Thank you so much Allison, I was nervous about this video but happy of the reaction and humbled by you promoting it. :) Also I just found your Instagram, I'm finally using it! haha

Thank you very much!! :)

Thank you! Late answer but I would say yes. Every single artist starts by being inspired by other more experienced artists. I think it's okay for you to take inspiration in someone's art style until you develop your own. But make sure to stay away from making your specific drawing very similar to one of their drawings in form and shape! ;)

Thank you! I'm glad it helped. :) Unfortunately, fanart is illegal to sell. Almost everyone does it but they only get away with it. It's on the brand owners (nintendo etc) to send a DMCA to take down your emotes or stickers on Etsy that feature pokémon characters for example. It's unlikely that they would spend the time to take down every monetized fan art, and they may also call it free promotion to their brand. But we are all taking a bit of a legal risk by selling copyrighted characters to our clients, and streamers are taking a risk by profiting from it as Twitch emotes. ;)

I appreciate the very insightful anwser!

Yes those companies do have the right to send a DMCA takedown to people selling fanart online, or monetizing emotes on Twitch. These emotes are a liability to the streamers because they're monetizing fanart / illegal copyrighted art, technically. It's very rare that companies scout Twitch to take down content though. But it's always a little risk that streamers take when using emotes like that in their brand. What's good to know too is that instead of sending a DMCA, companies can choose to sue for damages. That would be rare to do against a very small creator that don't make tons of money from the copyrighted art though.

Good point! Although by DEFAULT they have no right to monetize our stuff without approval / licensing. It's a huge problem atm though, too many people don't understand copyright law and steal art for NFTs, I hope they all get sued until every user becomes more aware. 👍

I'm sorry you're dealing with this! It sucks that this type of thing happens a lot. If your terms of use are pretty clear, I think that this person breached your terms and you could probably revoke their right to use the emote completely and issue a DMCA takedown on their Twitch / Discord if they don't comply when you address the issue I'm glad you found the video useful!

Keep in mind that your drawing is not just an emote. An emote is the use they paid a license for. If you're okay with selling the full copyrights, make sure it's a price you're comfortable with. They'll be able to put it on merch infinitely without you getting royalties from sells. On Paypal you can make them an invoice, and in Items you can write "full copyrights ownership of the design ____ " and in terms you write your terms like "I can show it in my portfolio or youtube videos as example of my work and make art in similar style" prices I've seen from twitch artists range from 60$ - 400$ for FULL rights to one drawing. It can be worth more too. Gauge how much they can sell and if the added money is worth it for you. If they're small streamers, they might not profit that much from merch and you might be ok with a lower fee and if they can sell thousands of T shirts, charge accordingly! Hope this helps a bit. I had to help a fellow artist. lol I'm making a new copyright video soon btw :)

Great question Misty! I might try to unwrap that in a future video! :)

hi there! So by default you have and keep your copyright. What you have to make clear to your clients is the terms of use (of your license that they pay for) I suggest using the Paypal invoice. You ask them for their paypal email, and use paypal's invoice system to send your bill to them. In the "terms" section of the invoice, you can list your general terms (To be used on streaming platforms, discord, websites, cannot be resold (merch etc.) without my conscent or further deal, etc ) So buy paying the invoice they consent to these terms. On top of that you should list these same terms of use on your commission page on your website. Of course the most professional way to do this would be through a well written contract that a lawyer would make you for $2000 but a simple written agreement can suffice. ;)

@@DominicKeravel this helps so much. Thanks!

It's illegal. But enforcing the law around Twitch would be a lot of effort for the copyright holders so people generally get away with it

@@DominicKeravel ok thank you 🙏🏻

I’m also drawing them on my iPad, so how do I export them on it?

Legally you cannot use someone's content without their permission. Someone paid the artist to get exclusivity of use on the drawing. It's not always a big deal to the copyright owners if you're just using it as a profile picture, but I'm just saying that it is "technically" illegal unless you get their permission. ;)

If you buy emotes on Etsy, hopefully the artist listed their terms of agreement. But usually by buying the Etsy listing, you pay for a license to use those emotes on Twitch, Discord, KZfaq especially and without a problem! The artist still owns the copyright to the art, you're just paying for a specific license of use. So you can't use the art outside of the use you paid for. You can't put the drawing on a shirt and sell it, for example, and I'd ask the artist if you want to use the emote as a profile picture

@@DominicKeravel ohh thank you :) because i really enjoy browsing around etsy little bit more affortable then costum emotes so I hope when I pay it i wont loose them afterwards.

@@laurahimesekai you should be safe to use them on twitch and discord for good, but look for terms of agreement in their description if there's any ^^

Yes, they're all copyrighted. You'll especially get in trouble if you find emotes on google images and use them on your channel. A streamer is already using these emotes and they are in the right to strike your channel. I highly recommend you hire a little artist to make you some fresh emotes ;)

@@DominicKeravel thank you 😊

Yeah unfortunately there's almost an uncountable amount of theft of my art around Twitch and Discord. It's something we have to learn to not get upset over. It's just gonna happen with this very exposed art business. I just have a set of rules that I follow to take actions against someone, depending on how much they can affect me negatively and if it's worth my time. etc. So yeah, there's a wonderful side and a frustrating side of creating emotes on Twitch. haha

@@DominicKeravel this is a good mindset to have over it. Hopefully I don't have to experience this with my art, but if it one day happens I'll try to remember this to avoid major stress