Character Adoption Addicts Anonymous - v.21!(NEW THREAD!!)

[Rabbit]

Which characters do you like of Ittam's?
Aki, funfetti, and ty!

[Halsin]

I have a question, as I've seen a few around, but are characters that are literally animal forms of anime characters actually aloud, because isn't that like copyrighted material? ^^;;
like @Tyki-Pon's new character.. He's literally an animal form of Uta from Tokyo Ghoul
I hope I'm not offending anyone, but I'm just confused ono;;;

[Rabbit]

@Decim

I think it's alright, as long as you're not taking the actual character itself?
From what I know, it's like creating fan art, but just a fan character. It should be alright unless it's 100% the same thing. Like Tyki's Uta isn't the same species, and there's quite a few differences, just like there's similarities.

[Malleus]

@ Decim

I think Tyki needs to give credit to the Tokyo Ghoul mangeka though, as the design is a direct copy of Uta's, just put onto the body of another species, and it's even named the same thing, so there needs to be credit given or some acknowledgement that the design isn't their own doing ;w; Because like the Tattoos and everything are taken literally straight from the TG design--

I think that fan characters are okay, and fan Makos have been made before (I know there's Kingdom hearts and Hatoful Boyfriend Makos!) but credit should be given where credit is due?? That's my thoughts, anyways ;w;

[sheepuns]

I have a question, as I've seen a few around, but are characters that are literally animal forms of anime characters actually allowed, because isn't that like copyrighted material? ^^;;
like @Tyki-Pon's new character.. He's literally an animal form of Uta from Tokyo Ghoul
I hope I'm not offending anyone, but I'm just confused ono;;;

Well, for the most part it isn't copyright. Let's use Uta for an example (I hope you don't mind Tyki-Pon! OwO")
Uta, (I can assume) is a humanoid character with a humanoid clothes design.
In my opinion, the "design" for a human mostly comes from how their clothes were designed (and tattoos for the rare few) and the "design" for an animal character mostly comes from it's coat design (though there are characters who do were clothes as well).

Since this appears to be the average, humanoid and feral designs can barely be the same because there are two different type of designs to account for. Yumi's Uta doesn't have any of the clothes from Uta in the manga or anime so can we really call it Uta then? Yumi's character is mostly inspired by the human Uta's design. In a public setting, unless you know Toykyo Ghoul really well most probably won't even know who it's based on.

A nice counter example would be with Pokemon Gijinkas. They are humanoid Adoptables based on Pokemon and their clothing designs are usually based on said Pokemon. The reason why they can be characters also because not only are Pokemon just tamable fighting companion creatures but their designs are usually really simple. If you were to make a human character after one there are many styles of clothing and designs to be able to convey that "hey, this humanoid is based off of Pikachu" and so forth.

The only limit I think you face is with having a character based off a character of the same species. Like a human Uta based off of the one in Toyko Ghoul or having a Pikachu that's a pikachu. This then becomes hard because said creators can use the copyright claim better since they now have the point of "it's similar to my character and the same species" because we character adopters use the same exact line when we are accusing others of art theft.
Of course you are free to use such characters on your own but I don't know of the consequences of using one in a public sphere.

Overall, it's your character so you are free to do what you want with. You can make inspired designs but not blatant copies (especially if they are the same species).

Add-ons:
Also, I agree with what King Xerberus says, but Squalo makes a very important point. If it I based or inspired off something me sure to give credit! Then at least people know who the character I based off of and there is no confusion.

Excuse me for writing so much. I just woke up and I didn't expect me to write so much at 5 am in the morning. XD

@everyone who viewed my characters Thanks for the feedback guys! I never knew there were so many you liked!

[Tricksters]

https://join.me/726-717-153
streaming! ' w ' I'll be doing some tags for myself,
etc.

[Malleus]

Speaking of characters with inspired designs, my sort of fursona is like that, actually!


Full image
( Art by tapestry on CS! )

She's based off the avatar from Fire Emblem:Awakening, my own avatar in particular!

So yeah, inspired designs are fun to create! But yey credit is sorta necessary laughs--

[sweathie]

i made a pmv, finally!
haha i finished one of these things -- any likes, views + comments would be GREATLY appreciated bc i lost all of my subscribers when i remade my channel v.v

[angelshy]

Hello!
What are kiamaras and how can I achieve one of my own?

[Sebeon]

@♡ Nyra ♡: That art of Eden is amazing! I love Favetoni's art.
@Decim: I agree with what Squalo says. Credit should be put where it's due. I'm a bit iffy on the whole "character inspired by/based on character" thing, personally. No problems with them, but I wouldn't own one. It'd be a bit too out of my tastes. Haha.

Which characters do you like of Ittam's?
I like Alec, Bea, Colton, China, and Muy. ;v; You have such cute characters.
(I'm sorry; I'm super late to the party but I wanted to answer this anyways. //shot)


Has anyone made/commissioned any plushies of their OCs?
Sadly, no. I do wish to get one someday.
They're out of my price range right now. I'd need to do a lot of saving before I even dare. LOL

Hello!
What are kiamaras and how can I achieve one of my own?

There is the official dA group here and a FAQ here.