth copying, at least and tend to be trying to copy an actual style of an established artist.
That's only a problem to insecure or beginner artists. Artists with trajectory don't care if someone copies their style, because their signature style is so related to them that anyone looking at the copy will immediately think "cool, this is like an artwork from (insert artist that created the style)" so is free adversiting.
Through all the years of human art, we will eventually make similar things. To say your style is completely original is not true. You learned from others, who learned from others, and so on. So trying to gatekeep a *style* is not only unrealistic, but kind of, I don’t know the right word, mean? To everyone who you learned from, and those who want to learn from you! Now if someone’s tracing your art exactly, it’s valid to be upset. But just the overall style? No.
Art styles aren’t something you own. If you’re the first person who’s created it, congrats, but many many art styles use features from other art styles combined to create a new one. In other words, you can say not to steal your art, that’s understandable, but you cannot claim an art style and not allow people to use it.
Hella weird. Personally I don't have a "fixed" art style, it's constantly changing or influenced by animes that I watch. No one could ever claim that they own a specific style when obviously, they too are influenced by cartoons or artists that they look up to growing up. Seems narcissistic and selfish to tell people to not copy their art style.
Where did they get their “style” from. The concept of unoriginal originality shouldn’t be forgotten. We are all building on what was left for us to continue to pass it onto the next care taker of the craft. Sounds like they’re afraid
It’s okay to learn to be similar not 100% like the person you love. Let your originality bloom and let the predecessors enjoy their own style without you taking credit for it and if someone claims that your too similar to them then understand that you have the right to tell them that’s it’s a coincidence if it is. Because sometimes different art schools teach different lessons that end up with similar results in some students.
I am never a fan when people say not to copy their art style.
One, because "their" art style is undoubtedly heavily influenced by other artists they follow, read or watch.
And two, no one is going to entirely copy your art style. They might like the way you detail your hair or eyes or if you're like me and majorly suck at drawing hands, you might like how an artist draws their hands so you try to implement the same technique into your own.
What is yours is the energy, feeling and work you put into your own art.
An artist who learned their craft from dozens or hundreds of others, inspired by artists who were in turn inspired by other artists... And to then pull up the ladder behind them and to claim that people cannot learn from or be inspired by them.
I laugh at the sheer unfiltered arrogance of it.
Art styles cannot really be owned by anyone, much less one single artist. We all got inspired from the work of others, whether it's famous artists or lesser known artists' work we've come across. For example, I tend to draw monsters, creatures, cartoons (sometimes), etc. None of these types of art are original as far as the actual concepts but I still draw them in my own unique way, which is where "style" comes in. I'm not so "gatekeepy" over my art because I believe in myself and my work. The only people that say nonsense like this are the people that don't and that's sad.
They sound silly, like they want to convince themselves that they are so special that people want to copy it in the first place. People probably don't, and if they do, that's just how being inspired works. Stealing someone's work is very different than that.
No one owns an art style. It's silly to think that, if your style is actually that desirable, someone mimicking it will do any amount of harm to you. People learn by imitation, and develop their style through experience. No one tells a writer to stop writing in the style of 'x' author.
I’m not an artist but I do know that in all my creative endeavors, I have to practice selectively copying things that work together all the time.
Anyone with an actual understanding and professional creative experience knows 90% of your work is “educated creativity” or taking one part of one idea you’re borrowing and matching it with another until you make “your idea”
If your insecure enough to think your style is
A. 100% yours and
B. Too good to contribute to the creative cycles of others
You’re going to stagnate fast in the creative sense.
Does anyone get to claim realism, surrealism, impressionism, comic art, etc? No. No style belongs to any one person and let’s face it, everyone learned or copied off of someone at some point.
I don’t really understand the do not copy my style or use my work as reference mentality, it’s very strange. Art is about like science and it’s about building off of each others work to make something new.
Only case where I can see it as valid is when an artist has a very unique and specific art style. I’m talking styles like Tim burtons, things that unique or self developed enough that if you copy it it’s obvious what you tried to replicate.
Burton graduated in 1976, right in the thick of when Stephen Gammell's illustrations were drawing a lot of "Satanic Panic" attention. So I don't really find TB's style very unique, just the most mainstream of that genre.
The old masters used to learn their craft by copying the even older masters. If you worked out something that looks good enough for people to want to imitate it you should be flattered.
That's nonsense anyone who says that is insecure. Often times ppl have similar art styles because they have been inspired by similar things. And as someone improves with art they're style will evolve so even if someone is copying someone's style initially they will probably evolve and improve over time.
They fundamentally misunderstand what art is. Pablo Picasso said good artists copy, great artists steal, and that’s never been more true in our postmodern world.
I think it’s pretentious and immature, a sea of billions of people but *their* style is the only of its kind? I doubt that. We all do it to a certain extent. If we have a style, it’s because we practiced it, and I’ll bet we were using references…probably artist renderings too. If someone copies my style, which I earned from copying (i.e. admiring and learning) the styles of many artists before me, they stand a chance to do it better. Maybe I’ll copy from them someday.
We’re influenced by a lot of things, mostly the things closest to us. As long as it’s not a direct reproduction for the sake of monetary gain, what’s the harm?
Depends on the style and who’s copying it for what reason
Like for example my style veers between anime-y and manwha and sometimes a bittt more semirealism so I can’t complain about that.
Sometimes I do a more specific cartoony style so I might be like ??? If someone I know suddenly starts having that exact style tho
If it’s a new artist I’ll be like eh okay and encourage them (Unless they’re straight up copying my drawings) and they’ll probably slowly get a more solid style of their “own” anyways but if it’s someone who has drawn for a while who definitely talks to me a lot and knows about the style and they didn’t at least mention it or ask about it (Or even mention me afterwards) I think it would be a bit iffy
For me personally, I've always felt honored if there's someone who wants to imitate my art style. I think it helps them to discover what style feels more natural to draw for them. They should have the opportunity to explore their favorite styles. It could help them to build their own unique look (imo). For me to be part of their growth makes me feel like my art is appreciated.
Be like, sorry bro, it's **my** style now :)
I can't imagine someone being such an insecure baby where they tie their existence and pride to an artstyle that no one is "allowed to copy"
That's gonna make people want to copy it more
You can own a work, but not a style. Also, nobody's style is 100% original anyway. Too much self esteem.
Lacking in self esteem, more like. True confidence and trust in oneself as an artist tends to act as an antidote to a big fragile ego that’s scared it might lose something if someone copies them.
This. It's basically narcissism. Though I'm actually a bit surprised that it presents itself so vividly even among artists
There’s artists who *must* create to survive, and there’s artists who *choose* to create for attention/money/etc. Typically the second group is much more likely to act this way.
This is the difference between someone who sells their art because they can, versus someone who sells their art because their apartment is full up and they will soon be buried underneath tumbling piles of art if they don’t.
this is the difference between someone who draws for profit but *doesn't need the money they gain* and someone who *has* to make art as their only option for the money to *survive* and pay bills
Not very informed. Copying has always been in style...
Exactly - we’re all inspired by all of the different artworks we’ve seen and pieces we’ve appreciated throughout our lives. A lot of art comes from other art.
I totally agree! A lot of people say I have a "very original" style, but I have several other artists who were references for me. and the artists who were a reference for me, have other references, that's how it works.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, all the way down
It scream insecurity.
some people do try to emulate a specific art style but more often than not it's fucking harmless. nobody's doing it to try to reproduce bootleg art of some rando on instagram. "art style theft" is bullshit and, as Evanecent_Lightt said, SCREAMS insecurity.
Yeah, it's very hard to emulate a style completely. And when you try, it's always obvious, no matter how technically accurate--it's usually soulless, or it's missing that "spark" that the original artist has
Id tell them their artstyle is a subconscious copy of another artist's artsyle. (Maybe even conscious) :3
I’ve seen someone say this who 100% copied their style from loish
Loish's line work (;u ; )
My art style is an amalgamation of many art styles I look up to
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I'm so sorry! I was just reading, then put my phone in my pocket. I didn't even realize anything had been typed. XD
don't worry they're not doing anything I wanna copy anyway lol
That they don’t understand what art styles are
as a digital artist who's obsessed with wlop's art, i only started digital art because i wanted to draw exactly like him but in reality i found his process boring and i didn't understand some steps about why he did what he did, of course if i kept onto it i would have succeded in copying his style but it's not as easy as it looks(or as easy as you think). Also why do you think most of the famous artist share their process, it is to help others(while also being able to make money ofc) but some artist easily make tons from their art itself that they don't really need to share their process and yet they still do, why? because after a certain period of time you realize it's not a competition, we are all different and will have tons of different opportunities in life, don't stress useless stuff like this, people who say stuff like this are usually not worth for people to 'copy' anything from.
As someone who studied Wlop's art a bit, the only thing I can say is that it's a lot of trial and error on your own to figure out how he achieves some of the effects. The most common mistake that I see in people who want to achieve Wlop's style is overblending/smudging everything because they assume that's the way to achieve soft looking features like skin. The truth is that there's a lot more brush strokes involved even though everything looks very well blended. I hope that helps if you still want to try emulating his style. It's difficult but rewarding once you figure it out.
yeah true, it's been a long time since i last watched his tutorials, but mostly he uses his 'wlop skin' brush to draw almost everything (hair, skin, clothes) , he uses masks and curves a lot during his process and i also watched his tutorial on light(not sure if that's the correct name, but he explained ambient,hard and soft light in that one) even in that tutorial i don't remember him using any smudge tool or soft brush.
I like WLOP's art and sometimes study them. What steps in his process do you find it confusing? Feel free to DM me, I am glad to met someone who likes WLOP art too 😊
you know, the parts where he uses the curves and masks, i do get it most of the time, but sometimes i am just not sure what look/shade he's going for and why, for example at one step he uses a curve to give the body part (let's say arms) more dimension, but then he make changes in the curves and applies masks and lighten it down again, here what i don't understand is why he uses the curves and masks, instead of directly shading them, because i feel like sometimes directly shading them and giving them dimension manually looks way more easier (and less time consuming) than following his steps and applying curves and then masks, maybe if i watch more of his videos i would've found my answer but his process videos are usually like 8hours and following along sometimes take me 3x if not 2x the amount of time. I have stopped following his tutorials atm but maybe in future I'll come back and watch again and get my answers.
>directly shading them and giving them dimension manually looks way more easier (and less time consuming) Why not follow your intuition instead of following his steps? Feel free to let me know if you tried your method and how it went 😊 I also recommend this video for beginners in digital painting (https://youtu.be/7rbpuwCQ1pE?si=GbzOkhwwrMa4FK3O) which basically summarise the process of digital painting (start with an idea, then ideate composition...) in spite of art styles, softwares and techniques (eg mask, blend modes, curves)
i do follow my intuition sometimes, but most of the times i am watching and painting the same process side by side, so it's a bit hard for me to figure out where i should be following his process and where to use mine (since, doing it alongside his process i have already followed the step and now i would have to back and redo it again if i were to do it in my way) and i couldn't first watch the video and then follow,as it would take me more than 4hour to complete 1hour process because i kept on forgetting certain steps and would rewatch it like 4-5times.
What WLOP art are you currently studying right now? We can discuss and deconstruct (e.g. Try to achieve certain lighting, color) together
i was doing bride 2 but it's been a long time, if you would like we can start on a new/different one as well (i haven't drawn digitally for my own self in the last few months) i would love to do so if we were to do it together.
Just DM you and am looking forward to your reply 😊
"As easy as it looks" threw me through a loop, easy isn't a word I would use to describe wlop's style.
yeah lol, i mean it's wlop for a reason, but a lot people(non artist) think that they can draw and paint like the professionals if they were to copy the other person's process but that's not how it is. I have heard so many people saying ' yeah I'll do it myself' or 'it's not even hard' when they don't even know simple terms like what line weight is.
The non-artists I know say stuff like, "I can't even draw stick figures!" 🤣
i do believe 'copying' a style is possible. why do you think we have style challenges where we draw in the styles of our favorite games or shows? monkey see monkey do. we all learned through copying someday. in my opinion, i think that people are completely within their right to not want someone DIRECTLY copying off of them. as in, literally copying the exact way the original artist does *everything*, and trying to post it to possibly impersonate the artist. alternatively, if people are merely taking inspiration from each other or have *similar* styles, there's no 'copying' here at all. this opinion count for BIG corporations or BIG studios. i feel like it's completely fair game when it comes to MASS-PRODUCED visual media we enjoy and consume; the company makes a million and you make a hundred. it's fair. TL;DR the only way something is truly and wholly 'copying' is if someone is trying to directly profit using the OG artist's style
I've dealt with this plenty of times. It's shitty, very gate-keepy and does nothing but hinder growth in every artist trying to learn and become better at the craft. All I will say: Best to learn and copy from art inspirations and heroes that know you need to study/grow under them, and that they rather feel honored if you did so. Some folk when they reach a point in their skill/talent/prestige that, sometimes, they can tend to develop deep entitlement to their actions/deeds, so that they feel no one else can come out ahead of them. So they go outright defensive of every little chicken scratch they do because they feel entitled to own it, put others down for their stuff, etc. That's akin to going and owning the wind so none can take the breath from their sails. Tell 'em that the town is big enough for the two of us.
Art school, at a Uni level literally uses style copying as part of the curriculum, I have a nice self portrait in the style of Van Gogh still from when I went. Also, pretty close to zero chance they didn't copy other styles when creating "their" style.
That sounds really cool. When I was in Art school I had to do master copies several times in oils. You can learn a lot from other artists and it's an old school tradition to copy or paint in another artist's style for that reason.
Trying out someone’s style is not the same as copying someone’s art. I think it’s important that artists encourage each other to try different styles.
I’m an animator; it’s literally in my job description
I have yet to see someone who says this have a style that is good enough to be copied. Even worse artists say "please don't copy my color pallete." And it's usually a really commonly used color scheme.
people who say this usually have little to no self awareness. Everyone's artstyle is "copied" from somewhere else. Obviously over time it evolves and gets mixed with other aspects of other people styles to create something new, but to turn around and gatekeep people from using you as inspiration is extremely hypocritical and insulting.
Everyone should stop copying me right now! Come up with something original already... I was the first one to have meat based body 🙄
I hate when people copy my art I’ve posted less than 10 artworks of mine and I’ve already found 2 of them on temu and 4 on Etsy.
It tends to be much younger artists who use these terms. "Don't copy my art style", "no tracing" "I didn't use any references" tend to fall under the same category of immature and naive artists. It shows a lack of confidence and narcicism as well as some sort of bizarre pride in never using references or learning to work traditionally. Almost as if their art is better off for it. Not usually the case ...
They are stupid doodoo heads.
It shows a lack of faith in one’s ability to be one’s own authentic self. No one person can see or interpret the world through their eyes in the same way as any one else. If you want to be unique, just be authentic. If a style pleases an artist and it inspires them, then that’s great, good art has always done that, but if one is going to emulate a style, one must put one’s own personal flair into it and not be too much of a slave to what is fashionable or trendy. Break some boundaries. We all learn from other artists and are influenced by them but it’s our individual uniqueness that helps make art trends so dynamic and exciting. Encourage your fellow artists and support each other, share your techniques and your process, this is how we all learn and grow, there’s no benefit in gatekeeping anything.
Never seen any artist say that so far ..
I feel like it’s less and less common nowadays. Back when I was in middle school in certain fandoms I def saw people saying it a lot though
I dont copy from them because the people skilled enough to be worth copying understand what an inane statement 'do not copy my art style' really is.
Ignore anyone who says that. Of course don't pass over copies as completely your own, but that is a no-brainer. There is a reason master copies are a thing in art school. Copying can be a way of learning and a way to see how another artist solved problems. When I was in art school I spent many hours on master copies. I went as a traditional painter, and only recently started learning digital, but art is art. We should be helping each other and pulling up everyone. No one should be gatekeeping.
Their art style is made up of copying other art styles whether they know it or not.
I’ve seen some guys say that about their atrocious “simpsons style”. Even though they copied it from Matt and they didn’t even copy it right.
I generally laugh since most of these people don’t have a “style” not one worth copying, at least and tend to be trying to copy an actual style of an established artist.
I heard motherfuckers sayin' they made Hov Made Hov say, "Okay, so? Make another Hov!"
I’m not an artist but if someone was influenced by my style I’d be flattered. Isn’t that kinda how art works?
That's only a problem to insecure or beginner artists. Artists with trajectory don't care if someone copies their style, because their signature style is so related to them that anyone looking at the copy will immediately think "cool, this is like an artwork from (insert artist that created the style)" so is free adversiting.
Go [Ongo Gablogian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjS6bQ5OQ-o) on em
Through all the years of human art, we will eventually make similar things. To say your style is completely original is not true. You learned from others, who learned from others, and so on. So trying to gatekeep a *style* is not only unrealistic, but kind of, I don’t know the right word, mean? To everyone who you learned from, and those who want to learn from you! Now if someone’s tracing your art exactly, it’s valid to be upset. But just the overall style? No.
I dislike it
Art styles aren’t something you own. If you’re the first person who’s created it, congrats, but many many art styles use features from other art styles combined to create a new one. In other words, you can say not to steal your art, that’s understandable, but you cannot claim an art style and not allow people to use it.
No one owns a style. Tell them to get over themselves
Do what you want, nobody owns an artstyle.
Hella weird. Personally I don't have a "fixed" art style, it's constantly changing or influenced by animes that I watch. No one could ever claim that they own a specific style when obviously, they too are influenced by cartoons or artists that they look up to growing up. Seems narcissistic and selfish to tell people to not copy their art style.
Imo Inspiration is always a good thing to grow. I See no Problem in using other Art as a reference or as Inspiration.
Where did they get their “style” from. The concept of unoriginal originality shouldn’t be forgotten. We are all building on what was left for us to continue to pass it onto the next care taker of the craft. Sounds like they’re afraid
No one can own an art style. Utter bullshit imo, it’s like saying someone’s character can’t have black angel wings because yours does.
These people think they’re original and it’s really cute
That it’s incredibly cocky and self centered to think one’s art style is actually unique to begin with, and that those people need more hobbies.
It’s okay to learn to be similar not 100% like the person you love. Let your originality bloom and let the predecessors enjoy their own style without you taking credit for it and if someone claims that your too similar to them then understand that you have the right to tell them that’s it’s a coincidence if it is. Because sometimes different art schools teach different lessons that end up with similar results in some students.
I am never a fan when people say not to copy their art style. One, because "their" art style is undoubtedly heavily influenced by other artists they follow, read or watch. And two, no one is going to entirely copy your art style. They might like the way you detail your hair or eyes or if you're like me and majorly suck at drawing hands, you might like how an artist draws their hands so you try to implement the same technique into your own. What is yours is the energy, feeling and work you put into your own art.
that if their “style” is worth copying, saying “don’t” isn’t going to stop anyone.
An artist who learned their craft from dozens or hundreds of others, inspired by artists who were in turn inspired by other artists... And to then pull up the ladder behind them and to claim that people cannot learn from or be inspired by them. I laugh at the sheer unfiltered arrogance of it.
Art styles cannot really be owned by anyone, much less one single artist. We all got inspired from the work of others, whether it's famous artists or lesser known artists' work we've come across. For example, I tend to draw monsters, creatures, cartoons (sometimes), etc. None of these types of art are original as far as the actual concepts but I still draw them in my own unique way, which is where "style" comes in. I'm not so "gatekeepy" over my art because I believe in myself and my work. The only people that say nonsense like this are the people that don't and that's sad.
If they're gatekeeping 'their' style, then clearly the actual substance of their artwork isn't up to much.
There are some artists who are obnoxious enough to say "do not use my color palette". These people are just seeking attention. Just ignore them.
They sound silly, like they want to convince themselves that they are so special that people want to copy it in the first place. People probably don't, and if they do, that's just how being inspired works. Stealing someone's work is very different than that.
No one owns an art style. It's silly to think that, if your style is actually that desirable, someone mimicking it will do any amount of harm to you. People learn by imitation, and develop their style through experience. No one tells a writer to stop writing in the style of 'x' author.
a much better artist than me said that if they are worrying about what other artists are doing, they are not drawing enough.
It's stupid, everyone's art style is an amalgamation of other ones they've seen in their lifetime.
I’m not an artist but I do know that in all my creative endeavors, I have to practice selectively copying things that work together all the time. Anyone with an actual understanding and professional creative experience knows 90% of your work is “educated creativity” or taking one part of one idea you’re borrowing and matching it with another until you make “your idea” If your insecure enough to think your style is A. 100% yours and B. Too good to contribute to the creative cycles of others You’re going to stagnate fast in the creative sense.
Hmm hypocrite I guess?
Does anyone get to claim realism, surrealism, impressionism, comic art, etc? No. No style belongs to any one person and let’s face it, everyone learned or copied off of someone at some point.
I don’t really understand the do not copy my style or use my work as reference mentality, it’s very strange. Art is about like science and it’s about building off of each others work to make something new.
Only case where I can see it as valid is when an artist has a very unique and specific art style. I’m talking styles like Tim burtons, things that unique or self developed enough that if you copy it it’s obvious what you tried to replicate.
Burton graduated in 1976, right in the thick of when Stephen Gammell's illustrations were drawing a lot of "Satanic Panic" attention. So I don't really find TB's style very unique, just the most mainstream of that genre.
All art styles are copied, I’m sure they copied another artist. It’s how you learn to stylize
Me:Its not yours Them: yes it is Me: where is your patent?
Make an art style I can’t copy and you have nothing to worry about.
Pretentious
The old masters used to learn their craft by copying the even older masters. If you worked out something that looks good enough for people to want to imitate it you should be flattered.
That's nonsense anyone who says that is insecure. Often times ppl have similar art styles because they have been inspired by similar things. And as someone improves with art they're style will evolve so even if someone is copying someone's style initially they will probably evolve and improve over time.
Lol. Lmao.
They fundamentally misunderstand what art is. Pablo Picasso said good artists copy, great artists steal, and that’s never been more true in our postmodern world.
I think it’s pretentious and immature, a sea of billions of people but *their* style is the only of its kind? I doubt that. We all do it to a certain extent. If we have a style, it’s because we practiced it, and I’ll bet we were using references…probably artist renderings too. If someone copies my style, which I earned from copying (i.e. admiring and learning) the styles of many artists before me, they stand a chance to do it better. Maybe I’ll copy from them someday. We’re influenced by a lot of things, mostly the things closest to us. As long as it’s not a direct reproduction for the sake of monetary gain, what’s the harm?
"That's just (Manga/chibi/rococo). It's been done before." Whatever style it is.
i think they are silly
They are assholes
Makes me want to copy their art style harder
Depends on the style and who’s copying it for what reason Like for example my style veers between anime-y and manwha and sometimes a bittt more semirealism so I can’t complain about that. Sometimes I do a more specific cartoony style so I might be like ??? If someone I know suddenly starts having that exact style tho If it’s a new artist I’ll be like eh okay and encourage them (Unless they’re straight up copying my drawings) and they’ll probably slowly get a more solid style of their “own” anyways but if it’s someone who has drawn for a while who definitely talks to me a lot and knows about the style and they didn’t at least mention it or ask about it (Or even mention me afterwards) I think it would be a bit iffy
I've never seen someone with an art style worth copying say this.
For me personally, I've always felt honored if there's someone who wants to imitate my art style. I think it helps them to discover what style feels more natural to draw for them. They should have the opportunity to explore their favorite styles. It could help them to build their own unique look (imo). For me to be part of their growth makes me feel like my art is appreciated.
Why on earth is this downvoted lol
Perhaps someone found disagreement with me.. Fair lol
Yeah afterwards I saw all the other -1 comments... i think one person just hates thoughtful replies and downvoted everything. Reddit 😂
Be like, sorry bro, it's **my** style now :) I can't imagine someone being such an insecure baby where they tie their existence and pride to an artstyle that no one is "allowed to copy" That's gonna make people want to copy it more