This is my confession.... and an apology. I... am a tracer. Well, I used to be. From sometime in September or August of 2018 to early December of 2019, I traced art from PrePAWSterous on DeviantArt (https://www.deviantart.com/prepawsterous), and several others I cant specify. I shouldn't be giving myself compliments for what I did, but I am. I would call myself a pretty skilled tracer. I wouldn't copy the exact thing, I would add bits ad bobs to match what i was drawing (ATs, DTAs, etc.). This was only for animals, because at the time I could not draw animal anatomy. As I learned how do draw humans, I still continued this tracing. I always knew that what i was doing was not right, and hen someone would comment on a project or profile that what I 'drew' was traced, I would delete the comment, fearing that I would get reported. Now, I o v e drawing, and another fear I had was to not be able to continue drawing anymore and pass it off as my own art. I know this sounds ridiculous, but its true. Im not quite sure why I stopped tracing, but I remember drawing the last traced piece of work on my profiles (my old account, cs1075108 had a LOT of these tracings) and it was for a DTA. The worst part is, is that sometimes I WON DTAs with this traced art, and that so many people seemed to believe it was my own work. If anyone who hosted a DTA that I was part of, I am very sorry and you can remove me from any prize that may still exist. I am fully aware that what I did was COMPLETELY wrong of me, and I am truly sorry. I hope you can forgive me, now that you know what I did. I know many of you wont, so feel free to unfollow, or report me. I don't care. Its what I deserve. And im sorry for not admitting to this sooner. I really am. I will delete any projects I have of traced art, unless is an OC (i still need to finish redrawing them in my OWN style, and art) and i want everyone to know that whatever I post now saying its my own art, I am telling the truth. If I say I used a base, I am telling the truth. Fell free to not believe me when I say that what I draw now is my own art, you have no reason to believe me except for my words. I am sorry.
