CRITERIA
FOR
ACCEPTABLE
ARTWORK:
- Artwork must be original and created
by the person submitting it. You cannot submit artwork created
by another person. The fact that the artist is the one sending me
the picture is what gives me permission to post it. If someone else
drew it, and you colored it or whatever, that's fine... but make
sure you have their permission, and tell me who helped work on the
pic. So, no third-party submissions, unless there is a good reason
[such as, the artist speaks no English, and you are the "interpreter"].
As far as original goes - well, see the "Copyright Enforcement"
box below.
- Artwork must feature a canon [TV
show] character/feature as its main focus. This is not an archive
for furry or fan-created characters. The site started out
that way, but now it is so large, I can't accept those types of
pictures any longer. Thus, the old "fan character" pictures
have been grandfathered in. Just don't send me any new ones. However,
it is acceptable to send me a picture that features both
canon and a non-canon characters, so long as the canon [TV show]
characters are prominent... not just faces in the background. "Feature"
only means, it doesn't have to be a character... we have fan art
of the Turbokat, Enforcer tanks, etc. So a picture of an Enforcer
jet is OK - a picture of your personal character's jet is not.
- Artwork must be considered "PG-13"
or below - no graphic violence, nudity, profanity, etc. The
TV show is oriented for young folks, I'd like to keep this fan art
archive the same way. If you submit something that I think may be
problematic, I will let you know. If you disagree with this, there
are other SK fan art archives available.
- Any "type" and quality
of artwork is accepted - color, b/w, pencil, 3-D, etc. I make
no judgment on your artistic ability. If you send it, I will post
it! While any "type" of art will be accepted, please be
careful of the format. Please send only .gif or .jpg (.png is moderately
acceptable) - I have no desire to spend an hour downloading a bunch
of .bmps. If you DO send it to me as a .tif, .bmp, or whatever -
be warned I'm going to convert it to .gif or .jpg. Also, be careful
of file size. A picture that's 3856x2458 pixels I will probably
resize. Anything that's around 900x900 is plenty big [a 17"
monitor is generally 1024x768 pixels]. There are exceptions to this,
like any rule - I understand that file quality is important to some
people. However, in general, screen-sized is sufficient. If you
don't want me to resize something, then please say so.
- I may slightly adjust specific
images to make them more web-viewable. For example, if you
send me a lot of pictures, and several of them are color versions
of a b/w you ALSO sent me... I will probably only put up the colored
versions, unless you request otherwise. Sometimes I will chop out
truly excessive "white space" or resize a very
large image. I do not change the content of the picture.
If I decide something needs "adjusting," I will always
e-mail to confirm before I do it. However, I respect that some artists
don't want me messing with their stuff - you can always tell me
not to. In almost every case, I will post everything I get [if
it meets the guidelines!] without modifications.
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As an artist, I am very concerned with
what is called art theft - essentially, visual plagiarism. Plagiarism
is the stealing of another person's work or ideas (or artwork) and
trying to pass it off as your own. In the case of artwork, it constitutes:
- tracing or visually copying someone's
art without getting permission and without crediting the original
artist.
- taking the picture outright, and replacing
the artist's name with your own.
Please note that those are not
the same as imitating a popular drawing style, or a famous picture
in your own style. For example, drawing T-Bone in Dragonball Z style
is OK. Drawing Callie posed like the Mona Lisa is OK. Tracing someone
else's Dragonball Z picture and making it T-Bone is not OK.
Redrawing from sight someone else's picture is a gray area - if you
do this, make SURE you credit the original artist [and asking their
permission is even better]. Sprites and sprite cards are technically
not original (if you are working off a base model or image) and not
accepted on the SKFAA. (If they're entirely new then that's okay.)
I don't want to get into a big argument
over this. It is OK, even expected, to trace and copy the work
of others - for learning purposes only. That means, if you
traced it, keep it to yourself. Don't try to pass it around where
it will be recognized as something not originally yours. It's
unprofessional and generally easily recognizable.
Art theft steals credit and praise from
the original artist, who worked hard on their picture in the first
place. Don't steal art. Anyone on this archive who is caught stealing
art (especially from another artist on this site) will be removed.
This includes art uploaded elsewhere - if you are caught uploading
a picture to Deviant Art that is a trace of someone else's work on
this site, you will be removed here. I cannot tolerate art theft.
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