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Do Not Claim As Your Own And Do Not Sell As Your Own!
Do Not Reproduce On Any Other Website Without My Permission!
Do Not Manipulate Or Alter The Image!
Hey guys! Well, I made a Meiko Sprite Sheet!
Unfortunetely, I can't let you guys have these for free anymore. So, if you want it, you will have to pay a fee. Sorry guys, but you can blame all the people who go around using these sprites and never give me an ounce of credit.
Commissions are not open right now guys. This is something that I made some time ago, and I decided to go ahead and post it for you guys.
If you want a copy without the watermark on it, you can download it on the side of the page for 20
If I catch these being redistributed, you will be in trouble, so just now.
Thanks for your understanding guys. Sorry that it has to be this way. v.v
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may i turn the walking sprites into an icon? (for my use only unless you'd be fine w me distributing it)
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I'm assuming you were the one who purchased my sprite sheet?
Thank you for that!
And yes, now that you have downloaded it, you can use the sprites as an icon. On thing I ask is that you please give me credit it for the work if possible.
Thank you! Β
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yup that was me!
and sure thing
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
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Money grubbing PIG! Someone should look for the pirated version. If you want people to pay for something that used to be free, expect piracy.
You = EA, Microsoft, Apple, Squre, etc.
You are on their level now.
Someone will just edit out the watermark, which is justified in this case.
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You make it sound as if this sprite sheet was free in the first place. You're wrong. I never posted this at all without asking for a charging price. The one without the overworlds I posted without a fee, and it still has no fee.
So yeah, this particular pixel work that I posted was never free to begin with, so I don't know why you insist that it was ever free.
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Oh, and the only thing that's costing .20 cents is the walking pose, not the original sprite. That's still free.
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What's hilarious, is that it's only 20 points, not like, 200 points. I'm asking for like, .20 cents. Not 2 dollars.
I'm a money grubbing pig?
You a cheapskate.
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But the reason you are charging is ridiculous. I mean, to go from
free to paid just because some fucker stole you art will just make it worse!
And you have seen what pirates can do with draconian DRM, that means
most determined people would probably use some math with the RGB values and get a usable sprite
by "cracking" the watermark. And no, I am not going to do any of that.
But someone could. And this one doesn't even need that much tech expertise.
Basically the paywall is weak compared to other pirates have cracked. (Just ask EA! XP)
This just serves to upset people. That is all this charge is for.
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And again, this piece was never free to begin with. It always had a price to go with it. I never told anyone it wasn't going to be free, and never promised it wouldn't be.
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Some person? You mean a lot of people.
Again it's only .20 cents. You're really complaining about that?
I could just bump it up, but I worked hard for my sprites, and all I ask is for a little credit.
If I don't get that, then fine, but I have absolutely every right to charge for my work.
Thanks for putting the idea out there for people to steal my work.
Again, I'm so glad that I'm alive just to serve everyone with free artwork, only to ask for a little compensation to use an extra feature for it. Oh woe is the world to not be able to have free things!
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1) I was just pointing out how pointless the scheme of protection watermarks can be on small images. For a full pic watermarks more effective, because more pixels = more estimating.
2) It's not that you charge, it's the reasonΒ you charge that get's me upset. You are punishing everyone for a some people's actions. Why use a nuke when you could use a targeted airstrike?
Β Β I mean, how many people were doing this? Was it more than half of the people using it?
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Free Art is a gift, not an expectation.
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I've seen way more people using my sprites that I would like to use my sprites on their sites, and not even an inch of credit. I've even seen people use them and take credit themselves.
I've seen them on many forums, mulitples, as well as mutliple users, and even tons of YouTube Videos.
I've actually taken a poll asking people what they think about me charging my work for the price I offer.
You seem to be the only one who has a problem with it. Everyone who has taken my poll votes that I should honestly raise my price. But I'm not going to do that, because I don't want to charge that much.
Again, it's because you think I'm a money grubbing pig. You're the one who's money grubbing, hoarding money because you want everything to be free to you.
I never offered the overworlds as free to begin with. EVER. I never let anyone think that I was going to post them for free. In fact, no one knew I was making them until I posted them. You make it sound as if I was obligated to make them free to use.
Is that it? Do you think everyone should be obligated to take their work and make it free for everyone? I guess that would benefit you, huh?
Again, I've asked people what they think about me charging for this sprite. They know why I'm doing it, and I've explained my reasoning's. They were honest.
As much as some of them didn't like the charging price, they honestly didn't mind paying it, because it was inexpensive and understandable. They claimed they would've done the same.
Other pixel artists thought I should charge more.
I'm the money grubbing pig? What in the world does that make you who wants everything just handed to you for free? Glad you are willing to give me credit, but I've been deceived by that notion many of times.
There are plenty of free sprites out there that I offer. The overworld sprites are not part of that. Big deal. If people don't like it, they can make their own.
As far as getting rid of the watermark, they are free to try. They can do it, for sure, but the quality will not be the same, so I don't care. People will see it, and be like, okay, this is crappy and obviously not created correctly.
Doesn't reflect bad on me, so I don't care if someone does that. I'll just report them for theft anyways.
You don't like me charging my prices? Fine. Go find someone else to give you stuff for free.
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Look, I shouldn't have called you a pig. I agree that it was rude.
Also, I found it hard to believe that there would be that much theft.
But when you mention other sites, I can see why. Some sites may not
be moderated as well as others.
BTW, if you charge for this overworld sprite, then you should charge for all overworld sprites across
the board. It would be like an "expansion pack," sorta what you did here.
I've never made stuff by hand. Besides, if I wanted a sprite, I'd learn vector art. (I'd use Inkscape and make SVG
graphics, because they are scalable, and could be anywhere from 16x16 to 4k, if I wanted to scale it that far.)
So yes. I was wrong to blow it out like that. It's just hearing about all the MMD stuff that went on in 2010 and, well,
yeah. I just think people need to realize not everyone is capable of making everything themselves. Most people who do
are actually teams. BTW, I was actually looking for a Rin sprite (just a front facing) to use in a video. I'll try to use vectors, but
at least if it looks bad, it'll still serve it's purpose.
PS: Have you ever tried vector graphics? Just curious.
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Thank you. All I want is understanding for why I do what I do.
I've only ever done another set of overworld Sprites, but I can't charge for it since I already offered it for free. I would never do something like that. I did it for this one, and if I make more for the other Vocaloids, then I will charge the same fee for those.
I have posted a front shot for all the ones I'm currently working on, but I haven't charged for them, nor put a watermark on it either. If I ever make a Kagamine Rin for one of them, it will be available for free for the from pose, just not all the walking poses. Just a front pose, standing still.
I use Photoshop 7.0 at the moment, but I used to make sprites with MS Paint, which is a lot harder without layers. Photoshop also helps me to make the background transparent, and helps me to animate my pixels too.
I've not tried my hand at actual vectors myself. I have messed around with free downloaded items that use vectors, so I can play around with colors and such.
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But yeah. What is really bad is the ones that claim they made the sprite, when they didn't.
Those people must have pride issues or something. I mean, why can't people just say where
they got the sprite? It's a simple thing and it just bothers me. At least you don't do what the MMD people did.
Some stopped distriuting all together, and others started policing dA and probably YouTube as well.
(The offenders were mostly pre-teens distributing the models, and modified versions illegally.
Apparently they were too young to be on the internet, but were anyways. It reminds me of the P2P days.)
I wish people would stop wrecking things for the ones willing to give credit. It's no different than citing
sources in a paper. Unfortunately, some people are jerks, and are trying to steal praise that you should
have by plagiarizing. (Plagiarizing is worse than normal copyright violation IMO) :/
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Yeah, it's really annoying.
I do plan on charging for the overworlds, if I make anymore.
After this though, I don't think I'm ever going to make them now. The baggage of comments that it took to resolve this took too much out of me to explain. Sorry.
I have done overworlds before, but I will not charge for them because I had offered them for free. (hint: My Maria Robotnik Sprite).
But yeah, I think I'm going to give up on the overworlds anyways. I did have one kinda set up for another Vocaloid, but it's not worth the heartache to post.
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Now I feel like crap. ;(
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Don't. I just don't want the hassle of people getting mad at me for what I choose to do.
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Oh! So I shouldn't be paid for my work? Good to know that everything should be free, and that everyone should just work hard for nothing.
I don't mind giving things for free. I really don't. But lately, people have been taking my work, and using on sites, which is fine, but they have not given me any credit like I have asked.
Because of that, I have to now make it so that you pay for it. That way, they'd get the unwatermarked version, and they can do with it as they please as long as they don't distribute it, as per my license and the ToS of deviantART.
You can blame everyone else for this.
Thanks for you opinion. Glad to know you do not value anyone's hard work unless it's free.
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It's the fact that you started charging to punishΒ people. If you were charging to begin with
it'd be fine. But to start charging to punish people is just plain bullcrap.
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I'm charging for the overworld sprites.
I never agreed to anybody that I was ever going to post these at all not ask for anything, so I'm not just some schemer.
I am only asking for a small payment for the walking sprites. That's it.
If you don't like it, fine. Go away and don't come back. No need to harass me about it, because I will not back down and I will not negotiate.
Is it hurting you that badly not to have anything for free? I have plenty of free pixel art for people to use here. This is the only thing I asked to be charged. If I make any other overworld sprites, I am going to charge the same fee.
Get over it. Nothing can be done about it.
Again, stop harassing me because of what I choose to do. If you don't like it, go find someone else who works as hard on these sprites to make them look decent so they can give you free art for you not give credit.
It wasn't a single person who did it either.
It's a whole bunch of people. It happens, so I decided to do something about it. That way, if they don't credit me, they can use the license that goes with it to prevent me from stopping them from using it.
Stop being a prick because you don't get something for free.
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Don't make the assumption that I wouldn't give credit. Assumptions like these piss me off.
Just because some people have done that does not mean everyone will.
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Good to know. Still charging for the overworld sprites though.
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Thanks. I feel bad that I have to make people pay for the sprite sheet if they want to use it, but when I offer them for free, no one credits me. ;-;
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Ya gotta do what ya gotta do D>
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