I've noticed more and more artists on patreon who are just

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>>3109624

Tracing still involves skill, if you don't understand the underlying form, you can't manipulate it.

can you give us more details about these artists or post an example of their traced work? I find it hard to believe there's an easy way to build up and monetize any kind of online following, even when cheating is involved.

>>3109642
>you can't manipulate it.
tracing doesn't involve manipulating anything. it's just going over line for line that is already laid out.

>>3109646
We don't have a lot of details from OP, but if we're talking about tracing over photos to make lineart then yes, skill is involved. it's a form of simplification, which means the artist has to choose what to exaggerate and what to simplify. In order for the final product to look good they need to have a solid sense of design and know what factors to keep and which ones to simplify (usually beginners include a dark line connecting the nose to the corner of the mouth, not realizing that in black and white, or draw every single eyelash. The end result doesn't look good). Also line weight, and line quality are important factors here.

Tracing takes less skill than drawing something from your head, but without a clear sense of design the final product will suffer.

>>3109651
check out this tracing expert

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>>3109699
Delete this immediately.

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>>3109651

>Bullshit I make up to sleep better at night: The Post