Quote Originally Posted by JackHatchet View Post
I still love art, but the art community just pisses me off sometimes. It's like somewhere along the lines people stop doing art as a passion, and it becomes an ego-trip. Such a buzz-kill. I never copy/trace/fan-art, because those things are boring to me. But if another artist wants to--why hate on them? Art is about fun.
I don't even consider myself an artist nor was I ever any good at drawing, but you seem extremely out of touch with reality?

Sure, art can be fun, but you seem to forget that some people live off being an artist? It is literally their livelihood and provides them with the necessities of living like a roof over their head, food, and clothes on their backs.

Someone stealing someone elses art can have a bad impact on them financially. If someone steals someone elses art and tries to sell it or trace it they are taking profits away from the artist who drew it.

How can you be this out of touch??? Ego-trip? Nope, just needing to LIVE and make the proper profit off of THEIR OWN WORK instead of someone else stealing any of it.