notes about icons
15 Dec 2008 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaigouThrough completely unexpected route have discovered some icons I'm using have been adopted by others (not a bother) who are crediting me instead of the actual icon-maker (definitely a bother). If you're not sure whether me (or anyone else whose icon you like) made all their own icons, check the profile/iconnage page of the user, like so, and look for the credit info in the icon's comments. Several seemed to get the brunt, so here those are if that helps (if you're using & credited properly, disregard, of course).
I'm flattered (I guess), but I just don't like being credited for work I didn't do.
About the last one: this was actually a gift-icon to me & is marked as such. There's a sordid and frustrating work-story behind it, and thus is an image/phrase with a bit more emotional weight than usual. Guess you could say it masquerades as general purpose but in fact has a quite specific story to it.
Which is part of the reason I get particularly annoyed when I see that one credited to me: because I was the recipient, not the artist. In the final analysis, I don't really have grounds nor much reason to get hung-up on appropriation, but the personal-friend level makes it even more important to me when I ask that you at least please credit the artist,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chibidrunksanzo.
Comments are turned off because there's really no need to reply. If you've mis-credited, then fix it, that's all. Thanks, and I'm sure the iconmakers will also appreciate being properly acknowledged.
I'm flattered (I guess), but I just don't like being credited for work I didn't do.
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About the last one: this was actually a gift-icon to me & is marked as such. There's a sordid and frustrating work-story behind it, and thus is an image/phrase with a bit more emotional weight than usual. Guess you could say it masquerades as general purpose but in fact has a quite specific story to it.
Which is part of the reason I get particularly annoyed when I see that one credited to me: because I was the recipient, not the artist. In the final analysis, I don't really have grounds nor much reason to get hung-up on appropriation, but the personal-friend level makes it even more important to me when I ask that you at least please credit the artist,
chibidrunksanzo. Comments are turned off because there's really no need to reply. If you've mis-credited, then fix it, that's all. Thanks, and I'm sure the iconmakers will also appreciate being properly acknowledged.