Talk:Yunomi-P/@comment-99.0.13.215-20120416041933

I know tracing and all is bad, and I do know that she collage a lot of shock images together without paying nor crediting them, which I don't agree with... But still, she had some rather highly original works as well, made her own after using models from other pictures for poses. It's said that she took those pictures and simply traced them, but in the cases, I want to argue that poses are wonderful for artists. If it were a person sitting in the same pose and we drew it, it's art. If it's a picture of someone online that we used for the pose, people criticize it as copying the photo.

And what about collages? Granted, she should have paid for the stock images she used in the collages and credited them if they require as much, but still.... If she paid the fees, what then? She's still marked as a thief. It's a collage! Collages are considered art, and plus, she also added in her own art as well-- she simply collaged for the background!

Yes, she did do wrong, but she also did so much right. Sure, she had anatomy and posing problems, so she did what she could and looked up models and poses to use just like any other growing artist would and SHOULD do. Yes, she did do wrong by not crediting/ paying for the stock, but that doesn't mean what she did with it isn't ART. But you know what... She ADMITTED it was her wrong, and she took the blame off of anyone one else. That she did was RIGHT.

She worked with her strengths, and artistically did what she could for her weaknesses to make something breathtaking and beautiful. Still, even if she went about it a bit wrong, she made ART-- something she saw and gave the world from her own hands and her own heart.

She IS one of my favorite artists. She IS one of my models and inspirations. I LOVE and ADORE her, even if the rest of the world crumbled down under her feet.

She's still a beacon to me.

I wish that I could tell her as much. I hope wherever she is, she's still continuing in her art, even if only for herself.

With love and admiration, NasikaSakura