Personal Use
You can use my artwork as your icons/headers on social media sites as long as you link back to me somewhere visible on your profile. You can also use my artwork as wallpapers or print it out for your own use; just do not redistribute or sell it in any way.
You can use my artwork as your icons/headers on social media sites as long as you link back to me somewhere visible on your profile. You can also use my artwork as wallpapers or print it out for your own use; just do not redistribute or sell it in any way.
Sharing & Other Non-Personal Use
On this page I've tried to make it quick and easy for you to find me on the social media I use, and lay out my rules for sharing on different sites where fan art is commonly passed around. If you have any questions, contact me.
✦ Twitter
My art twitter is @doodlemancyart. My Moments are organized to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for. Please retweet directly rather than quote-tweeting.
✦ tumblr
My art tumblr is @doodlemancy, and all of my posts are thoroughly tagged; you can also find things pretty easily through the archive. Please don't remove my captions when you reblog.
✦ Reddit
Reddit's poorly-considered image post format makes it kind of necessary to upload the image and impossible to add a description with credit. If you want to share my work on reddit, it's ok if you upload the image and put "by doodlemancy" or "artist: doodlemancy" in the post title. Please also link back to me directly (my website, the art tweet, whatever) in a comment on your post.
✦ Facebook
I'm okay with regular people with regular person accounts sharing my art (as or with a link). Don't post my artwork to Pages or Groups.
✦ Instagram
I am on instagram. Unfortunately, it has no internal sharing. I would rather my artwork not be reposted here, unless it's something i made specifically for you.
✦ Pinterest
Please don't pin my artwork on public boards.
✦ imgur
Please don't share my work on imgur, unless it's something I made for you, in which case, please link back.
✦ Fan Art Imageboards/Boorus (Zerochan etc.)
Please don't share my artwork on these sites.
✦ 9Gag, FunnyJunk, Cheezburger, et al.
These sites profit off stolen content. I don't want my work there, and if you put it there, you owe me $69,420.69 USD.
On this page I've tried to make it quick and easy for you to find me on the social media I use, and lay out my rules for sharing on different sites where fan art is commonly passed around. If you have any questions, contact me.
My art twitter is @doodlemancyart. My Moments are organized to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for. Please retweet directly rather than quote-tweeting.
✦ tumblr
My art tumblr is @doodlemancy, and all of my posts are thoroughly tagged; you can also find things pretty easily through the archive. Please don't remove my captions when you reblog.
Reddit's poorly-considered image post format makes it kind of necessary to upload the image and impossible to add a description with credit. If you want to share my work on reddit, it's ok if you upload the image and put "by doodlemancy" or "artist: doodlemancy" in the post title. Please also link back to me directly (my website, the art tweet, whatever) in a comment on your post.
I'm okay with regular people with regular person accounts sharing my art (as or with a link). Don't post my artwork to Pages or Groups.
I am on instagram. Unfortunately, it has no internal sharing. I would rather my artwork not be reposted here, unless it's something i made specifically for you.
Please don't pin my artwork on public boards.
✦ imgur
Please don't share my work on imgur, unless it's something I made for you, in which case, please link back.
✦ Fan Art Imageboards/Boorus (Zerochan etc.)
Please don't share my artwork on these sites.
✦ 9Gag, FunnyJunk, Cheezburger, et al.
These sites profit off stolen content. I don't want my work there, and if you put it there, you owe me $69,420.69 USD.
Why are you so picky about reposting?
Imagine this: You're a hobbyist with a small audience that makes a little money off art. You spend six hours drawing a piece of Legend of Zelda fan art. You're very proud of the result; you've come a long way and it shows! You post it on Twitter and it gets a few hundred retweets, which nets you some new followers, and a new $10 patron on Patreon. Yay!!!
Later in the week, your post has lost momentum. Unbeknownst to you, some guy-- let's call him Fartlord McRepost-- has reposted your piece on his twitter account called Daily Zelda Fan Art. It gets thousands of retweets. One of your followers sees it and brings it to your attention. Fartlord did credit you by name in the tweet, but you're not really getting many new followers. They're mostly just following him instead. He has an enormous audience compared to yours, and when you politely ask him to delete his repost and RT you instead, you start getting replies from people with anime icons: why are you so mad???? he credited you. he's giving you exposure. you're just being ungrateful and whiny. your art isn't even that good so be thankful it's getting any attention at all.
Even if Fartlord apologizes, takes down the repost and retweets you, there's no guarantee that everyone who saw the repost will see the RT. If they do, they'll likely just scroll by-- they've already seen it. In the end, you may still get a few followers out of this incident, but your mentions are full of unwashed lolicons calling you slurs, and you missed out on the benefits of thousands of eyes on a piece you're really proud of. Fartlord McRepost got most of the exposure and new followers, and all he did was save and re-upload an image.
This is a familiar experience to so many digital artists, and I haven't even touched on the lowest of the low-- the assholes who steal for profit. Unfortunately, a lot of people perpetuating this cycle don't even know they're doing it. Without any intended malice, they follow Fartlord, share his posts and may unknowingly buy merch made with stolen artwork.
I want to encourage the types of sharing that are more likely to help, and discourage the ones that tend to cause harm. Using a site's internal sharing features, like retweeting on twitter or reblogging on tumblr, to share our own posts on the sites where we made them, is MUCH more helpful to artists. People are more likely to click through and follow us and maybe even visit our websites. That's how we grow our audience, make sales and get new patrons. It also increases our reach by telling the much-hated algorithims that curate your social media feeds to actually prioritize our posts.
Imagine this: You're a hobbyist with a small audience that makes a little money off art. You spend six hours drawing a piece of Legend of Zelda fan art. You're very proud of the result; you've come a long way and it shows! You post it on Twitter and it gets a few hundred retweets, which nets you some new followers, and a new $10 patron on Patreon. Yay!!!
Later in the week, your post has lost momentum. Unbeknownst to you, some guy-- let's call him Fartlord McRepost-- has reposted your piece on his twitter account called Daily Zelda Fan Art. It gets thousands of retweets. One of your followers sees it and brings it to your attention. Fartlord did credit you by name in the tweet, but you're not really getting many new followers. They're mostly just following him instead. He has an enormous audience compared to yours, and when you politely ask him to delete his repost and RT you instead, you start getting replies from people with anime icons: why are you so mad???? he credited you. he's giving you exposure. you're just being ungrateful and whiny. your art isn't even that good so be thankful it's getting any attention at all.
Even if Fartlord apologizes, takes down the repost and retweets you, there's no guarantee that everyone who saw the repost will see the RT. If they do, they'll likely just scroll by-- they've already seen it. In the end, you may still get a few followers out of this incident, but your mentions are full of unwashed lolicons calling you slurs, and you missed out on the benefits of thousands of eyes on a piece you're really proud of. Fartlord McRepost got most of the exposure and new followers, and all he did was save and re-upload an image.
This is a familiar experience to so many digital artists, and I haven't even touched on the lowest of the low-- the assholes who steal for profit. Unfortunately, a lot of people perpetuating this cycle don't even know they're doing it. Without any intended malice, they follow Fartlord, share his posts and may unknowingly buy merch made with stolen artwork.
I want to encourage the types of sharing that are more likely to help, and discourage the ones that tend to cause harm. Using a site's internal sharing features, like retweeting on twitter or reblogging on tumblr, to share our own posts on the sites where we made them, is MUCH more helpful to artists. People are more likely to click through and follow us and maybe even visit our websites. That's how we grow our audience, make sales and get new patrons. It also increases our reach by telling the much-hated algorithims that curate your social media feeds to actually prioritize our posts.