Is doing USD art commissions allowed on FFXIV?

[HyoMinPark]

How? Because art is its own reward. I enjoyed making it. It's probably similar to cooking food that someone else eats. It's about the journey--not the destination. It's just fun to do. And when people use my art for their avatars or whatever, it's just nice seeing my stuff get around. I never sign my work. I don't do it for recognition.

It’s not fun having your art stolen by some random individual on the internet. It’s not fun having them take all the credit for the work you pour your heart and soul into.

But what I don't get is how someone can steal a concept and design (like Sailor Moon) and feel totally cool with that, but in the same breath get upset that someone steals their work? Is it because someone is trying to take credit when they don't deserve it?

“LOL” is literally all I have to say to this nonsense.

I don't see art as work, or effort deserving of recognition. Art is just fun. It doesn't need a reward or recognition to justify its creation. I could legit draw art, and then throw it away, and still get the same enjoyment out of creating it.

I’m sorry that, when I put time and effort and my heart into doing something, that I don’t want some random person saying that it is their work—that they put the time and effort and heart into it when they didn’t.

I guess digital art theft doesn't bother me at all unless it actually affects me. But since I don't do art for profit, it doesn't bother me. I see fan-art and fan-fiction writing in the same regard.

I never drew art for profit either. It still bothered me having someone say that drew the images they stole from me (and it wasn’t just me they stole from—it was from several fan artists).

I don't know. I think at the end of the day, it's weird to get angry or hung-up about something so that has such little impact on the process of creating art.

Except, it can have a huge impact. I know of former artists who were very negatively affected by having their work stolen. One stopped posting their art online entirely thanks to it. So it can negatively affect the process of creating and sharing one’s art.