Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu Fanart

[tinny]

Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong fanart by nikunikuyang@lofter (source - their lofter contains a lot more art like this)

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[naye]

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[tinny]

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The advantages of having a huge Chinese fandom with a ton of talented artists. Fanart doesn't stop at the language barrier. Yay. (I just never know who made what, because nobody on tumblr or twitter credits anyone, sigh.)

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(I just never know who made what, because nobody on tumblr or twitter credits anyone, sigh.)

Art theft and NOT OKAY and I refuse to reblog/like/endorse this behavior. Occasionally I've asked people to credit their sources, but I don't want to be the Fandom Police?

Dreamwidth is kind of an exception, because it's not a place where tons of people will be giving it notes, and it's easy to make it obvious that it's not yours? And posting one pic then linking back to the original directs traffic to the creator, which is good!

(And for those who say the language barrier is an excuse to steal art: ...no? You can still look at it! Just don't repost it! There's lots of templates for how to ask permission floating around, so all it takes is a bit of effort and to not take art that isn't yours.

Sorry, this gets me really riled up - I've been in Japanese fandoms where artists stopped posting their stuff publicly because so many Western fans were just taking it with no credit and no regard for the artist's wishes.

Oh, and I should add, these two posts are great guides to finding art sources:
Part 1
Part 2

[tinny]

Thank you for the links!

I do find it hard to find sources in Chinese-language things, because I can't read it easily, and even finding out if that artist was the one who made the thing is hard because I have to translate the page around the art, too. *sigh*

So, yeah, I rarely go to the effort and instead don't share it at all.