Should you always credit the artist?

I think crediting, particularly if you really loved the work that was done, is a nice gesture. For the most part, I'll ask more about an artpiece if there's no formal credit listed out of personal interest (whether it's clothing, a tattoo, a painting, etc).

 

It would be actually be very good to credit the artists. People who views your images may ask about the clothing or hair. With credits, it can also bring traffic to a person's business.

You credit when you use a brush for photoshop, no? Why should doll photography be different?

 

I don't assume the owner has done all the work if not credited. If I really like something about the doll in a photo, I'll ask who did it.

Just like my own dolls. If i listed all their customizations and clothes I'd be spending twenty minutes on that alone. If someone asks, however, I'll more than gladly tell them whatever they want to know about that particular thing and who did it.

 

i think you should always give credit where it's due.

 

Please credit as much as you can. As a person who does art( not quite good enough to call myself an artist) proper credit can be the greatest thing for getting commissions. If someone is willing to put in the time, effort and materials, to produce something of quality for you the least you can do is credit them.

 

to this I think yes, especially if indeed you are showing something in the gallery that an other artist put a lot of work into like face-up clothes and so on, just credit at the end, after all it is their work.

 

I don't think it's necessary to credit the artist of a faceup or the maker of an outfit your doll is wearing, because you've paid for it. If it was something you had borrowed then it's absolutely necessary, but once you've paid I don't think you 'owe' the artist any favours. Yes it's their work, but it's your doll, and you're taking the photos to show other people -your doll-, not the artist's faceup. Having said that, if the focus of the photoshoot was the faceup, like "Check out my doll's gorgeous new look you guyz!" then obviously, yes, credit the artist.

Speaking personally, I would usually put a list of where I bought the clothes/wig/eyes used in that particular shoot, just because people always ask in comments, so if any of my dolls had a faceup done by another artist, I would credit them there too. I don't tend to credit company faceups unless it's somewhere like a database or request thread where that would be important to note.

 

I've only got one doll that was custom painted by someone else. Even though I bought her second-hand on the marketplace, I will still credit the original artist in any official photography I take of her. I feel like the artist's hard work deserves to be recognized

 

yes, i do think ppl should always give credits! i think its important ^^

 

For the most part my dolls have factory faceups, but for the two who don't, anytime anyone compliments it in comments I credit the artist. Or I believe when i posted pictures of the new faceups, for my Shushu boy (done by AngelToast) and my Gomidoll Iru (done by SmilingDoll) I credited there in the post.

In general for the most part unless otherwise stated I have the tendency to think that the poster did any faceups/mods that aren't factory default.

 

Sorry, slow computer = double post

 

I really like to give credit..for everything down to eyes, wig, sculpt, outfit. Sometimes I forget to in the first post, but always try to edit or add it to later post. I admit there are times when I do forget, or I post with the intention of looking up something and forget to come back to it. I try not to do that often though

I think it is very good to give credit and if you forget I don't think it is a big deal. What is a big deal is not giving credit when someone ask or even taken credit yourself. Those are big no nos in my book.

 

Personally, I try to remember to give credit since I know how it is to find a really awesome faceup on a doll. Then you ask who did it and they never get back to you!

 

I always credit when I post in my gallery...mold, faceup, eyes, hair, clothes, jewelry, etc. The main reason I do it is so if someone sees something they like/want, they'll know where to get it. Being new to the BJD community (and the hobby in general) I know I really appreciate it when others post detailed credits, so I like to do the same.

Credits also help to avoid unnecessary comments, like people asking where you got such-and-such item, or complimenting you on something you did not do/make, etc.

 

i do think they should be credited but i kno that it could get hard to remember who did what so i think it should at lest say something like that the person did not do all the work.

 

I prefer when doll owners credit, simply because sometimes I see something I really like (be it the wig or eyes, clothing, faceup, or the doll itself) I want to know where it came from

 

When it's a photoshoot, then I try to give credit to at least the person / company who made the clothes, since the face-up is my own doing and the doll maker is credited in any case. I tend to forget about shoes and wigs though, but I don't think that anyone would assume I made them in the first place But in any case - I credit not just because I respect the creator (although I really do, otherwise I wouldn't have bought the clothes in the first place), I also want others to know where one or the other thing comes from should they like it so much that they would like to have it in their collection.

As for the others' posts - no, I don't assume that the person made something just because there is no credit given. And usually people are more than happy to explain where they bought one or the other thing from - or offer their own services if, in fact, they are the creators.

 

A whole lot of people do, but if someone had something of mine in their works and didn't credit me, I'd be just fine with it. It is indeed a nice gesture and I'm glad to see so many people do it, but I wonder if it's sometimes just out of fear of being attacked for not crediting.

 

I really appreciate it when posters credit everything like who did the faceup, made the outfit, wig, eyes etc as I am always on the lookout for nice work and may want to commission them or keep an eye out for their stuff on the marketplace if I like the work I get pretty frustrated when people don't give credits.

 

If you don't see credit to the artists in posts displaying a doll, do you assume that the owner did all the work?

No.

Do you think that artists should always be credited?

No.

Honestly, credit really only matters all that much if you're selling the doll, or if somebody's asking about it specifically.
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