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TheStellarSage [2018-04-03 02:36:52 +0000 UTC]

For some artworks, you can pay points to download larger versions without watermarks.

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Shadowdoggy [2018-03-25 06:10:45 +0000 UTC]

As a quote from a user on tumblr i saw. "If my watermarks annoy you and you think it’s rude, look elsewhere. I do not get paid to draw. Please rid yourself of any notion that it’s okay to approach a content creator and tell them what they can and can’t do in regards to their own creations, especially when they spend their time and energy to share these creations for free." 

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natthecat11 [2016-07-28 23:56:30 +0000 UTC]

using!

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aya-sara [2016-06-13 14:58:55 +0000 UTC]

Using~ tell me otherwise if you don't want me to.

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a-sociopath [2016-05-01 06:50:11 +0000 UTC]

I don't mind a signature or subtle watermark/logo on your work but when it's covering up the main focus of the picture and smack bang in the middle, I am sorry but it ruins it Yes it will protect from SOME thieves but the most determined, will just edit it off.

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Haku-47 [2014-12-19 12:28:05 +0000 UTC]

I am sorry but those who knows how to use Photoshop can easily remove the watermark. then edit the artwork in a way that make is almost impossible to find the original artsit.

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ORE0S [2014-02-22 03:35:07 +0000 UTC]

About a year ago, I did a lot of art, but didn't watermark anything. Someone came along, downloaded it all, and posted it up on their own site and made the date look like it was uploaded before I uploaded mine, and it caused my first deviantart account to be banned. Art thief won that round, but now I put a watermark on EVERYTHING I post, except for stamps because the size.

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chamoruchanel27 [2013-08-09 09:04:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh! Sorry for another rant...

I saw ~Leon-Leidstein 's comment of "Assuming they can reproduce your work faithfully, they can just turn around and accuse YOU of theft, especially if their version of the pic is better in any way.". So, would the date on the of the submission NOT help?

I confronted one person of not creditin', tracin', and slightly modifyin' the artwork of another well-known artist, and they turned around and accused 2 other people of copyin' the work I was confrontin' them about. One thing, one of the works looked nothing like what they created. The idea is the same, but idea is not really a copyright. It was more of a concept, and that can't really be protected, which is true. The other one had somewhat the same pose, but the style was different and it was submitted way before the accuser posted theirs.

And for some reason, I can't find them anymore. I think they blocked me, but whatever.

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chamoruchanel27 [2013-08-09 09:03:23 +0000 UTC]

Funny thing (which isn't so funny) is that I was lookin' through the "Newest" section an hour or 2 earlier today and found a lineart of a familiar picture - a crappily-retraced drawing of one of *DestinyBlue 's works. I reported the person to DA and an anti-art theft group 'cause the person claimed it as their own, even though I've heard the stuff goin' around that DA can't do much about it and I don't know much about the anti-theft group.

In my opinion, you're completely correct. I encourage watermarks. If an art piece is beautiful enough that a watermark is seen to obstruct a small important bit of it, then there shouldn't be complaints since one would already see the beauty of it. 'Cause I know no one would say anything about watermarked work that they don't find pretty at first glance.

What I suspect about some, NOT ALL, complainers: They have bad, thievin' intentions with beautiful, unwatermarked artwork. At least, that's what I suspect.

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CinnaBunnz [2013-07-16 23:59:19 +0000 UTC]

now see what i do is make the watermark slightly transparent, and put it on a part of the image that isnt easy to photoshop it out of :3
like..if its something that i put all my hard damn work and time into, then hell yes im gonna use a watermark! get over it. i dont want people stealing my shit. you dont like it, then shoo.

(the long way of saying i totes agree, lol)

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BTIsaac [2013-03-29 07:28:55 +0000 UTC]

Unless a watermark is too obvious and covers essential elements of a picture, any determined thief could easily edit it out or crop it. Provided they even care the most irritating art thief on DA is somebody so obvius his front page and the comment section are flooded with angry complainers, even though the works he's stealing are not watermarked. But that's not the reason why he's still at large, that would be because the staff just ignores him and the daily reports he's getting. So really, bottom line is, a watermark won't help you protect anything other than your confidence.

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silverybeast [2013-02-21 21:27:21 +0000 UTC]

A big, ugly, exaggerative watermark slapped on bad place can ruin a picture but I seriously don't get the negative attitudes toward watermarking. A logo in one corner or watermark so subtle you can hardly notice it shouldn't really be a problem (they can actually look pretty nice even!), especially when there seems to be more and more art thieves running around every passing minute.

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FloweryFruitFangs [2012-11-25 23:26:45 +0000 UTC]

I find them annoying ocassionally, but yea I understand why people use them, especially if they've had art stolen from them before. So it makes sense.

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Convicted-Sanity [2012-08-17 13:10:16 +0000 UTC]

I've seen a lot of art thieves steal pictures with a watermark on it.

Little kids don't care that there's a watermark, and most of the time they don't even remove it. All it does is make it easier to report. which is a good thing I suppose. But art theft is always seems to be obvious without it.

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ChibiDanyz [2012-07-07 05:18:39 +0000 UTC]

I completely agree with you and you inspire me to promote the use of the Watermark :3
[link]
I use your stamp 'cause its like a big motivation for me!

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TheMeleeMaster [2012-03-13 00:24:00 +0000 UTC]

I don't care if people watermark their art because I understand their reasons. They can do whatever they want with their own art! I watermark my images because I'm paranoid. It's a sad reason, but it's true. I use to show off my art in a forum, but the members began bitching about my watermarks. I explained my reasons, we got into a fight. I got tired of it and stopped using my watermarks, only to have them point out every single flaw my art has (even the intentional ones), and make them the center of the piece...and when I followed their advices, they ignore my posts afterwards. They turn around and tell me 'no one wants to steal your shitty art', so then...why do they care if I watermark my images or not??

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LovableNightmare [2012-03-07 17:45:44 +0000 UTC]

I'm alright with small watermarks, ones that somewhat blend in but are still visible or simply adding your name or something into the piece somewhere. But I hate the thick watermarks that completely cover the work. It just kind of ruins the piece.

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darkDragon442 [2012-01-12 14:29:27 +0000 UTC]

I Maybe not that "good" enough for my artwork to be stolen. but i still use it. I seen each point of views of watermark lovers & haters. True, it might make your work ugly, but at least its slows down an art theft. Sadly there is Software that can remove an watermark. And to those who hate watermarks but also not a art theft, its a pain to see a watermark, and just like animechan21 said, there should be a way to customize how much the watermark is seen. or a way that the watermark is only be shown on the artwork, if the artwork is ether downloaded or right-clicked.

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animechan21 [2011-12-21 06:59:53 +0000 UTC]

I think DA should really let deviants customize/adjust their default watermarks to encourage them to use this feature more often.
I dunno just my two cents.
I agree with everything you said, while I never saw any of my work outside of DA I still watermark them to make sure. I don't want to hear from a friend that someone posted my art on Tumbler and claiming it as theirs or something.

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FlintENT [2011-12-20 09:47:47 +0000 UTC]

While I agree that a watermark doesn't completely stop a thief from stealing, at least it slows them down a little. The only things that can save your art protection is image quality, sketches or references outside the internet, and/or time. For the latter, even if someone downloaded and traced over a picture, by the time they reupload it without the watermark, the original source can still be dominant over it.

For most of my pictures, I always sketch them out and then digitize them afterwards so I can have backups in traditional form. I always use watermarks for my original art, but I leave my fan art alone because I feel that since the characters or things are not my own, I cannot really try to be protective over it, unless I was paid to draw them.

I do agree that some watermarks do help. I rather have a watermark up and have the image get stolen, anyways, than to NOT have one. At least a watermark will slow down the theft process. Watermarks in general do not annoy me unless it is completely obstructing the picture to where you can not tell what is going on. I only use lightly transparent watermarks. I respect those who use watermarks and not get mad at them for it.

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Karma-and-pencil [2011-11-03 21:43:35 +0000 UTC]

It doesn't really ruin it for me because I ignore it. I'd rather see artist's attempting to protect their work.

For me, it all comes down to what the community is like. For example, you will get people faving
motivational posters which contain stolen pictures with unoriginal quotes. - this promotes art thievery since the thief is being praised rather than called out or reported.
On the other hand, you get people who will willingly go out of their own way to inform an artist that their work has been stolen and encourage reporting this people rather than throwing rage at them.
We need more of these people, it's a good thing to gain friends on here
that will do that for you rather than just post art.

At the end of the day it won't stop talentless idiots from stealing, but it does make a picture less tempting to try and steal, which is the most an artist can achieve when it comes to image protection these days.

It's basically like we are encouraged to prevent people stealing our stuff, rather than to encourage people not to steal in the first place.

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Desmodeus [2011-11-03 12:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Honestly, my problem with them is that the watermark can only be applied to the full-view, making it more than a little pointless given one can simply screen capture the smaller size...

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Agetian [2011-11-03 11:14:42 +0000 UTC]

To be honest, it doesn't do anything at all to protect the picture (in my opinion), even though it might sound ironic Personally I believe that it's true that all it does is just get in the way of seeing and appreciating the picture, but other than that - people will still steal the picture if they are thieves (a sad, but true fact). A picture can be copied, redrawn, traced, or reproduced in another way - and even if the reproduction is going to be ten times crappier than the original, it will still sadden the artist to see his/her art being stolen and reproduced in a way that looks like pure mockery. It's really the same as with the DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection schemes that many companies employ on CDs and DVDs - you know, like the movies you can't copy to your hard drive, or the games which require you to activate them through the Internet. All of that is supposed to combat piracy, but ironically, it doesn't - there are still pirated movies and pirated games out there, and they appear very quickly no matter how intricate the protection is. All the protection does afterwards is just stand there in the way of real customers who bought the movie/game/etc. legally and who just want to enjoy it and who can't understand why they can't play their game anymore if all of a sudden their Internet connection is lost for a day, or they ran out of activations, or whatever. So yep, watermarks, like any form of DRM out there, are a nuisance for the people who just want to appreciate the picture, and they are no protection at all against art theft. Of course, I respect your opinion and your decision to use them - it's your choice, and not just yours, for a lot of others use it as well, but personally I don't believe that it does at least anything to stop a dishonest person, like an art thief, from stealing the picture.

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marching-queen [2011-11-03 07:23:56 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done stamp too!

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BurntMeatloaf [2011-11-03 06:22:28 +0000 UTC]

"even i hate the fact it ruins the pic, too...but i care about the protection more..."

There is no such thing as protecting digital property.

Most stolen art is traced. Watermarks do nothing to protect against that. The only thing watermarks do is disappoint fans and give artists a false sense of security.

There's a lot of turmoil in the software industry right now over this issue, and it's already been well-established that trying to protect your art will only harm your own image, and possibly your sales as well. Artists simply have to accept that there's nothing you can do to stop theft, and they simply need to concentrate on satisfying their audience. It's difficult, but there's no point in making art, and then openly admitting that the watermarks "ruin" the picture. It all depends on why you draw (hopefully, because you enjoy it).

The only time I was really mad over art theft is when someone entered this picture ( [link] ) into an official Sucker Punch contest and won. She got a free video game and other stuff. I contacted the people running the contest, but they did nothing. It's not a big deal if someone copies one of my pictures, because they'll probably get busted eventually, and they will not likely ever become as well-known as I am, anyway. But, when they make money or other kinds of profit from my work, then I get mad. Still, there's really nothing I can do about it. I'm not going to fool myself into thinking that I can.

Also, sometimes it can get petty. Once, an artists watermarked my commission, and I was NOT happy. I did not pay for a watermarked picture, especially since I was not told ahead of time that he would do that. Thankfully, we were able to resolve the issue. People can get so obsessed about protection that they will even anger their paying customers.

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