Honestly though professional artists trace resource graphics and reference images all the time—many even photobash and render on top. How are these processes hurtful to other artists (assuming they aren& #39;t stealing or infringing copyright)? Why do ppl care how others work? https://twitter.com/JayAxer/status/1248708302038392832">https://twitter.com/JayAxer/s...

Ultimately it boils down to individual goals: are you trying to show something highly rendered, but need to work really fast? Concept artists don& #39;t care about some kind of "purity" when it comes to using ref because they& #39;re usually more concerned with efficiency. Just as valid.

Transparency is nice and it& #39;s definitely weird/annoying when artists refuse to acknowledge when they& #39;ve used additional tools or resources to create their work but at the end of the day, I don& #39;t think any of us should fixate on whether or not someone else is "cheating" at art https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging (light skin tone)">