Quote by candy-chanEven more
importantly I think wallers should credit the original artist or animation studio in the wallpaper's signature.
Because after all, wallpapers go onto desktops, they are not meant to be looked at as an art gallery. But we cant force
people to write certain things in their wallpapers, or force them to upload to hosting sites. It is their responsibility
to credit correctly the artist.
However I do think we can add a line in the submission page saying we highly encourage to give proper
credit.
i must disagree- putting the original artists name in the sig really doesn't help much as the toolbar will cover
the text and i personally don't care for long rambling passages of text on walls.
since "something" must be typed into the description before submitting a scan or wall why not include a
reference to the original artwork?
i assume a waller enjoyed another artist[s] work enough to devout a good amount of their free time to making a wall then
they could be expected to link to the original artwork. it would only take them a matter of seconds to do so.
also the ideal spot is the description area; since that is what the viewer looks at when they view and download the
wall. the wall is fresh on their mind and they may be inclined to view more of the artist's work.
Quote by MapleRose Also, it
kinda annoys me that some people just put a tiny blurb at the end saying 'brushes are from devART'. Yes
deviantART brushes are created for you to use, however, deviantART is a community, not an artist, so wouldn't it be
more correct to link to the actual artist and/or deviation? (a lot of the artists do want you to do that). But I do
understand that sometimes you forget where or who made the brushes if they're in the collection long enough. But we
should properly credit the artist so that their art is recognized.
Same with the scans category. Some people upload doujinshi (usually cover art) they either bought or found somewhere.
I'm not sure if this is covered under the policy or not...
Also, some people use other people's fanart (with or without knowing that it's fanart). And without knowledge,
they don't give credit to the original artist. Question if anyone can answer: is fanart allowed in wallpapers even
if you have the artist's permission?
well brushes, etc are in my estimation infrequently referrred to. i think that should be optional. i have several
hundred brushes but i don't remember all of the authors and they make them available for people to use and create
their own works. referring to a stock image is a good idea.
the artist on the other hand is different. Abe-san isn't creating art to be used in wallpapers- of that i am
certain. so if i make a wall then i have an obligation to give credit the original artist.
re: scans- a description of the artist and artbook should be provided as well.
for instance "Artwork is by Rain from "IO Art of the Wired" etc.
fanart- it could be argued that all walls that aren't totally created by the waller are fan-art.
but if the artist is say someone on deviantart then they ideally should be given permission verus a famous artist. it is
a quasi- grey area.
i remember a wall that i viewed on MT and it was a fan-art of Motoko from GITS. i recognized the art from deviantART and
researched it and provided the waller with a link and he then got the artists permission to use it. In the original
description the waller wasn't sure whom created the artwork, so i looked into it. he updated the link etc.
but it could be a potentially bad situation if the Deviant came unto MT and recognized a wall that used his art but
didn't reference the artist or work nor ask for permission.
i really do think we can easily enforce this and at the very least highly encourage a reference since some text must be
inputted into the description to upload a wallpaper, doujinshi or scan.
Quote by Tama-NekoHowever, I
think this should be implemented as another field, where you would paste in the link to the source image (this is how I
do this on DA!) because otherwise it's easy to loose the link in long descriptions (the only sort I tend to write).
There would need to be some happy medium for allowing of multiple source scans though.
another field is a great idea but i suggested just providing a link in the the description area to save Shequel
additional programming duties.
re: broken links. that is true but i think providing a valid link or reference when the wall is submitted will provide
the maximum benefits- since the first few days of submission is the window when a wall is viewed most. if a wall is of
the utmost quality and highlighted then the window is obviously increased.
