Fair enough, Chris! I'll contribute as I find anything noteworthy. If possible, though, I think we should post source links back to the artist pages/accounts. If you can't edit them in (let me know) I can edit them in to these ones for you :D

Post edited 12:41 am – 02/11/2011 by Ian

You should still upload the image. Basically, the best net etiquette works like this:

1. Originally people prefered you just say "Here's a cool thing" and link it, without taking the image at all. But this doesn't work, so while technically the most polite, most people won't bother clicking through and the art doesn't get seen.

2. Second best is to upload the image yourself, but link back. This way, you're not stealing any of the website's original bandwidth. Not as big a deal with things like deviantart (and youtube is obviously designed to disseminate with embed codes), but personal artist sites can be brought down if too many other sites "hotlink" their content. A really popular site could pull down their server, without even sending them any real traffic!

3. Always link, that way the artist actually gains fans or recognition. Since they never get paid directly for all that internet love, it's the least we can do.

Since most people don't look at an image's source (and deviantart urls can be really convoluted) it's very hard for people to find more from the artist without a link back.

If you can't find the source, that's ok, just make a note that says "source unknown" and we'll edit it in if anyone lets us know! :D

Maybe we'll actually be able to find the artists to some of those favorite pictures of yours.

Speaking of paintings, Beth made this Batman last year. Also pretty big, pretty crazy.

She's painted like 5 swamp things in the past couple months, but maintains that none of them are finished so I haven't been able to snag them.

haha yes, this was taken while we were moving stuff around, so you've gotten a sneak peek at my shelves there.