Bases and References

To my fellow supporters, watchers, and friends, this could be important, so pick a good time to take a moment and read this.

Most of my artwork that you see in my galleries uses bases and references for me to draw my original characters, so I have never once claimed that any of my deviations are all me.  I may make it look easy, but trust me, it's a lot harder than it looks.  Drawing is not easy for me, but it is lots of fun and I'm working every step of the way towards achieving my own dreams and ambitions and if anybody is trying to stop me, that's when I'll have serious issues.  And I sure as hell am not the only artist in the world to use bases and references, especially when it's hard for me to work from the ground up.  But when it comes to drawing the eventual in-game sprites, they will be completely original, but I'll at least have physical descriptions to work with.

Calling me out for using bases and references is another thing.  While it can be necessary, I only want it to be your job to call me out if I need to give credit to original sources.  Most of the time, I do not know where bases and references come from and if they are actually from deviantART, you need to tell me so I can give credit.  Also, if you know anything that I don't, including original sources, you need to tell me so I can give credit.  What I don't want you to do is tell me to take my work down, especially if you're not the original artist of any bases or references.  That's not your job.  The original artist has to say something to me first and it would be more mature of the original artist to say something before reporting me unnecessarily.  Infringement is not my intention.  Copying is not my intention.  All I'm doing is drawing something to work with.  And if my work was ever used for bases and references, I'd ask to be given credit too.

So, do I sound fair?  Of course I do.  Thanks for your time, people.  Keep up the good work!

~ The Thunder, 2D Game Artist