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Reminder on Art Posting/Sharing Etiquette
4 years ago
Hey all, this is just a quick message to clarify what my stance is when it comes to what is and isn't okay when it comes to sharing my art so there's no ambiguity on it going foward. I already put something out on Twitter about this earlier, but I thought that I'd make a FA journal about it as well for the people who primarily follow me on here instead.
- Ask me for permission before posting it on a website (especially if I'm not already present on it). If I'm okay with it and the website has an artist tagging system, then please directly tag me as the artist
- If you have commissioned an art piece from me in the past and wish to publicly share the piece, please only share the one with my signature on it. The watermarkless version is for your own personal use only.
- Please be mindful of artist DNPs and personal wishes. This goes for anyone, not just me.
- Personal use (profile pictures, desktop wallpapers etc.) is fine and you do not need my permission to do so
- Sharing on Discord servers is fine, and once again you do not need my permission to do so. Including the original source is appreciated but not strictly necessary.
- Commercial use is not okay, unless you have an agreement with me beforehand.
- Generally speaking I am okay with image edits. This point is a little more tricky to come up with a black and white boundary on, but all previous points also apply to this one. Ideally you should also ask for permission before you publicly post it anywhere, but please don't edit any of my art pieces to include themes that I would not like, and more importantly, do not edit out my signature.
This post was prompted by someone who took an older drawing of mine here from FA and posted it on Derpibooru, completely ignoring my DNP on there, and not even bothering to check if it had already been uploaded before (there's a duplication checker tool), and also didn't bother to tag me as the artist to bypass said DNP despite the fact that my FA profile was linked as a source. This has been sorted out now, but I still found it a bit disrespectful.
I'm happy if you think that my work is good enough to be shared, but the absolute least that I expect from anyone is a basic level of respect. You do not have to support me, but I draw the line at disregarding the artist for an art piece that you liked enough to share, and took for granted.
- Ask me for permission before posting it on a website (especially if I'm not already present on it). If I'm okay with it and the website has an artist tagging system, then please directly tag me as the artist
- If you have commissioned an art piece from me in the past and wish to publicly share the piece, please only share the one with my signature on it. The watermarkless version is for your own personal use only.
- Please be mindful of artist DNPs and personal wishes. This goes for anyone, not just me.
- Personal use (profile pictures, desktop wallpapers etc.) is fine and you do not need my permission to do so
- Sharing on Discord servers is fine, and once again you do not need my permission to do so. Including the original source is appreciated but not strictly necessary.
- Commercial use is not okay, unless you have an agreement with me beforehand.
- Generally speaking I am okay with image edits. This point is a little more tricky to come up with a black and white boundary on, but all previous points also apply to this one. Ideally you should also ask for permission before you publicly post it anywhere, but please don't edit any of my art pieces to include themes that I would not like, and more importantly, do not edit out my signature.
This post was prompted by someone who took an older drawing of mine here from FA and posted it on Derpibooru, completely ignoring my DNP on there, and not even bothering to check if it had already been uploaded before (there's a duplication checker tool), and also didn't bother to tag me as the artist to bypass said DNP despite the fact that my FA profile was linked as a source. This has been sorted out now, but I still found it a bit disrespectful.
I'm happy if you think that my work is good enough to be shared, but the absolute least that I expect from anyone is a basic level of respect. You do not have to support me, but I draw the line at disregarding the artist for an art piece that you liked enough to share, and took for granted.
