Hello everybooty!
This week has been a bit weird (no pun intended), but since it’s happened a lot this week, I felt it necessary to make a post about this. Most of it is common knowledge, but either not everybody understands this, or know my stance on this.
Do not edit, repost, or claim my artwork as your own.
I’m pretty chill when it comes to this stuff. I see my art traced, stolen, etc. A LOT, and I know it’s something that I just can’t stop. It’s the internet, it’s going to happen. Hell, if people ask me if they can color in my linework AHEAD OF TIME, I don’t care at all. As long as I’m sourced as the original artist, and linked back to, I’m pretty alright with it.
I’m honestly not comfortable with people editing my work though, or tracing/heavily referencing without my permission. Please, PLEASE, ask me before you do any of these things.
Even if I see these things happening, usually I’m pretty kind about it. I’ll ask to at least be credited, have the work removed, etc. I think the best of people before I get pissed off.
However on tumblr, I can’t always ask kindly. If people don’t have their asks open, I can’t contact them, so I have to immediately report the post to have it taken down. And yes, while I can’t stop people reposting my stuff, you’re damn skippy I will report it when I can.
Another thing I’ve seen happen this last week or so is people using my character’s names as blog urls and titles. Please, do not do this either. It makes me very uncomfortable, and I do not want people mistaking that blog as me or representative of my characters.
So, just as a reminder to some peoples,
– Do not edit (this includes darkening my images, cropping them, pasting them on objects, etc.), repost, or claim my work as your own.
– Do not trace my work, or color in my linework without my prior consent
– No original characters from this blog may be used by anyone other than me. Do not impersonate my characters, do not RP as them, do not use their names or likeliness for your own in any shape or form WITHOUT my given permission.
When it comes to fan made Kuros, I’ve said this before, I am totally okay with people making their own Kuros! I don’t even mind if people make blogs dedicated as those characters, feature my own, etc. But the important thing is to be sure to credit me, Weird Hyenas, as the original creator of the Kuros, and even better, link back to Weirdlanders in some way!
Like I said I’m super chill with a lot of things, but the most important thing;
ASK! Don’t be afraid to talk to me, I don’t bite! The only time I bite is when my kindness is thrown back at my face. That doesn’t make me a happy ‘yena.
If you see anyone tracing, reposting without credit, claiming my art as theirs, or basically going against everything I said here; Contact me! Let me know so I can properly contact the person responsible, and if I have to, I will report them.
Thank you all for your time! 🙂
~Weird Hyenas, Mod