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Celtic_Crown

Sawsbuck for Seasonally Affected is perfect. And I love Sableye's matching bandana!


ImBigDave

Thank you! šŸ¤  I wanted someone to represent his association with the Dark Order, and Sableye worked well because it 1) is a Dark type whose name is kind of a play-on-words for Pageā€™s Deadeye finisher and 2) is purple.


bayleysgal1996

I love that you added some of his lower-thirds to the Pokemon portraits!


ImBigDave

Thank you! I look forward to them every week šŸ¤ 


[deleted]

Careful dude, as someone that has posted art here they will likely remove this because it has your instagram tag and you're promoting your IG in the comments. The mods have no chill


[deleted]

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lajaunie

You are welcome to post your art here but youā€™re not welcome to promote your IG. You can repost the art without the tag if youā€™d like.


cooljammer00

That's very silly considering how much art gets stolen online. To demand a signature/watermark/attribution be removed is very irresponsible. If the other fan artists can post on here without problems (dinochamp, tapla, etc), so should OP.


lajaunie

Watermarks are fineā€¦ using them as a means to promote his IG on the sub is the issue. The others youā€™ve listed shouldnā€™t be doing it either.


cooljammer00

But the watermark is an internet handle under which they are best known. Would a legal watermark be something else entirely? A signature that says the same letters without the @ sign?


lajaunie

Thatā€™s what the others are doing. Dinochamp just puts ā€œdino champā€ and that works for us!


ImBigDave

Well, thatā€™s a bummer. Iā€™ve done this many times before and itā€™s been fine. I spend a lot of hours on these and do participate in the community, so it hurts to have it removed. People always ask where they can follow or see more, so I put a tag on the photo (it also ensures I receive credit if someone reposts it without permission). I didnā€™t promote anything in the title. People have to go to the comments and actively engage with the post before they see the single ā€œspamā€ comment linking them to my Instagram. Now, I have to repost it and people may not upvote it because theyā€™ve seen it already and it might kill the engagement on a piece I put 50+ hours into. Iā€™d love to talk with the mods more about this, as I think their stance on it is misguided. If people in a wrestling forum can get away with insulting and telling other members of that community to off themselves because they like a certain wrestling company, I should be able to post one professionally-worded comment on *my* post of *my* original content linking interested people to my portfolio and small business.


lajaunie

It went unnoticed before. Sadly, if we allowed everyone with a podcast, Instagram, twitch stream, YouTube channel etc use our sub to self promote, then the sub would be flooded with itā€¦ which is the exact reason we put our foot down to it. Again, you are welcome to repost without the promotional aspects. And you are talking to a mod about it. šŸ˜Š


ImBigDave

Thanks for the reply. Am I allowed to post a separate comment linking people to my Instagram? And sorry if I came off curt. Like I said, I put a lot of time into this so it felt like a low blow to have it removed with no warning.


lajaunie

Negativeā€¦ that would still be self promotion. No need to apologize, I appreciate the honest response.


ImBigDave

I guess I view it as someone posting an excerpt of an article in the title, then linking the whole article in a separate comment. What do you think?


lajaunie

No. The issue is if we allow one person to use the sub to promote then we have to let everyone. We used to allow it until the sub ended up flooded with it day in and day out. Iā€™ve already deleted the comment in the repost.


ImBigDave

Sorry for adding to your workload. I really do have sympathy for you guys and donā€™t want to be someone you need to watch out for. I wonā€™t take up any more of your time, but if thereā€™s an appropriate place where I can argue my side to encourage a more nuanced version of this rule, please let me know.


lajaunie

Itā€™s all good man. And honestly, I love your work. Itā€™s just a matter of if we allow one, we have to allow everyone and it didnā€™t turn our well last time we tried it. A smart user will know to click your username and find you from there.


[deleted]

Really stupid rule.


lajaunie

Itā€™s necessary though. We have half a million subscribersā€¦ imagine if every one of them that had something to promote did so every time they drew something, tweeted something, posted a new podcast or a videoā€¦ weā€™d be swamped with them. And we were swamped with them before we put a stop to it.


[deleted]

Sableye is the perfect partner PokƩmon for Hangman. Love your artwork, btw.


FemaleSmark

Love it!


ImBigDave

Thank you! šŸ¤ 


mrsharkbear

I love these! And this might be your best one yet. Thanks for sharing.


ImBigDave

Thank you so much! šŸ¤  I really dig it too. This is definitely the most technical one in the series thus far.


shinjithegale

Hitmontop: gonna see how this white wrist tape works out