As a general rule, DO NOT submit fan art to the galleries unless YOU made it.
Don't pull random stuff off of Deviantart and add it to the galleries. In many cases, that is actually copyright infringement.
Is that clear?
Fan Art
I'm guessing this has to do with that one user who tried to submit other people's artwork as his own and even crossed out the signature on one of the pieces and put his name there?
" As a general rule, DO NOT submit fan art to the galleries unless YOU made it. Don't pull random stuff off of Deviantart and add it to the galleries. In many cases, that is actually copyright infringement. Is that clear? "I'm glad a decision was made on this. However, I've a few questions. :)
1. Does that mean you want the fan art already uploaded to the galleries deleted?
2. What about art you own, as opposed to art you made? Can that be uploaded?
1. Yes, I want it deleted.
2. Artist commissions MAY be uploaded, BUT ONLY if they are put in a gallery titled "Commissions'
Okay. That's going to decimate the Fan Art and the Black and White galleries. OTOH, some of character galleries NEED to be decimated. It's impossible to look through 1500 images to see if you are uploading a duplicate. And hopefully will cut off the folks that complain and point to stuff already uploaded.
Speaking of deleting images, it would be useful to be able to delete things from your personal gallery if they're no longer needed. For example, you upload a comic cover, but someone adds a better version. Yours gets removed from the issue page, so it's no longer in use anywhere on the site. Might as well get rid. Except you can't.
This is just an example of what Icarusflies is talking about; I posted my own Fan Art, which I drew, of the Dark Horse character GHOST.
If you go to the Image Galleries of that character, I posted my drawing and added the caption "My Fan Art of Ghost" so anyone who sees it knows it is my Fan Art and not anyone else's.
I haven't used DeviantArt yet, and wasn't aware anyone could swipe someone else's art like that; that pretty much stinks.
Here is a suggestion: If anyone would like a drawing or art created of a specific character they'd like, for their themselves for Avatar, Profile or Fan Art purposes for the Image Galleries, you can post a request asking for one of the artists to create something for you. I can't guarantee anyone will, but some of us usually will. The user Tonis is really good about fulfilling requests and I also try to get them when I can. You can also PM me if you'd like.
" @Icarusflies: I love this commitment to organizing our image galleries :) "Should we start clearing out the black and white image galleries and fan art galleries then, or leave as is?
Also the image galleries in general are a mess. Dupes everywhere. Things that shouldn't be there. It's awesome to see the commitment, but it's going to take a LOT of work from the users and wiki editors to tidy things up.
" @Red L.A.M.P. said:The next major Task Queue initiative will focus on image galleries -- right now the focus is on Character page formatting -- and we'll probably start that next week. I'll have some tutorial blogs about image galleries up by then too." @Icarusflies: I love this commitment to organizing our image galleries :) "Should we start clearing out the black and white image galleries and fan art galleries then, or leave as is? Also the image galleries in general are a mess. Dupes everywhere. Things that shouldn't be there. It's awesome to see the commitment, but it's going to take a LOT of work from the users and wiki editors to tidy things up. "
" @The Dark Huntress said:Tutorial? That would be appreciated. Thanks." @Red L.A.M.P. said:The next major Task Queue initiative will focus on image galleries -- right now the focus is on Character page formatting -- and we'll probably start that next week. I'll have some tutorial blogs about image galleries up by then too. "" @Icarusflies: I love this commitment to organizing our image galleries :) "Should we start clearing out the black and white image galleries and fan art galleries then, or leave as is? Also the image galleries in general are a mess. Dupes everywhere. Things that shouldn't be there. It's awesome to see the commitment, but it's going to take a LOT of work from the users and wiki editors to tidy things up. "
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