by Dia. » Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:12 am
I think there is a misunderstanding about what is being discussed. I believe ki-neko animura is referring to transferring them into other closed species/arpgs, not simply moving them onto other linearts. My answer applies to transferring them into other closed species/arpgs. Coloring your character on different lineart or ordering art of them is fine.
The cats are your OCs, but that doesn't change the fact that they were designed by one of our fabulous Rise artists. ^^ So, if you're wanting to transfer them to another closed species and use the art that the designer created as the reference, you need the designer's permission.
This is just like how we required permission from the original artist to transfer any cat designs by other artists onto Rise lines for customs or founders. (example: You bought a cat design from an artist not affiliated with Rise and wanted the design to be in your Rise clan. You had to ask the original artist if you were allowed to have them transferred to the Rise lineart by one of our artists.)This isn't a Rise specific rule, but a CS art use rule. You can't use someone else's art as a reference without their permission.
In other words:
If you’re just making a new ref for your OC or paying someone to make a new OC ref, there’s no issue. If you want it transferred into another species/arpg you need the designer’s permission regardless of which ref you used because they have not given permission for their design to be used in a different closed species.
Does this make more sense?
