: What is the proper way to illustrate/design in Illustrator without running into copyright issues? For example, let's say I wanted to "illustrate" a certain type of car in Illustrator. The easiest
For example, let's say I wanted to "illustrate" a certain type of car in Illustrator. The easiest and fastest way would be to find a picture of that car on google, let's say, and trace it with the pen tool. But I know you can run into copyright issues, so would it be best to draw it myself from the picture and then bring it in Illustrator and trace my drawing?
Just free handing straight in Illustrator can be hard for me. But sometimes I find it easier to just trace a picture (I found on google for example) so that the outline is exactly how it is supposed to look.
So what would be the correct/better way to go about this?
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This is a tricky question because there are two levels of copyright at play.
If you trace or copy a photograph then the photographer has copyright over the image because the angle, lighting, etc qualifies the photograph as an artistic creation. So depending on how much of that is recognisable in your drawing, you may well be infringing the copyright of the photographer.
On top of that, the appearance of the car is the intellectual property of the company that designed and made it so if it is recognisable as a particular model or brand of vehicle then that's another copyright to consider.
How much of an issue this is all is depends on the ultimate intended use of the illustration that you are creating and how closely it resembles whatever you are copying.
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