Picture Questions

[mknsen08.livejournal.com]

I've been curious for a very long time now, so I'd really like to know where icon-makers got their images? They're all pretty and I'd like to contribute to the fandom one way or another (I completely fail in scanlations). Please and thank you! :3♥

Comments

[braisinhussy.livejournal.com]

hetanavi (http://hetanavi.sakura.ne.jp/) is a great resource. It's a database of a ton of APH fansites. You need to know a little bit of Japanese, though- but just knowing katakana, doing some trial-and-error, and/or muddling around with the help of Google Translator will get you there in the end. You check off イラスト (illustrations) in the first blue section and the name of a country in the キャラクター (character) area and hit the grey search button at the top. Voilà. You can waste a LOT of time poking around the fansites, though- just a warning!

I'm with moriyama_umi in that I would only use official illustrations for icons (if I had space for extra icons). If I were to use fanart for icons, it seems proper to me to ask the artists for permission- no matter what language they speak. Just common courtesy, y'know? But I realize a lot of other people don't feel this way- I think I'm the only person who gets irritated by icon posts that don't credit the artist. ^_^;

[mknsen08.livejournal.com]

Sorry for just getting back to you now. I actually thought that they were official illustrations at first, then on the day I posted this question, it came to me that it might have been fanart. XD; Idiotic, I know. ROFL But anyway, back to that issue, I know 100% that it's not exactly a good thing to just use it. Well, I would have asked them, but unless I bug someone to translate my English to Japanese and/or other languages, I can't ask for direct permission. Though I do completely disclaim all images. ^^;; My resource page is growing because I credit every single person I take from. Did I make sense? XDD;

But thanks a lot so much (redundant. XD;)!♥ Now if only I had time to actually try the links.