Sell character pictures for Gil?

[Lambdafish]

I'm pretty sure this falls into the category of RMT. You're charging in-game currency for an out-of-game service even if not straight up swapping cash for virtual cash. Your finished projects still have real-world value and therefore are placing a price on the Gil you ask for.

Its actually the opposite of RMT, RMT involves paying real money for in game items and services (such as buying gil), whereas this is paying in game money for real world services (something which SE can't really do much about as it is just an in game trade).

Also I believe there would also be copy right infringement, everything in the game is copy written I do believe and would be illegal to reproduce in any form for payment of any sort.

It is a copyright grey area. It is very easy to argue fair use ESPECIALLY when the payment is not actually legal tender. If fair use didn't exist I'm pretty sure that etsy, deviantart, redbubble, and other fan art/craft websites would be shut down very quickly.

To answer your question OP, its a grey area legally that more often than not has you in the right, but I cannot speak for SE's policy on such activity as it is quite a unique case, though if you were to do it, I would recommend only doing it for people that you know and trust (and who trust you) to avoid any unnecessary GM disputes.

[Kojiro_Brushard]

Hey Lambda. Thanks for coming in right when i was editing my post about this XD. Yea, i've played with that gray area a lot over the years with designs :P. But my services are gonna be very limited anyways. I know a lot of people who wanna give me an alternative way of pay for my pics besides real cash and i figure id share that opportunity with the good people of Balmung who might not have $75+ bucks to spare but sit on a mountain of Gil XD