Thread:C5l6t4/@comment-26958589-20190319232433/@comment-26121917-20190322091902

Okay, let me try this again. I sent a pretty long explanation already about my question but for some reason it's not posted on the thread. Let me try to summarize what I had replied, but feel free to not answer to this. We've been on two different pages for a while and I wanted to explain what I was trying to ask you in detail. This has nothing to do with my drawing and I already took it down days ago because it caused an issue with the admins and I don't want to get into any sort of trouble on the wiki, but I was trying to clarify what you were telling me about what was allowed and what was not allowed to be posted on this site.

Here's the understanding in my head,

tracing official art = not allowed

copying poses from official art for reference to practice drawing = totally okay

posting any art that copies a pose from a reference = not allowed

What I was trying to clarify from you was, if someone were to draw in a different style and copied the pose from reference but did not trace it, would they get in trouble?

Because you said that,

"Just because a pose is common in EAH doesn't mean we permit the tracing and copying of it to posted to our site"

And you also said:

"There isn't a problem with drawing an OC with a hand on a hip (e.g.), theres an issue with tracing or copying that pose from official art"

So, in my head, it goes like this:

tracing = not allowed

posting any art that copies a pose from a reference even if the art style is completely different = not allowed

So, in my understanding, you're not allowing people to trace or copy the art so closely to the original. It also means that even if the person has a completely different art style (for example, their art style is similar to Winx Club or Adventure Time or something) and that they have no way of tracing it with the official art but they tried copying everything in the pose, they are not allowed to post their art because it isn't allowed:

"Just because a pose is common in EAH doesn't mean we permit the tracing and copying of it to posted to our site"

"However, you aren't free to post traced art or art directly copied from an EAH source to the site"

That's what I was trying to understand from you. I hope that clarified something? Thanks!

Also, it is stated in your rules, it isn't allowed to post art made from bases but it is allowed to post art made by others for you. What if someone else used a base to draw your OC for you and you posted it here? Would that be breaking the rules too or is it okay? Because it says that

"art that is specifically drawn for you (ie, art obtained through requests, art trades or commissions), or art that is in the public domain." are allowed to be posted.