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Looking for opinions on posting giftart/commissions!
17 years ago
Alright, so far I've avoided posting art in my gallery thats done by others because I feel a bit weird with doing so... But I'd like to hear what my friends think about it. The reason I've not done it is simply.. its not work done by me. I kinda feel that a gallery should be original work that one has done himself/herself. If I posted a piece done by someone else, even if I give them full credit for it, someone is going to stumble on that picture, think it rocks, favorite, possibly watch me. That's not my piece though, that favorite should be given to the wonderful artist that did the picture, not for the recipient of said picture.
I don't feel someone should have a lot of watchers and favorites because A) they are popular, people doing free art for them, or B) they are rich, able to afford a lot of commissions. We should be judged by our own skill!
Now.. the flip side is... Not everyone has an FA. And things like badges would never be seen by others online unless the recipient takes a scan of it and posts it somewhere for others viewing enjoyment. Once an image is posted in your gallery, someone might stumble upon it, see who its done by, and follow the link/name to find the artist and check out their other stuff, giving them the favorites/watches they deserve.
And its also nice to have all of one's gift art/commissions in one place, giving a friend a simple link to check them all out, rather than having to find webspace to host them, or send them each image seperately on AIM or MSN.
There have been several times I see a very nice looking icon for someone that comments on a picture, but following the link back to their gallery, I'm disappointed to find the icon was made from a crop of a commission, and there's nothing remotely similar in their gallery...... Oooor, I go to their gallery, find out who did the picture the icon was cropped from, and check out the artist's other works. x_x
So what are your views on this?
I don't feel someone should have a lot of watchers and favorites because A) they are popular, people doing free art for them, or B) they are rich, able to afford a lot of commissions. We should be judged by our own skill!
Now.. the flip side is... Not everyone has an FA. And things like badges would never be seen by others online unless the recipient takes a scan of it and posts it somewhere for others viewing enjoyment. Once an image is posted in your gallery, someone might stumble upon it, see who its done by, and follow the link/name to find the artist and check out their other stuff, giving them the favorites/watches they deserve.
And its also nice to have all of one's gift art/commissions in one place, giving a friend a simple link to check them all out, rather than having to find webspace to host them, or send them each image seperately on AIM or MSN.
There have been several times I see a very nice looking icon for someone that comments on a picture, but following the link back to their gallery, I'm disappointed to find the icon was made from a crop of a commission, and there's nothing remotely similar in their gallery...... Oooor, I go to their gallery, find out who did the picture the icon was cropped from, and check out the artist's other works. x_x
So what are your views on this?
On a serious note, if it's fine with the original artist, why not? Seems fine to me if there's a link to the original artist. If people like what they see and know where it's from, then that's more exposure for that artist.
It's only bad when art leads to a dead-end with no artist in sight (or if the artist didn't want it distributed)
It might look unfair if you get watches for work you didn't do, but if people like pictures, they'll check out the artist's gallery and watch him as well.
Everyone's happy. :I
I think I got more people favoriting Bladewing's picture of Kaliak and Sarah than I have ever gotten on all of my works combined.
That's not the intended result. I might have to take action to fix that.