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Feeling quite demotivated by the front page lately:thumb177745709:
A while back (in fact, a GOOD while back) I submitted the only news article I ever wrote regarding vector traces and how they were taking over deviantArt. I'm, happy to see that they're not nearly as common as they use to be (although I am not arrogant enough to think I had anything to do with this)
However, lately there's been an epidemic on dA far more serious and annoying than any vector trace ever was, namely: Demotivational posters.
Vector traces are not art, they're traces, but even they took at least an hour or so to create. How long does it take some-one to find a google image and slap a black border and what they
The New Trace: Copy ArtistsI have been on dA for 6 years, coming on and off the site depending on various things, but I've been a member for quite some time.
The first few years on dA were fun and new and I was ignorant of art theft until I really started exploring the site and finding many things that just didn't belong on an art site.
These things were stolen art and traces. Of course, I simply reported them and moved on, trusting dA to take care of the rest; and they did. But over the years, the response to reports has gotten worse and worse and there is now a big 'loop hole' in dA policies which are allowing works that are obviously stolen, traced, or copied.
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Your work in one word: Amazing. 
