About the Mod: bailey | she/her | personal/art account: @bailsebub i’m an artist and writer who’s been creating as a hobby since middle school, and running this blog since 2014. my interests and styles have changed a lot over the years but creating/designing new characters is still one of my favorite thing! you wouldn’t believe how many unused D&D characters i have fully designed and ready to go lol (or maybe you would, if you’re interested this blog too). i’m by no means a writing or art expert, but i’m always happy to try and point you in the right direction if you’re looking for something that you can’t find here!
You sure have seenthis post. It has spread like wildfire over the past few days so I doubt there is any artist out there who hasn’t seen it. But even if you didn’t, you should read on because I’m about to tell you a handy little thing that can help you to protect your art from such assholes as the anon who submitted this bullcrap, as well as art thieves in general.
The magic word is Metadata.
Metadata is like an invisible signature that is embeded into a file. It can contain all kinds of information, like Title, date, keywords for online seach engines, and copyright information. And the best thing is, since this information is “hidden” in the code of your picture, it’s hard to remove it.
There is a nice basic tutorial on how to add Metadata, or “additional file information” to your images in photoshop. It’s really, really easy so check it out!
I’m not sure if you can do the same with any other art program. If you know how to do this in other programs / can confirm that it works the same way there, please tell me so I can add the information to this post.
Adding the Metadata will not stop foul carrots from taking and reposting your art. It also won’t make them stop editing out your signature. It WILL however, help you prove that you are the original artist whenever you have to. Always remember my friends. You, the artist, are protected by law. No one has the right to take your intellectual property and hard work and repost, use or edit it without your permission. Ever.
EDIT: Thanks to the many people who added their comment to this! I’d like to add a few things that may be helpful:
LOOK HERE for more info on how to add metadata with Windows / Without photoshop! (Thanks, Humbird0!)
“in GIMP you can add copyright information using File > Properties.
Should bring up a window where you can enter title, author, description,
copyright, etc.”
(Thanks to Pyrotogepi!)
Appearantly,
the metadata works for all the adobe products in CC
and can also be added via Adobe Bridge, which is free!
Please note that of course, metadata is not a 100% foolproof way to protect your art. There are ways to remove it. But adding it won’t hurt you and means more work for those who are desperate to erase any traces of the original artist. So yeah, don’t rely on metadata alone. Use a signature and watermark too.
And on another note, please, for the love of spagetti jesus, don’t send hate to the Drama Rising blog. The post I linked was not made by the person who runs the blog. As I said, it was submitted to the blog by an anon.
Anonymous
INACTIVE
