Can I use your art on my webpage?
Sure! As long as it is a non-profit page, and you follow the following guidelines:
- Please do not use any of the paintings found under the "Commissions" area of the website. Anything else is fair game.
- If the image is from the gallery or sketches sections, you may post the image on your website without needing to contact me at all, and need only put a "© Stephanie Shimerdla" on that page.
- Please don't link directly to the images. Download them and by right clicking on them, and then upload them to your own server. It won't work, anyway, as I have hotlinking protection on.
- If you do use some of my artwork on your non-profit webpages, it would be appreciated greatly if you would put link back to me! You can link to http://www.obsidiandawn.com or use one of the banners created for just such a purpose.
Can I use one of your images for creating my own signature tags, tubes, etc.?
Sure! As long as it is for non-profit, you can do so without needing to contact me at all. I would love to see what you create using my images, however - so feel free to type=text/javascript>mail2("stephanie","obsidiandawn",0,"","email me")</SCRIPT> email me a link to your website or the tags themselves if you want. If it will be for profit in some manner, type=text/javascript>mail2("stephanie","obsidiandawn",0,"","email me")</SCRIPT> email me and we can discuss any possibilities of its usage.
- Please ensure that "© Stephanie Shimerdla" can be found somewhere on the tag. Additionally, the URL of this website found somewhere on the tag/tube would be ideal. That way, when others see it and like it, they know where to find the original image from which it was made!
Can I use one of your images for anything else, such as one of my roleplaying characters?
You're more than welcome to, yes. As long as it is a non-profit usage, you can do so without needing to contact me at all.