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Feel free to post any of my art or stories I've helped write to either Tumblr or AO3. I'm very familiar with Tumblr (and have probably posted my RTH art there already, but I don't have many viewers.)

Has the tumblr been created yet? I'll follow it!

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Quick Fang * Snappy-Growl-Highthing *
(Karena)

I think that once the account has been created (I don't think it has, yet?), we can go back through your posts and find any RTH art you've posted, and just reblog it, perhaps?

To start with, I imagine RTH will have fewer followers than anyone!

You're welcome to repost any of my work. I'd like to be tagged, at either place I'm ellenmillion (I don't know either system very well, so I'm not entirely sure how/if tagging works there...)

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Artist, writer, creator and Mom.
- a science fantasy shared world

Would it make folks feel better about posting artwork, if we (the council) undertook to create versions of the art that has some kind of watermark on it? That would be difficult to remove, obviously.

That way, if people on Tumblr insisted on re-posting the art, instead of reblogging it (the latter preserves the info/credit it was posted with, or at least a link-back to our page or the page it was originally posted on), the key info is still on the art itself.

Like, here is an example of how I "watermarked" calendar artwork that we made available for download as a desktop version -- see the upper right on this page:

http://www.rivertwine.com/images/2013Ca ... 0x1050.jpg

It's fairly unobtrusive, and can't easily be removed without it being pretty obvious.

I'm attaching below an example of how a more minimal watermark could be added to some art.

However, it's not a perfect system. We have plenty of art that doesn't have a full background that a watermark could easily be added to.

For example, the second piece I just put below also has a watermark; but a really determined art thief could erase the portions that are against the white background, and what is left against Snowfall's leg isn't really enough to tell people where the art is from.

I don't want to minimize people's concerns about art theft -- but I do think that if you're going to post art on the internet at all (including on the RTH website), you have to develop a certain degree of acceptance that it *could* happen. The hope is that if it happens and we find out about it, we can take steps to deal with it; and Joan's right that the Tumblr art community does have some strong feelings about it and will often rally to help make clear that it isn't okay.

But I'm definitely happy to take steps to make things safer, including working out watermarking with individual artists.

It could be that if you're concerned about art theft, you limit those of your pieces that are posted to the ones that are most easily watermarked?

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Joan M., Brightwood's typist

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Suzene

Yeah, we can totally swap folks' names on the RTH website any time! Just let us know!

That's a good point, in a wider sense. My Tumblr and AO3 handle is one thing, and I wonder how to indicate to folks that at RTH, I'm "Holly"? Although, I suppose the point would become clear if a story posted at AO3 is linked to where it is posted on our website, and people click and see the name on it here.

Thanks. I'll be in touch.

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Suzene

For me it's okay to post my art and stories but I'd be grateful if you'd ask about the really old art (from my first two years in the club) ...

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~ Snowfall --- Mareike

Shaped by Flowerstar - my blog

I'm fine with my pieces being posted/archived, but I've got no interest in joining more sites.

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Chris/ One-Leg

Hm, I'm not really sure what I'm thinking about. I think its a good idea for the holt. But for myself, I'm always a bit shy and not a big friend of bringing too much of my things to the internet in a more open way.

So, how I said, its a good idea for the tribe but please, for the first, don't use my stuff for it. I will tell you, when I change my mind. :-)

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Sofia here! I love to write, but please don't ask me to draw anything ;)
Council Member and SAT manager.

I only have a few pieces on here but I'd be fine with them being posted. If/When you have the tumblr account set up, can you post the link? I'd like to follow it.

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Sofia here! I love to write, but please don't ask me to draw anything ;)
Council Member and SAT manager.