Okay, I misunderstood then. I though he was saying it is only a derivative if you actually edit the tracing. I didn't at all mean to say that inspiration was unallowed. I guess the line between derivative and inspiration is quite fuzzy.
When you trace something, you're still creating an image based off of something. A derivative, by definition, is a piece of art with heavy influence or similarity to existing art, to the point of lacking creativity. Tracing is still trying to imitate the image, and you can't get any more similar than that.
All you're doing by customizing a traced image is making attempting to cover up the fact that you copied someone's work, whether for reasons of practice, innocence, or intentional deception.
Tracing MedicineStorm's avatar would be a derivative from the start.
When Ragnar says "based on" he means both of your examples. Creating a model trying to imitate a reference image or object.
You can use a reference, as long as that reference is not copyrighted. I could use a reference image of my dog, but I could not use an reference image of Super Mario, at least in the case of uploading the model to OpenGameArt.
You don't need to put hashtags in front of your tags on OpenGameArt.
Hahaha that is pretty funny looking! Good work!
Thank you!
Thank you.
Nice!
Okay, I misunderstood then. I though he was saying it is only a derivative if you actually edit the tracing. I didn't at all mean to say that inspiration was unallowed. I guess the line between derivative and inspiration is quite fuzzy.
I disagree, Ragnar.
When you trace something, you're still creating an image based off of something. A derivative, by definition, is a piece of art with heavy influence or similarity to existing art, to the point of lacking creativity. Tracing is still trying to imitate the image, and you can't get any more similar than that.
All you're doing by customizing a traced image is making attempting to cover up the fact that you copied someone's work, whether for reasons of practice, innocence, or intentional deception.
Tracing MedicineStorm's avatar would be a derivative from the start.
You did use the correct words.
When Ragnar says "based on" he means both of your examples. Creating a model trying to imitate a reference image or object.
You can use a reference, as long as that reference is not copyrighted. I could use a reference image of my dog, but I could not use an reference image of Super Mario, at least in the case of uploading the model to OpenGameArt.
Nope.
I meant on the art generator subscription. But true, you have a point.
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