#art reposts

This mostly concerns my HTTYD fanarts, but I’m sure my other works have been reposted without proper credit as well. It has been bothering me for quite a while now. I know there are many people who repost my art, but these particular reposts on Instagram really got my attention:

She/he cut out my signature and watermark…

I know she/he isn’t the only one who reposts my art. I have also seen various recolours and edits from other people. But this person gets hundreds, sometimes even thousands of likes without giving proper credit.

To anyone who does this as well: it’s not fair to the artist. I love to share my art with you, but cropping out my signature and/or watermark is insulting. I put a lot of time and care into my paintings and seeing them resposted, recoloured, cropped, etc without my permission is really upsetting. Artists deserve more recognition than this.

If you want to repost my art, please ask me first. And NEVER repost without giving PROPER credit. Simply saying “credits to the artist” is not enough. You must provide a link to at least one of my social media pages and mention my name, always.

I would really appreciate it if you could do me this favour: please send anyone who reposts artwork without giving proper credit a link to this blog entry, just to let them know how I (and probably many others) feel about it.

Be fair, and give credit where credit is due. It doesn’t take a lot to add a link and mention a name.

Don’t be lazy, and respect the artist.

it’s been a year since i originally drew this! but i didn’t want to just rb it bc there were some things that were bothering me. so here’s a repost with a few things tweaked lol