Anti-Tracing and Vectoring with out Permission

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This petition is to protest DeviantArt's policy that Tracing or Vectoring over a copyrighted or already existing image without permission from the creator is considered allowable material on their website.





Let it be shown that there is a very large difference between 'Referencing' an image and blatantly tracing it, and that original artists, whether they be anonymous or members of DeviantArt itself, should be considered when their art is used.





This petition is not meant to induce verbal conflicts that may occur over this issue on DeviantArt's website, and let it be shown that neither the petition's creator nor it's signers promote such happenings.





This petition is to hopefully find a middle ground which can be discussed upon the acceptance of the petition.

617 Signatures

  • Kinsey Jenkins
    • Comments
    • Please sign this if you believe Tracing is wrong and should not be allowed on DeviantArt for artists' sakes.
  • Kinsey Jenkins
    • Comments
    • Please sign this if you believe Tracing is wrong and should not be allowed on DeviantArt for artists' sakes.
  • kichitsukima
  • Derrick Huey
  • Dawn
    • Comments
    • tracing and vectoring is not original. Take it down~!
  • Tandy
  • Riona
  • Jess
  • Tara Fagan
    • Comments
    • I agree wholeheartedly. What else can I say that wouldn't turn into a rant?
  • Carmen
    • Comments
    • TRACING IS NOT REAL ART!
  • Ben Sobotka
  • Holly Anne Bennett
  • Joanne
    • Comments
    • It's just not your work, sonny.
  • Spacekitty04
    • Comments
    • Because, tracing a work is unrespect the artist. And getting the easy way for popularity!!!!
  • Kammi
    • Comments
    • I wholeheartedly agree with this petition. All that I have said, has been stated on dA.
  • Brittani Barnes
    • Comments
    • I was so dissapointed in dA when they stopped removing trace-overs. It's just not right.
  • Grace Lucas
    • Comments
    • I can't believe how unbelievably horrible the system is at DA. They are nothing but liars and lazy fools who refuse to remove edited artwork. It's their fault that some popular artist there are leaving because they can't seem to deal with edited artwork. It's going to be their fault when the artist sue them (probably) for not taking actions for their artwork that was illegally edited!
  • minesweeperaddict
  • Lauryn
  • marina
    • Comments
    • Tracing,Vectoring and Editing must stop NOW!!
  • Aibu
    • Comments
    • DA just simply doesn't follow their own rules
  • krissi cuadrado
  • Anahid Fenner
  • Steph Bennett
  • Sara Sauve
  • Megan
    • Comments
    • This does seem to be a problem, and I for one don't like vectoring.
  • Amanda Weber
  • Ill3h
    • Comments
    • C'mon DA, do something about it! Stop being stupid, kthx :/
  • Starry-4
    • Comments
    • da needs to make sure art is not being stolen its not right for people calling it theirs if they did nothing to it!
  • katrina turley
    • Comments
    • da needs to make sure art is not being stolen its not right for people calling it theirs if they did nothing to it!
  • Lisa
  • Moreah
    • Comments
    • This needs to stop. dA is a place for ARTISTS! Not EDITS!
  • Kristen Bailey
    • Comments
    • This must stop
  • Key
    • Comments
    • finally. enough with this bs.
  • Kirii
  • steve
  • aruna
  • Draiku
    • Comments
    • Tracing and vectors =/= art. That's all I have to say.
  • Austen Chau
  • Kayla Lopez
  • Joyce (poofster33)
  • Gabrielle
    • Comments
    • I'm shocked and severely disappointed nothing has been done regarding these repeated violations.
  • liz bro0talcore
  • Kirstie
    • Comments
    • OMG!
  • DirgeofSorrow
  • Isabella N. Palacios
  • shane corn
    • Comments
    • tracing is not an art as much as it may be a learning technique
  • Sydney
  • QueenHippeh
    • Comments
    • I'm sick of seeing "vectored" art when clearly it is 100\% traced. Tracing over screenshots, especially from anime shows, is NOT art, anyone can trace-and it doesn't take a "professional" to do so. If Sheezyart can ban tracing from their website, so can deviantART.
  • Rae