It's merely a matter of you guys thinking of this in the context of actual drawing. The process of vectorizing something as a digital artform is completely different and constitutes itself as original art, as it brings the original into a different style. And regardless of references, the entire creation is an original process done by the artist and is therefore not art theft. If Nintendo DID have a dA account and they saw my stuff on there, they would not say anything at all.
For example, here's the original Luxray.
Notice the more subtle shading and the thinner outlines make it look more like a natural drawing. In mine the shading stands out more because I used more solid lines and shapes, as is the vector style. I also used much thicker outlines to give it more of a vector-cartoon feel to it.
I had no problem posting these on several graphics forums without getting such useless and baseless comments about art theft (which is most certainly is not theft in any way whatsoever, except maybe me not crediting Nintendo/GF for the actual design of the pokemon itself, I just assumed everyone here knew that). That's probably because on graphics forums people understand the process of vectoring and the ideas behind digital art, and they see that as a separate art from from drawing on a piece of paper. DeviantART sees it like that too. I have plenty of people who favorite my work who are real artists with pen/paper who don't consider it thievery.
Now, again, stop commenting on my work. You don't like them. Fine. Just don't make crazy accusations and rude comments. Leave. It. Be.