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Talk:Photo Reference
Is the section "Plagiarism or Copyright Violation? Or Neither?" meant to be specifically about drawings/paintings using other drawings/paintings as a reference? I know a photograph can be/is an artistic creation, but. I just found an example of a popular 1D artist being accused of tracing/plagiarism of stock photos, and I'm not sure where this fits on the page. [1][2][3]--æþel (talk) 17:18, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- Artist says she does some tracing and that this is an established learning technique.[4]. More on tracing vs. art plagiarism.--æþel (talk) 17:43, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Imitation
How can we best describe "photo reference" and "imitation" on Fanlore? They are very entwined, and I'm not sure how to go about untangling them. --MPH (talk) 19:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
One idea is to combine "photo reference" and "imitation" and change the name of the page to reflect that change. Because, the subjects are so similar, and teasing them apart very, very difficult. Added to the mix is the subject of fans creating art using other fan's art, or famous photographs that are art in themselves. --MPH (talk) 19:58, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
- I am not sure if combining the two would be the way to go, because while similar, I don't feel the two are the same. Photo reference offers a base for a completely new piece of fanart (like an Alternate Universe in fanfic terms), while imitation is a fanart version of a Fusion.--Alex (talk) 19:04, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, I was thinking more about this last night, and agree they are different things. The problem now is that they are too mixed up with each other on the photo reference page. There needs to be more explanation about how they differ and are similar (but not!) I also think that some of the examples (which I probably added) need to be moved. --MPH (talk) 19:47, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia link
As per a comment at the Featured Article page, I'd like to remove the line in the lede linking to Wikipedia. It's jarring, and there's enough on this page without it. Besides, aside from linking out for canon in shows, we generally don't do this for other pages. MPH 14:08, 11 December 2022 (UTC)