Also fan characters are exempt, so if I took that original noodle limb picture, made Sonic green and Amy purple, then labeled them as "MY ORIGINAL CHARS GREENIE AND VIOLET THE HEDGEHOG, DO NOT STEAL!!11!" it would be legit.
Basic summary is that if you draw the characters, make them look like adults, or draw the ones that are canonically grown up. The OMFUX TEH SONICZORZ IS BAND thing is just fearmongering by some idiot.
Ex: A picture of Sonic fucking Amy in the flatchested, noodle limb style that Sega uses is bad. But if I add curves, hips, tits and muscles it's fine.
Talk about it is here.
Basic summary is that if you draw the characters, make them look like adults, or draw the ones that are canonically grown up. The OMFUX TEH SONICZORZ IS BAND thing is just fearmongering by some idiot.