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On the subject of posting art...
10 years ago
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Recently and artist wrote a tirade journal talking about how they believe that others posting art before they do is "rude" and needs to be a condition in the TOS for commissions. This particular artist is someone I stopped watching not to long ago, but a fellow anthro-lover on Twitter posted a link to the journal and it is a shit show of bad PR (along with the follow-up journal). I'm going to briefly touch on the subject of posting before the artist right now.
I have a general rule: if the artist has not posted the art within about 1-2 weeks I post it here (other sites where I know the artist has little or no presence I just post it). If another artist has already posted it, I typically wait 24 hours until I post it. If artist feel like that's not appropriate, make it known and I'll follow your rules, but don't go on a hissy fit because I post it first after giving you ample time to post it.
Another issue that came up in the journal is the artist was complaining about high resolution being posted. Well, FA automatically resizes posts above 1280x1280 (but if you change the file after the initial upload it will keep the true size; FA, get on that bug or just let us post higher res pictures in the first place), but on other sites that isn't the case.
I have a general rule: if the artist has not posted the art within about 1-2 weeks I post it here (other sites where I know the artist has little or no presence I just post it). If another artist has already posted it, I typically wait 24 hours until I post it. If artist feel like that's not appropriate, make it known and I'll follow your rules, but don't go on a hissy fit because I post it first after giving you ample time to post it.
Another issue that came up in the journal is the artist was complaining about high resolution being posted. Well, FA automatically resizes posts above 1280x1280 (but if you change the file after the initial upload it will keep the true size; FA, get on that bug or just let us post higher res pictures in the first place), but on other sites that isn't the case.
CavDirshel
~cavdirshel
Good call underclocked. I usually give the artist a good chunk of time as well, or do My uploads in batches late at night. I also make sure to link back to the artist's posting if they've made one.
underclocked
~underclocked
OP
I usually don't link to the original, but that's just personal preference. I know some artist want that, but I feel like doing simple attribution of "art done by X" with a link to their page should be enough (and it usually is for many artists).
