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[mintmoth]

Another round of art fight attacks!!!

This time it's Marty for @humanoidpigeon , Babble for @amouress16 , Cadas for @starry-faun , Bellflower for @starryeyedartist , and Kai for @fromwhenceucame !!

[littlebear1537]

ART ATTACKS SO FAR!

First year on Artfight and IT'S SO FUN!! It's getting me out of my comfort zone! So far - I've made three (3) attacks!

Glimmer - Valorant OC (@glimmerowo )

Amnesia Shackle ( @amouress16 )

Jax and Sam (Jax is @14geckosinatree Oc and Sam is mine!)

I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THESE ATTACKS!!! ALSO - PLEASE GO CHECK OUT THESE WONDERFUL ARTISTS AND OCS!!!

I have 2 more sketches (1 is a revenge and 1 is an attack) >:)!!!

[fangirltothefullest]

Hi-a! I have a question about a post you reblogged, the one about writing commissions and fanfic. I'm a bit... confused. I get what the post is saying in how creators have reacted to fanworks being monetized, but, why is it exclusive to fic? Fanart commissioning is completely open I've seen. What makes writing different from art in that respect? I know you do art commissions yourself so I thought you might know.

Ah ok yes this can be very confusing! This is also something I have to go into detail on because it covers multiple things. 

One, fanart is an art form that is entirely visual. Visual arts are not copyrighted the same way as written works/print. Fanart commission, while it seems more widespread is not actually open. There’s a very delicate line we walk under the creative commons liscense that says we are not making an exact copy of a thing and selling it so we have the right to slight creative liberty and freedom. This is also why farce can make fun of stuff while referencing it for comedy’s sake. There’s a lot of legal stuff about it I can;t go into because I’m not a lawyer but that’s part of it. 

I cannot sell drawn pokemon works on redbubble because they have contacted redbubble and said purge all artwork pertaining to our licensed characters. Even if I draw it in my own style, even if I’m drawing pokemon fusions or whatever, redbubble kicks it off because the company which owns the licensing for pokemon said NO. sometimes you can squeak under the radar but usually they get you eventually.

It’s a lot EASIER to sell fanart but it’s still a touchy subject. At any point a creator can say hey that’s my character, do not draw artwork of my character. Disney is notable for doing this. So while fanart is much more prevolent, it’s stil la fine line to walk. 

Now onto the written word- This is all Anne Rice’s fault. I’m only barely joking.  The author got SO angry that people were doing fanfiction of her works that she literally sued people and it became a huge thing in court. This is why AO3 is what it is and why it’s run by lawyers and why they have such strict rules. The lawyers that run AO3 have the rules they have because they are your ticket to total fanfiction freedom. Their lawyers say that if someone comes after you and tries to sue you for writing a fanfic, they will protect you from harm under fair use. BUT you CANNOT make money off of it or the protections they have given you by using the site no longer count. AO3 is a place where you can post it freely, but the moment you make money off it, then it becomes questionable as fair use. Because parody or not, a good lawyer can argue that it’s not fair to the original author if you are profitting off of their original copyrighted material and that’s a fair assumption to have. 

You CAN charge for fanfics, but again you have to be EXTREMELY careful where you put it, who sees it and what you do with it. That is why you must never say on AO3 that you take commissions and that is why they say it in their TOS. It’s to protect the users. Posting on AO3 means you’ll never be sued so long as you follow those rules. It’s literally a safe haven for fic writers.

And, it’s also a matter of content- nothing is ever new, particularly when it comes to the written word. We only have so many words and there are gazillions of books, more being made every day. I can guarantee there are hundreds of thousands if not millions that have the same plots, the same character names and even the same wording here and there. Humans do that. 

But this is also why copyright is stupid and why written copyright has a limit before it runs out. (Alice in Wonderland is out of copyright, but the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland is not. This is why you cannot make disney-looking characters but you can have as many versions as you want. It’s the same with Hans Christian Anderson’s faerietales.)

No matter how much we try to be innovative, people will have the same ideas. That’s just human. But the problem is, if you are a published author you might be in the middle of writing a book and realize you have the same plot as someone else. And if you publish that book and the other person says wait I wrote this first, they could accuse YOU of stealing and claim you owe THEM money. Marion Zimmer Bradley (the article talks about this too) actually experienced this. She encouraged fanfiction because loved that people enjoyed her stories. I’m like this too, if I write something and people love the world, it makes me happy. But you can see why things like that could get touchy! 

The Copyright Act of 1957 (in America) lists parody under the protection of fair use and technically one can make the argument that fanfiction is parody. But if I published my own personal book and someone accused me of stealing, knowing full well I have read fanfiction before, I might have to pay royalties to a person whom I never even knew existed over a story I worked really hard on! 

This is why (as an example) Thomas Sanders and his team when writing for the Sanders Sides have outright stated they are not going to read, and have never read, fanfiction. Because while they encourage it wholeheartedly, if they happen to have similar ideas they can claim it came naturally and this way nobody can go to them and be like you stole my work where’s my money? This is also why his team decided to offer patrons of their patreon the ability to be part of the writers room. It’s a good compromise- get ideas from the fans which they know have good ideas, while also avoiding the whole “we stole this” thing by making them part of the team through access to that privilege, and then writers of fanfic can get their ideas maybe canonized. I think a lot of creators should think about doing this.

Artwork is a COMPLETELY different ballgame in that regard because the styles vary SO much more than writing. It’s also a different process to get your art copyrighted as a style itself. So like... that’s also a thing. That’s why it’s hard for artists when people repost their art without credits because copyrighting a style and each artwork? I don’t even know how you’d begin to do that, much less uphold it. But writing you can uphold, writing is easier to prove because you can match things, character, places, scenarios word for word. 

This has been a little back and forth but does this all make sense? 

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 24 - RMU Times

Well would you look at that! My first VTSOM fanart with Victor! =)

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[prodigyofthesky]

I'm excited to say the least @amouress16

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 10 - Marine Biology

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist. =)

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 5 - Mr. Butler

Yea I skipped day 4 but I'm probably gonna skip a few days because of school and stuff.

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 3 - Eyeball

"An eyeball is a ball. It is a sphere."

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 2 - Martini

Missed day 1 but that's okay.

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 22 - Dream Eaters

Headcanon that the dream eaters just follow Taylor everywhere after the good true ending and after about a week they just got used to it.

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 20 - Rorschach Test

This one here was always my favorite creepy face. It's just staring into your soul...

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

Alternate version under the cut

"Poop rabbit" as ManlyBadassHero called it in his gameplay. =)

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 29 - Scalpel

"And the seemingly lovely, innocent Vanora has a secret hidden scalpel. This world sure is full of surprises."

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16

[prodigyofthesky]

Did the new FFXV patch add new banter?

Like maybe it was just dumb luck but @amouress16 and I were playing FFXV last night and we heard a bunch of lines we've never heard before 😂

[prodigyofthesky]

Is this relatable

“The inside of my mind is like a hamster wheel but the hamster died twenty years ago.” -Me to @amouress16 about twenty seconds go 

[jpuff9]

Dinoverse Inktober: Day 31 - The Janitor/Creator

Now I'm curious does Dino hold a broom or a mop? Idk if it was mentioned in VTSOM or not.

For the Dinoverse Inktober prompts by @amouress16