[Lynk Former]

Well, hey, we're just trying have a little fun here, whether the work is ours or not. I'm not saying that it's good to steal other people's work; it's not. And I know that people have been banned for stealing artwork. I understand how bad it is, and I'm sure that the other guys here do, too. I'm just saying that it's fun to fool around once in a while, as long as it isn't harmful.

You missed the point entirely. I don't mind the fact that he has recoloured something, I just have a problem with the fact that he decided to show it off and try to get people to say how great it is. I was willing to stay quiet about it, but praising him for something like that is stupid... sure, praise him for learning the basics of photoshop, but don't praise him for the picture itself because ultimately it isn't his work.

Besides, do you think photoshop is easy? Hell no! I'm taking a friggin' junior college class on it for pete's sake.

Do you think that I drew that cel of Priss? No, I downloaded it from animegalleries.net. Did I do some recoloring with Adobe Photoshop CS2? Yes.

What's so bad about a thread on this topic anyway?

Photoshop can be used by both pro's and basic users very easily, it's a very ingenious program.

But to finish off I will say two final things.

1. My field of study was Multimedia, and I'm not talking junior level here... (though ironically the work I do has nothing to do with multimedia lol, but I did spend those years studying and passing everything with High Distinctions and all so yeah XD)

2. I've already had to deal with more art thieves than any of you know, people who have tried to steal from me and my friends, so yes, I'm gonna be pretty hard edged about this kind of thing.