Is doing USD art commissions allowed on FFXIV?

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Except when it comes to fan-art. Which is again, I'll repeat, the stealing of another's concept and design.

How is fan-art considered stealing? Unless the artist is using and claiming someone else's concept or design as their own, I don't see how it is considered theft when they disclaim the design or give the full credit to the original creator.

People just like to assume that it's ok to draw fan-art, because it's 'for fun,' and those artists make so much money anyways--it probably doesn't hurt them. But the moment someone tries to steal their work--all heck breaks loose! And you can see those reactions clearly in this thread so far. But the bottom line is, when it comes to 'stealing' -- people can't just say "my stealing is ok, but other's stealing is bad" and that's the problem I have with the art community. Either be ok with all (non profit) stealing like fan-art, fan-fiction, tracing, ect, or start policing yourselves and call out fan-art as theft of concept and design.

Feel free to dislike the concept of people making money out fan-art, but I think it's pretty disrespectful to outright call them thieves. Again, no one is claiming the original concept and design as their own.
Sorry to break it to you, but the same people who you accuse of stealing other people's concepts and designs actually help companies promote their product, and some even get hired.

Regardless, it's not salt off my back. But all this gray area is exactly why it's an issue.

It's only an issue for you, and it's only an issue for you because you're so adamantly trying to make it an issue.