MW Roach

I know most of the people on this site use renders or blank line-arts to make their character profiles. I also know that many, if not all, of the artists who provide Line-Art or blank renders request that they be credited for their art if one chooses to use it.

I am seeing an awful LOT of "I don't know who did the lines but it wasn't me" and "lines (C) to original artist" or, my personal favorite, "renders (C) another artist I just don't know who".

 

Now, I can see the person is admitting they didn't make the line-art or render...but I feel that it isn't quite good enough. The artist who provided the render or line-art is NOT getting their recognition. I mean, I see people who make characters using multiple images in the bios, each image from a different artist, and saying 'line-art not done by me, but I don't know who did it'. None of those artists are getting the credit they deserve.

 

Here's my question...shouldn't you KNOW who's art you're taking to use for your characters/images and give the artist in question their due credits?

 

Just stating that someone else drew/rendered the original image isn't giving the artist their proper credits.

If you can't remember who did the line-art or render, you shouldn't use it until you know who to give the credits to.

Do you see what I mean?

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Guest	March 11, 2012

I give credit to line artist

Guest	March 08, 2012

I agree with you Roach, but I also agree with Draco. I have some ole renders, even if I can't recall who made them, I either find out or don't use them. Most people don't find out, or are just to lazy to try. In my opinion, this should be against the rules, but a warning should be given instead of automatic deactivation when reported.

MW Roach	March 02, 2012

But isn't it a bad thing to not give proper credits to the artist, despite the excuses? It's pretty much borderline stealing to use someone else's work and not give credit for it. I just think that the artists providing the renders or line-arts should be credited for their work, and not passed over as if they did nothing.

Draco	March 01, 2012
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Maybe they had saved the image at an earlier date, then by the time they thought to use it, forgot who the artist was. Not all linearts or blanks have the (c) text on them after all. If not that, could be just laziness.

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