[mod] Regarding...

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Other people's fanart.
You may post pictures and links, but if their site explicitly states to 'not post or reproduce', please adhere to their wishes. If they ask you to take a picture down, please do so.

I think fanartists that do not want promoted are in the minority, so not allowing any would be a loss for the community in general.

I deleted the previous post since it seemed like it would give the wrong impression to a casual reader.
Thanks.

Comments

[ener.livejournal.com]

Do you think maybe a compilation of links to their pages would be okay? (ie- not posting their work, but pointing people in the right direction) I usually keep a bookmark folder for Japanese artists just to keep track of their work. I know some people keep a really organized list of links to artists in the Mai HiME/Otome community somewhere...

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

? not sure what this would accomplish. i think the handful of links posted were to fanart that were especially funny or good. feel free to post your recs if you want.

[ener.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean something along the lines of this (http://greywing.livejournal.com/82329.html).  I guess it would probably be something of a sticky somewhere, but it promotes the knowledge of the actual artist instead of just promoting people saving and uploading pictures elsewhere on the net. (Or so I think, at least.)