Wow, seems the art discussion is starting to get interesting.
Nah, I don't think anybody should give holy101 a down rep. I'm sure tkhnoman has teach him a lesson though I didn't realize that the artwork was an imitation of T2 until tkhnoman pointed it out. But that might be because I didn't have those book collection.(currently downloading T2's Zegapain and Bamboo Blade artbooks :D )
Copying is ok to me as long as its for training to improve yourself, but when you share it to public you have to state the artist that you copied from. I think its safer to use them as reference and develop your own style. I personally don't like to copy other artist since it kinda limits my creativity but still referring to their works to see how they draw pose, hands, clothing etc.
Still holy101 is a talented person, look at his colouring skill, its really good. I'm sure he'll be able to produce something good next time.
tkhnoman wrote...
From the beginning, i don't intend to give -1 rep to holy101. It's just all talks. Also (i wonder if this right), If holy101 sketch it with sai(work like vector), then i can say, it's too easy. And surely, it's "copying" if he doesn't said that he "resketch" it.
It's that easy? Sorry I don't know much about the sai software, the only thing I'm familiar with is photoshop and painter....
One more thing, holy101 if you posted this artwork on DA I think you should better remove it. The people in DA aren't as forgiving as tkhnoman.