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fandomsecrets2008-10-10 04:45 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2008-10-10 04:45 pm
[ SECRET POST #644 ]
⌈ Secret Post #644 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Re: 131
Look, people, yes it's easier to find out who drew official art. And yes, if you're using fanart, giving people a link to the artist is definitely, definitely the polite thing to do.
That said, there is no theft out of taking a portion of a piece of art, and making it smaller. You are not claiming to have drawn this. There is a world of difference between taking an image and just putting it up and going "I DREW THIS!!!!" and having what amounts to a 100 x 100 display of appreciation for someone's work.
Also, the argument that because people get paid for published work, that makes their works more "acceptable" to use for icons, fiction, etc, is pretty much backwards. Logically, if someone is being paid for something and you're "stealing" from them and not getting paid, you are causing them more hypothetical harm than "stealing" from someone who drew for the love of it and isn't getting paid, without profiting from it yourself.
When I icon (what very little iconing I do), I think "wow, this is beautiful. I love this." Whether it's a canon image, doujinshi, fanart. Doesn't matter. When I see other people's fanart icons, I think "wow, I wonder who drew that?!" I seek it out, if it's credited and I can find it. If not, I'm disappointed, sometimes make an effort to find the artist anyway. If I stumble across them in the future, I'm thrilled!
But guess what? If I hadn't seen that icon in the first place? I wouldn't know nor care two shits about that artist's work, and proably be less likely to ever see it. So what it really boils down to is pigeonholing free publicity (credited or not, though credited is far preferable) as theft, despite the iconist having nothing to gain and the fanartist having nothing to lose.
Re: 131
You said this much better than I did, thank you.