Theft at a professional level:

[subversive-imaginati]

This is not about any specific artist, this was inspired by several "artists" who are not what they claim to be, and no, I won't name names.

I just wanted to know, what does everyone think when they find out that a professional level artist is actually a thief or otherwise lies about how their art is created?

Does it make the business seem easier to get into for you? Does it annoy you that a job has been taken up by someone who is a thief?

Personally it always disturbs me when someone gets caught for thieving and they're not some 14 year old who reckoned that a bit of smudge on a stolen photo makes it their painting. I also feel sorry for the companies who hire these people, I mean who wants to suddenly have to destroy/change loads of merchandise just because someone has tricked them into accepting stolen imagery.

[Mirana]

I also feel sorry for the companies who hire these people, I mean who wants to suddenly have to destroy/change loads of merchandise just because someone has tricked them into accepting stolen imagery.

That's why you typically sign a contract with a whole section outlining who's responsible for court costs and liablity in reference to the "originality" of work.

If I see it at a pro level, I'm disgusted and also amused. It's only a matter of time before someone spots a rip or similar shady behavior, so the futility of it all makes me laugh. Personally, I once had a good friend fresh out of art college who ripped some of my design work to use for a client...even put it on their website. That was baffling to say the least.

[armando]

I've got no respect for pro artists who trace other people's work but make cosmetic changes. Two examples being Greg Land and Rob Leifield.

[Mirana]

Wait. You'd have respect for Liefield without the tracing? ;)

[SoufMeng]

Wow! Indeed i found this (http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/04/19/boxing_comics/) by googling! Sucky!

Thats not the first time i hear sarcasm about Rob leifield in C.A even in offtopic threads and i always wondered what it was about.
When u guys said he was abit of a tracer, i thought it was all but:

Wait. You'd have respect for Liefield without the tracing?

makes me think there's something else 'bout him...

What is it??

[Mirana]

Oh, nothing a quick jaunt down to google won't tell ya (http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html). My personal fav is the oft posted Capt America drawing (http://grotesqueanatomy.blogspot.com/2004/05/now-thats-grotesque-anatomy.html)...but only because people have gone so far with it (the rotating, bird's-eye view animated gif is awesome if you can find it).

Really, it's because a bunch of grown comic fans are pissed that they made Rob rich in the 90s, now that they look back and see what they bought. ;) I never knew the dude exsisted until I went to college, but my fiancee has plenty of Liefield stuff from his childhood.

[SoufMeng]

Okay now i get it!

(Damn the guy in the first link is harsh!!! but i guess its deserved...)