Caricaturist asking your advice

[AndyD]

Much art is just applying an existing image to canvas or paper.

This is called a photograph - You can do this very effectivly using a Roland Photoshop vinyl printer.

I am also sure that the artists would be happy to hear that they are mere reproducers of what they see.

Portraits of living people such as the Mona Lisa or landscapes such as the Hay Wain were just the artist copying what was in front of his eyes.

Ok, so if I have the Mona Lisa in front of my eyes then it is ok to make a perfect copy of the painting...

eish....

I'm talking about the Mona Lisa in person or the landscape in real life. Artists put what they see in front of them on paper or canvas. They're copying what they see. With a subject who's dead and buried, using known images of the person to create a caricature from wouldn't be plagerism if the images he's working from aren't caricatures.

So why can't I pirate DVDs? I am only making a copy of whats in front of my eyes.

I don't see your connection with this.