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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7954412" data-attributes="member: 6779196">This may be a bit of a tangent, but I think it’s worth bringing up - “finding art” to represent your character is... kind of an iffy practice. If you want art to represent your character, I recommend either making it yourself or commissioning it from an artist whose style suits your taste. Repurposing art that was made for something else to represent your character not only forces you into a position of having to compromise on your vision of the character, it’s also generally considered theft among artists. You’re benefiting from the artist’s labor without providing any wages for said labor, which they may rely on to make a living, and at the same time misrepresenting their work as a depiction of your own character instead of the character it was created to depict.It’s one of those offenses, like piracy of digital content, that is generally considered socially acceptable because “everyone does it,” but if nothing else it is really disrespectful to the artist whose work you “found” and used to represent your character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7954412, member: 6779196"] This may be a bit of a tangent, but I think it’s worth bringing up - “finding art” to represent your character is... kind of an iffy practice. If you want art to represent your character, I recommend either making it yourself or commissioning it from an artist whose style suits your taste. Repurposing art that was made for something else to represent your character not only forces you into a position of having to compromise on your vision of the character, it’s also generally considered theft among artists. You’re benefiting from the artist’s labor without providing any wages for said labor, which they may rely on to make a living, and at the same time misrepresenting their work as a depiction of your own character instead of the character it was created to depict. It’s one of those offenses, like piracy of digital content, that is generally considered socially acceptable because “everyone does it,” but if nothing else it is really disrespectful to the artist whose work you “found” and used to represent your character. [/QUOTE]

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