~( ´(00)`) ✨ Reuploading My Work PSA
3 years ago
General
Just wanted to put it out there publicly that I only post resized files myself to my own galleries, and would appreciate if commissioners would respect that and do the same.
Even now as I send a resized file to everyone along with their full res, and even further, have explicitly explained it's for reuploading sometimes, people still upload the full res anyway.
I don't like to explicitly say this every time I send over dropbox links or files to be "rude" and cause problems, because some do have an issue with "paywalling" content so I just don't want the potential for drama
But I do use exclusive full res uploads as a selling point for my Patreon, so by reuploading the full resolutions everywhere it kind of negates that exclusivity
I have zero issue with reuploading my stuff. I send over a resized file for this purpose, and also to keep the image in clear quality no matter where it's uploaded to, as sometimes when uploading the large resolution image to some sites, it'll be compressed poorly by the website and look a whole lot worse resized that way.
It doesn't upset me *that* much as most people will still see my uploads primarily over commissioners' anyway, but... it's still annoying, mainly because it can affect my Patreon.
I don't paywall much. Full resolutions and alt versions are the one easy thing I feel like I can give to Patrons and it's not going to last if this keeps up.
I guess my TOS needs an update to include this, finally.
I of course can't 100% stop people from doing this (another reason for why I usually don't bother to take any action with this) but I'm going to make it more clear going forward.
Even now as I send a resized file to everyone along with their full res, and even further, have explicitly explained it's for reuploading sometimes, people still upload the full res anyway.
I don't like to explicitly say this every time I send over dropbox links or files to be "rude" and cause problems, because some do have an issue with "paywalling" content so I just don't want the potential for drama
But I do use exclusive full res uploads as a selling point for my Patreon, so by reuploading the full resolutions everywhere it kind of negates that exclusivity
I have zero issue with reuploading my stuff. I send over a resized file for this purpose, and also to keep the image in clear quality no matter where it's uploaded to, as sometimes when uploading the large resolution image to some sites, it'll be compressed poorly by the website and look a whole lot worse resized that way.
It doesn't upset me *that* much as most people will still see my uploads primarily over commissioners' anyway, but... it's still annoying, mainly because it can affect my Patreon.
I don't paywall much. Full resolutions and alt versions are the one easy thing I feel like I can give to Patrons and it's not going to last if this keeps up.
I guess my TOS needs an update to include this, finally.
I of course can't 100% stop people from doing this (another reason for why I usually don't bother to take any action with this) but I'm going to make it more clear going forward.
FA+

I honestly appreciate when an artist posts lower-res things I commission for basically the same reasons? If someone wants to see the full-res THAT bad of my piece and I can net the artist I commissioned a few more bucks to live on, hell yeah. That and rampant theft of stuff makes me very uncomfy with full res commissions being uploaded publicly?? Idk it's weird, I can't describe what *I* feel about it aside from yucky lol
I've always seen the full resolution copy as something that's special for the commissioner to enjoy.
Wanna paywall? Your choice. People should respect it.