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5 years ago
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So in case you didn't know, I had a small break down recently and it's because I'm so tired and fed up with people stealing my art when it's not for them to use. I've had people take art work I've done for others or others have paid for and some entitled brats come along and decide the want to use it themselves.
Am I against my work being used? No but I have conditions and exceptions. My biggest no-no's include people using commissioned art, gift art, art trade and art generally made for some one specifically - it's the whole "Don't touch what doesn't belong to you" rule which I shouldn't have to explain, when I've drawn it for some one specific I usually make a note of it in the image description and if it has a name, it's not "Free to use". I do not give permission for people to use these pieces of art but if you ask the person it's for if it's okay, then you have my okay - otherwise, no touching! u_u
This also goes for my OC art, my characters are my characters and you shouldn't be using them.
I'm more than happy to let people use fan art I've drawn, provided there's credit (This can be for icons, profile art, ID's, reposts etc, credit MUST be given).
Obviously I'll report any reposts for art made for others. For fan art, reposts are only allowed with permission and credit and I allow reposts if I've made the art specifically for you, with credit, you don't even need to ask in that regard.
Anyway, to protect art meant for others, I'm starting to make a bulker watermark. It's ugly and I'm unhappy that it came to this but it'll be like this for the time being. It's the only way I can think of without putting my art behind a paywall.
I can only watermark so much since I don't have original files any more since I got a new laptop some months ago. I could save them but I don't have the original files so only heavy watermarked versions exist and a lot of places save as .jpg and reuploading them will lose a lot of quality.
Unrelated; I STRONGLY urge those who have had art off me to keep the original files I sent you safe, I couldn't recover the files.
To summarise:
If I didn't make the art for you, don't use it or repost it.
Sorry about all this. I'm not an unreasonable person but I have been on the internet 15 years and now I'm just tired and fed up.
Am I against my work being used? No but I have conditions and exceptions. My biggest no-no's include people using commissioned art, gift art, art trade and art generally made for some one specifically - it's the whole "Don't touch what doesn't belong to you" rule which I shouldn't have to explain, when I've drawn it for some one specific I usually make a note of it in the image description and if it has a name, it's not "Free to use". I do not give permission for people to use these pieces of art but if you ask the person it's for if it's okay, then you have my okay - otherwise, no touching! u_u
This also goes for my OC art, my characters are my characters and you shouldn't be using them.
I'm more than happy to let people use fan art I've drawn, provided there's credit (This can be for icons, profile art, ID's, reposts etc, credit MUST be given).
Obviously I'll report any reposts for art made for others. For fan art, reposts are only allowed with permission and credit and I allow reposts if I've made the art specifically for you, with credit, you don't even need to ask in that regard.
Anyway, to protect art meant for others, I'm starting to make a bulker watermark. It's ugly and I'm unhappy that it came to this but it'll be like this for the time being. It's the only way I can think of without putting my art behind a paywall.
I can only watermark so much since I don't have original files any more since I got a new laptop some months ago. I could save them but I don't have the original files so only heavy watermarked versions exist and a lot of places save as .jpg and reuploading them will lose a lot of quality.
Unrelated; I STRONGLY urge those who have had art off me to keep the original files I sent you safe, I couldn't recover the files.
To summarise:
If I didn't make the art for you, don't use it or repost it.
Sorry about all this. I'm not an unreasonable person but I have been on the internet 15 years and now I'm just tired and fed up.
Alkain
~alkain
Yeah... those people suck and really need harsher punishments... like... if they give credit and stuff I personally don't mind and neither do the artists I go to... but yeah, it's really scummy
Makabe
~psycho-flames
OP
I don't mind if I just get credit and don't get asked, I can get over that easily, it just feels polite and respectful in my opinion to ask first that's all ;w; But I have zero tolerance for people using my art when it wasn't done for them and they didn't even ask if it's okay, it's exactly like they are mooching off art paid by others and that's totally unfair u_u I am tired of these sorts of people, it's really scummy to do this.
Alkain
~alkain
Agreed
